Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy Blog

Sandskrieg

This entry was posted on August 29, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

Regular readers of my blog will recall the name Sandskrieg by John Sandars. I've mentioned him before. His book, An Introduction to Wargaming certainly did... Read more

Campaign: New Guinea

This entry was posted on August 25, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

The most recent release for the Bolt Action game is Campaign: New Guinea. This book covers the Imperial Japanese invasion of the Australian held territory... Read more

Back to gaming.

This entry was posted on August 17, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

It's been quite a while since my last personal blog. I was away in Poland for two weeks in July (yep, you can guess what... Read more

WSS Podcast 9 - Rules Design

This entry was posted on August 17, 2017 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Angus, Guy and Jasper talk Wargames design, recent activities and the Great Wargaming Survey. In this episode, they get some insights from Rick Priestley, Richard... Read more

The Lost Expedition

This entry was posted on August 4, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

The Lost Expedition is an exploration game using cards by Osprey Games. The premise is that you play a group of explorers following the trail... Read more

Dunkirk

This entry was posted on August 2, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

Last night I saw Dunkirk, the new movie from Christopher Nolan. It tells the dramatic story of the Evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. The story is... Read more

Crownhill Fort

This entry was posted on June 29, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to go to one of the open days at Crownhill Fort in Plymouth, UK. Crownhill is part of a... Read more

First Look - Plastic Napoleonic British Cavalry

This entry was posted on June 22, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

I recently received sample sprues of the new plastic British Napoleonic Cavalry from Warlord Games. They have released two boxes of cavalry, one for the... Read more

The Origins of Rapid Fire (part 2)

This entry was posted on June 20, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

In this blog, I'm looking at the similarities between Rapid Fire (RF) and an earlier rule set called Modern War Games (MWG). I'd heard rumours but I plan to... Read more

The Origins of Rapid Fire

This entry was posted on June 16, 2017 by Guy Bowers.

This week at my local Wednesday night games club, my usual opponent Mal and I dusted off a copy of Rapid Fire and gave it a... Read more