Vulture's Wargaming Blog

Had my first taste of the SAGA game at the club on Thursday.  SAGA for those who haven't heard about it is a skirmish figure game set in...

- Such a classic bit from Top Gear, I couldn't resist posting it   :) -

My CCKW due to its age is considered a historic vehicle by the DVLA and as such is exempt from requiring an annual MOT.  Owners self-author...

- Comment :  I have the original, a classic space game in every way.  This re-mastered version is a  recommended purchase for those who ha...

Last night at the club we had a another FUBAR 40K game.  Further tweaks to the rules were experimented with, namely: a)  Adding an activati...

The funeral for Shakespeare's greatest villain is fast approaching.  But did he really kill the princes in the Tower ?  Late Tudor Engl...

A friend of mine Andy Baxter sent me this excellent picture of an M1 that he came across.  It makes for a good desktop background :) - Co...

- Comment :  This is excellent !  :) -

Came across this web site called Battlefield Game Designs.   Link .  They are doing the following three rules sets that all look quite inter...

Just seen an advertisement for a new gaming magazine.  This is how it describes itself: "Yaah! magazine is a new kind of periodical. ...

1 . Two blondes walk into a building..........you'd think at least one of them would have seen it. 2 . Phone answering machine messa...

Just came across this great piece of footage of the  Tiger II arriving at the 2015 Retromobile Paris Show. - -

On Sunday (1st Feb) I went along to Vapnartak.  This is the annual wargames convention staged here in York by the York Wargames Club at the ...

A bit of a update on truck adventures in the last few weeks.  Always a bit reluctant to to start after being stood for a while, with the ass...

This web site has some outstanding dioramas on it built by a very talented modeller and painter called Peter Shaw.  Well worth a look.   Lin...

Last Thursdays club night saw a busy nights gaming by my normal crowd with two games under way.  John Savage ran an ancients game, using for...

- Comment :  Whatever your thoughts are about the conflict, that is an impressive firepower demonstration. -

Last Saturday was the annual X-Mas holiday big game at the Harrogate Wargames Club.  Organised by John Savage with input from Theo Street w...

Happy New Year to all visitors to my Blog.  I hope you have a prosperous and happy 2015.

Gaming wise the present of note this year was Zombicide.  Seen quite a few pictures of the game in action and several people I know highly r...

Not connected with wargaming or military stuff, but still worth a watch anyway :) - Tower Bridge, The Dubstep Movement from Chadchud Tim...

A slightly belated Merry X-Mas to all the readers of my occasional ramblings. I hope you had an enjoyable and stress-free X-Mas.

Went along to the Recon Wargames Show today.  This is a small local show put on by the Wakefield and District Wargamers Club in the Pudsey...

Mrs Vulture has been and bought some festive lights for the front of the CCKW truck. Seemed like a good excuse to go for a drive into York l...

- On the 20th October 2014 Murray Walker OBE, a former Sherman tank Commander with the Scots Greys during World War II, well-known as a mo...

- Comment : Not something you often see...  A WW2 German Panther tank taking on some fuel in a petrol station. -

At the moment I'm re-reading one of my favourite sci-fi series of all time, the Gaunts Ghosts omnibus edition by Dan Abnett .  Of cours...

- After weeks of rubbish weather, the sun has been out here in York. Got the truck home today. Plan to bleed the brakes later this week as...

Armistice Day is remembered as the day World War One ended, but for naval historians Britain's greatest victory came 10 days later.  Ope...

- - Comment :  Looking good !  :)   May the force be with you, always... -

- Comment : Just when I think I've seen all the photos there are to be seen of Tiger Is, a new one surfaces :) -

This little site dedicated to short sci-fi films is well worth checking out:   Link -

To spice our 20mm Bolt Action games up, I have come up with some Vehicle Observation Rules. They can be downloaded  here . The way to use...

A simply amazing piece of footage that is worth watching. CH-47 water landing - Sonicbomb.com

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin..' - Lillian Carter (mother of...

Went to see the 'Fury' film on Wednesday for a late night showing at our local 'VUE' cinema here in York.  Took along my br...

Recently finished painting up a GZG V15-54A 8 wheeled support vehicle. I already have a few of this family of vehicles, so I continued with...

For those interested in my expanded version of the FUBAR rules for 15mm Sci-Fi (adapted from a set originally written by Craig Cartmell) th...

A month back I was at an event on Ginkel Heath remembering Operation Market Garden and the British para drop.  Whilst there I saw this 6pdr ...