Adventures in Wargaming

It’s a new month, so it’s time for a traditionally busy edition of The News Stand, with a pile of new releases, Patreon deliveries, and more! Read on for all the details!
The Humvee, despite being seen on the battlefield all over the world, was not designed for a combat role. It was a utility transport, unarmoured, suited for rushing around behind friendly lines. However, nothing goes to plan, and every since 1993, they have found themselves in the line of fire. Post 2001, they soon became upgraded and burdened down, the sheer weight of upgrades needed to survive the counter-insurgency world stressing power units and risking lives. At the same time, to fight the rise in IEDs in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Army developed the MRAP program. These Mine-Resistant…
Letโs start this Wargaming Week, covering the 4th through to the 10th of March. BLOG STUFF The WW2 introduction post finally went up (and only three months late). Despite being packed full of unpainted models, I’m really looking forward to this project. Having spent most of the morning before writing this reading “With the Jocks”, I’m starting to understand why everyone is carry shovels and picks on the models. NEWS Tiny Terrain’s T62, a product I know a lot of people are excited about, is continuing to progress. We’ve now reached the point where the 3D print is being created, thanks…
There comes a point in most wargamer’s life where your eyes start to wander towards collections of tanks and men armed with bolt action rifles. Afternoons spent watching war films, trips to the library to pull down the hardcover book full of black and white photos or endless nights of Call of Duty suddenly lead you to looking at collecting books of reference material and eyeing the various ranges of chaps in steel helmets and woolen uniforms. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your frame of mind), it is my time to take a trip back to WW2 and build my…
Letโs start this Wargaming Week, covering the 25th of February through to the 3rd of March. BLOG STUFF Yeah I didn’t finish that WW2 post – I got too distracted assembling the models. But soon! NEWS Big news! Spectre V2 is finally announced and up for pre-order. I’m really excited about it, especially after seeing the new layout and diagrams. With all the photos shown off in the run up, I can see it being something that is great to just sit and read. There is also the new limited edition figure which is just the exact style of operator I…
Letโs start this Wargaming Week, covering the 18th through to the 24th of February. BLOG STUFF I am just putting the finishing touches on a blog post covering my plans for the WW2 project. This will just be covering the intro, as well as a few things I’m aiming for with it. From there, I can start writing post about the individual bits, like the churchill I assembled last week. Although as a bit of a throwback, Spectre has started talking more about V2. Which reminded me about one of the few playtest games I actually wrote about, Big Bird Down.…
Letโs start this Wargaming Week, covering the 11th through to the 17th of February. NEWS Spectre have continued to show off more of their photos from V2. This latest batch includes some really cool combinations of figures, ideal for inspiring your next game. In addition to more photos, Spectre has also been talking about some of the rule changes, beginning with Suppression. This was something I found a bit of bugbear as I played and when I got to test V2 the changes basically dragged me back into the game. I’m planning an indepth look at the changes once V2…
Letโs start this Wargaming Week, covering the 4th through to the 10th of February. BLOG STUFF Writing and photos were taken of the LTV this week for the assembly stage. I’ll be moving it onto the paint desk soon. NEWS First of all, Empress and Paul Hicks have been very busy! As well as the WW2 range, Empress have released the first look at the Vietnam range. This US rifleman is all ready for Tet in 1968 and looks pretty great! I’m going to be keeping an eye on this range while trying to resist picking it up and starting YET…
Letโs start this Wargaming Week, covering the 28th of January through to the 3rd of February. BLOG STUFF There is blog stuff coming. I have a pile of it on my desk NEWS Tiny Terrain has shown off some previews of their upcoming Russian Tank Crew. Designed to go with their upcoming T-60, these guys are great for Afghanistan or Chechnya as well as a whole host of nations that use that style of kit. I’m quite excited to see them with the vehicle so well worth keeping an eye on Tiny Terrain’s page. After weeks of teasing, Spectre has finally…

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