by madguru | Sep 16, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Fellow Gamers, Other
Preparations continue for the presentation — hopefully — of my Charasiab game at the approaching COLONIAL BARRACKS V convention in Metarie, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, on the weekend of this coming November 6th-8th. I don’t know yet...
by madguru | Apr 5, 2015 | Fellow Gamers, Other, TSATF
It’s been a rough year for the Historical Wargaming hobby, which has lost several “Grand Old Men”, most recently the legendary Pat Condray, long-time champion of the wonders of gaming both the War of Spanish Succession and the Spanish Civil War....
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 | Jul 4, 2014 | Fellow Gamers, Other
You may be familiar with the LIEBSTER* AWARDS, given out to promote the efforts of fellow bloggers. I am humbly happy to report that “Maiwand Day” has received one.It’s given by bloggers to bloggers, to help “spread the word” about...
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...
by madguru | Mar 31, 2014 | Anglo-Indian Army, Fellow Gamers, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
For me, one of the unexpected rewards of blogging has been the occassional opportunity to see someone physically remote but similarly inclined, make use of something they saw posted here. This has happened a few times over the 3-1/2 or so years since I started...
