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The Back of Beyond, The Men Who Would be Kings, 28mm I was horrified to discover we hadn’t played a ‘Back of Beyond’ game in over a year and a half! So, we had to remedy that. This week then, we’re off to Turkistan (it’s always seems to be in one of the ‘stans’), where
WWII Coastal Forces, Narrow Seas, 1/600-scale We fancied a naval game this week – right now we’re on something of a nautical kick in the Orkney club, and we’re running it about 50/50 between land and sea (with the odd air one thrown in). Usually, we do it on alternate weeks, or at least we
The Roman World, To the Strongest, 28mm First off, may I offer my profuse apologies. I’m a whole month behind in my game reports. In January, when I became a pensioner, I thought the pace of life would get slower. Instead, I’m still writing Ospreys, and a big book Lords of the Salt Road came
Air Games, Korean War, Bag the Hun, 1/300 scale It’s been a few months since we last played Bag the Hun, and a couple of years since I last took out my shiny silver Korean War models. So, we decided to take to the skies this week, and remedy all that. We use the
WW2 Coastal Forces, Narrow Seas, 1/600 scale This week we had something of a treat. World War 2 Coastal Forces games have seen something of a resurgence in the club. This is largely due to one of us, Nick, introducing the rest of us to a new set of Coastal rules, torpedoes and tides, by
The Second World War, Chain of Command, 28mm We suddenly realised that Chris had never played a Chain of Command game. this was strange, as he’d talked about raising a French platoon c.1940, but hadn’t even tried out the rules. So, we decided to remedy that. In this game, Chris played the British, Nick ran
WWII Coastal Forces, Narrow Seas!, 1:600 scale Having played a few games of the new Coastal Forces rules Torpedoes and Tides, Chris asked me what rules I’d used in the past. Thomas Brandsetter’s new rules rekindled interest in the period, but Chris found them a little bit abstract. So, I staged a game for him
The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 10mm Chris and I were left to our own devices this week, as everyone else was away. So, in my bit to get him hooked on Rapid Fire, I said on an East Front game, and gave him lots of tanks to play with. In this game, set
Misc. – Conquistadors, Irregular Wars, 28mm For various reasons haven’t managed to play in a League of Gentleman Wargamers game for ages. So, I was delighted to take the ferry south and head to Kirriemuir for this game, set in the New World, in the aftermath of the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs and Incans.
The Age of Fighting Sail, The Full Nelson, 1/1200 scale We were all at sea again this week, with another playtest of The Full Nelson, the forthcoming age of sail rules from the Too Fat Lardies. So far we’ve only had good things to say about it, so our aim was to try and see
The Napoleonic Wars, Shadow of the Eagles, 28mm When my friend Charles Grant asked me to play through a game for his forthcoming wargames scenario book I jumped at the chance. Charles always comes up with unusual and challenging scenarios and ‘teasers’, so I knew this would be good. He wanted this to be a
The Age of Fighting Sail, The Full Nelson, 1/1200 scale A few weeks ago, after seeing a post about these rules – the Two Fat Lardies’ successor to Kiss Me Hardy! – I messaged Richard Clark to ask about them. Even though he was about to leave for a holiday, he sent me the draft
The Second World War, Bag the Hun!, 1:300 scale This week, Nick brought along his Battle of Britain kit, including his lovely hex-covered map of the coast of southern England. The rules include an option for attacking ships, so Nick decided to try this out. This game was set in July 1940, and centres around
The French and Indian War, Rebels and Patriots, 28mm I offered to run a game this week, and I gave the guys a few options. They opted for the French and Indian War, where m Huron warriors were out looking for scalps, and British settlers feared for their lives. This game was an French and
Renaissance Galleys, Galleys and Galleons, 1/1200 scale After playing Torpedoes and Tides, Nick suggested having a go at Galleys and Galleons, the rules the WW2 Coastal Forces set had been based on. So, we gave tried them out. All the ships were Nick’s, save for three of mine, a small patache and two large and
Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale We seem to be playing a lot of naval games lately – probably inspired by Chris’ addition to our merry little band. In fact, we all share a passion for that side of wargaming, and Nick has an immense collection of ships – albeit in what I’d call ridiculously
Modern Wars, Rapid Fire Reloaded! Able Archer , 10mm I rarely get my Arab-Israeli kit out, and since the conflict in Gaza flared up, I felt it inappropriate to game anything involving a middle-eastern war. Still, Chris wanted to give the period a go, and so we ran this, more as an exercise in rules-
