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Warhammer Armies – Necromancers
It has been a couple of years now since I completed an army project, so it seems fitting to return with this necromantic force which can afford to play the long game. As usual, I have raised 1,000...
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Salute 2026
Let’s start with the bad news – I’m not covering the Salute wargaming show in depths anymore. Meeting up with people on the day, lack of time for post-processing the photo haul and a shrinking number...
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Armorcast Baneblade Super-heavy Battle Tank
Part of an Armorcast order from the late 90s which I shared with a couple of colleagues, this pride of the Adeptus Mechanicus spent a few decades in the manufactorum, while the Tech Priests worked out...
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Salute 2025 – Horse & Musket
The most sweeping battlefields and most dashing uniforms at Salute 2025 were to be found in the age of blackpowder and cavalry. To the Strongest! took us back to war in Louis XIV’s time, when men were...
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Salute 2025 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy
There was a large number of small demo tables, usually hosted by the publishers, for the many sci-fi and fantasy games currently available. I tend to not focus on them too much as they are often quite...
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Salute 2025 – World War 2
There were many fabulous World War 2 themed wargaming tables at Salute 2025, a selection of which I have captured below. The Lard Zone featured several well presented games, the Too Fat Lardies’ ethos...
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Salute 2025 – Warsaw Uprising
The Loughton Strike Force did it again and brought my personal favourite wargaming table at Salute. Following last year’s Saigon ’68 board, the topic this time was the Warsaw Uprising during World War...
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Salute 2024 – Horse & Musket
A fictional battle during the 1815 Hundred Days Campaign was staged by the South East Scotland Wargames Club using the free Valour & Fortitude rules by Perry Miniatures. Napoleonic battle by South...
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Salute 2024 – World War 2
Of course World War 2 was a popular topic for gaming tables at Salute 2024, and here are my favourites. In the Lard Zone, a section of rubble strewn Stalingrad had been recreated for armoured duels...
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Salute 2024 – Vietnam War
My favourite gaming table at Salute 2024 was Saigon 68 by Loughton Strike Force, depicting a small force of Marines engaging insurgents in the midst of bustling street life. The attention to lovingly...
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Salute 2024 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Blasting off my not-as-exhaustive-as-it-used-to-be and much delayed Salute coverage for 2024 is Pendraken with Future War Commander 2.0. There is an impressive range of new 10mm metal figures...
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Salute 2023 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy
To celebrate the imminent latest incarnation of the Salute wargames show and not at all because I just realised I still hadn’t published these before, here some impression from a variety of sci-fi and...
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Tactica 2024 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Sci-Fi and Fantasy themes made up at least half of the gaming tables at Tactica 2024. The big franchises Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones were represented with impressive displays...
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Tactica 2024 – Historical
This February I attended the Tactica wargames convention in Hamburg for the first time, after having been tempted with pictures of beautifully presented gaming tables for many years. Situated in a...
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Salute 2023 – Modern Warfare
The Maidstone Wargames Society presented Fallujah 2004 at this year’s Salute. Using the Force on Force ruleset in 20mm scale, this participation game saw US Marines in (fully scratch built) house to...
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Salute 2023 – World at War
Kicking off the World War I and II coverage is a pseudo-historical game in Mark Copplestone’s ‘Little Soldiers’ inter-war setting, staged by the Cornwall Wargames Association. If I...
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Salute 2023 – Horse & Musket
After Ancients, the second period of wargaming that usually makes tabletops buckle under the sheer weight of lead is Horse & Musket. A number of prime examples of this were on show again at Salute...
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Salute 2023 – Ancients & Renaissance
Salute 2023 marked the 50th time that the South London Warlords put on their wargames show this April. Public attendance was strong though it is clear that the event is now unfortunately only a UK...
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Salute 2020/21
Salute was a bitter sweet event this year. My main motivation for attending has always been to be impressed and inspired by the gaming and display tables, with shopping opportunities as a bonus. This...
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Doubling Up
The second mob of 35 Night Goblin spearmen is complete and joining the fray. As before, I have added netters and a Fanatic to the ranks for maximum mayhem. A thicket of spears greets any attackers I...
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