By George Arnold I’ve been playing the new Gibsons version of Kingmaker, which was just released this year. Four games in one: Classic (the old game we all remember), Extended Classic (adds more bells and whistles), Solo Challenge (why I bought this new version of the game), and Kingmaker II (a much streamlined version of […]
Author: George Arnold
Pea Ridge revisited
By George Arnold Recently, I had an opportunity to take my almost 11-year-old grandson on a driving tour of the Pea Ridge battlefield. He’s already showing a serious interest in history, and we had planned this trip long before the pandemic shut everything down, including the Pea Ridge National Military Park. Things have reopened (for […]
More Napoleonic figures finished
By George Arnold Last month, I wrote about painting up some Napoleonic figures for the British Peninsular war. I’d finished several stands at the time and promptly ordered some more to finish off the army. Those figures are finished now too, so I’m now the proud owner of enough stands of British/Portuguese/Spanish figures to field […]
Latest painting project: Peninsular British
By George Arnold During these days of social distancing (isn’t that what solo gamers have been doing all along?), I’ve had plenty of extra time to take on some new painting projects. Not long ago, inspired by a renewed interest in the DBN rules (De Bellis Napoleonicis, see http://dbnwargaming.co.uk/), I decided to expand my Napoleonic […]
Movie trailer for ‘Midway’
Here’s a trailer for the current movie about the World War II air/naval battle: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/midway-trailer/vi-BBWsS9l (Sorry, you’ll have to copy the link into your own browser to get to the trailer.) I saw the movie this weekend and the CGI is quite amazing, well worth the ticket price for the spectacle alone. The individual stories, […]
A sample article for September
This month’s offering from past Lone Warriors is “Blockade Runner.” In the article, Jeffrey G. Chorney explains his own design for a board/miniatures game set during the American Civil War. It’s on the Sample Articles page.
Review of HALO Urban Warthog model
Jonathan Aird likes this model of a lightly armed and armored fighting vehicle. The review is on the Reviews page.
A Jack Scruby catalogue from early 1970s
Rich Barbuto takes a look back at a Jack Scruby catalogue from the early 1970s. Scruby, one of the founders of the hobby, especially in the U.S., was producing a wide variety of figures in many eras and sizes, long before metal figures became more widely available. The review, with some page shots, is on […]
Battleships at Okinawa 1945
By Rob Morgan (This is a note I wrote for the Naval Wargames Society newsletter recently. I thought it might be of interest to one or two SWA members who fight the Pacific Campaigns, and have wargamed the sea fight at Okinawa.) The American Fleet at Okinawa during Operation Iceberg was truly immense, and was […]
A new sample article
Kevin White provides this month’s sample article from previous number of Lone Warrior. “A House Divided” is a rule set focused on the English Civil War, and the article features photos of his paper soldier armies of the period. It’s on the Sample Articles page.