Nuclear Option (Cricket Sims Don’t Come Any Better)

Unplugged and silent, Ada, my brand new PC, is sulking in a corner of the THC office as I type this. There’s nothing wrong with her, it’s just that earlier this week, realising that the rather wonderful Nuclear Option ran splendidly on her ancient predecessor, I decided to put off Official Changeover Day until the weekend.

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A2Z

A is for Alphabetised wargame, sim, and site news. Now and again, assuming I can persuade Austerity’s Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier engine to perform the miracle of internal combustion, I spend a few days scouring Simulatia and Grognardia for stories with the potential to fascinate, startle, cheer, dismay or amuse. Those stories are then dehydrated, alphabetised and delivered, via articles like this one, to people who’ve got better things to do than plough through puff and platitudes.

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Friday Foxer #149

Every Friday, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. All are welcome to participate.

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The Lions of Lodowice: Fin

The sight of the squat SU-100 spewing flame from multiple orifices is too much for the Blue Team. With the last of their starting AFVs eliminated, the Comment Commanders choreographing Soviet forces in river-riven central Lodowice decide enough is enough – it’s time to pull back. Observing the withdrawal, the triumphant Tiger trundles onto Boleslav Bridge, closely followed by a motley collection of exhausted scouts, tank hunters, and pedestrianised Panzer personnel.

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Full Circle

Tally-Ho Corner is fortunate to have two approachable professional pilots amongst its readers. One – James Fielding – flies RAF Puma HC2 helicopters daily, and shared fascinating details about his life in a two–part interview in 2021. The other – Jeremy Louden – does the majority of his aviation in a Boeing 737NG and today tells us what he’s been up to in the six years since penning this memorable piece for The Flare Path.

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