A Salute Double Act
Well, the big day has been and gone and I have just about recovered sufficiently to post my report. It was, of course, a big day for us, with TooFatLardies and Reisswitz Press represented, with Dave Brown running a very...
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General d’Armee, Advanced Order Now
Great news, with the proof in from the printer we can take a first look at the rules and show you just what a great looking book this is. Once again, we have used veteran wargamer and greatly respected designer...
General d’Armee: We Talk to the Game Designer
With only days to go before General d’Armee goes on show at Salute, we at Lard Island News got a chance to talk to the author, Dave Brown about his latest, and possibly greatest, set of rules. Dave, first can...
Tussle in Trumpboro
Over the past few months we have been busy playtesting the forthcoming campaign handbook for Sharp Practice. It’s been great fun and has generated some exciting games and thrilling narratives. However, our latest campaign threw up a game so unusual...
Lard at Crisis
The adventure begins now as we start to pack up in anticipation of our trip across the Channel next week and this Crisis will be a big Lard event as we have two Participation Games on offer, Sharp Practice and...
Pickett’s Charge Rules Now Available
The waiting is over and Pickett’s Charge have arrived on Lard Island. All of the advanced orders have now gone and we now have the rules fully available via the web site. The hard copy of the rules can be...
Pickett’s Charge Advanced Orders
With Pickett’s Charge at the printers, we are now taking advanced orders prior to the publication date of the 26th of October. As a small “Thank you” for those ordering in advance, we will be sending out a free PDF...
The Roundwoods Report Talks Pickett’s Charge with Dave Brown
Hello, and welcome once again to the studios of Roundwood’s World, where I, Sidney Roundwood, am interviewing one of the best known game designers in the hobby, Dave Brown. Dave needs little or, indeed, no introduction. Best known for such...
Playing Pickett’s Charge
Tuesday was an exciting day on Lard Island as Nick and I visited our old chum Dave Brown for a game of Pickett’s Charge, the forthcoming inaugural rules from Reisswitz Press. I had been lucky to enjoy a few games...
Pickett’s Charge, A Post-Colours Report
With Pickett’s Charge soon to be charging towards the printer’s, we asked the author and designer, Dave Brown, to tell us how the recent pre-publication demonstration game went at Colours, held in sunny Newbury on 10th September. Dave’s was running the...
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