Vulture's Wargaming Blog

I find myself very deeply effected by the sacrifice that our are armed forces are making in this conflict, and as father myself was I very m...

Just stumbled across the fact that GW are releasing Blood Bowl for the PC. The trailer looks amazing, as does the detail about the game. I...

Dawn of War II - Real Life Rhino Putting the real life Space Marine Rhino to the test ! Okay, this is pretty impressive the amount of effo...

Remains of WWI fallen identified Some 7,000 British and Australian soldiers were killed, wounded or taken prisoner at the Battle of Fromelle...

Five miles down the road from me is the old WW2 airfield of RAF Upwood. For those interested in its rich history this is a good link . Any...

Check out this amazing trailer for the new film AVATAR. Can't wait until its released. - - - In Cinemas Worldwide December - In the epi...

Space Hulk - Re-Released Totally brilliant news here guys. Games Workshop have decided to release a new version of one of their all time cl...

You don't see this every day :) - -

Defence Spokesman I have been searching for this great clip by Bird & Fortune for some time, and accidentally stumbled across it this mo...

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Europe in Ruins takes the fast paced, intense and surreal combat that you've come to know from Com...

Here's a link to an interesting little Tower Defence web game called 'Bloons Tower Defence 3'. Worth a blast this one.

I love the posters on this site... Link -

James May from Top Gear U.K. takes an emotional ride to the edge of space in a U2 spy plane. Born 16 January 1963 he's a British televis...

I just love this clip :) - -

This is a very intersting little web site with all sorts of rules Mike has done, along with a Generic Campaign System , which is a computer...

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him. She says hello. > He's rather taken aback because he ca...

At last I've finished one of my latest purchases from Ground Zero Games (GZG), the command version of their 8 wheeler the V15-53A. As w...

Broadband Speeds . For those interesting in trying to find out what their broadband speed is (in the UK), both these sites are quite good, a...

This is the 100th posting on my blog !! As such I've made it a bigger one than normal to mark the occasion. Hopefully those of you who ...

Skyy John is a guy in the states, who talks about all sorts of things. He completely cracks me up :) - Fat People and Airplanes Seats Airli...

Here's a rather excellent trainer I found on U-Tube for Warhammer On-Line 'Age Of Reckoning'. - -

- Dunkirk: a miracle of war The failure of the Germans to overwhelm the British Expeditionary Force on its retreat to Dunkirk continues to ...

Went to the Airshow last Friday, which was if I'm an honest a bit of a washout, on two accounts. The weather was very mixed, and varied ...

Churchill bunker 'not bomb-proof' Winston Churchill complained he had been "sold a pup" when he discovered his undergrou...

Last night I got round to uploading most of the photos I took from my visit to Portsmouth last Saturday. There is a new album in my web sho...

1. Medieval battle records go online . The new website reveals which medieval soldiers rode the furthest The detailed service records of 2...

Visited the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth on Saturday. We were lucky enough to see the Royal Navy's newest destroyer HMS Daring on s...

After a weeks holiday in the Isle Of Wight just got back tonight. Hopefully (time permitting) I'll post some photos tomorrow of the mil...

1. Russia 'shot down its own planes' - This makes quite interesting reading, Seems the Russian Air Force and Army didn't co-o...

Bird and Fortune: George Parr, Army General being interviewed. Brilliant :) - -

Placed an order with GZG last Thursday afternoon for one of their newest vehicles, the command version of their 8 wheelers , and a few bits ...

A £1bn cost over-run is threatening the future of the publicly-funded project to build Britain's biggest aircraft carriers. Oppsss, not...

Remembered this totally hilarious vid clip today, and just had to add it :) - -

This makes interesting reading. Link . Top secret War Office papers have revealed a strange and macabre weapons project tested by the All...

Sunday night saw the start of Top Gear Series 13. What the hell has this to do with wargaming and military stuff I hear you cry ! Well abs...

Attended the Duxford Military Vehicle Show today with my son Alex. Had a great time this afternoon browsing the exhibits and getting a good...

A quick vid of a Harrier doing an uber low pass. - - Heres a short vid of the aircraft that will eventually replace the Harrier in service, ...

Stumbled across this little Star Wars parody this I thought was quite amusing :) - -

As I mentioned in a few postings back I've been studying for yet another wretched exam (in Project Management this time) these last two ...

If you haven't visited it, the (British) Tank Museum web site is well worth dropping in on. Link The range of active displays they have ...

A well known clip this one, but still worth posting, as it always makes me smile :) - -

This is an interesting page on the US DoD Buzz web site about D-Day vets, and it has some great interviews with veterans on it. Highly rec...

A brilliant comedy sketch about the British Royal Navy :) - -

This makes a totally fascinating read..... Was it a deliberate attack, or just a tragic accident ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Libert...

It is now 4 months since I've been actively running this blog, and today we reached a small milestone. Today there was the 10,000 visit...

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This quite an interesting page on the BBC web site about D-Day. Worth checking out. Link .

I'm back on the treadmill of study again (sigh), as I now have a stack of pre-reading for a Project Management course next week, which w...

This trailer for a new 40k Space Marine game from those smart chaps at Relic has just been released. V nice. - -

Not much happening on the gaming front since I last posted due to exams and being away visiting the outlaws. Thought I'd post a trailer...