Category Archives: Battle reports

Kill Team report

Posted on March 14, 2020 by admin2

By David Newport I got the Kill Team set from Games Workshop at the start of 2019. I heard it was pretty good, with very tactical play and the differentiation of each individual miniature. It took me the year to … Continue reading →

Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Fantasy | Leave a comment

Some modelling skills required

Posted on December 21, 2019 by admin2

By Rob Morgan I built my first Airfix kit almost 60 years ago, and despite my youthful inexperience I made a fair go of it (the Boulton Paul Defiant 1940 Night Fighter, since you ask). Most of my older cousins … Continue reading →

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Game report added

Posted on October 19, 2019 by admin2

Here’s an older after-action write-up from an earlier blog entry, now added to the Game Reports page. This one is a report of a game between Romans and Ancient Britons fought using the Impetus rules. Click here to go to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Ancient | Comments Off on Game report added

A sample article for May

Posted on May 4, 2019 by George Arnold

A new sample article from past numbers of Lone Warrior has now been posted. This one is by George Arnold and is titled “The (Linear) Battle of Las Palmas.” In it, Arnold describes his use of Armati-inspired rules to provide … Continue reading →

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A new sample article

Posted on March 4, 2018 by George Arnold

Jonathan Aird describes some ways to randomize the appearance and deployment of two armies for a solo game using the DBA rules. It’s on the Sample Articles page.

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‘Kamikaze Attack’ battle report

Posted on August 14, 2016 by George Arnold

Jonathan Aird does an AAR using rules by Mike Crane and Paul Le Long from a previous issue of Lone Warrior magazine. It’s on the Miscellaneous page.

Posted in Battle reports, Periods - World War II | 2 Comments

A sample article for August

Posted on August 7, 2016 by George Arnold

This month’s sample article from the pages of past Lone Warrior issues is by Paul Le Long and illustrates his ideas for playing a game without rules, using a “fate chart” and an ongoing narrative. It works! The article is … Continue reading →

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Battle of Rigatoni AAR

Posted on December 14, 2014 by George Arnold

By George Arnold In the latest issue of Lone Warrior magazine, I described the ways in which I set up a recent miniatures game, using some solo ideas to take much of the control of the set-up out of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Renaissance | 2 Comments

Germanicophobia …

Posted on July 27, 2014 by George Arnold

… Or, A Solo Wargamer Immerses Himself in Impetvs By Chris Hahn What happens when 1,050 points of Germans and 800 points of Early Imperial Romans are deployed on a six-by-four-foot table? Drawing on some years of experience, I imagine … Continue reading →

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Some CC:N (Napoleonics) heresy

Posted on June 15, 2014 by George Arnold

By George Arnold “Commands & Colors: Napoleonics” is a great board game in its own right. Naturally, I had to fiddle with it. If you read on-line comments about the game, new players are forever suggesting, based on just a … Continue reading →

Posted in Battle reports, Board games, Periods - Napoleonic | 4 Comments