A tabletop wargaming blog covering World War 2 historical gaming — battle reports, painted armies, project logs, ruleset reviews, and miniature supplier guides.https://battlelinesdrawn.com/https://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/how-to-use-ai-in-wargaming/https://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/how-to-use-ai-in-wargaming/How to use NotebookLM and Gemini Gems as a wargaming rules expert — with real examples from Void Admiral and Altar of Freedom.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/how-to-start-tabletop-wargaming-without-miniature-painting/https://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/how-to-start-tabletop-wargaming-without-miniature-painting/You don't have to paint miniatures to enjoy tabletop wargaming. Here are the options that get you to the tabletop without picking up a brush.Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/morality-of-historical-wargaming/https://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/morality-of-historical-wargaming/Is historical tabletop wargaming a moral hobby? A look at how wargamers should approach the ethics of recreating real battles on the tabletop.Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/fire-and-fury-battle-report/https://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/fire-and-fury-battle-report/A battle report from a Fire and Fury American Civil War game, covering four turns of an unfinished engagement at a road junction.Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/my-world-war-2-journey/https://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/my-world-war-2-journey/A quick survey of my World War 2 wargaming journey so far up until September 2022.Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/introduction-to-the-battle-lines-drawn/https://battlelinesdrawn.com/posts/introduction-to-the-battle-lines-drawn/My journey into tabletop wargaming and my progress to date up until September 2022.Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT