Increased Tolerance Leads to Increased Dosage
You would think the prevalence of TDS would begin to decline, but whatever happens it’s only going to get worse. Just look at this madness. The only reasonable explanation for treating this weekend as a hotbed of terrorism is that they know something about a planned false flag that...
Reading Fight Club
Reading it now and it’s all, “My life is so good I have nothing to feel bad about and sometimes that makes me sad.”...
MicroBlogging
Any blog can be a microblog if you’re determined enough....
A Good Day for Kipling
“Have you news of my boy Jack?” Not this tide. “When d’you think that he’ll come back?” Not with this wind blowing, and this tide. “Has any one else had word of him?” Not this tide. For what is sunk will hardly swim, Not with this wind blowing, and...
Wargaming Campaigns: The Book
It’s not too late to join the wargame renaissance and give the classic umpire-led campaign a shot. In fact, it may be a little too early. If you’ve ever thought about trying your hand at running a larger-scale campaign, then Henry Hyde has a little advice for you. I’ve...
Peace on Earth to Men of Goodwill
’Twas Christmas Day on the Somme ’Twas Christmas Day on the Somme The men stood on parade, The snow laid six feet on the ground Twas twenty in the shade. Up spoke the Captain ‘gallant man’, “Just hear what I’ve to say, You may not have remembered that Today...
2020: Best Year Ever
At least from a wargaming perspective. You wouldn’t know it from looking at the blog, but I’ve had more wargaming related fun over the last twelve months than any decade of my life since leaving high school. Dozens of games, multiple projects to completion, the start of an ambitious...
Island 19: A Tale of the Bermuda Triangle
Steer clear of that Jon Del Arroz fella – he is a bad influence. This time he tempted me into parting with my hard earned fiat money in pursuit of a grand old adventure story called Island 19: A Tale of the Bermuda Triangle. You can back this project yourself over...
Be As Wise As Serpents
In our modern days of enlightened up-side-downism, deducing what the deuce bedevils some far flung corner of the world can be a tricky proposition. Take the current conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the south Caucasus, for example. The Ionian Peninsula is a crossroads claimed by a lot of...
Black Powder Era Inspiration
If you ever find yourself at a loss for inspiration, here are four great images to help you out....