Rear Guard Action

In yesterday's post I made a reference to Gary Gygax, major Von Reiswitz and Phil Barker. I'll explain, as promised. More about...

It's all very tempting to look back these days. There was 100 years of H.G. Wells' Little Wars , then Willem Schoppen, the ´Dutch Do...

Remember how I got the awesome Colonial Marines badge from my Secret Satan last January? Well, I finally found time to patch it to some sle...

I didn't use to buy much stuff online. I've always liked holding games, books and minis in my hand before buying them. I also like t...

Okay, you might not get what half of these are about, but that doesn't matter: over a dozen entries to my request to use the Pulp-O-Miz...

Went to see Django Unchained last week and enjoyed it a lot. The latest movie by Quentin Tarantino is again a masterpiece of imagery and s...

On a trip to Antwerp over a week ago, we visited a few interesting places, like the excellent MAS (Museum aan de Stroom), with a rich combin...

I was led (I forgot by whom, but thanks) to a really interesting article on Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Hobbit, by Kristin Tho...

Since Mark Kurlansky’s Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World became a hit book in 1997 many authors have tried to emulate this...

It was only to be expected that Peter Jackson would extend the line from the Lord of the Rings trilogy to the Hobbit and the first part of t...

I spent last week near the Giants' Mountains in the Czech Republic. On account of most people opting for alpine joys, there was little i...

Well then, returned home today and lots to tell and so little time to tell it. So let's start with this: One of the joys of Fortress A...