Eric, Author at A Gentlemanly Sport

Hobby Shortcut: How to learn game rules

In this tutorial I’ll guide you through my personal method of how I learn war game rules, and how to wreck your rulebook in the process.

Retro Book Review of Mercenary’s Star, the 2nd novel set in the BATTLETECH universe following the growth of the legendary Gray Death legion.

We close our X and Instagram accounts. They didn’t bring us added value. We’ve got more traffic to our blog[…]

In this BATTLETECH 3D Terrain tutorial, I’ll cover my technique of representing water in my favorite game.

A DIY oil wash is a cheap and easy to use alternative to your standard acrylic wash and another tool for your miniature painting arsenal.

As a the first game of 2025, we played Sword Weirdos using the treasure chests scenario from the rules. See how it went in our battle report.

It’s the last day of the year. Let’s have a look at this year’s statistics!

On a late November Friday evening we played the elite scenario in the BATTLETECH Alpha Strike Quick Start Rules. We[…]

I’ve been tinkering with a portable-travel-pocket-sized BATTLETECH game, because I like to experiment with travel sized miniature gaming.

Free re-usable beer bottle lid wash palettes! Up-cycling at its best. The size is perfect for your mini painting needs.