Vulture's Wargaming Blog

Conker Soldier Battles !! On getting home from work today I found that my wife and son had been painting up a bunch of conkers for an unconv...

These are two quite interesting links about the huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold that has been found in the UK. - Slide Show about the hoard. ...

I remember watching the original series when I was a kid, being completely glued to the TV with my father. The opening sequence although lo...

In pictures: Arnhem Commemoration This is a link to a small picture show commemerating Arnhem. - Biggest Viking find for 150 years The bigg...

For fans of the set of rules called Warhammer Ancient Battles (WAB) I've been pointed in the direction of forum dedicated to discussion...

The weather was so good today (sunny and warm with little wind) Alex and I decided to fire off our small reusable rocket from the field besi...

My son and I have been playing these two web based games that are quite fun. - - - Flying Games:Dogfight2 Link - Robo Kill Titan Prime L...

At the Huntingdon club tonight I introduced one of the other members (Chris Lowe) to Space Hulk . Over a three hour period we managed to ge...

This is a great story about two students putting a camera into space. Link

This is a great article on the web site 'Den of Geek' by Martin Anderson all about his love of sci-fi corridors. Link -

This is worth checking out... - Underwater robot wars University teams battled it out to become underwater robot champions at an event this ...

Following a link on the TMP I visited this little web site called 'Panzer Eight ' where some quite interesting 2 page play rules fo...

The Victor bomber has long been retired from service, but one is kept in Bluntingthorpe aerodrome in running condition by a group of enthusi...

My copy of Space Hulk arrived yesterday. There are far better reviews than I could write of the product on The Miniatures Page (TMP) . Su...

Two weeks back my son and I visited Castle Rising . For those gamers who have played the classic game ' Kingmaker ', you may be fam...

I know I keep banging on about what a good game this is, well it just got a lot cheaper to buy the original and the two expansions ( Opposin...

Finally succumbed to the buzz about the re-released Space Hulk and went on-line to order a copy direct from GW. I was amazed to find them o...

Been away for a few days up in Yorkshire (gods own county) staying with the out-laws. Whilst there my son and I took a look round Knaresbor...

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...