by madguru | Oct 29, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
After a very hectic few weeks on the work front, I managed to coral one other player for another go-round of my Charasiab scenario. Actually I coralled two other players, who were supposed to both serve as British Commanders, but one of them unfortunatley got sick...
by madguru | Sep 18, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, TSATF
My friend Matthew, in addition to being something of a computer genius, a one-time Texas farmhand, and a consumately (overly?) competitive gamer, is quite a talented photographer. When we brought Maiwand Day to Louisiana for the first Colonial Barracks...
by madguru | Sep 16, 2015 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Scenarios & Army Lists, TSATF
This past Saturday, September 12th, saw a long-awaited event come to pass here at the Maiwand Day household: the first play-test of the Charasiab scenario I hope to bring to this year’s Colonial Barracks V convention, which like the previous IV will feature a...
by madguru | Apr 30, 2015 | Battle Reports, Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted one word on this blog. Honestly this is because what little hobby time I have available has all been devoted to working on the rather elaborate terrain for my November 6, 1879 Battle of Charasiab game, which...
by madguru | Feb 28, 2015 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rivers, Terrain Building
As is obvious to anyone who’s recently visited this blog, my hobby time lately has been “All About the Rivers,” so to speak, as I’ve been enmeshed since this past Spring in building a set of terrain boards to represent the Logar and Kabul...
by madguru | May 7, 2014 | Battle Reports, Camerone, Fellow Gamers, Maximillian Intervention
Though my wargaming buddy Nick Stern and I could not manage to meet across a tabletop on Camerone Day 151 (the way we had the two previous years), Nick did manage to play a commemorative game — lucky devil that he is — and was kind enough to send me some...
