Balkan Wargamer

Well you can't have a Jacobite uprising without some Highlanders. These are Warlord figures from their boxed set. They are a bit stereo...

I do like an anniversary for wargaming inspiration. This year is the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. On 6 September...

I have just finished Dusan Babac's ' The Serbian Army in the Wars for Independence against Turkey 1876-1878 ', published by Heli...

The second half of my poolside holiday reading was Robin Waterfield's history of the Roman invasion of Greece. He starts with the...

The city of Pula (Pola Italian ) in Croatia, was the main naval base of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. There is plenty to see reflecting its var...

The beautiful Soca Valley in Slovenia is a tourist playground today, with mountain walking, paragliding and watersports. However, in 1917 i...

I spent yesterday in the Military Frontier that used to cover most of Croatia and northern Bosnia - separating the Hapsburg and Ottoman emp...

I came across this little gem at Turanj, just outside Karlovac, on the road south towards Bosnia yesterday. The plan is to build a full mus...

Northern Croatia for this year's Balkan travel fest with a focus on the military border between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires. First ...

My poolside reading for today, some way further up the Adriatic coast, was The Siege of Shkodra by Marin Barleti, a local priest in 1504. ...

Just a very quick visit to Claymore today. Flying out on my honeymoon, coincidently from Edinburgh Airport! Heading to the Balkans of cours...