I have been on the lookout for a new set of rules to use to run French and Indian War skirmish sized battles. I had not been happy with the rules on…
Legion Terrain Tractor Beam
I recently purchased a new ground matt for playing Star Wars Legion. The matt will work as a space port or spaceship hanger. Having that, I needed a bit more terrain features…
Osprey Rebels and Patriots – Rules Review
I came across Osprey’s Rebels and Patriots rules very recently, while doing some web surfing looking for AWI uniform painting guide info. I had totally missed these rules when they were released…
FOW – Battle of Longstop Hill (Part II), December 1942.
The final game of our Tunisia theme (which should have been titled, “The Race to Tunis” since all of our battles were from the opening stages of the campaign) was another battle…
FOW – Battle pf Longstop Hill (Part I), December 1942.
It is necessary to provide the dates when discussing the fighting at Longstop Hill, because the hill was contested in a series of actions from 22-25 December 1942, and in the spring…
Mini Neo “Monsterpocalypse” Buildings
I spent some time looking through the offerings from Phalanx consortium at the last HMGS convention. I was looking for a few bits and came across a series of MDF buildings from…
KK – Battle of Liegnitz, August 1760
Background 1759 had seen severe reverses for Frederick; the Battle of Kunersdorf against the Russians on 12th August and the capture of General Fink’s Prussian force of around 12,500 men at Maxen…
Blue Moon 25mm Carts and Wagons.
While setting up my last Pulp game, I rally wanted to have some wagons to use as scatter terrain. Unfortunately, I had a number in my collection, but they were all unfinished!…
FOW – Battle of Bordj Toum, December 1942.
“Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia, December 10, 1942: As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army, in an…
War of Austrian Succession 15mm Dutch Army
One of my favorite periods for gaming is the lace wars period, specifically, SYW and WAS. We play these reasonably often, now using my home grown rules again. Well, we have run…