Stuff to cheer one up whilst in lockdown

[Steve J]

Not the most original title I admit, but I thought the following items would help pass away a few hours as and when one has the time to peruse them:

An episode Channel 4's Game of War tv series from way back in 1997. I loved this series and wish they'd done more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4nU6vw_oHs

The latest issue of Warning Order magazine from Matt Irsik:
https://www.wfhgs.com/wrngorder.html

An Operation Market Garden AAR by Jon Bleasdale on XXX Corps attempted breakout using BKCIV and 6mm figures. Simply a joy to behold:
https://grymauch.blogspot.com/2020/12/market-garden-xxx-corps-breakout.html

[T13A]

Thanks Steve, much needed at the moment.

Hope you and your family have a great and safe Christmas.

Cheers Paul

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Ta La

[flamingpig0]

An episode Channel 4's Game of War tv series from way back in 1997. I loved this series and wish they'd done more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4nU6vw_oHs

https://grymauch.blogspot.com/2020/12/market-garden-xxx-corps-breakout.html

I  think they were really stereotyping the demographic when they chose Angela Rippon as the host

[sunjester]

Thanks Steve, the Market Garden game looks superb!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good idea Steve

[fsn]

Good idea Steve

May I add in Lindy beige's rant about money?

(I always knew that decimalisation was a bad idea)

Or you could learn about Richard III for free at Futurelearn
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/england-of-richard-third

Or you can dip into nostalgia with this Games Day 1987 (with photos by a certain Phil Lewis - whatever happened to him?)

Raunchy Wench drawing competition? Really?

[Techno II]

Raunchy Wench ?

You should see some of the pics I've got from those two. 
No...you're never going to see them.

Nobby...you're still a complete OIK !!

Cheers - Phil

[Last Hussar]

If they were on Channel 4 the should be on All4 - I'm going to have a search.

If you want a laugh watch the 4 blokes from my favourite Board Game YouTube channel - Shut Up & Sit Down - play a Megagame. 4 People who are used to very controlled environments where there is a rule that will cover everything, thrown into an environment where there are few rules, and anything can be tried (the moment half way through when they find this out is funny!)

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=91DD37836E98882D381891DD37836E98882D3818&q=shut+up+and+sit+down+megagame&shtp=GetUrl&shid=aaa4cc7f-1e3a-49c7-8805-d14f415a1968&shtk=V2F0Y2ggVGhlIFNraWVzIC0gU2h1dCBVcCAmIFNpdCBEb3duIFBsYXkgYSBHb2RkYW1uIE1lZ2FnYW1lIQ%3D%3D&shdk=VmlzaXQgU1VcdTAwMjZTRCBmb3IgbW9yZTogaHR0cHM6Ly9iaXQubHkvc3VzZG1lZ2FnYW1lIH4gTWVnYWdhbWUgTWFrZXJzIGh0dHA6Ly93d3cubWVnYWdhbWVzLm9yZy51ayBTdXBwb3J0IHVzOiBodHRwczovL2JpdC5seS9TdXBwb3J0U1VTRCAtLS1GT0xMT1cgVVMgQVJPVU5ELCBXSFkgRE9OJ1QgWU9VLS0tIFR3aXR0ZXI6IGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnR3aXR0ZXIuY29tL3NodXR1cHNob3cgSW5zdGFncmFtOiBodHRwczovL3d3dy5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tL3NodXQudXAuYW5kLnNpdC5kb3duIFR3aXRjaDogaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudHdpdGNoLnR2L3NodXR1cGFuZHNpdGRvd24gRmlyc3QgcHVibGlzaGVkIC4uLg%3D%3D&shhk=Ybyom1cfdSuPxAlaZOkfh3ruMPbtkjI7v63SJaN9hHg%3D&form=VDSHOT&shth=OSH.tL%252BVC1kCF59iiPzdO8f8QA

The following year they went back, and it was much, MUCH bigger - the video for that is in 2 parts.  Anybody who has played a Kriegspiel will recognise the "WTF is going on" sentiment.

[petercooman]

If you have acces to it, i watched valley of tears, a miniseries about the yom kippur war last week. great series!

[fsn]

Nobby...you're still a complete OIK !!

Hurray! I got an OIK! 

[Techno II]

You can add 2020 Oik of the year, to your signature.

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Done! 

[Techno II]

 

What else could I expect from such an oik !!

Cheers - Phil.

[Techno II]

Ooooh...something to be cheerful about in the Northern Hemisphere.....The days start getting longer, and the nights shorter after today.

The radio's given two different figures, this morning....One said the days extend 3 minutes for every day......another time they said three seconds per day.
(I found a figure of 33minutes per day on the interweb. Shome mishtake shooorly.)

Cheers - Phil.