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Dave Kershaw

@davekershaw.bsky.social

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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.

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · Nov 17

My entire #2mm pike & shot army. I estimate 1200 cavalry and 4000 infantry.

2mm painted infantry and cavalry from Irregular miniatures. You can see tercios and more traditional pike and shot bases. Based on MDF bases from Warbases and flocked.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 14h

Inspired by @davekershaw.bsky.social ‘s efforts I thought I would get on with upping the visual tactile side of the Dublin Castle playtest materials with some blocks (dice show forces so keeping cubicle makes some sense).

Six 2 centimetre square blocks with Crown side stickers.

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 23h

Looks like a lot of fun. DM me if you want to have a go at my game, which uses the same system as Bonaparte's Eastern Empire.

Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 23h

This game starts with Hoche in 1796, it then allows the Batavian effort of 1797, as well as the latter efforts. Getting Hoche to Ireland is not easy with the weather and, once alerted, the royal navy. My opponent was especially inept with dice rolling though!

Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 1d

Missing the Ottomans who stood with them (well, some of them did).

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Ian TB @iantb.bsky.social · 1d

Weekend #wargaming—some players thought the standard “Wings of Glory” scenario I run should be, well, even harder, so I’m adding dynamic weather in the form of moving clouds to unpredictably obscure bombing targets. Didn’t hurt it gave me an excuse to acquire a new map as well.

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 1d

Adaption of the "Limits of Glory" system, as used in Form Square games, like "Bonaparte's Eastern Empire".

Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 1d

Correct. He's going to publish it hopefully. It'll be demoed at his convention in January.

Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 2d

Good author! I didn't know any other books apart from 1814 were translated.

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Henry Hyde @battlegames.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds

Bacteria for paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever found in DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 2d

1798 rebellion. As per history, the French utterly failed to turn up and, despite a brief capture of Belfast, the United Irishmen were pushed into Donegal and I won.

Map of Ireland in 1796 with various commanders and armies dotted around

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 2d

There's a reason I always avoided ASL.

Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 2d

Learning game of Congress of Vienna. This one is very complex. Took us 2 hours to muddle through one turn of 10.

The game after the first turn. Very complicated looking board with lots of cards, counters, and wooden bits.

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Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 6d

Really made some progress today!

Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 6d

Another playtest of True Commands Ancients today with @gamingthepast.bsky.social . Today we worked on facing, morale & rally, which brought up other commander moves as well.

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 4d

Playtesting The Charge, a light-hearted wargame about the charger of the light brigade. I got 67 of required 70 victory points here. So close. But then I also lost most of the light brigade, so it was a grand failure which unfortunately I couldn't blame on a subordinate.

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Grant @pushingcardboard.bsky.social · 7d

Unboxing Desert Blitzkrieg

Check out this new point-to-point game on the war in the western desert in World War II from Compass Games. Low counter count, and card-assisted, with a mounted mapboard.

Desert Blitzkrieg Unboxing

Check out this new point-to-point game on the war in the western desert in World War II from Compass Games. Low counter count, and card-assisted, with a mounted mapboard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by Noble Knight

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Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 9d

Speak of the devil: Look who just received her first proof! 🎲✂️

Heavenly Bodies came out great (even with some small graphical improvements I’ve made since then!)

With this in hand, I’m now gonna hit *send* on the full order of 50! Wish me luck!

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 7d

Necron dice. Almost unreadable

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🇺🇦 Keeper Dave 🇺🇦 @keeperdave.bsky.social · 9d

Finished off another unit for my #warmaster Araby army. Knights, proxies using @pendraken.bsky.social’s Arabs. #warhammerfantasy #theoldworld #10mm #warhammercommunity

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Hot Lead Actual 🍁 🇺🇦 🌈 @jamesmanto.bsky.social · 8d

Some Slave Holders Rebellion in 15mm using "Carnage and Glory" #wargaming

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Richard Naylor @wargamesodyssey.bsky.social · 8d

This week I have been mainly painting German Battleships (Helgoland and König classes) and Light Cruisers (Bremen (2 ships at rear of picture), Gazelle (1) and Königsberg (2 at front) classes).

1/4800 Ark Royal Miniatures ships #NavalWargaming

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 8d

Lots of unarmed soldiers. 8 per mg?

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TableTopBill @tabletopbill.bsky.social · 8d

100% This!!!!!!!
#Warhammer

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Hutch @hutchinlondon.bsky.social · 10d

The first of my Arnhem Heroes that has been fully blocked in and washed. First relayering of the trousers done, and few more shade of highlights left on those, and then weapons and webbing and weathering.

#spreadthelard

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 10d

If this great thread has crossed your timeline as it has mine, then you might enjoy this clip from SOE agent Harry Rée's interview with the Imperial War Museum. He describes his fistfight with a German of the Sicherheitsdienst, or SS Security Service.

Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 11d

so I was going back through old files and I try not to jerk off in the mirror too much about my own work but I really was touched by the noodly hand of the muse here

its a one page RPG called Trapped in a Cabin with Lord Byron, and I'm not typing it all out because its very wordy and if you dob me in to the disability police I will come to your house and throw a lemon at you

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