Okay, a brief update today as we have a big game, photoshoot and impromptu Eisteddfod today, with the Welsh Wizard himself, Sir Michael “It’s Not Unusual” Hobbs, bringing his War of 1812 toys. Indeed, as I type this he is...
A hectic day yesterday as the terrain build took centre stage. Having decided on the layout I headed across to our local B&Q to get the material for the boards. I consulted my chum and arch terrain builder, Jim Ibbotson...
Well, I’m back from Scotland where we had some great fun playing Sharp Practice at Claymore combined with some jolly times with chums over beer and curry. All in all a great weekend, but that must be consigned to history...
Further to our encounter with the forces of Strudelheim, Oberst von Sekka was both elated and yet frustrated. There could be little doubt that the Strudelheimers were in some disorder and, whilst we had suffered some losses, we were in...
Well, better late than never, the Summer Special has arrived on Lard Island and we can seed why the stork took so long to deliver, its a bouncing bundle of 136 pages of Lard, bulging at the seams with scenarios,...
Well, well, well. Interesting times. After all the political excitement I thought I’d get things back to what vaguely passes for normality on Lard Island with a bit of a look at some rather exciting stuff that has, metaphorically or...
The Boshin War was a conflict fought from 1868 to 1869 with the forces of the Tonugawa Shogun on one side and those who sought to return power to the Emperor. Looking to find out more? The full lists for...
It was towards the end of the second week in May when I received the communication from Sir Roger at the Residence, brought by a galloper who had sustained several wounds in his attempt to locate my outpost and deliver...
Of all the chapters in the history in history of the less than cordial relations between the Duchy of Strudelheim and the Margave of Underberg Asbach, one of the strangest must be that of the affair of Madame Dacquoise. The...
Today our manifest destiny is to look at one of my favourite periods, the US Mexican War of 1846-48. The appeal of this conflict is a combination of flamboyant uniforms and a real hotch-potch of troop types. My 15mm armies for...
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