I wasn’t able to make it up to Scarborough last weekend for the new War Torn show but I have heard it was a promising start. And – before anyone asks – yes, they did set a new wargaming world record with 25,500 figures in action. This is currently being validated by the Guinness record…

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Welcome to the first of what I suspect will be a regular series of posts on historical inaccuracies in popular entertainment.  Don’t you just hate it when films and TV get it wrong? I know I do.  Anyway, first in the dock is The Kennedys – the HBO miniseries first aired in the UK on…

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I went to the Phalanx show in St Helens on Saturday.   Several traders told me the show was busier than it was last year, so that is one positive economic indicator for you, and I received many compliments from readers about the new look MW. We will try to keep it up! Phalanx is a…

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I had lunch yesterday with Richard Clarke of Too Fat Lardies fame. The venue was the Brampton Mill near Huntingdon, I recommend it, and many thanks to Richard for picking up the tab.  We had a fascinating conversation about rule writing and other topics and – as (most of) it was on the record –…

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Two days ago was the 67th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the start of the Normandy campaign, one of the staples of wargaming for as long as anyone can remember.  But how many people know that tomorrow is the 67th anniversary of the start of the Soviet offensive against Finland on the Eastern Front? …

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Welcome to the first in what I expect to be a regular series debunking false stories on popular wargaming forum The Miniatures Page.  First up, is this little gem posted in the Magazines & Periodicals board: “in the editorial of the June Issue of Miniature Wargames it appears… we may see some changes in future…

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