A new club blog on the block

A quick plug for another new blog that may tickle your wargaming fancy!

CARRONADE! 

I'll have to disclose a particular interest, as its a shared blog from my club, Falkirk District Wargaming Club.

The idea behind a club blog is to provide a space where our members can author an article from time to time without having to maintain a personal blog. Many of my readers will intimately understand the mania of dark arts and obsession that can lead too! So now we've a nascent club blog, where our members can showcase their projects, after action reports and miscellaneous wargamy' articles they'd like to share with the wider community. It also compliments our main web site.

It's early days yet, and it'll be interesting to see what comes up given the wide range of wargaming experience within our club. The blog also has a private forum for our members, making it easier to organise campaigns etc. rather than using the limitations of the public club Facebook group. Like the blog authoring, its restricted to members only. Call it another club benefit! I hope the blog least tweaks your curiosity about what our members get up to in Falkirk!

Is there anybody out there?

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. So the popular Mark Twain paraphrase goes. In a similar vein, the recent silence from Battleshed Diaries may have had my reader wondering what on earth has happened? The last report was back in March when the headline was ‘The Indians are coming!’ And then nothing. Nada. Zilch.  

A Wartime experience

Today, I mostly played Second World War tanks and First World War fighters under the wing of a Concorde.

Behind the scenes

What an interesting weekend. Tiring but fun, as I experienced what it's like to be behind the scenes of a wargaming show.  

Carronade 2016

In two weeks time I'll be at another gaming show but this time I'll be on the other side of the counter as its my own gaming club hosting. Its time for Carronade '16!

This is the annual show organised by Falkirk District Wargames Club, a regular fixture on the wargaming calendar. The doors open at 10am on Saturday 7th May at Graeme High School in Falkirk, Scotland.

Carronade 2015

Carronade 2015, the annual wargaming show organised by Falkirk & District Wargames club, opened its doors promptly at 10am at the Graeme High school, Falkirk on Saturday. Being relatively local - its only a 30 minutes or so drive - it's become a permanent fixture on my wargaming calendar. Indeed, it was the very first show I ever attended. As always the organisers had done a fantastic job, with no less than 5 halls hosting 43 games and 44 traders.

Dark Age lessons

Big thanks to David Knight (from the Falkirk Wargaming club) making his debut at the Battleshed this evening to provide an introduction to Dux Bellorum.