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He's a member of the Orkney Wargames Club, which meets in Kirkwall on Thursday evenings.
See their Facebook page for more info.
The Seven Years War, Honours of War, 28mm Another week, another storm – this time with power cuts. My island was cut off from the town this week – the causeway closed due to a storm – so instead Sean 2 and I played a wee game in the house on Sunday afternoon. In this
The Seven Years War, The War Game, 28mm Two or three times a year I venture south on the ferry for a weekend of wargaming in Kirriemuir, near Dundee. Apart from being the birthplace of JM Barrie (Peter Pan) and Bon Scott (AC/DC), it also plays host to the League of Gentleman Wargamers. Goodness knows
The Roman World, To the Strongest, 28mm It’s been ages since we played an Ancients game, so .. by popular acclaim, I give you this small but decisive scrap, set near Tongeren, in the north-east corner of modern-day Belgium. In this little fracas, Sean 1 played the Gallic ruler Picanmix, while Sean 2 was the
The Back of Beyond, The Men Who Would be Kings, 28mm This week’s game saw the inauguration of Sean 2’s new battle mat, which for obvious reasons was duly dubbed “the mould mat”. So, apologies if these pictures look a little – er – garish! Anyway, this saw a three-cornered contest in Tajikistan, close to
Modern Wars, Cold War Commander 2, 6mm This is written by Sean Lisle – aka “Sean 2”; Every few weeks Angus attends a meeting elsewhere on a usual Thursday game night so Sean 1 and I (Sean 2) explore the Cold War Commander ruleset which, as the title suggests, simulates mechanised warfare in the Cold War
