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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Review of ‘Iron & Rust” novel
Jonathan Aird finds the Harry Sidebottom novel about ancient Rome a good read, with a couple of author quirks. It’s on the Reviews page.
Posted in Periods - Ancient
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Plague seasons and campaigns
By Rob Morgan The weather column in ‘The Times’ recently reported some research, with clear medieval or early Renaissance wargames campaign potential, by a Dr. Pribyl of the University of East Anglia, reconstructing the climate of that part of England … Continue reading
Posted in Solo wargaming, Wargaming
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Best era to be a soldier
By Jim Rohrer This issue might be relevant to the decision about which era you to prefer to wargame. We all can agree that war is a nasty business and should be avoided at all costs. But wars do happen … Continue reading
Posted in Wargaming
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ACW easy rules have been added
Kevin White’s rules for the American Civil War, “The Blue and Gray,” have now been added. They’re on the Complete Rule Sets page.
Posted in Periods - American Civil War
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Pak 43/41 anti-tank gun in Normandy
By Rob Morgan A couple of e-mails responding to my ‘VE Day’ piece asked me for a little more detail on what some seem to think is a rather unusual form of ’88,’ and it certainly is an odd version … Continue reading
Posted in Periods - World War II
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Game duration in ‘One-Hour Wargames’ for solo play
By Jim Rohrer One-Hour Wargames (OHW) is my preferred rule set (Thomas, 2014). I like it because the rules are simple, it is intended for play on a small table, games are short, and it is so flexible. Units of … Continue reading
Posted in Solo wargaming
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Cathedral – a very useful board game
By Rob Morgan A little while before we were all forced to stay in, I bought a boxed game in the local charity shop. It cost me £1.99, about 3 Euros, or, what, $2.50-ish? Now I’ve had the chance to … Continue reading
Posted in Board games, Current projects, Wargaming
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The ‘Lost 52’ Project
By Rob Morgan Ben Hoyle, writing in The Times, described the discovery of the wreck of the USS Stickleback a ‘Tench’ Class submarine lost in the Spring of 1958 in collision with USS Silverstein DE534, off Barber’s Point on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu during an … Continue reading
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‘Report from the Vosges Mountains’ added
A new game report has been added to the website, this one on a game between Prussians and Garibaldi’s irregulars set during the Franco-Prussian War. The report is by Jim Rohrer and is on the Game Reports page.
Posted in Periods - Nineteenth century
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Review of Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep and Perilous Dark added
Paul Le Long finds these inter-related fantasy rules easy to learn and fun to play. His review is on the Reviews page.
Posted in Periods - Fantasy
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