Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy Blog

Gaming - the great stress reliever.

This entry was posted on August 10, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

My life has been very stressful lately. I help take care of my mother, and she has been seriously ill. On top of that, I... Read more

Update on the WS&S Rules Challenge

This entry was posted on August 1, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

Regular readers might be wondering what happened to the WS&S Rules Challenge floated by Mark Backhouse in issue 93.  We haven't forgotten about it, it's... Read more

My lessons learned on the Analogue Painting Challenge

This entry was posted on August 1, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

Here's an honest blog post. I failed at the Analogue Painting Challenge this last year. Sure, I managed to get some units done, had several half-finished... Read more

WSS Podcast 17

This entry was posted on July 31, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

We're sorry if you missed your dose of wargames chat early in July, but you were hopefully enjoying yourself at the beach, or at Historicon... Read more

HMS Victory

This entry was posted on June 28, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

Last week, I blogged about my visit to the Mary Rose in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard with my partner Emma. We spent more time than we... Read more

The Mary Rose

This entry was posted on June 15, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

While my partner and I were at a wedding in Portsmouth, we took the opportunity to check out some of the sights the city has... Read more

WSS Podcast 16

This entry was posted on June 8, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Here's your monthly dose of aural wargaming goodness (maybe...) with Guy, Angus, Mark and Jasper. They discuss the latest news, what they've been up to... Read more

In need of a Gun crew

This entry was posted on June 7, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

At Crisis 2017, I received an excellent model of a Pak 43 on a cruciform mount from Heer 46. The gun didn't come with any crew... Read more

Playing 8th Edition 40K

This entry was posted on May 18, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

In my last blog, I spoke about playing my first game of Warhammer 40,000 in nearly two decades. We used the new 8th edition rules... Read more

Return to Warhammer 40,000

This entry was posted on May 10, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

I played my first full game of Warhammer 40,000 last night (well, my first in seventeen years). Back in 2002, I'd moved on from Science... Read more