1. Winter War 20 – Aliens vs Colonial Marines

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    March 9, 2020 by wargamerchris

    As  Winter War 20 was winding down, I ran a Sunday morning game reprising our Aliens on LV-428.  In short, …
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  2. Ile de la forteresse: 15mm SYW Islands Game

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    March 8, 2020 by wargamerchris

    An ahistorical SYW Amphibious assault game using Black Powder 2nd Edition

  3. Rangers of Shadowdeep – M1

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    July 3, 2019 by wargamerchris

    We played the first icomic scenario of ROSD. We played with two young rangers working together to stave off the …
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  4. Frostgrave Wizards and Apprentices

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    March 19, 2019 by wargamerchris

    Just a little more of an accomplishment blog – we have started to get into the Frostgrave system of games …
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  5. Rangers of Shadowdeep – getting started

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    March 19, 2019 by wargamerchris

    Rangers of Shadowdeep scratches an itch for me – tabletop cooperative Frostgrave sounds like fun, looks like fun, and gives …
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  6. Oldhammer – Empire Wolf Chariot

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    March 19, 2019 by wargamerchris

    Almost two years ago son #1 and I launched into an Oldhammer project which may be the ultimate one before …
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  7. 28mm Napoleonics – family effort

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    March 9, 2019 by wargamerchris

    I’ve been painting 15mm Napoleonics since 1984, so when my younger son started collecting Warlord and Perry figures for the …
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  8. Back to Ahmednuggur: More 15mm Wellesley in India

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    March 9, 2019 by wargamerchris

    At Winter War 2019 we brought the walled city of Ahmednuggur back for a second convention game.  It had been …
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  9. Kameraden 10mm WW2 Operational Rules

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    March 9, 2019 by wargamerchris

    A short post on this set of local rules from Tony Guido. Tony has run games using these for years …
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  10. Winter War 2019 – Professor Johnstone and the Abyssinian Evacuation: 25mm Italo-Ethiopian game

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    March 8, 2019 by wargamerchris

    Winter War 2019 was another nice chance to head close to home and meet up with many old friends while …
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Small Soldiers

I’m a father, soldier, wargamer and traveler. This site is for my kids and to share my work over half a lifetime musing on the history of warriors and the portrayal of their efforts in miniature.  I’ve never really known why I do this

Wargame Rules

Rules I’m gaming with now:

Lions Rampant/ Dragons Rampant
Black Powder
Age of Eagles/ Age of Valor/ Fire and Fury
Force on Force/ Ambush Alley/ Ambush Z!
Hail Caesar
Command Decision: Test of Battle
Battles for Empire 2
LOTR
Pride of Lions
The Sword and the Flame

Rules I’m Considering:

Sword and Spear/ Sword and Spear Fantasy
Regimental Fire and Fury
Open Combat
Chain of Command
Sharpe Practice 2
Wilderness Wars
Test of Honour
Field of Battle
Pike and Shotte (Warlord)
General de Armee (TFL)
Flames of War – Vietnamese/ WW2

Rules I still need to find to make my life better:

15mm Napoleonic mass battles rules (holy grail)
15mm War of the Spanish Succession mass battle rules
15mm Zombie mass battle rules

Blogroll:

Command Decision Test of Battle Forum:

http://www.testofbattle.com/phpBB2/

Din of Battle:

http://dinofbattle.blogspot.com/

Henry Hyde’s Site:

http://henrys-wargaming.co.uk

Dan Mersey – author of a couple of rules sets we like:

/http://merseybooks.blogspot.co.uk/

Miniature Addiction:

http://miniatureaddiction.info/

Wasatch Front HMGS (Journals):

http://www.wfhgs.com

Bartertown:

http://www.bartertown.com/trading/

Big Force on Force (Great modern gaming)

https://bigfof.blogspot.com

Last Stand Dan:

http://laststanddan.blogspot.com/

 

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