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He's a member of the Orkney Wargames Club, which meets in Kirkwall on Thursday evenings.
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Misc., Wargames Show, Edinburgh This year, Edinburgh’s Claymore show was in a new venue – Telford College – a much nicer place than the crowded old low-ceilinged bunker of Meadowbank Stadium. Here people had space, and the show was much better for it. There was a dedicated Bring n’ Buy area, two show halls (the
Misc., The War of the Spanish Succession, Beneath the Lilly Banners, 28mm By anyone’s reckoning, this was a big battle. The “League of Gentlemen Wargamers’ refight of the Battle of Malplaquet (1709) was held over a weekend, up in Kirriemuir, in Scotland. We used 140 18-man infantry battalions in the game (80 Allied, 60 French),
Misc., The War of the Grand Alliance, Beneath the Lilly Banners, 28mm This was another game designed to try out a set of rules. We used Beneath the Lilly Banner for this little scrap – the first time I’d used the rules in anger. The idea was, a village was held by the French –
Misc., Wargames Show, Falkirk This was the weekend of Carronade, the wargame show run by the Falkirk Wargames Club. Although new, the show has been an instant hit, and unlike Claymore – the other major Scottish Scottish show – it comes at the start of the wargamers’ summer calendar. Despite or possibly because of a downpour
Misc., Wargame Show, Salute, London I went down to Salute again this year, and thoroughly enjoyed myself, despite a shockingly bad hangover, and a venue with all the charm of a zeppelin shed. The night before the show I stayed with my pal Dave Marks, and during the evcening it appears I consumed a whiole
Misc., Pirates, Legends of the High Seas, 28mm This week we played out a piratical Tabletop Teaser, something we’d promised Henry Hyde, of the excellent Battlegames magazine. As we’d all recently used Warhammer’s Wild West system, we opted for their very similar pirate set called Legends of the High Seas. The original Tabletop Teaser appeared
Misc., The Wild West, Legends of the Old West, 28mm “The League of Gentlemen Wargamers” is the rather self-important title for a loose collection of like-minded wargamers who gather every few months, for a weekend of wargaming. This time we’d decided to do a Wild West game, and during the course of the weekend most
Misc., The Wild West, Legends of the Old West, 28mm The aim of this evening’s game was to try out the rules again, and the match play system, ahead of a big Wild West gaming weekend at the end of the month. We played two games side by side, each on an adjoining 3×4 foot
Misc., Wargame Show, The Other Partizan, Newark This weekend a group of us went to two wargame shows – Border Reivers in Newcaslte (Saturday 6th September) and The Other Partizan in Newark (Sunday 7th September). Unfortunately I left my camera in the car in Newcastle (distracted by the pelting rain). Therefore I missed out on
Misc., Wargame Show, Edinburgh Well, another Claymore has come and gone – the last one in its present cramped venue. next year we’ll be moving to a bigger, brighter and much better venue on the other side of town. As usual the show was a chance to chat to old pals, to meet new people,
