A Sci-Fi whiz's wargaming blog about cybertanks and mecha, amongst other things.
Friday, 29 September 2017
Making Life Multiplanetary
Call me a starry eyed dreamer, but this was what Heinlein wrote about when I was a kid. I've waited all my life to see mankind go back to visiting other planets.
Made me emotional to watch this, so good I've posted this on both blogs.
End Of The Week - A Day Of Remembrance (24)
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I guess it might seem odd to be posting pictures of Germans on Remembrance
Sunday. In my defence they are more of an alternate history thing. British
fasci...
Part 4 - The Shadow Breaks!
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*GALACTEERS OF THE SHADOW CIRCUIT*
*Episode 4: “The Shadow Breaks!”*
*A Thrilling Space Adventure featuring 'Ace' McGuire and the Astro-Angels!*
*(as rec...
Playing "Big Boy Rules"
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*It's time to play with "Big Boy Rules"!*
*"Dude, what's the name of this place again...?"*
It's time to unveil the latest 6d6 Games game, "Big Boy Rules", ...
Restarting Pike to Bayonet. Again.
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Been a bit of a mixed week. Firstly eldest daughter, husband and
granddaughter came to visit during half term. Then we had Martin Wallace
visit, and I pl...
Mechs are Back
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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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... *Ogre*!
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
partner-in-crime and rock god Andy Hawes, in a wide-ranging discussion
covering ...
Trouble on the Docks - Historicon 2025
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A Western Alliance cargo ship is coming into the port of Edmundburgh, to
deliver supplies. Eastern Socialist Republic forces must attempt a
hit-and-run a...
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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Flicking through an old Strategy & Tactics magazine and this caught my eye.
Not sure I had seen a pre-SJG era advert previously.
From Issue No 70, Sep/O...
Warp Speed into 2025
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The last year has been quite challenging. I suffered a stroke in November
2023 and have spent the last year or so in recovery. I'm not there yet, but
do...
Doctor Who 60th anniversary (REUPLOAD)
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We have just passed the 60th anniversary of Dr Who. I found this upload by
@Wearerofthecheese, which uses the 'Soon I'll be 60 years old' song. It
made m...
Well today I managed to persuade my beloved non-wargaming spouse to play a game of Risk: The Dalek Invasion of Earth , which I had been ...
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You are a starry eyed dreamer. But you are right, it's about time.
ReplyDeleteI am, which is why I write science fiction. Without dreams life is pretty dull.
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