Palousewargamingjournal

As the launch of the Great Wargaming Survey, 2026 Edition looms on the horizon, I look back upon the questions considered and analyses undertaken from the Great Wargaming Survey, 2025 edition.  Upon reflection, a common theme emerges from this retrospective on the past year's analyses.  Rather than focusing on the tangible (and countable) facets of wargaming such ...

After my rematch with Richard on Monday (see Sanada's Death Ride at Domyoji), I enjoyed another rematch with Peter (see first game at BatRep: Domyoji 1615 Game #2) on Thursday.  As in my rematch with Richard, Peter and I swapped sides to try our hand at commanding the other army.  Peter would take command of the Osaka Army while I took the reins of the Tokugawa Ar...

Richard and I took to the field for a rematch of our earlier Battle Among the Tombs game (see Battle Among the Tombs).  While the battle remains the same, we swap sides with Richard commanding the Osaka Army and I taking the Tokugawa Army.  In that first contest, Richard came out the victor by defeating my Osaka Army in fine style.  Having given the battle and vic...

Besides fighting and refighting the 1615 Battle of Dōmyōji and working on the rebasing of my 28mm WotR project throughout June and July, I manage to push out an additional contingent for the WotR project.Mustering out today is Clifford's Battle consisting of the three battle lines, one line each of archers (20 figures), billmen (14 figures), and Men-at-arms (13 figures...

Well, what we like about wargaming, that is.In the Great Wargaming Survey, 2025 edition, one survey question asked respondents, “What do you like most about miniatures wargaming?” Responses were collected as unstructured text (up to about 2,100 characters per response and anything goes!) allowing participants to write without constraint to include all of the facets of wargaming ...