by madguru | May 5, 2018 | Figure Comparisons, Miniature Figures
With the recent release of Artizan’s first mounted Bengal Cavalry for their Second Afghan War range, Jeff Baumal AKA: Sgt. Guiness asked me how the figures in said range stack up size-wise against various other makers such as Wargames Foundry, Old Glory, Perry,...
by madguru | Apr 30, 2018 | Battle Reports, Camerone, Fellow Gamers, Maximillian Intervention
To mark today’s 155th anniversary of the Legion’s defense of and the Mexican forces multiple assaults on the Hacienda de la Trinidad, known to history as The Battle of Camerone, I am happy to post this new battle report, of a very recent refight of...
by madguru | Mar 13, 2018 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Rules
Whew.I started writing this post back on December 9th, 2017, about a game I’d set up and played with my buddy JG Randall from down in Orange County who visited LA and as a favor to me brought along his own set of rules — FIRE & MANEUVER — which I...
by madguru | Aug 31, 2017 | Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rivers, Terrain Building
Time flies when you’re having fun.Hard to believe but it’s been more than 2-1/2 years since I built a 6′ long x 1′ wide Rhine River for use in the Arnhem portion of a large OPERATION MARKET GARDEN game.The original plan was to play out a...
by madguru | Jul 21, 2017 | Battle Reports, TSATF
As rumored, a substantial Field Force was dispatched on a PUNITIVE EXPEDITION to chastise the Logar Valley Tribesmen for the still-unexplained disappearance of the British Heliograph Team stationed in the old citadel on “Tower Hill,” and for attempting to...
