#INWarD2026 onwards. Last night digging of archives found all my old Ironclads & Ether Flyers notes & creations. QRS using Excel, Word docs of campaigns, info from long dead websites, maps & pics, etc. A nostalgic naval review in fact. As with other rules, wondered why we ever stopped? #Wargaming

Today it's #INWarD2026 aka International Naval Wargames Day. Might make a weekend of it as extra to a few other aspects planned. Thoughts at the moment involve Decision Games Coronel & the Falkland Islands & maybe resurrect old work done on GDW's Ironclads & Etherflyers. #Wargaming #NavalWargaming

Did Claymore (Edinburgh) yesterday. Only there a few hours but well worth it. Excellent games, really impressive set-ups & friendly welcomes from all involved, lots of invitations to join in. That's the way forward, inclusivity & encouragement. Might also have bought 'stuff' too. #Wargaming

Return to #FreebieFriday. Free set (PDF) & downloads of Viking Age skirmish rules. Written by Al Halden (RIP). Also serves as helpful intro to historical gaming so handy for the younglings out there. Warband level, D6s, 6-phase Turn, simple & intuitive. And free. www.ravenfeast.com/free-downloa...

Yet more 28mm WW2 stuff found, so that's going into the Sale/Trade pile too. Probably need to also look at the Rulebooks on the shelves too. Some of those will definitely go. The old bane of a gamer, too many potential projects & too little time. Butterfly Brain! #Wargaming #Refocussing #HobbyAdmin

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Latest arrival from @gmtgames.bsky.social via the excellent #SecondChanceGames Thirty Years War two-player Non-CDG campaign game. #Wargaming #TYW

Welcome break from rebasing stuff. Should have posted it up yesterday for #WiPWednesday 28mm Gothic horror: wolves, bugs, mummies, tomb robbers & werewolves. Wolves & werewolves in shades of brown not grey for more central Asian theme for a Chaos-in-Kashmir campaign idea. #Wargaming #28mmNewStuff

More of the 15mm rebasing project completed. Entire drawer of Horse & Dragoons (+ some Cossacks & Tartars) all glued, fixed, flocked & finished. Even dabbed on some red to brighten up English cavalry. Not much left to do now, & then I start painting new units!! 🙄 #Wargaming #15mm #WSS #GNW

Project Rebase 15mmWSS/GNW continues - just found half-tray of Horse & Dragons that need 'The Treatment'. So something to do tomorrow then as I await update on consultancy work. Also found several strips of Imperial grenadiers that need finishing, just in case I needed distracting! #Wargaming #15mm

Question to the painters: would a flesh contrast paint work on 15mm figures and save me time? Or, should I just stay 'old-school' instead and save my shillings? #Wargaming #15mmPainting

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And more rebasing finished on my 15mm WSS/GNW completed. Flock & sharp sand mix glued on with PVA. Think this is the last batch but will check the rest over the weekend. Got some 15mm livestock to finish off next. Then I can plan some tabletop sessions with various rules. #Wargaming

About as political as I'll get using this platform. Time for a change when we're losing twenty-plus hospitality businesses per week! Chef Tom Kerridge leads this campaign, so have a look, listen to what he has to say. Sign if you agree & share this! #VATsTheProblem www.vatstheproblem.co.uk

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Found a very simple layout of D6-based micro sci-fi rules available to download for free. Will dabble with these in the months to come. Happy to share onwards - link has the Rules, Optional Rules, FAQ & Army Lists. microcosmic.games #Wargaming #SciFiWargaming #6mmScale

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Additional to yesterday's post, here's the second tray that needs the flock treatment to finish off their rebasing. And there's more after this too. Getting it done slowly and steadily. #Wargaming #WSS #GNW #15mmWarGameFigures

15mm WSS/GNW Rebase project continues. More still to get the flocking treatment. Other units already flocked to get magnabase treatment too. Getting close to completion. Triple ambition: use Valour & Fortitude V.4, or Rank & File 2nd Ed., or Lust for Glory from @bigredbat.bsky.social #Wargaming

Earlier this year got Chaos in Carpathia. Really enjoying gaming it, clever simple system, lots of fun. Reminder of restored enthusiasm I had from Dragon Rampant. Small footprint Gothic Horror with rarely used amazing figures & terrain. Admit it I'm a dozen years late, but so be it. #Wargaming #D6s

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wargaming-Ca... Another sale I can recommend. Half-price hardback edition of Henry Hyde's Wargaming Campaigns. Lots of fascinating info & great inspirations to do your own campaigns. #Wargaming #WargameCampaigns

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www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/osprey-ga... Still seems to be running this latest sale 🤔 Some good rules here, maybe an opportunity to get a few spare copies? #Wargaming #AllThingsRampant

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Lot more sorting of the various stashes of unfinished wargaming stuff today. So more bits will go up for sale/trade for the latest Purge. #Wargaming

Had a fortnight of feeling unwell, mainly coughing, to then recover one morning but by that following evening feeling worse. Rinse & repeat. Last night My Beloved suggests that & other aspects - e. g., loss of taste - seems like all things Covid. Bloody marvellous. Solo-gaming time then?

New #Twilight:2000 RPG sets, surplus to requirements now & available if anyone is interested. UK-based, never used, so almost new condition. Excellent work done Free League bringing this back into circulation. £50 + P&P.

That sort of Monday when someone is due to be here to do workstuff on the homestead. No actual arrival time was given. So got up early, then ready from 8am onwards, just in case. Getting close to 12noon. No sign, no news, no replies yet. Just 4 hours of waiting. Typically thoroughly tiresome.

More purging of the sci-fi stuff. #Stargrave - main hardback rulebook & Quarantine 37 supplement: £30 for them together plus P&P from UK. #Wargaming #scifi #Stargrave

Follow up to earlier post about #UselessCowards rules. Some more pix to show what you get. Like what I've read so far. Highlights distinct 'eras' of condottieri warfare not just treating is as 'Italian-Wars-lite'. Production quality good, all in handy slipcase box, great artwork too. #Wargaming

Delivery of a new set of rules #UselessCowards has prompted a read-up of Caferro's excellent work on Sienna & it's fall. As for the rules, a great job of production by U&P Games of Finland. Well worth looking up. #Condottieri #Wargaming #medievalWarfare

Battle Commander Vol.1 has arrived. Very impressive production, but not yet sure how it plays just yet. Its also a new exploration for the early Napoleonics for me too. #Wargaming #BattleCommander #Napoleonic #boardgaming

Trudging around Isle of Bute today & took some pix of some very determined gangly trees growing out of a veritable bog between some ancient stones. Sort of inspiration for fantasy/gothic terrain at some point. #Terrain #Wargaming

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More Sci-Fi stuff to clear away: 28mm Security/Police vehicles x 6. Mostly GZG models, resin vehicles, never properly finished but useful for some non-military & security scenarios. UK-based, so offering them up for £25 total which includes P&P/courier to someone also in UK. #wargaming #scifi