Monthy Wargames Update - May 2025

 

After recent chats with a number of people I've decided to try and give the blog a bit more time and effort, for the last couple of years with visitor numbers dropping I lost interest and moved to other formats. I still think there are scope for blog posts so here we go again.

One of the most popular formats on the YouTube is the Monthly Update so I thought I'd see if it translates here, please leave a comment if you get the chance

NEW UNITS 

First up is a unit of 32 x 28mm Elite Miniatures representing a Battalion of French Young Guard Voltigeurs from the Napoleonic Wars. A proper old school style unit with 8 figures on a 60 x 60 base.

The flag is from GMB and is massive for a Big Fanion, but I love Big Fanions and I can't deny it.

The other new unit this month is this Florentine Heavy Cavalry unit for the Italian Wars, 28mm Perry plastics with Petes Flags. 

I also went a bit crazy with the buildings, making and painting 12 Charlie Foxtrot Models New World ones for a AWI Germantown game at Partizan 

TWERK IN PROGRESS 

I always include a short piece on the latest twerk in progress, mostly to keep me motivated to finish it for the next month. On the bench at the moment are some 28mm Perry Prussian Landwehr for my Napoleonic Project. 24 done, 8 to finish

HOW MUCH

Purchases this month started with the Charlie Foxtrot buildings you can see above but I also managed to sneek in a cheeky Steel Fist Purchase picking up some of the New Swiss Front rankers.

FROM THE FRONT LINE

I attended the Partizan 2025 show and took along the 28mm AWI Germantown game which included the newly finished buildings mentioned above. 

This is a game we put on at FIASCO a couple of years ago as a memorial to my friend Dave Parrott who passed away. He left all his figures to me including his lovely American AWI collection, which was featured in this game against my Brits.

We used British Grenadier and really cracked on through the day with the American centre collapsing in the late afternoon.

I always spend my time talking to people around the table, making sure that we don't ignore people and that allows the other guys to play the game and keeps the figures moving. It's not perfect but I get to chat to most interested people on the day whilst the game is played as opposed to a static display.

Down club we've had a few weeks of 28mm Ancients, using my Republican Romans against Harry and Andys Greeks.

I've been asked to help playtest a new set of rules, we did that for two weeks and we are now playing through again using MeG. I have had Mortem et Gloriam since Covid times and it kind of got lost in the lack of gaming

YARKSHIRE GAMER PODCAST AND OTHER STUFF 

There have been a couple of New Podcasts, the first with Ray and Lee of Posties Rejects where we chat about their Wargaming as well as an in depth coverage of the Salute Show 

The second show was a short update from Paul Thompson about the investigation into the WW2 Raid on the St Lawrence Radar Station on the Isle of Wight in 1943, with some pretty exciting discoveries.

Both shows are avaliable on all major Podcast hosts, simply search for Yarkshire Gamer you'll find it.

Also on the Utubes is a Troops on Parade feature on the Papal French Forces I built up for the Mentana Game.

So there you have it, a busy month, if you do read this far leave a comment and see what you think about the "reading" version of the monthly Update, if you prefer moving pictures I've included the Utubes version at the bottom of the page.

Until next time, Sithee 

Regards Ken 

The Yarkshire Gamer