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NEW 28 April 2012 - Operations against the Mad Mullah added to the Inch High Club
4 March 2012 - No less than 12 Scenarios for Iraq 1941 added to the Inch High Club
27 December 2011 - Inch High Club Opens with Iraq 1941. History and a guide to making the armies. Scenarios will follow later!
2 October 2011 - Binky and the Hyena Trail Part 2 - The Waterholes
And - Napoleonic Naval using our elderly Airfix warships.
And - A new contents page
And - The Inch High Club coming soon where our 20mm, 25mm, 1/76, 1/72 and other historical games can be found.
NEW 6 September 2011- After a long wait and by public demand
BINKY'S BACK! In a new adventure in Darkest Morvalistan
The Hyena Trail Part 1 - The Slave Market
NEW 3 September 2011 - More Terrain - Victorian Tramp Steamers, A Manor House, Rumanian Cottages.
NEW 31 August 2011 - Another massive update! We have changed the way we update the website and so updates will now be more frequent. Parts of the site will be gradually updated and maybe changed. New Cases for Sherlock at the Bluekilns Wharf, The Case of the Paradys Lady, A walk in the Woods and a Murder Gone Cold as well as the Transylvanian Schloss Grausbad Affair.
24 Ocober 2010 - It has been ages since our last update but here is a bumper issue of Victorian Gothic! Sherlock Holmes in The Bluekiln Wharf Affair, The Case of the Misled Lady and the Participation Game - the Curse of the Crackenwald in the games sections and in the terrain section - how to build a 28mm Manor House suitable for Pulp, Skirmish, Victorian Gothic type or other role playing games.
12 December 2009 Our New Victorian Gothic Rules and two adventures not to mention two new fantasy games to delight you.
19 July 2009 a HUGE section long in the making on how to make your own TERRAIN items cheaply and simply.
18 July 2009 our Public Participation game - Pirates and the Pyramid of Peril. Can you lead your scurvy pirate crew past dragons, traps, pygmies, zombie pirates and other perils into the heart of the pyramid and get to the hidden treasure?
17 November - THE BIG MORVAL EARTH UPDATE - 6 of our games from this year - Catena - Voluptia - Voluptia Part 2 - Tax Assessor - Claux - Treachery at Rues
02 April 2008 - Completely New - WILD WEST - Broken Wheel County - Free Rules, Game Report Aquila Nuova
02 April 2008 the Game we are showing off as our Public Participation Game for 2008 - Peppercorn Settlement Election (or gunfight) - Play it at Wappinshaw, Carronade, Claymore and SKELP
02 April 2008 the last part of Binky and the Staring Skulls of Sakati
10 January 2008 - Binky crosses the swamps in search of the Staring Skulls of Sakati AND Biggles Gets the Bird in our Christmas game.
27 December 2007 - A gallery of the Battle of Hosts - over 1,600 model soldiers locked in combat!
15 June - Pictures of our trip to Egypt's Western Desert Oases.
29 May - some photos of our trip last year to Egypt.
26 May 2007 - Binky and the Aqeda Dagger reaches its stunning close. And a near run thing it was! Binky fights through to Mariba and Binky attacks the Mad Mullah's Lair conclude this adventure for our hero.
11 May 2007 - Gimbals Gillespie and the Lair of the Dragon - a Pulp game in Morvalonesia and The Curse of Queen Neferdidit - A Public Participation Game for 2007, see and play it at Wappinshaw in Glasgow, Carronade in Falkirk, Claymore in Edinburgh and Skelp in Forfar.
23 December 2006 - The Tax Collectors - a pulp game set in Morvalonesia and The Treasure Hunters - our Christmas Game.
2 November 2006 - The Monastery of Death - A Pulp adventure set in the Spanish Civil War. Complete with stats for Howard Whitehouse's rule set "Astounding Tales".
1 November 2006 - Squire's Quest to the Isle of Fey - the prize winning participation game. Complete rules, maps, photographs and a gallery with pictures of the games at Skelp & Claymore.
13 August 2006 - A Biggles Story - Biggles and the Walking Death and SPUGS - a new alien menacing foe.
12 August 2006 - A few changes to some pages and from Claymore in Edinburgh - The Squire's Quest Game and the Gallery
23 July 2006 - A New Binky Adventure. He is dealing with a religious fanatic - Madassah Hattah. 4 new game reports. Also a Dr Who Game Report. AND a new Biggles page.
15 January 2006. Binky Concludes his adventures in the lands of the White Queen with a Lion Hunt. AND a gallery of photos from the playtesting of our Morvalonesia (Pulp meets Back of Beyond) Rules.
AND A NEW GALLERY OF MY WATERCOLOURS
13 November 2005. Updates and new sections - Binky has two new adventures and a new game set in Morvalistan's lost Urzala Andrez valley. If you were at SKELP or Claymore then you might have seen it. And a new Section on Biggles.
30 April 2005. A Stargate test game added.
3 April 2005 Not one, Not two, not even three BUT FOUR new actions added. Two adventures in the continuing travels of Binky -
2. Smoke May Damage Your Health.
3. One new Gallery set in the Lost World of dinosaurs, cavemen and Raquel Welch lookalikes!
4. And finally a Dr Who game.
14 November New page added - How to build Binky's Balloon. Due to popular demand a page on how I made the balloons.
6 November 2004 - Binky and the Balloons - Binky flies to the rescue. He follows up the raiders who made off with captives and cattle.
4 September 2004 - A battle for Binky at Jizuz Noesware.
23 August 2004 - I'm back after an enforced absence in Iraq.
While I've been away HORG! has been published and is available from bookshops.
Today I've put up the Indian Mutiny Pages from my old site and the First Part of Binky's Adventures.
10 August 2003. The SECOND novel in the Morgana Trilogy - HORG! is to released in the Spring of 2004. And new ordering information for Volume 1.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We no longer have any association with GAZELLE so please do not order from them.
24 March 2003 A new Binky Adventure! Binky helps the Italians defeat and capture the dreaded "Grey Ghost" meanwhile rescuing the TREASURES OF LHEDU! Tom Dickson's Colonial Solo Wargaming Page added to LINKS.
8 January HAPPY NEW YEAR! New adventure and hard fought action for Binky and friends at the Pool of the Nir Zisari. And UK WARGAMES added to the links page.
8 December 2002 - New Module for Morval Earth - Damsels in Distress the whole story! Maps, Player info, GM info, Special Rules and the story as we play tested it. More that 40 people have played this in public in any one of a dozen games.
12 October 2002 - New Battle Report - Binky and the Royal Regalia. Binky and co help King Ribi N'aa to recover his ceremonial regalia from the evil slavers. And a new Link to Geo Gibson's Techromancer's Sanctum.
5 October 2002 - Two new Battles - The latest module in Morval Earth - Can you rescue the prisoners? AND Mars Attacks Morvalistan!
28 August 2002 - The latest adventure in Binky's quest to rescue his lost love. He fights his way through the dreaded Gates of Anakrum. Also games masters aids for Morval Earth.
3 August 2002 - A gallery showing some of the many players of all ages who enjoyed our public participation game. Click here. The next chance to try is at Border Reivers.
16 June 2002 - New Section on MARS and Victorian Space begun with Terry Sofian's Bug Wars pages added.
3 June 2002 - The adventures of Binky Kingsley Crowne continue as he clears out a pirates' nest at Zomm el Ohle and attempts the rescue of damsels in distress. A new scenario and battle report here. Some new Links added and others updated.
25 May 2002 - - Details of how to order updated to allow for UK and international credit card orders.
13 May 2002 - Details of Glasgow launch of "EXILED!" at the Borders Bookshop Buchanan Street (select "Glasgow" on their site) - on 25th July at 7:00 pm Slim will be giving a talk on Wargaming, Role Playing and there will be a display of model soldiers and, maybe, a demonstration/ participation game.
11 May 2002 - LOOK OUT- Publication of "EXILED!" only 2 weeks way. The awaited first volume of the Morgana Trilogy will be published on 28 May (all things being well).
John Mumford, known to us all as SLIM will be in Ottakars Bookshop George Street in Edinburgh on Thursday 6 June (D-DAY) from 16:30 until 21:00. He will autograph books and talk to enthusiasts about the story, the models and the campaign.
DON'T MISS "EXILED!". The cover price is only £7.95 from bookshops or £9.00 including UK postage. Order it here.
New Links to the UNIVERSAL GENERAL
22 March 2002- Pictures of the Cover of "EXILED" added.
26 December- Merry Christmas Scenario and rules for "All the Cattle in the World Belong to the Gaasai". The same cattle raid as below but set in Morvalistan. Not a single firearm or white man in this game!
16 December Scenario and rules for "The Kine Are Mine" - a cattle raid in Morval Earth
7 October - Battle report as the redoubtable Bertram (Binky) Kingsley-Crowne cruises down the Nile.
16 September Scenario, rules and pictures for a new module - The Mission to kill the Witch Queen Bettrys.
17 August Scenario and Rules for the fantasy game "Retribution in Ekthalon".
30 July 2001 Information about Claymore 2001 added here. New links added for South East Scotland Wargames Club and Victorian Military Society.
Last Updated: 28 April, 2012