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