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  1. 25mm Colonial pulp: Professor Johnstone in Africa

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    April 21, 2018 by wargamerchris

    So another game that needs to get posted before it fades entirely. This year was a return to darkest Africa …
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  2. 28mm Dark Ages Shieldwall Rampant Playtest

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    April 21, 2018 by wargamerchris

    We are prepping in ng for HMGS Little Wars. We are running a game about a Viking raid on an …
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  3. 20mm Pulp: No more diamonds from Morocco

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    April 9, 2018 by wargamerchris

    This is a game we’ve run perhaps five times over the last years – it always turns out to be …
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  4. 15mm Command Decision Test of Battle – Gallipoli scenario

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    February 7, 2018 by wargamerchris

    Warning:  This was not a historical simulation set up. My 11 yo, a talented gamer, is studying Gallipoli, and in …
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  5. Can anyone identify the manufacturer of these vintage 15mm Potemkin Russian infantry?

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    January 17, 2018 by wargamerchris

    A couple months ago, a friend who has been helping pass along an estate collection sent me a few pics …
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  6. Dark Imperium 40K – how does anyone win with The Nurgle Deathwatch?

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    January 14, 2018 by wargamerchris

    So it was a Games Workshop Christmas this year.  The Dark Imperium and no fewer than two Necromunda boxes arrived …
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  7. 15mm Gabion redoubts

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    January 14, 2018 by wargamerchris

    I was finally able to paint some lingering terrain items over Thanksgiving which were sitting for a long time.  The …
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  8. 25mm WW1 Coastal U-boat

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    November 30, 2017 by wargamerchris

    One of many small updates tonight. This piece has languished in my primed but never painted mountain for perhaps a …
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  9. 28mm Night’s Watch for Dragons Rampant

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    October 22, 2017 by wargamerchris

    Just a short update – finished a 12 figure unit of the gentlemen from Castle Black.  We are up to …
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  10. Found two new books on Potemkin Russian army

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    September 17, 2017 by wargamerchris

    Some who are into late 18th Century Potemkin Russian forces may have already seen these two guides from Soldiershop.  There …
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Small Soldiers

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

Wargame Rules

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

Blogroll:

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/

 

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