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Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | February 15 2012 | 11:33 am
Gavin Syme, Creative Manager of Alternative Armies and its sister brand 15mm.co.uk, has very kindly reviewed the latest issue of MW on his blog. The highlights: Cover Story: Modest forbids me from mentioning the author’s name! “The article covers rioting from all angles, all forces involved, all weapons, tactics and so on before giving suggestions…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | February 14 2012 | 11:45 am
Frosty the Showman thawed out sufficiently for the Hammerhead show last Sunday. This is not a huge event but, as it’s only down the road from me in Newark, is worth the journey. It is also an unusual show as it started out as a sci-fi & fantasy event before branching out into historical wargaming…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | February 6 2012 | 11:20 am
Of all the times for Mother Nature to dump half a foot of the white stuff on the country, the night before a major show is one of the worst for her to choose. Thus it was that on Saturday night I was in two minds whether or not to make the 180 mile round…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | January 20 2012 | 12:22 pm
It’s been a fairly quiet start to 2012 – hence the light blogging – but I am now able to reveal some really big news. Atlantic has given the go ahead for the launch of an independent sci-fi and fantasy gaming magazine to be called Darker Horizons. This builds on the successful and popular column…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | December 28 2011 | 11:32 am
With Christmas now just a recent memory, it’s time to look forward to 2012 and a full calendar of wargames shows. Below is my list of the main events: Penkridge Wargames, Penkridge, 22/1/2012 Crusade, Penarth, 28/01/2012 Call to Arms, Reading, 11/02/2012 PAW, Plymouth, 4-5/2/2012 Vapnartak, York, 5/2/2012 Cavalier, Tonbridge, 26/2/2012 Overlord, Abingdon, 4/3/2012 WMMS,…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | December 13 2011 | 3:56 pm
It seems I wasn’t joking when I suggested old fashioned games could be turned into films. Now we have ‘Battleship’ the movie. Starring Liam Neeson and Rihanna, the movie openly states it is “inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game” so this is not one of my notoriously tenuous links, for a change. The movie…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | December 6 2011 | 11:41 am
There is an interesting discussion going on TMP about whether collections of wargames magazines are worth selling. The bottom line is: in general, no. While you might get lucky and find someone you really wants a hard copy of a particular issue (I had an inquiry like that myself the other day), it is highly…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | December 2 2011 | 4:12 pm
This time last year, the country was under several feet of snow – thereby preventing me from attending the annual Recon show in Pudsey, near Leeds. No such problems this year with the unseasonably mild autumn continuing into December. Fingers crossed it holds another 24 hours, I will be at Pudsey Civic Hall tomorrow (Saturday)…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | November 21 2011 | 3:39 pm
I spent the weekend in Reading for the annual local show, Warfare. I don’t know if it is a sign of returning consumer confidence or just that the relatively mild weather brought out the crowds, but the show was really buzzing on Saturday and even Sunday was busier than normal. I got a lot of…
Category: Miniature Wargames | By Andrew Hubback | November 16 2011 | 11:01 am
Having been sworn to secrecy over the last week, it is a relief to be able to confirm what was publicly announced yesterday: Atlantic Publishers is to acquire the bimonthly wargames magazine Battlegames. For those perhaps not familiar with the title, Battlegames is the baby of veteran wargamer Henry Hyde*, who launched the title in…
