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Gaming - ZoomHammer Trials - Playing Warhammer in Lockdown Orders noted Sir. Advance on me men!    Recently, we've been trying out playing some Warhammer Fantasy Battles during the lock-down by using Zoom. We've imaginatively labelled this Zoomhammer and are playing 2000 point, winner stays on battle-line games. I've set up my games table and use my phone for a 'live' camera feed. (I use a couple of elastic bands to secure it to an adjustable lamp on my painting desk, but I may invest in a better / dedicated camera and stand in the future). Zoom also allows those not playing to join as spectators - hey, you never know, they might well have run out of boxed sets to watch! Gildoren's "+1 to hit - Painting Lamp of Hoeth" doubles as a floodlight and camera boom.    I'm playing High Elves (shocking!) , the Fat Dwarf is using the Dark Elves (well he bloody would wouldnt he?!) , the Tabletop Hobbit is giving the Warriors of Chaos a run out and our frien...

MERP Middle Earth Role Play So I recently took a trip to my wargamming nirvana, up in the highlands. There we were playing an old GW classic, from a time long ago.  The game is M.E.R.P. Middle Earth Role Playing, an old but very large and really rather wonderful Role playing game based on the old (pre movie) Lord of the rings / hobbit background. We play this, like all our games with minis, for this we use the latest GW Lord of the Rings and Hobbit minis.  We have been playing M.E.R.P. for a good twenty years at sporadic intervals. We've lost characters we have put days of effort into, fought in great battles such as those in the films and interacted with characters from the books and films. In the latest session we have been playing as a trio, an elf a dwarf and a Dunedain. Here you can see the elf Mage (storm caller) I'm playing. Resplendent in his best dressing gown. In all seriousness I usually play a scout / ranger character and the mov...