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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 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 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
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
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
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
World War 2 Naval, Nimitz, 1/2400 scale We were keen to try out Nimitz again, and this time we added more ships. I opted for a fictitious action of the Malta Striking Force, a night attack on a well-protected Italian convoy as it headed into the Gulf of Sirte. We set it off Kelibia, on
World War 2 Naval, Nimitz, 1/2400-scale I seem to start every game report with an apology! This one is exactly two months later. Sorry. I promise to do better. The thing is, my latest book Lords of the Salt Road has soaked up a lot of my time and attention, so I’ve been remiss in
Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale We haven’t played much of Dawn of Iron yet, but I’m impressed by the rules – just the right balance of playability and detail to make for a fast-paced game. They’re designed for naval actions of the American Civil War, but this week we took them out for a
