Paul Le Long provides a capsule review of an Osprey dealing with the Alamo and the Texan independence war. It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.
Month: May 2014
Alexander versus Porus AAR
Chris Hahn provides a battle report on his hypothetical game between actual ancient rivals, Al the Great and King Porus of India. It’s on the Miscellaneous page.
More on ‘Ancient Armies of the Middle East’
By Rob Morgan The tantalising mention of the Osprey Men-at-Arms title “Ancient Armies of the Middle East” ( No.109), reminded me of some interesting ancient ventures of my own. The Terry Wise account covers a number of armies and peoples. I liked the Sumerians, probably because they were such a one-off and strange bunch of […]
Review of ‘Campaign Secrets’ book
Rich Barbuto reviews another volume of collected ideas from Wally Simon, “Wally Simon’s Campaign Secrets of Wargame Design.” It’s on the Reviews page.
Review of ‘Napoleon’s Guard Infantry (1)’ (Osprey)
Paul Le Long takes a look at an Osprey volume on Napoleon’s infantry Guard units. It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.
Review of ‘Practical Wargaming’ book
Jonathan Aird reviews a 1974 classic that pioneered some innovative wargaming ideas for the time. It’s on the Reviews page.
Things we miss?
By Rob Morgan I suppose the breadth of the Atlantic has long prevented everything published or manufactured in terms of wargaming from being “known” on both sides of the ocean, though the Internet’s changed a lot of that. I have acquired through my old mate Jim who “retired” from modeling, a couple of bound volumes […]
It’s May — here’s a new Sample Article
This month’s sample article from the pages of Lone Warrior magazine is a review by Jeffery G. Chorney of a set of rules for 54mm Colonial games called “Big Wars.” It’s on the Sample Articles page.
A selection of snapshots from Little Wars
By Chris Hahn On the afternoon of April 26, I conducted a very brief and comparatively costly reconnaissance of a wargaming convention staged in my neck of the woods. To paraphrase Julius Caesar — and rather poorly at that: I went, I walked around, and I watched. Oh yeah, I also took a lot of […]