Dust, Tears & Dice

Thanks to Matt Crump and his excellent blog for this scenario - wargamesinthedungeon: Battle of Short Hills 26 June 1777 : AWI An engagement between George Washington and General Howe as Howe...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/11/battle-of-short-hills-1777-rebels-and.html

It's been a while since the last dispatches post. My apologies this entry might be more of a reminder for me to keep me on track. Chatting during the Cotswold day we shared a listing of half fi...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/10/dispatched-from-front-xxxiii-anything.html

Last Sunday saw the annual trip to Cirencester and the Cotswolds Wargames Day held this year at Big Battles. It's always an enjoyable affair with some great games on offer in a very relaxed atmos...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-battle-of-ascalon-1099-cotswold-all_23.html

36 Hours to go before the Cotswold all dayer. The plan is a game based loosely on the Battle of Ascalon set during the 1st Crusade where the Christian Armies catch the Fatimid/Egyptian Army out...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-battle-of-ascalon-1099-cotswold-all.html

It's amazing what the motivation of a big game does for your painting mojo although it is starting to feel a little like a job. Another batch of Gripping Beast miniatures for the big game on Sund...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/10/gripping-beast-archers-reinforcements.html

Less than two weeks before the the Cotswold All Dayer, it's going to require a few late nights to get the requisite number of units complete. Across our group of gamers we have quite the produc...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/10/footsore-miniatures-islamic-command.html

Allied Turn 4 Things are hotting up in the Tactics II campaign with engagements taking place across the front (normally the breaking point of most campaigns with more games than time allows.) 4...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/09/allied-turn-4-allied-hammer-blow-falls.html

Another week and the last of the Gripping Beast Plastics are done. With the various options on the sprue I have been able to create 6 whole units from a single box, all really useful for the fo...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/09/gripping-beast-arabs-40-become-6.html

Back to Outremer.  Having decided on the plan for the next all dayer - It turns out we might be woefully short of Arab foot types. 5 weeks nothing like deadline to focus the mind. Not usu...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/09/outremer-arab-spearmen.html

After being mothballed over the summer months the Tactics II Desert Campaign kicks off again, thanks to my good gaming buddies who indulge my map movements and come along to roll some dice, the g...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/09/tactics-ii-turn-3-axis-game-6-spotters.html

The end of the summer and the AWI stage one is complete. I admit I might have to have watched Revolution again to get these over the line. This post is some what of a sweep of the least eleme...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/09/awi-rebel-sharpshooters-casualty.html

Another run out of Xenos Rampant we wanted to push the rules a little further and picked on the scenario of a Russian Armoured column pushing into an Afghan town to rescue a downed helo crew. A S...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/08/afghanistan-1980-xenos-rampant.html

Nothing like a bank holiday and a day on the brushes. After the uniformity of the British these took a little longer to bring to the table, having opted for a mix of colours in both trousers an...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/08/pendraken-miniatures-american-militia.html

One of the things about club gaming is the ability to put on that BIG game outside of the limits of gaming at home..... What a fantastic table to play on.... John at the club really does like t...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/08/wyre-forest-gamers-pacific-landing.html

With the core of the British bare metal complete time to switch to the rebels and a couple of cavalry units for a change,  I did think about basing them on the medium Flames of War bases b...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/08/american-patriot-cavalry-rebels-and.html

The smallest of paragraphs can become inspiration for a game. COLONEL HUSEIN ISKHANOV  The first fighting took place in the village of Lomaz Yurt in Nadterechny raion where we had some defen...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/08/russian-invasion-of-chechnya-1994.html

Yet more off the production line and a couple of regiments of British Grenadiers to give the Brits that little bit of extra cold steel. I figured two units would be enough looking across the un...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/08/rebels-patriots-british-grenadiers-and.html

Wow this seems rather green and lush compared to the number of recent desert games. A great club game bringing together various players collections of Far East forces with an encounter based loos...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-butterfly-effect.html

Continuing with the theme. Another couple of regiments of British regulars to protect the colonies from the rebels. White facings and backpacks are the order of the day to separate them from ...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/07/american-revolution-pendraken-10mm.html

Arkadij in deepest drakkastan has been under the boot of the alien invaders for several months, resistance is rising and the People's Army is ready to strike a blow for freedom. The first outin...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/07/xenos-rampant-1st-outing-battle-for.html

Six months behind schedule but the first of the American War of Independence figures come off the painting queue, they have been undercoated and based for a while, but the transition from 28mm to...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/07/awi-british-regulars-10mm-pendraken.html

The Crusader project continues apace....  Still along way short of what's needed for a big game in the Autumn, Medium Cavalry from Footsore Miniatures, these will be very handy in the battles ...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/07/footsore-miniature-islamic-medium.html

Another game in the Tactics II campaign rather thin on Pic's I am afraid - The sign of a good game. The allies were feeling confident they heavily outnumbered the Italian defenders as they push...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/06/tactics-ii-turn-3-allied-game-5-shoot.html

 After a few weeks away time to get back on the brushes.. The seems to be a distinct lack of Islamic armoured foot in the market, these are from Perry's Crusades range and are very nice, they ...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/06/perry-miniatures-muslim-armoured-foot.html

After a number of months on the paint table, enough models have come off the production line to put on a large game. 30 points aside with the Arab player tasked with attacking the camp and burnin...

http://dusttears.blogspot.com/2024/06/lion-rampant-desert-raid.html