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Northern Knight Games Sell your games for cash! I buy and resell vintage board games and miniatures.

Meeting David exceeded all expectations.
26/04/2025

Meeting David exceeded all expectations.

KV I in serious need of track tensioning.
26/04/2025

KV I in serious need of track tensioning.

The final action between Tiger 131 and a Churchill from 48th RTR.
26/04/2025

The final action between Tiger 131 and a Churchill from 48th RTR.

A lovely Italian restaurant with soft, pillow like gnocchi.
21/04/2025

A lovely Italian restaurant with soft, pillow like gnocchi.

Another visit to the Belfast 40 years later.  An impressive amount of the ship is now available for viewing including th...
21/04/2025

Another visit to the Belfast 40 years later. An impressive amount of the ship is now available for viewing including the gyro compass and Admiralty Fire Control Tables used for pointing and directing the guns.

25/06/2024

So I've dusted off Red Storm Rising and digging through the basement locating my copy of the hard copy rules and downloading the modern version of Three Sixty's Version of Harpoon.

25/06/2024

Instagram and Twitter had nothing on the allure of its complex simulation of modern naval warfare in the North Atlantic with enticing CGA monochrome graphics on my laptop with its battery consuming backlit screen!!

Around this time computer gaming had matured sufficiently to port the complication of the rules to the Harpoon (Three Si...
25/06/2024

Around this time computer gaming had matured sufficiently to port the complication of the rules to the Harpoon (Three Sixty, 1989) series of games. Dangerously, its release coincided with my graduate degree.

The novel creates a convincing international backdrop for the war but is also filled with those tactical engagements tha...
25/06/2024

The novel creates a convincing international backdrop for the war but is also filled with those tactical engagements that I loved!! This is why my copy is falling apart! Played a few engagements using the hardcopy rules but its inherent complexity scared off most opponents.

I read Red Storm Rising at least two dozen times. Interestingly, the book is based on Clancy’s participation in a number...
25/06/2024

I read Red Storm Rising at least two dozen times. Interestingly, the book is based on Clancy’s participation in a number of gaming sessions involving the Harpoon(1983) board game with designer Larry Bond. In fact Clancy gave Bond a co-writer's credit for the volume.

My imagination needed more descriptive tactical struggles of the Third World War. I found them in my well thumbed copy o...
25/06/2024

My imagination needed more descriptive tactical struggles of the Third World War. I found them in my well thumbed copy of Red Storm Rising. Tom Clancy's book was a techno-thriller detailing a struggle between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in Europe and the North Atlantic.

Most of the writing focused on the higher level context of the conflict. For added realism and flavor, several tactical ...
25/06/2024

Most of the writing focused on the higher level context of the conflict. For added realism and flavor, several tactical engagements were vividly described. These tactical engagements on land, sea and air captured my teenage imagination.

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