by madguru | Apr 30, 2017 | Battle Reports, Camerone, Fellow Gamers, Maximillian Intervention
Once again April 30th arrives on the calendar, and with it the 154th anniversary of the battle of Camerone.I wish I had managed to organize a game on the day particularly as this year it lands on a Sunday, which might have made it relatively easy for lots of friends...
by madguru | Feb 19, 2017 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History
The day before Super Bowl LI, Saturday, February 4th, an incredible thing happened: I participated in a miniature wargame!!!I drove more than an hour South to Irvine, in Orange County, to do so — but that was a small price to pay in exchange for the good...
by madguru | Feb 17, 2017 | Fellow Gamers, History
Once again it’s been TOO LONG since my last post on this blog! On the bright side it has been shorter than the previous time between posts, so I’m going to focus on the positive, keep calm and carry on — speaking of which, I was lucky enough to...
by madguru | Mar 2, 2016 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers
And now for something completely different…As I’ve said here more than once before, one of the nicest things about having a blog and being active on related forums is that occassionally it can result in making a new friend who shares the same...
by madguru | Feb 4, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Movement Trays, TSATF
This past Saturday, 5 fellow gamers joined me for the first ever running of my, “Bala Hissar or Bust!” scenario. This game is supposed to be set in 1841 during the First Afghan War, but as I do not yet have enough (or really any) painted and based c.1840...
by madguru | Nov 25, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Fellow Gamers, History
Amongst the many boxes I brought with me to Colonial Barracks V in Metarie was one with a stack of t-shirts in it. I put up a post here on my blog when I designed them a couple of months back, with help from my daughter who used her Photoshop skills to remove a large...
