Category Archives: Wargaming

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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Thoughts on finally playing Kings of War

Posted on February 11, 2018 by hurcheon

Saturday 10th Feb I finally got to play the Kings of War wargame against other human beings in a tournament in Stirling. I took my Lord of the Rings Uruk Hai but used the, as the “Kingdoms of Men” faction, … Continue reading →

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The Emerald Tablet – early fantasy wargames rules

Posted on January 2, 2018 by hurcheon

I have written before about an early set of fantasy wargames rules (Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age) before but they are not the earliest set of specifically fantasy wargames rules I ever saw. I know I have been wargaming … Continue reading →

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Age of Sigmar – thoughts after a run through the game

Posted on July 12, 2015 by hurcheon

Games Workshop, recently killed off their long running “Old World” and mass battle game of Warhammer (*), just as they changed the name of the shops to that, and unveiled the new skirmish game, “Age of Sigmar”. This game has … Continue reading →

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