Keep Your Powder Dry

On a trip down to that there London, I popped in to the annual wargamer festival of mass consumption (aka Salute). Sadly no Civil War display games present this year - the one that was supposed to be there was a 'no show'.  So to 'justify' my visit I purchased the Polemos* ECW rules from the Baccus stand. Yet another ruleset from Pete Berry (he is co-author with David Heading and Edward Sturges) who was looking very hassled behind the till as the EPOS system wasn't working due to poor network coverage. The 76 page rulebook is split into five sections: set up, core rules, terrain and optional rules, army generators, and appendices. Set up and core rules taking up just 28 pages. So what do you get in the rulebook? Lots of tables; good written examples and diagrams explaining rule mechanisms; lots of art by the late Lesley Prince; copious B&W photos; and 4 pages of full colour eye candy to inspire you. All for just a tenner (which at the current exchange rate is le...

Those of you who have tried to visit either the BCW Project or Regimental Wiki will notice that it is 'down'. >>>>>>>>> Update May 2025: www.BCW-Project.org.uk is now live. There's just a blog entry explaining what's going on, for now! >>>>>>>>> Update April 2025: Those of you wondering what is happening with the site data, well real life has been throwing some massive spanners in the works, so progress on restoring the site has been, to be honest, none existent. Fear not, work on restoring the site has started, and will commence in earnest soon. Unfortunately GoDaddy have parked the BCW-project.org URL and are effectively holding it for ransom. So when the site returns it will be at a slightly different address  BCW-project.org.uk We will be asking for help with the funding of the website - so if you have missed the website, it would be a very nice way of remembering the founder of the site, the late Dave Plant, by...