Adventures on the Wargames Table

Imagine my delight when a surprise parcel containing these arrived! Very kindly sent to me by my good friend George (his splendid blog is here ).  Thank you matey! 😎 The Paddy Griffith book looks to be especially interesting as it gives an overview of the war, weapons, equipment, organisation, tactics, etc.  The uniform reference book is jolly well timed too as I’m starting to get my Union force together. What splendid fellows gaming buddies can be eh?

A recent trip to see friends in Cornwall was an absolute blast! Some of the best fun to be had in a l-o-n-g time! Thanks to Colin and Nik, Paul and Helen, and Vicky, plus the boys for a superb weekend of fun, games, great company, fine food and excellent walks!!! This included a first play of a truly awesome after dinner card game (which is a must-buy) plus ... I learnt a huge amount about Robots, Marvel Superheroes and Dinosaurs! ;o) Games first ... of course we managed to squeeze a couple of games in between all the sight-seeing. The first game was splendid Kings of War bash with Colin, which (being a KoW supremo) he won with ease. I've blogged about KoW before so 'nuff said. The other game we played was none other than the latest offering from Too Fat Lardies ... Version 2.0 Now, Paul has only just taken delivery of a hefty order from Front Rank miniatures (we were opening the packs to put them on the table!) so only a few are painted, but hey, who cares when yo...