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He's a member of the Orkney Wargames Club, which meets in Kirkwall on Thursday evenings.
See their Facebook page for more info.
Modern Wars, (The Malayan Emergency), Force on Force, 28mm During my wargaming visit to Shetland, the original plan was to play a 15mm Second World War game set in Burma. However, drinking got in the way. Instead, Chris Brown of the Shetland Wargame Club let us use the same terrain for a couple of skirmish
The American War of Independence, Black Powder, 28mm I jumped at the chance when the Shetland Wargames Club asked if I wanted to game with them. Shetland is a grim, barren rail-thin streak of an island, some 60 miles north of the fair green isles of Orkney. The club there consists of a half dozen
The Napoleonic Wars, Black Powder, 28mm As I’m up in Orkney, this game report comes to you second-hand – the tale recounted by the victorious French commander Dougie Trail. The game was a Peninsular clash. fought between “Don” John Glass’ Spaniards and Dougie’s French. Both commanders had deputies – Brian Phillips for the French (see his painting website
