Hi everyone! I am diving into my first ever wargame campaign and am a total newbie to this side of the hobby. To stop myself from getting completely overwhelmed, I’m looking at ways to streamline my campaign notes and make tracking documentation as easy as possible. Does anyone happen to have, or use, templates based […]
Solo wargaming
SWA & Lone Warrior Get Mention in SoA Slingshot (issue 363)
Alistair McBeath’s article “A Solo Wargaming Ramble” is the author’s personal recollections of his solo gaming ‘career’ and of resources encountered on the way. Lone Warrior & SWA get a paragraph between pages 28-29 of this four page summary. Alistair is also active on the SoA Forum (it’s a mix of public and members only […]
50 Years
I’ve just noticed that this year is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Solo Wargamers Association. Good that it is still going though sadly the blog isn’t terribly active. That’s a bit odd as there appears to be more solo games (including solo/coop) and more rules making provision to play solo (The Men […]
Reader Question
Derek C. submitted this question via our contact form: Does anyone know if Brian Cameron finished his journey game in FIW with DF’s Close Wars rules?It was mentioned in LW 061023. If you know, please leave a comment below or submit your response via our contact form and I’ll forward it to Derek. Thank you! […]
Sample Article – January 2026
In, “You Push on Ahead – We’ll Catch You Up”, the new sample article from back issues of Lone Warrior, Jonathan Aird details a deployment method to add variety and interest to an otherwise one-sided DBA matchup. These ideas can be applied to any period or rule system. You can find it on the Sample Articles […]
In Response to George Banic in Issue 230
George asked to hear from all members, in respect of: “I’ve always wondered how many members we have, where they were located and what they were into. If you can think of nothing else to post to the blog, sending in your answer to those three questions would be a great way to introduce yourselves […]
September 2025 Sample Article
A new sample article from the pages of Lone Warrior is available and you can find it on the Sample Articles page. In this month’s article, Peter Davies shares his preparations and mechanisms for running a solo fictious commando raid – includes maps, solo opposition control, and rules.
A New Sample Article – July 2025
A new sample article from the pages of Lone Warrior is available! In “Deceit and Deception”, Marvin Scott presents a simple but effective method for the solo player to create uncertainty about the situation facing their force, with examples from Ancient to Modern. You can find it on the Sample Articles page.
A New Solo Wargaming Book Announced!
While reading through my blog roll today, I came across a post on The Polemarch blog announcing a forthcoming book certain to be of interest to many of us: Solo Wargaming : A Practitioner’s Guide. The author notes the book is being published by Pen & Sword and due for release in June 2024.
Guards! Guards!
by Brian Cameron I’ve been playing Firefly Adventures: Brigands and Browncoats again. It can be played coop or solo and the mechanic for non-played figures could be useful in other games. The opposition are Brawlers or Shooters and, as with your own figures, take two actions each turn. Brawlers will brawl with one of your […]