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Customers in Europe – Looking to the Future
It will come as no surprise to our customers to know that the UK has now left the European Union. Clearly this has real implications
31st March 2022
Lard Island News: News
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Lard Workshop in Nottingham, 13th of August
Lard in Nottingham? Shurely shome mishtake….
2nd March 2022
Infamy, Infamy! Advanced Order Now Available
Great News and much excitement on Lard Island as we are able to announce that Infamy, Infamy! will be released in just two weeks time
15th June 2020
Lard Magazine 2019 Arrives
Bulging waist lines are no strangers to Lard Island, but this 2019 Lard Magazine isn’t just fat, it’s morbidly obese when it comes to content.
15th December 2019
Disciplina et Virtus, a Look at Lardy Ancients
Welcome to the Lard Island Studio where, for a change, we are taking a break from the Oddcast and Lard TV to discuss the forthcoming
16th October 2019
Fabulous Poland Offer to Commemorate 80th Anniversary
To mark the 80th year after the accepted start of WW2 with the invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939, the TooFatLardies are pleased to
31st August 2019
Lard TV Launches
Excitement abounds in Lard Island Broadcasting House as the lights are lit, the cameras rolling and the make up artists working overtime as Lard TV
5th May 2019
The Return of Lard Dice, At Last!
Some years ago we produced some rather nice and very popular dice with our Pie and Pint logo on one face, where the six spots
16th April 2019
TFL Award Winning Sale Announced
Some things, they say, are worth celebrating and for us on Lard Island there can be no greater reason for popping the odd cork
17th January 2019
TFL Oddcast Number 11: A Bridge Too Fat
With the Crisis build finished a few days early, Rich and Nick decided to hit the road and head for Joe’s Bridge on the Belgian-Dutch
6th November 2018
Another Year, Another Crisis
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
19th October 2018
TooFatLardies Festive Oddcast
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
13th December 2017
TooFatLardies Oddcast, Episode Two
The terrible trio took the advantage of a long drive to Crisis in Antwerp to discuss their hopes for the show and, the big issue
7th November 2017
Summer Special 2017 Arrives
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Because
5th July 2017
Deep Fried Lard – A Post Match Report
Well, here we are, back from Deep Fried Lard with my liver almost intact and having had another great day of Lardy gaming north of
6th June 2017
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
27th April 2017
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
24th April 2017
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
19th April 2017
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
23rd November 2016
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
29th October 2016
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
27th October 2016
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
16th October 2016
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
27th September 2016
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
22nd September 2016
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
19th September 2016
15th September 2016
Reisswitz Press Prepares for Lift-Off
It isn’t often that a new publishing house dedicated to historical wargaming is launched, but that is precisely what is about to happen as Reisswitz
15th September 2016
Pickett’s Charge at Colours
Colours this weekend sees the unveiling of the very first set of rules soon to be published by our sister company, Reisswitz Press, Pickett’s Charge.
9th September 2016
Partizan: A Lardy Perspective
It had been a long, hard couple of weeks prep for Partizan, so naturally a good night’s kip was the place to start before an
22nd August 2016
Viva Ras Begus! Partizan this Weekend
With just 24 hours to go, the last two Deployment Points are awaiting some final dry-brushing and a quick coat of varnish and then we
20th August 2016
Boards & Building, A General Update
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
28th June 2016
Just My Imagi-Nation…
Running away with me? Quite possibly so, as you will discover. But first, the good news. My core Freikorps Army is complete. A small window
23rd April 2016
Sharp Practice PDF Bundles Arrive
Today is the big day, Sharp Practice has been released and the advanced orders are being shipped or packing ready for Monday. To celebrate we
23rd April 2016
Blimey, I’ve Got an Imagination!
I must have been standing too close to “Our ‘Enry”, head honcho of Minature Wargames with Battlegames and, who, whilst seemingly living in Brighton &
8th April 2016
Sharp Practice Advanced Orders Now Being Taken
The rules are at the printers, the cards are being produced, the Poker Chips are en route and the Game tokens are rolling off the
6th April 2016
Sharp Practice 2 Layout, A First Look
It’s all hands to the proverbials here on Lard Island, as we are working hard on the layout for the second edition of Sharp Practice.
23rd March 2016
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