Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Really nice work. Almost makes me want to dig out the 20mm force on force lads! 110
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026All fine here thank you. Had a good time down at clotted lard last weekend, but forgot to take any pictures! How're you mate? 110
Reposted by Andy CrowBrian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness. 212437965
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026No, not my period I'm afraid. I might see you in the pub though! ;) 011
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Great to see you playing some NORTHAG Jerry, you should pop over to Bristol for a game with @ironcow2103.bsky.social, @brizzlerob.bsky.social and I sometime! 130
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#BattlegroupNORTHAG battle report from the Fulda Gap as Soviet forces attempt to break through a gap in the American line near Petersberg... #wargaming #coldwar #joyofsix #micromarmourbleaseworld.blogspot.comBattlegroup NORTHAG: Clash at PetersbergDespite plans to get at least one game of Battlegroup NORTHAG in a month in 2026, it was almost eight before Andy and I got the 6mm Cold Wa... 0193
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'd like to throw my proverbial hat into the ring please 011
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Featuring @brizzlerob.bsky.social's lovely 3d printed order tokens! 020
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Played a 750pt company level #BattlegroupNORTHAG West German vs Soviets game last night to introduce Phil and Jenny to the game. It went right down to the wire (Soviets only had 10 BR left as Germans hit 0). @andycrow.bsky.social was happy he managed to recover a broken down Leopard with his ARV! 2293
Reposted by Andy Crowbrizzlerob.bsky.social @brizzlerob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Another weekend, another excellent game of Battlegroup NORTHAG with Ben and @andycrow.bsky.social. In a change we tried a BAOR counterattack on the Soviets. A tense game had the BAOR break just ahead of the Soviets. #wargaming #Battlegroup #NORTHAG #6mm 051
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 26/08/2026News from India as despatches reach London of a skirmish fought at the village of Roti and Major Hugh Janus and his Sikhs try to capture rebel chapati baker Naan Poppadom! #SharpPractice #SpreadTheLard #Wargaming bleaseworld.blogspot.com/2026/08/shar...bleaseworld.blogspot.comSharp Practice: The Man From PeshwarinaanAs a follow up to playing Andy's 'Man From Del Monte' scenario in the Peninsular, Phil and I decided to transport it to Bengal and replay... 0181
Reposted by Andy CrowJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 117313048381
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 26/08/2026ACW action at Windmill Hill as Union and Confederate forces try to seize a strategically located observation post using #OnBloodyGround ACW rules. Excellent evening hosted by Phil & Jenny with @andycrow.bsky.social my chauffeur! Surprised how well the rules worked, very bloody! 0222
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Cross of Honour for Valour for that Alpha Jet pilot, who heroically dodged AAA and SAM fire to deliver his bombs on target. Latrine duty for the armourer who strapped two duds to his wings... (yes reader, I was bitter!) 080
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Soviet liberation of West Germany comes to a crashing halt today as @andycrow.bsky.social's Bundeswehr halt the advancing Red Army in today's game of #BattlegroupNORTHAG 0345
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Great day of playing #BattlegroupNORTHAG with @andycrow.bsky.social, Rob and Ben. 6mm battalion level game, unfortunately we ran out of time before reaching a conclusion (it was finely balanced at the end) but had a lot of fun - and I've never seen anyone roll as many 1's as Ben ever! 😂 0151
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Pig rustling #Écorcheurs action down BIG last night with @andycrow.bsky.social and Jack. Once again the pesky English archers got the better of the French (who could not strike anything) but the pig escaped so I'm claiming a technical draw! 1272
Reposted by Andy CrowHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This is a lovely site which helps remind us of much of what we take for granted in material progress ordinaryabundance.com (HT @aveek18.bsky.social)ordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new. 10469211
Reposted by Andy CrowJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/08/2026The short answer is: "no, honest" The slightly longer, and more worrying, answer is: "...because they don't even *need* to" And this post is one of the best longform explanations as to why that I've seen. 814241
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 04/08/2026First game of #Écorcheurs tonight, @andycrow.bsky.social did a sterling job trying to understand and get us to play the rules properly! Undoubtedly we did many things wrong but was fun so will be trying it again next week. Welsh bowmen behind a wall are best not attacked over open ground! 1371
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Which idiot picked that spot to defend? Clearly they had shares in Lidl... 😏 010
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Great game of #BattlegroupNORTHAG with @andycrow.bsky.social today. Didn't quite have enough time to finish but after their vanguard getting badly smashed the tide was turning the Soviet way as the US Battle Rating started falling badly as they started to lose more of their valuable tanks. 1263
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026That looks smashing Ken (both beer and views!). Hope you're enjoying it - I'm very jealous! 010
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Battle report from the Peninsular was the brave boys of the Kingdom of Italy army try to capture the enemy spy, the man from Del Monte, before the British rescue him! #SharpPractice #SpreadTheLard bleaseworld.blogspot.com/2026/07/shar... 2463
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 08/07/2026WW2 Far East #ChainOfCommand action tonight as @andycrow.bsky.social’s Japanese were treated to a good kicking in the jungles of Burma… #SpreadTheLard 0231
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Yeah, 7 RN ships and 10 on the allied fleet. Good fun between 6 players! 020
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026We are definitely wargaming hipsters! ;) KMH would be perfectly acceptable at 'Old Lard', the antiques roadshow of Lardy Days that is (maybe) coming to a wargames venue near you soon. 110
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It's nice to re-connect with an old friend. Today that was Kiss Me Hardy, a salty sea dog from 2003. Today an RN squadron took on a formidable Franco-Spanish fleet. Honors largely even, but Admiral Charles led a heroic boarding action taking the French flagship as a prize! #SpreadTheLard #Wargaming 2351
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026That is a remarkable passage. What unit did he serve with? 030
Reposted by Andy CrowPaul Bloomfield @adolphusspriggs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Hydration break. 5525118
Reposted by Andy CrowJerry Jenkins @jerryjenkins.bsky.social · 31/05/2026What a fantastic weekend of #SharpPractice at Bristol Independent Gaming, 4 scenarios from the French & Indian War over two days saw Malice Canadiene along with their Huron Allies take on an array of British and Continental forces. A fantastic weekend of #wargaming. #spreadthelard. 0432
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Ah, my old nemesis. I could never get the wheels to sit flush! 130
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Really wish I'd known about this before today. It looks great! 110
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Phil and my Anglo-American force failed miserably last night to prevent @andycrow.bsky.social's French/Huron terrorists from burning farmsteads and rustling chickens from the Hudson valley... #SharpPractice French & Indian War action #SpreadTheLard 1413
Reposted by Andy CrowSteve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Got around to updating the blog with some Indian Mutiny #SharpPractice action #SpreadTheLardbleaseworld.blogspot.comSharp Practice: Escort Mission to Dalpartha!Apologies for the lack of blog updates, hopefully this after action report of a recent Sharp Practice game with Phil and Andy last month i... 0332
Andy Crow @andycrow.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Fair. I'm still slightly torn as to whether to alter the costs when things are different in V2. Mindful that the cost in a PSC or handbook is also reflective of availability, not just effectiveness. 120
