Collecting Toy Soldiers

 I don't normally buy Toy Soldier Collector magazine, because it mostly seems to be about reviewing new product, but flicking through th...

 Here are the rest of the pictures I took of last year's game of Vitoria, which Anthony played using the Battle Cry rules system. The Hi...

 About this time last year Anthony and I played this game, based on the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, using the Battle Cry rules system.  With ...

I've been wondering which figures to display on the extra shelves I added to my IKEA display cabinet, this is what I've come up with...

 This is a conversion of an old Britains hollowcast toy Hussar into.... well another Hussar, but who or which Regiment does he represent?   ...

Anyone who was a schoolboy in the 1960's will remember the Waddingtons board game of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, it came with som...

 Or at least my interpretation of them, I'm not sure they'd score many marks for accuracy but then they are just toys for playing 54...

 A few  weeks ago we decided to hold an impromptu socially distanced game before the Powers that Be extended the lockdown to prohibit meetin...

Continuing my romp through the YouTube archives, here are a few more finds that I think are worth more than just one look.  It always surpr...

An early birthday present to myself (because I'm worth it), "Les Petits Soldats de la Grande Guerre" has been out for while b...

Queen Mary, wife of King George V, was an inveterate collector with a penchant for things miniature, and she was reported to be "extre...

The internet blurb for the December show in London said it would feature a wargame arranged by James Opie and Replica Metal Soldiers & ...

We felt it was time to give the "One Hour Wargame" (OHW) rules by Neil Thomas another airing, Anthony and I both like the fast mo...