A small affair in Saskatchewan
Wanting to entertain the boys having traveled many hours, I took the time late night to set up another small game for the morning after breakfast before we set off for the local hobby store (opening...
View ArticleSomewhere south of Battleford....
The ‘birth’ of my new unit of NWMP newly painted last night. The North-West Mounted Police, were the Canadian Constabulary of the later 19th Century used in modern-day Alberta, Saskatchewan and...
View ArticleThe Cavaliers down the High Street
My solo "Tersey River" fictional ECW campaign has made an appearance on the table. Memorable for the effectiveness of the cannon fire from "Little Maggie" which discouraged the Tawney attack across...
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View ArticleHYW 3-way(ish) scenario
French with mounted knights approach from the west, the Dunkirque contingent from the bottom, the English longbow on the hills near the village. The tower is just visible on the top of the...
View ArticleTerrain up
When asking "What have you been up to?" to the wargamer, the inference is usually "What have you been painting?" And fair enough, as that is the big chore for most miniature wargamers. But I have...
View ArticleVarious Games
This post is a bit of a photo summary of the various collections and play in the past while. ("various" is a definite theme of my hobby) .Napoleonics:A practice game for the boys as we set up for a...
View ArticleNest hunting on Folium III
Yeah, OK, a Xenos Rampantgame using ex-GW plastic Catachans as "Palaeoeversors" (my very poor Latin of "Old Thing Killers" [as in Palaeolithic as the Raptors being Hollywood dinosaurs and all...] )...
View ArticleAlamo - a scenario everyone knows
The Alamo. Everyone has heard of it. Famous enough that Tom Hanks in "Saving Private Ryan" can say it and the movie makers didn't even feel compelled to explain its meaning. Modern Texans, and...
View ArticlePainting style changes
Like your choice in clothing, hair style, heck, even type of underwear, your style of painting can change over time. The latest new army I painted is a "Anglo-Saxon" Dark Age. With all the hype for...
View ArticleNot everyone is in scarlet...
While most of the British full-dress uniform of the Victorian era was scarlet, not all units were thus dressed and the rifle units wear a dark-green, almost black, dress uniform. The Canadian militia,...
View Article"Battle of Pont Heinz"
The battle is named for the bridge in box 57 of the campaign map in Peter's 'One Week Campaign' Napoleonic clash with Craig taking the French, while allies KevinA takes my Prusssians and I control the...
View ArticleAlgerie 1834
For the French Zouave Player:You are Lt. Hans Neinschiese of the 2e Zouaves. Due to Berber activity and lack of ammunition and food, you were forced to abandon your outpost and make a move down the...
View Articlean Austro-Hungarian Landwehr action
Brought out my only "Austrian" Napoleonics for a quick solo game, The "Hungarian Militia" are now sporting proper shakos while their former headdress of corsehuts hats now are adorned by the "Austrian...
View Articlenew Napoleonic "reinforcements"
While I would love to add these to my beleaguered Russian Napoleonic army as reinforcements in the current campaign I am engaged in, they will need to wait for later games, but do form the basis of...
View Articlewhile in the Canadian 'West'....
Well, the Lardies are at it again with a new rule set with "What a Cowboy!". Not surprising given the title, it is a variation on the popular "What a Tanker!" style of rules. As the original set has...
View ArticleOld Collection, 'new rules' (ACW 15mm)
Years ago we lived in a apartment condo during an occurrence of many fires damaging suites, I told The Wife that should we encounter such an emergency to grab the two large duffel bags of my 15mm ACW...
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