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The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha) : Rapid Fire Pacific Game on Sunday

Organisers will be at the Penrhynside community centre and 9am on Sunday 16th August. Players to arrive by 10am.Tea and coffee lovers to bring their favourite blends as there is a kettle and mugs on...

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Shaun's Wargaming with Miniatures : 6mm WW2 Russia 43 Holding Back the Tide...

IntroductionThis is my second battle in a series to use the Russia ’43 Red Guards at Kursk Skirmish Campaign book and use a different ruleset for each scenario.  I am going to scale the scenarios up...

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The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha) : WW2 US Marine ready

I was asked to bring a battalion of US Marines for the game tomorrow at the village hall and I managed to put together a full US Marine regiment of 3 battalions. Admittedly I have had to draft some WW2...

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GeMiGaBoK : Chain of Command

We finally had a chance to try out Too Fat Lardies̵ […]

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The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha) : 2015-08-16 WW2 Rapid Fire Pacific game

The big day arrived and the forces assembled and were re-organised. There is nothing like re-sorting your troops and somebody else's in to a division with a time deadline at the venue, plus gluing the...

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Bob's Miniature Wargaming Blog : Rebasing 8th Army

I picked up 50 painted Esci 8th army troops in a trade with Tim in Saskatoon. These were lovingly based but not in a way I could use so I ended up rebasing. This was less painful than I thought. Most...

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The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha) : Conwy Wargames Club Battle Group WW2 Fall of the...

For July's club game Pete put a Battle Group Fall of the Reich game. The scenario was based on one in the book, but adapted for Pete's collection. He asked me to bring some Soviet infantry, but...

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Dust, Tears & Dice : Tabletop Terrian – MDF vs Plastic

I have been casting my eye over a number of 4Grounds MDF kits, Its fair to say much of my gaming is 28mm based, but the recent WOTW's campaign has highlighted the lack of quality terrain in my...

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Madaxeman.com Updates : On the workbench….

Every now and then I remember that this website is basically a blog (and there is in fact a Blogger version of it was well), so this statement is true in a very literal sense as well), and so perhaps...

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Asienieboje - wargaming blog : Polska 1939 (4) – TK-3, TKS i C2P. Poland 1939...

Dokładnie 76 lat temu Polska została napadnięta przez dwóch swoich sąsiadów Niemcy i Słowację. Trzy dni później do wojny dołączyły Francja i Wielka Brytania ze swoimi koloniami. Rozpoczęła się Druga...

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Asienieboje - wargaming blog : Polska 1944 (38) – Niemieckie pojazdy. Poland...

Wczoraj było coś dla 1939, dzisiaj coś dla 1944. Tym razem pomalowałem kilka pojazdów dla moich Niemców. Oto co przybyło nowego:Jesterday was something for 1939, today something for 1944. This time I...

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Third Point of Singularity : Let’s talk about that Taranto Project

Musings upon gaming the Battle of Taranto, which effectively withdrew the Italian fleet from the Mediterranean Sea in 1940. Continue reading →

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Asienieboje - wargaming blog : Mont Ormel 1944

Last Wednesday we all met at Hugh for big Bolt Action game. Colin Jack after my suggestions prepared the scenario for our game. He gave a chance to re fight the battle fought by Poles at Mont Ormel in...

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Bob's Miniature Wargaming Blog : 1/72-scale French tanks

Earlier this summer, I picked up a huge 1/72-scale WW2 collection from Tim in Saskatoon. I have been slowly working my way through various parts of it. This week I painted a pair of French FT-17 light...

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wargames and walking : Cheap Russian Armour – The conclusion

The Russian made 1/72nd scale die cast models being sold in the Works stores at £2.00 each were a bargain I couldnt resisi ,after my earlier post I bought a few more , I think  I have finished now...

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Bob's Miniature Wargaming Blog : 1/72-scale Afrika Korp

As part of a big swap with Tim in Saskatoon this summer, I received buckets of unpainted 1/72-scale figures. I pulled out two bags labelled Africa Korp and painted up 70 figures, making 10 bases for...

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The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha) : Grandads’ WW2 North Africa campaign photos

My grandfather served in North Africa and Palestine with the REME and took many photos. Here are a few. I can't share all of them as they were taken on the battle field and you can imagine some...

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Bob's Miniature Wargaming Blog : Some French Artillery for Memoir

I plan to continue my Memoir 40 campaign at the club in October and needed some French artillery. I was at the Sentry Box this summer and found a HaT set of French 75mm guns (WW1, but close enough)....

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The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha) : The Soviet vehicle horde

After a trip to the Works selling tanks for £2 a go the Soviet WW2 collection has grown. So I thought I'd take some photos so if this opportunity arises again I can check to see what I've got!

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Bob's Miniature Wargaming Blog : Italian WW2 tanks

I'm continuing to sort through the bounty of my trade with Tim in Saskatoon. I decided to deal with the Italians, starting with the armour. The tank on the right is a 1/72-scale L6/40 tankette armed...

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