Rendezvous in the Western Approaches

"Little Creatures" - the must stop brewery in Fremantle

This week Comrade James and I were independently on the West coast of Australia for our respective employers, far flung from our usual haunts.  What was to be be done? Pizza, Beers, Hobby shopping and games of course!

A pilgrimage to the famous Hobby Shop "Tactics" in Perth - a great selection of goodness. Hobby dollars were spent without remorse, including some great pickups for our growing Aeronautica Imperialis collection.

After a pizza and a few pints, it was down to buisness, starting with an old favourite game of ours: Flying Circus. This a WW1 version of GMT's Down in Flames series which we have played to death over the decades, and it never fails to entertain (especially with Spotify playing WW1 trench songs in the background)

And then it was time for something completely different: Steam Torpedo which despite its confusing rules explanations, turned into quite an absorbing game of sub v sub combat in a Dieselpunk theme (with Hunt for Red Octiber themes in the background of course)

Overall, a fab way to spend a day far from home with a mate you've been gaming with for 30 years!

February Hobby Round Up

Well another month has passed.  I've been on the road/water quite a bit, and Reilly has returned to weekly Kill Team games at the local GW shop which is fun. We have built our new hobby lights, which we like to call the "Dual Halo Effect" (those only ones we are likely to collect!) - cheesy, but it lets us both have good light to sit together for hobby time.

I also caught up with Comrade James and had a very fun experience with his Aeronautica Imperialis collection. How fun? Yes, you can guess...

And finally, my 13yr olds niece has been DMing us through some wonderful TTRPG adventures, hooked up over Skype and with my kids playing too. Its been a real hoot to see gaming through her new eyes and helping her present her great stories. (we are using the Four Against Darkness rules set at the moment)

Looking ahead, AHPC will close out shortly and I'm on track to meet my modest target

The unofficial AHPC motto