Does anyone know whether "A Very Civil Whist" can be obtained in the US, despite our present isolationist regime? 🥺 #wargaming

Anyone who has used Chain of Command rules for Very British Civil War settings (I assume you're out there!): Are there army lists published somewhere, officially or otherwise? I've seen folks play CoC in all sorts of cool settings, but haven't found references for most. #wargaming #spreadthelard

Second game of Chain of Command with @buckyizzy.bsky.social! 🇲🇲 1945: The bloody British assault on the Kyat Phud Kan monastery peters out amid stubborn Japanese defense, but a mortar barrage and a Sherman of Probyn's Horse threaten to break the deadlock! Battle inconclusive due to lunch.

Further Burma progress for Chain of Command: A couple platoons' worth of British and Gurkhas, and the medieval Buddhist holy site of Kyat Phūd Kan (cat food can) #wargaming Note: US pennies seemed like a good idea for bases at the time. They were decidedly not!

Seeking more wisdom from the #spreadthelard community as I start CoC2. What modifications do players make to use multi-based minis in, say 15mm? Do any rules (line of sight, teams, etc.) have to be changed? If so, has anyone written a guide?

Poor man's Burma continues to expand: A table's worth of jungle and bamboo, plus some foamcore-and-varnish rice paddies. Elmer's glue and green sand doing a great deal of work here! #wargaming

Foam-and-paper Nagaland continues to grow! #wargaming

I wonder whether there was a transition point at which wargaming moved from floor to tabletop. Was it once they no longer involved flinging objects (like in Wells' "Little Wars")?

Florist foam + cheap plastic trees + old Axis & Allies minis = extremely cheap Burma setting (in progress) for learning Chain of Command!

Can any #spreadthelard folk advise on US-friendly sources for Chain of Command markers and tokens (even printable PDFs one can cut out)? I refuse to let my fascist government kill my interest in a new system before I've even tried it!

Beach vacation reading list a pretty good cross-section of my obsessions

Ambush on the North West Frontier! An Imperial column is about to be attacked by Waziris. Bring up the Lewis. #wargaming #upthekhyber #nerdlings

Very British Civil War inspo

Taught a friend Pikeman's Lament today. His Royalists walloped my Parliamentarians at a loosely recreated Battle of Bramber Bridge (1643). The River Arun is lost! #wargaming

Asking the #spreadthelard folks: We're thinking of trying Chain of Command to use some already-owned 15mm minis. If I want to play e.g. Burma scenarios, can I use the new rules edition? Or is Far East only doable under the older rules until more army lists are released? Never tried either!

First run of Fistful of Lead: Horse and Musket was a success! A skirmish on the streets of Paris ended with Ethos of the King's Harquebusiers rescuing two spies from a band of mercenaries. The mercenary leader was left badly wounded after finding himself on the wrong end of a pike. #wargaming

I've determined Perry ACW rioters are the ticket! Now to create 1848/Paris Commune skirmishes with my lovely new Parisian terrain. How fitting that this idea struck me on Bastille Day 🇫🇷🚩🏴

Now reading! A year ago I was looking to recreate big battles with as much complexity as I could muster. Now I look for such phrases as "one hour," "Hollywood style" and "as few as five miniatures" (having small kids may be a factor). #wargaming

Can anyone recommend 28mm miniature lines that would be good for the 1848 European revolutions? I want an excuse to throw up some terrain barricades (and maybe paint a tiny Friedrich Engels). #wargaming #miniaturepainting

Finally painted my entire collection of Bosch miniatures, all sculpted by @meridianminiatures.bsky.social - when he announced the second set I decided I needed to finish the first one ASAP. Please clap 👏 #manuscriptmonday #miniatures #art #minipainting

Four down, one (the big, intimidating one) to go. Never got Warbases before; these look really cool!

New Bloody Minis and some buildings from @warbases.bsky.social from across the Atlantic today! I'd say it's like Christmas, but my Puritan forces would never accept the comparison

Next up for swashbuckling games: the Spanish royal guardsman Don Alfonso Gazpacho de Migas y de las Tortillas

Game of Devilry Afoot today! Our French adventurers and the local blacksmith were mauled, but left two werewolves badly wounded. Now our heroes may turn into wolves themselves in the next game...

NO KINGS - LONDON 30 January, 1649 - 2 p.m. Banqueting House

The whole Trench Crusade aesthetic never really appeals to me; the skulls and bloody crucifixes and gothic cathedral spires are a bit over-the-top. My idea is a Lutheran faction that's just Midwestern guys with German last names, wearing regular clothes and equipped with tater tot casseroles.

Finished my New Model Army radicals -- they'll serve as a faction for any swashbuckling skirmish game in need of True Levelling or a Fifth Monarchy #wargaming #miniaturepainting

"Devilry Afoot" terrain: Pull an appropriately evil rock from the backyard and draw on demonic sigils from 17th-century grimoires

Today in Pikeman's Lament: The defense of Rhys House. A Royalist detachment (aided by French heroes the Three Haquebusiers) tries to fend off a Parliamentarian flanking attack made from a swamp. #wargaming

I love the detail on these Bloody minis. Was going to make this guy a Leveller with the Agreement of the People in his hat band, and sure enough he's already sculpted with one! #miniaturepainting

Working on a friendly Parliamentarian who calls upon the LORD GOD to destroy the popish antichrist

Now that I have all this, can anyone recommend storage/transport ideas for 28mm pikes and cavalry? They won't fit in the usual cases with snug little foam slots

And there it is: Two Pikeman's Lament armies' worth of minis painted and based. Just need a varnish and then it's on to the far more enjoyable characters by Bloody Miniatures!

Fought Talavera 1809 at a friend's today. As Wellington, I sacrificed the center but held the flanks and kept the town! A rare non-miniature-based wargame for me

Quick 'n' dirty 17th century clubmen: Get a box of rampaging Medieval peasants, mix in leftover Pike & Shotte minis and stick some period-appropriate hats on top. Are they sort of ridiculous? Yes. Are the limbs of mismatched size? Sort of!

Today we ran a half-size (12 point) game of Pikeman's Lament with some mostly finished minis to refresh ourselves on the rules. Despite a heroic charge by the Parliamentary pike, the Royalists won the day. Next game will be full-scale!

The Battle of Bushy Run, August 5th 1763 from this weekend at Metropolitan Wargamers in Brooklyn, NY using Muskets & Tomahawks 2nd Edition #wargames #wargaming #studiotomahawk #musketsandtomahawks #pontiacsrebellion #battleofbushyrun #historicalminiatures #historicalminiaturewargaming

I haven't played the Burrows game but I'll repost anything with roundheads, human or otherwise

Four-year-old insisted I buy some lilac paint, so I finally tried it and now have an inadvertently jokerfied command section

Still a lot of room for growth, but feeling pleased with my learning two months into painting minis (for the first time since I was a kid, anyway). Just a few more units and it's ECW gaming time #wargaming #miniaturepainting

Clearly a busy day at work

Another pulp/boys' adventure fight with One-Hour Skirmish Wargames rules. Once again our hero fell early, leaving his sidekick Ahmed and the trusty Gurkha Gurung to fight the wicked emir and his German advisors. The baddies successfully nabbed the gemstone from the head of an ancient Buddha statue.

Now reading (piles of unpainted pikes and horses related)

My 4-year-old's rendering of Napoleonic soldiers

Continued 28mm Very British Civil War commission. Set of medical staff and and some mad looking motorcycle!

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Pennsylvania fast approaching the time of year to shift into Caribbean mode: 🏏 cricket 🇯🇲 reggae 🌶 spicy food 🍺🇹🇹 regionally appropriate beer (also reading CLR James, if that counts)

In this week's number of Lads' Tuppenny Adventure, we find Reginald Hercules, the Hound of Peshawar -- along with his faithful sidekick Fong -- escorting a maharaja to safety from the clutches of the wicked Emir Shuja. (first playthrough of One-Hour Skirmish Wargames with @buckyizzy.bsky.social)

Pashtun warriors (to be based) for some ca. 1920 Waziristan skirmishes. Coming along OK! #miniaturepainting