James Langham (British Officers Don't Duck/Cold War Goes Hot)
@james560492.bsky.social
Writer for RPGs and wargames. Currently working on WW2 Arnhem rules.
MA in Military History, BA (Hons) in Librarianship and Information Science.
YouTuber on gaming and military history (https://youtube.com/@jameslangham9854?si=3hWepvVPBdgP1I2Y)
MA in Military History, BA (Hons) in Librarianship and Information Science.
YouTuber on gaming and military history (https://youtube.com/@jameslangham9854?si=3hWepvVPBdgP1I2Y)
I went to see the stunning Nuremberg tonight. Highly recommended, full review to follow.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I went to see the stunning Nuremberg tonight. Highly recommended, full review to follow.
Latest preview
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Latest preview
Is it me or is the ARL44 the most Warhammer 40k tank outside Warhammer 40k?
youtube.com/shorts/BZUWM...
#warhammer40k #grimdark #wathammer40000 #tanks
youtube.com/shorts/BZUWM...
#warhammer40k #grimdark #wathammer40000 #tanks
ARL44 preview
YouTube video by James Langham
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November 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Is it me or is the ARL44 the most Warhammer 40k tank outside Warhammer 40k?
youtube.com/shorts/BZUWM...
#warhammer40k #grimdark #wathammer40000 #tanks
youtube.com/shorts/BZUWM...
#warhammer40k #grimdark #wathammer40000 #tanks
Slightly surreal moment at Sheffield Anime and Gaming Con yesterday, I was helping running the Tabletop Gaming section. One of the most played games was Secret Hitler, a social deduction game of 1932 Germany. Watching teenagers playing it and discussing Weimar Germany politics was quite refreshing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Slightly surreal moment at Sheffield Anime and Gaming Con yesterday, I was helping running the Tabletop Gaming section. One of the most played games was Secret Hitler, a social deduction game of 1932 Germany. Watching teenagers playing it and discussing Weimar Germany politics was quite refreshing.
It's just suddenly struck me how much the Imperial officer uniform looks like the Imperial Japanese officer uniform of WW2.
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's just suddenly struck me how much the Imperial officer uniform looks like the Imperial Japanese officer uniform of WW2.
Really looking forward to presenting my session for Wargames Development's virtual autumnal gathering today about how the USMC has used Memoir '44 as a training aid.
If it goes well I might turn it into a YouTube video.
#wargaming #presentation
If it goes well I might turn it into a YouTube video.
#wargaming #presentation
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Really looking forward to presenting my session for Wargames Development's virtual autumnal gathering today about how the USMC has used Memoir '44 as a training aid.
If it goes well I might turn it into a YouTube video.
#wargaming #presentation
If it goes well I might turn it into a YouTube video.
#wargaming #presentation
Well I am officially now enrolled as a PhD research student at the University of Wolverhampton studying how the military wargamed the Cold War.
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Well I am officially now enrolled as a PhD research student at the University of Wolverhampton studying how the military wargamed the Cold War.
Using AK Play Markers to test paint a speedpaint RAD trooper for 1 Para to fight working into Arnhem scenario for my British Officers Don't Duck rules.
October 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Using AK Play Markers to test paint a speedpaint RAD trooper for 1 Para to fight working into Arnhem scenario for my British Officers Don't Duck rules.
Interesting 30 min experiment, Mars 20mm British paras, AK Playmarkers and wood filler.
Quite pleased how well the markers worked for a speedpaint. Not ideal for detail but as a speedpaint for a massed force they work well.
Wood filler also worked better than expected.
Video to follow on YouTube.
Quite pleased how well the markers worked for a speedpaint. Not ideal for detail but as a speedpaint for a massed force they work well.
Wood filler also worked better than expected.
Video to follow on YouTube.
October 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Interesting 30 min experiment, Mars 20mm British paras, AK Playmarkers and wood filler.
Quite pleased how well the markers worked for a speedpaint. Not ideal for detail but as a speedpaint for a massed force they work well.
Wood filler also worked better than expected.
Video to follow on YouTube.
Quite pleased how well the markers worked for a speedpaint. Not ideal for detail but as a speedpaint for a massed force they work well.
Wood filler also worked better than expected.
Video to follow on YouTube.
Test paint of a 20mm US Desert Storm grenadier. Only I could choose as a test model with 2 different camo schemes!
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Test paint of a 20mm US Desert Storm grenadier. Only I could choose as a test model with 2 different camo schemes!
Recently Krydrufi asked if I wanted to run a competition with paint stations as prizes. Thought there may be some speed painters here who fancied a go.
youtu.be/89YmcQ3imR0
youtu.be/89YmcQ3imR0
Win a Painting Station: Speed painting competition
YouTube video by James Langham
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Recently Krydrufi asked if I wanted to run a competition with paint stations as prizes. Thought there may be some speed painters here who fancied a go.
youtu.be/89YmcQ3imR0
youtu.be/89YmcQ3imR0
More on location shooting...
September 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
More on location shooting...
On location and VERY wet...
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
On location and VERY wet...
Not bad for a 20 min speed paint. As I'm about to run a competition I thought I ought to check I can do it myself!
September 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Not bad for a 20 min speed paint. As I'm about to run a competition I thought I ought to check I can do it myself!
Trying something new is often a bit scary but great fun (sometimes). Just been filming a video of my first attempt with AK Playmarkers and a wash.
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trying something new is often a bit scary but great fun (sometimes). Just been filming a video of my first attempt with AK Playmarkers and a wash.
My thoughts on the drone incursion into Poland.
youtu.be/HK3Rn0vMWuQ
youtu.be/HK3Rn0vMWuQ
Salami Tactics,or Accident? Russian drones enter Poland
YouTube video by James Langham
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
My thoughts on the drone incursion into Poland.
youtu.be/HK3Rn0vMWuQ
youtu.be/HK3Rn0vMWuQ
September 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Like a Stone Wall's 2 day Waterloo wargame yesterday. The day ended with the allies counter attacking on their right, the centre buckling under combined arms attacks and the Prussians slowly advancing. Live updates on YouTube throughout the day.
September 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Like a Stone Wall's 2 day Waterloo wargame yesterday. The day ended with the allies counter attacking on their right, the centre buckling under combined arms attacks and the Prussians slowly advancing. Live updates on YouTube throughout the day.
On the tactical battlefield excellent, as a strategist (particularly in logistics on the desert) a disaster.
It's shocking how much Rommel was flying by the seat of his pants, and how quickly things fell apart for him in the face of even moderately organized opposition. He's really an anomaly in the German officer corps, coming totally from outside general staff qualifications, and that's not a compliment.
August 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On the tactical battlefield excellent, as a strategist (particularly in logistics on the desert) a disaster.
Partially depends on context, at strategic level it is undoubtedly Grant, at a tactical level possibly Lee. Very much like Napoleon who was a strategic genius but a poor tactician.
“was Lee or Grant a better general” is a question with an obviously correct answer that a whole lot of people get wrong
People are often surprised to learn that Lee was an officer who never made it past colonel. The purported promotion to general was awarded by a treasonous cabal calling itself the "confederate states of america" which was put down by force by the Union army, which also had superior generals.
August 31, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Partially depends on context, at strategic level it is undoubtedly Grant, at a tactical level possibly Lee. Very much like Napoleon who was a strategic genius but a poor tactician.
Quite pleased with some of the close up footage from the Victory Show yesterday. More to follow on my YouTube channel .
August 31, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Quite pleased with some of the close up footage from the Victory Show yesterday. More to follow on my YouTube channel .
As I'm currently applying for a PhD should I worry my feed keeps giving me stories about academic murder mysteries?
Hear me out: a dark academia murder book that opens at a department beginning-of-the-year celebration on a boat (I know a department that does this) and a professor goes overboard. The intrepid department chair must figure out who did it. Everyone is a suspect, including the chair herself.
August 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
As I'm currently applying for a PhD should I worry my feed keeps giving me stories about academic murder mysteries?
Is Dark Sun about to make a comeback in 5e DnD?
August 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Is Dark Sun about to make a comeback in 5e DnD?
HUMAN ARTISTS OF EARTH! Use only one photograph of toy painted toy soldiers to convince people to follow you.
August 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
HUMAN ARTISTS OF EARTH! Use only one photograph of toy painted toy soldiers to convince people to follow you.
Reposted by James Langham (British Officers Don't Duck/Cold War Goes Hot)
This is the most dangerous shade your brush water can be.
August 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is the most dangerous shade your brush water can be.