Well, that certainly wasn’t as planned. At the start of the pandemic, there was disruption, to be sure. Then we got into a routine. I expected to be able to paint, play online, build terrain, and post thoughts on the blog. Work, however, had other ideas. I was assigned to lead a big planning effort, followed closely by leading a smaller, more focused review. That, thankfully is all behind us.
Continue reading “Fix, Fire, Flank, Finish”Ready for Battle: ME 109E
Following up on the Kittyhawk and Spitfire, here are some opponents.
Wee Warfare via Webcam
Well, with the fun continuing on all fronts, Ian (from Lead from the Front) suggested that we play What A Tanker via webcam. He set up a Discord server for voice and to stream the tabletop. It worked well, with just some hiccups on the voice side. It was a different perspective for me, being almost top-down, but it worked. Ian ably described the folds in the terrain so I could make somewhat reasonable decisions, It’d been a while since I’d played any form of What A Tanker, even longer since I played the regular version (we normally use our House Rules ), but the rules came back quickly. It was good fun and you can see Ian’s blog post here for pictures and the story of my defeat!
Continue reading “Wee Warfare via Webcam”Vimy Ridge
Today, 103 years ago, my grandfather went over the top four times at Vimy Ridge.
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