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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.
Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale For the final club game we wanted something fairly light-hearted and frivolous. This sort of fitted the bill. As you know, I’ve been trying out these rules, but this was their first proper outing, a multi-player game with lots of ships. There’s something about Mississippi paddle steamers – they
The Seven Years War, Honours of War, 28mm We needed our Seven Years War fix, so we staged this little game at the club this week. the idea – lifted and adapted from an old Charles Grant scenario – had the Allies trying to force a crossing of the River Else, a tributary of the
Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale As part of the ‘learning the rules’ drive, I staged another small American Civil War naval game at home, to see how less well-protected ships fared under these new rules. In the end I staged a slimmed-down version of Hampton Roads, and the fight between the Monitor and the
