Vulture's Wargaming Blog

Last month, Russian authorities conducted large-scale civil defence drills and announced they were upgrading underground nuclear bunkers to ...

Seen this on the BBC web site.  Worth a visit. - After seven years as a Soviet satellite state, many in Hungary were chafing at the rest...

I ran a game at the club on Thursday using an adapted version of the FUBAR rules with a 40K themed army and weapon listing. I do like the ac...

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'With 4,000 torpedo heads, 9,000 depth charges and more than 91,000 shells – all in all some 6,700 tons of explosives – set aflame, a 40...

Found this interesting article on the history of the USS William D. Porter.  It is worth a read :)   Link   -

For anyone who is interested in learning about the British Royal Artillery and its role in WW2, you need look no further than this web site...

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US Navy Submarine USS Hartford emerging from ice during the ICEX 2016.  Link to article. - -

A fascinating web page here about Panzers in the Golan Heights. Worth a read :) Link -

You know what it's like; you have several games using a rule system.  Not all the situations you might want/need covered are in there, s...

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- - Comment :  Slightly underwhelmed by this trailer. Might be the music score which seems a bit confused. Thoughts everyone ?

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- Last week three amateur archaeologists found seven bangles from the 10th century in a field near Vejen in Jutland. The amazing thing ...

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- - Comment :  Worth a watch.  Gives me an itch to go Bovington for one of these events.  Perhaps in 2017... -

- - Comment :  A classic photo of an American M36 'Jackson' Tank Destroyer on its way to battle during the Battle Of The Bulge...

The second Gulf of Sidra incident occurred on 4 January 1989 when two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers t...

- - Comment :  Came across this video on U-Tube.  I was at this show, although the weather was crap the pilots put on a great dsiplay. ...

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- - Comment :  The tank named "Bomb" of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers regiment on June 8, 1945 in Zutphen, Netherlands. Markings on...

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Well guys I returned to the UK on Friday after a weeks holiday in France with the family.  We stayed in a delightful villa about 2 miles fro...

Whilst on holiday in France (more on that in a later posting) I picked up two figures suitable for use in Dragon Rampant :)   Both need basi...

- - Comment :  Quite by chance came across this U-Tube video today of a Lion Rampant game.  For those who haven't yet played tried t...

An old Marine Pilot sat down at the Starbucks, still wearing his old USMC flight jacket and ordered a cup of coffee. As he sat sipping his...

- - Comment :  Just come across this. Although a few years old, interesting for tank enthusiasts nonetheless.

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A few nights back I watched the 1950 film, "They Were Not Divided".  Some good clips of Shermans scattered throughout it, a short ...

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For those interested in modern warfare, this is an interesting read:  Link - -

I've been intrigued by game being played at the club this last month.  Called ' Gaslands ' it is described as a 'game of pos...

- - Comment :  One of my favourite aircraft, the Blackburn Buccaneer .  For a short while I was involved with the support of the fleet i...

After the success of the Napoleonic Wargaming event last year at the Royal Armouries the Armouries decided to hold a Royal Armouries Gaming ...