A Battlegames Special Guest Post by Sean Souter Building desert terrain is thirsty work and no self-respecting collection of desert scenery is complete without a village well. A natural gathering place for friend and foe alike, one need only look…
Twenty Years of Battlegames
On 18thJune, 1998—Waterloo Day—I pressed the launch button on a site that was to dominate my life in one way or another for the next 20 years. I look back now at that first version of the site, which was…
The Tactical Tutor Part 1
The Tactical Tutor Part 1 It Depends… by Jay Arnold, The Veteran Wargamer “Plans mean nothing. Planning is everything.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower Recently, Our ‘Enry wrote an article in Issue 93 of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy in which he…
Siggins at Salute 2018 – A Show Report Special
I was unwell and therefore unable to attend yesterday’s Salute show at ExCel in London’s Docklands,a great shame not just because it’s one of the highlights of the wargaming calendar, but also because this year, I was responsible for designing…
Siggins Is Back – A Much-Missed Wargames Voice Returns
Mike Siggins was a well-known, popular and sometimes controversial figure on the wargaming scene for many years. He ran his own boardgames magazine SUMO from 1989-1998, and as a miniatures wargamer, was a monthly columnist for Wargames Illustrated during the…
Battlechat Podcast Episode 4
Hot off the microphones, here’s the podcast recorded with my old friend Guy Hancock this morning. Guy is well known in the local wargaming community as the owner of the (sadly short-lived) Wargames Heaven shop and has been gaming almost…