Month: September 2025

Baden Powell interviewed – Birth of Scouting BBC World Service Witness History archive

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From Aids to Scouting for soldiers to a worldwide movement of Scouting for Boys (and Girls) – interesting to hear Baden Powell speak in these archive recordings on short BBC Witness History programme .

Crossposted from my Scouting Wide Games for the Tabletop blog post https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/baden-powell-interviewed-the-start-of-scouting-bbc-world-service/

Hobbycraft Airfix Shelfie Wars 2025

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Airfix returns to the shelves, enough for a game?

Crossposted from my Man of TIN Blog Two

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Proust, Wells and Big Wars

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Following up a reference in a Verdun post by Paul Holcroft Wright …

Les bluets or poilus, French WW1 infantry in sky blues (Hing Fat figures from figsculpt on eBay)

Crossposted from my Man of TIN Blog Two

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Wells’ Little Wars For Goblins and Dwarves? Crossbows and Catapults

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Kinetic warfare? Crossposted from my tuppence coloured, fully illustrated Man of TIN Blog Two:

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