by Rob Morgan I hope you found the questions intriguing, or at least interesting, and even, possibly, worth a little research. Here are the answers and, by the way, if you have any alternatives or want to add a comment ( or an insult- like the ones I get when I do the pub quiz) […]
Wargaming
Solo Christmas Wargames Quiz
By Rob Morgan My first thought when putting this quiz together was to make it a sort of OstFront-Winter War- battles and campaigns in the snow special, but that’s a bit too obvious and so I tried to vary the questions a bit. I couldn’t find a battle in which sleighs were used either, but […]
November Sample Article
In “Wargame Campaigns: Transferring the Map to the Table”, Paul Wisken shares his method for converting from the campaign map to the tabletop, where the area occupied by a unit on the map is far greater than can be represented. It’s this month’s sample article from a previous issue of Lone Warrior, and it’s available […]
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 […]
Some Assembly Required
Peter R. Barkworth shares: Here are three photos of my present wargaming activities. 1. Three buildings from the Airfix La Haye Sainte kit turned into separate buildings as per the Terence Wise article from an old Airfix Magazine. 2. Another La Haye Saint kit being painted as the kit, more or less. 3. A two-dimensional […]
Just a Question Please
by Rob Morgan I was watching one of The Mummy films (movies) the other evening -the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. There’s a scene in it where the heroes are ambushed by the PLA in a temple high in the Himalayas and a group of, well, let’s call them friendly Yeti intervene. It made me […]
August Sample Article
In this month’s sample article from back issues of Lone Warrior, Rob Morgan considers the use of chess boards and boards from other games for miniature wargames. It’s available on the Sample Articles page.
New Sample Article Posted
In “Kriegsspiel”, Paul Le Long reports on his playing in multi-player Kriegsspiels and the way the games highlighted the challenges facing commanders. He offers some suggestions for other soloists who might want to give Kiregsspeil a go as well. You can read this article from a previous issue of Lone Warrior on the Sample Articles page.
New Sample Article
In ‘Something Old, Something Newer: Revisiting Some Inter-Related Rule Sets’, George Arnold discusses three derivatives of De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA): De Bellis Napoleonicis, DBACW, and Triumph! He rounds out the discussion with a game report featuring DBACW. You can read this article from a previous issue of Lone Warrior on the Sample Articles page.
Charge!
Today I tried to find Stuart Asquith’s Charge! rules on kindle but did not succeed. Does anyone have a Quick Review Sheet for these rule? Any opinions about these classic rules?