Russo-Japanese War: Quickfire Playtest

Regular readers will know that I have something of a passion for pre-dreadnought naval warfare.  I've played War Times Journal's Battlefleet 1900 for many years now.  I have a fairly extensive range of 1:2400 ships from Tumbling Dice, and there are a couple of battle...

Palladian Guard in 6mm

You read that correctly.  The Palladian Guard are back... in 6mm. A while ago I reflected on the way historical, non-28mm gaming has all but taken over this blog, and how I wanted to update the background material for my 40K army, the Palladian Guard.  Well, it's time...

Polish People’s Army: Mechanised Battalion

Those of you who follow the society pages will probably know that we took over 20ft x 8ft of MoD real estate a few days ago, and had a massive game of Team Yankee.  My own force was a mechanised battalion of the 8. (Dresden) Mechanised Division, and is something I've...

Team Yankee Megagame: The Elbe Bridgehead

I'm pleased to be able to share a battle report that has been months in the making.  This year has seen me play a lot of Team Yankee games, building up an entire mechanised battalion of the Polish army. On Saturday, myself and eight others fought a 400pts...

Palladian Guard Reboot

I mentioned in my last post that my Imperial Guard army was due for a reboot in the next few weeks.  It's been a while since I covered anything 40K, so it's a good opportunity to give you an update on how things stand between me and my first love. I've also included...