by George Banic I had a conversation with ‘Mark Man of Tin’ on the Lone Warrior blog recently, where I mentioned I’d built a few city blocks of urban terrain to play a game based on the Battle of Fallujah. Mark indicated he’d like to see photos of the terrain, hence, some photos to illustrate […]
Battle reports
A Sample Article for July
This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is “Raid on Didyma” by Peter R. Barkworth. Persians attempt to loot and burn the temple at Didyma while fending off an opposing Greek force in this riveting game report. Includes historical background and details the solo mechanisms employed in the game. It’s on the Sample Articles page.
Commando raid replay
By Paul Le Long I wanted to congratulate Peter Davies on his commando raid article in the most recent issue of Lone Warrior (No. 214). It was excellent stuff and I was inspired to play the game over the weekend. I enjoyed it so much that I’ve left it set up for a replay. I […]
A new sample article for August
This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is by George Arnold and discusses his experiment with the DBA rules, using a hex grid. A game report with Ancients on hexes is included. It’s on the Sample Articles page.
Kill Team report
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 finally get the figures painted up, the Mechanicus Skitarii and the Genestealer Cultists from the […]
Some modelling skills required
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 were steeped in the flying model aircraft field — Kiel Kraft, I think they were […]
Game report added
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 Game Reports page.
A sample article for May
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 a medieval game that felt more like an historical battle and less like a tabletop […]
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.
‘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.