by Rob Morgan Now, I always found Zeppelins, balloons and airships interesting. If Napoleon hadn’t taken against them, the French Balloon Corps he disbanded might have turned his fortunes in a few battles, including Waterloo (now there’s a thought for a wargame). There are few decent ‘balloon’ models around for wargamers, but there are several […]
Periods – Science fiction
Another Photo
by Rob Morgan Back in In Lone Warrior, issue 144 (Oct-Dec 2003), on page 31, I wrote about another Science Fiction warship, Titan. In this case, the model is the 1/600th scale Peter Pig CSS Nashville – in reality a floating heap of junk, but a big and solid steam-punk warship in SF terms, and […]
Close Little Space Wars
Mark ‘Man of TIN’ shares: My name is Mark ‘Man Of TIN’ (blog) and I’m currently working on 54mm Space or SciFi figures (a mix of Airfix, Britain’s, Dorset, Galaxy Laser Team, Star Wars Command and conversion figures) for mostly solo tabletop games and garden games (or the annual UK 54mm Little Wars Revisited wargames […]
Flying Battleships! It’s a thing – right?
So, following on from my recent question on things naval, circa late 19thC, I started trawling the Solo Wargamers Association site and came across a few posts by Rob Morgan with references to converting American Civil War ship models for Science Fiction games (I also noticed you can’t say Sci-Fi anymore!), and this lead me […]
DS-1 Orbital Battle Station
by Rob Morgan Well, yes, I know it’s the Death Star from the original film and Return of the Jedi, which the rebels manage to destroy in a skillful attack of Dam Busters proportions, but this is the official name. My daughter pitched up with it a day or two after Christmas; it was a […]
Incredibles 2 Underminer review
Jonathan Aird finds much inspiration in a bargain-priced diecast vehicle from the Incredibles 2 movie. It’s on the Reviews page.
A sample article for February
This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is by Preston Shah and is titled “TRAVELLER: Solo Role-Playing in the Far-Future Imperium”. The author provides a walk-through of playing the classic science fiction role-playing game solo, with techniques that can be applied to other role-playing games. Includes a brief history of the Traveller […]
New sample article: ‘Shields Up’ space combat
This month’s sample article from past issues of Lone Warrior is by Kevin White. “Shields Up” is a fast-play set of rules for space combat. It’s on the Sample Articles page.
Issue 2 of Warhammer 40K reviewed
Jonathan Aird reviews the latest partwork issue that’s focused on Space Marines and their enemies. It’s on the Reviews page.
WH40K partwork reviewed
Jonathan Aird reviews a new partwork release from Warhammer 40K, featuring Space Marines and Necrons. It’s on the Reviews page.