Update

 

The village is deep in the multi coloured autumn downfall. Villagers huddle round fires indoors, looking out the windows awaiting it to stop . Already a fisherman and his boat have disappeared beneath the deluge.

Portharthur slumbers as the nights lengthen and the cold comes knocking at the door.

Picts on the painting table , may or not put them aside for a little break.Hmmmm?

Moving day as always.

Jazzing up an old chessboard in a Ross M sort of vibe. Might try the Coffee Break rules on it.

Game last Friday. Too much rules chat, annoying sort of factors which sound to me like minus one if there is an R in the month and your granny is called after her auntie. Love ancients so, so off the rules . Barker speak has finally got to me!

Geese flying in formation on their seasonal journey.

Awful result. 

I have been to Thun many years ago and I recall it as lovely. Currently having an internal debate about whether l want to go back and visit places I went  years ago ( especially Iona, Interlaken and Lucerne) or should they remain happy memories. I don’t want them to be soo different, that they are strange to me In unhelpful ways. You know what l mean. Hmmm…

Picts etc

Had a lovely dérive in Edinburgh yesterday, cool but sunny. Got some paint.

Looked these out for inspiration, old faithfuls.

My youngest’s new puppy.

Coffee outdoors on Sunday, locally, sunny and mild, pretty good for the first of November.

Found these on the shed , should come in very handy…

Good solid, fascinating reading. 

Work in progress with the Picts.

 Cof

Rockets in the Portable Napoleonic Wargame Rules

 I recall there were some additions for using rockets? Can anyone remind me where to access them?

Recently

EBay recruits to finish a tiny Portable Wargame etc army l rediscovered in the shed.

Cavalry bought painted with just the two artillery men to paint.

A grave warning at the Toastie Shack in St Andrews. Gulls and crows are an intimidating menace.

Toastie Shack with menu, they do produce really lovely take always . The place often has huge queues.

My middle daughter’s monthly swim at St Andrews.

Post storm and autumn state of the Penedredfel Light Railway stations! Tidy up required.

The worst of them , took the full brunt of goodness knows what.

Got these off Wargames Vault but have not had time to try them out. Plays on an 8 by 8 grid. Hobby time mainly devoted to giving Ross’s recruits a wee repair and sorting out allies and opposition for them as well as the ongoing 28mm Pictish Project.
 

Transy: a Halloween post of sorts.

 There is a very pleasant area in Dunfermline called Transy. Lovely houses and gardens. I only discovered recently that it was marked differently on old maps. I consulted these on my bookshelf for further details but they seem to suggest Transylvania is far , far , away from Fife!

Anyway here is the proof, from an old map of Dunfermline-

So for years l have been walking through this area unaware of where I really was!

Just a thought

 Putting out my beloved blue coated Chasseurs a Pied for my current game l was thinking about whether designated “Light Infantry “ should be treated differently on the table top by the rules we use. I am thinking of the 1920s and 1930’s. What do you think? If they should be treated differently to ,say line  infantry , what should this look like in rules terms?

Et maintenant, un petit jeu…

 The Swiss , French border 1930s. Things have escalated…

French troops on the march , finding it hard going through the difficult terrain.

French light infantry in their blue uniform advancing.

Support comes in the form of a tank and a machine gun unit.

Chamois’s eye view from his nearby cliff vantage point.

Swiss infantry advancing

Swiss infantry advancing supported by a tank.

The title of this post is the phrase we used when teaching French and moving on from one activity to the next.

Rules used are Memories of ‘34 by the redoubtable Brian Cameron.

Figures and tanks mainly resin printed and bought via Etsy.