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He's a member of the Orkney Wargames Club, which meets in Kirkwall on Thursday evenings.
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This folks, is kind of important. We’ve moved! From 1 September, we won’t be Edinburgh Wargames anymore. We’ll be Orkney Wargames. This change has been a long time in the offing – for a year and a half really, since I moved back to the islands. At the moment, it doesn’t matter which address you type
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.
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
Misc. (Samurai), Black Powder (modified), 28mm We survived the night, and returned to the game on Sunday morning. For once, rather surprisingly, I wasn’t nursing a hangover, and I had a reasonably early night. Essentially, we resumed the game where we’d left it. I was still holding off Charles (uesugi Kinshin) and Donald (AKA Kagemochi
Misc. (Samurai), Black Powder (modified), 28mm I don’t really get Samurai. I mean, in 1561, men should be dressed in tights, with big ruffs around their necks, and rapiers at their side. I don’t understand this whole dressing up like Darth Vader business which was supposedly going on it Japan at the same time. Still,
Misc. (Air War over Korea) Bag the Hun, 1/300 scale We took to the skies again this week – well, Nick and I did, in another Korean War dogfight. Nick took the Allied side, with four USAF F-80 Shooting Stars, two USAF F-51 Mustangs and three Fleet Air Arm Sea Furies. I had three Mig-15s,
Miscellaneous – Eastern Renaissance, 28mm Who would have thought it! A year into this bloody pandemic, and we’re still doing Lockdown Painting posts! Strangely, this is a painting project I never expected to tackle. You see, I thought I have enough Cossacks. I’ve got about fifty of them – mounted figures – which I mainly
Misc., Wargame Companies I’ve missed the last two wargames club nights as I’ve been away in Florida. I was there to give a talk about pirates, and I used the trip as an excuse for a few days of R&R down in Key West, and up in Miami/Lauderdale. On my travels I seized the opportunity
Misc., Wargame Shows, Kirriemuir This Saturday I jumped into the car and headed up to Kirriemuir, for the annual Targe show. “Kirrie” is a place dear to my heart – my grandparents lived there, and much of my childhood was spent playing in the woods there, or exploring the little town. It’s also in the
Misc, Wargame Show, Edinburgh I missed this week’s game, thanks to a sick First Mate. The early ferry from Orkney was cancelled due to illness – apparently you need two crew with Master’s tickets before you can sail. Then on the way down I had the customary pit stop with Charles Grant, who brews a
