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Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome. Is it me, or is it a bit chilly in here? Frostgrave; another game that many of you will have heard of, and that was introduced to our gaming club by a member that has since moved away. Our club forum has a section for Frostgrave games. It also has sections for Man O' War, Blood and Plunder, Batman, Infinity, Battlefleet, Gothic, Mordheim and Gorka Morka. The difference between this game and others introduced by eager and enthusiastic members at our club, is that Frostgrave has kind of stuck around, with the odd game...
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Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome back to the skies of Targus. I have to say, it always makes me feel important to be able to bring you an exclusive... Going back a few months I was in contact with the team over at Sky Relics, who were in the preparatory stages of their march (or should that be sail?) towards Kickstarter. The guys had engaged with members of the gaming and blogging community to run a painting competition using samples of their models, to raise awareness of the game on their journey, and it was a lot of fun...continue reading
Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, welcome to north west Europe. It's 1944... Back in June, for Father's Day, I was lucky enough to be bought a box of Warlord Games' new plastic British Airborne models, which were one of a few things I was hoping for in order to put together some Polish Paratroopers, to join the British Paratrooper force I already have as part of my 1944 Operation Market Garden themed collection. It's only in the last few weeks I have got around to assembling them, and realising at the same time that I now have three different Paratrooper models...
Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome. Is it me, or is it a bit chilly in here? Frostgrave; another game that many of you will have heard of, and that was introduced to our gaming club by a member that has since moved away. Our club forum has a section for Frostgrave games. It also has sections for Man O' War, Blood and Plunder, Batman, Infinity, Battlefleet, Gothic, Mordheim and Gorka Morka. The difference between this game and others introduced by eager and enthusiastic members at our club, is that Frostgrave has kind of stuck around, with the odd game...
Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome back to 1940. This time, we're in Greece, and it isn't for a holiday... A number of months ago, I decided I wanted to do several things in Bolt Action, over and above collecting the German 9th SS and British 1st Airborne Division I already have forces for (you know, as you do when you are a long-term hobbyists and have limited self-control) - I decided I wanted to add a small platoon of Polish Paratroopers to my Market Garden themed British collection (check), I wanted to collect a small force of British Home...
Today I want to talk about the enigma of solo wargaming. Of course I'm not the first person to write about playing wargames without a human opponent. I am sure I will not be the last. It's a subjective topic, and one that will evolve over time. The considerations may develop, and solutions to hitherto problematic conundra may be presented. I've decided to write a bit about the subject because it is something I have pondered on from time to time. I have experience of both 'solo gaming' and 'vs gaming', and also, I wanted to try to bust a...
Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome once again. This time around, I bring you a review of a set of models from MOM Miniatures; The Breakers! From the Wastes they came... I found these miniatures while searching for something to use as 'Fallen' for my Varangur army for Kings of War. There happened to be a post on Facebook advertising the MOM Miniatures 25% discount sale for Black Friday. Kings of War being the game that it is, Varangur players have used all sorts of models as Fallen. Gamers have selected various Games Workshop Chaos miniatures such as Chosen and...
Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome. I was going to make this a review of a set of recently purchased models. After various discussions about the models I bought, it has become a ramble on a debate ongoing amongst wargamers... The Big Toy Debate Here is a question for you reader. What is the difference between a gaming miniature and a toy? My answer to this question is 'your point of view'. I put it to you that we are living in a golden age for miniatures gaming. For me, gaming started way back in the early 90s. Since then,...
Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome to my second article on this topic. Previously on 'Playing Wargames with Younger Gamers'... In the last article, I talked about what it can be like playing miniature wargames with younger players. I covered my approach to making games accessible to younger gamers, and about ways of engaging them and keeping their interest. I am going to talk this time about a game of Kings of War that my son Oscar and I played. Setting Up I have found that giving a younger player as much choice as possible in gaming is a good...
Greetings Wargamers and Hobbyists, and welcome. Here we are again, and this time around I would like to talk about record keeping - 'lists, lists and more lists of dead, wounded, and gazetted Sharpe'! I think it is fairly common these days for a gamer to keep track of their game results, whether for fun, for posterity, or because a player regularly frequents tournaments and therefore it is in their DNA. I myself keep a fairly detailed record of my game results, including tables showing my record with each army or faction I play, and each game system, which covers...
Welcome Wargamers, Hobbyists and hardened gangers. As a new edition of a fantastic game becomes available for pre-order from Games Workshop soon, I am reminded of my days in the Underhive, and of a guide I wrote a few years ago as an overview of a campaign setting for a revival at our club, which may soon happen. I give you, the traveller's guide to 'The Placids'. The Placids The Placids is an area of the Underhive which is well and truly on the borderland between the Underhive and the long dark of the sump. The recent discovery of a...
