-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Of Possible Soloist Interest
Archives
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
Categories
- Air gaming
- Battle reports
- Board games
- Computer games
- Current projects
- From the editor
- Gaming conventions
- Latest issue of LW
- Lone Warrior blog
- Movies
- Naval gaming
- Other blogs, sites
- Painting
- Periods – American Civil War
- Periods – Ancient
- Periods – Colonial
- Periods – Dark Ages
- Periods – Eighteenth century
- Periods – Fantasy
- Periods – General history
- Periods – Medieval
- Periods – Modern
- Periods – Napoleonic
- Periods – Nineteenth century
- Periods – Pike and Shot
- Periods – Pulp era
- Periods – Renaissance
- Periods – Science fiction
- Periods – Twentieth century
- Periods – World War I
- Periods – World War II
- Solo wargaming
- Wargaming
- What's new
Meta
Category Archives: Battle reports
A new sample article
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.
Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Ancient, Solo wargaming
Leave a comment
‘Kamikaze Attack’ battle report
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
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
Battle of Rigatoni AAR
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 …
… 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
Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Ancient
Leave a comment
Some CC:N (Napoleonics) heresy
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
East versus West: Fictional history with Armati 2
By Chris Hahn Inspired by the Chalons-centric issue of Slingshot (July-August 2013), I decided to stage a similar, but rather different, battle on my tabletop. In very brief summary, I set up a fictional contest between Late Roman armies representing … Continue reading
Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Ancient
Leave a comment
Battle of Drepanum refight AAR
By George Arnold As I mentioned in the latest issue of Lone Warrior magazine, I’m determined to break out of a rut and play more games. For various reasons, my actual game-playing has suffered the last couple of years — … Continue reading
Posted in Battle reports, Naval gaming, Periods - Ancient
Leave a comment
Currently playing on my tabletop …
By Chris Hahn As of the afternoon of March 12, I find myself six turns in to a rather large game of “Impetvs.” Without going into too much detail, a few weeks ago I found myself enamored with the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Ancient
Leave a comment
The Governor’s Gamble AAR
or An ‘Impetvs’ Interpretation of the Battle of Watling Street By Chris Hahn The more I studied the map on page 194 of “Warfare in the Classical World” [1] and the more I reviewed the accompanying explanatory caption on page … Continue reading
Posted in Battle reports, Periods - Ancient, Solo wargaming
7 Comments