doctorphalanx

Irish War of Independence I wrote here about adapting the Rampant Colonial Rules, The Men Who Would Be Kings , for the early Twentieth Cent...

After months of almost complete inactivity on the miniature painting and wargaming front, I found a little time to organise, clean, base and...

Customised French Command Post cards for Hannut scenario. Rommel uses a 'Command Post' somewhat reminiscent of the planning boa...

I haven't even played a game of Rommel yet but I have helped to draft an historical scenario, a demonstration of chutzpah that even I ...

Hotz felt mat straight out of the bag. The creases will settle. I recently received delivery of a Hotz ArtWorks 'Enhanced European ...

I thought I'd better test my 40mm square basing idea more rigorously in order to ensure there is enough wiggle room when the surrounding...

My epic indecision about what base sizes and grids to use for Rommel has come down to a trade-off between the attraction of multiple vehicle...

40mm square bases on Hexon hexes I like the aesthetic of depicting a whole platoon of 3mm miniatures on a large base, but I'm still ...

My 10mm WW2 Normandy armies were collected, organised and painted for Spearhead  quite a few years ago, but have never left their boxes for ...

Any intentions that I declare in this blog should never be taken too seriously. When it comes to wargaming I often change my mind or fail to...

With Sam Mustafa's forthcoming  Rommel  in mind, I finally got round to ordering some 3mm Oddzial Osmy minis which were very promptly ...

Erwin Rommel As long-term readers of this blog may have noticed, I don't get much time for wargaming in the warmer months, and I...

Robert Dunlop, a major contributor to Great War Spearhead , kindly introduced me to the rules. Rather than play on opposing sides we went ...

I've now got the packs for two 10mm Chinese Warlord Armies to play Red Actions . One pack came from Pithead Miniatures, but all the re...

WW2 at grand-tactical level on Bob Mackenzie's website.  I was always intending to have a crack at the 1940 campaign in France using...