Since moving here to Austin Texas back in 2005 my wargaming indulgence has traditionally been supported by the crowd at the Lone Star Historical Miniatures Austin Chapter and the HQ for such crowd had been mainly Great Hall Games. Over the past couple of years Great Hall Games first went through a change of owners and eventually, …
Read More New Wargame Spot online forum – former Great Hall Gamers forum
On most Thursday evenings you can find a group of us at Nerdstock. Mostly we show up around 5:30 to 6:00 so we can get a game in before closing at 10:00. The tables are very nice, as is the atmosphere as a whole. The proprietors are very welcoming, even though we are playing games …
Read More Historical Gaming at Nerdstock
Last week Kevin, Beka and I tried a game of Pikeman’s Lament, which is a set of rules aimed as small combats in the 17th century. The rules were written by Dan Mersey & Michael Leck and use the basic components and ideas developed in Lion Rampant. This Sunday we were joined by Lance, Randy …
Read More Pikeman’s Lament at Chez Smith
2017 started in our group with planning for a new try at the Barbarossa Campaign that comes in the BGBarb book. That is: “The Last Line” campaign. That is a most excellent book and the campaign game that comes included is superb. We played last year (2016), and had tons of fun. That time, in …
Read More New Battlegroup Barbarossa Campaign. Detailed log.
Outskirts of Calais, France, May 24th, 1940. Late afternoon. German forces of the 10th Panzer Division try to close in with the belaguered defenders of Calais. Mixed forces from 3rd RTR and the 2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps (The 60th) try to stop them. This a Blitzkrieg small platoon-level game (420 points each). I …
Read More How to lose a Kampfgruppe in 3 turns. A Battlegroup Blitzkrieg AAR
This past weekend I finally got the chance to try early WWII with Victory Decision, before I had mostly done Sci Fi and W-WWII. My friend Adam thought it was a good chance to take some Brits and DAK for spin. So out came the desert table ! The armies were pretty straight forward, …
Read More Early war in Africa with Victory Decision WWII – AAR
Mech Grenadier Platoon “Germany’s success on the Eastern Front coupled with the entry of Spain into the war allow Germany to reorganize its land forces and increase industrial output in certain areas. As a Result, by 1949 Mechanized Grenadier formations make up the bulk of the Wermacht’s land forces.” Secrets of the Third Reich by …
Read More Secrets of the Third Reich – Germans for Victory Decision
This is my first attempt at a painting guide. I´m no expert painter nor had ever a great skill at it. I took ages to paint these BEF vehicles. Also keep in mind that my objective is to get 1/72 BEF vehicles for wargaming purposes, not modelling ones. As most of you already know, the …
Read More Powermonger´s BEF G3/G4 scheme painting guide
I want to present the first few models of my BEF 1940 army. They are prepared to take the field with my presently used rules: – Battlegroup (for platoon and larger games) – Chain of Command (for small skirmishes) I will add more as soon as I complete the rest of them. Also, there is …
Read More Powermonger´s BEF Army (ongoing)
I was looking for some roads for my 15mm moderns and sci fi games and a friend of mine recommended play tape. Upon getting a couple of rolls from Amazon was ready to give them a try. From the very beginning I liked the way they look, however it seemed like a waste to be …
Read More Cheap and easy paved roads for moderns/sci-fi