Dave Kershaw
@davekershaw.bsky.social
Middle-aged man living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I like wargaming, miniatures and boardgames. Even GW things, especially Blood bowl.
I've published boardgames with White Dog Games and Dietz. Own chickens and sighthounds. Foodie. Autistic kids.
I've published boardgames with White Dog Games and Dietz. Own chickens and sighthounds. Foodie. Autistic kids.
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Dave Kershaw
@davekershaw.bsky.social
· Nov 17
My entire #2mm pike & shot army. I estimate 1200 cavalry and 4000 infantry.
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Hey everyone, just hope you’re all doing well, and my sympathies to those that aren’t. It’s a challenging time of year for those of us who are self-employed, so when it comes to choosing Xmas gifts, please consider buying from small businesses and solo craftspeople. It really makes a difference. 🎄
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hey everyone, just hope you’re all doing well, and my sympathies to those that aren’t. It’s a challenging time of year for those of us who are self-employed, so when it comes to choosing Xmas gifts, please consider buying from small businesses and solo craftspeople. It really makes a difference. 🎄
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Selling my used, but in good condition collection of rapid fire rules, extra rules and supplements.
Ideally as a set
£27.50 Inc UK post
Pm if interested
Ideally as a set
£27.50 Inc UK post
Pm if interested
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Selling my used, but in good condition collection of rapid fire rules, extra rules and supplements.
Ideally as a set
£27.50 Inc UK post
Pm if interested
Ideally as a set
£27.50 Inc UK post
Pm if interested
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What's your preferred platform for group chats: SMS, Facebook messenger, whatsapp, telegram, discord, something else?
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What's your preferred platform for group chats: SMS, Facebook messenger, whatsapp, telegram, discord, something else?
@thesoilassociation.bsky.social you must be aware of this?
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
@thesoilassociation.bsky.social you must be aware of this?
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For #FinishedFriday yet another base for my #Midgard Middle Imperial Romans. Figures as ever by Victrix and A&A with Aventine heads. Some shields by @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social . Backdrop by @handiworkgames.bsky.social
#MiniPainting #HistoricalWargaming #MiniaturePainting #Wargaming
#MiniPainting #HistoricalWargaming #MiniaturePainting #Wargaming
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
For #FinishedFriday yet another base for my #Midgard Middle Imperial Romans. Figures as ever by Victrix and A&A with Aventine heads. Some shields by @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social . Backdrop by @handiworkgames.bsky.social
#MiniPainting #HistoricalWargaming #MiniaturePainting #Wargaming
#MiniPainting #HistoricalWargaming #MiniaturePainting #Wargaming
Played games at Boundary brewery boardgames night. Flamme Rouge, a clever cycling game where you have to manage your riders carefully to emerge victorious. Survive: Escape from Atlantis, a silly fun game about escaping a shrinking island while avoiding whales, sharks and sea monsters.
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Played games at Boundary brewery boardgames night. Flamme Rouge, a clever cycling game where you have to manage your riders carefully to emerge victorious. Survive: Escape from Atlantis, a silly fun game about escaping a shrinking island while avoiding whales, sharks and sea monsters.
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🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
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Going to start posting model builds on here. Here's my most recently finished kit, MiniArt's 1/35 SU-76M.
#histscalemodels
#histscalemodels
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Going to start posting model builds on here. Here's my most recently finished kit, MiniArt's 1/35 SU-76M.
#histscalemodels
#histscalemodels
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Early Byzantine Unarmoured Skutatoi/Toxatoi Unit 2
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Early Byzantine Unarmoured Skutatoi/Toxatoi Unit 2
Möckern, 1813, at the battle of Leipzig. My French cavalry prepare to advance to prop up the crumbling defences on the hill which are being routed by Prussians. Spoiler: they failed, but their artillery did not and made the hill very much a no-go area for the Prussians. 15mm minis.
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Möckern, 1813, at the battle of Leipzig. My French cavalry prepare to advance to prop up the crumbling defences on the hill which are being routed by Prussians. Spoiler: they failed, but their artillery did not and made the hill very much a no-go area for the Prussians. 15mm minis.
Back to the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion and this time they won without the French ever making it over to help. A first.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Back to the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion and this time they won without the French ever making it over to help. A first.
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I suspect we have all got enough gaming stuff already.
But if you could get just one thing as a gift or surprise, what would you like?
(I’d probably go for a stand alone game with miniatures as it would be a nice painting project that I might even get to play?)
But if you could get just one thing as a gift or surprise, what would you like?
(I’d probably go for a stand alone game with miniatures as it would be a nice painting project that I might even get to play?)
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I suspect we have all got enough gaming stuff already.
But if you could get just one thing as a gift or surprise, what would you like?
(I’d probably go for a stand alone game with miniatures as it would be a nice painting project that I might even get to play?)
But if you could get just one thing as a gift or surprise, what would you like?
(I’d probably go for a stand alone game with miniatures as it would be a nice painting project that I might even get to play?)
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Building a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals. It allows historians to demonstrate that, unlike today where the armed forces specialise, the medieval soldier would have served repeatedly across different theatres of war. theconversation.com/we-built-a-d...
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Building a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals. It allows historians to demonstrate that, unlike today where the armed forces specialise, the medieval soldier would have served repeatedly across different theatres of war. theconversation.com/we-built-a-d...
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🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨
Crime rates soared by 60% during World War II? In our latest episode, Mark Ellis reveals stories of looters and black marketeers in wartime Britain. Tune in to uncover the dark realities behind the Blitz spirit!
Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/35d37d
#History #Podcast #WWII #TrueCrime
Crime rates soared by 60% during World War II? In our latest episode, Mark Ellis reveals stories of looters and black marketeers in wartime Britain. Tune in to uncover the dark realities behind the Blitz spirit!
Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/35d37d
#History #Podcast #WWII #TrueCrime
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨
Crime rates soared by 60% during World War II? In our latest episode, Mark Ellis reveals stories of looters and black marketeers in wartime Britain. Tune in to uncover the dark realities behind the Blitz spirit!
Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/35d37d
#History #Podcast #WWII #TrueCrime
Crime rates soared by 60% during World War II? In our latest episode, Mark Ellis reveals stories of looters and black marketeers in wartime Britain. Tune in to uncover the dark realities behind the Blitz spirit!
Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/35d37d
#History #Podcast #WWII #TrueCrime
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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This week’s feature is the first part of my undergrad dissertation on the reasons for the collapse of the Luftwaffe - if you like part one let me know and I’ll write up part 2!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe's collapse was caused by itself
The musings of 21 year old Chris in his Dissertation
jerijerod14.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This week’s feature is the first part of my undergrad dissertation on the reasons for the collapse of the Luftwaffe - if you like part one let me know and I’ll write up part 2!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
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When I'm not painting warhams I run a small press publishing company specializing in horror fiction, occult art books, enamel pins, and even an RPG. Anyway, it's all 25% off this week so give me your filthy dollars.
StrixPublishing
Horror, Scifi, & Games of superior quality since 2015.
strixpublishing.patternbyetsy.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
When I'm not painting warhams I run a small press publishing company specializing in horror fiction, occult art books, enamel pins, and even an RPG. Anyway, it's all 25% off this week so give me your filthy dollars.
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My morning game was a super Bosworth bash using Midgard, run by the game’s creator himself @mogsymakes.bsky.social aka James Morris. The pesky Stanley’s turned on me so Henry Tudor copped it. Sorry Henry.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My morning game was a super Bosworth bash using Midgard, run by the game’s creator himself @mogsymakes.bsky.social aka James Morris. The pesky Stanley’s turned on me so Henry Tudor copped it. Sorry Henry.
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The 15mm scale diorama of rhe Siege of Groningen in 1672, made by members of my wargames club, in the St Martins church.
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The 15mm scale diorama of rhe Siege of Groningen in 1672, made by members of my wargames club, in the St Martins church.
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Ideal Christmas presents for lovers of Hadrian's Wall and walking in the historic landscapes of northern England.
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ideal Christmas presents for lovers of Hadrian's Wall and walking in the historic landscapes of northern England.
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30 days of memorials part 21.
Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim.
The small memorial at Henly Gate close to Prospect House in Carrickfergus commemorates the soldiers of 3rd (Rumbeke) Infantry Brigade, Belgian Army who trained in the area in 1945. It features a plaque and pair of sculpted military boots.
Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim.
The small memorial at Henly Gate close to Prospect House in Carrickfergus commemorates the soldiers of 3rd (Rumbeke) Infantry Brigade, Belgian Army who trained in the area in 1945. It features a plaque and pair of sculpted military boots.
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
30 days of memorials part 21.
Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim.
The small memorial at Henly Gate close to Prospect House in Carrickfergus commemorates the soldiers of 3rd (Rumbeke) Infantry Brigade, Belgian Army who trained in the area in 1945. It features a plaque and pair of sculpted military boots.
Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim.
The small memorial at Henly Gate close to Prospect House in Carrickfergus commemorates the soldiers of 3rd (Rumbeke) Infantry Brigade, Belgian Army who trained in the area in 1945. It features a plaque and pair of sculpted military boots.
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Regular reminder that the full set of German intelligence assessments for Operation CRUSADER is here, together with some explanations and background.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
Panzerarmee Intelligence Reports
The table below gives easy access to the daily reports. The background to these reports is as set out below. The reports were made daily to the High Command of the Army’s Foreign Armies West …
rommelsriposte.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Regular reminder that the full set of German intelligence assessments for Operation CRUSADER is here, together with some explanations and background.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
Another 3-player game of Arabian Struggle and House Saud wins again. Unfortunately, this time I was playing the Rashidis. Good comeback from the Saudis who looked wiped out in the first era with me talking a big lead, but they came back with lots of attacks right at the end to overtake for the win.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Another 3-player game of Arabian Struggle and House Saud wins again. Unfortunately, this time I was playing the Rashidis. Good comeback from the Saudis who looked wiped out in the first era with me talking a big lead, but they came back with lots of attacks right at the end to overtake for the win.
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Aldi is selling wargaming terrain now?
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Aldi is selling wargaming terrain now?