Seventeen in attendance at Glasgow Phoenix tonight. Quartermaster General: South Front. Two games of Dragon Rampant 2, double sized Voidfighter using X-Wing ships, Love Letter and Zombiecide Invader.

Kitten Biscuit tries the vase on for size. Honey goes for the shoebox #proofofcat

I love the escapism and wish-fulfillment of video games. My character can sleep and wake up refreshed and energized? Wow. Oh, to live in this fiction.

The Ginger Ninjas make use of the pile of Cigar Box mats on top of the terrain boxes..

Prototype Ranger for my Minas Tirith Midgard army. Quite pleased with this for fifteen minutes. Another couple of dozen to go!

For Sale: Battlegroup Northag Ruleset and Battlegroup Centag Supplement Book (Mint condition). Sale price £40

Prototype Ranger for my Minas Tirith Midgard army. Quite pleased with this for fifteen minutes. Another couple of dozen to go!

Friday night hobby session with the fitba. Moving some Voidfighter ships forward and a prototype for the Ranger units for my Minas Tirith Midgard army. Fifty figures before that is ready

TIL that yeast is a fungus and is considered one of the earliest domesticated organisms 😳

For Sale: Hail Caesar: Rome's Conquest of the East Supplement (Brand New). Sale price £18.50

Burger time at The Dram. I’ve gone quite conventional with bacon and cheese options, but the Love of my Life has gone for some Pulled Goat 🧐. Imagine trying to get this meal in the local pub in 1975 Telegraph!

Der Klassiker.

324. Marine Lt. Wittington with sword and pistol. From the Royal Navy Crew. North Star’s On The Seven Seas range. Almost all done in Army Painter paints.

322. Marine Cuthbert with musket. From the Royal Navy Crew. North Star’s On The Seven Seas range. Almost all done in Army Painter paints.

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New reading glasses. Third prescription in five years, but at least a slow decay 🤓

I have restocked the office fridge and goodies basket [old F&M hamper!]. Other than personal use and abuse, these are handed out to tired looking colleagues. It's week 8 of the semester - all I have are tired looking colleagues.

I was otherwise engaged, but scouts report it was a quiet night at Glasgow phoenix, with Temu Middle-Earth using Dragon Rampant 2, Relic/40k Talisman and some Midgard

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Tonight’s movie. Saw this at the cinema on original release. In other news, Matt Damon is 55.

Its the 5th anniversary of this magnificent event.

Its the 5th anniversary of this magnificent event.

Reinforcements for Voidfighter

Fifteen in attendance at Glasgow Phoenix last night. Voidfighter, Fate of the Fellowship, HoTT, Undaunted: North Africa and Kreel Manor. Also, the AGM, alas.

Fifteen in attendance at Glasgow Phoenix last night. Voidfighter, Fate of the Fellowship, HoTT, Undaunted: North Africa and Kreel Manor. Also, the AGM, alas.

Raw, power politics in its most brutal form this evening as the Glasgow Phoenix Club has its AGM. Titanic matters to deal with include the Methodist Hall raising its fees by £1 per hour and one regular attendee not having paid his fees.

Raw, power politics in its most brutal form this evening as the Glasgow Phoenix Club has its AGM. Titanic matters to deal with include the Methodist Hall raising its fees by £1 per hour and one regular attendee not having paid his fees.

And the Saturday night movie is at least the first half of this. I met Richard Attenborough once, at a screening of Oh What a Lovely War. He signed my copy of Brickhills Great Escape as Big X.

24 Minis Tirith archers for my LotR Midgard project. Rest of the army ordered today and the end closer than the beginning. 387 for the year.

Friday Night Snooze. Honey gets comfy. #proofofcat

Thursday night movie. 1994. Jean Reno is so young! And Luc Besson loved and filmed New York like no American could.

My new book, 'The Struggle for the Pontic Steppe: Russo-Ottoman Wars 1768-1792' is now available. Directly below in the UK, your local bookshop, or Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions worldwide. The link below also has my presentation on YouTube. www.balkanhistory.org/struggle-for...

If you’ve ever loved #bloodbowl, you’ll know who Pete Knifton is, from his artwork. Sadly, Pete passed away last night. He was a funny, clever and immensely talented guy who always had time to chat. He’ll be very much missed. roebeast.blogspot.com/2016/10/pete...

At the beginning of the year I was doing Bondercise. Thirty minutes on the exercise bike with a Bond movie to distract me. Then I stopped. Back in the saddle, pant, wheeze.

19 in attendance at Glasgow Phoenix tonight. QMG: South Front, Fate of the Fellowship, Sanctum, Pulp Alley - Red Dwarf Vs The Federation and Victory at Sea

19 in attendance at Glasgow Phoenix tonight. QMG: South Front, Fate of the Fellowship, Sanctum, Pulp Alley - Red Dwarf Vs The Federation and Victory at Sea

My Victory at Sea collection. This a Lockdown Project. I think it’s only seen the table once in five years?! Japanese and US fleets

Wasn’t sleepy so got up and painted the other prototypes for my Voidfighter project. Perhaps neaten them up tomorrow but they tell already. Four more of each of the twelve to do to match these. I should probably design some space fighters!

Wasn’t sleepy so got up and painted the other prototypes for my Voidfighter project. Perhaps neaten them up tomorrow but they tell already. Four more of each of the twelve to do to match these. I should probably design some space fighters!

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Hobby swag of the week. Trench/earthwork sections from Treefella on eBay. This about. Tired of the total. Should work across AWI, ECW, WW2, Napoleonic and other collections.

Other hobby progress is getting the Minis Tirith lads based. They fit at twelves and in the end the hot glue worked well with the tab bases. The mass event distracts from my bad shields! 😝

First batch done for my Voidfighter project. I have a set of the EM4 fighters, which has twelve variant ships. I’ve divided those into half and here’s my colour schemes. All black undervotes and then Warpaint Fanatics on top. The black is actually a dark grey. 7 down, 53 to go!

Throwing axes!

Got some good Autumnal colours from over the road in Kelvingrove Park

Tonight’s Boy Movie on the Big Screen. I shall be quite entertained.