First Look: Chain of Command by Too Fat Lardies
While researching the best mix for my Bolt Action Brits I came across a mention of another set of WW2 skirmish rules that are coming out later this year, 'Chain of Command' from Too Fat Lardies. They...
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Bolt Action: Building my British Infantry at 500pts
Now I have my figures, thanks Tamsin, I need to work out my force composition. Normally I build my forces on paper and then buy the figures I need but this time I need to make the figures I won fit a...
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'Chain of Command' Playthrough
Yesterday TooFatLardies hosted a live playthrough of their upcoming WW2 skirmish rules 'Chain of Command' on their blog. It was really interesting to read through the action as it happened and it also...
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Assembling my Warlord Games Brits
Having decided on the weapon mix for my Bolt Action Brits it's now time to assemble the figures. This is the part I wasn't looking forward to doing. The figures are lovely sculpts with no flash or...
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My 'By Fire & Sword' rulebook has arrived
So my copy of 'By Fire & Sword' arrived this morning from NorthStar and first impressions are good. I'll be doing a more in depth review next week but here's my thoughts so far. The book is indeed...
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Yet another shameless blog give-away plug!
BigLee's Miniature Adventures has reached a seven digit milestone which he is celebrating with a Millionth Pageview Give-Away. There are several sets of prizes to choose from and the top three winners...
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"Lite" version of the new 'Longstreet' ACW rules now available
Sam Mustapha has just made the "lite" version of his upcoming ACW rules 'Longstreet' available for free download on his site."For those who would like to try a very basic, “bare-bones” version of the...
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Phew! It's HOTT.
Well that's the obligatory hot weather pun out of the way, so moving on swiftly. I've been reading a few Hordes of the Things (HOTT) batreps lately so I decided to dig out two of my old HOTT armies.I...
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Battletech Alpha Strike rules preview now available
I love Battletech, I've bought the starter set twice over the years, I have a bunch of the novels and Technical Readouts, played a couple of the Battletech MMO's and when I was on holiday in California...
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What draws you to a set of rules?
I'm a rulebook junkie. I have loads of rulebooks, some of which I've never even played, and I'm always on the look out for more. For example I have Bolt Action, which is a perfectly good set of WWII...
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They don't make them like this anymore!
While surfing the web I came across this entry in WikipediaSir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer of Belgian and Irish...
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What am I up to?
Just a quick update about what I'm working on at the moment. First up I have a HOTT AAR to finish writing up. I needed to scratch an itch to play HOTT again so I dug out my Dwarves & Lizardmen.The...
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The spending continues!
I've been a busy boy this weekend and bought yet more toys I probably don't need. I finally succumbed and bought the Chain of Command WW2 skirmish rules that I intend to do in 20mm to cut costs (yeah...
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The first of my 1/72 Germans
I've made a start on painting up the Valiant 1/72 Germans I bought recently. I'm aiming to use these for both Bolt Action (BA) and Chain of Command (CoC). So here is a photo of my first squad. The...
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"Victory at Waterloo" arrives.
As part of my on-going attempt to replace the games I rashly got rid of when I quit gaming years ago I bought a copy of "Victory at Waterloo" on eBay. It arrived this morning and I wasted no time...
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HOTT AAR: Dwarves vs Lizardmen
Last week I decided to have a game of Hordes of the Things (HOTT). One of the things I like about games like HOTT is that they only need minimal terrain and a 2'x2' board so you can play them almost...
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My Latest eBay Bargain.
I was browsing eBay when I came across a retailer selling lots of MDF terrain pieces. I saw this one auction for 12 painted 28mm ruined building corner sections which I could use for Bolt Action and...
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Support units for my 1/72 Germans
I've moved on to painting up the support units for my Valiant 1/72 Germans. They comprise an MG42 on a tripod and an 80mm mortar. For those of you who are interested, the painting details can be found...
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My 28mm ruined buildings assembled
As I mentioned in an earlier post I won an auction for some painted MDF ruins. As they're painted all I had to do was glue them together. This was a two stage process. The outer and inner walls were...
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I just can't do it. No, wait it turns out I can!
I'm an admitted wargameaholic, it's not uncommon for me to look at three new systems or armies in a week and want to buy them all. This week while looking to buy some paints online I saw a retailer...
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