Title: Guns Against The Reich: Memoirs of an Artillery Officer on the Eastern Front Author: Petr Mikhin Publisher: Pen and Sword Release Date: 8/19/2010 Format: Hardcover Pages: 224 Source: http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Against-Reich-Memoirs-Artillery/dp/1844159310/ The number and quality of memoirs getting translated from Russian… Continue Reading
Like most people who have dabbled with supporting gaming projects on Kickstarter, my experiences have been mixed, but mostly good. Happily, I’ve missed most of the big Kickstarter gaming disasters, like the Dust fiasco or the Up Front take-the-money-and-run and… Continue Reading
Title: Stalin's Favorite: The Combat History of the 2nd Guards Tank Army from Kursk to Berlin: Volume 1: January 1943-June 1944 Author: Igor Nebolsin Publisher: Helion & Company Release Date: 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 447 Source: http://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Favorite-History-January-1943-June/dp/1909982156/ World War two… Continue Reading
We recently ran a Chain of Command convention game based on the 1941 attack on the Corinth Canal bridge and I think that’s when the seed was planted. That scenario went through several rounds of play testing as we attempted… Continue Reading
Every once in a while, our gaming group takes a break from “serious” historical gaming to indulge in something else, usually both whimsical and fun. Last night was such an event with John Desch pulling out his old 10mm Warmaster… Continue Reading
When selecting and collecting figures for 28mm skirmish games, you are generally faced with a choice between repeating figure poses, often many times, or mixing manufactures. For black powder era games, I’m ok with repeating poses then adding in characters,… Continue Reading