Andy Crow
@andycrow.bsky.social
Come for the weak wit, stay for the toy soldiers.
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TWO TICKETS have become available for Winter Wonder Lard VI on 7th Feb at Bristol Independent Gaming!!!
If you previously missed out and want to join the fun email they cost is £12 each and will get your two games.
Email philsfigures@gmail.com #SpreadTheLard #WWLVI
If you previously missed out and want to join the fun email they cost is £12 each and will get your two games.
Email philsfigures@gmail.com #SpreadTheLard #WWLVI
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM
TWO TICKETS have become available for Winter Wonder Lard VI on 7th Feb at Bristol Independent Gaming!!!
If you previously missed out and want to join the fun email they cost is £12 each and will get your two games.
Email philsfigures@gmail.com #SpreadTheLard #WWLVI
If you previously missed out and want to join the fun email they cost is £12 each and will get your two games.
Email philsfigures@gmail.com #SpreadTheLard #WWLVI
The lord smiles upon us, as another episode of Game of War is unearthed on YouTube! #Kriegsspiel, cardigans and Angela Rippon. Lovely stuff. youtu.be/PauN2sthVAE?...
Game Of War - Episode 1 (3rd August 1997)
YouTube video by neverrrainy
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January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The lord smiles upon us, as another episode of Game of War is unearthed on YouTube! #Kriegsspiel, cardigans and Angela Rippon. Lovely stuff. youtu.be/PauN2sthVAE?...
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Battle report of the #BattlegroupNORTHAG game @andycrow.bsky.social and I played on Saturday. Not even Pravda could put a gloss on this...
Battlegroup NORTHAG: Setback at Sorga
Saturday saw the first game of 2026 as Andy and I went down Bristol Independent Gaming to play another game of Battlegroup NORTHAG using m...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Battle report of the #BattlegroupNORTHAG game @andycrow.bsky.social and I played on Saturday. Not even Pravda could put a gloss on this...
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Disaster for the Soviet forces attempting to liberate '80's West Germany in today's 6mm #BattlegroupNORTHAG game as @andycrow.bsky.social's US forces managed to told back my armoured horde...
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Disaster for the Soviet forces attempting to liberate '80's West Germany in today's 6mm #BattlegroupNORTHAG game as @andycrow.bsky.social's US forces managed to told back my armoured horde...
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Managed to finish the 6mm USAEUR armour for today's game of #BattlegroupNORTHAG with @andycrow.bsky.social & Rob. Lot of fun on a great looking table, the Red Army emerged victorious largely due to Rob's unerring ability to roll one below anything he needed! 😂
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Managed to finish the 6mm USAEUR armour for today's game of #BattlegroupNORTHAG with @andycrow.bsky.social & Rob. Lot of fun on a great looking table, the Red Army emerged victorious largely due to Rob's unerring ability to roll one below anything he needed! 😂
Enjoyed some festive Battlegroup NORTHAG with @ironcow2103.bsky.social and Rob today. Great to finally see it on the table in 6mm, where the ground scale makes more sense. Thanks to Steve for his heroic painting effort to get it ready! #JoyOfSix #Wargaming
December 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Enjoyed some festive Battlegroup NORTHAG with @ironcow2103.bsky.social and Rob today. Great to finally see it on the table in 6mm, where the ground scale makes more sense. Thanks to Steve for his heroic painting effort to get it ready! #JoyOfSix #Wargaming
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Ah yes. Those wonderful men and their flying latrines.
hey @dreadships.bsky.social @scb250.bsky.social etc I only just found put about when they were de commissioning the HMS ark royal in 1979 they launched various items including a toilet and a piano into the sea using a steam catapult
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ah yes. Those wonderful men and their flying latrines.
On this day 86 years ago... "Flag Five! Enemy in sight!" youtu.be/sDYyUeX9FIQ?...
The Battle of the River Plate 1956 Battle Scene pt 1
YouTube video by British Classic Film Clips
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December 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
On this day 86 years ago... "Flag Five! Enemy in sight!" youtu.be/sDYyUeX9FIQ?...
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#otd 1939 the Graf Spee engaged by HMS Ajax, Exeter and HMNZS Achilles off the River Plate.
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#otd 1939 the Graf Spee engaged by HMS Ajax, Exeter and HMNZS Achilles off the River Plate.
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
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Winter Wonder Lard VI is SOLD OUT!
If you missed out we do operate a reserve list in case anyone drops out (there are usually one or two), to get on the list email philsfigures@gmail.com...
#SpreadTheLard
If you missed out we do operate a reserve list in case anyone drops out (there are usually one or two), to get on the list email philsfigures@gmail.com...
#SpreadTheLard
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Winter Wonder Lard VI is SOLD OUT!
If you missed out we do operate a reserve list in case anyone drops out (there are usually one or two), to get on the list email philsfigures@gmail.com...
#SpreadTheLard
If you missed out we do operate a reserve list in case anyone drops out (there are usually one or two), to get on the list email philsfigures@gmail.com...
#SpreadTheLard
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December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
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#BattlegroupNORTHAG Cold War action in Jutland tonight as the Danes give @andycrow.bsky.social's invading Soviet hordes a bloody nose. The M41 DK's were 'man of the match', stopping a T-64 company in their tracks!
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#BattlegroupNORTHAG Cold War action in Jutland tonight as the Danes give @andycrow.bsky.social's invading Soviet hordes a bloody nose. The M41 DK's were 'man of the match', stopping a T-64 company in their tracks!
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There has been a rush on tickets this weekend and there are only a few left - so if you are planning to come to Winter Wonder Lard VI and have not bought your ticket yet don't delay to avoid disappointment... #SpreadTheLard
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
There has been a rush on tickets this weekend and there are only a few left - so if you are planning to come to Winter Wonder Lard VI and have not bought your ticket yet don't delay to avoid disappointment... #SpreadTheLard
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November 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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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.
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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