New post on Movement Point, taking a (somewhat tardy) look at Advanced Squad Leader Journal #16, by @multimanpublishing.bsky.social, released, um, last October. Yes, I know the newest ASL Journal, #17, came out this past Friday . . . chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/08/0...

Sweet Sixteen: ASL Journal #16 (MMP) Released

After sixteen installments, it might not be breaking news that a fresh issue of the ASL Journal, that irregularly published compendium of articles, news, and scenarios and maps for everyone's favorite...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, wrapping up the long-running series with a trip to San Francisco in 1996's "TV Movie," as Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor tries to stop the Master from turning the Earth inside out. As one does. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/07/0...

Doctor Who Project: The TV Movie

It's alive. It's alive. It's alive! How do you re-introduce a legend? Doctor Who's cancellation in 1989 represents the end of twenty-six years of (mostly) continuous presence in the cultural landscape...

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New post in the In Scale series, unveiling my just-finished build of Arma Hobby's 1/48 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIc in the (mostly) off-white scheme of 835 Squadron, flying off of HMS Nairana circa mid-June, 1944. chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/06/1...

In Scale: 1/48 Arma Hobby Sea Hurricane Mk IIc (No. 835 Squadron, HMS Nairana, 1944)

After a brief—ok, fine, two year—hiatus, the In Scale series of scale model builds returns with a 1/48 scale Arma Hobby Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIc, wearing the overall-white livery of NF672/7K, the ...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, taking a look back at Sylvester McCoy's three season run as the Seventh Doctor, with the series sadly cancelled just as he and a new crop of writers started hitting their strides. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/06/0...

Doctor Who Project: Sylvester McCoy Retrospective

Much as William Hartnell bears the mantle, and the burden, of being the First Doctor, Sylvester McCoy wears the title of the Last Doctor. With hindsight, we know that Doctor Who eventually returns, in...

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New post on Movement Point, tearing the shrink-wrap off three new(-ish) Advanced Squad Leader Action Packs, #20, #21, and #22 from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social. From Ethiopia to Luxembourg, from the Philippines to France, this trio spans the globe, scenario-wise. chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/05/2...

Triple Action: ASL Action Packs #20, 21, 22 (MMP) Released

Fresh—well, semi-fresh—from the fine fellows at Multi-Man Publishing, a trio of Action Packs, numbers 20, 21, and 22, for Advanced Squad Leader, everyone's favorite tactical combat simulation, to fill...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, wrapping up the series in the sadly named "Survival," as the Seventh Doctor and Ace visit both Ace's home Perivale and the Planet of the Cheetah People, which happens to be a quarry. We wouldn't want it any other way . . . #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/05/0...

Doctor Who Project: Survival

But this is the end, Doctor. It is a sad irony, or perhaps even an overt statement of defiance, that Doctor Who's final story, by Rona Munro, bears the title "Survival" (Story Production Code 7P). And...

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New post in the long-defunct Table for One series, putting Victory Games' France '44, a 1986 Mark Herman design, through its paces with a decidedly solitaire slant. Come for the innovative movement and combat systems, stay for my rants about counter side nibs . . . chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/04/1...

Table for One: France ’44 (Victory Games) Review

Wargaming boasts a few eternal chestnuts, conflicts and battles that publishers, designers, and, it must be said, gamers, just can't get enough of: Waterloo, Gettysburg, Stalingrad, the Bulge, and, of...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, unravelling "The Curse of Fenric" with the Seventh Doctor and Ace. 1940s Britain plays host to aquatic vampires, Viking runes, ancient evils, and impossible chess puzzles, with a strange cameo by Soviet commandos . . . #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/04/0...

Doctor Who Project: The Curse of Fenric

Behold, the end of the war. For all the historical periods Doctor Who has mined over the course of a quarter century, the series waits until the bitter end to visit the 1940s, World War II in particul...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, tracking down the "Ghost Light" haunting an old mansion alongside the Seventh Doctor and Ace. Turns out it's an irate librarian upset that thousands of years of work cataloging Earth's species has been ruined by evolution. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/03/0...

Doctor Who Project: Ghost Light

My theories appall you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters, and you don't like my tie. Doctor Who under producer John Nathan-Turner draws heavily on the concept of the Doctor's long life,...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, following the Seventh Doctor and Ace to a "Battlefield" pitting UNIT against trans-dimensional knights with grenades, all seeking Excalibur. Two different Brigadiers make an appearance, as does beloved Bessie. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/02/0...

Doctor Who Project: Battlefield

You know, I think I'm rather enjoying this. Having already shown a deft hand at nostalgia in "Remembrance of the Daleks," Ben Aaronovitch opens Doctor Who's final season with "Battlefield" (Story Prod...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, visiting "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" with the Seventh Doctor and Ace. Part fever dream, part extended metaphor for the series itself, the story regardless features the creepiest clowns ever put to screen. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/01/0...

Doctor Who Project: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

We want more. Doctor Who, under producer John Nathan-Turner and script editor Andrew Cartmel, can scarcely be accused of false modesty. Case in point, the decision to end Season Twenty-Five with Steph...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, watching the Seventh Doctor and Ace unleash the "Silver Nemesis" on a bunch of hapless Cybermen while a noblewoman from the seventeenth century figures out temporal travel (with a little help from a certain Time Lord). #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/11/0...

Doctor Who Project: Silver Nemesis

This is no madness. 'Tis England. For all of producer John Nathan-Turner's efforts to continually reinvent Doctor Who, he always understands the value of returning to what works, as evidenced by Kevin...

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, fighting against fake smiles, an android made of nougat, and the overbearing saccharine of "The Happiness Patrol" with the Seventh Doctor and Ace. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/10/0...

New post in the Doctor Who Project, going back to pre-decimal days as the Seventh Doctor and Ace engage in some "Remembrance of the Daleks" in 1963 London. What could have been cheap nostalgia turns into one of the best stories in years to start Season 25. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/09/0...

New post on Movement Point, un-bagging the latest Advanced Squad Leader product from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social, Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont, a tiny, tidy Historical Module that proves you don't need a hundred new counters to deliver a solid, fresh gaming experience. chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/08/0...

Bagged Bocage: Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont (MMP) Released

A new historical module for Advanced Squad Leader, everyone’s favorite tactical simulation of World War II combat, typically lands with a thud, representing pounds of paper and cardboard that…

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, seeking out the "Dragonfire" in the caverns beneath Iceworld with the Seventh Doctor, Mel, Sabalom Glitz, and new companion Ace. Instead they find a steady stream of barely disguised science fiction film references. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/08/0...

Doctor Who Project: Dragonfire

Is any of this important, Doctor? World building can be tricky business, particularly on Doctor Who. Too much exposition, often from a writer in love with his or her creation, bogs down proceedings…

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, going on vacation with the Seventh Doctor, Mel, and "Delta and the Bannermen" to a bright holiday camp in 1950s Wales. You know it's a special story when the man who talks with bees isn't the strangest plot element . . . #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/07/0...

Doctor Who Project: Delta and the Bannermen

This is the real Fifties. For a series regarded as quintessentially British, very few moments on Doctor Who stand out as purely—which is to say, peculiarly—rooted in the British experie…

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, touring "Paradise Towers" with the Seventh Doctor and Mel, featuiring luxe amenities such as cannibals, color coordinated teen gangs, killer cleaners, and the disembodied brain of an evil architect. Nice rooftop pool, too! #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/06/0...

Doctor Who Project: Paradise Towers

Build high for happiness. As befits a science fiction show, Doctor Who adorns its plots with scientific trappings, drawing on physics and chemistry and applied mathematics, both fanciful and real, …

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, introducing Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, as he and Mel match wits with a giant brain and a renegade Time Lord (no, not that one) in "Time and the Rani." Beware, though -- shoulder pads abound! #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/05/0...

Doctor Who Project: Time and the Rani

Where am I? Who am I? And who are you? As Season Twenty-Four of Doctor Who kicks off, we might as well be watching a different show entirely. Only nine months separate the end of the season-long st…

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, examining Colin Baker's run as the Sixth Doctor. From a difficult regeneration to a surplus of carrot juice, the Sixth Doctor's time on screen, though brief, proves colorful if not always delightful, much like his coat. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/04/0...

Doctor Who Project: Colin Baker Retrospective

There’s a tendency to dismiss Colin Baker as the “other” Baker to have been the Doctor, the one without the scarf, the one in a clown’s outfit. Such simplistic assessments s…

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, finally reaching the conclusion of "The Trial of a Time Lord" and the end of the Sixth Doctor's run as our favorite Gallifreyan confronts "The Ultimate Foe," one so frightening it's a wonder he can ever look in a mirror... #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/03/0...

Doctor Who Project: The Ultimate Foe

Oh, no! Now I really am finished. It all comes down to this. After twelve episodes, spanning nearly three full months, “The Trial of a Time Lord” finally concludes with “The Ultim…

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, as the Sixth Doctor invokes an event in his future, the "Terror of the Vervoids," to defend himself in "The Trial of a Time Lord." New companion Mel makes a bright debut, while the leafy Vervoids wilt in the spotlight. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/02/0...

Doctor Who Project: Terror of the Vervoids

Is it going to be the Doctor’s defence that he improves? Doctor Who seldom actually toys with temporality itself, treating time, broadly, as a setting rather than a concept or plot device to …

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New post on Movement Point, taking a look at the latest Advanced Squad Leader product from Multi-Man Publishing, ASL Journal #15. Don't let the Eastern Front setting on the cover fool you. This magazine-and-scenario bundle is for the fans of the offbeat. chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/01/0...

Esoteric Actions: ASL Journal #15 (MMP) Released

Not unlike some hackneyed box of chocolates, one never knows quite what will appear in an issue of Multi-Man Publishing’s ASL Journal, that irregularly released magazine-and-scenario product …

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, continuing "The Trial of a Time Lord" as the Sixth Doctor confronts a version of himself he doesn't recognize, a "Mindwarp" to be sure. Peri regrettably departs and Brian Blessed's barbarian King Yrcanos steals the screen. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/01/0...

Doctor Who Project: Mindwarp

I endeavour to maintain a certain continuity. Continuity stands as the primary problem with Doctor Who by its twenty-third season. Long-time producer John Nathan-Turner and equally long-serving scr…

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New post in the Doctor Who Project, starting Season Twenty-Three by sitting in the dock with the Sixth Doctor as "The Trial of a Time Lord" begins. He's accused of nefarious crimes on "The Mysterious Planet," which looks an awful lot like . . . Earth. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2024/12/0...

Doctor Who Project: The Mysterious Planet

I was beginning to fear you had lost yourself. Season Twenty-three almost wasn’t to be. In February, 1985, midway through the airing of Season Twenty-two, news broke that the BBC had pulled t…

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