Our shed, sporting its glamorous new solar panels. #BulcolicLife

More loot in the post, a selection of @battlegames.bsky.social offerings and Helion’s recently published #WarOfTheRoses book. #WarGames #WarGaming #WarGamers

Drop an Explosion

Amazon has caused some confusion by listing my latest book in an unexpected category. Here’s a newsflash about the problems it has caused. youtu.be/zGljlzE18Rc?...

Putting together a #28mmScale ‘Schilidkrote’ I picked up from the Slave2Gaming stand at #Cancon2026. It’s part of their WW2141 range and it’s basically a hover stug, it should fit in nicely with my other weird WW2 German units. #WarGames #WarGamers #WarGaming

That’s #Cancon2026 for Beth & I this year. Great time playing games in the #LardZone, checking out the traders and catching up with a mate who is down from Townsville. Now to spend the rest of the time before heading home to Tassie with the Granddaughter. #SpreadTheLard

Arrived in Canberra yesterday & I found myself in a game store. I grabbed one of those headlamp magnifiers that are all the rage for #WarGamers of a certain age. I also brought my travelling painting kit to spend sometime painting #ASongOfIceAndFire #Miniatures with my son in law.

Oh! Happy day! #StriderTheFoxHound is four years old today. Happy birthday. #IronTail, #WardenOfTheTopYard, #LiberatorOfSocks & #LordOfTheSnout.

Boxing Day

A small start to this years #FestiveTankChallenge, starting with World War Toon Sherman Firefly and then there’s a ‘normal’ (tongue in cheek there) M4 also in queue as well 😉

Festive period reading material ready. #SpreadTheLard #WarGames #WarGamers #WarGaming

I haven’t really felt like a #WarGamer lately … maybe because they are really gamey.

#StriderTheFoxHound & #TheLadyArwen enjoying the sunshine.

#TheLadyArwen turns three today. She celebrated with #StriderTheFoxHound and some friends, Molly & Clover and shared some tasty treats. #ItsADogsLife

Right folks, we’re into mid-November so here’s your latest monthly reminder for #FestiveTankChallenge2025. It’s the Sherman - any variant or scale. Get those kits stashed and ready for December! #FestiveTankChallenge #Wargaming

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

More #SpaceEngineers. I continue to randomly choose spawn locations with a dice roll. This time it’s the moon. I see a lot of Algae farming in my future.

Beth is back from a work trip to Timor-Leste with #Coffee! Time to recite the mantra. “It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.”

A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif

We used to have proper movies... and we still do... sometimes…

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only…

#StriderTheFoxHound jumping in my grave this morning because it’s too cold.

#Bastards! Just arrived in the post from @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social.

Beth is home from Montpellier, France and she brought a very cool souvenir.

After receiving a box of #SpaceWolves for Father’s Day I picked up a codex & a couple of bits and pieces from the local shop. This inspired my eldest to gift me all the #SpaceMarine miniatures from his Nemesis & Indomitus starter sets. He only wanted the Xenos. #Wargames #Wargaming #WarGamers

It’s #FathersDay in Tasmania and it feels like Christmas. I would have been happy with a card, but who am I to complain? 😇 My oldest also answered the question of what ‘modern’ space marine army would I have? #SpaceWolves! My Son-in-Law who favours #ThousandsSons has declared me his mortal enemy.

Wavefunction Collapse xkcd.com/3134/

Another successful foray into a bookshop, this time a second hand one. My son in law commented on how impressed he was my apparent ability to walk into a random bookshop and walkout with something hobby related. #Books #WarGaming #WarGamers #WarGames

Another successful foray into a bookshop, while out with on a Grandparent supply run with Beth this afternoon. I found it in the ‘Pop Culture’ section. 🤔 #WarGames #WarGamers #WarGaming #SoloWarGaming

Arrived in the post , something I have meant to get a copy of for ages. But of course I’m not there, so my 2 adult sons have dutifully agreed to read it on my behalf (probably won’t though, no where to plug in the usb cable).

Steve prints from the Steve shop! inotternews.etsy.com/listing/1607...

What GIF pops up when you type your name?

Today is the birthday of René Goscinny (Aug. 14, 1926-Nov. 5, 1977), writer, editor, and cocreator of Astérix.

Stuck my head in a random book shop while out grocery shopping this afternoon and found this book. The 3 battles are Friedland, Aspern-Essling & of course Waterloo. Apparently it’s a reprint of a book first published in 1944(?), can’t hurt to have a read. #Napoleonic #WarGames #WarGamers #Wargaming

Logging on.

Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.

Grounded xkcd.com/3124/

My Calendar tells me it’s #InternationalNavalWarGamesDay and we’re still in Canberra learning to be Grandparents. So it’s on to the laptop for a game of #SeaPower. Here’s a screenshot where 2 ASMs are about to ruin USS Yorktown’s day. #NavalWarGaming #WarGames #WarGaming #WarGamers.

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Board with life? Try a new DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Playful new strip up now, at the Mothership: www.dorktower.com/2025/08/01/1... Repost/Reblog/Repeat, but don't forget to playtest!

Starting to help paint Harry’s (the son-in-law) #ASongOfIceAndFire #Lannister army. Beth thought it would be a great idea to ‘show support’ & get him more miniatures & we should each get an army, #NightsWatch for her & #Stark for me. We’ll leave them in Canberra. #WarGames #WarGaming #WarGamers

Granddad mode ENGAGED!

Picked up a copy of Undaunted. Battle of Britain. #BoardGames

No cheating. Post your Lock Screen.

Arrived in the post today. A portable workstation to keep things tidy while I’m painting my son in law’s miniatures while we’re here in Canberra. Of course he gets it once we head home.

Friday night #BoardGame of Oceans with the daughter & son-in-law.

Started a new ‘Solar System’ game of #SpaceEngineers. I rolled a D10 to determine which starting position I would use and ended up on the ‘Mars Planet’. I’m in the process of building a ‘Mars Rover’, a mobile base. I’ll use it to trundle across the surface looking for resources.