Musings of an easily distracted wargamer
Last Saturday I managed a pass to get down to the Tyneside Club to play some Fire and Fury. With a proposed sub-LAW game pending in March I thought it worthwhile to get some games in to get up to speed with the rules. Andy put together a scenario based on Antietam where him, myself … Read more
The not going very well EB vs CB Painting Challenge has hit another way point and needless to say I have still failed to paint the 28mm Altefritzeburgers I had planned. Iain however has finished another excellent Spencer Smith unit. See the details on his blog: http://general-e-pickled.co.uk/gateway-alliance/james-longs-regiment-is-seconded-to-the-gateway/ but here are the chaps in their glory! Iain updates … Read more
I continually agonise over basing. Partly because I get some sort of perverse pleasure out of it and partly because I HATE re-basing! And for some reason I can’t cope with a basing convention that doesn’t let me have my troops marching down a road! As I’ve been dabbling in Fire and Fury again I’ve … Read more
Summer holidays. Kids off. Life. Work. Lots of things getting in the way of hobby time. No more games played and no painting done. I’m still on a bit of an ACW theme. While away in Spain last week I managed to read Thomas Keneally’s Confederates which I really enjoyed. And am now starting on … Read more