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Jeffro's Space Gaming Blog

Wilderness vs. Inhabited Regions in AD&D - The overworld of AD&D is concerned with the contrast between wilderness and inhabited regions. If you do not get this right, you are botching something tha...
3 hours ago
PAPERMAU

Printable Thanksgiving Diorama - A Vintage Papercraft - by Woo Junior - This beautiful and full of details Thanksgiving themed vintage papercraft diorama is offered by Woo Junior, an educative and safe website for kids. If you'...
7 hours ago
Hippolyta's Tiny Footsteps

Reveille 2024 at Lincombe Barn Wargames Society - Yes, it's nearly time for Reveille again, it is next Sunday, 24th November; The show is, as you can see, at the usual location and there will be the us...
13 hours ago
Gaming with the Gnomies

New Battle Valor 28mm Sci-Fi Figures... and Vehicles. - I have a great love for Battle Valor Games, as my pile of unpainted Space Dwarf (aka Gnomish Space Marines) can confirm. He's been back producing new f...
15 hours ago
Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog

Warhammer Quest: Shadows Over Hammerhal - Session Seven - The Auction Hall - In this penultimate session our Warhammer Quest: Shadows Over Hammerhal campaign, our heroes have chased the Chaos Sorcerer behind the strange cult that ...
19 hours ago
20mm and then some....

Shedding - My Warbases order from the tail end of October arrived, after sp-ending 2 weeks in Customs limbo. Their MDF scenery is a bit different from Sarissa, the...
1 day ago
STALKER7

Broken Moon = 4.5 Stars - Was pleased to learn that my latest novel, Broken Moon, Scorned Lands, just received a 4.5 star rating and a positive review at IndieReader.com. You can re...
1 day ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

We haven't done that for ages - The rule set that turned me on to ancients was Art Conliffe's "Armati". We played it a lot, back in the day, but the last game in SHQ was 5 years ago. A...
1 day ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

12mm WW1 Austro-Hungarian Infantry - Ausro-Hungarian infantry charge into action - what could go wrong? 12mm metal figures from Kallistra. Continuing along with my slow-moving (but still movin...
1 day ago
THE CORVUS CLUSTER

Rumors of the Underhive (6 801 744.M41) - Mygor burns under traitor artillery barrage On the war-torn world of Dozaria, the industrial city of Mygor is aflame. Invading forces, led by traitor Astar...
2 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Chechnya - New Xenos Rampant Vehicle Damage rules. - Having painted up a number of in fills an excuse to give them a first outing. The additional Russian and Chechen support units will come in handy and wi...
2 days ago
Rabbits In My Basement

Marching in Threes to the Crucifixion - Carrying their crosses by the numbers they advance by sections, bayonets fixed, to their muddy Calvary. All the shining beautiful youths, a perfect...
3 days ago
Move to Contact

Croix-le-Bocage - with Battlegroup Beyond the Beaches - D-Day to Berlin series game 2 - Following D-Day, game 2 in our series would be using the 'Beyond the Beaches' book and lists, and given it is Normandy, then we decided to make it a prop...
3 days ago
Blood and Spectacles

Review: Return of the Witch Lord - Hasbro/Avalon Hill - Welcome back to more exciting *Heroquest* action! For those following along at home, I have been talking about and reviewing various Heroquest expans...
3 days ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

KublaCon Fall 2024 - ACW, Epic Pike & Shotte, and more - KublaCon is usually a large convention held in May (now called KublaCon Prime). This was a new convention the same Kubla team decided to put on for Rememb...
3 days ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

Veterans Day 2024 - *It's Veteran's Day on November 11th in the United States and Remembrance Day in other countries. I'm proud to have served with the men and women of the...
3 days ago
The Man Cave

Lest We Forget -
4 days ago
Devon Wargames Group

Action off Toulon, June 1795 - Kiss Me Hardy - HMS *Lowestoffe *- Derek Gardner Kiss Me, Hardy (KMH) made a return to the table at club this month following the completion of my Camperdown collection ...
4 days ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Change how you paint - Do you have your own painting style, honed over many years and stuck to rigidly, or do you enjoy experimenting with new techniques and products as I do? ...
4 days ago
Little Wargaming Worlds

First Print of Cards, Tokens and 3D Ships - I have had a busy week getting everything ready for the first print of the new game. I managed to get it all printed, stuck onto thin card, cut out, put in...
5 days ago
Herkybirds nest

A day for Cromwells - Today (before a 2 week hiatus) we had a few games of What a Tanker at the club. I have recorded 2 of them, as its tedious reading a lot...I know! The f...
5 days ago
Steve's Random Musings on Wargaming and other stuff...

One Hour Wargames Scenario 26 "Triple Line" - Setup and Game - So as promised, for the first time in seven years (😏), the Sudan troops have been deployed.. A return to my trusty side kick "One Hour Wargames", showed ...
5 days ago
Bob's Miniature Wargaming Blog

Some Gaming - I've been doing bit of afternoon gaming with Bruce lately. We playtested a campaign mechanic for generating miniature battles for his 1920s gangsters. Th...
5 days ago
Lead Legionaries

Five Parsecs from Home: Mission 5 - The Monorail Ambush - *Capt. Alistair, Zorina, and Doc maneuver through the wintry woods to spot their ambushers* As the crew of the *Inconceivable* rode back from Dichel...
6 days ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

The Battle of Prokhorovka - We’re re fighting the battle of Prokhorovka at the moment using Memoir ‘44. This was the giant armour clash between the 11th SS Panzer Korps under Mans...
6 days ago
Wargaming with Barks

Space Hulk: reflections - I recently finished all the 'campaign' from *Space Hulk* (2014), including the 'Disable the shields' game from *White Dwarf* #33 (Sep 2014). The photos o...
6 days ago
Delta Vector

Game Design #109: Cinematic Moments - I bought the *Titanicus *rules out of interest (though I'll never afford the minis!) and when experimenting with them I found myself thinking "this is re...
1 week ago
The Stronghold Rebuilt

Flag Tag - We played Gaslands last night. What started off as a scheduled two-player game so June could try out a new build and use her new terrain turned into a fi...
1 week ago
History in 1/72

Xenophons Greeks in 3D - Here photos of our latest set of 3D-printed figures. This time it is the Greeks 400BC. I am sure they are useful for the Peloponesian wars too. ...
1 week ago
Dispatches from the Front

World at War 2024 - Ft. Meigs, Perrysburg Ohio - On November 1 & 2 The Annual "World at War" gaming event was held at a local War of 1812 site, Fort Meigs. The event was well attended, a good number of...
1 week ago
Lone Warrior Blog | Official Blog of the Solo Wargamers Association

November 2024 Sample Article - In this month’s sample article, George Knapp sings the praises of paper armies as an inexpensive, alternative for getting forces on the table. Includes an ...
1 week ago
wargamesdiary | Just another WordPress.com site

Tomb of annihilation - Phil Mike and Bruce completed two more adventures entering the tomb for the first time . Getting closer to the arch lich now.
1 week ago
Tales from the Cantwara sector

Returning to the Cantwara sector an update - Returning to the Cantwara sector an update Well, it has been a month since I have last posted about my wargaming efforts. I have been steadily painting a...
1 week ago
Into the Maelstorm

Sump sea spider hunt - Call me Dolan. Some years ago, never mind how long precisely, having little or no money on my purse, and nothing of particular to interest me uphive, I...
2 weeks ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

Valour and Fortitude Pick-Up Game - A rare blog post and an even rarer solo game as I put the venerable "Valour & Fortitude" through their paces on my tabletop with my newly re-based (again)...
2 weeks ago
Dinah Cat of Danger

QT Models Star Force 300 - Back in the late 80's I used to visit Tabletop Games in Arnold regularly and I bought some of QT models. Fast forward almost forty years and thanks to eB...
3 weeks ago
Baron's Blog

Grandpa Gruesome's Weird War Stories - It's that time of year again! The veil between the living and dead is at it's thinnest. Time for the World Revenent Hunting Social Club to meet once aga...
3 weeks ago
Mini Metal Mayhem

Attack of the Space Spiders! - The city is under attack from space spiders! Can our 2 brave heroes save the day? The kids (T & Q) wanted a game with the buildings I've been printing ...
3 weeks ago
Craig's Wargaming Blog

Trip of a lifetime - For several years now my wife and I had been planning to bike the French Way of the Camino de Santiago across Spain from Roncesvalles in the Pyrannes to...
4 weeks ago
It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog

More News, Shameless Plug Alert! - Hey, I am a working author, and a working author has to sell books! I am proud to announce my second collaboration with Cannon Publishing, and my first ...
5 weeks ago
Wee Blokes

More Sci-Fi City Estate - I've been making a a push to get my Sci-Fi City towards a place of "completion", as in finish the buildings and scenics I already have (which is more...
1 month ago
Mezmaron's Lair

BlitzBowl: Ultimate Second Edition – (Another) New Era for BlitzBowl Fans and Newcomers Alike! - BlitzBowl: Ultimate Second Edition (UE2) has hit the shelves, and players are diving into the new tweaks, updated rules, and exciting changes that have a...
1 month ago
sediment's wargame blog

28mm Dark Age commanders - Another break from colonials, I wrapped up these three commanders from the 28mm Foundry Arthurian range. First up Kay or Kai/Cai. I've envisioned him in...
2 months ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

Back to War - So after seven months away from the game table, last night I went downstairs and refreshed my memory about the battle and units set up on my table since ...
2 months ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

Still around - I know it's been awhile--OK, a year since my last post. I have fallen out of the blogging habit, with no real motivation to post more regularly. Don't w...
2 months ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

French Ordonnance vs Maximilian Imperials - I've been lucky to get four or five games in over the last few months and this might be the last one for a while- so it was gonna be a good one.Ross's ear...
2 months ago
Tiny Wars Played Indoors

Brunswick Oels - I have wanted to add this unique unit to my Peninsular British forces for a while now, and finally had the time to tackle it. Their all black uniform mak...
2 months ago
Association - Les Riflemen

VAE VICTIS! - *VAE VICTIS!* *SALVE!* *Quelques photos de notre dernière partie antique, * *Malheur aux vaincus dans ce IIIème siècle tourmenté et propice aux combat...
4 months ago
Modhail's Meanderings

More Musings on Necromundan Environs - I'm still figuring out the how and what of my (hopefully) imminent Necromunda terrain building and painting spree. As I said in my previous post, I want...
5 months ago
Colgar6 and the Infinite Legion of Toy Soldiers

Carronade 2024 - Introduction It's the start of the show season, at least for me in Scotland. Last weekend was the wonderful Carronade show in Falkirk - probably my favou...
6 months ago
Battlefields and Warriors

Worthington's Antietam (Burnside Bridge) with 1.4 rules - With the latest release of the Gettysburg module in Worthington's Civil War Brigade Battle series, which has not yet hit UK shores, we now have version ...
6 months ago
Lead Addict

It's Been Over 5 Years! - Well fellow Addicts, it's been over 5 years since my last post. January of 2019. How time flies. I haven't stopped or gone away for that matter. I just ...
7 months ago
Dad's Guys

Back At It - Well after a couple of years ... I'm back at it. In case anyone still reads blogs here's an update. I guess I just got burned out. That's how it is with m...
8 months ago
The REALM of JiNNai

[PULP ALLEY Battle Report] Faith versus Machine - Today I played a Pulp Alley game with some of my 54mm miniatures I painted. I was the Brotherhood and Capitol Heroes player while my friend was the Lady ...
9 months ago
Converj - David's Blog

Fuentes de Onoro - This weekend it was time for the 4th Rose Hill Wargaming Group annual wargame, and our 2nd in the Peninsular. We had over 2000 20mm figures and a play...
9 months ago
Campaigns in Miniature

The Road to Vienna - The traditional Sunday of Tundra Con "big battalions" game was held Jan. 7th at the Garden Hilton in Oshkosh, WI. Rules are Batailles de Ancien Regime ...
9 months ago
Boneheadz Command Center

Hot Wheels Road Wars Liberty Base! - If this isn't the coolest kids toy I don't know what is. Released in the mid 90's along with a whole set of vehicles this thing cost $60 brand new. I wa...
9 months 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...
11 months ago
Dale's Wargames

Remote Game of Age of Penda - Revisiting My *Age of Penda* Review I used to review rules with giving a playtest, simply analyzing the rules on paper. That was a big mistake when I rate...
1 year ago
Scrum in Miniature

Scrum Con IV: In Your Face! - The Second Saturday Scrum Club rejoined the fray on April 8, organizing and hosting *Scrum Con IV* in Silver Spring, Maryland. Although we ran a surpris...
1 year ago
The Dark Prophet Chronicles

Miniature Spotlight: Rockgut Troggoths with Rock Axe - A fifth Rockgut Troggoth has joined the Troggherd and is ready for battle:
2 years ago
Dougie's Wargaming Blog

28mm Empress Cold War SAS and Update - This is just a quick update as I haven't posted anything for a little while because of working on my YouTube channel Dougie's Wargaming Blog Show Anyhow...
2 years ago
Controlled Chaos Gaming Blog

Directional Dice - I'm back to working on the 2nd edition of Mythic Chronicle, and with that comes a whole host of system revisions. In 1st edition I used a mechanic called...
2 years ago
Rifles and Muskets

Time for some Blog Necromancy - I´ve been neglecting this blog again... time to attempt to raise it from the dead again. The lure of social media has been strong and so I´ve been posti...
2 years ago
Double Six

2021 - So we are coming to the end of 2021 and another update is due. So 2021 was almost a repeat of 2020. Not quite but almost. We had a slight relaxing towa...
2 years ago
Buck's Blog

Wars of Ozz Game Last Weekend - I received an Email recently from Les, who is a fan of Combat Patrol(R) that he was going to be in Florida near where I live for a few days. We took the op...
3 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - Wargaming Moderns, Historical and Sci-Fi with 15mm, 20mm and 28mm Miniatures

Bretonnians for Age Of Sigmar -
3 years ago
LZ Bravo

Cherry Blossoms and Zombies! - *Cherry blossoms and zombies* "Is everyone alright?" “Amy?” "The Pilot didn't make it. A tree branch came thru the cockpit." "Damn. Amy, Doug, Wanda, take ...
3 years ago
The Expanse

Scenario 1 : Hit and Miss (110/2350) - *Background :* One of MKM's favorite pastimes, is trying to find leverage on Chrisjen Avasarala, which seems an easier way to deliver her the fatal blow...
3 years ago
Nate Miller's Tabletop Games

Stargrave "Misery Cluster Campaign" Mission 01: Botched Deal at Lonely Jack's - Despite being situated smack dab in the middle of the galaxy at the crossroads of numerous trade lanes the Misery Cluster was considered a bit of a backw...
3 years ago
The Dark Templar

Confronting The Pile Of Shame - When I heard that Salute was on for November this year, I got very excited… no seriously, like so over-the-top excited I nearly had a fit. My first thou...
3 years ago
Winter of '79

Terrain & Tokens - A small parcel of OO scatter terrain purchased on eBay arrived this morning from Pete at *Model Railway Scenes*. The casting/printing is impressive. ver...
3 years ago
Anatoli's Game Room

New site with much improved blog - please have a look - Friends, after several days of hard work I'm happy to present to you my new site. After 10 years with blogspot I have moved my online hobby operation to a ...
4 years ago
BIG Force on Force

Update on recent games (plus Force on Force is back!) - Well, it has been a long-time since I have updated this blog. What reminded me to update is we recently played a game of Force on Force. We played the intr...
4 years ago
Five Leagues In Glorantha

The Sunken Temple, Part 2 - OK, so when I played The Sunken Temple, I did the whole thing in one go. I split the blog entries up for ease of use, but somehow I never got around to doi...
4 years ago
Xin's Lair

My first game of Oathmark - I've had these rules for a few weeks now, but didn't get around to getting in a game till last night. My friend Lou came over and we took the rules out ...
4 years ago
The Miniatures Man

Aerosan OSGA 6 - More stuff for Whiteout, this time 2 Aerosans from Baker Company. In Whiteout you can have Sno-Cats as equipment or find them as terrain-encounters. My ta...
4 years ago
Umtali Station

Game 9: Peak 1980’s - This was the big confrontation: Aliens, Predators, Terminators and Colonial Marines all converging in a fight for survival. The Terminators came on, shot a...
5 years ago
Skill Level 0

CSS Polk from Brown Water Navy - Another model that was recently added to my collection was the Confederate protected gunboat "General Polk" done by Brown Water Navy. Contrary to most of ...
5 years ago
preacher by day...mild mannered wargamer by night

One of Our Inspectors is Missing - a Pulp Alley day - *Nobody likes an Inspector-General. Snooping, officious pedants from the central Imperium. Sniffing out the shadowy alliances and difficult compromises tha...
7 years ago
Little Wars VA

Fate of Konor: Tau vs. Black Legion - 40k 8th edition: the game bringing many old hands out of the woodwork for the first time in many years. Why? Probably for the following reasons: 1....
7 years ago
Dead Dick's Tavern and Temporary Lodging

Forgotten Heroes: The Super Mission Force Builds - As I said a few posts back, I first encountered the Liberty Legion in an adventure for TSR’s Marvel Super Heroes RPG that was published in Dragon magazine ...
7 years ago
Gaming Ballistic

GURPS Day Summary Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2016 - Thursday is GURPSDay, and I need more sleep. Things hum along in the background on the DFRPG and other projects, according to small birds and other things...
8 years ago
Chicago Skirmish Wargames

We’re Back, Baby! - Well, it's been a whole year away, but click here for the new and improved Chicago Skirmish Wargames Blog! Josh has been hard at work bringing a new look an...
8 years ago
Hook Island Gaming

First impressions: Cuba Libre - I’ve not been particularly busy on the miniatures side of things lately – since my spare time is still very limited nowadays, I’ve just not been able to ge...
8 years ago
This War without an Enemy

Battlegroup: Fall of the Reich (24/07/2016 – Tom) - The scenario was adapted from the “Fall of the Reich” campaign scenario, “Fall of Seelow” but with alternative forces and set a bit further south and east ...
8 years ago
| Historical and Sci Fi Miniatures Gaming

SAGA Tournament at Advance the Colors 2016 - Jeff Fletcher and I (Steve Phallen) will be hosting a SAGA tournament at Advance the Colors in Springfield, Ohio on Saturday, October 1, 2016. The tournam...
8 years ago
Land War in Asia

Sky Pirates of Venus - Teaser - Sky Pirates have been the scourge of the Worm Empire of Venus for years, and the Great Worm has had enough! He sends a team of four crack worm commandos to...
8 years ago
Hotel Zugando

Force on Force AAR: Closing Up Shop - Vlad and I tackled one of the scenarios from the *Day of the Rangers *book, entitled 'Closing up Shop'. This is a scenario for Somalia 1993 but is transpos...
8 years ago
Little Nicky's Gameroom

All Play and No Work for February - February has been a rather quiet month for my blog. I have actually played a lot of games, but haven't really taken any pictures as it has primarily been ...
8 years ago
The Ukrovian Civil War

Game 7 - The Battle of Tabrim - After Action Report - Rumours of a rebel attack on the Government "facility" at Tabrim were rife, ever since the small coastal village was fenced off and the villagers ejected...
8 years ago
CailusWargaming

Force on Force: Sniper Hunt AAR - A spare Sunday morning saw a good opportunity for a game at my brother's place. I've been itching to use my .50 cal sniper team since I painted them a whil...
9 years ago
Wargamer's Cleavage

Dead Man’s Hand cowboys - Fondly remembering the skirmish action days of Necromunda, the game that started me wargaming, I decided to give the well-regarded cinematic western shoot-...
10 years ago

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