Diary of a Wargames Butterfly on Twitter
Diary of a Wargames Butterfly on Google+
RSS Feed
its Monday and time for another episode of this long running series currently I only have one thing that I’m working on which is a Pat Wagon for Judge Dredd, made by Mongoose Games that has been base coated and the blue shade is sorted Yes I know this is the same as last week
On October the 15th one of the UK’s most respected gaming companies; Too Fat Lardies will be visiting the South Wales Gaming Center at Firestorm Games to host a series of participation games showcasing some of their most popular rules. There will be 5 games on offer with each one being played twice starting around
For the second weekend in a row a gang of us got together for a days gaming at Firestorm games, this week it was myself, Mark, Steve and Ty Ty brought along Scythe that he got in the Kickstarter. I have to say Scythe was completely different to anything I’ve ever played before, the scope
Tuesday is turning into Boardgame day as I usually drive over to visit my mate Mark and play something for a few hours. this week we decided to play Command and Colours: Ancients and I thought I’d share the games. normally we pick 1 scenario and play it twice (swapping sides after the first game)
Yesterday myself and the Bond Brothers (Geoff and Steve) met up at Firestorm games for a day of gaming. originally we planned a big Sharp practice game but unfortunately a couple of people couldn’t make it so we decided to play some board games instead. first up was Command and Colours Ancients which Geoff was
Yesterday I visited my good mate Mark for a game, as he wanted to show me Command and Colours. now I have to admit that I’ve never played any C&C game before (even though I have the Kickstarter version of The Great War) so I was looking forward to it. Mark being a wargamer at
whilst demoing Sharp Practice at Firestorm last month I got chatting to Richard an old mate of mine and he asked if I fancied doing a demo of the game at his local club. well emails were exchanged and last night saw me driving to the village of Coity to join the Castle Gamers on
Yesterday I went to Firestorm games to introduce my mate Steve to Sword and Spear Fantasy, and also to playtest the new undead rules that Mark has written. we played a 500 point game of Elves v Undead with a good assortment of unit types included and as it the norm with me Steve won the
Geoff Bond, Mike Hobbs
last weekend myself and good mates, Mark, Ty, Geoff and Steve got together for a big game of Chain of Command at Firestorm games Geoff had agreed to run the game and he put together a scenario that allowed us to use my US infantry and Fallschirmjäger, Ty’s Heer and Steve’s US Paras. the game was
This weekend saw the 4th annual ‘On Market Lardon’ wargames event taking place in Evesham. OML4 (as its known) is major event on the Too Fat Lardies calendar and hosts some of the best TFL in the land, the premise is simple, turn up, play a couple of games and then go for a curry.
Matt Slade, Ralph Plowman, Geoff Bond, Steve Bond
this Thursday and Friday saw me trying out a scenario that might make it into the War of 1812 book I’m putting together for Too Fat Lardies. I don’t want to say too much about it as its still in the design phase but it involves one side who are low on supplies defending a
I decided to add a bit more support to my British Peninsular war army for Sharp Practice and thought some dashing artillery would be in order, and as everybody knows there are none more dashing then the RHA. I had picked up a limber crew at the tabletop sale in Firestorm games in June so all I
the last few weeks has seen me working on my 1940 German army for Chain of Command in 20mm I did post about this project when I started it (see here) but for some reason I didn’t post anything when I completed the Core Force (expect that tomorrow) but anyway, I have already finished a
You might remember a while ago I picked up a pile of Napoleonic figures at the last Firestorm games bring and buy and one of my purchases was some British Riflemen. Well they’ve sat on my table for ages awaiting some TLC and finally I got round to painting them up. Originally there were 14
A while ago I picked up a Skythian army from my mate Craig Thomson after I tweeted about getting a third army for my Ancient games. The figures came from Forged in Battle lovely War & Empire range which Craig got in the first FiB KickStarter, this suited me as I’d got Greeks and Early
Later this week I’m travelling to Lard Island to meet up with Rich and Nick and take some pictures for my war of 1812 book. I was looking through my figures and I saw a gap so I decided to try and get an Artillery team painted up to take with me. as its only 5
As I’ve finished the Highlanders which are a core force for playing Sharp practice Games in the Peninsular, its time to think about some opposition for them. Obviously that means the French (or an Ally regiment) and so yesterday I dived into my lead pile and pulled out 2 boxes of Perry’s French infantry. The Perry’s French are in
You might remember a little while ago I picked up some Victrix Highlanders from the Firestorm games Bring and Buy sale. Well the figures were all painted but needed touching up and also I wanted to extend what I had and make a complete Highland force for Sharp Practice so I ordered a couple of
After a break of 2 weeks, everyone’s favourite blog post is back, yes its time for an update on what I’ve been painting Canadian Provincial Cavalry – The only thing I’ve been able to finish over the last 2 weeks has been a unit of Canadian Cavalry for the War of 1812 for Sharp Practice.
Just been sent this by Mr Clarke of Too Fat Lardies, its the cover of the War of 1812 campaign book I’ve been working on no other details yet on release date or cost, but I’m very excited so if you are interested in the War of 1812 and don’t yet own a copy of
Last week I sat down with my mate Mark and he introduced me to Command and Colours Napoleonics, well I really enjoyed the game and I really fancied getting my own game to play at home. Unfortunately the Napoleonic version is out of print but I knew there are a lot more games in this series so I
This week saw the ending of a chapter in my wargaming life when I received my copy of Miniature Wargames with Battlegames issue 402. Issue 402 is the last one to be edited by that bastion of the UK wargaming scene Mr Henry Hyde and I have to admit to being very sad about it
Kickstarter project: 09/20/2016 – 10/12/2016 Now, it’s time to push the war to another scale! You will manage companies instead of platoons to conquer bigger battlefields.Unit tokens are replaced by cards, terrain tiles are replaced by maps. We introduce a new set of rules, but don’t worry, if you are familiar with Heroes of Normandie,
after a break last week I’m back on schedule and here’s this weeks Whats on the Paint Desk currently I only have one thing that I’m working on which is a Pat Wagon for Judge Dredd, made by Mongoose Games that has been base coated and the blue shade is sorted
Too Fat Lardies
It isn’t often that a new publishing house dedicated to historical wargaming is launched, but that is precisely what is about to happen as Reisswitz Press prepares to publish it’s first set of wargames rules, Pickett’s Charge by respected game designer Dave Brown, the man behind such classics as General de Brigade, British Grenadier and
Last time I visited Firestorm I was wandering around and came across one of the Expansions for Battlelore so I decided it must be fate and I brought it. the Expansion is ‘Terrors in the Mist’ and it introduces a new faction into the game, The Undead So what do you get for your £29.69,
Sorry that I haven’t been update the blog for a few days but we decided to get another cat to join the 2 we had already one quick trip to the local cats protection league later and we had signed up to take not 1 but 2, so meet Monty who’s a little shy and
Monolith Board Games LLC
Right before I start I have to say that I am a huge Conan fan, not so much of the films (although the original one was ok) but I love the books and regularly re-read them. that being said it’ll come as no surprise to anyone that I spent a large part of 2014 following this
It’s yet another Monday so time for ‘What’s on the Paint Desk’ Todays paint desk is dominated by 1 model, but here’s the details on what in the Q 8 Footsore miniatures Great Northern War Swedes – these are getting very very dusty a Pat Wagon for Judge Dredd, made by Mongoose Games
its a late one this week as the Bank Holiday has messed up my in built calendar but anyway, this week my paint desk contains 8 Footsore miniatures Great Northern War Swedes – these are getting very dusty a Wargames Foundry Royal Horse Artillery Limber
As I’ve been playing a bit of Battlelore recently I decided to expand my basic boxset and get one of the reinforcement packs to see what it contains. so I got the Razorwing pack as I thought it would give me some extra air power the pack contains 3 models (1 unit) the rules needed
By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information
The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.
