Simon
@fiverapid.bsky.social
Noice!
I had a great time today at the Wargames Illustrated office today, taking editor Dan through a game of CoC on a WIP of my Ardennes table. Had a really brilliant day, and was very happy with the table (which is my 2027 table)
October 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Noice!
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The award for Best Participation Game has been announced at #OtherPartizan2026. #wargaming
October 12, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The award for Best Participation Game has been announced at #OtherPartizan2026. #wargaming
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Try The Full Nelson at Partizan on Sunday!
Join us in the Lard Zone for some fast and furious frigate action using these upcoming Age of Sail rules from @toofatlardies.bsky.social
Join us in the Lard Zone for some fast and furious frigate action using these upcoming Age of Sail rules from @toofatlardies.bsky.social
October 10, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Try The Full Nelson at Partizan on Sunday!
Join us in the Lard Zone for some fast and furious frigate action using these upcoming Age of Sail rules from @toofatlardies.bsky.social
Join us in the Lard Zone for some fast and furious frigate action using these upcoming Age of Sail rules from @toofatlardies.bsky.social
@sarahpewpewpew.bsky.social have checked into our hotel ahead of #clottedlard We shall be at the White Hart later if any lardies are about for a drink.
September 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
@sarahpewpewpew.bsky.social have checked into our hotel ahead of #clottedlard We shall be at the White Hart later if any lardies are about for a drink.
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Win a 28mm foot figure sculpted by me Tickets cost £6 each buy as many as you want. £5 of each ticket will be donated to @FinleysTouch remainder for fees. Draw 1pm 8/9/26. Foot figure only raffall.com/424870/enter...
July 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Win a 28mm foot figure sculpted by me Tickets cost £6 each buy as many as you want. £5 of each ticket will be donated to @FinleysTouch remainder for fees. Draw 1pm 8/9/26. Foot figure only raffall.com/424870/enter...
This looks amazing. Certainly the look I aspire for my own General D’Armee games.
General D'Armee 2 battle using Warlord's Epic scale figures. shortly after Waterloo a British force has trapped the battered remnants of Napoleon's Armee D'Nord in a valley. #wargaming #spreadthelard
June 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
This looks amazing. Certainly the look I aspire for my own General D’Armee games.
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General D'Armee 2 battle using Warlord's Epic scale figures. shortly after Waterloo a British force has trapped the battered remnants of Napoleon's Armee D'Nord in a valley. #wargaming #spreadthelard
June 27, 2026 at 6:54 AM
General D'Armee 2 battle using Warlord's Epic scale figures. shortly after Waterloo a British force has trapped the battered remnants of Napoleon's Armee D'Nord in a valley. #wargaming #spreadthelard
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Mayhem off Mauritius as the British and French Indian Ocean squadrons come to blows.
A terrific weekend's gaming at OML26 saw 14 players get a taste of 'The Full Nelson' across 3 game sessions.
More to follow at Deep Fried Lard this weekend. #spreadthelard #thefullnelson #navalwargaming
A terrific weekend's gaming at OML26 saw 14 players get a taste of 'The Full Nelson' across 3 game sessions.
More to follow at Deep Fried Lard this weekend. #spreadthelard #thefullnelson #navalwargaming
June 13, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Mayhem off Mauritius as the British and French Indian Ocean squadrons come to blows.
A terrific weekend's gaming at OML26 saw 14 players get a taste of 'The Full Nelson' across 3 game sessions.
More to follow at Deep Fried Lard this weekend. #spreadthelard #thefullnelson #navalwargaming
A terrific weekend's gaming at OML26 saw 14 players get a taste of 'The Full Nelson' across 3 game sessions.
More to follow at Deep Fried Lard this weekend. #spreadthelard #thefullnelson #navalwargaming
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Buildings that I designed for @joewargamer.bsky.social for use on his award winning Montcornet table (best in show at Salute 53) are now available on the webstore! www.sabotag3d.com
May 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Buildings that I designed for @joewargamer.bsky.social for use on his award winning Montcornet table (best in show at Salute 53) are now available on the webstore! www.sabotag3d.com
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I had a really fantastic time at Salute this weekend. It was so great seeing everyone enjoying playing on the table, and being awarded Best in Show was the icing on the cake.
Someone pointed out that I've won Best in Show at the last three large UK shows (The Other Partizan, Warfare, Salute) 🙃
Someone pointed out that I've won Best in Show at the last three large UK shows (The Other Partizan, Warfare, Salute) 🙃
April 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I had a really fantastic time at Salute this weekend. It was so great seeing everyone enjoying playing on the table, and being awarded Best in Show was the icing on the cake.
Someone pointed out that I've won Best in Show at the last three large UK shows (The Other Partizan, Warfare, Salute) 🙃
Someone pointed out that I've won Best in Show at the last three large UK shows (The Other Partizan, Warfare, Salute) 🙃
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Salute 53, another awesome day out with the ROS running What a Tanker. Congratulations to Joe @joewargamer.bsky.social landing Best in Show, more than well deserved, unfortunately I cut off the town hall spire in pic, but I did get the balcony. ;)
#SpreadTheLard
#SpreadTheLard
April 12, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Salute 53, another awesome day out with the ROS running What a Tanker. Congratulations to Joe @joewargamer.bsky.social landing Best in Show, more than well deserved, unfortunately I cut off the town hall spire in pic, but I did get the balcony. ;)
#SpreadTheLard
#SpreadTheLard
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Great fun as always. So much enthusiasm for this game from those who try it for the first time and see how easy it is to pick up
April 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Great fun as always. So much enthusiasm for this game from those who try it for the first time and see how easy it is to pick up
Brilliant day at #Salute53 helping run @joewargamer.bsky.social ‘s “award winning” What a Tanker game alongside @simon-templar3.bsky.social @hutchinlondon.bsky.social @51--51.bsky.social
Thanks to all the players, especially those who were trying wargaming for the first time. #SpreadTheLard
Thanks to all the players, especially those who were trying wargaming for the first time. #SpreadTheLard
April 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Brilliant day at #Salute53 helping run @joewargamer.bsky.social ‘s “award winning” What a Tanker game alongside @simon-templar3.bsky.social @hutchinlondon.bsky.social @51--51.bsky.social
Thanks to all the players, especially those who were trying wargaming for the first time. #SpreadTheLard
Thanks to all the players, especially those who were trying wargaming for the first time. #SpreadTheLard
Busy morning on the What A Tanker table in the #LardZone at #Salute53 - quick lunch courtesy of @adambuxton.bsky.social
April 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Busy morning on the What A Tanker table in the #LardZone at #Salute53 - quick lunch courtesy of @adambuxton.bsky.social
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I'll be running my huge multiplayer game of What A Tanker Battle of Montcornet at Salute 53, in the @toofatlardies.bsky.social zone, table GM10! Come and have a game!
@slondonwarlords.bsky.social
@slondonwarlords.bsky.social
March 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I'll be running my huge multiplayer game of What A Tanker Battle of Montcornet at Salute 53, in the @toofatlardies.bsky.social zone, table GM10! Come and have a game!
@slondonwarlords.bsky.social
@slondonwarlords.bsky.social
Thanks @ashleyrpollard.bsky.social for being a super player, @sarahpewpewpew.bsky.social and I loved hosting, and you showed what super aggressive recce can achieve!
And now I've put up a post with the pictures of my afternoon session at Herts of Lard.
I was playing Simon Hatch's What a Tanker 28mm game on a section of Joe Bilton's Caen 1944 table, which as you can see is an outstanding set-up.
panther6actual.blogspot.com/2026/03/hert...
I was playing Simon Hatch's What a Tanker 28mm game on a section of Joe Bilton's Caen 1944 table, which as you can see is an outstanding set-up.
panther6actual.blogspot.com/2026/03/hert...
Herts of Lard 2026: Caen 1944
My afternoon session at Herts of Lard was playing Simon Hatch's What a Tanker 28mm game on a section of Joe Bilton's Caen 1944 table, which...
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March 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Thanks @ashleyrpollard.bsky.social for being a super player, @sarahpewpewpew.bsky.social and I loved hosting, and you showed what super aggressive recce can achieve!
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As promised, I have now posted a bunch of pictures on my blog of the Herts of Lard day. I've added descriptions of the games with each picture.
panther6actual.blogspot.com/2026/03/hert...
panther6actual.blogspot.com/2026/03/hert...
Herts of Lard 2026
Saturday we went to Rickmansworth for the Herts of Lard games day run by Joe Bilton. He being the maestro of epic wargame tables, as can be ...
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March 9, 2026 at 10:21 AM
As promised, I have now posted a bunch of pictures on my blog of the Herts of Lard day. I've added descriptions of the games with each picture.
panther6actual.blogspot.com/2026/03/hert...
panther6actual.blogspot.com/2026/03/hert...
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Another Herts of Lard under my belt, Joe @joewargamer.bsky.social excelled once again, bringing together a huge group of Lardies for another amazing day of games, new friendships, and a beautiful weekend. I came away with a new gaming mat thanks to sabotag4d.com, cheers Paul. Here’s to HoL 5 in 2027
March 8, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Another Herts of Lard under my belt, Joe @joewargamer.bsky.social excelled once again, bringing together a huge group of Lardies for another amazing day of games, new friendships, and a beautiful weekend. I came away with a new gaming mat thanks to sabotag4d.com, cheers Paul. Here’s to HoL 5 in 2027
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Not working today so searching my Grandads part in defeating fascism, Light AA Middlesex regiment 126/39, Gibraltar on his service records, Normandy? (not on his service records) - to be investigated - Pic shows heavy AA not light Bofors @fiverapid.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Not working today so searching my Grandads part in defeating fascism, Light AA Middlesex regiment 126/39, Gibraltar on his service records, Normandy? (not on his service records) - to be investigated - Pic shows heavy AA not light Bofors @fiverapid.bsky.social
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Rustled up even more photos taken by others of my game at CAHAGIYTYLE or "Come and have a go if you think you're LARD enough 2026".
20mm scenario, 1940 Biville Normandy.
#spreadthelard #wargaming
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20mm scenario, 1940 Biville Normandy.
#spreadthelard #wargaming
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Battle of Biville-la-Baignarde @Lardy Day 24 Jan 2026
On Saturday 24th January 2026, we held our Lardy Day called "Come and have a go if you think you're LARD enough" or rather paradoxicall...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Rustled up even more photos taken by others of my game at CAHAGIYTYLE or "Come and have a go if you think you're LARD enough 2026".
20mm scenario, 1940 Biville Normandy.
#spreadthelard #wargaming
wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2026/01/batt...
20mm scenario, 1940 Biville Normandy.
#spreadthelard #wargaming
wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2026/01/batt...
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So would anyone be interested in a Lard day kind of thing near Coventry next year? Ideally with a charity bent? Just testing the waters at the mo but we have a game shop that might be a good spot to hold it and I'd like to make something positive happen.
December 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So would anyone be interested in a Lard day kind of thing near Coventry next year? Ideally with a charity bent? Just testing the waters at the mo but we have a game shop that might be a good spot to hold it and I'd like to make something positive happen.
@vimtotime.bsky.social I forgot tell you I have a vimto friend
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@vimtotime.bsky.social I forgot tell you I have a vimto friend
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I'll be listing these on eBay in the next few days, unless someone makes me an offer here. 👍
FOR SALE: Early war (WW2) German platoon+.
Painted Crusader and a few Warlord plastics:
25 rifles
8 two man lmg teams
8 officers and nco's
2 man sniper team
2 man light mortar team
3 man mmg team
Pak 36
Pak 40
le.IG 18
6 gun crew
Unpainted:
Engineers, AT Rifle team and a couple of gun crew.
£200
Painted Crusader and a few Warlord plastics:
25 rifles
8 two man lmg teams
8 officers and nco's
2 man sniper team
2 man light mortar team
3 man mmg team
Pak 36
Pak 40
le.IG 18
6 gun crew
Unpainted:
Engineers, AT Rifle team and a couple of gun crew.
£200
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'll be listing these on eBay in the next few days, unless someone makes me an offer here. 👍
Sarah had never built or paint any models before this, every step done by her.
They are leagues away from my first poor attempts 40+ years ago!
A warband for a Christmas game of #Mordheim
They are leagues away from my first poor attempts 40+ years ago!
A warband for a Christmas game of #Mordheim
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sarah had never built or paint any models before this, every step done by her.
They are leagues away from my first poor attempts 40+ years ago!
A warband for a Christmas game of #Mordheim
They are leagues away from my first poor attempts 40+ years ago!
A warband for a Christmas game of #Mordheim
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Hey,
I'm trying to remember where I've seen sheets of diamond roof tiles, either as sheets of plasticard/styrene, or laser cut paper/card.
Can anyone help?
I'm trying to remember where I've seen sheets of diamond roof tiles, either as sheets of plasticard/styrene, or laser cut paper/card.
Can anyone help?
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hey,
I'm trying to remember where I've seen sheets of diamond roof tiles, either as sheets of plasticard/styrene, or laser cut paper/card.
Can anyone help?
I'm trying to remember where I've seen sheets of diamond roof tiles, either as sheets of plasticard/styrene, or laser cut paper/card.
Can anyone help?