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.

Friday, 28 February 2025

Some new old books...

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 A few books that I've recently picked up (all secondhand because I'm stingy!) The Indian Mutiny by Saul David An interesting read s...
Thursday, 27 February 2025

Zulu: the Battle of Nyezane

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  This week I played the 1st game of the year with my friend Andrew and we decided to go with something different.  After a bit of mulling o...
Friday, 21 February 2025

Midgard goodies

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Somehow I recently won these lovely Midgard measuring sticks in a Facebook group competition run by the rules author, James Morris. I'm ...
Thursday, 20 February 2025

Painting update (dont faint...!): Fallout Factions

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 The other day I picked up a paintbrush for the first time in months... I tend to have fits and starts of painting and once I stop I sometim...
Saturday, 15 February 2025

Nostalgia boardgames #2 GEV

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Next up in my short series of nostalgic boardgame purchases is G.E.V which is a sequel of sorts to the more famous Ogre.  Ogre is a game pla...
Saturday, 1 February 2025

Nostalgia boardgames #1 - Ice War

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I managed to pick up several old boardgames via eBay recently, all of which either scratch that nostalgia itch (I played a game in 1984... i...
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Friday, 31 January 2025

The Battle of George Square

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A little bit of (slightly tenuous) family history. On this day 106 years ago in 1919 a strike in Glasgow, calling for a 40 hour working-week...
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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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