Reaper Miniatures Dark Heaven Bones

I was at my FLGS (friendly local gaming store) recently and saw this range. I had been familiar with the Reaper Bones kickstarter, but really wasn’t familiar at all with…

Double Decker Ork Stompa and Squat Artillery

I was visiting a local games store and spotted this incredible Ork conversion. It is an Ork Stompa that has been built on top of the “chassis” of another Ork…

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…

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…

Doctor Who by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.

By John R. “Buck” Surdu Introduction: How do you run a “wargame” with only a little bit of war?  I’m a fan of the Dr. Who series, particularly the Jon…

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…

2mm ACW Rules – a Cigar Box Battle project

I’ve had some Irregular Miniatures 2mm ACW figures just sitting around in cigar boxes for a long time now. They get taken out from time to time for a DBA…

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.…

An Interview with Buck Surdu, Game Designer

Cigar Box Battle: Buck, for those who don’t know you, could you tell us a little about yourself? Buck: I’ve been war gaming since about the seventh grade when I…

Game of Thrones HOTT in 25mm

Holy moly, here we go folks! This was an incredible set of armies that I ran across this year at NASHCON. There was an entry in this year’s convention program…

Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader – Battle at the Farm

Well, Cory and I finally found some time to do some vintage Warhammer 40k using the Battle At The Farm from the original Rogue Trader book from Games Workshop (kind…

Battle Troll – An interview with Howard Whitehouse

1. Howard, for those that don’t know you, can you please tell our readers a little bit about yourself? I’ve been a wargamer since I was twelve. It was 1970,…