
Imagining the Mechanoid Home Planet
Using AI to generate some terrain ideas. [7 November 2024]
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Are plastic clothespins useful for your hobby workbench? [4 November 2024] | |
Finding a use for a plastic table cover in fantasy or sci-fi settings. [24 October 2024] | |
Wooden mushrooms for your fantasy or sci-fi tabletop. [21 October 2024] | |
Are painting sponges useful in wargaming? [18 October 2024] | |
This tool makes it easier to fold paper. [8 October 2024] | |
Could mirror tiles improve your wargaming tabletop? [4 October 2024] | |
Looking for some inexpensive wooden bases? [1 October 2024] | |
Would these coasters be useful to you for miniature wargaming? [27 September 2024] | |
Could you find a purpose for dome-shaped, three-dimensional stickers? [20 September 2024] | |
Some Halloween wall decor items might work for your wargaming tabletop. [19 September 2024] | |
Need skulls for your battlefield? [17 September 2024] | |
A new feature: Is this useful? [13 September 2024] | |
Would some inexpensive Halloween decorative items boost your fantasy or sci-fi terrain? [4 September 2024] | |
Four and last of the Wild Creatures series. [31 August 2024] | |
More fun from fall decorative items. [15 August 2024] | |
Third and last of the Wild Creatures series. [6 August 2024] | |
Little gems, little cost. [5 August 2024] | |
Finding inspiration from fall decorative products. [4 August 2024] | |
Can sea creatures fit into your wargaming plans? [13 July 2024] | |
What fun can be found in an inexpensive pack of plastic 'reptiles'? [9 July 2024] | |
Inexpensive clay modeling tools. [28 June 2024] | |
We take a look at some sample CarNAGE 2 figures. [23 June 2024] | |
An inexpensive tool that might be useful on your workbench. [21 June 2024] | |
We look at a sample car from the latest Car Wars Kickstarter. [20 June 2024] | |
Interested in an inexpensive pot for cleaning your brushes? [14 June 2024] | |
Why do wargamers need painters tape, and is the dollar-store variety good enough? [24 October 2023] | |
Little skulls at the dollar store. [6 September 2023] | |
Poker chips are back at the dollar store! [6 September 2023] | |
When you need a mushroom forest, and you need it cheap… [5 September 2023] | |
Pegboards can be used for wargaming campaigns. [4 September 2023] | |
It's cheap, but is it any good? [2 September 2023] | |
Looking for some inexpensive mecha? [1 September 2023] | |
With help from TMP, our staff editor and her grandparents now have a place to live. [31 August 2023] | |
Get these inexpensive dinos while you can. [29 August 2023] | |
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Continuing to research the Tunisian Campaign and my Uncle Jasper's service there. [29 July 2023] | |
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Thanks to the generosity of TMP readers, there has been much progress in building a new home for our staff editor and her family, evicted from their home. [21 June 2023] | |
In my quest to find out more about my Uncle Jasper's wartime service, a TMP member helps me locate surviving military records. [23 May 2023] | |
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Useful for dice trays or carrying painting supplies around. [21 October 2021] | |
Building blocks? [16 October 2021] | |
Time to replace the equipment again! [15 October 2021] | |
Need larger bases for large models or dioramas? [15 October 2021] | |
Can Harriers protect Sea Apaches and Seahawks from hostile Tornados and Mirage 2000s? [25 September 2021] | |
Scenario ideas from Afghanistan in 2002. [16 September 2021] | |
War of the Spanish Succession figures for the Spanish theater. [15 September 2021] | |
First of a series – scenario starters! [4 September 2021] | |
What's in the Grenadier Company set, revised as part of the D-Day releases from Battlefront? [2 September 2021] | |
Looking for something new for your Late-War WWII German forces? [26 August 2021] | |
Got blood? [23 August 2021] | |
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At last! [20 August 2021] | |
Looking for inexpensive paint? [11 August 2021] | |
Need something to base your scenics on? Look in the craft aisle… [9 August 2021] | |
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If you were a kid in the 1960s who loved history and toy soldiers, you probably had a WOW figure! [27 July 2021] | |
Do you need direction in your wargaming? [27 July 2021] | |
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Our newest staff editor introduces herself. [18 February 2021] | |
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Want to game with 4" action figures, at an affordable price point? [15 December 2020] | |
Christmas trees for your gaming table. [2 November 2020] | |
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We take a look at a kit that builds three different vehicle variants. [3 July 2020] | |
We open the box on the Fjord Dragon. [19 June 2020] | |
We take a look at Battlefront's river bend set. [18 June 2020] | |
Want to know what's inside this Heavy Gear: Blitz! starter set? [13 June 2020] | |
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Need post-apocalyptic robots? [2 May 2020] | |
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How is a China-based wargaming company getting by in the time of coronavirus? [4 March 2020] | |
How does Old Guard Painters get those painted figures safely to your door? [5 February 2020] | |
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Safe to ship? | |
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Looking at the Soviet and U.S. token and dice sets for Battlefront's Team Yankee. [15 June 2019] | |
We build an outhouse. [30 May 2019] | |
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A classic Ian Weekley model of the Alamo is currently up for auction. [18 October 2017] | |
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Delayed by circumstances, the 2016 Christmas Project finally arrives! [11 March 2017] | |
Editor Julia returns to the field of battle! [6 February 2017] | |
Fundraising for our Christmas charity project. [27 November 2016] | |
An update from | |
Thanks in part to your donations, | |
Editor Julia reports once again on our Christmas fundraising project. [15 August 2016] | |
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A Hobbit-inspired Giant Eagle for Mighty Armies. [25 July 2016] | |
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Enticed by a sale, | |
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Editor Julia describes the close-fought battle that swung around and round the Rock! [19 February 2016] | |
Editor Julia sweeps the field. [20 January 2016] | |
Editor Julia loses her first game of Mighty Armies. [12 January 2016] | |
Editor Julia reports back to us. [22 December 2015] | |
Editor Julia would like your support for a special project. [7 December 2015] | |
Using the army design rules and the complete figure range, the Amazons can really expand... [7 November 2015] | |
In which the Dwarves invade the land of the Orcs to drive them away... [22 October 2015] | |
What if you want to game something too controversial or distasteful to put on the tabletop? [15 July 2015] | |
Yesthatphil is the winner of the June 2015 contest with this wonderful entry. [4 July 2015] | |
Editor Julia goes to her first wargaming convention. [30 June 2015] | |
Taking a look at elements in Land of the Free. [17 October 2014] | |
Planning an army for Warfare in the Age of Madness, using some of the Colony-15 figures. [9 October 2014] | |
An interview with the most reclusive of our editors... [22 July 2014] | |
Can an assistant editor win another game against the old master? [11 September 2013] | |
Editor Julia plays her first wargame... via webchat. [30 August 2013] | |
How a two-year search for an Assistant Editor finally ended. [2 August 2013] | |
How do you depict "shattered forest" on the tabletop? [8 April 2013] | |
The future of microarmor? [1 April 2013] | |
Finally, a game that's not so flat. [16 January 2013] | |
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Do you do so much file work that your fingers hurt? Maybe this tool can help... [7 June 2012] | |
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Americans battle through Germans and hedgerows. [24 October 2011] | |
Desert Rats assault a line of dreaded 88s - from the rear! [17 October 2011] | |
A really big Silent Death battle. [8 October 2011] | |
Can three Marine players emulate the task of a famous real-life Marine hero? [24 November 2010] | |
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Musings on the aesthetics of tabletop flight... [26 May 2010] | |
Have you faced the power of paper? [21 May 2010] | |
A little WWI action at Bayou Wars. [18 May 2010] | |
A racing-and-combat game I spotted at a convention. [13 May 2010] | |
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Our man in Jerusalem reports on the sights of Crusader-era Jerusalem. [22 March 2010] | |
I spend my first day with a paper-cutting machine. [16 October 2009] | |
How one group of gamers, despite individual setbacks, perseveres to create a D-Day memorial. [2 October 2009] | |
Need to ship an army abroad from the U.S.? [27 July 2009] | |
Another artist requests your comments... [9 April 2009] | |
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On the Kokoda Track at Council of Five Nations. [8 October 2008] | |
Ammunition Hill was the most fortified Jordanian position that the Israelis faced in 1967. [3 October 2008] | |
This campaign game, begin in 2007, marches on at Gen Con! [30 September 2008] | |
Almost two dozen desperate gunslingers were arrayed on the outskirts of town, armed with sixguns, rifles, scatterguns and a bloodthirsty desire to kill! [18 September 2008] | |
For the time being, the last in our series of articles on the gates of Old Jerusalem. [11 September 2008] | |
Paul Glasser almost missed out on his most-enjoyable game at Gen Con 2008. [29 August 2008] | |
Wargame groundcloths as seen at Bayou Wars. [15 August 2008] | |
A Civil War boardgame is adapted to miniature wargaming. [8 August 2008] | |
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The importance and use of chemical warfare in WWI and its application to tabletop wargames. [25 July 2008] | |
Paul Glasser previews the upcoming expansion set for War at Sea. [23 July 2008] | |
Paul Glasser reports on the debut of Axis and Allies: Guadalcanal and the North African expansion. [18 July 2008] | |
The gates of Old Jerusalem offer a wide variety of scenario possibilities. [12 June 2008] | |
The first of a series of reports from sargonII, who is currently traveling in the Middle East. [30 May 2008] | |
The tramp steamer that dreams are made of! [5 May 2008] | |
Does anyone claim these mystery photos? [1 May 2008] | |
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We're trying to keep up with Fernando Enterprises - here they are in their new home! [12 February 2008] | |
A virtual tour of Fernando Enterprises [8 February 2008] | |
Here's a naval wargames article on how to paint WWI warships. [31 January 2008] | |
A Japanese heavy-weapons company meets a retreating Allied column in the jungles of Knife Fight. [30 January 2008] | |
A German assault group clashes with an Allied force in the wide-open plains of Tiger Heaven. [29 January 2008] | |
Paul Glasser replays the Battle of El Alamein - this time, as a British infantry officer. [25 October 2007] | |
Paul Glasser reports his experience in the Second Battle of El Alamein at Gen Con 2007. [22 October 2007] | |
Paul Glasser reports from the A&A Miniatures tournament. [12 October 2007] | |
Paul Glasser reports from Spring Gathering V. [10 October 2007] | |
Can the door to Gothic Hell be closed? [22 August 2007] | |
Once Gabriel received his digital camera, his destiny was clear – he was to become a remote wargamer. [4 May 2007] | |
Mal Wright | |
Wyatt the Odd | |
Michael Cannon reports from last May's ReaperCon 2006. [30 August 2006] | |
While at ReaperCon, Mike Cannon takes a tour of Reaper's latest facility. [25 August 2006] | |
Yesterday, heroes from all-over-the-planet (but mainly, France) once again gathered for the much-anticipated Iron Dream Tournament 4, Ghosts of Negromundheim – the greatest WarEngine tournament in the world. [19 August 2006] | |
Pete Mancini reports from Historicon. [21 July 2006] | |
The Editor heads for Vicksburg... [23 June 2006] | |
Our Man in Southern California, Wyatt the Odd, reports on the Gamex 2006 convention. [31 May 2006] | |
Our Man in Southern California once again reports on GenCon California-style... [19 November 2005] | |
Our Man in Southern California, Wyatt the Odd, reports on the Gamex 2005 convention. [31 May 2005] | |
How Scurvy developed his unique approach to miniatures. [25 May 2005] | |
The game table created for an Arc of Fire game at Cold Wars 2005. [20 May 2005] | |
Our Man in Southern California, Wyatt the Odd | |
Meet the winner of our recent contest. [24 March 2004] | |
The Editor keeps a log of one day of his webmastering... [28 January 2004] | |
Reader Michael Thompson sends in these Back of Beyond photos from the club where he games. [9 June 2003] | |
At long last, the Stalingrad winners have been revealed. [15 April 2003] | |
jugglingfool won a $25 USD gift certificate from Black Orc Games by winning our Simian Legion Design Contest. [1 February 2003] | |
Syr Hobbs Wargames won a Prize Poll by participating in the TMP Polls. [2 November 2002] | |
A gallery of pictures from Salute 2002. [30 April 2002] | |
The Editor takes a virtual tour of Reaper's new offices. [24 April 2002] | |
The Editor takes a tour of resin scenics manufacturer Wargame Ruins, and in the process gets some painting tips... [3 November 2000] | |
A series of articles in which i-Kore sculptor Pete Flannery shows the day-by-day development of a new model for VOID - the Koralon Hydra. [21 October 2000] | |
Wargame Ruins specializes in making resin scenics, such as WWII buildings and large-scale pirate ships. The Editor goes behind-the-scenes to see how resin parts are cast. [18 October 2000] | |
The Editor talks his way into getting a tour of Reaper Miniatures, one of the major U.S. miniature manufacturers. [7 October 2000] | |
Want to see how miniatures are made? The Editor enters the Lair of the Casting Troll at Simtac... [23 January 1999] | |
The Editor tries out this first-year gaming convention in the San Francisco Bay Area (California). [30 November 1998] | |
The Editor is invited to tour the factory of Simtac, a U.S. manufacturer of figures in nearly all periods, scales, and genres. [18 September 1998] | |
The Chipco partners show the Editor their own armies. [19 April 1998] | |
In the first of our Homes of the Rich and Famous Game Designers articles (!), the Editor is shown the many wonders of Chip Harrison, founder of Chipco. [19 April 1998] | |
The Editor meets Chip Harrison and Curtis Wright, the two gentlemen behind successful rules publisher Chipco. [19 April 1998] | |
Not every miniatures company is a major corporation, housed in a business park. The Editor visits Military Miniatures of Texas [no longer in business], a U.S. importer of U.K.-based Museum Miniatures figures, and finds a garage-based enterprise. [28 December 1997] | |
The Editor attends a convention in New England with a Seven Years War theme. [26 December 1997] | |
The Editor is fresh back from GenCon, one of the largest gaming conventions in North America. [26 December 1997] |