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Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 April 2022

Easter Project: Jigsaw - Charge of the Scots Greys - Scotland Forever

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This is a fine piece of historic artwork with a slight personal touch as the father-in-laws grandfather served in the Scots Greys in the int...
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Tuesday, 8 March 2022

A Tale of Peasant Farming: Agrigola

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One of the things I got from the Connections UK Wargame Conferences is a hit list of Bucket List games to get. In 2016 Nick Drage's pres...
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Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Purchase Number 2: Hero Quest Expansions

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As I picked up Warlord Games Epic Napoleonic I came across a "must buy it or regret "scenario. I have acquired an original Heroque...
Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Xmas Jigsaw Fun

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It may have been a Walt Disney family-themed jigsaw but to me it was a thousand pieces of fiendish family fun that had three generations of ...
Tuesday, 4 January 2022

New Year Promise to Myself: Chill and be Kind to Yourself

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Note to self:  I am going to forget or rather ban the terrible word "project", certainly with respect to everything that is relate...
Sunday, 7 November 2021

Good Old Fashioned Board Game Fun: Stratego

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Well, this was a 'second chance impulse' buy. I first saw it in a local "Yorkshire Store" shop, one sells all manner of go...
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Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Airfix 1/48th Scale Spitfire Hanging From Ceiling

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I finally got round to doing this for my youngest son, hanging a Spitfire from his bedroom ceiling (see below, question black cotton perhaps...
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Tuesday, 3 August 2021

Bucket List Item: Accomplished - Catan (The Settlers of)

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It was bought, but yet to be played. Then it was played and really enjoyed (see below, the game I saw Chandler play in The Big Bang Theory a...
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Friday, 18 December 2020

Note to Self: Have you played a game of Uno yet, if not why not?

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With plenty of time coming to hand, time to challenge the old and young kids alike for a game of Uno (see below, a deviously simple but addi...
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Sunday, 22 November 2020

The Nights are getting Darker .. which means the Season of "Family Games" Approach'eth ... Winter is Coming!

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Game, game and more game to come out of the cupboards. From the 'crowd pleasing' (see below, "Beat the Parents" - the gran...
Monday, 24 August 2020

One Hour Wargame - Ancients "Take II": Revenge of the Padawan

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And so it came to pass that the little Padawan said "Master, that army had no archers, that is why it lost." The old Master looked...
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Monday, 10 August 2020

Ancients - "One Hour Wargames" an excuse for some 15mm Family Fun

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It came to pass that in the land of ancient Greece, a city state whose name has now been long lost in the annals of antiquity, fell into dis...
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