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Middle-Earth: Orc Kit-bashing
The newly revamped Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game has caused a flurry of activity down BIG, with people dusting off armies, or in one case unearthing more troops than Sauron had at the Black Gate!!I...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: British Pinned Markers
In our games of The Men Who Would Be Kings George and I have been using dice as 'Pinned' markers, but with numbers of dice being thrown it is a concern they might get knocked over, so I decided to make...
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North-West Frontier: 15th Ludhiana Sikhs (or Punjab Frontier Force)
To add a bit of variety to my The Men Who Would Be Kings British Field Force I bought a couple of packs of Sikhs from the Perry Miniatures Sudan range, useful in that they are wearing uniforms that do...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Who Would Not Sleep with the Brave?
Last night at BIG we had another crack at the Run to the Hills! scenario from The Men Who Would Be Kings. Once again we employed 36 point Field Forces, but flipped the attacker and defender so this...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Go To Your Gawd Like a Soldier...
Due to prior commitments George and I scheduled a Tuesday night game of The Men Who Would Be Kings at BIG and I suggested we play the Get Off My Land scenario in which the British have to temporarily...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Till the Watchful Bugles Play...
A belated report from the Sudan and another The Men Who Would Be Kings battle fought against George and his Mahdists down at BIG on Wednesday. We decided to try the first scenario we played in August,...
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Test of Honour: Sword and Mind United!
Warbanner have been posting some interesting looking photos on Facebook for their forthcoming Mortal Gods: Test of Courage game and I must say it looks mighty tempting. Apparently it shares the same...
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North-West Frontier: Royal Horse Artillery 9 Pounder
I managed to finish off my Perry Miniatures 9 pounder in time for tonight's game of The Men Who Would Be Kings. A nice model and fairly easy to construct, though I was initially baffled with the bits...
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North-West Frontier: 92nd (Gordon Highlanders)
When ordering the Sikhs for my British Field Force from Perry Miniatures I decided to purchase a couple of packs of Highlanders from the Sudan range. These are lovely figures, the question was which...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Play Up! And Play The Game!
Having been in France earlier in the week, my regular excursion into the Sudan with George was pushed back to last night. We decided to try the Seek and Destroy mission we played back in August again...
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Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!
The news that Osprey will be releasing their latest Dan Mersey rules Rebels and Patriots in the new year has piqued my interest.The rules will apparently cover small North American battles (similar in...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: While Their Bayonets Shone Bright...
Apologies for the lateness of the report of this week's stramash in the Sudan against George and his Mahdists, real life and all that...We decided to try the Take The High Road scenario from The Men...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Blow The Bugle, Draw The Sword...
For our latest adventure with The Men Who Would Be Kings George brought along his new native army - Afghans! So now not just some fanatical guys with slashy swords (instead of stabby sticks) trying to...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Far the Calling Bugles Hollo...
So as promised the refight of Take The High Road scenario from The Men Who Would Be Kings with George's stabby spear armed Mahdists taking the role of the attackers and my gallant sons of Empire the...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Unfaltering On Its Dreadful Brink...
It's been a little while since I managed to get a game in, so it was good to meet up with George again at BIG for another game of The Men Who Would Be Kings. This time around we decided to have a crack...
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...
As previously posted 2019 will see me raising the flag of rebellion and raising an American force for Osprey's forthcoming Rebels and Patriots rules. I have always been interested in the Southern...
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The Men Who Would Be Kings: Where Bugles Call and Rifles Gleam...
Apologies for the delay in reporting the latest action from the Sudan, despatches being delayed by the festive preparations and subsequent consumption of turkey and alcohol!George and I decided we...
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A Cunning Plan (or two...) for 2019!
Discovering BIG last spring has certainly boosted by hobby enjoyment considerably. I don't think I have played some many different games in such a short period since I was a teenager! :-)As the year...
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Cruel Seas Casts Off...
2019 hasn't had the best of starts in the world of Bleases (except for a cracking gig by Saul's band Blacklist last Friday), I've been struggling with a dose of man flu since New Year's day that...
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Cruel Seas: Trial Run
Matt, Steve and myself embarked on a trial run of Warlord's Cruel Seas last night at BIG under the tutelage of Dave who was the only one of us who had read the rules!Matt was the only one with painted...
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