Category Archives: Periods – World War II

A sample article for September

Posted on September 2, 2018 by George Arnold

As usual for a new month, here’s a vintage article from past issues of Lone Warrior. In this one, George Arnold takes a classic Avalon Hill board game, “Victory in the Pacific,” and revamps the rules to make the game … Continue reading →

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Battle of Britain rules added

Posted on August 29, 2018 by George Arnold

Mike Crane provides his original set of air combat rules for the Battle of Britain, including 3D paper airplane models. It’s on the Complete Rule Sets page.

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‘Kokoda Trail’ rules added

Posted on August 22, 2018 by George Arnold

Kevin White authored this set of skirmish rules for World War II jungle combat that originally appeared in Lone Warrior. The rules are on the Complete Rule Sets page.

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Warships and accessories

Posted on August 12, 2018 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan In the local model shop, I found two packs of 1/700th Hasegawa ‘Water-Line’ series accessories. I’ve often mentioned the Hasegawa ‘Tugger’ set of small vessels suitable for conversion as armed auxiliaries in many periods of modern naval … Continue reading →

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Ships in ‘The Works’ store

Posted on July 19, 2018 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan I was looking for a birthday present, when I found a pile of little red boxes on the ‘games’ table of the shop. There were four of them, World War II battleships labelled as ‘Hood,’ Tirpitz,’ ‘New … Continue reading →

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Sample article for July

Posted on July 1, 2018 by George Arnold

In this month’s offering from past issues of Lone Warrior, Paul Le Long shares ways to use bits from one game to make another game work. He combines a Zombie game with World War II, sort of. Take a look … Continue reading →

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Bombers and Fighters Over Europe: A sample game

Posted on June 10, 2018 by mike crane

By Mike Crane The appearance of this article as the sample game for June was a delightful surprise. However, it appeared in a 2015  issue of Lone Warrior magazine and although that doesn’t seem so long ago, I had forgotten … Continue reading →

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A sample article for June

Posted on June 3, 2018 by George Arnold

This month’s sample article from the archives of Lone Warrior is a set of rules for a solo World War II game by Mike Crane: “Bombers and Fighters Over Europe.” It’s on the Sample Articles page.

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An early wargaming disaster

Posted on March 28, 2018 by George Arnold

By Rob Morgan If my mother had allowed me the use of one of her crisp, starched white bedsheets, it wouldn’t have happened, but she was convinced I’d tie-dye it or something like that. So it was ‘No!’ Anyway, I … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘River Plate 1939’ (Osprey)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by George Arnold

Jonathan Aird reviews an offering from the Osprey Campaign series, this one on the naval campaign and battle between the German pocket battleship Graf Spee and the British forces assigned to destroy her. It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.

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