Balkan Wargamer

The latest unit to join my Scots army for Bannockburn is a unit of isles men led by Angus Og MacDonald.  We are pretty sure that islesm...

As a break from the Bannockburn project I have been reading ‘ Wars of Spanish American Independence 1809-29’ by John Fletcher.  ...

In this 700th anniversary year we can expect a string of publications on this battle. I have just finished reading David Cornell's new b...

The first Scots schiltron makes it off the painting bench for the Bannockburn project. These are Black Tree Design figures. Quite a lot of...

Other than Bannockburn, the other major anniversary this year is the start of World War 1 and that is clearly of Balkan interest. The s...

This year is the 700th anniversary of Robert the Bruce’s (or De Brus when I am winding up Nationalist pals!) great victory at Bannockburn o...

My initial Chinese army for WW2 is now complete and ready for the tabletop. They are based for Flames of War. By the 1930's the Chines...

This was the title of our big game at the GDWS double header this weekend. Early 18th Century using around 600, 28mm figures and Black Powde...

A news item on the BBC the other morning caught my eye describing how the National Archives are putting war diaries on the web as part of th...

I got one of my recent projects onto the tabletop yesterday at the club - Dacian Wars . Two 300 point Hail Caesar armies organised into tw...

Last game of the holidays before returning to work tomorrow. First outing for my new 28mm British and Japanese forces for the Malayan camp...

I have at last managed to get two 1500 point Flames of War armies on the tabletop for the Nomonham Incident. In 1932, the Japanese occupie...

A lot of stories about liver disease in today's Scottish media that I didn't appreciate after last night's excess, but a break i...

Second on my holiday reading list has been Bernard Cornwell’s latest epic, ‘The Pagan Lord’. This is the latest in the Warrior Ch...

I played my first game of Chain of Command at the club yesterday, the WW2 platoon level skirmish game by Two Fat Lardies. We played a V...

I did promise myself some gaming over the holidays and I got to a project inspired by my first game with the excellent Musket and Tomahawk ...

My holiday reading starts with, ‘ Conquer or Die! Wellington’s Veterans and the Liberation of the New World ’ by Ben Hughes. Simon Boli...