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The Foxer
Below is a list of “33 things wot are rare”. Entries have been stripped of vowels and numbers and had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if Inverted Jennies was present it might appear as NVR TDJNNS. Supercentenarians would be SPRCNTNRNS. *Hyphens are treated as spaces. Apostrophes are ignored. 1. PNL YGYB SHPS 2. WRL […] → Read More
The Flare Path: A2Z
A is for Alphabetised wargame and sim news. Welcome to the cosy corner of RPS where the vehicular is valued, the historical is hallowed, and the paragraphs are → Read More
The Foxer
Roman thinks you’re ready for Rithmetic Foxers. Below are three equations disguised as picture sequences. Each pic represents a number (For example a photo of → Read More
The Flare Path talks to Ryan Hewer
Generally when a Flare Path interviewee says they dabbled in diplomacy in their younger days they are talking about their formative games. However, in Ryan → Read More
The Flare Path: Testy
My biggest ludological disappointment of 2019? Close Combat: The Bloody First, without question. Slitherine's 3D take on Atomic's gripping top-down wargame → Read More
The Foxer
The honeycomb below is a fancy form of wordsearch in which every cell is used, and words can curl and zigzag but never overlap. Each hive foxer has a theme → Read More
The Flare Path endangers Rangers
If days were centimetres the sequel to this site's favourite tactics game of 2014 would be about this far away (I'm holding my hands out in front of me like a → Read More
The Foxer
To fully defox the following enlargeable geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them. * * * SOLUTIONS Last week’s cluster foxer Armadillos (GrouchoMerckx) a1. Armadillo AFV (unacom) b1. Leprosy museum, Bergen (Gusdownnup, ylla, mrpier) c1. Grenada (ylla) b2. Armadillo Aerospace’s founder, John Carmack (Syt) b3. Charango (GrouchoMerckx) Words beginning […] → Read More
The Foxer
The 25 pictures in a cluster foxer are arranged in 5 discretely/discreetly themed clusters. Pictures in a particular cluster must be cardinally contiguous to be valid. For example, a1, b1, c1, d1, d2 is a possible cluster, unlike a2, b2, c2, d2, e3. To fully defox today’s enlargeable puzzle identify the themes and constituent images […] → Read More
The Flare Path: Demo Charge
I wanted to burn the following appetisers onto a CD then sellotape the disc to the front cover of today’s column but Graham said that was “technically impossible” so links and enticing descriptions will have to suffice. Be aware that most of the demos detailed below will self-destruct when the ongoing Steam Game Festival ends […] → Read More
The Foxer
Below is a list of ‘30 things wot you might find in Denmark'. Entries have been stripped of vowels and numbers and had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For → Read More
The Flare Path: A2Z
A is for Alphabetised wargame and sim news. Welcome to the cosy corner of RPS where the vehicular is valued, the historical is hallowed, and the paragraphs are shorter than 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 37 L/24 barrels. While this flavour of Flare Path usually relies on the English alphabet for structure, in emergencies – in weeks […] → Read More
The Foxer
To fully defox the following enlargeable geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them. * * * SOLUTIONS Last week's wordchain → Read More
The inaugural Flare Path Game Jam
The world's first commercial digital wargame turned forty earlier this year. As I've written about Computer Bismarck previously on RPS, I won't do so again. → Read More
The Flare Path spoils a good walk
The plan was a simple one. After a fortnight masquerading as Michael Portillo, return to this column’s touchstone, virtual war, without passing Go or collecting £200. It wasn’t my intention to swap driving for driving… bogies for bogeys. I never meant to lose my heart to a ramblewhack sim. And yet here I am, […] → Read More
The Foxer
To completely defox today’s word chain you’ll need to provide Roman, my Chief Foxer Setter, with the sequence of 24 words suggested by the clues below. & → Read More
The Flare Path’s Bakerloo Bimble
Last week Flare Path's tour of London Underground's brown squiggle reached Queen's Park, the Bakerloo's equivalent of the Doors of Durin. Today our middle-aged → Read More
The Foxer
The honeycomb below is a fancy form of wordsearch in which every cell is used, and words can curl and zigzag but never overlap. Each hive foxer has a theme → Read More
The Flare Path’s Bakerloo Bimble
Welcome aboard this Train Sim World 2 Bakerloo service from Harrow & Wealdstone to Elephant & Castle. As the London Underground employee who should have → Read More
The Foxer
To fully defox the following enlargeable geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them. * * * SOLUTIONS Last week’s missing vowels foxer (‘33 things wot are for sale on eBay’) 1. TD RDLL SHS = tudor dolls house (phlebas) 2. HLL RHRNT = hiller hornet (Gothnak) 3. BD GRFTCP SLS = […] → Read More