I’ve played in lots of tournaments, mostly Warhammer, but also Warmachine and Hordes. It’s easy to forget something vital when packing up for a tournament, so here are my check lists.
Here’s my Warhammer tournament check list -

1. Army (Miniatures, Movement Trays)
2. Dice (D6s, Scatter, Artillery, Turn Counter)
3. Templates (Flame and two Artillery)
4. Measuring Tape (or [...]

The following rules have been developed to allow Flames of War players to run battles on heavily forested battlefields. I plan to use them in my Battle of Hürtgen Forest Campaign. I have compiled these from an excellent thread on the Flames of War forum and I thank all the useful contributions made by the [...]

In this article I briefly discuss the background to the Battle of Hürtgen Forest and present it as a setting for a Flames of War campaign.

One of the great things about Flames of War is that all of the scenarios are objective based, meaning that it’s not just about trying to obliterate your opponents army. Rather you are trying to seize strategically important areas of the battlefield. Having a nicely modelled objective marker really adds to the aesthetic of the [...]

On the 12th June 1944 (D-Day +6) the 101st Airborne took Carentan, a crucial objective that provided a linkup between Utah and Omaha beaches. They encountered only light resistance with the majority of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment having withdrawn due to a shortage of ammunition. This two-battle campaign describes the events of the following day, when the 501st, 502nd and 506th PIR encountered the German counter attacking force consisting of paratroopers and the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division to the southwest of the city.