{"id":398,"date":"2009-08-14T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T09:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nwheeler.co.uk\/?p=398"},"modified":"2025-09-01T07:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:05:01","slug":"398","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nwheeler.co.uk\/?page_id=398","title":{"rendered":"Personal Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had a interest in history and mythology since I was a boy, with a specific hunger for World War II history. This interest became a passion when I started collection Airfix and Matchbox 1:32 soldiers. This progressed into wargaming at 16 with Games Workshop products, developing into World War II wargaming having played Target Games, Rackham, I-Kore and Privateer Press 30 years later.<\/p>\n<p>During this time I also created and illustrated an expansion book for a Target Games system call &#8216;Warzone&#8217;. 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