Five Parsecs from Home
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Yes, this is an Historical Wargaming site. But I like Science Fiction
especially Asimov, Heinlein and Bradbury. I have been looking for something
to p...
ECW Pike & Shotte Project Update
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The project is up to 6 units each of pike & shotte and cavalry, thanks in
no small part to my buddy kindly gifting me back two units each of those -
incl...
Show Boat
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One of the unexpected pleasures of Dave Stone's ‘Season of Scenery’ has
been rediscovering all those curious little projects that have been quietly
gath...
Fallback at Waldheim
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This Sunday's Solo game was a long delayed return to Team Yankee in 15mm.
Like this blog, the preparation for a few minutes of intense fighting took
m...
Gaming - Back Of Beyond , retreat from Mangashlak
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Today saw a further battle in the group campaign game . Last game turn the
Bolos had failed in an assault at Fort Alexandrovsky and were badly beaten
. ...
General Ramón Cabrera
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Ramón Cabrera y Griñó (1806-1877) was one of the best generals on the
Carlist side of the First Carlist War. Originally a leader of a small band
of Car...
Expédition archéologique
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Prêts à entrer dans la pyramide.
*Bonjour à tous,*
*Expédition britannique en ce jour en Egypte.*
*Nous sommes en 1884, d**es archéologues vont faire ...
Introducing 'ScrapJacks' to PaulOG via Discord
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Hi All,
I hosted PaulOG for a game of 'ScrapJacks' over Discord the other day and
he's written up a terrific post-game write-up. Check it out!
Cheers!
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Spring Cleaning April 2026
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I'll be selling a few surplus things- here I have 26 Avanpost Thirty Years
War cavalry, and two spare horses. They are beautiful, crips resin models,
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The Cynical Seven - Desperados Gang
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*"The liquor's all gone boys..."*
Finished up my Desperados gang for Dead Man's Hand. Just a few pics to
share as I didn't get too many to turn out that ...
326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes
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Just posting a few images from the game we played yesterday afternoon, The
Battle of Hydaspes, where Alexanders veteran army fought the Indian King
Porus...
Seasons Greetings
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*Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas *
*& Happy New Year.*
2020 is a new decade in both life & wargaming. I might do a reflective
piece on that as w...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the First
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The Italian infantry brigade.
The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high.
This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French ...
Grognards 1
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La Garde; a joint project with David Imrie and Lionel Bechara. These chaps
will eventually be going to the big Waterloo anniversary do in Glagsow in
the ...
Fun in the AWI, a 50th Birthday Bash!
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Down't club a few weeks ago having a most excellent AWI game (re-fighting
Germanstown) with all of Doug's magnificent AWI collection for his 50th. We
did t...
Borodino - taking Utilisa
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Last weekend we fought our annual game, this time focusing on the Poles and
the village of Utilisa at Borodino.
We think we may have set a world record for...
ACW 8th South Carolina update.
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Hope you all had a good Xmas.
Just a quick update on the 8th Carolina. All the figures have been painted,
just waiting on the flag and base work.
It's com...
Saxe-Coburg Voltigeurs, 4th regiment of the Rhine
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The first two battalions for the 4th Rhinbund regiment included a voltigeur
company comprising of men supplied by the duchies of Saxe- Coburg-Saalfeld.
Thi...
Not miniatures!
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Greetings,
I just wanted to share with you some pictures from my visit to museum Musée
des canonniers from my recent trip to France.
If you want to see pi...
Link to 1813 Burgos Campaign
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The next phase of the 1813 campaign will be in North West Spain and will
deal with Wellington’s attempt to take the city of Burgos from the French
I h...
A Couple of Short Scraps
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It's been a couple of weeks since my last post but we have still been
playing out the campaign in the meantime. Our battle at Markendorf
finished prematur...
Link to 1813 Tortosa Campaign
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The next phase of the 1813 campaign will be in north east Spain and will
deal with the Spanish attempt to take the city of Tortosa.
I have started a new b...
They look fabulous altogether, a wonderful unit indeed.
AntwortenLöschenVery nice.
AntwortenLöschenJohn
Good stuff. I can only say, "Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812."
AntwortenLöschenExcellent looking figures.
AntwortenLöschenCheers
Stefan
Thanks gents! yes, I think parts of that force can be used in Egypt as well as on the Krim later on.
AntwortenLöschenI'm really linking those! Enjoyed your piece in WS&S, too.
AntwortenLöschenCheers, Simon
Just read the article in WSS on Grossbeeren--well done. I've got to get around to gaming it. Bravo, Simon, for your good article as well.
LöschenTHANKS GUYS, I DON'T HAVE THE MAG YET, BUT I AM WELL EXCITED TO HAVE A LOOK ON ALL THAT'S DONE!
Löschenoops caps :--)
LöschenLovely work, Kawe! They look particularly fine brigaded-up. Well done.
AntwortenLöschenThank you Curt! :--)
LöschenExcellent paint work and a subject close to my heart. Whose make are the figures?
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