Profiles

Where to get inexpensive wooden bases for terrain? [25 June 2025]

Using AI to generate some terrain ideas. [7 November 2024]

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]

 Editor Gwen  thanks everyone who helped after her family's recent fire. [29 July 2023]

Continuing to research the Tunisian Campaign and my Uncle Jasper's service there. [29 July 2023]

There has been a fire, and  Editor Gwen  has lost everything. [5 July 2023]

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]

 Editor Katie  surprises her grandmother on her 80th birthday. [25 January 2022]

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.

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  updates a squad to the new edition of the rules. [21 August 2021]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at a fast-assembly naval kit for the Age of Sail. [29 July 2021]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  finds bases at the dollar store! [20 July 2021]

 Editor in Chief Bill  reports on how our senior staff editor is doing. [9 July 2021]

 Editor in Chief Bill  adds a tower to his 15mm trainyard. [18 June 2021]

 Editor in Chief Bill  finds bridges to match the river sets. [8 June 2021]

Our newest staff editor introduces herself. [18 February 2021]

 Editor in Chief Bill  examines another pre-painted building for WWII. [3 February 2021]

 Editor in Chief Bill  examines the alien menace. [30 December 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  examines the remaining heroes in the first release. [18 December 2020]

Want to game with 4" action figures, at an affordable price point? [15 December 2020]

Christmas trees for your gaming table. [2 November 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  examines another house in this series. [8 September 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  takes a look at flexible roads made from long-lasting flexible resin. [27 August 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  opens the box on the Armoured Panzergrenadier Company HQ (Late-War) for Flames of War. [25 August 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology! [18 August 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  explores another variant in the European Buildings range. [18 August 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  puts together an army design. [6 August 2020]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at a multi-period building. [21 May 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at some WWII German tank-hunters. [20 May 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  gets his hands on some fields and fences. [18 May 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at another boxed set of cyborgs. [13 May 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  explores a new house and finds an old friend. [3 May 2020]

Need post-apocalyptic robots? [2 May 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at an anti-aircraft platoon set. [30 April 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  goes beyond the straight line. [29 April 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  returns to Battlefront's European Houses series. [28 April 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  checks out the Panthers for D-Day: Germans. [27 April 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  checks out some 10/15mm railroad tracks for wargaming. [22 April 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  opens the box on a Battlefield in a Box house. [15 April 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at more open-topped German artillery vehicles. [14 April 2020]

 Editor in Chief Bill  opens a box of dirt roads with shellholes and tread marks on them. [10 April 2020]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at another D-Day: German set for Flames of War. [29 November 2019]

Safe to ship?  Editor in Chief Bill  looks at how these pre-painted buildings are packaged. [21 November 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  takes a look at a D-Day: German anti-aircraft vehicle platoon. [16 November 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  opens the box on one of the re-released European Buildings series. [11 November 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks at the new U.S.S. Constitution for Black Seas. [4 November 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  opens up the all-plastic M5 Stuart kit recently released. [31 October 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  explores the Master & Commander starter set for Black Seas. [26 October 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  ponders nirvana. [25 October 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  shows the first step in creating a fantasy campaign using Warrior Heroes: Legends. [5 September 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  figures out the stats for his Army Racing Team under the Road Rage rules. [1 August 2019]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  locates some hard-to-find military toys at the dollar store. [26 April 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  looks for scenario material in a World War IV boardgame. [20 April 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  seeks miniature gaming happiness by checking out a sci-fi boardgame to see if it is worthy of being adapted for miniature gaming. [14 February 2019]

 Editor in Chief Bill  speculates about post-Innsmouth gaming. [1 November 2017]

 Editor Gwen  says 'thank you' one more time. [25 October 2017]

A classic Ian Weekley model of the Alamo is currently up for auction. [18 October 2017]

 Editor in Chief Bill  considers the Battle of Delium, 424 B.C. [11 October 2017]

 Editor in Chief Bill  gets his DNA results, and starts thinking about wargaming. [4 October 2017]

 Editor in Chief Bill  finds a personal connection to WWII. [27 September 2017]

 Editor Gwen  thanks you for your donations. [19 September 2017]

 Editor in Chief Bill  finds some neglected Dwarves in a box, and takes action. [13 September 2017]

 Editor in Chief Bill  harvests scenario ideas from The Third World War. [6 September 2017]

Will  Editor in Chief Bill  find wargaming inspiration in his DNA results? Probably! [30 August 2017]

 Editor Gwen  has been spending time in paradise lately. [22 May 2017]

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  Editor Gwen . [24 November 2016]

Thanks in part to your donations,  Editor Gwen 's brother-in-law has been able to leave the hospital after his cancer operation. [18 August 2016]

Editor Julia reports once again on our Christmas fundraising project. [15 August 2016]

 Editor Gwen  tells something about herself. [2 August 2016]

A Hobbit-inspired Giant Eagle for Mighty Armies. [25 July 2016]

 Editor in Chief Bill  comes up with the stats and roster for the Rust Devils in his sci-fi campaign. [18 July 2016]

 Editor in Chief Bill  ponders getting some of his 28mm fantasy figures off the shelves and onto the tabletop. [6 July 2016]

 Editor in Chief Bill  discusses the limitations and challenges of working with a low-end 3Dprinter. [24 June 2016]

 Editor in Chief Bill  begins to write some fiction for the Wildcats campaign. [17 June 2016]

Enticed by a sale,  Editor in Chief Bill  figures out Mighty Armies stats for his future Snakemen army. [10 June 2016]

 Editor in Chief Bill  comes up with a roster and game stats for the Wildcats, his mercenary force. [3 June 2016]

 Editor in Chief Bill  tweaks the Border Dwarves army list for Mighty Armies. [27 May 2016]

 Editor in Chief Bill  unpacks and sets up an inexpensive 3D printer, and prints a test object. [19 May 2016]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  spies an interesting 'underground' gaming table. [9 January 2013]

 Editor in Chief Bill  wants to know if you can tell the difference between weaker and stronger magnets with 3mm aircraft. [20 June 2012]

 Editor in Chief Bill  builds a pond for his campaign. [13 June 2012]

Do you do so much file work that your fingers hurt? Maybe this tool can help... [7 June 2012]

 Editor in Chief Bill  learns to pay attention to all of the details when buying two-part epoxy... [25 May 2012]

 Editor in Chief Bill  finally starts his first Four Enemies campaign. [6 February 2012]

 Editor in Chief Bill  snapped some photos of games he didn't get a chance to play in at Council of Five Nations. [31 October 2011]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  plays Ambush Alley at Council of Five Nations. [29 October 2010]

 Editor in Chief Bill  gets in his first game of the convention. [13 October 2010]

 Editor in Chief Bill  is back from Council of Five Nations. [12 October 2010]

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]

 reeves lk  updates us on progress at this Champion Hill landmark. [24 April 2010]

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]

Mal Wright 's commission from one of our own. [15 October 2008]

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]

 Editor in Chief Bill  tries the naval wargame in the Axis & Allies series. [1 August 2008]

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]

Wyatt the Odd reports from OrcCon 2008. [11 March 2008]

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 journeys to and from the Australian national convention - and tells us what he thinks of panicking tank hordes and flat terrain! [2 February 2007]

Wyatt the Odd reports from the final California Gen Con... [17 November 2006]

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 , takes press pass in hand and reports from the Gen Con So Cal convention. [29 November 2004]

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]