As many members of Heston & Ealing Wargamers will attest, I moan a lot about my “bad dice rolling”. This is no [...]
3D printers have been around for a fair time, and I have occasionally wondered what they could do for my wargaming hobby. [...]
This blog focuses on key figures in British wargaming during the past century: 'H. G. Wells to Dave Brown'. Many of us [...]
We've had another great year of wargaming fun at the club in 2025. After doing an overview of 2024 last year at [...]
Our club website has been transferred from Wix to Surfup. In my opinion the format looks better, with more incisive typeface. With [...]
'The leader says "Come on!", while the commander says "Go on!" Commanders are not leaders' - General Sir Rupert Smith (b. 1943) [...]
The past year has been the busiest in recent club history. This post presents some of the highlights, and acknowledges the contributions [...]
This is my second year as Heston and Ealing Wargamers’ Deputy Club Secretary, not that I expect anyone to remember this milestone. [...]
As an avid listener to the podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk by James Holland and Al Murray, I was [...]
Step back for a minute. Have you ever been struck by the sheer oddness of wargaming? Middle aged men (others are possible) [...]
If painting figures is like alchemy, what’s the formula for success? It can be frustrating collecting lead which ought to be turning [...]
The message (not in morse) had been received. General O`Neill (formerly of this parish) had established an outpost in a foreign (to [...]
Have you heard the one about the skirmishers who stopped a cavalry charge in the open? (My rules.) What about allowing troops [...]
‘I only use old school figures nowadays - takes me back to my childhood. When I couldn’t ever afford them’ – Leon [...]
This year Heston and Ealing Wargamers have largely been left to their own devices wargaming wise. The Covid-19 pandemic from March onwards [...]
Hello All, I hope you are keeping safe and sane at this difficult time. Of course there are more serious matters than [...]
On 3.6.2018 Royal Holloway University in Egham are putting on a FREE Festival of History. They describe it as a" A day [...]
According to wargames lore, 6mm figures emerged in the 1970s as an alternative to 15mm figures – but never really took off. [...]
I once joked at a Friday game, while waiting for someone with the keys to the store room to arrive, that we [...]
