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Co-founder Toofatlardies; UK independent #wargaming rules designers, Kreigsspiel & battlefield walking. Listen to us waffle on the Oddcast on Youtube. IC member
The Panic Room, Lard Island
Joined July 2009
Apr 7, 1905: cowboys Bill Smythe & John Shaw order shots in the Wigwam Saloon in Winslow, AZ. While waiting for the shots, they decide to rob a dice game nearby What follows involves a frantic pursuit, a bloody gunfight, a literal trip to Hell & a body rising from the grave 🧵
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Is there no stopping this man?
I'll be at Warfare this weekend (with some amazing help) - running What A Tanker on my Caen table! Come and say hi and then play a game ! Located at P29
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"Running specific readiness and resilience wargaming exercises can help leaders to prepare for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) issues and events, testing plans and strategies against different scenarios, ranging from good conditions to the absolute worst case."
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Cracking clip showing the advantage of the chargers, 10 round magazine and the short bolt that means rate of fire and aimed shots can be achieved 👍
At Leeds Armouries. Ten (blank) rounds challenge, Lee Enfield vs K98.
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The flowers of Remembrance. Hour after hour an unceasing pilgrimage of bereaved mothers, wives, daughters, and sweethearts lay floral offerings on the Cenotaph. Armistice Day, 1920.
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A moving poem about what remembrance means to the daughter of one of our veterans Michelle reminds us of the sacrifice of those who serve. We pause to honour the courage, sacrifice and service of all those who have and continue to serve. Lest we forget.
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Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. #Remembrance
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Brothers Joe, John, Herbert and Laurie Bell were dead by the end of 1917. Their mother wrote to the War Office, asking if they could send her final son home. It agreed. James reached his Haworth home, near Keighley, in February 1918 and gave his mother the hug she needed...
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We Will Remember Them - sunset on the Somme at Courcelette British Cemetery. #RemembranceDay #RemembranceSunday
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Will the same ever be said @MarkUrban01 ?
#OnThisDay 220 yrs ago in 1805, at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet, London and only 3 days after London received the news that Nelson had died at Trafalgar, Prime Minister William Pitt said: ‘England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, I trust, save Europe by her example.’
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Wakey Wakey
We’ve had some stirring stuff lately from political and military leaders about putting the country on a war footing - here’s a video I’ve done for the Times about the gap between rhetoric and reality
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Hitler triumphant 8th November 1940: At his annual address to the Nazi Party faithful, Hitler has much to boast about #OTD in #WW2 #History
https://t.co/qPmiUn1O4A
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Lots of fun at “The Beast from the East” Sharp Practice event today in Bristol. Special mention to @GrenadeClark, who wielded his monocle with devilish effect this afternoon. @TooFatLardies patreon post to follow - with some super Sharp P freebies to give away. Stay tuned.
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Totally bonkers.
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Super exciting at @TooFatLardies Patreon today. We call @PaulHic80466580 to the bar to talk through some of the period photos that inspired the Paul’s latest Arnhem figure sculpts. Join and watch for free
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