Dave Kershaw
@davekershaw.bsky.social
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.
I've published boardgames with White Dog Games and Dietz. Own chickens and sighthounds. Foodie. Autistic kids.
Some silliness. Working on a game about incompetent sailors trying to find the North West Passage.
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Some silliness. Working on a game about incompetent sailors trying to find the North West Passage.
Bought and assembled Cheapass Games' pdf "One False Step" which is about building rockets and firing the inhabitants of 1859 California to the moon in order to become governor. Yes, really.
Turns out to be a combination of expanding towns while also upgrading rocket systems. 3 players. I lost.
Turns out to be a combination of expanding towns while also upgrading rocket systems. 3 players. I lost.
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Bought and assembled Cheapass Games' pdf "One False Step" which is about building rockets and firing the inhabitants of 1859 California to the moon in order to become governor. Yes, really.
Turns out to be a combination of expanding towns while also upgrading rocket systems. 3 players. I lost.
Turns out to be a combination of expanding towns while also upgrading rocket systems. 3 players. I lost.
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.
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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.
Learning game of Congress of Vienna. This one is very complex. Took us 2 hours to muddle through one turn of 10.
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Learning game of Congress of Vienna. This one is very complex. Took us 2 hours to muddle through one turn of 10.
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.
October 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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.
Boardgames at a friend's house. First was Kahmaté, a very thinky rugby game. Then Kill Dr. Lucky, a not very thinky Cheapass Games product.
I really like some of the Cheapass Games (I own Witch Trial) and I think you can still buy them, but as PDFs.
I really like some of the Cheapass Games (I own Witch Trial) and I think you can still buy them, but as PDFs.
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Boardgames at a friend's house. First was Kahmaté, a very thinky rugby game. Then Kill Dr. Lucky, a not very thinky Cheapass Games product.
I really like some of the Cheapass Games (I own Witch Trial) and I think you can still buy them, but as PDFs.
I really like some of the Cheapass Games (I own Witch Trial) and I think you can still buy them, but as PDFs.
Syphoning my apple wine. Hope to get 28 bottles from this.
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Syphoning my apple wine. Hope to get 28 bottles from this.
Everyone loves a good flock.
October 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Everyone loves a good flock.
Not bad. Just about got into the average scoring zone after a terrible start.
September 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Not bad. Just about got into the average scoring zone after a terrible start.
"Empire of Grass". Solitaire Mongolian Empire game. Finally in my hands!
September 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"Empire of Grass". Solitaire Mongolian Empire game. Finally in my hands!
Painting 6mm 7 years war British/Hanoverian.
September 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Painting 6mm 7 years war British/Hanoverian.
It's 1805 and, blissfully unaware of Ulm or Austerlitz, my Austrians spring an ambush in what we think will beat the Bavarians, but then the ambushers become the ambushees as a load more Bavarians turn up and send most of the Austrians fleeing. Piquet rules.
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It's 1805 and, blissfully unaware of Ulm or Austerlitz, my Austrians spring an ambush in what we think will beat the Bavarians, but then the ambushers become the ambushees as a load more Bavarians turn up and send most of the Austrians fleeing. Piquet rules.
At set-up, end of 1918. Needs control markers.
September 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At set-up, end of 1918. Needs control markers.
Still playing our War of the 3 nations campaign. It's the end of 1642 and there is a battle in Ireland. Covenants, besieged by Royalists and their Irish allies, attempt to break out of Belfast to reach a small Parliamentarian force sent to help them.
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Still playing our War of the 3 nations campaign. It's the end of 1642 and there is a battle in Ireland. Covenants, besieged by Royalists and their Irish allies, attempt to break out of Belfast to reach a small Parliamentarian force sent to help them.
Another playtest of my Spanish Civil War game. Franco (me) won this one after some big battle outside Madrid decimated the Republic's army.
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Another playtest of my Spanish Civil War game. Franco (me) won this one after some big battle outside Madrid decimated the Republic's army.
Couple of examples from literally first two commercial sets I found. The latter, Black Powder, had movement and then shooting, which allowed you to advance on an enemy and shtot them up, so we reversed that in our gaming group. More competitive games, like Warhammer, have sacrosanct rules.
September 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Couple of examples from literally first two commercial sets I found. The latter, Black Powder, had movement and then shooting, which allowed you to advance on an enemy and shtot them up, so we reversed that in our gaming group. More competitive games, like Warhammer, have sacrosanct rules.
Here we go. Never seen this movie before.
September 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here we go. Never seen this movie before.
Played the Columbia games Napoleonic game "Alliance". 3-player 1812 scenario. I was the Russians and got taken apart by the Austrians and Prussians. France won. I looked at the units afterwards and Austria alone has a better army than Russia, which seems odd.
September 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Played the Columbia games Napoleonic game "Alliance". 3-player 1812 scenario. I was the Russians and got taken apart by the Austrians and Prussians. France won. I looked at the units afterwards and Austria alone has a better army than Russia, which seems odd.
August 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My game is in the wild! This must be one of the first copies delivered.
August 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My game is in the wild! This must be one of the first copies delivered.
Played a game of Pacific Command, new carrier war rules from Osprey. We did Guadalcanal and while my Japanese forces failed to take out the airfield, my battleships jumped one of their task forces and wiped them out... But then we realised the move was too far, so it ended as a failure. Good rules.
August 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Played a game of Pacific Command, new carrier war rules from Osprey. We did Guadalcanal and while my Japanese forces failed to take out the airfield, my battleships jumped one of their task forces and wiped them out... But then we realised the move was too far, so it ended as a failure. Good rules.