by John Lambshead | Mar 9, 2020
Red DevilThis is a 28 mm post-apocalyptic car sculpted by Dave Stone at Wargames Terrain Workshop that sells for the princely sum of £6.Suitable for lots of uses, it comes with a firing platform on the back that can take a mini on a base.WTW Website PhotoI chose to...
by John Lambshead | Mar 1, 2020
Man of IronIn the 40K universe artificial intelligence, also called abominable intelligence, is most definitely banned on account of them inevitably trying to destroy their creators - although the Tau seem to have got away with it so far.However, it's a big galaxy out...
by John Lambshead | Feb 27, 2020
Bishop of Bath & WellsI have been ploughing through my unpainted minis lately and, at the bottom of a cupboard, discovered an entire unpainted Blackstone Fortress game. And they are great models.First up the good Bish' of Bath and Wells with his lovely assistant -...
by John Lambshead | Feb 24, 2020
Hellenistic 'Legionary' InfantryAt a parade in 166BC, Polybius refers to a 5,000 man unit of Seleucid infantry as armed 'like Romans'.The question is how really like a Roman legion was this Hellenistic unit.The key military attacking unit in World War II was the...
by John Lambshead | Feb 12, 2020
Unmade Warband - click to enlarge.Warcry is, in my view, a much underrated fantasy skirmish wargame from The Evil Empire. It uses doubles and trebles, etc, from the roll of a set of dice to allow pieces to undertake actions of various complexity. The background is of...