The H.A.W.K’s Undersea GASLIGHT game at Nashcon

HAWK’s members Buck Surdu and Chris Palmer ran a fantastic “GASLIGHT Undersea Extravaganza” on Saturday night. The game was imaginative, beautiful and most importantly…fun! These two guys wrote the rules,…

QUICK! Impudent Mortal Terrain Kickstarter

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!   If you like laser cut terrain for your wargames because of the ease of assembly and quick professional look, you need to seriously consider getting…

The Ultimate Gamer’s Link Guide is Now Available

The Ultimate Gamer’s Link Guide is Now Available! That’s right, it’s here! Click on the photo above, or link to it here WHAT IS IT? You might ask yourself “What…

Across a Deadly Field Gettysburg at Little Wars AAR

Across a Deadly Field   “Gettysburg – A Long Afternoon” Played at the “Little Wars” Chicago Convention, April 26, 2014 After Action Report – By Patrick R. LeBeau and Dean West…

“What if Slocum Wasn’t Slow?” July 1, 1863 – scenario & terrain pictures

“What of Slocum wasn’t slow?” A scenario for July 1st, 1863 Northeast of Gettysburg. “The Corps could easily have joined in the battle the first day. The distance from our…

Favorite 4ground Western Buildings

Once again 4ground has amazed me with how beautiful their terrain is, along with how easy it is to assemble. These are my favorite! I am 2 buildings away from…

The Best Battle of Five Armies I’ve seen for HOTT

I recently sat on the sidelines and watched a four man game of HOTT (Hordes of the Things by WRG). The scenario was the Battle of Five Armies from the…

Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi, June 10, 1864 – by Dean West

This was a 15mm ACW (Johnny Reb) scenario run by Dean West at Johnny Con 4.5 (at Bayou Wars) in New Orleans this summer. Dean is a master at designing…

Review 4Ground Western Building Kit

4ground, a wonderful UK company has released laser-cut wood buildings for the American Wild West, or Late Nineteenth Century gaming. They go together easily and are assembled with just a…

1:10 Johnny Reb

My favorite version of John Hill’s ACW rules “Johnny Reb” is “Johnny Reb 2”. I originally started playing with JR1, which is a fine game, but switched over to JR2…

25mm Barn Wargame Scenery

I’m a self-proclaimed decent figure painter and scenery maker, but I don’t have any architectural skills for making model buildings!  Chris and I have talked about doing a “Dead Man’s…

Night Battle Photos

I want to take an opportunity to show you an example of the Night Battle photos technique that is explained in Advanced Photography Techniques for Gamers volume 1: Night Battles.…