Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my family and friends ,everyone thats helped me raise funds for our service personel and everyone that stops by to see whats on here ,and asking you all to spare a thought for all the brave souls who wont be home this Christmas.

cold war gone hot

 The Warpac first wave head towards the Objective

 The outnumbered BAOR respond by moving into the ruined village to dig in

 The Chieftan digs in and awaits the enemy

The British 1st round of fire causes havoc in the Warpac lines.......


Our first game with the new Force on Force supplement ,a real winner just like the BAOR on this occasion

war rockets ,retro rayguns and Hind Commander

A wierd mix you may say ,but 3 new ranges now stocked by wargames emporium of Sheffield .
Warrockets and retro rayguns are wonderful models set in a Pulp setting very much along the lines of Flash Gordon and Hind Commander is the fantastic new Helicopter combat rules from Marcin at Assault Publishing the Emporium also stocks the 1/.600 army sets to go with Hind Commander , a complete army including choppers .planes .tanks .apc's and infantry priced between about £12-£16. depending on the type of force you choose. The Emporium is also going to br the place to take your tomorrows war armies for the AAG painting tournament and official FOF games demos and Hind Commander demo;s 

scale creep

who says you can't mix 28mm &20mm

The Raffle -our best year yet.

Well it'a all over and Done with for another year , My fund raising is over till Febuary 2012. We had a fantastic day at the Wargames Emporium on Saturday ,played a few games of Force on Force ,then drew the raffle and we had such  fantastic prizes every one went away with a smile on thier faces and most importantly we raised much needed funds for the Royal British Legion a,total of £354. bringing out grand total to £ 645 raised through wargaming . We obviously could not have done this without all the people who bought tickets or just donated and of course the people that donated such amazing prizes.

Ambush Alley Games : Not only do they produce some of the best Modern ans Sci-fi/Horror rule sets but they have been a fantastic sponser from day one and have given me personally much needed help. Thanks to all the team.

http://ambushalleygames.com/  

Baccus 6mm : a fantastic range of 6mm figures and the excellent Polemos rules are supplied by the very nice Mr Berry .Again a fantastic range of prizes were donated .

http://www.baccus6mm.com/

Brigade Models : Donated a superb prize of  packs of 1914 Belgians and Rule book as well ,Lovely figures from this company which must cover90% of any wargamers Belgian needs ,they also do nice sci-fi and fantasy ranges

http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/

Caliver Books : What can you say not only a huge range of books but paints figures almost everything really ,you do need to visit thier site

http://www.caliverbooks.com/

Gripping Beast : Save us from the fury of the Northmen ,,,But thanks for the generosity of the Beast ,yet again wonderful donations ,plus they do not just do vikings look at the WW1 ranges .

http://www.grippingbeast.com/
Northstar : that nice chap Nick again dug deep into his huge wharehouse to provide some nice figures and rules. Again stocks nearly everthing even has a bargain basement ?

http://www.northstarfigures.com/

Osprey Publishing : Enough said ..lots to read ..

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/

Piers Brand :The most famous man in the world, or so it seems figure painter ,writer ,all round nice chap , can be found on almost every forum spreading advice and making people happy with his painting skills.

http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/index.php

Perry Miniatures : Top notch figures from the Perry Twins . Amazing range of top quality figures in 28 & 54mm Scales. Nice new web site as well

http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php
S&S Models : Vehicles Scenary and some figures as well ,lovely resin and metal kits at nice prices .

http://www.sandsmodels.com/


 Too Fat Lardies : Rules Rules and more rules very tongue in cheek but really great rules I use their ww1 set and looking at others too oh and make sexy dice as well.

http://toofatlardies.co.uk/

Under Fire Miniatures : another really nice chap, who makes 20mm goodness for most modern wars but his 2010 Brits are really the best.

http://www.underfireminiatures.com/

Victrix : If you like Napoleonics you will like these ,plastics in 28mm & 54mm very nice.Also do metal figures

http://www.victrixlimited.com/

Wargames Emporium : Stockists of almost everything & all round nice guys , plus supporters of my fundraising ,provides free gaming space ,sells tickets , help in our advertising and provides great support and most of all Johns my Brother , But Erics an ok guy  

http://www.wargamesemporium.co.uk/

My fellow pointmen John Grayson true all round nice guy (He's a blade but everyone has faults)  and Elaine Winter  for non stop support and encouragement and her famous FOF QRS sheets .

Plus the following who in one way or another helped out : Tim Gow . Kev Fisher , Ian Goadsby , Sheffield Wargames Society ,Cogs , Barnsley Wargames Club  and everyone else I've forgot to mention

Me caught off gaurd at the end of the day , I actually looked like this at 7am .

 A new recruit for Force on Force and raffle winner with John Grayson ,the last photo from the camera I managed to drop , there really isnt a yellow mist in Wargames Emporium.

GALLOPING MAJOR

Just a qiuck hello to our new friends at Galloping Major any one interested inthe French Indian war needs to visit this site ,not only some smahing figures but painting guides and some history as well
http://www.gallopingmajorwargames.com/page4.htm

Last update before the Big Day

Lots of ringing round and last minute organisation to arrange for last minute prizes (a special thank you to John of Wargames Emporium and Nick of Northstar And Pete of baccus), everything looking good .We will be in the Emporium on Saturday from about 11.00am running FOF games before the Draw at 2.00pm .
See you There.

Raffle update 8th november

Not much longer to buy those tickets ,prizes from the selection below.


Ambush Alley :
1 x Tomorrows World - 1 x Force on Force - 1 Enduring Freedom - 1 x Road to Baghdad -1 x Ambush Valley ALL BOOKS signed by Shawn, Peggy and Robby. Plus Ambush Alley caps and decks.

Baccus 6mm - 2 x boxes armies ,3 sets of rules.

Brigade Models:
1 x Through The Mud and Blood rule book & a section of Belgian infantry and HMG's

Caliver Books : a 6 issue subscription to Battle Games Magazine

Gripping Beast :1 x 1box of plastic Hirdmen  1 x box of Plastic thegns


Northstar Miniatures; Prize TBC

Osprey Publishing : 1 x Force on Force, 1 x Tomorrows War, 2 x Enduring Freedom,  2 x Road to Baghdad

Perry miniatures : A £30 gift voucher with free P & P

Piers Brand : The Elhiem FOF ltd edition figure Painted by the famous Ambush Alley / Guild Painter.

S&S Models : 1 x 28mm M30 1 x Dodge wc truck

Too Fat Lardies : 1 x Through The Mud and The Blood with very rare Blackadder & Baldrick figures
1 x Bag the Hun with a Bag of Bogie counters
1 x Charlie Dont Surf      1 x Sharp Practice with very rare Sharp & Harper figures
1 x I Aint Been Shot Mum,  new edition with Hugh Jarce figure

Under Fire Miniatures : a selection of 20mm British and Taliban figures

Victrix : 1 box of 28mm British Infantry 1 box of 28mm British Infantry and 1 box of 54mm British Infantry


The TBC prizes are in the post or being dropped off at shows so will be updated ASAP .
updates later this week when I have recieved  last couple of prizes.

Cold war stuff (setback no 2)

I was planning to use Britannias miniatures to build my 1980;s BAOR army until the sad loss of Dave then I was hopeful when another company took over and I placed my order , waited ages for the invoice then paid and soon after my little parcel arrived really excited but had to put it on one side due to illness and work.Opened it up to start paintimg and get my army finished . How sad the resin 3 of the 4  FV432's I ordered were awful miscasts.some  miniatures had broken rifles and some packs were wrong . If I can get the heart up to start again I will order from Liberation and S&S .what a shame I do hope I just got the exception to the rule Daves service and figures were superb.

Raffle update November 5th (setback No 1 )

Hi I seem to have lost a couple of prize sponsers after numerous emails asking what I would like ,where to send it etc,2 of the sponsers have suddenly stopped replying to me so I an asuming they are no longer in a position to help so not  much of a update I'm afraid the revised list is below.I hope this does not stop you donating and buying tickets.
List of Prizes and Sponsers

Ambush Alley :
1 x Tomorrows World - 1 x Force on Force - 1 Enduring Freedom - 1 x Road to Baghdad -1 x Ambush Valley ALL BOOKS signed by Shawn, Peggy and Robby. Plus Ambush Alley caps and decks.

Baccus 6mm - Prize TBC

Brigade Models:
1 x Through The Mud and Blood rule book & a section of Belgian infantry and HMG's

Caliver Books : a 6 issue subscription to Battle Games Magazine

Gripping Beast :1 x 1box of plastic Hirdmen  1 x box of Plastic thegns


Northstar Miniatures; Prize TBC

Osprey Publishing : 1 x Force on Force, 1 x Tomorrows War, 2 x Enduring Freedom,  2 x Road to Baghdad

Perry miniatures : A £30 gift voucher with free P & P

Piers Brand : The Elhiem FOF ltd edition figure Painted by the famous Ambush Alley / Guild Painter.

S&S Models : 1 x 28mm M30 1 x Dodge wc truck

Too Fat Lardies : 1 x Through The Mud and The Blood with very rare Blackadder & Baldrick figures
1 x Bag the Hun with a Bag of Bogie counters
1 x Charlie Dont Surf      1 x Sharp Practice with very rare Sharp & Harper figures
1 x I Aint Been Shot Mum,  new edition with Hugh Jarce figure

Under Fire Miniatures : a selection of 20mm British and Taliban figures

Victrix : 1 box of 28mm British Infantry 1 box of 28mm British Infantry and 1 box of 54mm British Infantry


The TBC prizes are in the post or being dropped off at shows so will be updated ASAP .
updates later this week when I have recieved yje last couple of prizes.

Tomorrows war ..Star wars style

 

A Tomorrows war scenario and force list by my fellow pointman and fund raiser John  Grayson who recently tried this out at the Sheffield and Rotherham wargames club a full AAR to follow soon and hopefully I will get a chance to play this .

 

set before a new hope,Small rebel outpost hidden in a back water spaceport imperial spies report it could hold the stolen death star plans.
Rebel mission defend the outpost as long as possible,don't let the death star plans fall into imperial hands!
forces 2 x 10 squads(can be split into smaller teams) tl3 skill D8 morale D10 light body armour +1 all with blaster rifles
hq 1 x officer 1 x 2ic 1 x medic droid 1 x r2 unit 2 x troopers all with blaster rifles.

imperial mission assult spaceport,retrive death star plans leave no survivors!!!!
forces 3 x 8 man squads(nco,heavy blaster,6 troopers) tl3 skill D8 morale D8 light body armour +1 troopers all with blaster rifles
hq 1 x officer 1 x2ic 1 x droid
Darth Vader skill D12 morale D12 if vader leads a squad its morale raises to D12 (through fear not courage)

smugglers, you don't care about the war just making a profit, don't let the imperials or rebels find out about your business.Defend your hide out if either side get to close.
forces 8 x scumbags tl3 skill D6 morale D8 all with blasters no body armour

Raffle full Details ...so far (update 27th Oct)

The raffle tickets are on sale @ £1.00 for a strip of 5 tickets. All proceeds go to the Royal British Legion. Available from Wargames Emporium on line or from the Sheffield Store. The draw will take place in the store on Saturday 12th November at 2pm. If you cannot make that date please state what prize(s) you prefer when you purchase your tickets (please leave 2 or 3 choices incase your not the first drawn.)

List of Prizes and Sponsers

Ambush Alley :
1 x Tomorrows World - 1 x Force on Force - 1 Enduring Freedom - 1 x Road to Baghdad -1 x Ambush Valley ALL BOOKS signed by Shawn, Peggy and Robby. Plus Ambush Alley caps and decks.

Baccus 6mm - Prize TBC

Brigade Models:
1 x Through The Mud and Blood rule book & a section of Belgian infantry and HMG's

Caliver Books : a 6 issue subscription to Battle Games Magazine

Gripping Beast :1 x 1box of plastic Hirdmen  1 x box of Plastic thegns

Mantic Games : Prize TBC

Northstar Miniatures; Prize TBC

Osprey Publishing : 1 x Force on Force, 1 x Tomorrows War, 2 x Enduring Freedom,  2 x Road to Baghdad

Perry miniatures : A £30 gift voucher with free P & P

Piers Brand : The Elhiem FOF ltd edition figure Painted by the famous Ambush Alley / Guild Painter.

S&S Models : 1 x 28mm M30 1 x Dodge wc truck

Too Fat Lardies : 1 x Through The Mud and The Blood with very rare Blackadder & Baldrick figures
1 x Bag the Hun with a Bag of Bogie counters
1 x Charlie Dont Surf      1 x Sharp Practice with very rare Sharp & Harper figures
1 x I Aint Been Shot Mum,  new edition with Hugh Jarce figure

Under Fire Miniatures : a selection of 20mm British and Taliban figures

Victrix : 1 box of 28mm British Infantry 1 box of 28mm British Infantry and 1 box of 54mm British Infantry

West Wind : Prizes TBC

The TBC prizes are in the post or being dropped off at shows so will be updated ASAP .

victrix Napoleonics

appologies for not doing full updates but I am having more computer problems ,so getting used to using Elaines laptop.
I have recieved the Prize Supporf from Victrix they have kindly donated 2 boxes of 28mm and 1 box of 54mm Napoleonics .
I will try and publish a full list of prizes in next couple of days.

Prize update

The following are in the post ,all from Too Fat Lardies these are special ,this is a part of an email I just recieved.

1 x hard copy Sharp Practice with the limited edition Sharpe & Harper


figures set in 28mm. VERY rare, only 300 sets cast and much sought after.

1 x hard copy Through the Mud & the Blood with the limited edition

Blackadder & baldric set. Ditto, only 300 cast etc.

1 x hard copy of Charlie Don't Surf

1 x hard copy of Bag the Hun and a bag of Johnny Danger's Bogeys

(unspotted aeroplane markers).

One pack of a dozen Lard Dice.

One 28mm Hugh Jarce figure. This is the limited edition figure (500 cast)

to accompany the new edition of I Ain't Been Shot Mum. The rules are not

yet out (25th October) but whoever wins Hugh just needs to email me(too fat Lardies) and I

will send a hard copy set of the rules to them.

how about that , these with the signed books from Ambush Alley and all the other wonderful kit donated by all those great people in the gaming world make this years raffle extra special. please buy those tickets .all proceeds to the Royal British Legion

The List So Far.......

I am chasing some of the promised goodies up to day ,but so far I have the following already:

Brigade Miniatures- A set of WW1 rules plus +12 Belgian Grenadiers plus command and HMG section
S&S Models -a 28mm Dodge w/c Truck -1x28mm M20
Osprey -2 x Road to Baghdad -2 x Enduring Freedom -1 x Force on Force -1 x Tomorrows war
Perry's- a £30 gift voucher which also allows free P&P on the order
Caliver Books - A 6 month subscription to Battlegames Magazine

And winging its way to me -
Ambush Alley Games :Signed copies of: Force on Force, Tomorrow’s War, Road to Baghdad, Enduring Freedom, Ambush Valley (we snuck our first peek copy in there.) Plus card decks and Caps.


I will chase the other items up and hopefully fully update by the weekend

Raffle update

As already stated the Tickets are on sale now from Wargames Emporium Orchard Square Sheffield at £1.00 for a strip of 5 tickets.The prize list I am holding back on printing a full list as I am still waiting for a lot of the goodies to reach me , but for now another nice prize donated by Brigade Models arrived today a WW1 rules set and a load of thier nice Belgians which will be put  forward as a single prize.

Another new Sponsor

I am happy to announce Brigade Models have given thier generous support to our Raffle


More details and a list of recieved prizes on Friday

S&S join our prize sponsers

Proud to add S&S models to our prize list for the 2nd year running .
http://www.sandsmodels.com/page4.html

Prize teaser

OK seeing as I keep getting asked ....prizes will include of course lots of Force on Force goodies from Ambush Alley  and Osprey ,a magazine subscription from Caliver and a £30.00 gift voucher from the Perry twins that includes free postage as well..Keep Watching

Wargames Emporium

Just a quick one to reply to a couple of emails I have had ,The Raffle tickets are only available from the Sheffield Branch of Wargames Emporium and from there on line shop.The Mansfield branch does not have them (yet) .Plus there appears to be someone advertising as  Wargames Emporium in Bolton this is definately not part of John's empire and is definately NOT selling tickets .A list of Prizes should be up soon.

hind Commander ,First Look

Marcin Gerkowicz ,the very nice chap behind Sturmovik commander has kindly sent me a copy of his new rule set Hind Commander. Although I have not had the chance to play these yet ,I certainly like what I see not only chopper v chopper rules but these incorporate ground units as well I will be buying some new toys to game this, so I thought I would put up a little review based on my first look at the book.

Presentation: a nice looking card backed book nice and eye catching ,leaving no doubt what its there for.

What Do you Get : 100 pages ,not including covers, pages 2-3 are a very concise index ,The next 7 sides are the introduction which not only explains the reasoning behind the rules but also terms used in the rules and what you need to play .pages 17-26 cover the turn sequence explaining each step with nice clear colour photo's and explanations.P27-37 all the additional rules and special rules,The rest of the book is explaining how to determine forces,how long the game should last and how to end it,plus all the stats for most common helicopters and several scenarios which in turn cover all the rules so you slowly build into the game . There are also included with the book 12 full colour card and token sheets ,these are seperate so no awkward photo copying or having to cut your nice new book up &2 summery sheets .

Expansions: there is no mention of expansions ,to be honest I think everything is covered in this book .There is however a great web site and forum with official downloads which are starting to cover the copters and aircraft not in the main rules.

Down Side: none for me really but others might not like the fact that the counters and cards are not perforated so be  careful with those scissors and there are no solo rules but on the forum Marcin has said he will try to develope this at a later date.

Over all : Very Nice with some nice touches that make the game different. 9out of 10

How do you get them : UK caliver books stock them or from the Hind Commander web site which also sells pre made battle boxes to go with the rules ,there is a handy currency convertor on the ordering page and personally I do not think the postage is over the top.
I hopefully will get to do some after action reports soon.

cold war

As I have been researching for my Cold war project I came across this site ,well worth a look loads of info on 80's British forces. http://www.forces80.com/forces80%20home.htm

Hind Commander

Just a quick post ,I have just found out that the people behind sturmovik Commander has just published a set of helicopter warfare rules ,I have not yet seen them but if they are half as good as the free Sturmovik rules then they will be worth having. I believe they are available in the UK through Caliver Books and on thier own website  http://www.hind-commander.com/

Tickets on sale

Tickets are now on sale for our fund raising raffle for the Royal British Legion , They are available through Wargames Emporium,Sheffield Branch and on line at http://www.wargamesemporium.co.uk/ .our pointman team will have tickets available at the clubs and shows we will be visiting .

Our sponsors so far are :
Ambush Alley Games http://ambushalleygames.com/
Baccus 6mm              https://www.baccus6mm.com/index.php
Caliver Books            http://www.caliverbooks.com/
Gripping Beast           http://www.grippingbeast.com/
Mantic Games           http://www.manticgames.com/
Northstar                   http://www.northstarfigures.com/
Osprey                      http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
Perry Miniatures         http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html
Too Fat Lardies        http://toofatlardies.co.uk/
underfire Miniatures   http://www.underfireminiatures.com/
Victrix                      
Piers brand               http://www.guildwargamers.com/


Hopefully More to confirm over the next few days.

Raffle Update

Well to add to my recent troubles some sad soul hit my PC with a trojan that totally destroyed my firewall spy ware and anti virus (so much for Norton)before destroying my PC so stuck to doing bits on different pcs and laptops till I get set up again,so little delays expected. So far we have had a definate response from the following offering prize support . Ambush Alley as always still our greatest help , Too Fat Lardies (not only rules this year ,but limited addition figures as well),Osprey Publishing ,Baccus 6mm ,Gripping Beast ,Caliver books ,westwind and Northstar all who suported us last year and new to our sponsers this year Mantic games and Piers Brand the regular contributor to AA Games and forum and of Guild fame ,who is donating a painted limited addition elhiem figure .others have been asked but have not responded yet (or maybe they have and my pc problems have caused meto miss them,sorry if thats the case and I've not mentioned you yet.).I am having a meeting next week about raffle tickets so hopefully these will be on sale by the 17th September.Thanks for reading.

Up Date

Hi back from Scotland and trips to Culloden Moor ,(if you havent been yet you got to go,) Loch Ness and Stirling Castle . I've had the  op and back home now being treated like a proper invalid by Elaine and the Kids and have some updates about the Raffle. Confirmed support from Ambush Alley Games - Too Fat Lardies - West wind -Northstar-Piers Brand and Baccus .Applied to over to over thirty suppliers for support and only had a refusal from one so expecting the amount of prizes to be a lot larger than lasts years amount ,which ws fantastic to say the least. I will post a list of sponsers and prizes later this week and details of how and when you can get the tickets.Plus afew more pics of Culloden .

Raffle update especially for Tim.

Red Faced ..It has been brought to my attention that I've not mentioned on here when the tickets go on sale and from where.....The tickets will go on sale in the next couple of weeks ,depends on how long I'm in hospital but I will announce on here and at the AA forum and on the donations site exactly when . Again they will be sold through the War games Emporium Sheffield shop and through their E shop and Myself and John Grayson will be touring the local clubs . I have just received news of some more excellent prizes and will do a full update next week. Thanks for all the response so far.

Raffle update

Firstly I would like to apologise for no recent updates ,Illness ,work and personal problems have just kept me away from most things. Now for the updates on the Raffle we have confirmed prizes from Ambush Alley ,Piers Brand has offered a  limited edition figure painted by his own fair hands and Too fat lardies are donating the new edition of I aint been shot mum plus the limited edition figure of Hugh Jarce to go with it, plus possibly more. Plus a lot more on the horizon ,off to Culloden Moor tomorrow and  then Friday in Hospital for an Operation so hopefully more updates next week .

Sheffield November Raffle

After the success of our raffle in aid of the Royal British Legion last year ,we are pleased to announce that we will be again holding a raffle to be drawn on November 12th ,the saturday before rememberence sunday .As well as a raffle we will be running demo and participation games of all Ambush Alley Games products and we have a few surprises planned as well , again this will take place at The Wargames Emporium in Sheffields \Orchard Square more details later.

Triples

an overhead view of our Force on Force game.

ECW praise for FOF

More kind words about our Triples FOF game to fund raise for the ROYAL BRITISH LEGION,this time from Dave Marks ,if you play ECW please join his yahoo group to download his free rules
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/PKG/?yguid=185532224
Hi Rich




Like you say it was good to meet up you and the rest of the team at Triples and have a chat, great bunch of blokes. Your game was busy throughout the two days and I hope that your collection bucket was full by the end of it.

Force on Force at Triples 2011

Sheffield Triples 21st-22nd May
A Scenario based on the Road Warrior documentary TV series Afghanistan 2010

A British Supply Convoy is racing to reach the safety of a forward base before darkness falls .The Taliban are also rushing to the same area to stop the British vehicles in their tracks....

The game lasted 10 turns ,British Objective to get all the convoy and escorts to the far table edge and safety before the end of turn 10. Taliban objective to do as much damage as possible .

Force on force rules with 20mm Britannia ,Elhiem figures and Britannia and revell vehicles and air cover from the Royal British Legion Gift Range.

we managed to run 10 games over the weekend with a mix of total newcomers to the rules ,players of the original AA rules and owners of the new edition ,all were pleased and enjoyed the game and a few sets of rules were purchased from the many traders attending .  I would like to thank the following : Sheffield Wargames Society ,the organisors of triples and who made a large donation to our fund raising bucket for the Royal British Legion. Tim Gow a really nice wargamer who,s blog megablitz and more is a must see, Bill from underfire Miniatures for his support http://www.underfireminiatures.com/  look at his site to see his lovely figures ,every one who took part in our game or contributed to our fund raising and of course Shawn and the team at Ambush Alley Games for not onlt their support but also a fantastic rules system.

me in the RBL shirt

John and Myself

Itchy and Gismo (forum names)

For king and rule set

Pointmen at Triples

John ,Elaine(hopefully )& myself will be running participation games at Sheffield Triples this coming weekend 21st 22nd may ,stop by look at the games and help us raise funds for the RBL.

Stylish Blogger Award


 

1. Thank and link back to the person giving you the award.

Thanks Chris aka Sgt Scream
http://smallscaleoperations.blogspot.com/2011/05/stylish-blogger-award.html
 
 
2. Share seven things about yourself.


A. I love my Family
B.Get wound up by cold callers
C.Dozens of unfinished wargames projects Ambush Alley is the only one I have continued with
D.Avid bookworm own 100's of books
E. Hammer Film Fan
F. we have a spirit called Mandy live with us (dont use the G***T WORD)
G. I am a Royalist


3. Select 10-15 blogs who you think deserve this award.


In no Particular Order:
1.http://akulasblog.blogspot.com/        A really nice guy with some amazing projects

2.http://flintlockandtomahawk.blogspot.com/           A great Blog about a fascinating period

3.http://saxondog.blogspot.com/  A nice blog

4. http://smallscaleoperations.blogspot.com/          Lots of Useful stuff

5.  http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/             A real wargamer and a interesting blog ,Tim Gow is the man
6. http://quindiastudios.blogspot.com/                    Great blog fantastic painting I use his ECW Rules

7. http://zuluwargames.blogspot.com/                   Not updated in a while but I like it

8.http://ubique-matt.blogspot.com/                         another interesting read

9.http://ubique-matt.blogspot.com/                       Lots of dark age goodness

10.http://ubique-matt.blogspot.com/                        more goodness
4.- Contact these bloggers and let them know about the award
Will Do

Elhiem Figures Review

Most modern gamers will already be aware of Matt at Elhiem's work ,I for one wasn't though, I was a big  fan of Britannia's modern Brits & Afghan Stuff but with the sad loss of Dave Howitt I was left with a few gaps in my collection .I did look at another well known manufacturer but was put off by a poor website and unanswered emails so I tried Elhiem and very glad I am too ,not only a very good service and help with my fundraising but really wonderful figures as well .The modern the British packs are nice and in use able sets , I was lucky in that as I was ready to put my order in a few new packs appeared for example two female dog handlers . The taliban are nice and come with a nice selection of  weapons some are carrying AK's with slung RPG's etc .Above are some comparison shots of a Elhiem (unpainted) and a Britannia sorry for poor quality.

Overall Comparison's
Elhiem slightly Slimmer than Britannia
Some weapons are almost identical in size some are not ?
Elhiem's Taliban have a more modern appearance than Dave |Howitts at first glance I wasnt impressed with the dogs from Elhiem but now I have them painted can't think what I thought was wrong.
sets of Separate back packs some with weapons are a nice touch and allow for a bigger selection of figures
Mix together on the Table very well ,will try some more photo's later.

I'm A Grandad

Nothing to do with wargaming BUT I'M A GRANDDAD  welcome Jensen Richard Bibby

next few days part 2

Sorry Illness again spending more time in the doc's or hosital than anywhere else, reviews hopefully in next few days . Good news I have had was that thanks to Amazons pre order system I didnt get my copy of Force on Force but Peggy came to my rescue again and now have this fantastic book (along with road to baghdad ) in my collection ready to do the rounds ,also pleased to announce Elhiem Figures have joined our sponsers. Be back Soon.

next few days

Hi not posted for a while , been ill and started a new job so not been up to it ,managed a few games ,Ambush alley , stormovik commander and wings of war. Had the nice news from Shaun and Peggy at Ambush Alley that our little team that do fund raising games have been chosen as AA point Men . Will post some more over the weekend including a review and picks of the 15mm sci fi  stuff from critical mass that we will be using for tomorrows war ,and pics from some games and whatever I get time to do.

Hammerhead Report. A good Game and new friends

Well our first fund raising game went well ,we raised a nice  amount for the Royal British Legion , and everyone that played enjoyed the scenario ,we had a mix of new players  and old. Most importantly we met some new friends and I would like to thank Chesterfield Open Gaming Society ( G.O.G.S) for being our hosts .The Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers (S.O.T.C.W) who based on the table adjacent to ours helped with our fund raising , and the guys at Critical Mass Games whose figures we will be using for our tommorow war games , the Critical Mass team kindly sponsered us . And a special mention to the gent who kindly pointed out we were using the wrong shade of flock to represent afghanistan grass  ?.A great Venue and a nice show .
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Games in Progress

Hammerhead 2011

We had the last dry run of our participation game last night ,it went really well , hopefully we will raise a lot for the Royal british Legion on sunday 13th at Hammerhead at Kelham Hall near Newark .

If you are goingdrop by and say Hello.

The air support provided by the Royal British Legion.

Sponsers 2011

After superb support from traders across the world during 2010 helping us raise funds for the Royal British legion ,we are looking for sponsers for 2011.We have already had a response from some of last years including our biggest supporters Ambush Alley Games and Wargames Emporium ,I will be speaking to others over the next few weeks and most of all looking forward to the same support from the public we recieved last year.

RIP

Rest in peace Dave Howitt.You wil be missed

participation game

We had the first practice run for our participation game forthis years Hammerhead and triples shows,based on the Road Warrior TV series a British convoy moves through  open country to dash through a small village to safety in the forward base.As in the TV series all might not go well?. Hopefully all will go well at the shows and we will raise some funds for the Royal British Legion as well.More details after the shows ,we dont want to give all the surprises away.

Duxford

someone sent me a PM asking about IWM Duxford ,wanting to know if it was worth the time and money .Well yes it is in my eyes only adults pay entry so it cost me £32 for a family of 5 ,the displays are great lots of bits and pieces I have not seen else where covering not only it's famed aircraft but also military vehicles ,uniforms , a gun battery a flying bomb launch ramp and a prefab house to name just a few things. A few pics now to wet the appetite a bit more.