Balkan Wargamer

Tried a miniature version of the raid on Drvar at the club today, using Bolt Action rules and 28mm figures. The table below has Tito headq...

This is latest book by Andy Johnson in his WW2 series. I have given the first two books rave reviews, so I was looking forward to this...

Played my first full game of Sam Mustapha's Napoleonic rules, Grande Armee today. These are big battle rules with a unit on the table ...

Played my first full game today with Pike & Shotte, the Black Powder derivative for the Renaissance period.. Tested them with Ottomans a...

I have just finished reading Ben Shepherd's, Terror in the Balkans published by Harvard University Press. This is a study of German a...

Seasons greetings to all. Wishing everyone a happy New Year and a good 2013. So what are my plans for the coming year? Projects at prese...

Fought a small Russo-Turkish War 1877 skirmish yesterday. Three companies of Turkish Nizam with artillery and cavalry support against a simi...

As the New Year beckons I usually start with a look at forthcoming centenaries. Mainly as inspiration for display games in the coming yea...

The Knight's Move (Operation Rösselsprung ) was a combined airborne and ground assault by the Germans on Tito’s headquarters at the...

This is the first of Robyn Young's take on the Robert the Bruce story. She starts with the death of King Alexander and the Bruce...

We had another go at using the Bolt Action rules today for a Very British Civil War battle. Just under 1000 points a side which gave us 5 ...

On Saturday we trekked up to the Kirriemuir Club show, Targe. One of the smaller Scottish shows, but usually well supported and well organis...

My latest reading has been Philip Matyszak's, Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece . The book starts with some very nice maps and ...

I returned to the Very British Civil War today at the club. This time using Bolt Action rules with 1000 points a side. My Clydesiders agains...

A hundred years ago this month, the First Balkan War began. On Oct. 8, 1912, Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire, and invaded ...

My latest fiction read has been Gordon Docherty's, Strategos. It is set in the borderlands of the Byzantine Empire in 1046. The Sel...

It's a holiday weekend in the West of Scotland so took advantage of the rare fine weather to get outdoors. Shot my best round of the yea...

Bolt Action is a new set of WW2 rules published by Osprey and Warlord, primarily for 28mm figures. My copy arrived yesterday and I played my...

I'm afraid my painting productivity has dropped off since the holidays. Work and other commitments conspire to get in the way of the hob...

This is the latest Osprey Elite (No.187) on Byzantine Imperial Guardsman 925-1025. It covers the units of the Taghmata and Imperial Gua...