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Anglo-Sikh War - the end of the beginning...
...but not the beginning of the end.I've started painting the back log of Anglo-Sikh war figures that have been gathering dust the past few years. Many of the figures are Studio Miniatures while the...
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Eyes all over the Sky - a review
John Streckfuss' book "Eyes all over the Sky: Aerial Reconnasaince in the Fist World War" (Casemate Publishers) turns a spotlight onto the importance of aerial observation to the war effort and how...
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15mm German armored cars for '44-'45
Battlefront released the box set of plastic Sdkfz 234 in December. I could resist picking them up. One thing led to another...like a box of Plastic Soldier Company Sdkfz 250's and 251's and some...
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Anaconda: Capital Navies released on Wargame Vault
It's been a long time coming, but Anaconda: Capital Navies is available for sale via Wargame Vault.The cover of Anaconda: Capital NaviesThe focus of Capital Navies are the "Virginia naval campaigns" -...
View ArticleSpace: The final battleground...
...maybe.Some random thoughts on game design.I've spent some time over the last few weeks tinkering with a tabletop card game. The initial test was rewarding, but revealed some areas that needed...
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Anaconda: River of Blood - the Red River campaign expansion for Anaconda
New to Wargame Vault is Anaconda: River of Blood, a supplement to the original Anaconda rules.Designed to generate tabletop miniature games simulating naval naval battles during the ill-fated Red River...
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North Sea air action this Saturday at DAYCON - Dayton, Ohio
On Saturday 25 Feb 17, at the Dayton Gaming Convention I'm hosting a Wings of Glory game featuring a bevy of seaplanes for a North Sea game. Come see the Felixstowe and it's escorting DH.4 take on the...
View ArticleCapital Navies correction...
For those that had purchased Capital Navies - I was notified this morning that download file was the Publisher file was uploaded in error instead of the PDF file. If you purchased and downloaded...
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Great War - Air Action, North Sea
2/18/2017 was the date of Day Con, the first issue of what we hope will become an annual staple of the Dayton, Ohio gaming calendar. As part of the days events, I provided a Wings of Glory game titled...
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Check Your 6 - Great War edition...
Saturday afternoon at Day Con provided an opportunity to play in a game of Colorful SKies - which is a Great War flavor of the Check Your 6 game engine. The afternoon's game saw a complex clash as...
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Back to Civil War Naval...
...but did I ever really leave?Even more 1/600 models added to the backlog of ship models to be assembled, painted and brought to the gaming table. This time, it's a batch of models from Bay Area...
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Ram Fever!
I'm telling you, I got the ram fever!I pulled out an Ellet ram from a box and thought, hmmm...glad I picked this up. Can't ever have enough Ellet rams. For example...A pair of Ellet Ram models from...
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Assembling the CSS Manassas - 1/600 model from Bay Area Yards
In February of 2017 I acquired a model of the Confederate ironclad CSS Manassas. Oft remembered as the Confederacy's first ironclad, she was slow and poorly armed. If it was not for the fact her...
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Assembling the Manassas, part 2
Completing the assembly of the Manassas. Cutting the stacks off the sprue and filing the ends flat was straightforward.The mount for the stacks was a little more complex. The mount has a hole for each...
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ALARM!!!
Type VIIB U-BoatFrom the archives of the patrol logs of U-72May ‘40Dear Willy, You’ll be happy to know that I’ve returned from the sea once again. Unlike the events in my last letter, I’ve much happier...
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Spring into model building!
Well it's spring 2017. And that means break out the airbrush and start painting models. And then......oh...yeah.Okay, so let's start with BUILDING all the models acquired over the winter and THEN get...
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Terrain for my 15mm inner brown coat.
While at the Game Haven (just one of my FLGS) for a Wings of Glory event, I spied a copy of Yahtzee on the shelves. While I am a fan of most dice games (I'm a gamer for Pete's sake) I'm not normally a...
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Spring in to painting II...
okay got most of the models assembled and broke out the airbrush today. Got a good base of colors on many of the models.Now for the detail work!A mixed bag of Battlefront and Plastic Soldier Company...
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The Manassas prepares to sail...
Earlier in the year I had acquired a 1/600 scale model of the Confederate ironclad ram Manassas from Bay Area Yard. You can read about the assembly of the model here.View down the bow showing off the...
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New balloon section joins the action at the front for...
...1/144 Great War aerial gamingI've completed a project that has languished on the modelling table all spring - a 1/144 model of the Avorio-Prassone kite balloon produced by Daryl at the Reduced...
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