1866 and all that

The occasional ramblings of a historical wargamer

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Tuesday, 28 July 2026

More Japanese Pieces

I have a diverse range of projects on the go at the moment: a few odd figures to finish off projects, the FPW buildings, a big rebasing proj...

Saturday, 25 July 2026

Villages for the Franco-Prussian War - Part 2: The Church

The defence of the cemetery at St Privat in 1870 is one of the iconic moments in the Franco-Prussian War and captured on canvas by Alphonse ...

Thursday, 23 July 2026

French FPW Lancers

A month or so ago I added a small unit of the 6th Lancers to my Franco-Prussian French cavalry. In our recent game they showered themselves...

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Bavarian Artillery

The weirdness of Blogger continues...my post of Saturday completely failed to populate any blog rolls...not that the post was anything of st...

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About Me

Mark Strachan: Auckland, New Zealand; I have been involved in historical wargaming since 1972, co-founding the Auckland Wargaming Club in 1974 and was for 15 years involved in the "industry" in a business that eventually became Battlefront Miniatures. My main focus is on the mid-19th Century and I now collect in only two scales: 28mm for all land based gaming and 1:600 for mid-19th century naval gaming. My philosophy for gaming is: - Play games with people whose company I enjoy - The game must be true to the period - The games must be visually attractive – both the armies and terrain - The end result doesn’t matter - games must be fun.

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