YAY Pink! My daughter's first mech was a hot pink Atlas. It would put the fear into her opponents. Back then I worked for FASA and Virtual World Entertainment opening the first Battletech Center in Chicago. During that time she got a lot of simulator time in piloting a Vulture as fire support for our strike team. Her first question was can they change the color to pink.
Counting the Trojan pile
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Did a bit of a count up of the big box of Bronze Age figs I inherited from
a friend who passed away last year. It was a little melancholy with his
hand w...
Dealing with double phases in Chain of Command
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Double phases in Chain of Command never fail to generate a fair amount of
discussion and debate. A few house rules exist for those who think a run of
pha...
Blackest Friday
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Anyone who knows me will tell you that I quietly have a thing about
zombies. Yes there are multiple zombie plans. I also like Christmas. I mean
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Trench and criticism
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I have a reasonable sized WW1 collection. My1914 figures are Baccus 6mm,
1916 onwards are Minifig 15mm. I've had them a while (obviously - I
wouldn't buy...
Sharp Practice: Relieving Dojjibotti!
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So 1st February saw the big day arrive - *Winter Wonder Lard V*! '*The
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The Singapore Sling - Final Edition
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Our naval defence correspondent "Neptune" offers another column from his
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Classic Squad Leader Day 2: November
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CPL ____, tasked as Unit Morale, Welfare & Recreation officer...
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While I am still working on weird west rules and have setup for test games,
THIS time the distraction was my son's fault - he found some random Alpha
Str...
Dusting off the Dwarves
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I started going through stuff in the basement, trying to purge odds and
ends that will just never get used, when I happened on the box with my old
GW Dwa...
An old obsession ...
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I had the urge to play the venerable hex-and-counter sci-fi tank wargame at
game night last week, so I brought my Classic Counters and two m...
The Miller's Tale - Episode 13
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Episode 13 - in which Mike finally gets to catch up with former Dux Brit
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covering ...
Trouble on the Docks - Historicon 2025
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Salute 2025
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OK, it's two days late but here is my photo round-up of Salute 2025. You
can also take it as proof of life, given that I haven't posted here since
last ...
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Not sure I had seen a pre-SJG era advert previously.
From Issue No 70, Sep/O...
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Doctor Who 60th anniversary (REUPLOAD)
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Thanks for this Ashley. I'll be adding more to the blog this weekend.
ReplyDeleteGood, good. Look forward to seeing what you do and my thanks to you for stepping into the breach on this one, as I know it will be a lot of work.
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YAY Pink! My daughter's first mech was a hot pink Atlas. It would put the fear into her opponents. Back then I worked for FASA and Virtual World Entertainment opening the first Battletech Center in Chicago. During that time she got a lot of simulator time in piloting a Vulture as fire support for our strike team. Her first question was can they change the color to pink.
ReplyDeleteAnd the answer is of course they can.
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