Swedish Tanks in Seven Days to the River Rhine – Part 1

by | Nov 2, 2023

As a child of the late 80’s and early 90’s, who very vividly remembers seeing Hunt for the Red October in theaters, the tanks and aircraft of the Cold War-era will always be in my mind a little bit what military hardware is “supposed” to look...

NOVA Open 2023: Certified 100% Eldar Free

by | Nov 1, 2023

So I’m back at NOVA for a second year, playing the kind of event slate that makes Dan over at the Badcast angry – all Heresy, all the time. Why not 40K this year? Well, first because I can play 40K pretty much whenever I want, and even with a specialist...

Where’s Variance Been?

by | Oct 17, 2023

Good lord, I haven’t posted since March. So…what happened there? So this is not the first time I’ve gone radio silent for a long period of time (indeed, the first time this happened is when I converted the Patreon to per-post rather than periodic),...

3D Printing for Wargaming: Reviewing the Lulzbot SideKick 747

by | Mar 8, 2023

Almost a year ago now, FAME (the parent company for Lulzbot) was kind enough to loan me a SideKick 289 3d printer for the better part of a few months to do a long-term use review of their…entry-level-ish FDM 3d printer. One of my comments in that review was that...

Statistical Threats to Metawatch

by | Jan 12, 2023

January is often a time when graduate students everywhere begin frantically cramming for various exams with words like “Qualifying”, “Comprehensive” and “Defense” in their names, which means it’s also the season of detailed...