Anyway as a kind of complement I will do a quick overview of some of the things I did on the hobby front this year (mainly an organised listing of links to blogposts). As always in doing the review I realise that I have been doing far more than expected. The sections are More 3D ...
Anyway as a kind of complement I will do a quick overview of some of the things I did on the hobby front this year (mainly an organised listing of links to blogposts). As always in doing the review I realise that I have been doing far more than expected. The sections are More 3D ...
In a recent blog I set out my idea on how I would use the excellent Too Fat Lardies rules in the Post-Apocalyptic era following the Pyri-Commonwealth Monster Hunters in their role of protecting the civilised parts of world against the marauding wild gangs and monsters in the forbidden zones...
This one will remain my wargaming blog, but I have now set up a new separate “Roly’s Art” blog for my artwork. So for those wargamers who were getting annoyed that my latest postings here had nothing to do with the hobby, you can now rest assured there won’t be so many art ...
On June 7, 2024 By coilerxiiIn Blog Stuff, Essay, Weird Wargaming1 Comment As a fun side project, I made my first (intentionally abstracted) wargaming tool. The goal is to see the culmination point of an offensive. Assumptions: The attacker is consistently advancing, however, the defender...
We are delighted to announce the release of our first range of miniatures, 10mm Early Imperial Romans. To view the entire10mm Ancientscatalogue or the full10mm Miniaturescatalogue. The Early Imperial Roman range was designed by Neil Greenwood. ...
The past ten years have been a big decade for gaming and for me as a gamer. I launched this blog (which I haven’t posted to in more than two years). I became president ofMetropolitan Wargamersin Brooklyn, NY, NYC’s oldest continuously active gaming group, now in its fourth decade....
of beautiful views, bog (and more and more bog), quaint villages, friendly people, tiny lambs, and an amazing feeling of freedom in the walking bubble. While it was a physically strenuous trip, I guess getting to the blog after a long, long break is evidence that it was a welcome ...
At the onset of theFrench and Indian War, the vast majority of “French” troops in North America were in fact, Canadian militia. First raised as early as the mid-1600s, Canadian militias (or “Milices Canadiennes”) compromised some 15,000 troops by the early 1750s. By the time the...
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog Roman Cavalry (not quite a choir!) Chris Martin may have sung about Roman Cavalry Choirs singing, but in most sets of wargaming rules the Roman Cavalry are, well, a bit "out of tune" with what it takes to be actually all that good, at least in the Republica...