Bring and Buy / Demo Games at Firestorm Games – 11th May 2019
Firestorm Games will be holding their next Bring and Buy sale and Demo day on Saturday 11th May 2019. This will take place at the South Wales Gaming Centre in Cardiff As well [...]
Articles by Neil Shuck
Q&A for March is now available for all Patreon backers
Every month we publish a Q&A, exclusive for everyone who supports the podcast via Patreon. March’s Q&A podcast has just been published – you can find it [...]
The Welsh Wizzard gatecrashes the Secret Diary…
You may be aware that I am producing a weekly podcast exclusively for Patrons at the $3 pledge level on Patreon. The latest episode has just been published, and features The [...]
Painting Tally – March 2019
March once again turned out to be a decent month for painting, as I continued with my miniatures for Rangers of Shadow Deep. Painted: 39 15 Rangers from Foundry, plus 3 [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 264 – Solo and Cooperative Gaming
Download Episode 264 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Joseph MuCullough for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – We find out how Joe [...]
Ranger of Shadow Deep – ‘The Missing’ miniature collection
Yesterday was spent working on the basing of the figures I have recently painted, with the result that all the miniatures (well, all bar a couple of birds) for the first [...]
In praise of Army Painter Strong Tone wash
I have probably mentioned several times in the last that I am something of an enforced painted – I paint because I really don’t like the look of bare plastic and [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 263 – Warhammer Underworlds
Download Episode 263 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest David Mathieson for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – We find out some more [...]
Review – Thud & Blunder
Rating: Thud & Blunder is a set of skirmish rules for warfare set in a land of high fantasy. The rules are written by Charles Murton and Craig Cartmell of The Ministry [...]
Painting Wolfhounds
They say that Man’s best friend in his dog. Well, in Rangers of Shadow Deep (reviewed on podcast episode 262) there is a good chance that in a four player game a [...]
The Secret Diary of a Gamer (Aged 52) – Week 8
I have just released the latest entry in my Secret Diary of a Gamer (Aged 52) podcast series, which is available as exclusive content to Patreon backers at the Even More [...]
Painting Tally – February 2019
February turned out to be a much better month for painting than January had been. Not only did I finally finish those damned Normans, but I also made a start on all the [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 262 – Rangers of Shadow Deep
Download Episode 262 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Matt Slade for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – We chat about Matt’s [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 261 – Corps Blimey!
Download Episode 261 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Sir Sidney Roundwood for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – Sir Sidney [...]
Games played – January 2019
Here are all the games I have played in January, and my thoughts on them. Keyforge (6) I have been really impressed by this card game from FFG. I played in a ‘Sealed [...]
Norman Cavalry – finally painted!
Back in August 2016 I started building several new cavalry units for a Breton force for Saga, using the plastic Norman Cavalry from Conquest Games. More information can be [...]
Painting Tally – January 2019
January started pretty well, with #hobbystreak meaning that I was at least laying paint onto miniature most days in the month. However, it wasn’t quite enough… [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 260 – Happy One Hundred WSS
Download Episode 260 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Guy Bowers for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – Guy Bowers introduces himself [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 259 – Crusade & Mega-gaming
Download Episode 259 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Ty Callaghan-Jones for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – Our guest, Ty [...]
2018 – The 7 tasks of Shuck – an update…
You may remember that last year I was set ‘The 7 tasks of Shuck’. (You can find full details here) – a number of hobby tasks to complete before the end of [...]
