For our latest game we decided to try a Napoleonic version of Battle Cry and Anthony suggested the Peninsular War Battle of Saguntum 1811.
When I have a little money, I buy Toy Soldiers; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. (with apologies to:) ERASMUS
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Battle of Saguntum 1811 - 54mm Battle Cry game.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Lionheart - more playing with old toy knights.
Our first trial game of Lionheart worked very well so we decided to expand on it by introducing some terrain elements and and an additional two unit types; Heavy Foot Knights and Mercenaries. The remainder of the armies were the same as in our previous game and we increased the number of actions in each turn from four to six per side. The basic game mechanics were explained in my previous post HERE.
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Travel Battle - A Napoleonic wargame with 54mm toy soldiers
Travel Battle is a boardgame designed by Michael Perry and produced by Perry Miniatures, the well known wargame figure manufacturers, it's based on battles in the Napoleonic period so Anthony and I thought we'd see how well the system translated to a tabletop wargame with 54mm toy soldiers. Here's how it went:
Monday, 10 March 2025
Woking Games Day 2025
Last Saturday a small band of the faithful from the Little Wars Revisited group assembled in Woking for this years Games Day. The event was hosted by Mike who offered us three games using 54mm toy soldiers including Waddington's Battle of the Little Big Horn (seen on this blog previously). I took part in a Battle Masters Lord of the Rings game and here's how it went:
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Feast and Famine.
We're already heading towards the end of the car boot season, and this year the pickings have been very thin, but last weekend there was a bumper crop:
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Memoir 44 - Battle of Carpiquet in 54mm part 2
Elsewhere, the latest issue of Plastic Warrior magazine arrived in the post this morning (see PW link in column on the left), the Woking Games Day is being held this Saturday (for details see the Little Wars Revisited link in the column on the left) and we also have the London Toy Soldier Show coming up on the 30th March, so a busy few weeks ahead.