Richard Cruadhlaoich
@locounterpane.bsky.social
Sheffield-based wargamer and blogger.
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Designing Historical Scenarios
What follows is an article I originally wrote for Lard Magazine. In the end I didn't submit it because I decided I'd be preaching to the alr...
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Just giving this Bluesky thing a whirl.
Here’s an article I did about designing wargames scenarios.
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Here’s an article I did about designing wargames scenarios.
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I’m running “Calais 1940 - The Road to St Omer” at Joy of 6 this summer. This evening I upgraded the paint job on the 6mm scale 3RTR I first painted about a quarter of a century ago.
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I’m running “Calais 1940 - The Road to St Omer” at Joy of 6 this summer. This evening I upgraded the paint job on the 6mm scale 3RTR I first painted about a quarter of a century ago.
I picked up a couple of 3D printed bison at Wirral Warboot back in the Summer. Useful for What a Cowboy or in Glorantha!
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I picked up a couple of 3D printed bison at Wirral Warboot back in the Summer. Useful for What a Cowboy or in Glorantha!
This is Nick. Nick has just played his first ever Wargame, taking on the role of Islander Bey, the renegade Turkish officer who believes himself to be Alexander the Great reborn. After his performance in the game, I think he may be.
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is Nick. Nick has just played his first ever Wargame, taking on the role of Islander Bey, the renegade Turkish officer who believes himself to be Alexander the Great reborn. After his performance in the game, I think he may be.
Andreivia 1918: Set up for a game of Arc of Fire tomorrow with two complete novices as far as wargaming is concerned.
January 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Andreivia 1918: Set up for a game of Arc of Fire tomorrow with two complete novices as far as wargaming is concerned.
I had a go at a Traveller (sci-fi RPG) adaptation of What A Cartel over the Xmas holiday. The write-up of the game is on The Land of Counterpane.
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Xmas Games 2025 part two
Having completed Saturday's Gangs of Rome game I had to try and get my brain around a second set of rules in four days! Fortunately What A ...
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January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I had a go at a Traveller (sci-fi RPG) adaptation of What A Cartel over the Xmas holiday. The write-up of the game is on The Land of Counterpane.
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Terrific game of What A Traveller today; a homebrew sci-fi adaptation of What A Cartel.
December 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Terrific game of What A Traveller today; a homebrew sci-fi adaptation of What A Cartel.
This year’s haul of gaming-related Crimbo pressies including the airbrush recommended by @nellkyn.bsky.social. Thanks!
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This year’s haul of gaming-related Crimbo pressies including the airbrush recommended by @nellkyn.bsky.social. Thanks!
@markbackhouse29.bsky.social here are my Joy Division Oven Gloves (in 2020).
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
@markbackhouse29.bsky.social here are my Joy Division Oven Gloves (in 2020).
I want to have the option of reroofing work in progress on one of my Roman buildings. I designed and 3D printed some tegulae and stuck them to stone-textured plasticard bases.
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I want to have the option of reroofing work in progress on one of my Roman buildings. I designed and 3D printed some tegulae and stuck them to stone-textured plasticard bases.
First playtest of What a Traveller (based on John Savage’s What a Cartel). Inside the starport security building: Bay Falango shoots Stanlie Molotoff in the back.
December 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
First playtest of What a Traveller (based on John Savage’s What a Cartel). Inside the starport security building: Bay Falango shoots Stanlie Molotoff in the back.
Another antediluvian Gamma World mini.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Another antediluvian Gamma World mini.
First go at airbrushing. A fictional RNZAF Folland Gnat.
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
First go at airbrushing. A fictional RNZAF Folland Gnat.
What do we think? I have a fourth Airfix Folland Gnat kit. I’ve already built a Yellowjacks one, a Red Arrows aircraft, and a plane in the colours of an RAF training squadron.
Should I go for the Hot Shots movie scheme or a totally fictional “what if”, say Royal Canadian Air Force colours?
Should I go for the Hot Shots movie scheme or a totally fictional “what if”, say Royal Canadian Air Force colours?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What do we think? I have a fourth Airfix Folland Gnat kit. I’ve already built a Yellowjacks one, a Red Arrows aircraft, and a plane in the colours of an RAF training squadron.
Should I go for the Hot Shots movie scheme or a totally fictional “what if”, say Royal Canadian Air Force colours?
Should I go for the Hot Shots movie scheme or a totally fictional “what if”, say Royal Canadian Air Force colours?
A blast from the past (or perhaps from a horrific future?) in the form of a 40+ year old Gamma World miniature from Grenadier. Newly painted for possible use in What A Cowboy/Traveller mashup this Xmas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A blast from the past (or perhaps from a horrific future?) in the form of a 40+ year old Gamma World miniature from Grenadier. Newly painted for possible use in What A Cowboy/Traveller mashup this Xmas.
Airfix 1/76th scale Type 97 Chi-Ha. Built straight out of the box.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Airfix 1/76th scale Type 97 Chi-Ha. Built straight out of the box.
I really enjoyed running two games of “Running from Bull Run” at Posh Lard yesterday. Thanks Al, Lewis, and Kev for being such brilliant players!
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I really enjoyed running two games of “Running from Bull Run” at Posh Lard yesterday. Thanks Al, Lewis, and Kev for being such brilliant players!
Warbases horreum being upgraded with 3D printed roof tiles.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Warbases horreum being upgraded with 3D printed roof tiles.
Twenty five years after the publication of our book of Blitzkrieg 1940 scenarios for TacWWII, I’ve now got a period appropriate map (actually War Department 1915) and a much better idea of the scope of 3RTR’s clash with 10th Panzer’s rearguard.
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Twenty five years after the publication of our book of Blitzkrieg 1940 scenarios for TacWWII, I’ve now got a period appropriate map (actually War Department 1915) and a much better idea of the scope of 3RTR’s clash with 10th Panzer’s rearguard.
My style of basing wargaming miniatures isn’t particularly spectacular but I’ve reached a standard that I’m not happy with so I thought I’d share the technique.
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Basing miniatures - how I do it
Having settled on a method for basing miniatures that seems to work for me, I thought it might be helpful to share the 'recipe'. My aim is t...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My style of basing wargaming miniatures isn’t particularly spectacular but I’ve reached a standard that I’m not happy with so I thought I’d share the technique.
thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.com/2025/11/basi...
thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.com/2025/11/basi...
Just trying to get my head around an Operation Bagration scenario in an old copy of WSS magazine. There are few things quite as annoying as reading that an attack took place between obscure places A and B, neither of which is on the map accompanying the article!
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Just trying to get my head around an Operation Bagration scenario in an old copy of WSS magazine. There are few things quite as annoying as reading that an attack took place between obscure places A and B, neither of which is on the map accompanying the article!
I’ve created a possible use for Bad Squiddo’s “The Seer”model in Gangs of Rome.
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More for Rome
I've added a few more figures to the Gangs of Rome collection. First up is the Bad Squiddo miniature "The Seer". My thinking at present is ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’ve created a possible use for Bad Squiddo’s “The Seer”model in Gangs of Rome.
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My modules for the outskirts of Coquelles in 1940. Intended for when I run The Road to St Omer at Joy of Six 2026.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My modules for the outskirts of Coquelles in 1940. Intended for when I run The Road to St Omer at Joy of Six 2026.
This morning’s trip to Fiasco saw me acquire a new character figure that I reckon can be made to fit Gangs of Rome.
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This morning’s trip to Fiasco saw me acquire a new character figure that I reckon can be made to fit Gangs of Rome.
Marcus Didius Falco-themed Pulp Alley game by the Sally 4th guys at Fiasco today. Most inspiring!
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Marcus Didius Falco-themed Pulp Alley game by the Sally 4th guys at Fiasco today. Most inspiring!
Two of the great dragons of Napoleonic wargaming. At Patriot Games, Sheffield this afternoon.
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Two of the great dragons of Napoleonic wargaming. At Patriot Games, Sheffield this afternoon.