Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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2 thoughts on “On Railways and Floor Wars – The LWR, FWR, the HGWR”
I like your railway set up very much. Floor Wars is a visual delight with drawings and photos. I really must get round to the game of it I have had in my head for years…
I thought it might inspire you for your Garden Railway. I only had by chance a 1911 volume Strand Magazine bound copy that had the original Floor Games article, never saw the Floor Games book illustrations until relatively recently. as charming as the more familiar Little Wars ones. I wonder if it was the same artist?
Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN 2 April 2020
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I like your railway set up very much. Floor Wars is a visual delight with drawings and photos. I really must get round to the game of it I have had in my head for years…
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I thought it might inspire you for your Garden Railway. I only had by chance a 1911 volume Strand Magazine bound copy that had the original Floor Games article, never saw the Floor Games book illustrations until relatively recently. as charming as the more familiar Little Wars ones. I wonder if it was the same artist?
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