Roadtrip Retrospective #1
Introduction Ian (@fandomlife on bluesky) and I decided to try out some 1-on-1 gaming, both as a way to put some meat on the conceptual bones of the gaming we enjoy and also, you...
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Gaming Sharpe: Sharpe’s Storm
Summary Sharpe’s Storm is the last of three most recent Sharpe novels – Assassin, Command and Storm – which takes place at the end of the Peninsular Campaign as Wellington pushes into France. It’s...
The Bittersweet Reality of the Stranger Things Finale (SPOILERS)
Bandwagon Jumpers Anonymous Like many people around the world, I sat down on New Years Day and watched the finale of Stranger Things S5. I’m going to say here and now that I came...
2025: A Gaming Year in Review
Looking back, one of the most telling things in 2025 is that my gaming review can almost be done from memory. No lists, no spreadsheets – gaming has changed into a different rhythm, finally...
Review: Keane’s Company by Iain Gale
You have to admire the chutzpah of Iain Gale. He’s a great author and I really like his book ‘Four Days in June’ as a story of Waterloo. However, writing a book about an...
Gaming Sharpe: Sharpe’s Company
Summary It’s the spring of 1812 and Wellington’s army faces the two great fortresses barring their progress into Spain; Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Captain Sharpe soon finds himself in the thick of the action...
Am I Any Good At This?
For years, this little psychodrama would play out, three to four times a year. I would be sat in the passenger seat of a car, being driven north, up Penistone Rd in Sheffield. With...