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Piotr Stolarski
Aug 156 min read
Sidekick: Travails of a Deputy Club Secretary...
This is my second year as Heston and Ealing Wargamers’ Deputy Club Secretary, not that I expect anyone to remember this milestone. I...
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Rob Wingrave
Jul 266 min read
We Have ways Fest 2024
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...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jul 173 min read
No Reason Required! What are we doing when we're wargaming?
Step back for a minute. Have you ever been struck by the sheer oddness of wargaming? Middle aged men (others are possible) painting model...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jun 76 min read
Tales from a Lead Pile...
If painting figures is like alchemy, what’s the formula for success? It can be frustrating collecting lead which ought to be turning into...
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Phil Sibbald
May 135 min read
The Great Trek to the Emerald Isle
The message (not in morse) had been received. General O`Neill (formerly of this parish) had established an outpost in a foreign (to us)...
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Piotr Stolarski
Feb 36 min read
Goodish! Learning to laugh at tabletop imperfection…
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...
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Piotr Stolarski
Feb 15, 20237 min read
No Biggie! How to Paint 42mm Figures
‘I only use old school figures nowadays - takes me back to my childhood. When I couldn’t ever afford them’ – Leon Bovril, ‘Cocked! The...
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Piotr Stolarski
Dec 24, 20204 min read
A Curious Year: A Look Back at 2020
This year Heston and Ealing Wargamers have largely been left to their own devices wargaming wise. The Covid-19 pandemic from March...
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Piotr Stolarski
Mar 22, 20203 min read
Piotr's 'Keeping Busy at Home' Wargames Projects
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...
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Jonathan Hobbs
May 31, 20181 min read
Festival of History 2018
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,...
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Piotr Stolarski
Apr 24, 20187 min read
Doing it in 6mm
According to wargames lore, 6mm figures emerged in the 1970s as an alternative to 15mm figures – but never really took off. 6mm figures...
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Piotr Stolarski
Mar 7, 20183 min read
Why come to Heston and Ealing Wargamers?
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...
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