Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy Blog

Running Campaigns

This entry was posted on February 12, 2019 by Guy Bowers.

Over two decades ago, I ran a massive starship campaign at my local club. It involved exploration, building and, of course, space combat. The Full Thrust... Read more

WSS Podcast 23 – 100 WSS-es

This entry was posted on January 29, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

The 100th issue of Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy was published earlier this month, so Angus, Guy, Jasper and Mark decided to look back a bit. There... Read more

Sandskrieg - Building an Afrika Korps army

This entry was posted on January 25, 2019 by Guy Bowers.

For a long time now, I've been mentioning my Sandskrieg project, which I mentioned in my blog back in 2015 (was it really that long ago?). Now is... Read more

Crueller Seas

This entry was posted on January 10, 2019 by Guy Bowers.

Cruel Seas has caused quite a stir at my local games clubs. The South Devon Games Club have particularly become enamoured with the idea and there... Read more

New Years Resolutions - an end to procastinating

This entry was posted on December 31, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

As 2018 draws to a close, I have been taking stock. 2018 has been a hard year for me but despite it all, WS&S magazine... Read more

WSS Podcast 22 - Painting Challenge Update

This entry was posted on December 28, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

As announced last episode, while Guy and Jasper take part in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, Angus and Mark work along on the sidelines. We'll... Read more

Taking Stock

This entry was posted on December 14, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

I've had a rough few months recently. I've managed to play a lot of games, just to keep my sanity, but not done anything to... Read more

Episode 21 released!

This entry was posted on December 12, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

White, grey, black, or should you just use whichever colour is most prevalent on the miniature for a primer? Angus, Guy, Jasper, and Mark are... Read more

Lest few days of Warbases Chinese Kickstarter.

This entry was posted on November 30, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

Warbases' Kickstarter, The 55th Day in Beijing, runs until Sunday. The new range of Chinese buildings includes 8 unique structures, plus carts and boats. For more... Read more

1980's Cold War US

This entry was posted on November 30, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

Under Fire Miniatures have expanded their 28mm Cold War range by releasing five packs of US infantry. These include command, M60 gunners, LAWs and a... Read more