Vulture's Wargaming Blog

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Played a game of 15mm sci-fi using the Stargrunt II rules at the club on Thursday night, our fourth SG2 game in a row.  This was a follow-o...

- Comment :  So excited by this film, can't wait to see it ! -  Post viewing comment : Went to see it with my son, we both enjoyed i...

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10mm Flames of War Cold War is being played on a regular basis at our club at the moment, even joined in a game myself recently.  Here's...

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Came across this interesting page today about a system for converting Warhammer 40,000 army lists into a format that will work well w...

The Soviet navy during World War II is perhaps best remembered for its vigorous role in the doomed defense of the ports of Odessa and Seva...

An apparently ordinary rabbit's hole in a farmer's field leads to an underground sanctuary once said to be used by the Knights Temp...

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 ...

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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... -