In the lead-up to Christmas I placed an order for several books from the UK, the most anticipated being three of Charles Grant’s scenario books based on his Imagi-Nations campaign, one of which covered detailed mechanics for a siege. Needless to say, I was checking the letterbox on a daily basis about a week after […]
Author: George Banic
Compendium Project Update
by George Banic Hi all, Just a quick post to advise that the Compendium Project is well underway now and we’re building up a head of steam and slowly making our way through the back issues. I have provided a more detailed update which will hopefully appear in the next Journal. We are aiming to […]
Recent Musings
by George Banic It’s been a bit quiet on the blog, so I thought to kick things off a bit with the latest from Downunder. My laptop has died and I’m yet to get a replacement, so my efforts towards the Compendium project are on temporary hold, not that much was happening in the last […]
Plans for 2024?
Ok, Lone Wolves, it’s a new year and I reckon most of us have got some gaming goals in mind, or projects to be completed, etc. Care to share? Yes, a less than subtle plug to get some discussion going on the blog site! I’m keen to see what the rest of the LW crew […]
Dear Sir, the dog ate my Issue 223 submission!
Apologies in advance, due to “ahem!”unforeseen circumstances, I will not have my part 2 article ready in time for issue 223. “Bad Fido!” … “Bad!!” Cheers G “Don’t give me that injured, innocent look, … take one for the team! … there’s a bone in it for you!!” …. “Good boy!!!”
Firepower in the Bavarian War or How I Accidentally Created Prussian Magazine-Fed Auto-Loading Artillery
As indicated in my post on the Battle of Bingen, I was somewhat surprised at how deadly the massed Prussian artillery proved to be, which effectively stopped the French counterattack dead in its tracks in one round of firing. I had a chance to look back over the action and found, as expected, that I […]
Flying Battleships! It’s a thing – right?
So, following on from my recent question on things naval, circa late 19thC, I started trawling the Solo Wargamers Association site and came across a few posts by Rob Morgan with references to converting American Civil War ship models for Science Fiction games (I also noticed you can’t say Sci-Fi anymore!), and this lead me […]
Naval Gazing Late 19thC Style!
I’ve been thinking of adding a naval aspect to my circa 1870 campaign, well, planning for the option anyway! In preparing my campaign I also generated a matrix showing alliances or enmities between various European nations, with an eye to the current French ‘liberation’ of the Palatinate morphing into a general European war. I had […]