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#FridayFreebie - possibly one of the more bizarre concepts found so far. Turnip28 (or TurnipXX depending on whatever scale figures used!) All info found on the dedicated Patreon page, but just linking to current version of rules here: www.patreon.com/Turnip28/pos... Peculiar but fun! #Wargaming

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Turnip28 CORE RULES v17 | Max FitzGerald

Gather your troops. Fix bayonets. Devote yourself to the roots. What Is Turnip28? Turnip28 is a post-apocalyptic vegetable wargame. Players

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WiPWednesday and completed 28mm WotR plus 15mm WSS/GNW Horse & Dragoons. Completely finished with varnish dried, based & flocked/tufted. (Tealight candle for scale, not some random battlefield objective) #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FridayFreebie - free to download rules with the files (4) hosted on BGG - 'Vosper Attack'. Another opportunity to get those speedy boats out into the Channel! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...

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Vosper Attack

WWII action in the English Channel.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#WiPWednesday A quiet afternoon after some morning travelling with a trip to HexhamUCC before then getting back home. #Wargaming

28mm Wars of the Roses men-at-arms, painted plastic Perry Miniatures

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The most amazing female voice I've ever heard live. A long time ago now, but still unforgettable. An old photo from that distant time. #StillMesmerised #StillAstounded

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

More 15mm WSS completed. Dixon Miniatures as Imperial Austrian grenadiers this time. Just matt varnish & some green on the bases, before proper basing & flocking. Mainly painted by my Beloved Better-Half. I just added hat lace & some leather slings. Very happy with these 👍 #Wargaming #15mmWSS

15mm Dixon Miniatures for War of the Spanish Succession.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Recent completions - still have to colour the flag edges once their completely dry. 28mm WotR plastics using the Perrys stuff. Fitting the best possible heraldry banners for the Campaign in the North 1464. #Wargaming #Yorkist #Lancaster

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FridayFreebie - don't think this has been put up before: 2x2 Napoleonics. Actually use domino-blanks to trial this, rather than figures. Worth downloading & having it to hand for some playtesting. #Wargaming #Napoleonics www.rodvik.com/2by2/

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2 by 2 Napoleonic's — 2mm Wargames Rules by Rod Humble

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#FridayFreebie - a mass-battle fantasy game, uses D8s & measures in inches, & free to download - just look for 'The Rule Book' - Army Lists are available too. A fun scrap that helped get my LotR collection back onto the tabletop. #Wargaming #FantasyWargaming warofthesunderedrealms.blogspot.com

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Weekend of rummaging gamestuff stored away. Found these 'trench-tiles' I made in mid-90s, for a Spacehulk & Trench Raids project. Used old Foundry 25mm (not 28s) WW1. Those are long gone, but can reuse tilrs for other ideas. Plastic card, sand, glue, matchsticks & brown Matchpot emulsion. #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

www.act.nato.int/article/2026... Multi-domain aspects, examining vulnerability & getting a grasp on non-combative risks the military can still assist with. This holistic approach is a far better approach to face off hybrid warfare of the near-future. And to spotlight what's happening right now.

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How NATO Centres of Excellence Strengthen Resilience and Enable Collective Defence - NATO's ACT

Resilience is built before a crisis. Authorities need to understand who controls essential systems, how information will be shared and where military and civilian plans depend on one another.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#FreebieFriday For those who didn't know, GZG & Mr Tuffley have their rules for free download. Includes Full Thrust for starship combat, & Stargrunt the skirmish sci-fi combat rules, & also Dirstide, the sci-fi mass combat rules. #Wargaming #SciFiGaming shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/rules.html

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Rules - Ground Zero Games

Manufacturer of fine scale models for wargaming and collecting

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Help needed identifying where this figure come from & what it is please. Stands well above 28mm, more like 40mm+ to the top of his pumpkin head!

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Bit of finishing of stuff on #TerrainTuesday with stone steps completed for #Space1889 Martian gaming. Items acquired from the excellent @fenrisgames.com #Wargaming #VictorianSciFi #28mm

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yet more rebasing, this time 28mm, after discovering the dreaded MDF-Mould again. Ripped, cleaned & refixed to plastic bases, then flocked. And an unused bag of MDF blanks thrown into the rubbish too. #Wargaming #Rebasing #MankyMDF

28mm Crossbowmen rebased onto plastic bases

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Reminder of my CoC trials with usual suspects years ago. 1st game: much like this. 2nd attempt: this + US officer KIA. No 3rd attempt. Crew underwhelmed & emphatic, not WW2 rules they wanted. I decided I was done with 28mm WW2. Back to Squad Leader & Retro rules for me. Certainly cheaper. #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#INWarD2026 onwards. Last night digging of archives found all my old Ironclads & Ether Flyers notes & creations. QRS using Excel, Word docs of campaigns, info from long dead websites, maps & pics, etc. A nostalgic naval review in fact. As with other rules, wondered why we ever stopped? #Wargaming

GDW's Ironclads & Ether Flyers Front Cover

GDW's Ironclads & Ether Flyers Back Cover

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Today it's #INWarD2026 aka International Naval Wargames Day. Might make a weekend of it as extra to a few other aspects planned. Thoughts at the moment involve Decision Games Coronel & the Falkland Islands & maybe resurrect old work done on GDW's Ironclads & Etherflyers. #Wargaming #NavalWargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Did Claymore (Edinburgh) yesterday. Only there a few hours but well worth it. Excellent games, really impressive set-ups & friendly welcomes from all involved, lots of invitations to join in. That's the way forward, inclusivity & encouragement. Might also have bought 'stuff' too. #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Return to #FreebieFriday. Free set (PDF) & downloads of Viking Age skirmish rules. Written by Al Halden (RIP). Also serves as helpful intro to historical gaming so handy for the younglings out there. Warband level, D6s, 6-phase Turn, simple & intuitive. And free. www.ravenfeast.com/free-downloa...

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yet more 28mm WW2 stuff found, so that's going into the Sale/Trade pile too. Probably need to also look at the Rulebooks on the shelves too. Some of those will definitely go. The old bane of a gamer, too many potential projects & too little time. Butterfly Brain! #Wargaming #Refocussing #HobbyAdmin

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Leave Me to Focus

ALT: Leave Me to Focus

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Latest arrival from @gmtgames.bsky.social via the excellent #SecondChanceGames Thirty Years War two-player Non-CDG campaign game. #Wargaming #TYW

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Welcome break from rebasing stuff. Should have posted it up yesterday for #WiPWednesday 28mm Gothic horror: wolves, bugs, mummies, tomb robbers & werewolves. Wolves & werewolves in shades of brown not grey for more central Asian theme for a Chaos-in-Kashmir campaign idea. #Wargaming #28mmNewStuff

Himalayan wolves and Egyptian creepie-crawlies 28mm Gothic horror.

Mummies, tomb robbers & werewolves, 28mm Gothic horror.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

More of the 15mm rebasing project completed. Entire drawer of Horse & Dragoons (+ some Cossacks & Tartars) all glued, fixed, flocked & finished. Even dabbed on some red to brighten up English cavalry. Not much left to do now, & then I start painting new units!! 🙄 #Wargaming #15mm #WSS #GNW

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Project Rebase 15mmWSS/GNW continues - just found half-tray of Horse & Dragons that need 'The Treatment'. So something to do tomorrow then as I await update on consultancy work. Also found several strips of Imperial grenadiers that need finishing, just in case I needed distracting! #Wargaming #15mm

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Question to the painters: would a flesh contrast paint work on 15mm figures and save me time? Or, should I just stay 'old-school' instead and save my shillings? #Wargaming #15mmPainting

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Crazy Eyes Painting Woman

ALT: Crazy Eyes Painting Woman

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

And more rebasing finished on my 15mm WSS/GNW completed. Flock & sharp sand mix glued on with PVA. Think this is the last batch but will check the rest over the weekend. Got some 15mm livestock to finish off next. Then I can plan some tabletop sessions with various rules. #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

About as political as I'll get using this platform. Time for a change when we're losing twenty-plus hospitality businesses per week! Chef Tom Kerridge leads this campaign, so have a look, listen to what he has to say. Sign if you agree & share this! #VATsTheProblem www.vatstheproblem.co.uk

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VAT's the problem

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Found a very simple layout of D6-based micro sci-fi rules available to download for free. Will dabble with these in the months to come. Happy to share onwards - link has the Rules, Optional Rules, FAQ & Army Lists. microcosmic.games #Wargaming #SciFiWargaming #6mmScale

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MicroCosmic

One Page Micro Sci-Fi Wargame

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Additional to yesterday's post, here's the second tray that needs the flock treatment to finish off their rebasing. And there's more after this too. Getting it done slowly and steadily. #Wargaming #WSS #GNW #15mmWarGameFigures

More 15mm Wargame figures awaiting finishing touches.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

15mm WSS/GNW Rebase project continues. More still to get the flocking treatment. Other units already flocked to get magnabase treatment too. Getting close to completion. Triple ambition: use Valour & Fortitude V.4, or Rank & File 2nd Ed., or Lust for Glory from @bigredbat.bsky.social #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Earlier this year got Chaos in Carpathia. Really enjoying gaming it, clever simple system, lots of fun. Reminder of restored enthusiasm I had from Dragon Rampant. Small footprint Gothic Horror with rarely used amazing figures & terrain. Admit it I'm a dozen years late, but so be it. #Wargaming #D6s

Chaos in Carpathia rules front cover for Gothic Horror gaming.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Wargaming-Ca... Another sale I can recommend. Half-price hardback edition of Henry Hyde's Wargaming Campaigns. Lots of fascinating info & great inspirations to do your own campaigns. #Wargaming #WargameCampaigns

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Wargaming Campaigns

Most miniature wargames take the form of simulating a single battle with the opponents either winning or losing and that's that until the next game.…

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/osprey-ga... Still seems to be running this latest sale 🤔 Some good rules here, maybe an opportunity to get a few spare copies? #Wargaming #AllThingsRampant

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OSPREY GAMES: Wargames: Other Wargames: Books: Osprey Publishing (UK) - Osprey

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

@battlegames.bsky.social Quite like this as a term of reference 😎

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Lot more sorting of the various stashes of unfinished wargaming stuff today. So more bits will go up for sale/trade for the latest Purge. #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Had a fortnight of feeling unwell, mainly coughing, to then recover one morning but by that following evening feeling worse. Rinse & repeat. Last night My Beloved suggests that & other aspects - e. g., loss of taste - seems like all things Covid. Bloody marvellous. Solo-gaming time then?

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

New #Twilight:2000 RPG sets, surplus to requirements now & available if anyone is interested. UK-based, never used, so almost new condition. Excellent work done Free League bringing this back into circulation. £50 + P&P.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

That sort of Monday when someone is due to be here to do workstuff on the homestead. No actual arrival time was given. So got up early, then ready from 8am onwards, just in case. Getting close to 12noon. No sign, no news, no replies yet. Just 4 hours of waiting. Typically thoroughly tiresome.

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

More purging of the sci-fi stuff. #Stargrave - main hardback rulebook & Quarantine 37 supplement: £30 for them together plus P&P from UK. #Wargaming #scifi #Stargrave

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Follow up to earlier post about #UselessCowards rules. Some more pix to show what you get. Like what I've read so far. Highlights distinct 'eras' of condottieri warfare not just treating is as 'Italian-Wars-lite'. Production quality good, all in handy slipcase box, great artwork too. #Wargaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Delivery of a new set of rules #UselessCowards has prompted a read-up of Caferro's excellent work on Sienna & it's fall. As for the rules, a great job of production by U&P Games of Finland. Well worth looking up. #Condottieri #Wargaming #medievalWarfare

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Battle Commander Vol.1 has arrived. Very impressive production, but not yet sure how it plays just yet. Its also a new exploration for the early Napoleonics for me too. #Wargaming #BattleCommander #Napoleonic #boardgaming

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Trudging around Isle of Bute today & took some pix of some very determined gangly trees growing out of a veritable bog between some ancient stones. Sort of inspiration for fantasy/gothic terrain at some point. #Terrain #Wargaming

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garin | comms open @garin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Heya! I'm garin, a freelance artist and currently I'm looking for work and open for commissions! Feel free to hit me up anytime! garincomms@gmail_com 📩

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

More Sci-Fi stuff to clear away: 28mm Security/Police vehicles x 6. Mostly GZG models, resin vehicles, never properly finished but useful for some non-military & security scenarios. UK-based, so offering them up for £25 total which includes P&P/courier to someone also in UK. #wargaming #scifi

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Some Sci-Fi stuff to clear away: 28mm heavy armour - IFV-types x 2. Old Crow models, chunky resin vehicles, bit hard to get them now. These are hefty large-size lumps. UK-based, so offering them up for £20 total which includes P&P/courier to someone also in UK. #wargaming #scifi

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Some Sci-Fi stuff to clear away: 28mm grav-bikes & riders x 4. Cant remember the make/range, listed them last year on FB but sadly no takers. UK-based & will post free to UK for £15 total. #wargaming #scifi

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TAG @knockman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Irritating homestuff problems: ringmain for downstairs power sockets keeps tripping out. Guess what: boiler is wired into same ringmain. So no heat or hot water. Keeping 🤞the sparx turn up & find & fix it all. And just as we're playing host to a friend visiting this week too.

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