Inside GMT Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerMuch like the first book, this is a solid but unspectacular Men-At-Arms volume. The Angus McBride art is better this time, with one two-page spread battle scene (shown in part on the cover). There’s a couple where the backgrounds aren’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Osprey’s various medieval armies Men-At-Arms books are generally solid, and this one does not disappoint. It’s not spectacular, either. The main thrust of the text is that Scandinavia lagged behind West European fashion/technology. Denmark of course, had lots of influence[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As ever, Osprey has produced another good book looking outside of the usual Anglophone center of western Europe. The general focus in this volume is the Russian response to the Mongol conquest. There’s the usual pair of decent maps showing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was a little skeptical of a Men-at-Arms sub-series dedicated only to the Roman Centurion, but it does make some real sense. Mostly, they’re the lowest rank that is going to regularly come to the attention of prominent people, so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know I’ve heard of the Volga Bulgars before, but certainly, the Volga is not the area I commonly think of when discussing the Bulgars. So, this is a good book for broadening my horizons right there. The Bulgars are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been a bit leery of Osprey’s “Combat” series, since it’s impossible not to think ‘pirate vs. ninja’, or ‘Enterprise vs. Death Star’ when looking at their titles. But their recent electronic book giveaway included one of the more interesting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is Osprey’s third book looking at the most emblematic part of Japan’s military history (starting with the 1979 Men-at-Arms Samurai Armies, to the 1989 Elite The Samurai, to this 1994 Warrior book), and it still manages to miss a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First, I must express a certain amount of disappointment. Osprey’s Men-at-Arms series has a number of good books on medieval military history of various countries. These are generally in two volumes, one covering 1000-1300, and the second 1300-1500. That Poland[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cavalry has nearly always been the prestige arm in the military, so the Osprey Elite book on the Sassanian empire is indeed focused on the ‘elite’ branch of their military. It does also touch on the rest of it, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Osprey’s battle tactics series continues to be well done overall. This one concentrates a bit more on background, but that doesn’t really interfere with the main parts of the presentation. Despite the title, Fields takes a look at the situation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…