#TBT — System 7 Napoleonics in Dragon Magazine
by Jim Owczarski, 20 August 2026 I would have thought that after all these years the editors around this joint would have taken a liking to …
Category: Columns
Personal columns
“Ecosystem” From YAAH! Magazine #16
by Armchair Dragoons PAO, 29 June 2026 It’s weird to be picking up a wargaming column that follows Dr. Peter Perla, one of the nicest people …
Soft Factors in Wargaming
by Brant Guillory, 11 June 2026 It’s the subject of plenty of previous discussions and presentations, and was even the topic for this year’s Connections Online …
Short Rounds! Panzer Corps 2 – Allied Operations – Italy: Volume 1
Lloyd “Gus” Sabin, 8 June 2026 Are you like me? Have you played wargames for your entire adult life? Has a large chunk of your …
Wargaming, Misunderstood: Practitioner Perspectives on a Recent Critique of U.S. Military Wargaming
Jerry Hall and Ed McGrady, 22 May 2026 A May 2025 article in the PLA Navy’s Navy Today magazine examining U.S. military wargaming raised several …
Short Rounds! Headquarters Cold War
Lloyd “Gus” Sabin, 13 April 2026 Starni Games, the developers of Headquarters: World War II (HQWWII) , Ukraine War Stories and the plucky Strategic Mind …
Command Is the Management of Attention
Jerry Hall with Brian Train, 13 April 2026 The Moment a Battle Reveals Itself In the early afternoon of June 14, 1800, during the Battle …
The Wargamer’s Paradox: Why the Pursuit of Perfect Historical Accuracy Can Lead to Ahistorical Play
by Michael Eckenfels, 11 February 2026 Part I: The Dilemma of Command and the Simulation of History The modern board wargame stands as a remarkable, often …
Thermonuclear Commentary on Not-My Twilight: 2000
by 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 …
Battle Lab ~ Gatekeeping vs Inclusivity in Wargaming
Brant Guillory, 24 December 2025 How open is your gaming table, really? And how active are you about bringing players to your table?