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'The leader says "Come on!", while the commander says "Go on!" Commanders are not leaders' - General Sir Rupert Smith (b. 1943) I...

The past year has been the busiest in recent club history. This post presents some of the highlights, and acknowledges the contributions...

This is my second year as Heston and Ealing Wargamers’ Deputy Club Secretary, not that I expect anyone to remember this milestone. I...

As an avid listener to the podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk by James Holland and Al Murray, I was intrigued by their festival. I...

Step back for a minute. Have you ever been struck by the sheer oddness of wargaming? Middle aged men (others are possible) painting model...

If painting figures is like alchemy, what’s the formula for success? It can be frustrating collecting lead which ought to be turning into...

The message (not in morse) had been received.  General O`Neill (formerly of this parish) had established an outpost in a foreign (to us)...

Have you heard the one about the skirmishers who stopped a cavalry charge in the open? (My rules.) What about allowing troops on a hill...

‘I only use old school figures nowadays - takes me back to my childhood. When I couldn’t ever afford them’ – Leon Bovril, ‘Cocked! The...

This year Heston and Ealing Wargamers have largely been left to their own devices wargaming wise. The Covid-19 pandemic from March...

Hello All, I hope you are keeping safe and sane at this difficult time. Of course there are more serious matters than wargaming to attend...

On 3.6.2018 Royal Holloway University in Egham are putting on a FREE Festival of History. They describe it as a" A day of re-enactment,...

According to wargames lore, 6mm figures emerged in the 1970s as an alternative to 15mm figures – but never really took off. 6mm figures...

I once joked at a Friday game, while waiting for someone with the keys to the store room to arrive, that we were all 'Wargamers...