A Wrestling Wargame

Cheap Wrestling Wargaming anyone?

The Return of the Vanguardians and the Darkanites

Rules talk and a battle report, also a look at some lovely Irregular Miniatures.

More Instant WW2, The Advantages of Lego

A brief look at some of the advantages of gaming WW2 with Lego.

Playtesting an as yet untitled ruleset designed for kids

A rather longwinded attempt to play a ruleset in working on aimed at kids.

The Wardog APC

Just a little APC for your viewing pleasure.

Chob-Noggoth Solo Play?

A little ramble about the possibilities of solo play in Chob-Noggoth.

Chob-Noggoth Battle Report: Bats Vs Bots

A full battle report for Chob-Noggoth. Still playtesting and tweaking, but we’re making progress!

Chob-Noggoth v1

V1 of the Chob-Noggoth rulebook.

Scenarios and Exploding Hominids

I mull over wargaming scenarios for my rather strange setting Chob-Noggoth.

Randomness and Robots

I show off my latest robotic warband and mull over the idea of a random turn structure.

Playtesting Chob-Noggoth

I got down to a little playthrough of my rules for Chob-Noggoth as they currently stand.

Chob-Noggoth

I ramble on about rules for my strange setting…

Dead Wars 2000

Here’s the rules for my current hobby obsession Deadwars 2000! I also talk a little about my magnetic tile terrain project.

A Gang Bash Playtest

Quite a long video here as I talk ramble through a little playtesting.

Gang Bash Coming Soon!

Just a short preview this time to some upcoming skirmishing!

Simple Toy Soldier… Fantasy Battles?

So after my successful return to my own Simple Toy Soldier system, I wondered how far that core mechanic could be stretched. So sensibly I went for what I thought would be the most difficult to adapt a 20th Century skirmish system to… fantasy battles (having said that Warlords of Erewhon is a thing). I […]

A Simple Toy Soldier Game Battle Report

I have a go at one of the oldest rulesets I ever wrote, the very first version of The Simple Toy Soldier Game, not previously featured on the blog.

The Great Western War

The first post of my Great Western War Project. Setting the stage for some historical Deathzap gaming!

15mm Planetary Guard

A Quick Look at my 15mm Planetary Guard force for whichever sci-fi game you prefer in this scale.

So what did I get up to in 2025?

It always fun to look back over the blog and reminisce about projects past. Sometimes I’ve forgotten about projects entirely, sometimes looking back over the blog reignites the embers of a formerly dead project. In January I hit the ground running with Havok: Havok was a game from my childhood, dead now, but once put […]

Tamiya 1/35 Figures and WW2 Skirmishes

Mechanics Lab: Horror Skirmishing

The Vanguardians VS The Darkanites

SKIRMASHED SET UP The game is played on a 2’x2’ board for 1-5 figures aside, and a 4’x2’ board for 6-10. Deploy forces within 3” of opposite edges (long edges on a 4’x2’). All dice are D10s (unless stated otherwise). Figures have six stats, ‘Manoeuvre’, ‘Firepower’, ‘Boom’, ‘Fight’, ‘Hack’, and ‘Stamina’. Stats can be any […]

Irregular Space

Sometimes projects come out of nowhere. I think this one in particular has existed in the forbidden section of my brain for quite some time, and as I seem to be amassing projects right now I thought ‘why not?’ The project in question is to produce a set of rules specifically for Irregular Miniatures 15mm […]

Battle of the Crooked Wastes

Kassira’s Legions march towards one of the Underworld’s great pillars in an attempt to destroy death itself. The Death’s amass an equivalent defensive force! This was really an exercise in seeing how quickly a big battle like this could be resolved utilising Featherstone’s Chimera. I don’t think I’d want to play battles much larger than […]