Miniature Games… Peter Cushing’s Toy Soldiers 3 Dec 20172 Dec 2017 I saw this a few years ago, and I'm sure that many or most wargamers will have seen it at some point, but it seems to be doing the rounds…
Blogging… Bringing Order 6 Oct 2017 Recently, I've moved into a new house. It's all very exciting and there's still a lot to do to make it really feel like home, but we're lucky that we've…
Miniature Games… We Love to Buy Miniatures Because We Believe We Are Buying the Time to Paint Them 9 Aug 2017 In his VH1 documentary, Inside Out, the late, great Warren Zevon shared this pearl of wisdom: We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read…
Miniature Games Coming Home to Age of Sigmar 13 Jul 20171 May 2023 I was a big, big fan of Warhammer. I loved it. I loved fielding big, ranked up units of clanrats and slaves in my Skaven army. I loved the…
Books… Malifaux @ Bundle of Holding 12 Jun 2017 Not dead, just busy, busy, busy! Today though, I am taking the opportunity to share a bundle over at Bundle of Holding. One of the current offerings from this fantastic site…
Miniature Games… Disciples of Tzeentch Slow Grow League Lists 14 May 2017 Our local gaming club, The Northern Knights, is currently running an Age of Sigmar slow grow league. This is a big part of what has triggered my reacquaintance with Games Workshop…
Miniature Games… Returning to Warhammer 6 May 2017 I kind of lost touch with Games Workshop at some point and I don't know if it was more down to them or down to me. Like many fellow miniature…
Blogging… Let’s Talk About PETA and 40K 30 Jan 201730 Jan 2017 Hypocrisy really rankles me, as does being misled or lied to. It is hardly surprising, bearing this in mind, that I am therefore not a fan of PETA, a so-called…
Board Games… Asymmetry and the Modern, 2 Player Board Game 19 Jan 201724 Jan 2017 A lot of the board games that are considered mainstream family games (Monopoly, Cluedo, Uno et al) are what we might call symmetrical games. By this I mean that in…
Board Games… Top 50 Games 2016 (10-1) 25 Dec 2016 Welcome to the final entry in this series of posts exploring my top 50 games for 2016. This entry builds on the four previous posts, this time exploring my top…
Board Games… Top 50 Games 2016 (20-11) 19 Dec 201619 Dec 2016 Oh hey, look, we're into the top 20! Woo and yay, we're getting to the really great stuff, now! Feel free to go and read parts 1, 2 and 3…
Board Games… Top 50 Games 2016 (40-31) 7 Dec 20167 Dec 2016 Following on from my previous post, here are the next ten games in this year's top 50 list. Just to reiterate, there are my top 50 of all time, as…
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