doctorphalanx

I have lots of Rampant AARs to post, but I will start with the latest - my first game of Rebels and Patriots - as this new set of r...

Taking stock - some samples from my collection of American War of Independence figures. The Continentals (left) are Warlord, the British (...

The latest and last set of Rampant rules - Rebels and Patriots - is due out in January 2019 and will fill the gap in the Rampant range be...

Promising but not perfect The  Twilight of the Sun King (TotSK) rules cover the period from 1680-1721. They were originally written by ...

Old Fritz The first step after PVAing the figures to the combination MDF and steel bases was to texture the bases. I used a cocktail sti...

  The Austrian defence viewed from the Prussian end: infantry to the left and cavalry to the right. My club comrade Chris put on and ump...

Pendraken Prussian Fusiliers. The ensigns occupy two touching corners so the flags are at the centre of the unit. Maurice uses square b...

People get very involved when, in multi-player games, they have a ship each, and I thought it would be a good idea to boost this personal ...

I needed some wreckage markers for Galleys & Galleons . Wreckage and survivors are included with the Peter Pig manned rowing boats. PP ...

It's handy to have a few smaller, cheaper ships for making up points, so I decided to create some gun boats by cannibalising Peter Pig r...

The sloop sets out to run the Barbary blockade I fought another couple of Galleys & Galleon s playtest games, this time using the B...

'Waterlining' the three  Pirateology xebecs was an unavoidable challenge but not one I was looking forward to. Owing to the relati...

I recently bought three Pirateology xebecs as the basis of a Barbary Pirate fleet for Galleys & Galleons . Sold as a 'Barbary Galle...

Nic Wright's forthcoming Galleys & Galleons rules are certainly raising a lot of interest and just before Christmas my friend Ian ...

My first batch of ships for Galleys & Galleons is now based and primed. The ships are to some extent interchangeable but these photos ...

I decided to try a new method for basing my 1/450 Peter Pig pirate ships for Galleys & Galleons - aluminium 'turkey' foil. It...

Nic Wright's Irregular Wars: Conflict at the World's End reinforced my interest in games which require only small armies and a co...

As expected, my trial Seven Years War game of Sam Mustafa's 18th Century Maurice rules confirmed that they are dramatic, exciting and ...

Painting all the armies I'd like to have for all the rules I'd like to play is too demanding on time and space, if not pocket, and I...