doctorphalanx

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 ...

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...

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...

When I first tried these rules I misunderstood the movement table which marred the game and skewed my review. I'm yet to retry them, b...

I recruited a couple of friends at my local wargaming club to try out my Solferino scenario for Martin Rapier's Rifle and Kepi rules w...

Solferino was the climatic battle of the Franco-Austrian War/Second War of Italian Unification of 1859 and my first 19th Century Grand Ta...

I've been so busy since my recent retirement from work that I've had virtually no time for wargaming, modelling or blogging, but I...

Hexon bound I've ordered a box of Kallistra Hexon II   hexagon tiles which I will be picking up at Salute for use with three upcom...

I'm increasingly drawn to grids and hexes as opposed to 'free form' measurement, a split in approach that goes back to Joseph...

My quest for domino-type tablets for representing units at Grand Tactical level were rewarded almost immediately when I came across a se...

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...

In almost 50 years of wargaming (with a 10 year break) I can't remember ever attempting to refight an actual historical battle. This is ...