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.

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Franco-Prussian Black Powder

This week saw a long-overdue outing for my Franco-Prussian armies in a game of Black Powder at a friends house. I'd decided to try and ...

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Cadbury World

No...not that one...there's no chocolate involved in this post... Last weekend we squeezed in a couple of nights away before everywher...

Thursday, 30 March 2017

Saga three ways

A visit to Eric the Shed's place this week for a game of Saga...something I haven't played for several years. I've played quit...

Sunday, 26 March 2017

Sunday round up

So that's the Aztecs and Conquistadors finally re-based and completed...well, I say completed... I came across an unopened box of Azte...

Tuesday, 21 March 2017

More Re-basing

More re-basing...it's quite therapeutic once you get into a routine! Strip the figure off the old base and glue it to the next...add s...

Sunday, 12 March 2017

Spring cleaning and Aztecs

No, I haven't been spring-cleaning my Aztecs....I suspect that would be a bit of a chore given all the blood and gore from the human sac...

Sunday, 26 February 2017

Cavalier 17

As always Cavalier at Tonbridge in Kent marks the start of the show season for me. It's one of about 4 that I try and get along to an...

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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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