Andy Crow
@andycrow.bsky.social
Come for the weak wit, stay for the toy soldiers.
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Played #7DTRR on Tuesday eve with @andycrow.bsky.social, Jack and Phil. I'd clearly forgotten how bad my Danes were equipped (I had a vague memory of the previous game we played being quite close and thought they were better than they are...)
Ordered some Leopard reinforcements for next time! 😀
Ordered some Leopard reinforcements for next time! 😀
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Played #7DTRR on Tuesday eve with @andycrow.bsky.social, Jack and Phil. I'd clearly forgotten how bad my Danes were equipped (I had a vague memory of the previous game we played being quite close and thought they were better than they are...)
Ordered some Leopard reinforcements for next time! 😀
Ordered some Leopard reinforcements for next time! 😀
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November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Thanks for umpiring. Enjoyed the new elements in CoC2 that seemed to keep both sides actively involved, and offered new tactical options.
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thanks for umpiring. Enjoyed the new elements in CoC2 that seemed to keep both sides actively involved, and offered new tactical options.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Had a nice afternoon putting some Lard veterans through their first run of CoC2 set in Crrte. The Fallschirmjager overcame a tough start, to push round the right flank and break the doughty Kiwis defence. Terrain and miniatures courtesy of Rob, dodgy umpiring by me. #SpreadTheLard
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Had a nice afternoon putting some Lard veterans through their first run of CoC2 set in Crrte. The Fallschirmjager overcame a tough start, to push round the right flank and break the doughty Kiwis defence. Terrain and miniatures courtesy of Rob, dodgy umpiring by me. #SpreadTheLard
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Lot of fun in the 6mm Desert War with #ArmouredStorm last night as Phil's DAK squeezed out a bloody victory against @andycrow.bsky.social's 8th Army. Man of the Match award to the Panzer II zug who took out three Matilda's at (very) close range! #joyofsix
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Lot of fun in the 6mm Desert War with #ArmouredStorm last night as Phil's DAK squeezed out a bloody victory against @andycrow.bsky.social's 8th Army. Man of the Match award to the Panzer II zug who took out three Matilda's at (very) close range! #joyofsix
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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This January I’m launching an online course for people passionate about History. This isn’t a historian telling you things, it’s designed to turn you from a vociferous reader into someone who is starting to think like a historian themselves… Sign up details: introtohistory.eventbrite.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This January I’m launching an online course for people passionate about History. This isn’t a historian telling you things, it’s designed to turn you from a vociferous reader into someone who is starting to think like a historian themselves… Sign up details: introtohistory.eventbrite.com
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To book a place, please PayPal philsfigures@gmail.com (friends and family) £12 (adding a note that it is for “Winter Wonder Lard V”) or £22 (adding a note that it is for “Winter Wonder Lard VI and Curry”). Please include your name. #SpreadTheLard
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
To book a place, please PayPal philsfigures@gmail.com (friends and family) £12 (adding a note that it is for “Winter Wonder Lard V”) or £22 (adding a note that it is for “Winter Wonder Lard VI and Curry”). Please include your name. #SpreadTheLard
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Winter Wonder Lard VI (I’m Too Sixy For My Lard), Bristol’s premier Lardy day, will be held on Saturday 7th February 2026 at Bristol Independent Gaming.
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Winter Wonder Lard VI (I’m Too Sixy For My Lard), Bristol’s premier Lardy day, will be held on Saturday 7th February 2026 at Bristol Independent Gaming.
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
Ay caramba!
The scale of the B-36 is hard to measure when the aircraft is on its own. So here is a pic of a B-18 Bolo (at the back), a B-17 (in the front), a B-29 (on the left), and the B-36, dominating the space.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ay caramba!
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If you are interested in putting on a game please email steve_blease@yahoo.co.uk with some details on the game you would like to put on, table size, how many players you can accommodate and whether you would like to run it in both morning and afternoon sessions, or just once...
October 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you are interested in putting on a game please email steve_blease@yahoo.co.uk with some details on the game you would like to put on, table size, how many players you can accommodate and whether you would like to run it in both morning and afternoon sessions, or just once...
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Winter Wonder Lard VI, Bristol’s premier Lardy day will be held at Bristol Independent Gaming on Saturday 7th February 2026.
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Winter Wonder Lard VI, Bristol’s premier Lardy day will be held at Bristol Independent Gaming on Saturday 7th February 2026.
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
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You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
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Trying to keep myself sane during shutdown with a Pint Sized Campaign for Chain of Command, with a twist. @herrbrush67.bsky.social & @andycrow.bsky.social will be acting as COs, choosing supports and issuing broad orders for each game and I’ll play the actions out. #spreadthelard
October 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trying to keep myself sane during shutdown with a Pint Sized Campaign for Chain of Command, with a twist. @herrbrush67.bsky.social & @andycrow.bsky.social will be acting as COs, choosing supports and issuing broad orders for each game and I’ll play the actions out. #spreadthelard
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Okay in the grand scheme of things, that didnt take a million years and has come out pretty well for this scale.
Just 8 more to go now...
And the Fox's
And the FV432...
Oh god.
#Teamyankee
#Berlinbrigade
Just 8 more to go now...
And the Fox's
And the FV432...
Oh god.
#Teamyankee
#Berlinbrigade
October 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Okay in the grand scheme of things, that didnt take a million years and has come out pretty well for this scale.
Just 8 more to go now...
And the Fox's
And the FV432...
Oh god.
#Teamyankee
#Berlinbrigade
Just 8 more to go now...
And the Fox's
And the FV432...
Oh god.
#Teamyankee
#Berlinbrigade
Any bluesky chums heading to the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference in Bristol on Saturday?
October 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Any bluesky chums heading to the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference in Bristol on Saturday?
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Amazon. This series.
October 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Amazon. This series.
Can the hivemind help me towards finding some books published by either the Australian or New Zealand govts on the WW2 operations? I'm sure I remember @toofatlardies.bsky.social singing their praises a while back, but can't seem to find anything that matches my memory!
October 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Can the hivemind help me towards finding some books published by either the Australian or New Zealand govts on the WW2 operations? I'm sure I remember @toofatlardies.bsky.social singing their praises a while back, but can't seem to find anything that matches my memory!
Unexpected consequences of a holiday in Crete... Nice to be able to get a full platoon for Chain of Command out of a box of Perry Desert Rats! #SpreadTheLard
September 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Unexpected consequences of a holiday in Crete... Nice to be able to get a full platoon for Chain of Command out of a box of Perry Desert Rats! #SpreadTheLard
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Great game of #ArmouredStorm with @andycrow.bsky.social last night. Three platoons of Matilda II's forlornly tried to hold off Panzer Armee Afrika until reinforcements arrived but initial successes soon turned sour as the PzIII's and IV's wreaked havoc when they got in close...
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Great game of #ArmouredStorm with @andycrow.bsky.social last night. Three platoons of Matilda II's forlornly tried to hold off Panzer Armee Afrika until reinforcements arrived but initial successes soon turned sour as the PzIII's and IV's wreaked havoc when they got in close...
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More #ArmouredStorm last night as @andycrow.bsky.social & I introduced Phil to the game. Initially it looked like an easy victory for the DAK as they stopped the British on the right flank, but the left turned into a bloody battle before ultimately Phil's Germans won the day...
September 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
More #ArmouredStorm last night as @andycrow.bsky.social & I introduced Phil to the game. Initially it looked like an easy victory for the DAK as they stopped the British on the right flank, but the left turned into a bloody battle before ultimately Phil's Germans won the day...
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When I was at Anglia TV about 25 yrs ago, a girl in our office sent out a team email that said, “It’s been a crap Monday, who wants to come to my flat for a smoke?” Sadly she sent it to everyone in ITV. Melvyn was one of the first to reply with “That sounds lovely but sadly I’m filming in Newcastle”
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
When I was at Anglia TV about 25 yrs ago, a girl in our office sent out a team email that said, “It’s been a crap Monday, who wants to come to my flat for a smoke?” Sadly she sent it to everyone in ITV. Melvyn was one of the first to reply with “That sounds lovely but sadly I’m filming in Newcastle”
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@andycrow.bsky.social & I tried our Dan Mersey's #ArmouredStorm company level Western Desert tank rules last night. Great little game, the use of the Tactics Board to choose orders (and prevent your opponent picking the ones they want) is really clever. Lot of fun and two close battles.
August 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@andycrow.bsky.social & I tried our Dan Mersey's #ArmouredStorm company level Western Desert tank rules last night. Great little game, the use of the Tactics Board to choose orders (and prevent your opponent picking the ones they want) is really clever. Lot of fun and two close battles.
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Game four of the #ForceOnForce campaign was a night rescue with intel received the POW's were being held in a Tamarud Alghurab compound. Hummers sped through the dark streets whilst an M2 smashed through the compound wall. The POWs were rescued but one rescuer was KIA fighting insurgent fanatics.
August 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Game four of the #ForceOnForce campaign was a night rescue with intel received the POW's were being held in a Tamarud Alghurab compound. Hummers sped through the dark streets whilst an M2 smashed through the compound wall. The POWs were rescued but one rescuer was KIA fighting insurgent fanatics.