Mapping Out June, 2023

Memorial Day has come and gone. Now 6 June looms in the very near future. Following the anniversary of the landings in France the summer weeks tend to speed up. Independence Day is approximately one month away. Here in the States, the holiday serves as halftime for the season. We have barbecues, watch fireworks, and …

Midweek Odds & Ends

Odd #1 I was looking around on BoardgameGeek.com earlier today and browsing game titles of more temporary World War III hypotheticals. I was specifically searching for air and naval centered games in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. To my disappointment I’ve only found a limited number of these games so far. Judging from reviews …

Let’s Try This Again: WWIII 1987 Scenario Build For Early Summer 2023

Evening, everyone. I wanted to take a moment to talk about a renewed wargame project I’m considering at present. First off, I know my earlier attempt to draw up a few scenarios based on WWIII 1987 ended in frustration and failure. However, the appearance of NATO Air Commander and recent posts related to the air …

WWIII Summer Wargaming Update: I Caved

I caved. It took me less than two weeks to go back on my promise not to play any wargames this summer based on a NATO-Warsaw Pact war in the 1980s. Temptation reared its head and my willpower and resolve melted like butter in a microwave. The kicker is, it’s all my fault. 😊 Last …

Wargaming Plans For Summer 2023

Today is 26 April. In a month I’ll be heading to the Jersey Shore for what has become my annual summer sojourn. As has been the case for the past two summers, this season will center on a great deal of writing. But unlike 2021 and 2022, I plan to devote a good deal of …

March Madness 2023: WWIII Movies Tournament: Round One, Silver Bracket

First Round: Silver Bracket 1.Dr Strangelove 8.Defcon 4 Dr Strangelove has withstood the test of time and continues to attract legions of new fans with each passing year. I do not care what anyone says, Major Kong stole the show. 😊 Defcon 4 is a cheesy 1985 movie about a group of three astronauts manning …

Superbowl Sunday Wargame Topics Update

Happy Superbowl Sunday! 😊 Here in the US we are getting ready for the game, cooking food and apparently watching as airspace over the Great Lakes is restricted. More balloon fun apparently. So, while I’m in the midst of pre-game preparation I thought I’d talk a bit about the wargame scenario situation and a couple …

First Half of February, 2023

Happy Groundhog Day, everybody. Apparently, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning which means six more weeks of winter. If the coming weeks will be anything like the previous six, I think I can put away the rock salt and snowblower for the rest of the season. Winter has been a major bust so far …

Holiday Wargaming Patchwork 2022

The Christmas season always provides me the opportunity to catch up with wargaming odds and ends. Whether it be a forlorn examination of all the tabletop titles I’ve purchased in the previous year and haven’t taken out of the box yet, or selecting a PC game and making an empty promise to dedicate 12 straight …

WWIII Christmas Gift Ideas: Game and Miniatures

Hard to believe, but Christmas is only ten days away. The days between Thanksgiving and 25 December go by rapidly and before you know it, it’s the day before Christmas and you’re out there frantically trying to finish up the holiday shopping. We’ve all been there and I’m certain that some of us will be …