Balkan Wargamer

The Pera Palace Hotel in the modern Beyoglu district of Istanbul is the rather loose link in Charles King's story of Istanbul between th...

With impeccable timing, lockdown happened in the midst of decorators working in our house. I am now explaining to my beloved why my paintbru...

This book by Peter Haining describes the measures taken in 1940 to resist a possible invasion of eastern England. In particular, it deals wi...

The Mediterranean strategy during WW2 has been the subject of some controversy, both during and after the war. In this concise book, Sir Mic...

As normal life is being disrupted, one plus is my reading pile may take a bit of a dent. Napoleon's Guard is the second book in Griff H...

The COVID-19 crisis should have one silver lining - the reduction in lead piles. One of my larger ones is bags of 10mm Zulus inspired by my ...

A book selling pal sold me this book with the line 'you are a sucker for an obscure campaign'. How true! This is Andrew Stewart'...

First units for the Anglo-Zulu War project are ready for the table. All models are from the Pendraken range in 10mm. First up British regu...

Having finished the 1812 series, I needed some new bedtime historical fiction reading. Sticking to the Napoleonic theme, I went for Griff Ho...

This is a new study, by Kaloyan Matev, of the Soviet offensive south of the Danube between September and October 1944. The sister of the bet...

My current favourite battle rules for the ancients and medieval period are  To the Strongest!  authored by Simon Miller. They are played ex...

It is not often that I read a historical fiction series one after another, but the War of 1812 series by A.J.Mackenzie is a worthy exception...

This is a new book by Chris Flaherty on the uniforms, tactics and organisation of the Napoleonic Ottoman Army, published by Partisan Press...

This is a new set of rules for the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars period. The author is Herve Caille who wrote the ancient and medieval r...

I have been playing Black Seas a bit lately, mostly with French and British frigate squadrons in the Adriatic. The game plays well, withou...

My modern 20mm project has been on a bit of a go-slow for many months. The main priority was to get more generic eastern Europe militia type...