Balkan Wargamer

Fought my first full game with the revised edition of Flames of War. Also an opportunity to field some recent reinforcements for my Internat...

My latest Kindle read has been Marius' Mules - Invasion of Gaul by S.J.A.Turney. I am something of a sucker for Roman fiction so ...

Just finished Brian Todd's book 'Road to Manzikert - Byzantine and Islamic Warfare 527 - 1071' . Manzikert is of course one of...

I played my first game today of the new Black Powder renaissance variant, Pike & Shotte. I play tested with a small Polish v Austrian Im...

I was at the Falkirk show, Carronade yesterday. Well organised as always by the Falkirk lads in a good venue. Excellent spread of traders an...

First German troops for the Seelowe Nord project. Decided my Gebirgsjager will need some armoured support if they are to rampage across York...

A somewhat belated post on my visit to the Salute show. As most will know this is the largest wargame show in the UK, held at the Excel Ce...

A trip to Hull to visit my partner's mum over Easter didn't hold out much in the way of historical interest. However, I did manage a...

I have just finished reading 'Tiger Command' by Bob Carruthers and Sinclair Mclay based on an original manuscript by Ritter von Krau...

I had a very pleasant short break in Amsterdam before Easter. Not a lot of military interest and describing what there was not helped by my ...

Just finished 'War in the West' by Brian Clarke. The basic premise of this alternative history is that Hitler falls ill and dies at ...

Flames of War army lists mean a requirement for more Italian mortars in particular. Quite enjoyed painting 15mm figures again. Forgotten how...

First Scottish wargames show of the year today in Dumfries - Albanich. Small show but well supported by some good traders and some very good...

Just finished my latest Simon Scarrow novel 'The Legion'. This is in his Roman Empire series following the adventures of Macro and C...

I know books are not good for me. Good historical fiction is really bad for me. I enjoyed Andy Johnson's book Seelowe Nord so much th...

  The Italian Army of WW2 gets a generally bad press. This is largely based on the early war performance in the Western Desert. After that,...

Just finished my latest Ben Kane book, Hannibal - Enemy of Rome. I am always going to be sucked into a book about the Punic Wars and need...

My latest read has been Giles Christian's Sons of Thunder. This is the second of his Raven series covering the adventures of a shipload ...

Just finished the second of Andy Johnson's World War 2 series 'Thunder in May'. I raved about his first book 'Seelowe Nord...

Reinforcements for the 1877 project. More Outpost Miniatures from their superb range. First we have Russian Cossack cavalry and artillery....