Armchair Dragoons

New Launches, New Games, New Shipments, New Links, and the rest of the NEWs ~ #TuesdayNewsday

by Armchair Dragoons PAOMay 26, 2026May 26, 20260

Coffee? Check. Curiosity? Check. Wallet? Uh, check? #TuesdayNewsday? Absolutely. ☑️ ➡️

Don / Onto Stalingrad: A Review of Taktyka i Strategia’s WB-95 Stalingrad 1942

by Michael EckenfelsMay 25, 2026May 25, 20260

Michael Eckenfels, 25 May 2026 This is an operational-scale historical wargame with two scenarios published by the Polish wargame house Taktyka i Strategia as part …

To Build a Fishboat: My Infernal Machine First Impressions

by MarcMMay 25, 2026May 25, 20260

MarcM, 25 May 2026 The question isn’t, “Can you sink your target?” The question is, “Can you attract enough investors to fund your plans to …

AAR of the Kriegsspiel Scenario, Borodino 1812

by Armchair Dragoons PAOMay 24, 2026June 29, 20260

Paul LaFontaine, 24 May 2026 Three players participated in this scenario. We played the battle of Borodino, the major engagement near Moscow during Napoleon’s invasion …

Saturday Night Fights ~ “Commands and Colors: Napoleonics” — The Grand Battle of Salamanca

by Jim OMay 23, 2026May 23, 20260

Celebrating the release and arrival of Commands & Colors: Napoleonics — Grand Battles our crew goes for a classic battle in the Peninsular Campaign.

Wargaming, Misunderstood: Practitioner Perspectives on a Recent Critique of U.S. Military Wargaming

by Brant GMay 22, 2026May 22, 20269

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 …

#TBT/Throwback Thursday ~ Convention Tournaments

by Brant GMay 21, 2026July 2, 20260

Brant Guillory, 21 May 2026 Remember when conventions regularly held wargame tournaments at conventions? Yes, WBC does still have a bunch, but that’s one convention out …