I have removed some photos and added mamy more to the album "holger's stuff". Today we had scheduled to play a scenario "Belgians versus Congo Arabs" in our...
Yes just borrowed it from a friend and laughed my way through. Highly recommended to any of us who were kids in the 60s or earlier. My wife is reading it for...
We could argue all day about whether or not this falls in the category of 19th Century Colonial gaming or not, but I doubt if it'll be a long thread anyway and...
James, I received my copy of "Historical Miniature Wargamer" #8 yesterday! In the editorial comments, Don wrote that he did not have enough articles. He said...
anyone on the list know Bill Amick. A friend of mine and I sent him some figures to paint for us. he is no longer answering my emails. I got his name from a...
Natalie hall
FrGuard@...
Jul 2, 2007 5:39 am
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One of the British magazines, Wargames Illustrated or Miniature Wargames (I believe the former), ran a wahaling game article some time back. I'm sure I have...
... the editorial comments, Don wrote that he did not have enough articles. He >said you were engaged in recruiting authors. I want to mention that I sent him...
Dear Peter, Wainwright's expedition against Persian Gulf pirates was in 1809. It included some native troops (including 2 companies of the 2/2nd Bombay Native...
Guys, There was no INDIA, or concept thereof, until post-Mutiny (1860 and it was nebulous at best in the very beginning). Soldiers would march, but mutinied ...
I could have sworn that I sent this yesterday, let's try this again. In a message dated 6/29/07 8:04:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, PreziosiA writes: Guys, There...
Third try to post this to the group in three days: Guys, There was no INDIA, or concept thereof, until post-Mutiny (1860 and it was nebulous at best in the...
Jack Scruby the icon? Wow, I grew up in Cambria, graduated from High School there, and remember picking around the back of the soldier factory for throw-away...
Wessex Miniatures used to have a Giant Squid game up on their website (free download). It might give you some ideas if it's still there. Squid...Whale: they...
... Berber dress, the most readily available book is Lawrence and the Arab Revolts in the Osprey series. The color plates will give you a good sense of the...
Have three Gaslight games lined up for HCON. They are all linked (hopefully!!) The second game is the first time my son will be running his own game, and...
... For whatever reason, they all showed up at once. ... You're overlooking Egypt 1801 - Baird's Brigade: 2/1st and 1/7th Bombay Native Infantry and a...
"If you're doing FFL, there's not a lot of variety and color in the French uniforms,..." I beg to differ, /mon ami!/ Wander on over to my Askari site or check...
In that tiny scale could you tell whether they were men or women?? ;-) ... From: tom_lee_graves To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007...
Botch
mike.blake3@...
Jul 3, 2007 10:05 am
81963
Yes, the same Scruby. He brought wargaming "out of the closet" in the 1950's by publishing a wargaming newsletter and producing miniatures for games, at a...
Casemate Miniatures has 15mm "Red Lanterns", 2 figs, one with a sword, and one holding a lantern. There is also a European woman with a big hat and a...
Has anyone read the new book, "The First Jihad, the Battle for Khartoum and the Rise of Militant Islam" by Daniel Allen Butler. It is available from Casemate...
It was Wargames Illustrated...I was thinking of the same thing.... "Moby Dick - The Wargame" appeared in WI #99 (December '95) and the rules were written by...
Bizarre thing is that an awful lot of gamers I know STILL keep their 'habit' in that ol' closet! Personally, I've never had a problem letting folk know I still...
I see that no one has memtioned the whaling games put on at Historicon last year I think, using Nic's whaling boats. Can't rmember who was doing them but...
Anyone mention the British capture of Manila in 1763? Indian troops were present at that seige. Tim <- who wonders if this, like all his other emails to the...
... 'habit' in that ol' closet! I often do demos at work for our Voice of the Employee activities. I get lots of kudos for partipating and I get paid to war...
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