The Loose Association of Wargamers

I estimate my lead pile is down to about 2 years. So what happens in 2 years time when I have finished it ? Do I have to give up the hobby ?

6mm golf balls. I like a challenge...

Alpha Jets are French and Toyotas are Japanese. Good idea about the geologist carrying a barrel of beer though !

This week's President-for-life arrives for the grand opening of the new Ministry Of Mines building in the capital. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ged8pzCI1opO7Pld_xMEgwtC7X6naTSu-Oavtb68lcyJypH3CFAqKjndAsR0wfUuFlKe-aCXjTndrPy5DCwQqGJFQasNF5LUZpiYc2eOOvAqOG-odSYPEaBxTpwOPGGoA7QUFsQcO_x9rqmTIiu1UqA...

Northampton is a funny place. Its neither 'up North' nor 'down South'. It is limbo so I'm not surprised stuff disappears into a black hole.

Penda wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:27 pm I simply cannot see the point of anything so small as a painting exercise nor for gaming, sorry.

Apology accepted. No hard feelings.

So I always thought laser cut MDF buildings were for the 25 mm fraternity then I discovered Blotz : http://blotz.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=23_59 So I bought some 6mm hi-rise buildings and they are chuffing brilliant ! They sprues re amazingly well designed and each piece can be remov...

A small campaign I ran some years ago set in 1934 where a fictional South American nation invades a British Island in the Atlantic. I still have the newspaper clippings somewhere. Don't think I could motivate myself to put that much effort into a game anymore.

Winsor and Newton Cotman range- last for ever.

It seems that as tech gets better, large scale battles start to get a bit boardgamey. Phil Barker once wrote that the ideal wargaming scale is the largest area where the commander could see most of the battlefield. Hence his Wellingtonics at div - corps level and his WWII at coy-Bn level. There is ...