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He's a member of the Orkney Wargames Club, which meets in Kirkwall on Thursday evenings.
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WWII Coastal Forces, Narrow Seas!, 1:600 scale Having played a few games of the new Coastal Forces rules Torpedoes and Tides, Chris asked me what rules I’d used in the past. Thomas Brandsetter’s new rules rekindled interest in the period, but Chris found them a little bit abstract. So, I staged a game for him
The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 10mm Chris and I were left to our own devices this week, as everyone else was away. So, in my bit to get him hooked on Rapid Fire, I said on an East Front game, and gave him lots of tanks to play with. In this game, set
Misc. – Conquistadors, Irregular Wars, 28mm For various reasons haven’t managed to play in a League of Gentleman Wargamers game for ages. So, I was delighted to take the ferry south and head to Kirriemuir for this game, set in the New World, in the aftermath of the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs and Incans.
The Age of Fighting Sail, The Full Nelson, 1/1200 scale We were all at sea again this week, with another playtest of The Full Nelson, the forthcoming age of sail rules from the Too Fat Lardies. So far we’ve only had good things to say about it, so our aim was to try and see
The Napoleonic Wars, Shadow of the Eagles, 28mm When my friend Charles Grant asked me to play through a game for his forthcoming wargames scenario book I jumped at the chance. Charles always comes up with unusual and challenging scenarios and ‘teasers’, so I knew this would be good. He wanted this to be a
The Age of Fighting Sail, The Full Nelson, 1/1200 scale A few weeks ago, after seeing a post about these rules – the Two Fat Lardies’ successor to Kiss Me Hardy! – I messaged Richard Clark to ask about them. Even though he was about to leave for a holiday, he sent me the draft
The Second World War, Bag the Hun!, 1:300 scale This week, Nick brought along his Battle of Britain kit, including his lovely hex-covered map of the coast of southern England. The rules include an option for attacking ships, so Nick decided to try this out. This game was set in July 1940, and centres around
The French and Indian War, Rebels and Patriots, 28mm I offered to run a game this week, and I gave the guys a few options. They opted for the French and Indian War, where m Huron warriors were out looking for scalps, and British settlers feared for their lives. This game was an French and
Renaissance Galleys, Galleys and Galleons, 1/1200 scale After playing Torpedoes and Tides, Nick suggested having a go at Galleys and Galleons, the rules the WW2 Coastal Forces set had been based on. So, we gave it a go. All the ships were Nick’s, save for my donation of three – the two large, magnificent Spanish
Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale We seem to be playing a lot of naval games lately – probably inspired by Chris’ addition to our merry little band. In fact, we all share a passion for that side of wargaming, and Nick has an immense collection of ships – albeit in what I’d call ridiculously
Modern Wars, Rapid Fire Reloaded! Able Archer , 10mm I rarely get my Arab-Israeli kit out, and since the conflict in Gaza flared up, I felt it inappropriate to game anything involving a middle-eastern war. Still, Chris wanted to give the period a go, and so we ran this, more as an exercise in rules-
WW2 Coastal Forces, Torpedoes & Tides, 1/1250-scale The recurrent interest in WW2 Coastal Forces games continues at the club, and this week we were back in the chops of the Channel, with a game organised by Nick. While I have 1:600 models, Nick favours 1:1250 ones, so we decided to take turns to run games
The Napoleonic Wars, Shadow of the Eagles, 28mm We decided to play a Napoleonic game – a fairly limited affair, so it could fit onto a 6×4 foot table. I don’t think Chris had tried Keith Flint’s Shadow of the Eagles before, so this was mainly about introducing him to the rules. He’s actually played
The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 10mm Even though there were just two if us this week, Chris and I decided to go on a trip to Sicily. This scenario was dreamed up by Australian gamer Mark Piper, and posted on the Rapid Fire Reloaded FB group. So, as I had all the kit,
WWII Coastal Forces, Torpedoes and Tides, 1/600 scale A new set of Coastal Forces rules have just come out, and Nick was given the task of reviewing them. He’d been given a Beta Playtest copy, but by the time we got round to staging the game the rules had already come out. So, one Thursday
The Seven Years War, Honours of War, 28mm First of all – sorry. I haven’t posted a game report in months. In fact, since October. Don’t worry – I’m still alive. It was just work – my forthcoming book Lords of the Salt Road took up all of my time. the last thing I needed
Misc.: The Second World War (Aerial), Bag the Hun!, 1/600 scale Twas the wargame club night before Christmas, and so we traditionally do a ‘silly’ game. However, as only Nick and I were there, we took to the skies instead. This game pitted Noick as the Luftwaffe player, leading a raid by a swarm of
