Even though this website seems to spend an awful lot of time talking about sci-fi and fantasy, I am a historical wargaming enthusiast at heart. It was recreating battles in Vietnam thirty five years ago as a kid in my garage that drew me into wargaming. And so I'm always drawn to a good historical.…
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Historical wargaming is a captivating hobby that allows enthusiasts to recreate historical battles using miniature figures, terrain, and rulesets. While it has faced some criticisms and controversies, there are numerous aspects of historical wargaming that deserve recognition and appreciation.
Historical wargaming has come to the main attention…
Historical miniature wargaming is a type of tabletop gaming that simulates military conflicts from history using miniature models and terrain, but it can be intimidating--what are the best historical miniature wargames for beginners?
Players command armies or factions and maneuver their forces to engage in battles against other players. The games can range from…
I had held off on getting into SPQR for quite a long time because I had heard some negative things about it (things I’ll talk about later). But after getting into it, and realizing that I was already in a position to dive really deep, I can say that I love this game. Warlord Games…
The 2023 Ovelist: Well this turned out to be a different result from what I expected. I was fairly sure that I had done a good job of making my hobby goals a reality, but when it comes down to it, I'm not even batting .500.
So last year I started the Ovelist. The Ovelist…
If you've come to this site then odds are good that you're at least somewhat familiar with what miniature wargaming or tabletop wargaming is. But, if you're not, here's a primer: miniature wargaming is a type of wargame where military units are represented by miniature pieces--often tokens, models, or chips--and two or more player (though…
It has been another week, and another seven days of #hobbystreak are in the books. I mentioned last week that I am in an interstitial period in my hobbying, where I was not currently building any particular army, and that persists this week as I'm mostly working my way through my Pile of Shame and…
The scale of miniature wargames is a big deal, especially as you move from one wargame to the next. And, while we had a period where most games (aside from many historicals) were squarely in the 28mm camp, it seems like there has been a renaissance of alternate miniature wargaming scales.
In this article we’re going…
Having grown up my whole life entrenched in Games Workshop, it wasn't until a few years ago that I ever played a historical wargame and got involved in that community. But once I was in that community, and particularly in the online communities I came upon two things I found difficult to process about historical…