Pete McClymont

Any sniff of cozying up to Corbyn and his rabble and I'm out.

After action report from PunchedCon2025.
eboracon.co.uk/2025/05/13/p...

Happy birthday Michael Palin, Karl Marx and me.

Ay oop. I don't come here often.

Wowzer.

The first Eboracon, a micro-con devoted to historical and conflict simulation boardgames, took place in York, England last Saturday. boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/352...

Six jars of homemade orange marmalade fresh from the pan.

I've been making jams and preserves for about twenty years. Latest batch of orange marmalade...

YouTube video by eitan19611 Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525

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Once crypto crashes again, they'll be back in a financial hole again.

Surprised to away support in double figures.

Heslington Meeting Room

Eboracon takes place in this gem of a venue. heslingtonmeetingroom.net

2025 kicks off with a small gaming meetup organised by me.
eboracon.co.uk

Gaming highlight of the year: winning Fire in the Lake as ARVN.

Cracking skies over East Riding.

Just watched the highlights. Great goals but some omg goalkeeping.

Stephen King leaves X, describing atmosphere as ‘too toxic’ Author denies Elon Musk kicked him off platform and says he is joining rival Threads

And more...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

‘A hate machine’: St Pauli become first major football club to leave X St Pauli have become the first major football club to leave X, expressing concern that the site may influence the outcome of the German election

Good news but the better option would be to filter out the toxicity on Twixter. (Yes. I know that's not going to happen in the Muskian era.) www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Significant but not decisive advance by the Axis into the Soviet Union.

Hi I'm travelling from the UK to Oklahoma next month. Does anyone know if there any good game stores in Oklahoma City?

Another round of Friedrich. This time as Austria. Prussia prevails after turn 22.

A few favourites from Unfurl Your Banners.

Unfurl your banners, day two.

Getting ready for a weekend of heavy gaming at Unfurl in Cumbria. Here I Stand, Pericles, C&C Ancients, COIN. Hopefully something lighter too.

Not quite sure what this beer is promising.

I'm guarding the city today at Fishergate.

Death of an Army, Langemarck scenario. It all went wrong for me (Entente) in turn one. Germans took the bulk of Passchendaele ridge for a decisive victory.

I was level pegging until final scoring.

I used to live on Inkerman Road which ran off of Alma Road.

Meanwhile, Western Empires next door.

Time for Imperial Struggle