A Wargaming Gallimaufry

Musings on toy soldiers, life, family and the world... but mainly toy soldiers. Gallimaufry: noun - a confused jumble or medley of things.

Wednesday, 8 April 2026

No Salute for me this year

It's Salute this weekend which I rarely miss but this year it coincides with World Parkinson's Day and as I work for a Parkinson...

Saturday, 14 March 2026

Hold the Line

It's the 250th anniversary of the USA's Declaration of Independence (a semiquincentennial apparently) so it seemed a good moment to...

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Gazing into the abyss...

"If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you" This is possibly the most navel-gazing post I've ever made!!...

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

I have been to... Cavalier 2026

I only made it 1 show last year...Salute, almost a year ago. I usually get along to Colours and Warfare later in the year but these clashe...

Thursday, 19 February 2026

Assorted boardgames

We've played a few boardgames at home over the last few weeks and I realised I hadn't posted anything about these. My son and I act...

Saturday, 14 February 2026

Adventures on Mars

I played a great game this week using one of the Wiley Games 'Fistful of Lead' rules. In this case it was the Glorious Adventures i...

Friday, 30 January 2026

In space, no one can hear you whimper...

This week Anthony and I played a board game which both of us have acquired in the last couple of months... Alien: Fate of the Nostromo. I...

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alastair: Surrey, United Kingdom; A 50 something dad and wargamer. I've been playing with toy soldiers for longer than I can remember [I blame my parents for buying me a toy fort when I was little!] I'm originally from Glasgow but have lived in London/Surrey for 30 odd years [very odd in some cases!] and toil away at the gritty coalface of Charity Sector middle management. https://bsky.app/profile/red3584.bsky.social

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