I like playing Colonials. There, I've said it. Oh, that does feel better, they say that confession is good for the soul. I've been an avid colonial player for a long time, my first units were a bunch of Redoubt French Foreign Legion chaps from the Beau Geste period (about 1910 ish). I've been fascinated … Continue reading Colonials Revisited
I've been painting English Civil war for a number of years now, however this has been a slow burn project. I usually paint 2 maybe 3 new units per year for this particular period but after a number of years I have a fairly large collection of ECW (English Civil War) figures. I have always … Continue reading A Most uncivil war
In this episode of The Sons of Anubis Against the World we find our protagonists in the small village of East Riding, somewhere in the west of England. It is late at night and our fellows are out looking for a likely target to vent their ire upon, having been thwarted in their last attempt … Continue reading Ill Met in East Riding
My gaming group has decided to start a small league, currently we are up to our second round of the league and I have failed to win a game! Still, undaunted I shall press on with my human team. I have however just finished painting my Orc team - "The Meckleburg Chunderers" and might have … Continue reading Blood Bowl Revisited
Today is a bit different, I thought that I would jot down some things that go through my mind as I get older and crankier. No this will not be some tirade about how the world has done me wrong or how it used to be so much better when I was a lad. I … Continue reading Some random thoughts
A little while ago I bought some new desert buildings from a Melbourne based manufacturer called Knights of Dice. These are from their Tabula Rasa range which is very much a bare bones kit designed to be added to. As a result these particular buildings are very well priced. These buildings are 28mm scale. My … Continue reading Some New Buildings
I recently looked at my river stock and realised that it is all in 28mm. My small gaming group decided to do some ACW for February and I suggested that we do First Bull Run as a starter. It was then that I realised that my current river stock would not do and we would … Continue reading Cry me a River
