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  1. Frostgrave Wizards and Apprentices

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    March 19, 2019 by wargamerchris

    Just a little more of an accomplishment blog – we have started to get into the Frostgrave system of games …
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  2. Rangers of Shadowdeep – getting started

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    March 19, 2019 by wargamerchris

    Rangers of Shadowdeep scratches an itch for me – tabletop cooperative Frostgrave sounds like fun, looks like fun, and gives …
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  3. Oldhammer – Empire Wolf Chariot

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    March 19, 2019 by wargamerchris

    Almost two years ago son #1 and I launched into an Oldhammer project which may be the ultimate one before …
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  4. 28mm Napoleonics – family effort

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    March 9, 2019 by wargamerchris

    I’ve been painting 15mm Napoleonics since 1984, so when my younger son started collecting Warlord and Perry figures for the …
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  5. New Star Wars 25mm/ 28mm Aliens, Rebels, Guerrillas, and vehicles for Battle of Jedha (pic heavy)

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    January 21, 2018 by wargamerchris

    So this weekend provided a window to finalize painting of my new 25mm/ 28mm Star Wars Miniatures for the convention …
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  6. Engineers, Generals and Colonels, Artillerists: 15mm War of Spanish Succession

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    September 19, 2017 by wargamerchris

    The next up for my WSS project was several sticks worth of Engineers or Sappers.  I painted these generically in …
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  7. Considering a new 2017 Project – 15mm Pacific War 1879-1884

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    September 19, 2017 by wargamerchris

    This is admittedly one of my sadder, more telling posts.  Two months ago, I started this post about how I …
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  8. 25mm Game of Thrones Project Launch: Tully Infantry, Stark archers

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    September 18, 2017 by wargamerchris

    One of then bucket list projects that has been lingering is our work to paint about 150 Foundry 25mm medievals …
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  9. War of Spanish Succession Landing Party, Dragoons

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    September 18, 2017 by wargamerchris

    A minor update admittedly, but I’ve had a number of ancillary units for my 15mm WSS project on the painting …
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  10. Help us name this Viking Warlord for our Dark Ages campaign

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    September 18, 2017 by wargamerchris

    He needs a name…. This Danish warlord was found languishing in the store a few days ago, and a quick …
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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

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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