Balkan Wargamer

Last Monday was the rededication  in Glasgow of the statue of La Pasionaria - with the inscription "Better to die on your feet than liv...

A recent trip to Paris was an opportunity to reacquaint myself with one of the world's finest military museums the musée de l'Armée....

House move and other distractions have slowed up my leisure reading of late. I have therefore only just finished my summer holiday fiction r...

Last Saturday was one of Scotland's biggest wargame shows, Claymore. Held for the second year at its new venue, Telford College in Edinb...

Saumur is also home to the French cavalry museum (Musee de la Cavalerie). The museum is housed in former stables of the cavalry school. Poor...

The French tank museum at Saumur has a good collection of all the main German WW2 AFVs. Here are some of the ones I found interesting. Ki...

Just back from holiday in France. A number of visits will feature in blogs in the coming days. One highlight was my first visit to the Fre...

First infantry off the workbench for the Spanish Civil War project. These are the International Brigade. These troops were volunteers from...

Just finished reading Osprey MAA 459 The Varangian Guard 988-1453 by Raffaele D'Amato. The book includes a short history of the Varang...

Latest addition to the Salonika Campaign project is a German Field Gun. Not that any project is ever finished, but that should be it for n...

Latest additions to the British in Egypt project have left the workbench. These are the 27th Foot, one centre and one flank company of 18 ...

This is the latest in the Jack Steel series by Ian Gale. Essentially Steel is a Sharpe type character in Marlborough's army. A Captain o...

It was Glasgow's annual wargames show, Wappinshaw, today. This is a small show, largely due to the limitations of the venue. Just a few,...

Just finished the June update to the Balkan History website. A number of changes this month with sections being updated. Plus a plug for th...

Just finished my latest historical novel - Empire: Wounds of Honour by Anthony Riches. The story line revolves around the son of a Roman se...

Played my first game of the new edition of Warhammer Ancient Battles rules today. Played a new member at our club by dusting down my Seleuci...

More Bulgarians for the Salonika campaign. This time regular line infantry. Again from the impressive Tiger Miniatures range. Settled on a...

Some new recruits for my British in Egypt project. These are Gordon Highlanders who formed part of Hope's Brigade. The Highland regiment...

Some progress on the Salonika WW1 project. The first Bulgarians are off the workbench. We have an officer stand and a unit of irregulars. Re...

Just completed the May update of the Balkan History web site. The main new feature this month is the Russian army of 1877 with its Romanian...