After wargaming for about 58 years I’m now considering several issues when thinking about new projects. One is how much use I might get from a new pair of armies – I only wargame with others a couple of times a month, perhaps the same for solo games. I also have very arthritic fingers so […]
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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 […]
Welcome to 2025 – Plans?
Welcome to 2025 – I know it’s already ten days old as I write this, but with all the hustle and bustle of the winter holidays, I thought I’d wait for the noise to die down a little. George Banic shared this update for his previous post, “My 2024 Hobby Reflections“: “I finished the Bavarian […]
My 2024 Hobby Reflections
by George Banic Season’s greetings to all the wargaming Lone Wolves out there! Hopefully you all had a great 2024 and 2025 is shaping up to be even better! For those who had the opposite experience, my commiserations to you and, again, my hope that the coming New Year provides you with the opportunity for […]
2024 and Your Hobby Reflections
With the year rolling to a close whether we like it or not, many people, not least among them us solo wargamers, will take a moment to reflect on the previous 12 months and plan for the next. Sticking with the former for this post, I, and I’m sure many other fellow Lone Warriors, would […]
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 […]
Lone Warrior Compendium Project Update
by George Banic George Banic provided the following update in a comment on the previous post. I’ve put it here as it deserves to be highlighted – JY Hi All, John Y had asked me to provide an update on the LW Journal Compendium project, but it’s taken me a while to get on to […]
“New” Back Issues Available
As work continues apace on the indexing the contents of past issues of Lone Warrior, former editor Rich Barbuto has been busy digitizing issues for the project.’ That means more back issues are becoming available for members. Where previously we had a gap for issues numbered in the 60s, we now have the complete run […]
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 […]
Projects Update
by George Banic Not sure if I mentioned it previously, but I hate painting, so getting anything done on that front is a major accomplishment for me! This time around, I managed to knock together a Vauban-esque citadel with four bastions, modelled on the trace of Mainz citadel, because I currently have a few thousand […]