On the Painting Table – w/c 23rd May 2016
Sorted out my painting schedule yesterday (shockingly, I do have one!) and grabbed the remaining models I need to paint to ensure that I have all the models available to play [...]
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The “Secret” Sharp Practice 2 Project
…well, if you’ve listened to the last podcast, or been following me on Twitter, this hasn’t actually been very secret at all. Following the release of Sharp [...]
SP2: 15mm or 28mm?
Just when I thought I’d decided what we were doing for Sharp practice 2… I will be collecting a French force for the Peninsular War, and so I thought that [...]
First look at Sharp Practice 2 layout
Today, Too Fat Lardies have given us a preview of the layout for Sharp Practice 2, and very nice it looks too. From what we can see, this appears to have a similar look [...]
The Russians are coming for Blucher
Blucher, the large scale Napoleonic rules from Sam Mustafa, have received some new reinforcements. You may remember that Blucher has been designed to be used with either [...]
Siezez La Saucisson! Sharp Practice 2 at Hereward Wargames Show
As part of our trip to Hereward Wargames Show over the weekend, Richard Clarke of Too Fat Lardies invited Mike Hobbs and I to partake in the first show outing of the upcoming [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 128 – Operation Market Larden 2 & Flintloque
Download Episode 128 Welcome to Episode 128 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am joined by Mike Hobbs & Mike Whitaker, and chat about our [...]
More on wall-to-wall deployment
Yesterday I posted a mini-rant on one reason why I didn’t like Flames of War, highlighting a blog that featured a game with tanks deployed wheel-to-wheel right across a [...]
Miniature Review – Warlord Games 28mm Napoleonic Russian Line Infantry 1812-15
Welcome to Episode 25 of the Meeples & Miniatures Miniature Review Show In this show, I look at the box set of 28mm Plastic Napoleonic Russian Line Infantry 1812-15 from [...]
Review – Tremble Ye Tyrants
Rating: Tremble Ye Tyrants is the new fast-play Napoloenic Wargaming rules written by Chris Peers and distributed by North Star Military Figures. The rules are designed [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 79
Download Episode 79 Welcome to Episode 79 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am once again joined by Rich Jones, and we discuss several miniatures [...]
Miniature Review – Warlord Games Prussian Landwehr
Welcome to Episode 13 of the Meeples & Miniature Miniature Review Show In this episode, I look at the Prussian Landwehr box set of plastic & metal miniatures from [...]
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics – rules now available.
As has been noted in the comments to another of my recent blog entries, GMT Games have now released a PDF of the rulebook for Commands & Colors: Napoleonics. Although I [...]
Manoeuvre Board Game – is there any need for this now?
In 2008, GMT Games released the board wargame Manoeuvre. This game has difficult to get hold of, as it’s been out of print for quite some time. However, it would appear [...]
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics – nearing completion…
Good news – it looks as if GMT Games may still hit their November deadline to publish Commands & Colors: Napoleonics. They have started to publish some of the [...]
Recent Gaming blogs
I’ve come across a couple of blogs that you might be interested in… The first is from Andy Lawrence, who is one of the club members at Scimitar. If you saw some [...]
New games that could be worth a look…
There are several games coming out over the next few months that have peaked my interest – here are some of them… First up there is the new game from Pilot [...]
Miniature Review – Alban Miniatures British Line Infantry
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Meeples & Miniatures Miniature Review Video Podcast. On this show, I will be looking at several packs from Alban Miniatures range of [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 55
Download Episode 55 Welcome to Episode 55 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast. In this show, I am once again joined by Rich Jones, and we discuss various games during our [...]
Waterloo has arrived!
Finally, after what has seemed like ages, the final title in the first year’s release from Treefrog has arrived… Much delayed since January/February, Waterloo, [...]
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