There are TWO birthday boys today!

@laughingboy and @intelligentmistertoad

Come on lads. Where’s the cake?! XD

“Would you like to know more?”

Showerscene? *click* *click* *click* *click*

loved the smell of a newly opened plastic kit , the paint and the glue . Still do .

Well who doesn’t? Same as a new book.

It’s Monday. I could use some days off I think.

War Gamer , no . Gamer of any sort , no . Model builder of war game scale vehicles & soldiers , yes . 

Never like board  games as a kid , missed the D&D / Warhammer excitement as I was too busy with family and work , when video games came out it was my kids that picked the games so I never found any that I liked . Building model kits was always i…[Read more]

A real wargamer just plays war games. History doesn’t need to be the point as reality need not be invited to the party for conflict to occur. Take the completely made up game of tiny fighting men against a race of bugs bent on ultraviolence (they even made a movie with a famous shower scene.. “Would you like to know more?”). With the gaming in the…[Read more]

That is a true scotsman question(tm).

Heck … I spend more time reading about wargames and collecting them than playing any of them.

Besides. Not everyone playing wargames set in real world history is playing them as ‘historic scenarios’ either.
There’s folks playing them more like ‘Hollywood history(tm)’ than actual History.

And again … if…[Read more]

Pledge: finish the MAWM minis!

Question: Am I a real wargamer if historical games and periods don’t interest me in the slightest? Maybe? No? Yes?

Music:

And now back to catch up on videos I missed because I went out to party.

There is a new thread in town.

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