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.

Monday, 27 September 2021

Undaunted Normandy

My son and I were looking for a game at the weekend and as I hadn't had a chance to brush up on the rules for some of the more complic...

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

What I've up to...

No blog posts for a few weeks but that doesn't mean there haven't been any games. At Eric the Shed's we played a fun Bolt Acti...

Tuesday, 24 August 2021

Gunfight at Calton Creek

Time for another Wild West shoot out and a game of Fistful of Lead. In this week's thrilling episode the villains have just robbed the ...

Friday, 20 August 2021

Space Fleet

Another week and another bit of retro-gaming (does 1991 count as retro? I mean it's only...oh god...30 years ago!). This time is an ...

Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Wingspan

" The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. " Willie Nelson I picked up a couple of boardgame bargains...

Thursday, 12 August 2021

¡Arriba Espana! - first game

Since I'd bought a copy of Bob Cordrey's Arriba Espana rules recently it was a good excuse to get the SCW armies out for a change ...

Saturday, 31 July 2021

The Battle of Hexham 1464

A couple of weeks ago we fought the next instalment in our ongoing project to fight out all the major Wars of the Roses Battles using Neve...

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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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