Balkan Wargamer

Got the new units onto the tabletop for the first time today. The scenario involved a Clydeside Brigade attack on a Scottish Government ou...

I have been working my way through some review packs of David Burns new range of figures for the Greek army of WW2 in 28mm. And very nice t...

The next unit for my Very British Civil War project is the Clydeside Battalion. These are better trained troops financed and organised by ...

My latest historical fiction reading has been Honour and the Sword by A.L. Berridge. This is the author's first novel and takes place...

Just finished reading  Blood on the Snow: The Carpathian Winter War of 1915 by Graydon Tunstall. I thought I knew a bit about most WW1 ca...

Popped down to Lanark today for Scotland's Festival of History . This is a two day living history event with a wide range of re-enactors...

Just completed the first unit for my Very British Civil War project. For those not familiar with the concept it is an alternative historical...

It was the Claymore show in Edinburgh today. As well organised as ever by the Edinburgh club in a fine venue. Even the weather was cooler, a...

A bit of film nostalgia. The Vikings is a film starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine and based on the novel The Viking by...

Next unit off the bench for the 1877 Russo-Turkish War are the Russians. More figures from the 28mm range by Outpost Miniatures . It's...

Second half of my holiday reading was Bernard Cornwell's The Fort . Cornwell is of course the benchmark for historical fiction and he do...

I spent my summer holiday in Brittany. Not an area I know well, but one with a rich history. Brittany gets its name from the settlement of...

First on my holiday reading list has been Robert Low's new book 'The Lion Awakes'. He is the author of the Oathsworn series of V...

In December I posted pictures of the Bulgarian Legion in 28mm from a new range by Outpost Miniatures . These are for the Russo-Turkish War ...

The latest Osprey (MAA 466) covers the Armies of the Balkan Wars 1912-13 . This book does what it says on the cover. Just a short potted h...

I picked up a copy of Alan Mallinson's latest book On His Majesty's Service , primarily because it appeared to cover the 1829 Russo-...

This is the second in Jack Ludlow's trilogy covering the great story of the Normans in the South. The scene is 11th Century Italy, wit...

The 28 June was the anniversary of the first Battle of Kosovo in 1389. On the Field of Blackbirds the Christian army of Serbs, Albanians, Bo...

Lots of Balkan interest in the wargame and military society journals this month. The latest edition of the New Mosquito has several exc...

My latest reading has been Balkan Breakthrough: The Battle of Dobro Pole 1918 by Richard Hall. Dobro Pole is not likely to be on many WW1...