Tag Archives: cold war

Cold War Commander 2 Review

‘Modern’ wargaming is a funny little niche.  It covers a 70-year timespan which saw monumental change throughout, but when it comes to the Cold War is almost entirely speculative.  We’re historical wargamers, gaming a war that never happened. Modern games have been one of the periods that seems to have never really ‘taken off’ too. Continue reading “Cold War Commander 2 Review”

14th December, a 1/300 Xmas

Today’s post, from Little Ninja Painting, is a great example of the ’empty battlefield’ effect you can get in 6mm wargaming: “Our first club game of both 6mm and cold war gone hot, using Seven days to the river Rhine rules. Soviet advance coming to an explosive end.“ You can find out more about LittleContinue reading “14th December, a 1/300 Xmas”

5th December, a 1/300 Xmas

Day 5 is another one from yours truly Something I’ve found a great deal of success with this year is experimenting with Contrast Paints on 6mm minis, and you get a particularly good results with tanks. This GHQ Chieftain is one I’m particularly proud of. I wrote about the process here if you’d like toContinue reading “5th December, a 1/300 Xmas”

4th December, a 1/300 Xmas

Day 4 is a submission from Reddit! 2020 has been a strange year for all of us, but for me it has meant finishing up some old projects, as well as looking at new ways of playing – I have joined a PBEM game of Operation Sealion through Bristol’s Quick Fire Games Club –https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/clubs/quick-fire-games-club (SadlyContinue reading “4th December, a 1/300 Xmas”

3rd December, a 1/300 Xmas

Day 3 comes from someone relatively new to the scale, Little Ninja Painting: Always wanted to delve into cold war era wargaming, so this year I picked up the rules ‘seven days to the river Rhine’ and chose to go 6mm. Have successfully got a few guys at our local gaming club to try itContinue reading “3rd December, a 1/300 Xmas”

Contrasting Views

Contrast paints. Remember all the fuss this time last year? Some had come to the conclusion that they would be the ‘liquid talent’ many of us had been waiting for, and some of the results people initially had were promising. For many, though, the results weren’t the ‘slap on for instant results’ treatment they’d hopedContinue reading “Contrasting Views”

A question of competing

I met up last night for a very irregular (due mainly to my schedule) game of Team Yankee. I’ve still got, essentially, naff all of a force to use, but there are enough of us to club together and make something of a decent scope. As we were all playing as NATO countries let’s callContinue reading “A question of competing”