Balkan Wargamer

Next stop in the 1848 Hungarian Revolution project is the Austrian army. The Austrian army recovered from a bad start to be successful on ...

When I first got interested in the Balkans, I started with the big general studies by Schevill, Jelavich, Fine etc. These describe the histo...

Another wicked figure manufacturer has dragged me into a new project. In this case Steve Barber Models and their new 28mm range ‘Europe in...

This year is the centenary of the fall of Jerusalem in 1917 to the allied army led by General Allenby. My understanding of this campaign goe...

My gaming productivity has dropped significantly recently, busy time at work. So I thought I would dip into the pile of plastic in the '...

Swordpoint is Gripping Beast's new big battle rules for the ancient and medieval period. This is a pretty crowded space, but one chased ...

Sunday was an opportunity to play once again with Scott's superb 10mm collection of forces for the Battle of Flodden 1513 - or as it s...

The latest Osprey Elite covers the history of the Barbary pirates. Written by Angus Konstam, who has written extensively on the subject of p...

This year is the centenary of the Russian revolution of 1917, so we can expect a fair few volumes on the subject. My first dabble has been H...

The Pikeman's Lament  is the new pike and shot variant to Daniel Mersey's popular Lion Rampant rules. I love these rules, so I was ...

This is not so much a new Osprey as me catching up. Warrior 175 by Ross Cowan takes the story of the Roman legionary up to the age of Diocle...

My latest fiction read has been The Serpent Sword by Matthew Harffy - the first in his Bernicia Chronicles. The setting is Dark Ages Berni...

The best bit about returning to work is a lunchtime spending my book tokens on real books in a proper bookshop. The first read of my signifi...

The last painting session of the holidays included some more character figures from the Conan board game. These include Conan himself, the w...