Retrospective: GURPS Space
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When Steve Jackson Games released *GURPS* in 1986, it was already clear
what kind of roleplaying game it wanted to be. Unlike TSR’s* Dungeons &
Dragons* ...
The Battle of Notenoy (Pt1)
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The 1st Coalition armies were getting restless in the fall of 1793. The
campaign seemed to have stalled but eventually the Duke of Belmont had
received o...
I Love It When They Make It Easy
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The PCs are supposed to be finding a dragon because the Half-King of
Broceliande wishes to talk to a dragon.
They decided to look for Naga Malicinda, w...
Transformers Alt Modes
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Now I have a game that works, it's time to give the robots their alt modes.
These are mostly Micromachines and N scale vehicles from eBay. The
Micromachi...
Battle of the Maunch - Continued (3)
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End of 1st Battle Squadron; here comes 2nd.
Tardy as it was, the arrival of 2nd Battle Squadron could not save the 1st.
Already *San Pareil* had blown u...
Landscape as inspiration
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Before l came on this wee trip to the Lake District l photographed this
page from one og my note books-
It was written in the cafe at Chesters by the Riv...
I've Entered My Fall In Games
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This evening I submitted two events for the HMGS East Fall In convention,
November 7-9, 2025. Both games will feature Richard Sharpe scenarios played...
GENERAL PETTYGREE'S GREAT AIR RACE!
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*Click on photos to enlarge them.*
*DIAMOND AERODROME, SICILY*
*SEPTEMBER 14, 2025GENERAL PETTYGREE'S GREAT AIR RACEPart 1 of 2*
Dear Readers,
WWII is over...
A Little More Brushwork. . .
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A little more brushwork on the first batch of (my version of) the
Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment yesterday (Saturday). Taking a different tack this
time a...
Star Wars Assimilated by the Borg…..
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*The Empire Strikes Back - Command and Colours style….*
*….and the back of the box*
By way of a change of direction this post is firmly rooted in Scienc...
More Shiny Men.
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Now it has been some time since my last blog post. What with one thing and
another 2 months have slipped away almost unnoticed so it is well past time
for ...
ELEVEN REBELS ON THE ROOF
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In 1961, two noteworthy events occurred in the art world:
* 1. The artist Piero Manzoni sold cans of "Artist's Shit" as *
* c...
Nebelwerfers
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Among the toys making their combat debut at the recent Ardennes game was
this pair of Nebelwerfers. These are 3d prints, with crew figures sourced
fro...
More Austrian Kurassiers
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The Austrian forces now have their final (honest) cavalry unit. These
represent the 12th Ferdinand Kurassiers and bring the cavalry contingent to
a very ...
Some news on the American war of independence
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Our Hobbyfriend Uwe Rausch asked to print the Grenadiers in 40mm and
painted them as SYW Prussians of the 48th regiment. This is the result:-)
And...
Battlemasters Goblin Wolfriders
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*This seemed so lavish when I was a youngster - still does to be honest*
Battlemasters is an old MB games board game produced in the early 90s. It
was ...
Over the Hills and Far Away
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Excellent day out yesterday; I drove up north to Stryker's estates, for
one of his fabulous Napoleonic extravaganzas. Waterloo re-revisited, and
very go...
Bunker Hill: Gentlemen Pensioners Sunday Game
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Traditionally, Steve hosts a game for the Gentlemen Pensioners on the
Sunday following the Phalanx Show. This year it featured Bunker (or
Breed's) Hill...
All change!.
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Due to vast amounts of unwanted attention I am taking this blog down
permanently. But fear not, I have copied most of the posts onto a new blog My
"Old ...
Very Sad News
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I'm very sorry to be making this post but I've just learned that Dale past
away from a heart attack on November 5th.
Most of my relationship with Dale wa...
Trying Something New
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Based on what I said last time, I’m going to try out something new. Check
out my posts at Medium – one test you can ignore, one discussion of why I
chose t...
Short Rules by Leon Tucker
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A bit of an experiment as posts go… This is an overview of one of my
favorite, older, short, simple war game rules. Plenty of information to get
a feel f...
Warplan 5/5 Campaign System
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I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to reproduce the snazzy double headed
arrow in 5/5 in the text so will have to do with this instead.
Warplan 5/5 came o...
What Do You Mean “It’s Only A Movie”?
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Like many of my friends and fellow students of military history/military
affairs, I went recently to see the new movie “Midway”. This community can
deli...
Tribute to Stuart Asquith
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Whilst it is not news that we have recently lost one of the hobby's
best-known figures this past week, I thought it would be appropriate to add
my own trib...
The Fritz Leiber WIKI - [Currently Reading]
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---------- The Fritz Leiber WIKI Welcome to the Scrolls of Lankhmar. It
contains information on the writings of and also the RPG Guide to Nehwon,
which is ...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the First
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The Italian infantry brigade.
The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high.
This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French ...
Supplies to San Lorenzo ....
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*San Lorenzo, lies near the border with the British territory of
Malize..... The British have allied with some local natives attempt to
disrupt one of the ...
Character Figures and Settlers for the FIW
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Conquest Miniatures put out a nice little blister of the main characters
from the Last of the Mohicans, also released by Warlord Games. I had fun
painti...
Sources For The Interwar Gamer
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I have been meaning to add some content here for a long time, apparently
three years of a long time in fact, how time flies. So with this post I
hope to k...
Stephen King’s Threshold
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“There is probably no dedicated fantasy fan in America who doesn’t have at
least one of those distinctive black-bound volumes upon his or her shelf .
. ....
The Return of the Iron Duke
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On Saturday, Nov. 21, six of us gathered at Jay's to fight a Napoleonic
battle using a highly modified version of Command and Colors Napoleonics we
laughin...
High time...
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It is high time I posted here again. The project has stalled. Last night I
decided to have a read of book 2 after many years away from it. It begins
so wel...
Top (TV) Duels
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To go with my posts on top one-on-one fights (in films) here's a quick
selection from television.
*#5* Agents of SHIELD (May vs. Ward)
This was a fascinat...
La Passeggiata
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Artist: ItalianTitle: La *Passeggiata*
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Memories, Tangents and the Power of the Pastoral
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*Charles Stadden 30mm BEF released fifty(ish) years ago*
It occurs to me that wargaming the Great War is not going to be a straight
forward thing.
L...
Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm"
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Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures
painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm
metal ma...
Fauna
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After a recent expedition "down under" a couple of new animals have been
added to the national zoological gardens.
*If I recall correctly these are from a R...
Byzarbia at Ayton Game.
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Once again it's been a while, though in my defence I plead that I have been
busy painting figures for our second Ayton Weekend Game, even forgoing two
of o...
Blog Harassment
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I am sorry to say that I have had to select comment moderation as a
permanent feature now. I am sick and tired of being harassed by a follower
of this blog...
Buy my e-book and save the police (again!)
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*Wasting Police Time** is now available on Kindle.
You don't need a Kindle itself to read it - you can download an 'app' onto
your iPad/laptop/whatever.
U...
10 of the most beautiful things I've ever seen
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1. The sun setting over a still sea, woven to silk, and the swimmers,
silhouttetted wading back to the shore like merman returning to land.
2. My br...
Why the WAR OF 1812?
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I just received two of the more recent Osprey Men-at Arms books on the War
of 1812 in the mail the other day (not really that recent - 1998 and
2000...but...
Though unfortunately I've read rules by the Two Fat Lardies rather than played them - I have been favourably impressed by their presentation and general ethos.
In addition, the Lardies have a very active Yahoo group and are always willing to engage with their audience. The latest development in this very commendable approach is Lard-o-vision, the first in a series of Youtube tutorials on how to play their games. The first game covered is Sharpe Practice, a large scale skirmish game for up to a hundred figures a side based on adventure fiction set during the 19th century - Forester, Cornwell et al.
In my humble opinion, the nicest most enthusiastic people you could ever want to meet, but the poorest rule writers I have ever come across.... both the WWII and ACW sets that I won defied transfer to the tabletop - DG & I (with 40+ years of wargaming between us) simply couldn't understand what some of the rules were trying to say...
I'm at a loss as clearly other people don't have the problem.....!
The rules do sound interesting (from this and from postings I've seen of people's games). I like the "large skirmish" idea. If they ever do a version for Colonials I'll be tempted to at least take a look.
One complaint about the videos - I had to crank up my volume to hear what Mr. Clark was saying, but then the music was way too loud. Anyway, nice way to demonstrate rules.
I found some parts of the book a bit puzzling at first, being unfamiliar with what is in effect a TFL sub-culture, and wasn't quite sure how it would all pan out on the table.
However after watching the very welcome videos I feel I've got the idea now and that there's a lot of potential.
In my humble opinion, the nicest most enthusiastic people you could ever want to meet, but the poorest rule writers I have ever come across.... both the WWII and ACW sets that I won defied transfer to the tabletop - DG & I (with 40+ years of wargaming between us) simply couldn't understand what some of the rules were trying to say...
ReplyDeleteI'm at a loss as clearly other people don't have the problem.....!
The rules do sound interesting (from this and from postings I've seen of people's games). I like the "large skirmish" idea. If they ever do a version for Colonials I'll be tempted to at least take a look.
ReplyDeleteOne complaint about the videos - I had to crank up my volume to hear what Mr. Clark was saying, but then the music was way too loud.
Anyway, nice way to demonstrate rules.
I found some parts of the book a bit puzzling at first, being unfamiliar with what is in effect a TFL sub-culture, and wasn't quite sure how it would all pan out on the table.
ReplyDeleteHowever after watching the very welcome videos I feel I've got the idea now and that there's a lot of potential.