Friday, 4 September 2026

All Hell Let Loose Wargaming Rules

 All Hell Let Loose is a 6mm–10mm miniature wargme ruleset for WW2 and WW1, built around formations, flexible basing, real‑life tactics, hidden movement, and optional detail layers. It supports multiple scales, uses fast‑play mechanics, and includes army lists, fog‑of‑war rules, and quick‑reference sheets.


All Hell Let Loose

Sunday, 30 August 2026

Bovril and the Franco-Prussian war

 Bovril - Wikipedia

In 1870, in the Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon III ordered one million cans of beef to feed his troops.[6] The task of providing this went to John Lawson Johnston, a Scottish butcher living in Canada.[6] Large quantities of beef were available across the British Dominions and South America, but transport and storage were problematic. Therefore, Johnston created a product known as 'Johnston's Fluid Beef', later called Bovril, to meet Napoleon's needs.[7] By 1888, over 3,000 UK public houses, grocers and dispensing chemists were selling Bovril. In 1889, Bovril Ltd was formed to develop Johnston's business further.[8]

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

First Battle of Bull Run - 'Class of 61' (1993)

 Class of '61 is a 1993 American war drama television film produced by Steven Spielberg as a projected television series about the American Civil War. It focused on men who were classmates at West Point and separated by the war between the North and the South. Filmed in Charleston, South Carolina and Atlanta, this work was the first collaboration between Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński. Class of '61 - Wikipedia