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Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
Thursday, 11 September 2025

Tunnel Rats - Purple Haze, Stand Alone Game

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I was so glad that I snapped up the Purple Haze Vietnam boardgame (I got it from Zatu Games as I was too late for the Kickstarter) as it app...
Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Welcome to the Jungle: Purple Haze - Vietnam Tactical RPG

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I was closely watching this game (Purple Haze) , having spotted it a long. long time back and although I did not step in at the Kick Starter...
Monday, 25 November 2024

Battleground 2024 - Pendrakon, Middlesbrough

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Hats off to Pendrakon for organising Battleground 2024 in Middlesbrough on Saturday (see link below):  https://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/ I...
Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Another go at "Ghosts of the Jungle"

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In the interests of diverse game play I introduced my D&D group to Ghosts of the Jungle to see how these lads (RPG'ers, aka none mai...
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Saturday, 25 November 2023

Platoon 20 - NVA Figures

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Inspired by the recent series of "Ghosts of the Jungle" games I visited my silver pile of shame in the loft for Vietnam figures an...
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Wednesday, 1 November 2023

ClearFix Tip - When It Goes Yellow Get a New Bottle!

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ClearFix is obviously a bit like snow - when it goes yellow beware what you can use it for! To be fair you typically use so little of it at ...
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Thursday, 24 August 2023

Vietnam War - US News Broadcast of the (Surprise) Tet Offensive (NBS News Saigon) - You Tube Footage

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Sometimes history is thrust upon a sleep walking nation and they are rudely awakened to unpalpable truths (see below, incredible News footag...
Saturday, 7 January 2023

Audible Book - Street Without Joy

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I seem to be continuing along with the Vietnam theme, or rather more a wider Indo-China theme, as I have just finished listening to a "...
Sunday, 27 November 2022

Audible - Vietnam, Max Hastings

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I knew I needed to read this book, so I bought it, but it sat on the shelf (as it is no small volume) for  a long time. I knew I needed some...
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Wednesday, 9 November 2022

A Package from America: "Fire in the Lake" COIN Board Game - GMT P500

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In the hedonistic (pre-Covid) days where the UK pound was much stronger than the dollar, so transatlantic shipping (*) from America was off...
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Sunday, 5 June 2022

Painting US Vietnam Infantry - My Platoon 20 Collection (PART 1) Notes to Self

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Background: Sometimes I acquire a "collection of figures" over time rather than for a project, knowing that at a point in the dist...
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Sunday, 15 May 2022

1/72 Scale Airfix Sheridan - Vietnam Era

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I have been quiet on the blog posting front but I have been pottering along quietly in the background, with of all things the "Vietnam ...
Sunday, 1 May 2022

Vietnam 20mm ACav M113 [JB Models]

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I seem (understatement) to have been somewhat distracted last month(or months) with the Ukrainian-Russian War being constantly on the news a...
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Wednesday, 12 January 2022

model Shop Bliss: 1/72 Plastic (Pegasus Miniatures) 1965 Vietnam USMC Figures

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To my delight in a local village across from me I discovered [well I was "tipped off" about] a new little model shop (or rather on...
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Friday, 11 June 2021

10mm Vietnam Game: Take That Village Playtest

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Something in the pipeline, play tested once with a friend and it was good, then lots of other interesting things got in the way, but it is a...
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Monday, 14 September 2020

10mm Vietnam Game

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The objective, pacification of a Vietnam village that has been reported as "taken over" by teh NVA and VC but still has "frie...
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Tuesday, 4 August 2020

Vietnam - Tour of Duty: Major Robinson's Challenge

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Covid-19 social distancing rules are a game changer fro the tabletop wargaming experience, but where there is a will there is a way (see bel...
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