Clik here to view.
All The Action From CWD2022
Once again, Northleach's premiere annual wargaming event took place on the 25th of September. Thirty-two elite wargamers crowded into the Westwoods Centre in Northleach's leafy Eastend to have fun, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Cotswold Wargaming Day 2023
Cotswold Wargaming Day 2023Sunday 15th OctoberThe Westwoods CentreBassett RoadNorthleachCheltenhamGloucestershire GL54 3QJ09.00 - 17.00A close-up of last year's 'Best Game'.And so, year five of this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Action at Rudnik - Poland 1939
For the moment, my main project continues to be developing my variant of the WRG 1973 Armour and Infantry rules. Tweaking the morale rules (or 'reaction' as the rules call it) had been causing me some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clear The Woods September 1939
Here we go with another WW2 scenario, played using my WRG 1973 revised rules. This time I was fortunate to have a live opponent - many thanks to Steve for coming over and helping out. If anyone finds...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Is This a Hobby or a Military Exercise?"
The quote is from Donald Featherstone. He wrote the words in 1960, during a dispute over editorial policy in War Games Digest, the pioneering historical wargaming magazine that was at that time being...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Things Go Wrong In The Western Desert, 1942
So, a few weeks ago, I headed over to Roy's full of anticipation for a WW2 game set in the Western Desert. I had been working on my WRG-derived rules - I had recently checked over all the gun and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Airfix Nostalgia - Redux
Well, it seems I just can't get away from those old Airfix kits. My original Airfix nostalgia project was supposed to be all over in 2020, but it seems the itch still needs scratching. So this is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Please Support Dan
Last week I was walking a short section of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path with my wife and some friends, when we met the guy shown below going the other way.Dan McNeil is walking the entire length of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cotswold Wargaming Day 2023 - The Judges Scores Are In
And so, a slightly delayed report on CWD 2023. One or two non-wargaming parts of my life took up some time recently, and so I waited for a quiet moment to properly enjoy putting the report together. In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
STARTLINE - Wargaming World War Two
I have mentioned previously on this blog my work on a set of WW2 rules inspired by the WRG 1973 set 'Armour and Infantry'. I have spent many pleasant hours working on these rules recently, and thought...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ah Yes...Facebook
I have never really thought Facebook was a good place for wargaming sites. The Facebook pages or groups I visited seemed to lack focus and looked to me like a jumble of messages and posts with little...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Cotswold Wargaming Day 2024 - And Facebook
Well, it's that time of year again, and I'm planning my annual wargaming event. This year, I am having a change of venue from Northleach to Cirencester.THE COTSWOLD WARGAMING DAY 2024Sunday 20th...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Attack On Wurstburg 1758
It's well past time that I recorded some plain, old-fashioned wargaming on this blog, if only for my own benefit. So to start with, this is a report on a game from just a few days ago, played with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Which I Try Out Valour & Fortitude
The Perry Twin's Valour & Fortitude rules are a set I have been interested in since they first came out about 18 months ago. The basic idea is excellent, and impressed me straight away - a set of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A 'Startline' Wargame - Poland 1939
It was good over a recent weekend to have the opportunity to set up a Startline scenario and play the game through, first solo, then with a live opponent in the shape of my long-time friend and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Loving the Process
I continue to read the odd wargames magazine, mostly WSS. Issue 129 (the most recent) was pretty good, themed around Bronze Age warfare, but with some interesting non-theme articles as well. But it was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Stockholm Rendezvous
No, I've not started writing spy thrillers. My wife and I have been on holiday in Scandinavia since early May, and just recently we were having a couple of days in Stockholm when I lost my phone. Some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Testing, Testing..."
In early May, just before my wife and I set off for our 8 week Scandinavian adventure in our motorhome, I was working on two ideas that I thought might enhance Startline. The first was a new, alternate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amateur or Professional? A response to Richard Clarke
Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy magazine issues 130 and 131 have both been corkers. Every now and then I get to thinking that wargames magazines have had their day, then I get proved wrong, usually...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Airborne Armour - New Edition
 I was pleasantly surprised recently when Helion & Company got in touch with me to say a new edition of Airborne Armour was coming out, and they would be sending me a free author copy.The first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Donald Featherstone & Wargamer's Newsletter
The Don gets mentioned in quite a lot of my blog posts - his was the major influence during my formative years as a wargamer in the late 1960s and early 70s. I also have a bit of a soft spot for old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cotswold Wargaming Day 2024 - Another Success!
I had a good feeling about the new venue for the CWD, and it turned out I was right. Andy and Derek at Big Battles Ltd in Cirencester had set out the variety of tables needed in advance, and I was able...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three Ages of Rome and The Battle of Piranthus
There is considerable potential for complication in Ancient wargaming, resulting from the long time period to be covered, and the resulting plethora of troop types and combat styles. It takes a bit of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Age of Hannibal' Ancient Wargaming Rules
In my previous post, I wrote about my adoption of the 'Three Ages of Rome' rulebook by Philip Garton. Over the Christmas period I had the chance to play a game with my eldest son using these rules, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A WW2 Rules Revolution (part 2)
Almost exactly 4 years ago, in February 2021, I wrote a blog post about developing my own version of the WRG 1973 World War Two rules. I've continued the work on and off for those four years, resulting...
View Article