Hello again

I'm back. Things are hectic at the moment what with all the catching up I need to do and all the blogging you lot have been indulging in (oi, stop it) but I hope to have things up and running round here soon.

In the meantime those of you who have been watching Neil Herron’s fascinating war games might want to take a look at this summary of the state of play for one of his campaigns. Looks like checkmate in three moves from here. Mind you, in this particular game one side is able (and sometimes keen) to change the rules which just makes Neil’s campaign effectiveness all the more remarkable.

As for the holiday, well, it was great. I spent a lot of my time reading some excellent sci-fi around the swimming pool. Old Man’s War by John Scali and three books by Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon, Broken Angels and Woken Furies. I enjoyed Old Man’s War a great deal but the Morgan books are in a class of their own and I can thoroughly recommend them.