Balkan Wargamer

 I had a free day before a book talk this evening, so I went on a grand tour of Staffordshire museums. I started at the remains of the Roman...

  Balkan Wars is a mighty tome by James Tracy, with a matching price tag (£70). It examines the long 16th-century conflicts between the Otto...

 I am in Yorkshire for my wife's family gathering, which gave me a free day when she met up with her old pals. Unfortunately, the East R...

 I picked up this 2003 Osprey Campaign book by Simon Millar on Frederick the Great's clash with the Russians in the Seven Years' Wa...

 It is not an obvious book title for a military historian, but this is the second in Nigel Tranter's Master of Gray trilogy. A brief rem...

 I used to be a regular Rapid Fire player, using the 2005 version, which I still have, along with some additions for modern warfare. I'...

 This overlooked early WW2 campaign is now getting the Osprey Campaign series treatment in a new book by Pier Paolo Battistelli.  Mussolini ...

 The first big wargame show of the year is Vapnartak, held at York Racecourse. It's a well-lit venue on several floors, within walking d...

This new Osprey by Philip Jowett and Martin Windrow is dangerous, given my predilection for obscure conflicts. I had thought this was a sol...