Adventures on the Wargames Table

I've been having a very cathartic clear out and tidy up; and as part of this I've decided to re-organise how I've been storing my WW2 troops. I've ordered a bunch of Really Useful Boxes but in the mean time I picked up a couple of 4 litre boxes from WH Smith. Old storage solution The figures (mostly individually based) were stored in the old GW cases with foam trays. Well protected but a bit fiddly. So, with some of the 'teams' already mag-based I decided to go the whole hog and mag-base the lot. To line the boxes I needed some steel paper so on Easter Monday afternoon I placed an order with Trevor at Magnetic Displays / Coritani . Within about 15 minutes (I jest not!) I received an email from Trevor saying that the items would be in the post first thing on Tuesday morning. Sure enough on Wednesday morning the order arrived! You simply cannot get better customer service than that. A good price and excellent product too. Highly recommended! I already have ...

Having recently completed the Signal Box from Charlie Foxtrot it was pretty obvious that I'd need to sort out some railway tracks. So this is a "how to" post with some suggestions for building railway tracks for your wargames table. I started with some pieces of track from the bargain bin of my local model shop - don't ask what the scale is as I have no idea - I just bought track that looked about right. As the very helpful lady in the shop commented, brand new track can be pricey so see if they have any 'off cuts' or second hand track. For example, a brand new set of points might cost around £12 but mine cost only £6 :o) I began by dry-brushing the black plastic sleepers with dark brown paint. It takes away the plastic look and makes them look more wooden and weathered. This picture shows the unpainted underside and a 'painted' section, so you can see the difference. I decided to base the track on some strips of cork tile. It's cheap(is...

Well, "review" might be a bit of stretch as I’ve only played two games and ‘helped’ (in the loosest sense of the word) with a third game. Perhaps “first impressions” might be better? :o) A rulebook Kings of War (or KoW), from Mantic Games , is a fantasy themed massed battle rule set that seems to be pretty squarely aimed at those gamers who have boxes of GW figures stored in their lofts from those glory days of Warhammer yore. Mantic have their own range of figures but encourage players to dig out their old troops too. How refreshingly sensible. I’ve been an historical gamer for quite a few years now but as someone who got in to wargaming back in the 80’s through Warhammer, I cannot help but get a little misty-eyed when I think of my old Orc & Goblin horde (mainly Kevin Adams figures ... lovely!). Sadly, and perhaps foolishly, I sold those figures long ago. Anyway, enough nostalgia for the moment, back to the game. My impression of Colin from CFM .. ;o) It’s...