Balkan Wargamer

One of the very few Balkan conflicts I haven't done before is Trajan's invasion of Dacia. I have been collecting Roman units for t...

A short interregnum in my reading around my key projects has been Elizabeth James book, 'Constantine the Great - Warlord of Rome'...

Some reinforcements for my Russo-Turkish War 1877 project in 28mm. These are from the seriously good Outpost Miniatures range. I have retur...

I am getting into the research for our first display game of season at Carronade in May, the Battle of Muret 1213 . I usually start wi...

My first wargame show of the season was yesterday's Dumfries show, Albanich. I was working in the morning so I only had time for a brief...

This year is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden. It was fought in Northumberland on 9 September 1513 between a Scottish army led...

After my last game in the Flames of War, Seelowe Nord campaign, it became obvious that the Germans would need some heavier firepower as they...

Today I fought another stage in the Seelowe Nord campaign. For those not familiar with the concept, this is a 15mm Flames of War campaign ba...

Keeping up the Far East World War Two theme my reading for this week has been Nomonhan 1939 by Stuart Goldman. As obscure WW2 battles go ...

One of my projects for this year is the Far East in WW2, probably starting with the Malayan campaign that culminated in the fall of the S...

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...