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Recording the latest Oddcast, I suddenly realised that I couldn’t find the free to download BIG Chain of Command file on the web site. So,
Recording the latest Oddcast, I suddenly realised that I couldn’t find the free to download BIG Chain of Command file on the web site. So,
Excitement levels are rising at Lard Island as it is now less than a week until we travel to the Airborne Museum at the Hartenstein
Viewers of Twitter will have noticed that we have started a fresh Pint-Sized Campaign on Lard Island this week. Having completed our Jitra campaign in
Chui (Lieutenant) Tamagotshi Shitake raised his field glasses but even then he could see nothing but green. It mattered not. The Australian positions had been
To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, we are very please to announce that for the next week, in the run up
After the disaster that was the first game in the campaign, both in terms of the result for the Australians and my rather disappointing scenario
I had originally intended to just put the following in a postscript to the last article on Lard Island News, but on reflection I thought
I really think so! Well, not me if I am honest, but my Jump Off Points. Playing a rather spiffing game set in Malaya last
As part of the build project for the Far East, I recently put together a very nice Sarissa Colonial bungalow which will sit on the
As some readers of Lard Island News may know, Dave Brown has been ensconced in Schloss Reisswitz working away producing his new World War 2
Some things, they say, are worth celebrating and for us on Lard Island there can be no greater reason for popping the odd cork
Things have been a bit quiet here recently, suggesting (possibly) that I have been lagging behind with the Jungle build project. In fact nothing could
With the big jungle bits done, the bamboo complete, some native residencies finished and the low level jungle on the way, my thoughts turned to
There are some aspects of terrain modelling that come as a surprise; sometimes for good reason, sometime for bad. I usually find this occurs when
Well, it is done. At least the first tranche of my jungle is complete. Since the last post when I got the undergrowth in place
A couple of days absence due to LOTS of work being done rather than none, but this has largely been boring paint slapping work on
Well, the big plan to undercoat the jungle didn’t happen. It was wet and horrible, or possibly I was just too lazy to go outside
A short post today as we embark on the proper Jungle build, applying the lessons we learned with our test run. I have mentioned what
So, the moment of truth is here. The trial build of our Jungle terrain comes to an end and the jury is about to make
Okay, back to the jungle project again after a brief interlude on buildings. You may recall that we had our trees in place and our
No jungle today. I sprayed it all black yesterday and then slapped on some brown paint. In the afternoon I went to start on the
A wise man from Birmingham once said “It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!” and once again he’s right, ‘cos its here again. On Lard Island that means two things,
I must admit that I feel like a bit of a charlatan writing this piece as I feel like I am claiming to have a
So, with the buildings complete apart from fine detailing, we ran out the game on Tuesday night at the club and it was looking okay.
Buildings. Well, I wanted something typically Dutch on a waterfront, something where one could almost smell the damp clogs. I also wanted something that I
So, with the canal sort of on its way, I though I’d next crack on with the defences. One interesting factor which intrigues me about
As November looms large on the horizon, thoughts on Lard Island turn once again to our annual pilgrimage to Crisis in Antwerp; the best wargaming
It’s been nearly a month since the 1940 Handbook for Chain of Command was released so with all of the interest in the Blitzkrieg phase
“Rubble, Rubble”, as David Bowie nearly once sang and, let’s be honest we know what the man who fell to Earth meant: there’s never enough
Yesterday we looked at damaged houses, so today we will look at destroyed buildings. As was seen in reality at Stalingrad, Monte Cassino and any
In 1939 the British and French had a fortunate eight months to prepare themselves for the German Blitzkrieg. Fortunately we no longer have that long
Ever since Chain of Command was published we have focused on a whole range of products to support the rules, from downloadable army lists to
Well, waiting for the PVA wash took longer than I had hoped. It took two days to dry in the workshop, but at last we
Well, it’s bee a bit of time since I posted about my wargaming journey towards Stalingrad, largely because I’ve just been so busy with other
Since the Sharp Practice and Chain of Command videos have been running on Beasts of War we have had dozens of people asking where they
Christmas comes but once a year and this year the Lardies Christmas Oddcast comes from a very special location as the Lardy team meet in
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