Good things come in small packages

During my couple of days off, I have been busy sorting out my 1/600 WWII miniatures. Firstly I decided to redo the labels for my infantry stands because I have never been quite happy with the ones I created before, as I wanted them to be easy to identify when playing but be generally unobtrusive

Little Italy pt.1

I have been busily playing through this battle whenever I’ve had some free time, and things are certainly hotting up! I’m going to post this battle report in phases due to the nature of Cross Fire, which doesn’t have a turn sequence as such, when a particular side has the initiative they are able to

Tea for One

Due to life conspiring against my hosting of a monthly game with the Old Guardsman, I thought I’d devote my attention to my ‘Little Italy’ project this time. The scene has been set and below is the map and a list of the forces which the Old Guard will be commanding from afar. I will be giving him a copy of these to make his plan of attack and

Scenes from the Corner of My Room

I don’t have a dedicated ‘games room’ and so instead must adapt with the space I do have to use here at Chez Tinpot. I can set up a 4′ x 4′  table in my front room but it has to be taken apart and stored after use. This will most likely be the mainstay for most gamers and is generally considered

The long road to Caen

My errant mind has been wandering off again, to the battle of Normandy 1944 and more particularly the Canadian Route of Liberation from Juno beach to Caen and the bitter fighting that the 1st Canadian Corps endured in that eventful summer and beyond. I have been long interested in the Canadian war effort and have done much study in this area.