Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy Blog

New Wargames Soldiers and Strategy Podcast

This entry was posted on October 24, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

News worth repeating. The new Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Podcast is here! In this episode, the team discusses the new supplements for Bolt Action and Chain... Read more

The Naked Truth

This entry was posted on October 5, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

Or making some Greeks fighting in the 'heroic' style, just like on the vases! A word of caution, if you are at all offended by... Read more

A lack of poses? No problem!

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

The latest plastic releases from Warlord Games have been criticised by some online for having a lack of poses. This struck me at first as an... Read more

Basing for Big Battle or Skirmish?

This entry was posted on September 26, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

This is a topic I struggle with every time I paint up a batch of new miniatures (yes, painting does happen, Jasper!). Do I multiple base... Read more

Parting Shots Painting Technique

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

The alternative title for this blog is "Putting your money where your mouth is!" I wrote a small piece for Parting shots in the current issue... Read more

I am the Overlord!

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

Every now and then, my local wargames club the South Devon Gamers, likes to play something different. For a short while now, we've been playing the... Read more

Army of the New City

This entry was posted on August 23, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

As regular followers of my blog will know, Jasper and I have decided to reopen our 217BC project with new-ish armies. He is collecting Ptolemaic and... Read more

A polymath of games...

This entry was posted on August 16, 2018 by Guy Bowers.

As the Editor of WS&S, I am fortunate to play many different games, which means learning a variety of systems. Jasper (my boss) suggested that... Read more

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