19 May 2013

Roman Legionary AD 69 - 161

BOOK REVIEW posted on 8 MAY 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson comes in with another book review on Osprey Publishing's latest of their Warrior series on the history of the Roman soldier.

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Valor in Vietnam

BOOK REVIEW posted on 2 MAY 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson comes in with a wonderful book review of Casemate's Valor in Vietnam, which describes the entire war through participants that experienced the events.

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British Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783

BOOK REVIEW posted on 8 APR 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson stops by with another wonderful book review on Pen and Sword's British Army Uniforms.

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El Alamein-The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Second World War

BOOK REVIEW posted on 15 MAR 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson drops by with a review of Osprey Publishing's book on one of the most well-known and recognizable battles of World War 2.

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The Falklands 1982 - Ground Operations in the South Atlantic

BOOK REVIEW posted on 1 MAR 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson is back with another wonderful book review from Osprey Publishing's Campaign series.

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Byzantine Imperial Guardsmen 925 - 1025

BOOK REVIEW posted on 22 FEB 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson swoops in with another close look at one of Osprey Publishing's "Elite" series.

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The Australian Army in World War I

BOOK REVIEW posted on 18 FEB 2013 by Paul Robinson

Wargamer's own book reviewing machine Paul Robinson opens up Osprey's offering of the Australian Army in their Men at Arms series.

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Knight's Move - The Hunt for Marshal Tito 1944

BOOK REVIEW posted on 1 FEB 2013 by Paul Robinson

For those scenario creators and miniatures designers and painters, here's Paul Robinson's look at the Operation Knight's Move, part of Osprey Publishing's RAID series.

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Bolt Action - World War II Wargame Rules

BOOK REVIEW posted on 22 JAN 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson scopes out this co-production done by Osprey Publishing and Warlord Games. Is it up to snuff?

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

BOOK REVIEW posted on 5 JAN 2013 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson opens up one of Osprey Publishing's books in the Command series, a title that focuses on Japanese Warfare.

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The Battle of Borodino - Napoleon Against Kutuzov

BOOK REVIEW posted on 12 DEC 2012 by COL Bill Gray

Yet another book on the great battle along the Moscowa, but in a real treat for readers everywhere, one that boasts a decidedly Russian accent.

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A World Aflame - Interwar Wargame Rules 1918-39

BOOK REVIEW posted on 23 NOV 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson cracks open Osprey's foray into the inter-war periods of wargame rules with A World Aflame. Come read how it checks out.

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Triumph of Nations

BOOK REVIEW posted on 17 OCT 2012 by Bill Gray

Colonel Bill examines Ospreys first expansion to its Field of Glory - Napoleonic rules and discovers the resurrection of a gaming paradigm over 40 years old.

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Armored Warfare in the North African Campaign

BOOK REVIEW posted on 5 OCT 2012 by Paul Robinson

The mobility of the North African Campaign during World War 2 was unique in many ways. Paul Robinson gets his hands on a photographic history of the steal beasts that roamed the desert sands.

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Front-Line Stalingrad

BOOK REVIEW posted on 24 SEP 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson feels the wrath of Fall Blau, and witnesses the atrocities committed during the battle for Stalingrad, through the eyes of a Soviet sapper.

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Strangling the Confederacy - Coastal Operations in the American Civil War

BOOK REVIEW posted on 19 SEP 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson explains for us his experience with a recent read of his which featured the naval blockade of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

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Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1812

BOOK REVIEW posted on 15 SEP 2012 by Paul Robinson

To the depths of Russia Paul Robinson heads, equipped with eyewitness accounts and memoirs of the horrors of war and the disastrous French retreat.

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Battleground General: Arnhem 1944

BOOK REVIEW posted on 16 AUG 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson attempts to change history with this interesting "wargaming" open-ended book, which puts the reader in the middle of the fiasco that took place near the small Dutch town of Arnhem during World War 2.

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Out of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan

BOOK REVIEW posted on 7 AUG 2012 by Paul Robinson

Setting his sights on the legacy of the military sniper, Paul Robinson scopes out a detailed history from Osprey Publishing.

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The Peninsular War Atlas

BOOK REVIEW posted on 24 JUL 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson reviews a product that can help assist those who would like to better understand the Peninsular War and the Battle of Salamanca.

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