Battle of Hastenbach (6)
I’m now in charge of the Prussian flank attack. To no effect whatsoever. How many time can you roll less than seven on 2D6. In my case eight times out...
Category: Misc
Battle of Hastenbach (5)
It all looks very good for the French. There’s another flank to this battle but I really don’t have a clue what’s happening here.
Battle of Hastenbach (4)
We’re using an L shaped table. Here’s the view up one arm of the L. And up the other arm
Battle of Hastenbach (3)
It’s all going horribly wrong. I’ve seen off one cavalry attack and the Prussian Guard managed to fill a hole in my line when a battalion of Grenadiers retreated in...
Battle of Hastenbach (2)
That’s my command in the distance, Prussian Grenadiers holding the corner in the Allied line, the British to my left are being attacked by a huge column of Austrians. Here...
Battle of Hastenbach (1)
Thirteeen people, over 2,000 28mm toys anda massive table in the Lundin Links Hotel in Fife. Today we’re refighting the Battle of Hastenbeck using the Black Powder rules. I’ll be...
Lardy Dice
Dice with a pie and a pint instead of the six. What’s not to like? I bought lots. Available from Too Fat Lardies
Fantasy Scenery
This ten inch long, plastic Tyrannosaurus Rex skull comes in Issue 1 of the Amazing Dinosaur Discovery partwork which is now on sale in WH Smith for 99p. It makes...
New Toys
Got a new toy for Christmas, a Fujifim FinePix F70EXR, supposedly the smallest camera in the world with a 10X optical zoom. So last night I took it along to...
Song of the Rings
A couple of years ago the Lord of the Rings Combat Hex game got discontinued and the packs of “collectable” pre-painted miniatures flooded into discount stores all over the UK. ...
Silly, but fun.
My son won a two of these Eureka Cowboy Teddy Bears at the “Toy Story” demo game put on by the RAF Leuchars Wargames Club at Carronade earlier this year....
World of Warcrack
Over a year since I last blogged and it’s mostly down to the time I’ve been spending in Azeroth, the setting of the Masssively Multplayer Online Game World of Warcraft....
