The random thoughts of an ancient colonial wargamer. Featuring rules, battle reports, and all sorts of miscellaneous colonial wargaming topics. Monday, 23 January 2012.

English Civil War Battles in Miniature. More pictures from Naseby battlefield. Posted March 13, 2018 by yesthatphil. SK members regularly turn out in period costume to help visitors to Naseby get a feel for the period.

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Sunday, July 19, 2015. 10th - 12th July Knuston Hall, Northamptonshire. We did OK but got no special commendations or promotions. But the first session I presented was after breakfast on Saturday morning.

Sunday, 9 August 2015. At something of a loose end one week I decided the time was ripe to plug on with our Memoir 44 Normandy Campaign. Avid readers may recall that the Battle for Hill 112 all went a bit pear shaped for the Germans at the last minute despite some early successes, so Monty is now in a position to press on to Caen from the north a bit earlier than historically. The battlefield from the German side. Shermans and some infantry pushed into the gap. Despite this being a pre.

The random thoughts of an ancient wargamer. Friday, 14 August 2015. On Wednesday I paid a visit to The Historic Dockyard, Chatham. Kent, and whilst I was there I made a point of visiting the temporary exhibition that is taking place there entitled WAR GAMES. The exhibition has been set up by the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood.

Wednesday, 10 June 2015. People get very involved when, in multi-player games, they have a ship each, and I thought it would be a good idea to boost this personal identification by following other gamers in giving each ship a specific name. Wednesday, 13 May 2015. And Thirty Years War armies. Monday, 27 April 2015.

The 2016 conference has concluded. While the number of attendees was lower than past years, I believe we can call it a success. Thanks to all those who presented, attended and participated in the activities with such enthusiasm. Slide decks etc will be available on the Resources page shortly. Please comment on the feedback below. Mix of activities and presentations.