Vulture's Wargaming Blog

My son Alex has joined in the Star Citizen MMO game.  It is in the Alpha state at the moment (i.e. still being developed) but looks fantast...

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Comment :  Took this picture back in 2011 at the Duxford Vehicle Day.  The vehicle in question in a Soviet SA-8 Gecko Anti-aircraft mis...

I'm a big fan of Lion and Dragon Rampant and find myself quite impressed with this article written by David Sulivan on his blog about a...

- Comment : Came across this article on a site called ' Defence Watch ; where there are a load of pictures of Turkish owned Leo...

I've found this web site called ' The Perfect Captain '.  Their own description of the site is as follows: " We are a small...

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- Comment :  Taken on Thursday night at my club, here we have a couple of A10s making a pass over the table in a 10mm scale Flames of Wa...

Fans of the PC game Company of Heroes should check out this new mod that is available on Steam:  Link . Description : "EaW is a hist...

This is a very inspiring thread on the Lead Adventure Forum .  People simply posting a picture(s) of the last game they played.  Worth check...

2017 will see the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele with events taking place in Belgium in July. The battle which was also known ...

Happy New Year to all the readers of my Blog  :) -

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- Comment :  Nice quality video of one of the Lightnings that used to operate at 'Thunder City' in South Africa.  Years ago I used...

A very sad day here in the Garbutt household.  Our fabulous black Labrador Jed is no longer with us :( Lovely with kids, adults and other...

Early on Christmas Day in 1916, a group of soldiers knelt on a rough floor in a candlelit barn in France to receive Holy Communion from thei...

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The historic Elefant tank has arrived safely at The Tank Museum for new Tiger Exhibition, opening Spring 2017. Seventy-two years after it ...

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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 :  This is such a great advert, I just had to post it :) -

- - 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. ...

- - Looking forward to this years event !  More details can be found here :)   Link -

- - 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.

- - Comment :  This is so well done :) -