Rear Guard Action

(AWI project retrospective, part 9) I wrote this post at the end of an evening where I had based my prospective army for the big battle. I...

(AWI project retrospective, part 8) The painting progress was quite satisfactory in May and June. I finished a small group of Stockbridge ...

(AWI project retrospective, part 7) Incredibly, in April managed to finish a big unit of Continental infantry! Less busy-ness at work and ...

(AWI project retrospective, part 6) So I finally finished my  second militia unit in March. There was a point I thought it might never hap...

(AWI project retrospective, part 5) Few discussions on the American War of Independence have been as lively and enduring as that on the mi...

(AWI project retrospective, part 4) Although I got my painting mojo back in January, progress was not prodigious. I got about halfway into...

(AWI project retrospective, part 3) Progress had not been good since my previous post. But nothing helps to get you going like playing a g...

(AWI project retrospective, part 2)  I left you just about when I was picking up my can of spray-paint to lay down a base coat for my minu...

(AWI project retrospective, part 1) There’s no feeling like starting on a new project. The adrenaline rush of exploring a new topic, the...

Yesterday was a good day. Returning to Crisis in Antwerp after three years it was great to meet many old friends and acquaintances. The mos...

So with Essen 2014 project accomplished , we can turn to the Essen 2015 loot. I kept it down to six games. The Ice and the Sky as well...

Tomorrow I will be participating in one of four simultaneous battles from the Waterloo campaign. Slight problem is that the rules will be Bl...

Hurrah for deadlines! Significant strides were made painting my Landwehr. Now preparing to base the minis and allocating magnabase. I might ...

So much to do, so little time. Which means making choices and focus! Which results in the following resolutions: 1. I’m going to wri...

On Saturday we played a couple of newly acquired games at Murphy's Heroes . Tom had brought Nautilus and Thunderstone , while I added K...

While this blog was set up to document the strategic withdrawal of gaming in my life, there are tactical successes masking the extent of th...

The loot So, now to finish the Essen stuff, because you guys must be fed up after 2 weeks. The only thing left is to inaugurate the ...