Category Archives: Solo Wargaming

Three ways to play – comparing unit based fantasy wargames

Posted on April 29, 2025 by hurcheon

Recovering from an operation, I have been limited, part down to what my arm could do, partly down to poster operative fatigue interfering with my concentration. So all my possible ongoing projects seemed too concentration intensive, and too much set … Continue reading →

Battle report and comments on Midgard Heroic Battles

Posted on September 30, 2022 by hurcheon

For the past few months, I have been playtesting the, under-development, Midgard Heroic Battles by James Morris (https://mogsymakes.net/). These will eventually be released by Reisswitz Press (aka Too Fat Lardies) but there is no release date yet. Midgard uses armies … Continue reading →

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1066 by Peter Denis and Andy Callan

Posted on April 3, 2021 by hurcheon

Using the simple, one page version of the included war game of 1066. With apologies to Dave Elrick A few birthdays ago, my friend Dave got me the book 1066 by famed illustrator Peter Dennis. This is a book of … Continue reading →

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Waterloo Three – 1 – SPI’s “Napoleon at Waterloo”

Posted on July 15, 2018 by hurcheon

Introduction For some reason I have been inspired to re fight the battle of Waterloo\La Belle Alliance three years after all the cool kids were doing it. I will be using board wargames to do this and will follow the … Continue reading →

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Kings of War 2nd edition – end of the first run through

Posted on July 21, 2015 by hurcheon

To recap the first post of this battle, a group of Northmen under Jarl Sven of Bjarnulfholm are fighting the ancient evil known as the Cursed Legion, raised from centuries in death by the Nameless Necromancer (basically because I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Kings of War 2nd edition – thoughts and a run through the game – Turns 1 & 2

Posted on July 20, 2015 by hurcheon

Mantic Games first came to my attention in 2009 as a producer of plastic wargames figures for massed ranked battles. They produced spindly Elves and solid, chunky late armoured dwarves and lots of undead. The next year, the veteran rules-write … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project, ready to deploy

Posted on October 29, 2013 by hurcheon

I have a map, I have decided on the rules (Basic Impetus) and I finally have my order of battle and counters. Although I thought 3cm frontage would look fine on the map, I also scaled them to 2cm and … Continue reading →

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