I spent the whole weekend up a ladder, painting window-frames and drainpipes. But when I wasn't up a ladder I was continuing the struggle against Phil in Paths of Glory. And it was a struggle. He had me seriously worried until Winter 1916 when he finally slipped up and allowed the Serbs into Austria through the backdoor, isolating three armies, and a couple of French armies whipped round his Southern flank in France to isolate another one.

And Dave came over for Clash of Giants. We played Tannenburg, and I managed to lose as the Russians. A wonderfully fun wargame, a nailbiting to-and-fro tussle right to the end.