Matakishi's Tea House

A simple little site...

World War II Western Front


Company level actions using the Crossfire Rules.

Dad's Army


Producing a Home Guard company for Crossfire.


Sabotage and Subversion in Crossfire.


Fearless Raiders for Crossfire.

WWII in the Far East


Company level actions in Burma using the Crossfire Rules.

Carentan


Building the WWII French town featured in Band of Brothers.

Making simple WWII buildings from corkboard

Constructing a German Base

Making a 28mm scale copy of the Airfix Strongpoint

WWII Buildings

Germans for Crossfire

Americans for Crossfire

British for Crossfire

Painting the British Empire forces for Burma

Painting Japanese forces for Burma


A small game involving a German rearguard and some advancing Americans.

Quick Reference Sheet for Crossfire


A Quick Reference Sheet  pdf for Crossfire.

Home Guard Manual


A pdf (7.5Mb) of the Home Guard Manual.

Restored Ha-Go


Footage of a restored Japanese tank.

If WWII was a MMORPG


The full sweep of this epic conflict explained in an easy-to-understand format.

Interviews with German Snipers


This article first appeared in the official Austrian military publication called TRUPPENDIENST (Troop Service) in the year 1967 and was written by an Austrian Army Officer, Captain Hans Widhofner.

1/48 Tamiya Sherman


Superb Japanese video showing the building and painting of this kit.

1/35 Tamiya Tiger


Japanese video showing the building and painting of this kit.


Matakashi cat miniature sculpted, cast and donated by Mike Broadbent to support this site.