Calling all What A Tanker! fans – ‘must see’ videos
…well, videos of interest to anyone with an interest in World War II actually… Back in the dim distant past, I found a company that produced a number of [...]
World War II
Calling all Bag The Hun fans – ‘must see’ videos
…well, videos of interest to anyone with an interest in World War II actually… Back in the dim distant past, I found a company that produced a number of [...]
UBOOT The Board Game currently on Kickstarter
I don’t know if you ever saw it, but for many people, Das Boot (a TV mini-series which was also edited into a film) is one of the definitive films about life on [...]
Miniature painting in 2017
It’s fair to say that my painting output in 2017 has been somewhat sporadic. It started off well enough – I received a number of units for my Planetfall Terran [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 225 – Rommel
Download Episode 225 Welcome to Episode 225 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast The Meeples & Miniatures crew get together once again to talk about what they [...]
Kenneth’s Heroes – Building the board, Part II
Over the past few weeks, Dave Luff and I have been scratch-building scenery for our “Kenneth’s Heroes” game for Operation Market Larden, which is being held [...]
Review: The Campaign for Kharkov: October 1941
Rating: This 48 page book, available as a PDF or an e-book, is a campaign supplement written by Chris Stoesen for the Chain of Command World War II Platoon level rules from [...]
Kenneth’s Heroes – building the board, Part I
Dave Luff and I are putting on a game for Operation Market Larden 5, a wargaming event being held in Evesham in a few weeks time. We are once again running a Big Chain of [...]
Storming the Citadel – new Pint-sized campaign for Chain of Command
Too Fat Lardies have just released a new Pint-sized campaign book for their Chain of Command World War II rules – Storming The Citadel. Taking a break from post D-Day [...]
Sam Mustafa releases new podcast about Rommel
Sam Mustafa has released a new podcast about his forthcoming World War II game Rommel, which is due for release in late summer of 2017. It in he discusses the basic game [...]
15mm World War II British vehicles from Gaming Models
Last week I received a parcel, very kindly sent to me by podcast listener Jon Yuengling. He’d heard Dave Luff and I chatting about this year’s project for [...]
New 15mm models coming from Plastic Soldier Company
The Plastic Soldier Company have just announced two new releases for their 15mm range of vehicles: The first is the German SDkfz 231 8-rad Armoured Car, which is one of my [...]
Kickstarter Round-up – 30th January 2017
Here is the latest set of crowdfunding projects to catch my eye… Miniatures The Elsor-Varo – 28mm Sci-fi Space Dwarf miniatures Gydran Miniatures Studio is [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 192 – Jim Bambra & Combat HQ
Download Episode 192 Welcome to Episode 192 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck and Mike Whitaker talk to games designer Jim Bambra [...]
Hobby News Round-up: w/e 20th January 2017
Here are a few of the pieces of news from around the hobby that caught my attention this week: Curteys Miniatures are releasing some new Romano British Heavy Cavalry. [...]
Kickstarter Round-up: w/c 16th January 2017
Miniatures 4th Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group ArmiesArmy have just launched a crowdfunding project to raise funds to create a new addition to their Cold War range of [...]
Hobby News Round-up: w/e 15th January 2017
Here is some of the news from around the hobby that has caught my eye this week: New tank battle game coming from Too Fat Lardies There has been an announcement made on the [...]
Kickstarter Round-up – w/c 9th January 2017
It’s been two or three weeks since my last look at crowdfunding, so some of the projects here are nearing their end-date. Miniatures Darklands: Starter Hosts Mierce [...]
Kickstarter Round-up – 2nd December 2016
A small number of KS projects to tell you of this week… Miniatures MAGGLET DWARVES MINIATURES Magglet, a Spanish company formed by twin brothers Huo and Aaron, are [...]
PSC release British 25pdr with CMP Quad Tractor
Following their successful Kickstarter project earlier in the year, Plastic Soldier Company are currently releasing different variants of their British 25pdr kits. The 25pdr [...]
