Lockdown painting update – May 2020
It’s been a while since I shared anything hobby related. Many of us have taken advantage of some of the extra time we have found on our hands during this period of [...]
Articles by Neil Shuck
Review – Twilight Struggle, Digital Edition
The lockdown due to the COVID-19 virus has caused a certain amount of disruption to tabletop gaming, and has forced many people to look online for substitutes to their usual [...]
Barons’ War 2 launches on Kickstarter
Following on from the first Barons’ War Kickstarter, which ran in September 2019, Andy Hobday and Paul Hicks are back with a second project, which fills in many of the [...]
‘The Warren Percy Affair’ and other new releases from Oathsworn Miniatures
Oathsworn Miniatures have just released some new products in their Burrows & Badgers range. First off is ‘The Warren Percy Affair’ – a 63 page A4 [...]
Easter painting challenge 2020
Several of us decided to set each other a painting challenge for the Easter weekend. We each chose 4 figures, and then votes were cast to decide which figures each of us [...]
Group hobby activity in a time of social distancing
The current Coronavirus epidemic has obviously impacted our ability to meet up and play games, but on the flip side, we now have lots of time to make an impact on painting [...]
Meeples & Minaitures – Coronavirus Special
Download Episode – Coronavirus Special Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs return for a special episode of the Meeples & Miniatures podcast. In this show we catch up with [...]
New podcast episode – coming soon…ish
As we find ourselves in the grip of a global pandemic, the Welsh Wizzard and I thought that we could provide a little light relief to your day by producing a podcast special [...]
Play more, buy less…?
This article has been bouncing around inside my head for several weeks, which means that a couple of the thoughts within it might be challenging to achieve in the global [...]
Infamy, Infamy! – starting a new project?
If you are a fan of Too Fat Lardies rules and follow them on social media, it will have been difficult to miss the fact that they are currently working on a set of large [...]
Painting update – February 2020
Thought I would share a very quick update on my painting progress in February. Nada. Nothing. Zero. Zip. Not a sausage. Really can’t put a finger on the reason why, but [...]
Lords of Hellas – First impressions
When I first saw it, I thought that Lords of Hellas by Awaken Realms was just another ‘dudes on a board’ area control game, albeit with an interesting theme. It [...]
Review: Painting Wargames Figures – Early Imperial Romans
Having recently played the forthcoming ‘Infamy, Infamy!‘ rules from Too Fat Lardies, it seems an opportune moment to take a look at a book which gives a detailed [...]
Review: Painting Wargames Figures – WWII in the Desert
When gaming World War II, my first love has always been the European Theatre from D-Day until the end of the war. However, since the release of What A Tanker! from Too Far [...]
First play of “Infamy, Infamy!”
Last weekend saw myself and The Halfling Hickman travel down to the Forest of Dean for a day of gaming with Matt Slade and Ralph Plowman – we were also joined by [...]
Why Gloomhaven is good, but not great
A couple of weeks ago our Gloomhaven campaign reached one of it’s climaxes when the party encountered The Great Drake at the Scorched Summit in the Copperneck [...]
Review – Wargames Terrain and Buildings, The Napoleonic Wars.
Wargames Terrain and Buildings, The Napoleonic Wars is a book written in 2019 by Tony Harwood (probably more well known by his online pseudonym Dampfpanzerwagon) and [...]
Four different ways to go on a fantasy adventure
Last week I managed to play no less than four different fantasy adventure games – 1 RPG and three boardgames Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (3rd Edition) I had the [...]
Grenzer Games running Kickstarter for 15mm plastic Imperial Romans
Grenzer Games has launched a kickstarter project to create a box set of 15mm scale Imperial Romans as part of their new game At Lances Point. The box is intended to contain [...]
Confessions of a gamer – January 2020
The intention of 2020 was to try and reduce my hobby purchases. Given that intention, the year is off to something of a poor start. Mortal Realms This new magazine was [...]
