Analysis – Armchair Dragoons

‘Outside the Wire’ ~ An important moral transit RPG

by RMNJune 22, 2026June 22, 20260

RockyMountainNavy, 22 June 2026 When does a roleplaying game become not a game for fun but a game for therapy? Kazmo Studio’s new roleplaying game, …

Approaching the Campaign in Barbarossa: Army Group North, 1941

by Armchair Dragoons PAOFebruary 4, 2026February 3, 20261

Stephen Rochelle, 4 February 2026 The campaign game in Vance von Borries’s Barbarossa: Army Group North, 1941 (2nd Edition, GMT 2025) runs from the opening …

Future Fight with Littoral Commander: The Baltic

by RMNJanuary 22, 2026January 22, 20260

RockyMountainNavy, 22 January 2026 At a time when Russia is bogged down in Ukraine, some wargamers likely view Russia invading elsewhere, like that portrayed in …

Thermonuclear Commentary on Not-My Twilight: 2000

by RMNJanuary 9, 2026January 9, 20268

RockyMountainNavy, 9 January 2026 In December last year, The Armchair Dragoons Regimental Commander Brant passed to me an article from the Journal of American Studies …

“He’s dead, Jim.” ~ Character Death in Roleplaying Games

by RMNDecember 14, 2025December 14, 20254

RockyMountainNavy, 14 December 2025 So maybe I should of wrote on this topic in October around Halloween and not the holiday season. Oh well. Somewhere …

Like an (Air) Boss – A veritable Typhoon of Angels, Bears, Phantoms, Intruders and Mustangs all Fly(ing) to Fight and Win in a minis wargaming Danger Zone

by RMNNovember 3, 2025November 15, 20251

RockyMountainNavy, 3 November 2025 It was with much anticipation that I recently purchased—each for $2 or less—several sets of miniatures air combat rules from wargamevault.com. …