BOB Campaign - the biggest battle so far - 2nd Battle of Shardara
The campaign so far has produced some very interesting clashes on the table top. The 2nd battle of Shardara (North West of Tashkent)...
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Rob Wingrave
Jul 238 min read
Half Time in the BOB Campaign
I promised Piotr at our scheduled halfway point of Turn 6 to provide some further thoughts on the campaign both as an umpire and my view...
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Piotr Stolarski
Mar 163 min read
Red Retreat: The Battle of Nalchik Oil Wells (BoB Campaign, turn 5)
A combined Polish-Czech force led by me (8 brigades) and Alex (7 brigades - of which 3 were deployed) repulsed Philip and Brian's...
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Rob Wingrave
Jan 308 min read
Back of Beyond Campaign. Initial musings from the umpires!
“Now, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Rob’s views We have...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jan 143 min read
Stopped at Samtredia! Turks vs. Poles in Georgia (BoB Campaign)
Major General Stanisław Sosabowski's Polish Expeditionary Force was halted by Mark 'Pasha' Trowell at Samtredia Junction in Georgia...
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Phil Sibbald
Sep 6, 20234 min read
WWI Aerial: 50 Years of Dogfighting
Reflections following a recent game at Heston & Ealing Wargamers... After running a recent WWI aerial game at the club, I was asked to...
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Phil Sibbald
Sep 6, 20231 min read
A Return to WWI Aerial
After a gap of several years, last Friday we played a WWI aerial game. Set in October 1916 and fought above the frontline trenches, the...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jul 24, 20235 min read
Comrades Derailed: The Battle of Penza (BoB Campaign)
Our Back of Beyond campaign continued on Saturday with a heavyweight clash on the outskirts of Penza between Jonathan’s White Army (led...
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Phil Sibbald
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Painting up the Back of Beyond
In recent weeks most of the members of Heston and Ealing Wargamers have been immersed in a very wide-ranging Back of Beyond wargame...
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Piotr Stolarski
Apr 20, 20235 min read
One Thousand Cuts: The Battle of Astrakhan (BoB Campaign)
Rob's fantastic Back of Beyond campaign reached top gear with its first tabletop battle on Tuesday night, in what proved to be one of the...
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Rob Wingrave
Apr 11, 20234 min read
A Club Campaign –set in the Back of Beyond - November 1918
After persuading club members to collect an army for a future club campaign set in the Back of Beyond, I have finally lived up to my...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jan 7, 20231 min read
WWI Middle East
Phil umpired a clash between Turkish and British forces in 1917 Palestine at the club last night. Philip, Richard and Tim were on the...
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Rob Wingrave
Sep 4, 20222 min read
Back of Beyond - The Relief of a Fort
For the Sunday game we decided to undertake a Back of Beyond game to test the rules again and start to get ready for my campaign game...
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Piotr Stolarski
Oct 10, 20212 min read
Whites vs. Reds: The Back of Beyond
Rob brought down his 28mm Back of Beyond armies to the community centre on Friday 8 October. We played a Russian Civil War clash between...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jun 18, 20212 min read
Back of Beyond: First Impressions of Setting the East Ablaze II
Last night saw the Bolsheviks (led by Rob, Richard and Phil) and Poles (led by Brian, Patrick and myself) clash over possession of a...
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Piotr Stolarski
May 28, 20211 min read
Bayonets Polished: BoB Army Ready
I have now finished my Polish interwar army for Back of Beyond. This consists of 10 infantry units, 6 MGs, 3 mortars, 3 field guns, 4...
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Rob Wingrave
May 21, 20211 min read
Back of Beyond - My Bolos are completed
At last I have completed my Bolshevik army for the BOB games we intend to play. I have 11 units of infantry formed into 4 "brigades" each...
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Piotr Stolarski
May 2, 20211 min read
B of B: Polish Army (3)
Some pictures of my Polish tanks (3 x FT-17s), Garford-Putilov armoured car, and Albatros DIII plane of the Kosciuszko Squadron, for Back...
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Piotr Stolarski
Apr 21, 20211 min read
On to Moscow!
Here are some pictures of my cavalry units for Back of Beyond; part two of how my Polish army is progressing. The lancers with...
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Piotr Stolarski
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Back of Beyond: Piotr's Polish Army (1)
Here are some pictures of my Polish army for Back of Beyond which I've been working on recently. Shown are: two units of Polish regular...
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