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The Battle of Zembin - An 1812 Retreat From Moscow Batrep - Seve Rejects got together for another bash with my and Lee's Retreat from Moscow collections. Surj and Postie picked out the Russians Richard, Steve an...
1 day ago
Pijlie´s Wargames Blog

Oathmark 2nd Edition: the Edition to solve everything. But what, actually...? - When I wrote my review of Oathmark in 2021, I was very smitten with the game. It was not without some problems, but they were few and easily houseruled ...
1 day ago
Irregular Wars: Wargaming at the World's End

Scraptember - scatter terrain 3 - This Scraptember post showcases more scatter terrain - this time it's all barricades baby! These are both by *SableBadger*, available on Thingiverse. The...
1 day ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Full Nelson Playtest v2 - Last Saturday myself and William got together for another playtest of the Full Nelson rules from TFL. This is the first time we had an opportunity to p...
2 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Pony Wars - Wagon Trains ho..... - Wyre Forest Club day and an opportunity to dust off the 7th Cavalry for an outing into the badlands. The rule mechanism are of their time, so in an effor...
2 days ago
Herkybirds nest

Border Reiver (2) Show 2026 - Hi everyone! I took some pictures of traders and players at todays (19/09/2026) 'Border Reiver' show held at the Nissan factory Sports and Leisure cent...
3 days ago
Tales From GHQ

A Little Distraction - Paul and I played an AWI encounter last Thursday. While I was getting sorted beforehand I played around with some of the bits and pieces, ephemera if you...
3 days ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

The Things We Love to Hate About Wargaming - Having covered what people love about wargaming in the What I Like About You post, it's only fair to look at the flipside too.In the Great Wargaming Survey...
3 days ago
JJ's Wargames

Colours 2026 - Newbury & Reading Wargames Society. - I had the pleasure of spending Saturday 5th September in company with friends from the Devon Wargamers at this year's Colours in Newbury, which tends to ...
3 days ago
Association - Les Riflemen

Raid Viking - *Bonjour à tous,* *Aujourd'hui le Viking Benoit perturbe la quiétude du village saxon * *de Ronie et de moi-même...Figurines 28mm...* *Le matin s'...
3 days ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Operation DANUBE - As a child I remember reading Viktor Suvorov's The Liberators about the Soviet invasion of Czechosolvakia. But it was Daniel who suggested it might be...
3 days ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Fixed? - Posts from Norm (Battlefields and Warriors) and Mark (Tactical Painter) have appeared on my Blog feed in a few hours, has Blogger fixed it I wonder. Here is...
4 days ago
Campaigns of General William Augustus Pettygree

CHAPTER V RAGNAR KHAN'S SURPRISE - *CHAPTER V* *SEPTEMBER 19, 1898* *AN IMAGINEERED SUDAN CAMPAIGN* *RAGNAR KHAN'S SURPRISE* *See previous Chapter IV here:* Campaigns of General William A...
4 days ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

28mm G.I. Joe: Cobra, Resolute, Alley Vipers, Custom Vehicles and Free Scenario - *Cobra is back on the tabletop!* G.I. Joe has always been a natural fit for tabletop miniature gaming. The franchise has soldiers, specialists, ninjas, ...
5 days ago
STALKER7

Five Torches – Chapter 10 - An ongoing story about professional dungeon delvers and the dirty, dangerous jobs they’re hired to do. 10 – TALL TALES AND HEAVY TOLLS “Single file. Aft...
5 days ago
Vis Lardica

IABSM AT Hurricon 2026 - John Paul Hancock recently ran his Seelow Heights scenario at Hurricon 2026 using *I Ain’t Been Shot Mum*. Thankfully it went better than the playtests a...
2 weeks ago
Scrivsland

Barons' War additions (16) - Before our family vacation next week, I've been working my way through the last few Barons' War figures that I had in the pile of potential/mountain of s...
2 weeks ago
Highlander Studios, Inc.

- My Beef With the Greif Early this spring, I purchased Warlord Games' 250 German halftrack model. My first beef is not with Warlord Games; it is with th...
2 weeks ago
The Sharp End of the Brush

Midgard: Early Impressions - In late 2025 my son drew my attention to a post on the Lead Adventure Forum in which Jeff noted that he had recently moved to Delaware and wondered if ...
2 weeks ago
Up River...one nerds trip to a miniature heart of darkness

Painting Update - Enemy Spotted Studios - Howdy everyone, I hope that everyone’s summer is going better than expected and that all is well in your respective spheres of influence. I wanted to share...
3 weeks ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

Rain, Work, and Bronko Nagurskimouse - About a month ago, I went down the basement to find my paint rack knocked over onto my paint table and all of the things in various stages of build and p...
4 weeks ago
Buck's Blog

- I just finished another edit of my second novel in the Frank and Sylvia Mysteries series. I am about ready to send it off to the editor to bleed all over ...
5 weeks ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

28mm Peninsular War - French Command Stands - After the post of the British command stands last time, it is only fair to show the French. Here we have a French General de Division. I haven't base...
5 weeks ago
Matt's gaming page

Orklandz! - [image: Uploaded Image] [image: Uploaded Image] [image: Uploaded Image] [image: Uploaded Image] Sent from my iPhone
1 month ago
SHADOWKINGS

1800 Ottoman vs Janissary Sword and flame rules - I have always had an interest in the Ottoman armies of the 1800, many years ago an article in a war games magazine related to the demise of the Janissar...
1 month ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

Prepping for Aspern Essling & Eggmuhl - We're hoping to do Aspern Essling and Eggmuhl next month, which has meant that I've been doing some quick work bringing the Austrian collection up to sp...
1 month ago
The Occasional Ambush

Flying Time - So they say time flies when you are having fun. Well it also seems to fly when you are busy 'making it work' too. So its been nearly a year, what the h...
1 month ago
Paint-it-Pink

Small Stumble - Just when I thought I was crossing the finishing line, I stumbled when I was marking out where to drill the holes for the secondary guns. Doh! What with ...
2 months ago
Vehiculos y blindados de la guerra civil española Spanish civil War Armored truck

- Tren blindado H o Nº 11 En impresión 3D de la firma bayonetsandbrushes Para más información, consultar esta conocida página vestigiosguerra...
3 months ago
Minairons miniatures

Warriors of Athena QRS - Performing now just as a hobby dedicated retiree, I'm pleased to share a new PDf file for free download --today, a Quick Reference Sheet for Osprey's Warri...
3 months ago
CAMPAIGNS IN GERMANIA

General Pettygree Goes to Emmaus - *General Pettygree Goes to Emmaus* "Padre O'Hara, I am sincerely grateful for the beautiful and hopeful Easter Service over which you presided today. W...
5 months ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

Presenting ... Bob Moss - When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it came strai...
7 months ago
Dartfrog's Adventures in 6mm and such

More Winged Lancers - It took some time, but I managed to actually complete the other half of the Warlord Games Polish Winged Hussars. These were the five models with their ...
7 months ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

Thunder at Cassino: Revisiting an Old Friend - On December 13th, five veteran members of Madrid's Dragón Club decided to dust off and display on on a table one of the most venerable games : the leg...
9 months ago
Shed Wars

Images - crazy situation - Hi Folks Just discovered that all my blog pictures for the past five years are no longer available to readers in the UK. As a result of recent legislat...
10 months ago
Saxon Dog

The SYW game - *Prelude to the Battle. A table set up for a game.* *A fictional encounter loosely based around the Siege of Kolberg 1761.* In the evening of October 2...
1 year ago
Olicanalad's Games

Beja completed! - This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a while lon...
1 year ago
Mars-Miniatures

My first Epic 2nd edition game in 26 years - I was going to play current Adepticus Titanicus with the game club. On the morning of the game, I awoke excited! I was going to play a game with some bud...
2 years ago
With Pyjamas through a whiff of grapeshot!

Battle of Jena 1806 - A view across the battlefield showing the state of play at the end of turn six We are currently in the midst of fighting a wonderful 1806 scenario genero...
2 years ago
Ambushed in the Alley

100 Hours War Scenario - Having picked up a Helion title on this conflict, I have come up with my own Check Your 6! scenario, entitled "Soto Gets Three." It has not been playtested...
2 years ago
One More Gaming Project

Desert Infantry with Spears and Bows for "Wars of Ozz" - Over the weekend I finished up a unit of Desert Infantry with Spears and Bows; my first unit for a brigade of Temujican Eastern Nomads for my "Wars of...
3 years ago
All Bones About It

The Time Has Come - As many of my regular readers may have noticed over the last couple months, my posts have become less than regular. I have found over the course of t...
4 years ago
Storm of Steel

Little Wars TV Caesar Awards Nomination! - Vote here: https://www.caesarawards.com/
4 years ago
Lard Island News

Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
5 years ago
Anatoli's Game Room

Witcher 3 "Geralt" painted up - And the second miniature from the SAGA collectibles from Stronghold Miniatures is painted up. Pretty happy with them both, I was thinking how to use them in...
6 years ago
Lord Ashram's House of War

A bunch of painted Mantic "The Walking Dead" photos - Hey all! Well, just eye candy today... no story, no game, just terrain and figures!
6 years ago
Evil Bob's Miniature Painting

28mm Caesarian Roman Army - Finally wrapped up this army. Its a Caesarian Roman army. Figures are from Warlord Games. Shields are all decals from Warlord, except for the three Optios ...
6 years ago
"It's Them! Blast 'Em!"

- *"En avant!" Les Chars de Cavalerie (Cont.)* *Moving right along, here are my Chars de Cavalerie of the French Army of May-June 1940. These are the SOMUA ...
6 years ago
merseybooks

Battle Ravens in Tabletop Gaming's Best Games of 2019 - I've been tipped off that my Battle Ravens boardgame features in TABLETOP GAMING'S BEST GAMES OF 2019 issue, publishing at the start of December! This is ...
6 years ago
The Angry Lurker

15mm Savage Northmen Cavalry........ - *.....from the north and Copplestone Castings!* *Lots painted but blogging is becoming a little harder to achieve lately but anyway let's be getting on......
6 years ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Sign Up To SETTING THE SCENE Volume 2. - We are getting closer to finishing the 2nd book, Setting The Scene Volume 2. If you would like to sign up for a copy of volume 2 or add your details to ...
7 years ago
"By the Orders of the Great White Queen"

Congo Game -
7 years ago
Baconfat Log

7TV Post Apocalyptic Survivors, Randos, Tech Gangers, Fallout Mutant Hounds, Graves, and a Corrugated Junk Pile - Hello Distinguisher Viewer, Today there are fifteen small things for you to look at. First are three minis from Crooked Dice's 7TV Apocalypse game. Rev...
7 years ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

Paint Table Sunday and a Martian - It's Paint Table Easter Sunday and, thankfully, the family have gone down to Hampshire for the usual family Easter Egg Hunt, leaving me in peace. I cou...
7 years ago
Chariot Gamer

CP Miniatures 28mm Sumerian Spearmen - Just finished this very fine Sumerian spear unit. I have based in 2 per stand to allow more flexible use. Rather than usual Impetus style I have gone for ...
7 years ago
View from the Duck Pond

Partizan....Just a quickie -
8 years ago
The Miniature Mayhem

The Siege of Vienna 1683 continues - There has been a period were there has been a lot of gaming and not so much reporting. It is time to update this blog and report what has been going on. ...
9 years ago

Collections

This section hosts a picture from a reader. Send me pictures of figures, terrain or games. The picture is Vistula Legion Troops Campaign command and figures painted either for Spain, Germany or Retreat from Moscow by Murawski Miniatures and painted by Dr. Francesco Thau. Click on the picture to link to the Manufacturer.