wargames

A passing remark by Jon Peterson on a YT video interview on the history of wargames led me to the boardgame Labyrinth which looks intriguing. Then I realized this is the same company that did Twilight Struggle, one of those games that you hear a lot about but also look a bit intimidating. But...

I realize Osprey have been around forever and have always released the occasional rpg book and recently have kicked that up a notch with Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades; Jackals; Romance of the Perilous Land and Paleomythic. Which means they probably deserve their own thread in the rpg forum...

Ben Milton posted this video in his latest newsletter.

This is an extensive video with Jon Peterson discussing wargames, not even finished yet and it is so excellent I wanted to share it:

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - Santayana Here's a great blog post exploring the tribal warfare between trad wargamers (a.k.a self declared grognards), fantasy wargamers and D&D players (a.k.a those damn kids!) displayed in the 1970s Battle Magazine. The...

The History of Wargaming Project have published an expanded version of Fletcher Pratt's naval war game rules, in hardcopy and Kindle. I consider Pratt one of the finest fantasy writers of the first half of the 20th century (The Blue Star, The Well of the Unicorn and the comedic novellas he...

I put together this pdf quick step-by-step look at painting a 28mm dwarf miniature

I'd love to get into wargaming (specifically historical wargames, don't have much interest in WH40K or similar fare) but I'm on a fixed income and I must budget out my money carefully each month. So, naturally most wargames and actual miniatures are rather prohibitively expensive. I'm wanting...