Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy

The wild charge is one of the most characteristic actions a wargamer can make. It is putting your trust in the abilities of your soldiers and the dice – just going for it. Just like in real life, it can mean unnerving an opponent and reaping a great

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Company: Athena Miniatures Size: 28mm ‘foot to eye’ or 31mm tall Era: Late medieval / early Renaissance Price: £11.00 www.athenaminiatures.co.uk Athena Miniatures have a comprehensive range of mounted and dismounted knights, billmen, archers and arti

Armed with that revelation, you might be forgiven for thinking of some detailed skirmish-style wargame based upon the world of espionage, gadgetry and supervillains. You would, however, be dead wrong. In fact, I've been messing around with a new spac

Commander: Major-General Friedrich von Bredow • 7th Magdeburg Cuirassiers ‘Von Seydlitz’. 3 squadrons. • 16th Altmark Uhlans ‘Hennigs von Treffenfeld’. 3 squadrons. All the Prussian cavalry are not considered broken until every unit is shaken. They s

Everybody wants the same thing: a nice, enjoyable game. Something so that when you're packing up your miniatures afterwards, you'll think, ‘What a lovely time that was.’ We can definitely all agree on this. I hope you're sitting down for this revelat

Contrast or Speed paints are a boon for painting smaller scales and can result in a high standard of finish. For this article I am using Vallejo's Xpress range of contrast-type paints. After I cleaned and stripped the individual figures, I used Tamiy

I would consider myself somewhat of a veteran wargamer, having started some 35 years ago. I am a little vague here on the exact date as it was Games Workshop “Talisman” board game and associated miniatures that were my entry point into the hobby. I s

By John Lambshead (Pen and Sword Military, 2024) £14.99 Dice: Card drawn Alternate card-drawn activation This new book is a stand-alone complete rule set for skirmish games in the pre-firearm era. And to be very up-front, I love it. You will need the

By Rubén Torregrosa ISBN: 978-8412819717 (Miniaturama Publishing, 2024) - £21.00 Well, this is probably one of the easiest and hardest book reviews I've had to write for WS&S: ‘easiest’ because it's so utterly, utterly superb that I could simply list

Like a lot of people, my early gaming days involved a sci-fi ruleset we all know. It's not the best-balanced set of rules, though, and I spent a lot of time getting frustrated that I was not winning games. My older, wiser self prefers to just enjoy t