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Category Archives: Periods – Modern
Review of HALO Urban Warthog model
Jonathan Aird likes this model of a lightly armed and armored fighting vehicle. The review is on the Reviews page.
A sample article on solo tank battles
This month’s sample article from the pages of Lone Warrior is a description of solo adaptions to augment the play of such rule sets as Team Yankee or Flames of War. A battle report is included, all from author Nic … Continue reading
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Review of Osprey’s ‘Black Ops’
Paul Le Long reviews an Osprey from their Wargames series, this one a set for “Black Ops,” skirmish wargaming with small teams of Commandos or Special Forces, etc. It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.
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Just a spy ship or AGI
By Rob Morgan The basic model here is simply a resin 1/1200th-scale cargo ship, bought for a few pence a while back at a show. I didn’t really have much need for it, and it sat there for ages, until … Continue reading
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South China Sea scenarios
By Rob Morgan A while ago, I looked for the first time in years at my old 1/1200th scale Peoples Liberation Army Navy (Chinese Navy) flotillas. Beyond the idea of wargaming the Chinese Civil War, which did in fact have … Continue reading
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Review of ‘War Fighter’ solo board game
David H. Allen reviews the solo board game “War Fighter,” which follows missions by small groups of Special Forces personnel. His review is on the Reviews page.
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A sample article for July
This month’s sample article from previously published Lone Warrior magazines is by Rupert Cullum and describes his gaming a big-game hunting safari using Howard Whitehouse’s rules, “The Lion Eats Tonight.” It’s on the Sample Articles page.
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Review of Matchbox Attack Track model
Jonathan Aird reviews a Matchbox model and finds it useful for several scales. It’s on the Reviews page.
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A visit to the Golan Heights
By Nic Birt I’ve been interested in the Yom Kippur war of 1973 for quite a while (hence the Purple Line article) so I was pleased to be able to get up on the Golan Heights for a few hours … Continue reading
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On smoke in battle
By Rob Morgan The armoured car in the photographs is a British-built Fox, taken at the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Barracks here in Wales recently. This afv was introduced in the early ‘70s and withdrawn in the mid-‘90s. Some 200 … Continue reading
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