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Les Invalides – Louis’ relief maps
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August 25, 2018 by wargamerchris

I used to work quite a bit in Paris twenty years ago, and cant believe I never made a trip …
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Category: 15mm War of Spanish Succession, Uncategorized | Tags: black powder, Napoleonics, Terrain, War of Spanish Succession
15mm Galley Wars game – painting an entire game in a single day….
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August 13, 2018 by wargamerchris

Today Son #2 and I were trying hard to balance work with banishing the sinking feeling which comes from the …
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Category: Uncategorized | Tags: 15mm, Ancients
A stop at HMS Belfast
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August 13, 2018 by wargamerchris

As part of our holiday travels, a quick stop and some pics from HMS Belfast anchored on the Thames. I …
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HMGS Little Wars 2018: One gamer’s travelogue through a new four day gaming experience (PIC Heavy)
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May 13, 2018 by wargamerchris

Weekend before last was HMGS Little Wars at the Westin Yorktown in the west suburba of Chicago. We make a …
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Category: HMGS Little Wars | Tags: 1/72 Plastics, 15mm, 20mm, 25mm, black powder, Colonial Gaming, Command Decision: Test of Battle, flames of war, Hail Caesar, Polish uprising, Terrain
Quick game: Flames of War 440pt Late War US armored group against wehrmacht infantry
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May 6, 2018 by wargamerchris

Son #2 has been pushing me to play Flames of War and set up a game for us while I …
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Category: 15mm WW2, flames of war | Tags: 15mm, flames of war, WW2
28mm LOTR- The Mines of Moria at Winter War
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April 21, 2018 by wargamerchris

My son is 11.5 this year and ran his second convention game – three linked scenarios from the Mines of …
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Category: 28mm LOTR, Uncategorized | Tags: Fantasy, LOTR
28mm Dark Ages- Irish Army readies….
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April 21, 2018 by wargamerchris

A few pics to preview the battle in Ireland coming up…

Category: 28mm Dark Ages, Uncategorized | Tags: 28mm, Dark Ages, Lions Rampant

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I’m a father, soldier, wargamer and traveler. This site is for my kids and to share my work over half a lifetime musing on the history of warriors and the portrayal of their efforts in miniature. I’ve never really known why I do this

Rules I’m gaming with now:

Lions Rampant/ Dragons Rampant
Black Powder
Age of Eagles/ Age of Valor/ Fire and Fury
Force on Force/ Ambush Alley/ Ambush Z!
Hail Caesar
Command Decision: Test of Battle
Battles for Empire 2
LOTR
Pride of Lions
The Sword and the Flame

Rules I’m Considering:

Sword and Spear/ Sword and Spear Fantasy
Regimental Fire and Fury
Open Combat
Chain of Command
Sharpe Practice 2
Wilderness Wars
Test of Honour
Field of Battle
Pike and Shotte (Warlord)
General de Armee (TFL)
Flames of War – Vietnamese/ WW2

Rules I still need to find to make my life better:

15mm Napoleonic mass battles rules (holy grail)
15mm War of the Spanish Succession mass battle rules
15mm Zombie mass battle rules

Command Decision Test of Battle Forum:

http://www.testofbattle.com/phpBB2/

Din of Battle:

http://dinofbattle.blogspot.com/

Henry Hyde’s Site:

http://henrys-wargaming.co.uk

Dan Mersey – author of a couple of rules sets we like:

/http://merseybooks.blogspot.co.uk/

Miniature Addiction:

http://miniatureaddiction.info /

Wasatch Front HMGS (Journals):

http://www.wfhgs.com

Bartertown:

http://www.bartertown.com/trading/

Big Force on Force (Great modern gaming)

https://bigfof.blogspot.com

Last Stand Dan:

http://laststanddan.blogspot.com/