This is a run through of a possible new scenario for Blood Sweat & Iron ACW river battles and this was also my first chance to use my new scratch-built paddle steamers. The scenario is a simple one, the Union ships are trying to get past the Confederate Ironclads and to safety. The points [Read more...]
I have two more free scenarios for Stars & Lasers, both kindly written by Vic Dobson, the first scenario is a great multi player scenario, it has been written for three players, and with the possibly of a fourth player turning up! Can you get the freighter under control and off the table [Read more...]
Well I thought I would give scratch-building ACW ships a little rest for a while and decided I would try and build a river fort that I could use in my games of Blood Sweat & Iron. This was something that I had thought of for a while as I don’t have anything I could use in my games, I had been [Read more...]
It’s a baking hot June day here in Hope Valley and the temperatures are up in the hundreds and the settlement is running its annual festival, three days of races and markets and all are welcome. There have been several races already with some great action but now it’s time for the big event of [Read more...]
( This is a play though of a new scenario I have been working on, I still need to sort out all of the details but there is enough to at least get a game from it ) The United Earth Federation has seen an increase in attacks on their colonies and ships out by the Corillous Sectors, the reports [Read more...]
Well more ACW ships are hopefully going to hit the water soon, as I have just finished another scratch-build of two paddle steamers. So this time I wanted to again try and make a paddle steamer but this time with side wheels and decided on two ships that I didn’t have. The first was going to [Read more...]
I have put an updated errors page on the Blood Sweat & Iron FAQ's page of this site, a few spelling mistakes and errors have been found on the ship datacards. Download the page and print it out and replace the cards from the rules.
I play a lot of sci-fi games and normally in 15mm and I have plenty ( probably too many ) infantry to use in my games, mainly these games will use USE ME 15mm sci-fi rules which I like, but I have been looking for other rule sets to run bigger games, but so far I have had no luck 😢 I may [Read more...]
The Avalonia Colonies have been having trouble for many years with break away groups on some of their remote planets, one of these planets is Handor IV. Colonial troops have been sent to this planet to quell the rebels and reinstate order on the planet. A small section of the Colonial force [Read more...]
Something a bit different from me this time, no pictures of new models or battle reports just me waffling about something that I think is great fun in these strange times… As the title says “Solo Wargaming, what’s that all about?” With the UK in lockdown because of the virus and with all the [Read more...]