Hobby Streak Day 439
Went to a charity doubles 40k tournament and despite losing all three games me and @lividkitty.bsky.social had a blast playing against everyone 😁
#warhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #40k #doublestournament #wargamers #hobbystreak
Trench Crusade Launches Carcass Front, Its First Starter Box
#BoardGames #TrenchCrusade #Miniatures #WarGamers #BackseatGamer
So, in semi-conclusion: The two most important names in the history of #miniatures scales are Jack Scruby and Toby Barrett, no #TTRPG players (and few young #wargamers) know that, and anybody who tells you miniatures scales are easy and logical is lying to you.
But wait, there's more!
(When I started this historical quest, I feared a lot of the history happened in lost media like CompuServe or FidoNet. That doesn't seem to be the case. The #wargamers who wrote Wargames Newsletter in the 60s wrote the Courier in the 80s and wrote USENET in the 90s, and joined TMP in the 2000s!)
The cultural shift is beginning to make sense here: An influential magazine started using a new system in 1990, #wargamers started using it, and by the end of the decade, everyone convinced themselves the original system didn't exist! Gamers have pliable minds.
I like @sebastianbae.bsky.social Forging #Wargamers and also…I read the forward. 😁
Good roll-up of some key reading for the #wargaming professional. Certainly appreciated Jan Heinemann calling out “Forging #Wargamers” from MCUP as his top choice! (Edited by the eternally patient @sebastianbae.bsky.social and yes I’m also blatantly self-promoting b/c I co-authored a chapter)
A brief reminder to all the #wargamers on here that if you need a figure painter (due to lack of eyesight or patience) @mjhfigurepaint.bsky.social is the fellow you need. Historical / Warhammer, any scale. Exceptional work!
Origins is 17-21 June & it's time for #wargamers to get in gear to come join us
We've had a dedicated #wargaming program in the main game hall since 2014 & it's continuing to expand
But don't take it from us!
Read what our players said in the feedback survey
originsgamefair.com
Arrived in the post recently.
Once again as the new year passed I promised myself I would try not to end up with any new #WarGaming armies.
But this really doesn’t count … because it’s a book … it really doesn’t count? Right?
#WarGamers #WarGaming
Hey #Wargamers it's time c'mon back to Origins!
In 2025, we had
— 170+ wargaming events in the main game hall
— 450+ total player sessions
— games running from 8am–midnight across 20 total tables
— at least 7 tables in use at all times btw 10am–10pm
(not incl the War College!)
originsgamefair.com
Origins is 17-21 June & it's time for #wargamers to get in gear to come join us
We've had a dedicated #wargaming program in the main game hall since 2014 & it's continuing to expand
But don't take it from us!
Read what our players said in the feedback survey
originsgamefair.com
Helion's Wargames series is a collection of historically accurate and strategic gameplays for recreating historical battles and scenarios!
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/5xjusur6
#wargaming #wargamers #wargamingenthusiats
More loot in the post, a selection of @battlegames.bsky.social offerings and Helion’s recently published #WarOfTheRoses book.
#WarGames #WarGaming #WarGamers
"I feel that the fact that by 1918 much of the French Army on the Western Front consisted of forcibly-enlisted West Africans ought to be better known by #wargamers."
The things you learn in this hobby...
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social does a box for both wars with African head options.
Hey #Wargamers it's time c'mon back to Origins!
In 2026, we had
— 170+ wargaming events in the main game hall
— 450+ total player sessions
— games running from 8am–midnight across 20 total tables
— at least 7 tables in use at all times btw 10am–10pm
(not incl the War College!)
originsgamefair.com
Origins is 17-21 June & it's time for #wargamers to get in gear to come join us
We've had a dedicated #wargaming program in the main game hall since 2014 & it's continuing to expand
But don't take it from us!
Read what our players said in the feedback survey
originsgamefair.com
Hey #Wargamers it's time c'mon back to Origins!
In 2026, we had
— 170+ wargaming events in the main game hall
— 450+ total player sessions
— games running from 8am–midnight across 20 total tables
— at least 7 tables in use at all times btw 10am–10pm
(not incl the War College!)
originsgamefair.com
Origins is 17-21 June & it's time for #wargamers to get in gear to come join us
We've had a dedicated #wargaming program in the main game hall since 2014 & it's continuing to expand
But don't take it from us!
Read what our players said in the feedback survey
originsgamefair.com
Hey #Wargamers it's time c'mon back to Origins!
In 2026, we had
— 170+ wargaming events in the main game hall
— 450+ total player sessions
— games running from 8am–midnight across 20 total tables
— at least 7 tables in use at all times btw 10am–10pm
(not incl the War College!)
originsgamefair.com
I just found out there was an episode Digging for Britain that featured just Roman era Cavalry finds and reconstruction archaeology 😱
Any #Historical #Wargamers #Nerdlings want to watch it, BBC iPlayer, series 6 episode 4.
A #28mmScale ‘Schilidkrote’ from Slave2Gaming.
Putting together a #28mmScale ‘Schilidkrote’ I picked up from the Slave2Gaming stand at #Cancon2026. It’s part of their WW2141 range and it’s basically a hover stug, it should fit in nicely with my other weird WW2 German units.
#WarGames #WarGamers #WarGaming
To the UK #Nerdlings and #Wargamers if you're in/around the west-midlands maybe check this place out?!
More spaces for people that enjoy hobby gaming and the camaraderie of a solid FLGS.
I'd go myself, but it's not exactly 'local'!
Arrived in Canberra yesterday & I found myself in a game store. I grabbed one of those headlamp magnifiers that are all the rage for #WarGamers of a certain age.
I also brought my travelling painting kit to spend sometime painting #ASongOfIceAndFire #Miniatures with my son in law.
#Nerdlings #TTRPG players and #Wargamers
Do a gal a favour and hire her for painting some of your pile of shame.
She's really good!
Broke my months long gaming drought today with an afternoon of Fireball Forward set in 1940 East Africa. My British force failed to overrun the Italian defences in a fast, challenging and exciting game.
#Wargaming #Wargamers
Hey #Wargamers!
Wargame Vault has launched their annual Winter Offensive Sale with Up to 25% off on Select Titles.
#ad www.wargamevault.com/en/browse?pr...
#Wargames #Wargaming
An iPad with the kindle app open and Lard Magazine 2025 loaded.
Festive period reading material ready.
#SpreadTheLard #WarGames #WarGamers #WarGaming
Done, a total of 99 15mm vehicles upgraded so now all weathered & knocked-about as per a campaign in the Soviet Union. The vehicles cover the 1941-45 campaigns allowing to fght almost any action for IABSM or Chain of Command. I also tried to sort out the decals. #wargaming #wargamers #spreadthelard
