Lair of the Uber Geek

This blog will will contain my rather pedantic ramblings on my experiences within the miniature war gaming hobby. There will be informative how-to’s, thrilling battle reports and thought provoking editorials. I fully expect that history will one day view the contents of this blog on par with Homer’s Illiad or Newton’s Principalia. Or it's a complete waste of time.

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Saturday, January 25, 2020

Wings of Glory

I played my first game of Wings of Glory, a WWI aircraft combat game. It's a very intuitive game with simple mechanics but a lot of ...

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

New Campaign at the Club

With our Waterloo campaign coming to a close (and likely defeat for the French, who have me as Grouchy), it's time to start up another...

Monday, January 13, 2020

Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge X: Three weeks of Painting

It's been a productive three weeks. My first submission for the Challenge was these 3 Russian generals from AB Miniatures in 18mm sca...

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

First Game of the Year: NUTS!

I played in my first game of 2020 last night at the club. Greg ran some "teaching" games of the WW2 skirmish ruleset NUTS! ...

Saturday, January 4, 2020

What's on the Painting Bench?

Lots of US war of 1812 mounted figures - Generals, Dragoons and Mounted Kentucky Rifles. Oh - and some Native Americans All of the figu...

Friday, January 3, 2020

AHPC X: Week 3 Update

We are now almost 3 weeks into the X'th version of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge so I thought I'd put out a short updat...

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Merry Christmas from St Michaels, Maryland

Merry Christmas from the Lair of the Uber Geek to you and yours this holiday season. I can't believe that Christmas is just a few day...

Friday, December 20, 2019

Challenge Eve: The Painting Bench is Prepared, Awaiting the "GO" Order

My painting bench has been cleaned and organized (well sort of, but good enough for me). As with past Challenges, I start with brand new ...

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Challenge Prep Setback

Normally, the handful of days leading up to the Challenge kick-off are filled with frantic miniature prepping - filing mold lines, attachi...

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Woodworking Christmas Presents and Star Wars!

No, I'm not making wooden tie fighter Christmas tree ornaments - although that's a GREAT idea. Just an update on gift constructio...

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