• M48A3 Pattons (VUSAB05)
    by Steven MacLauchlan
    17 May 2013 at 7:00am
    To be honest, I originally didn't have much interest in doing any armor in Vietnam.  But, everytime I took a look at the M48A3 Patton box set, some small nagging part of my brain said "You know you want to paint that!".  And, I finally gave in.
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  • Review: Armament in Miniatures AC-47 Spooky
    by cbaxter
    16 May 2013 at 7:00am
    Even though Battlefront left aircraft out of Tour of Duty, I couldn't keep my wallet closed when I found this AC-47 Spooky from Armament in Miniatures (AiM).  I learned about AiM from Anatoli of Anatoli's Game Room.  Anatoli found some great Polish aircraft for his September Campaign, an all this Polish Campaign for Early War Flames of...

  • PAVN Recoilless Guns
    by Steven MacLauchlan
    15 May 2013 at 7:00am
    After playing a few games of 'Nam, it became clear that the PAVN need some heavy weaponry.  Fortunately, combining pieces from the Battalion HQ box and Weapons box, you can make a full unit of Recoilless Guns 6 strong.
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  • Announcing our next Campaign: Overlord!
    by Steven MacLauchlan
    14 May 2013 at 7:00am
    It's with great excitement that I introduce our next Massively Multiplayer Table Top Campaign!  Operation Overlord will start on June 16th and run for 6 weeks.  As with our Operation Sea Lion campaign it is available to people all over the world!  It's quite simple to participate, just head over to http://overlord.wwpd.net and sign up!...


  • Review: Berlin or Bust Japanese Infantry
    by cbaxter
    17 May 2013 at 5:30am
    There are many option out there for people looking to collect an Imperial Japanese Army for Bolt Action.   West Wind Productions: Berlin or Bust range is readily available at their online store from those in the UK or  from Old Glory 25s in the US.  Each pack comes with ten figures and cost about $16 a pack.  Additionally, if you join ...

  • Review: Warlord Games M2 Bag by Battlefoam
    by Judson
    15 May 2013 at 5:30am

    Warlord Games and Battlefoam have teamed up to bring all you BARbarians out there another option for transporting your forces. The M2 Bag! I've had this bag for a while now, so I apologize for the delay in getting the review out to all you interested parties, but things have been hoppin' lately!


    Queue dramatic, box-opening music!Read mo...


  • Clash of Warlords AAR: Normans v Anglo-Danes
    by Mike Wood
    13 May 2013 at 6:34am
    As sunlight streamed over the hill, light glinted off the fast running but shallow river. The Dane Warlord surveyed the scene, knowing that the Normans would most likely cross at the ford in front of him then follow the road to his village. He and his grim faced Hearthguard were not about to let him sack their village. They were all pr...


  • X-Wing: Battle of Endor Death Star Run
    by TheSignal
    15 May 2013 at 6:50am

    With the release of wave two of X-Wing Steven and myself though it might be fun to come up with a scenario for X-Wing that allows player to recreate the final assault on the Second Deathstar.

    So I got to work creating a printable PDF that can be used to represent the winding interior of the unfinished death star.

    There is a full colour v...

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  • Basing 28mm ACW & 300 Posts!
    by jmilesr
    18 May 2013 at 5:06pm
     It's a rainy and gloomy day here in Maryland - that's perfect weather for painting and basing mini's!  I made some good progress today and finished all my painting and then turned to basing the units.  Pictured are 2 calvary a...
  • Operation Overlord – Global Campaign
    by hauptman
    18 May 2013 at 8:40am
    Wwpd has setup a global FOW campaign for the Normandy campaign. Basically you play some local games, scores get tabulated globally to determine the results of the campaign. Simple registration process, looks like fun and their ...
  • By Fire & Sword: Peasant informer rules in English
    by Anatoli
    18 May 2013 at 4:54am
    Wargamer has a bunch of files on their site, free to download for everyone, but waiting to be translated into English once the Kickstarter ends.

    In the meantime Andreas and I are preparing for the weekend's skirmish battles an...
  • Terrain - Ploughed Fields
    by Vitor
    18 May 2013 at 3:24am
    While I have been trying to figure out what to do about my 'Open Fire' armies I decided to have a go at making some terrain that will go with my WW2 games, to come in the future, as well as can be used in Warhammer Fantasy and ...
  • Getting Defensive - some tips for holding ground in FoW
    by Red Dog
    17 May 2013 at 9:04pm

     The commonly held view in FoW is that it is easier to defend than attack. To a large extent this is true, but only if a defence is properly executed. In this post I will outline a few key principles of mounting a successful de...
  • Absence & a quick ACW game!
    by Steven
    17 May 2013 at 8:37pm
    Attention Wargaming Blogosphere!  
    SOUND OFFICERS CALL!  has been off the net for quite awhile due to its impending move into new digs.  Wife and I have been moving our stuff into our house for the last few weeks - all of the wa...