Balkan Wargamer

The other half of my holiday fiction reading has been 'Eagle' by Jack Hight. This is the first of a trilogy about Saladin. Arguably ...

My summer holiday reading included Robert Low's 'The Lion at Bay'. This is the second in the Kingdom series covering the Scot...

Another gap in our Spanish armies for the display game for Claymore is some military order knights. They formed part of the decisive final c...

My focus is now shifting to the Claymore show on 4 August. The GDWS display game this year will be the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa 1212. ...

In January I posted a review of Andy Johnson's first book 'Seelowe Nord'. This is a fictional account of the German invasion o...

Just completed the July 2012 update of Balkan Military History . The main feature article is Gebirgsjager in the Balkans . A short history...

More Gebirgsjager off the production line. Just about there with this project, certainly enough to field a 1500pt Flames of War company. ...

More Gebirgsjager churning off the summer production line. This time we have the pioneer platoon.    Followed by 37mm anti-tank g...

I have just finished reading John Lynch's biography of the Argentine General Jose de San Martin. San Martin is best known as the comma...

The first Gebirgsjager infantry platoon off the bench. Followed by a Mortar platoon for close support Working on the Pioneer plat...

My latest Balkan reading is a reprint of the Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch study, Campaign in Greece 1940-41. This is a history and ...

Latest additions from the painting tray for my early war German project. We have some light armoured cars, Pkw 1 command tanks and some truc...

My latest historical fiction read has been Peter Darman's book 'The Parthian'. First time I have read his work and very mixed re...

I reviewed the new Rif Raf range back in August when David Burns kindly sent me some samples. I have eventually got round to getting them ...

The navy has mutinied in Glasgow and joined the Clydeside Brigade. useful reinforcements as these are trained troops in the best Battleship ...

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...