Balkan Wargamer

Recent events in Turkey reminded me to dust down my 1/300th micro armour collection of modern Turkish forces, together with the Greeks, for ...

This month is the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Peterwardein in 1716. The Austrian's, led by Prince Eugene, defeated the Ottoman ...

My holiday fiction reading was '2017 War with Russia' by General Sir Richard Shirreff. He is a former Deputy Supreme Allied Commande...

My second game of Sharp Practice 2 was in traditional Sharp territory - the Peninsular War. Two 70 point armies. The 'French' were...

I am not a huge fan of board wargames, but I am inevitably drawn to one covering a Balkan subject. So, I was parted with my cash at Claymor...

Heading back from a trip to my Mum’s we stopped off at Evesham, site of the decisive battle of the Second Baron’s War on 4 August 1265. ...

It was the Claymore show in Edinburgh today. A good collection of traders and a balance between display and participation games. We did a pa...

My holiday non-fiction reading has been Neil Kent's, ' Crimea - A History '. For Brits at least, our understanding of the Crim...

Less than a week to go before Claymore and it's time to test the game. Well a cut down version. The scenario puts the participants in co...

The use of aircraft was one of a number of military innovations in the Mexican revolution. Soon after the revolution broke out, US based e...

The start of my summer break is an opportunity to finish the Pancho Villa project. More a gallop to the finish line for Claymore, rather th...

My latest reading has been Clive Aslet's novel 'The Birdcage'. Perhaps not my usual genre, but I was drawn to it because it take...

I have always had a soft spot for trains, so an opportunity to mix them in with wargaming is too good to miss. Our GDWS participation game a...

My latest reading has been Charles Spencer's biography of Prince Rupert. I had a vague understanding of Prince Rupert's early years,...

Back from my Balkan travels and it's time to get down to some serious painting. When a show is months away, you think, plenty of time to...

My holiday. fiction read has been K.M.Ashman's 'A Land Divided' the first in the 'Blood of Kings' series about early med...