Neil Shuck
@neilthedwarf.bsky.social
Player of all types of tabletop miniatures games, boardgames and RPGs. Avid collector of miniatures, which will get painted to an average standard...eventually.
Sometime blogger and host of the (now retired) Meeples & Miniatures Podcast
Sometime blogger and host of the (now retired) Meeples & Miniatures Podcast
Played War of the Worlds: The New Wave – Kickstarter Edtion today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
War of the Worlds: The New Wave – Kickstarter Edtion
Can humanity repel the Martian invasion or will Earth become a colony of Mars?
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November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Played War of the Worlds: The New Wave – Kickstarter Edtion today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Explore an island to find resources and discover the lost ruins of Arnak.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Played General Orders: Sengoku Jidai today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
General Orders: Sengoku Jidai
Vie for control of the battlefield as warlords in feudal Japan.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Played General Orders: Sengoku Jidai today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Last weekend saw a number of friends gather in Derby for a big game of Oldhammer - here is a report of part of the battle from the day.
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Elves, Chaos, and Curry: The Perfect Oldhammer Weekend
Last Saturday saw the fourth in what has become an annual gathering of friends for a mass battle day at Boards & Swords Hobbies in Derby. As in previous years, we were playing an Oldhammer game…
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October 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Last weekend saw a number of friends gather in Derby for a big game of Oldhammer - here is a report of part of the battle from the day.
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Following on from my blog post about using ChatGPT in the creative process for deciding on a colour scheme for my Orc & Goblin Army mounted warlord, here is how I put theory into practice
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Converting and Painting a Unique Orc Wyvern Model
A couple of weeks ago, I published a post about using ChatGPT as a sounding board for creating a painting scheme. This post shows the results of that discussion. The task was to paint a centrepiece…
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September 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Following on from my blog post about using ChatGPT in the creative process for deciding on a colour scheme for my Orc & Goblin Army mounted warlord, here is how I put theory into practice
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Finally managed to write up a report on the recent Ebor Lard gaming day - includes a number of photos of some lovely looking gaming tables
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Highlights from Ebor Lard Gaming Weekend 2025
The second weekend in September saw a gathering of friends and gamers in the depths of Yorkshire for the annual Ebor Lard gaming day, which brought together just over 40 people to play games, enjoy…
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September 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Finally managed to write up a report on the recent Ebor Lard gaming day - includes a number of photos of some lovely looking gaming tables
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Played Kiss Me, Hardy: Wargames Rules for the Combat at Sea During the Time of Nelson today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Kiss Me, Hardy: Wargames Rules for the Combat at Sea During the Time of Nelson
Napoleonic naval miniature wargame rules intended for 1/1200 scale ships but usable for other scales. Turn sequence is card driven and the rules place the player at approximately Admiral level and th...
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September 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Played Kiss Me, Hardy: Wargames Rules for the Combat at Sea During the Time of Nelson today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Played Midgard: Heroic Battles today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Midgard: Heroic Battles
Tabletop battles and heroes from ancient to medieval times.
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September 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Played Midgard: Heroic Battles today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Played Heroes of Normandie: The Tactical Card Game today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Heroes of Normandie: The Tactical Card Game
The landing in Normandy with commandos, paratroopers, rangers against the Wehrmacht.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Played Heroes of Normandie: The Tactical Card Game today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
I've written a blog post about how I have used AI in my creative process to paint the centrepiece of my Orc & Goblin Army - An Orc Warlord mounted on a wyvern, using a conversion of the Archon Studios plastic wyvern.
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Using ChatGPT for Creative Wargaming Solutions – Painting a Wyvern
I’ve recently been exploring several different ways to make use of ChatGPT in my gaming and modelling hobby. One area I’ve found particularly useful is getting help with painting decisions—most not…
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September 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I've written a blog post about how I have used AI in my creative process to paint the centrepiece of my Orc & Goblin Army - An Orc Warlord mounted on a wyvern, using a conversion of the Archon Studios plastic wyvern.
meeples.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/u...
meeples.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/u...
Memoir '44
Revisit the battles of D-Day and control the forces of the Allies and the Axis!
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September 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Now for a slight change in direction on the painting table - this will make a change from Elven Cavalry!
August 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Now for a slight change in direction on the painting table - this will make a change from Elven Cavalry!
Played Aliens: Bug Hunt today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Played for the first time having owned the game for several years - it's actually really good!
Played for the first time having owned the game for several years - it's actually really good!
Aliens: Bug Hunt
Work together with your fellow marines to dice your way past the xenomorphs.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Played Aliens: Bug Hunt today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Played for the first time having owned the game for several years - it's actually really good!
Played for the first time having owned the game for several years - it's actually really good!
Tiny Epic Vikings
Viking clans seek glory and the favor of the gods!
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July 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Played Tiny Epic Dinosaurs today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Played this for the first time today - an excellent worker placement/resource management game
Played this for the first time today - an excellent worker placement/resource management game
Tiny Epic Dinosaurs
Become dino ranchers in the lucrative dinosaur farming industry.
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July 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Played Tiny Epic Dinosaurs today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Played this for the first time today - an excellent worker placement/resource management game
Played this for the first time today - an excellent worker placement/resource management game
Played The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
Heroes explore Middle-earth, working together to combat evil in an epic campaign.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Played The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com
Happy 'Captain Scarlet' day everyone
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Today is Captain Scarlet Day! But why? Subscribe for more! #retro #scifi #nostalgia
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July 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy 'Captain Scarlet' day everyone
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