Historicon Saturday
Clarence Harrison - Three days, six games...CAPTAIN MURRAY AND THE LADS'YOUR OTHER PORT!'THE PENNYBURN MILL'... AND THEN I THROTTLED HIM!'So far we've had four victories for the Jacobites and two for...
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Clarence Harrison - Whew! Seven games in four days!DID THEY NOT SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THEFIRST TWO SQUADRONS THAT CROSSED THE BRIDGE?RIPARIAN ENTERTAINMENTSTHE GENERALS RESOLVE A GAME TOO CLOSE TO...
View ArticleWhat this site needs are more photos of Mr Hilton!
Clarence Harrison - Yes, I apologize, but I'm the one taking the photos so you get more shots of the Scotsman. It was sort of unavoidable giving the object of this post...On behalf of myself and the...
View ArticleWarfare Miniatures GNW Swedish Artillerists shooting light gun
Picture feature of the forthcoming Swedish artillerists shooting a light gun
View ArticleFinal Notes on Historicon 2016 from the Colonies
Clarence Harrison - I've just finished going through my notes preparing records for my own Glorious Obsession. It is impossible for me to do a write up on every game we ran, but I wanted to highlight...
View ArticleWarfare Miniatures GNW Swedish Artillerists -WiP shots
Some less obvious uses for the new artillerists. These vignettes are not finished but Work in Progress
View ArticleReflections over the Pond - Historicon 2016
Our home for Wednesday till SundayI have remained largely silent throughout Clarence's running commentary on Historicon but having put both feet back on the ground in Blighty, it is time to commit some...
View ArticleWarfare Miniatures GNW Swedish Artillerists shooting light gun
Picture feature of the forthcoming Swedish artillerists shooting a light gun
View ArticleBoyne Redux
View from the south west with King James in the right foregroundIconic and tantalising in its alternative outcome possibilities the Battle of the Boyne is one of those wargaming opportunities which...
View ArticleWarfare Miniatures Mounted Dragoons - pre release view
BLB squadron size - six modelsWell these chaps have taken a long time to appear but having had a chance to paint one each of the first six models and four new horse types I am hugely pleased with what...
View ArticleGNW Swedish Cavalry - new sculpts
Swedish Cavalry Command chargingI am so excited about these and the fact that we'll have them in production very soon. We have nine new troopers (soon to be 12) plus six new command plus 5 new...
View ArticleWarfare GNW Mounted Russian Dragoons - New Sculpts
We have two sets of Russians sculpted with more to follow. We have chosen not to show the traditional dragoon pose with musket resting on calf. Our muskets will be attachable to the trooper together...
View ArticleThe Boyne - Groundhog day
The chap in the cap was the finest King James we had! Historicon 2010With a recent post focused on our play test of Beneath the Lily Banners modifications I got to trawling my archive for previous...
View ArticleWarfare Miniatures Mounted Dragoons Command
WLOA60 Mounted dragoon Command in hatsThe first mounted dragoon command code features models in hats. Included are an officer, a guidon bearer and a drummer.Guidon bearerGuidon bearerGuidon bearer on...
View ArticleIs play testing fun? BLB Next Generation
The fact that I am asking that question (of myself) implies that play testing sends you slightly bonkers which is, on reflection, a possibility.It all starts when you actually publish a set of rules!...
View ArticleWarfare Miniatures Mounted Dragoons - detail view
WLOA58 Mounted dragoons in hatsHere is a detailed overview of Warfare Miniatures' new mounted dragoon code of three troopers. The models are sculpted with hats. This relaxed and natural pose is a nice...
View ArticleWhen are Guards not Guards?
Oh no! minus 3 on morale we are under attack from REAL Guards!The dreaded 'G' word is the cause of many an animated disagreement amongst the wargaming fraternity. It is interesting to consider why it...
View ArticleGUEST POST: Mark is STILL marching.. into poverty?
For a variety of reasons (mostly my fault) a standard bearer for the 17th century - Mark Shearwood's piece on building a multi use force had been delayed... sorry Mark. Here, Mark continues with his...
View ArticleDonibruski - Donnybrook Cossacks
David O'Brien - When I first saw these Cossack figures produced by Wargames Foundry I fell in love with them and had always planned to paint some up but nothing happened until I helped with the play...
View ArticleNew Russians released!
Two codes R7 and R8 combined to give a sense of battalion massThese have been in production for a few weeks and some people have already ordered them by private enquiry but the delay is all due to me....
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