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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 86d – Salute 2012 Coverage, Part IV

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Download Episode 86d Welcome to Episode 86d of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this, the last of the episodes covering Salute 2012, I am joined by Rich Jones. We discuss some of our highlights from the show and sum … Continue reading →

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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 86c – Salute 2012 Coverage, Part III

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Download Episode 86c Welcome to Episode 86c of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast This is another show in my continued coverage of the recent Salute 2012 show at Excel London. In this third show, I speak with Fabio Speiza of … Continue reading →

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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 86b – Salute 2012 Coverage, Part II

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Download Episode 86b Welcome to Episode 86b of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I continue my coverage of the recent Salute 2012 show at Excel London. In this second episode, I talk to Steve Morgan from Warlord … Continue reading →

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Meeples & Miniatures @ Salute 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Tomorrow (Saturday 21st April 2012) sees the 40th Anniversary Salute show at the Excel Centre, London. I will be there again this year, although I will not be involved in running a game. Instead, I will be fully donning my … Continue reading →

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Ex-Illis day @ Total Wargamer – 17th March 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Just a reminder that this coming Saturday sees another Ex-Illis day at the Total Wargamer shop at Blackminster, Evesham. We are once again running a swiss-style tournament, so if you want to have a few fun games of Ex-Illis during the … Continue reading →

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Big Rich enters the points debate (again!)

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

If you are a regular listener/reader, then you will know my lack of enthusiasm for using points systems for Historical wargaming. Well, Richard Clarke, he of Too Fat Lardies fame, has once more sallied forth on this topic on the … Continue reading →

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New gadget = new show?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

I’ve just got hold of a new gadget – the Zoom H1 portable recorder. This handy piece of kit replaces my old mp3 recorder with some much improved mics and electronics, giving a much higher quality recording. Although this is intended … Continue reading →

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New Podcast Sponsors

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Following my appeal for new podcast / website sponsors in Episode 82 of the podcast, I am very pleased to announce that the following companies have agreed to sponsor the podcast: Richard Clarke of Too Fat Lardies has been a … Continue reading →

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Recent Gaming (15th February 2012)

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

I meant to post this last week, but got distracted with editing podcast episodes… I’ve been playing miniature games for several weeks at Scimitar Wargames Club, so it was nice to have a change of pace and play some lite … Continue reading →

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Blog – new milestone surpassed

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone for visiting the blog. Site stats recorded that the site went over 350,000 visits over the weekend…

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“The Plan 2012″ – part one

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

It’s always good to have a plan – or so I’m told. In the past I have had grand plans for what I was going to accomplish in my hobby, and have generally failed dismally. This year is going to … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Many thanks for listening, watching and reading this year… Neil

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Ex-Illis Day – Tomorrow (19th November) @ Total Wargamer

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

I just wanted to remind you of the Ex-Illis day that I am helping to host @ Total Wargamer in Evesham tomorrow – Saturday, 19th November 2011. Its on opportunity to come along and play the game if you’ve never … Continue reading →

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The Sussex March – 1st October 2011

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

UPDATE – Many congratulations to Henry & Simone for completing the Sussex March in record October temperatures – an incredible effort and very well done indeed! You can view pictures of the day, courtesy of Henry, here On the 1st … Continue reading →

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Meeples & Miniatures @ Totalwargamer

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Last Saturday saw myself and Dave Luff (with my son Josh in tow) attend the Ex-illis intro day at the Totalwargamer shop in Blackminster, Evesham. The shop is situated in middle of the Blackminster Business Park, which is pretty easy … Continue reading →

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Help support Combat Stress – Text a donation

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

You can help support the Combat Stress Charity by texting a donation. Simply Text “BGCS99 £1″ to 70070, or any amount that you wish, and help support this charity. Thanks to Henry at Battlegames for the Tweet. http://www.justgiving.com/battlegames

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Gaming Update – May 2011

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Gaming I played several different games last month, but it was more of a case of ‘one of everything’ rather than multiple plays of a single game. I organised a multi-player game of Hail Caesar at the start of the … Continue reading →

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Gaming Update – April 2011

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

OK, somewhat belated, but here is my gaming update for April… Gaming Miniature gaming was once again dominated by Ex Illis, with no fewer than 5 games in April. Still very much enjoying it – I just need to get … Continue reading →

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200,000 and counting…

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

This week saw the podcast pass a new milestone, as the total number of downloads for the show passed the 200,000 mark. This is a totally mindboggling figure – once again, a huge thank you to everyone who listens… I … Continue reading →

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Gaming Update – March 2011

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Overview March pretty much followed the same pattern as February – I did miss a week of gaming due to work, but managed to make up for it by painting instead! Gaming Three minis games dominated March First up was … Continue reading →

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