By Rob Morgan The cogs in the photographs are 1/3000th scale, made originally by Bill Lamming in the North of England. Fairly old models now, I bought them from Bill in the late 1970s. I later wrote a series of articles in Hobilar, the medieval wargames journal about them and their potential on the table […]
Month: May 2018
‘Apache Warrior versus US Cavalryman’ (Osprey) review
Jonathan Aird reviews an Osprey focused on the American Indian wars. It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.
‘Playing at the World’ book review
Paul Le Long reviews “Playing at the World,” a history of Dungeons and Dragons role-playing games, with a brief history of wargaming, from Chess forward, included. It’s highly recommended. It’s on the Reviews page.
Aubrey and Maturin
By Rob Morgan I am, and always have been, a ‘Hornblower’ fan. But I’ve long intended to write a note about another Napoleonic Wars naval hero. Jack Aubrey is a very different kettle of fish from Horatio Hornblower. His and his ship’s surgeon’s adventures cover some 20 novels, and are far more than the stirring […]
A sample article for May
Steve Turner provides this month’s sample article from past numbers of Lone Warrior magazine. This article describes how he went about setting up a fictional Colonial campaign in North Africa. It’s on the Sample Articles page.
Friday Insights
By Rob Morgan It often surprises me, knowing that wargamers are ardent historians and avid readers, how little so many of us share with the others in our fraternity. The title of this piece (which I know you opened up because it could be almost anything, couldn’t it?) is the title of the 2018 series […]