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  • Rejoice, rejoice!   Good news people, your prayers have been answered and the Gods havefinally smiled on the South West of England.  This Saturday will see the grand opening in Plymouth of ‘The Giant’s Lair’ the South West’s Premier Gaming Venue. From the venue’s website:  Opening 1st of October2011 The open...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: The Giant’s Lair

    Posted on September 29, 2011 | No Comments
    Rejoice, rejoice!   Good news people, your prayers have been answered and the Gods havefinally smiled on the South West of England.  This Saturday will see the grand opening in Plymouth of ‘The Giant’s Lair’ the South West’s Premier Gaming Venue. From the venue’s website:  Opening 1st of October2011 The open...

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  • After weeks of planning, phonecalls and emails it finally happened; I got three friends together for a full day and we sat down to play a game.  The three friends were Paul, Neil and Andy… and the game was Tide of Iron. Tide of Iron is a World War 2...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Tide of Iron review

    Posted on June 12, 2011 | No Comments
    After weeks of planning, phonecalls and emails it finally happened; I got three friends together for a full day and we sat down to play a game.  The three friends were Paul, Neil and Andy… and the game was Tide of Iron. Tide of Iron is a World War 2...

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  • One of the things I love about wargaming is the idea of total immersion; not only learning the fluff, and spending hours painting the models; but playing a long game and getting deeply involved in every move, discussing the tactical aspect of potential moves with my opponent, as well as...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Grand Battery book review and competition

    Posted on June 9, 2011 | No Comments
    One of the things I love about wargaming is the idea of total immersion; not only learning the fluff, and spending hours painting the models; but playing a long game and getting deeply involved in every move, discussing the tactical aspect of potential moves with my opponent, as well as...

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  • Blogging is a terrible job.  All I do is put in a minimal amount of effort in every week or so and I get loads of positive feedback from complete strangers.  I spend an hour or two every week jotting down rubbish and I have people coming up to me...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: The Stylishly Frugal Blogger

    Posted on May 23, 2011 | No Comments
    Blogging is a terrible job.  All I do is put in a minimal amount of effort in every week or so and I get loads of positive feedback from complete strangers.  I spend an hour or two every week jotting down rubbish and I have people coming up to me...

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  • As regular readers know, there’s nothing I like better than getting in a car and driving up a dual carriageway for an hour to spend all day in a cattle shed with like-minded gentlemen before driving home again.  This weekend was no exception as I journeyed to the frozen north...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Exeter Legionary

    Posted on May 8, 2011 | No Comments
    As regular readers know, there’s nothing I like better than getting in a car and driving up a dual carriageway for an hour to spend all day in a cattle shed with like-minded gentlemen before driving home again.  This weekend was no exception as I journeyed to the frozen north...

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  • Hello all,It's been a busy week!  If you've been following me on twitter (you really should, I'm remarkably interesting), you'll have seen that I played some 40k (played twice, lost twice) and I've been working on completing my snotling pump wagon...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Losing with my army and then against it…

    Posted on April 23, 2011 | No Comments
    Hello all,It's been a busy week!  If you've been following me on twitter (you really should, I'm remarkably interesting), you'll have seen that I played some 40k (played twice, lost twice) and I've been working on completing my snotling pump wagon...

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  • As regular readers know, I like to game.  I like to paint, I like to model, I like to write my silly little blog, but in the past year I have made a conscious effort to play more games.  Inevitably, like many other gamers, I have now started ...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Don’t get more games, get more gamers!

    Posted on April 16, 2011 | No Comments
    As regular readers know, I like to game.  I like to paint, I like to model, I like to write my silly little blog, but in the past year I have made a conscious effort to play more games.  Inevitably, like many other gamers, I have now started ...

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