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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 3d

Alas no

Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 4d

We're all at Derby for the annual 6th Fantasy Battle Bash at Boards and Swords. Tonight beer and curry, tomorrow Partizan!

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 5d

Can my Sherman be a German tank instead I’ve a box of those to do😄

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 5d

Bugger, hope you are ok mate. Slippy showers are a menace

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 8d

A quick battle report from the weekend.
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A Murder at St Pasties

The period known as the Wars of The Roses saw many nobles take advantage of a weak monarchy to take revenge or right percieved wrongs, some ...

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 10d

Yes I think it’s a worthy purchase

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 10d

Played a 60 point game of Lion Rampant 2 today with my Wars of the Roses collection.

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 14d

I remember a cross channel trip, much better experience than on the ferry and seat belts too.

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 25d

Not just yet I need to finish some projects. Of course what I’d really want is this one.

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 25d

Poached egg on a buttered crumpet is great.

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 25d

Going to one of those at some point

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 25d

Midlam do some great rangers (must paint mine) they are human but hoods are up so they might work for you.

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Paul Baldwin @paulbaldwin.bsky.social · 27d

There was an episode of Rumpole yesterday where a right wing agitator deliberately wanted to lose to martyr himself but Rumpole got him off. He shot himself in his pigeon shed in the end.

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Bad Squiddo Games (Annie) @badsquiddogames.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hannie Shaft, Truus Oversteegen and Freddie Oversteegen were teenagers when WW2 began, and they joined the resistance against the Nazis. All armed, they carried out daring missions of sabotage, assassination, and espionage.

We've made 28mm minis of them!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · Mar 16

Dennis Lushch updated

At the top headed 1985 is the original rate image by Dennis Luce three men at a table there's a dark-skinned man on the left there's a white guy and a hard hat and a high Vis vest on the right and in the middle is Rupert Murdoch the guy in the hard hat has a plate with one cooking on it Robert Murdoch has a plate with a pile of cookies on it Murdock is leaning over to the white guy in the hard hat and saying careful mate that farmer wants your cookie the second panel is the same cartoon updated for 2025 the same image except this time Rupert Murdoch is on top of a mountain of cookies taller than the two other men sitting at the table with him

Really is true that things didn't used to be this bad yeah has time goes on you know lots of what you see is the same over and over again I'm old enough to have seen that and you know every generation complains about kids these days and so forth and certainly the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is a complete that goes back a long long time but no it did not used to be this bad

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Historian in Harness @historianinharness.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Kickstarter for Écorcheurs! is now LIVE!

There's an exclusive scenario to reward backers: The Combat of the Thirty, 1351. One of the most famous chivalric deeds of arms of the 100 Years War.

Backing launches on Sept 18th but register now to stay up to date.

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