Mark D. submitted the following inquiry. I’m hopeful someone reading this will be able to assist them. – JY I was a former subscriber to Lone Warrior in the 1980’s and early 90’s. Now that I have retired, I thought I would look again at solo wargaming WW2, my area of interest. However, many of […]
Periods – World War II
At Present I Am . . .
by Rob Morgan . . .reading a few books about D-Day, as I usually do at this time of year. A couple of, now quite distant, holidays along the Overlord Invasion Coast and half a dozen wide-ranging day trips deep into the country of the bocage has given me a lifelong interest in that astonishing […]
A River Gunboat
by Rob Morgan, This small wooden boat, an oil tanker shape, intended for a small child’s play set, is about 8 inches (35cm) long, sturdy, and with a lovely empty deck. I bought it for a little less than 3 pounds. A little work provided me with this in 20/25mm scale. It’s intended to be […]
The Luckiest Panzers!
By Rob Morgan It has been many years since I drafted a never-to-be-completed wargame based on a series of Allied invasions of the Channel Islands in 1944. I’m not surprised I abandoned the idea, given that this collection of islands was a very heavily defended festung, as hard to breach as Dieppe or Omaha. In […]
The Worst Twentieth Century General?
by Rob Morgan My colleague, Trevor, is a WWI historian and I asked his opinion on the worst commanders of that particular period. He suggested the Russian, Samsonov, in the 1914 Tannenberg campaign, any number of Austrian generals, before and after the capture of their Eastern fortresses, or, as he said, take your pick of […]
Little David
by Rob Morgan In my wargames, ordnance is the heart of the battlefield and I do have a love of unusual weapons – the great medieval bombards, the massive mortars and trench pieces of WWI, and railway guns, too. I recently came upon an amazing late-WWII artillery weapon which, with a calibre of 36 in. […]
A reader question
Andy in Australia writes: Anyone know where I can buy Eagle Battle of the River Plate models?
‘Panzer IV vs Char B1 Bis (France 1940)’ Osprey review added
Jonathan Aird has reviewed this Osprey title from their Duel series and finds the analysis of the differences between the two tanks refreshing. It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.
‘Panzer Colours III’ reviewed
Rob Morgan reviews a 1984 book from a series about Panzer markings and finds it remarkably thorough. It’s on the Reviews page.
Another sample article added
This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is by Paul Le Long and is titled “Escape From Colditz.” Using the Black Ops rules from Osprey and a map from the old “Escape From Colditz” board game produces a tense solo game. It’s on the Sample Articles page.