by madguru | Jul 1, 2021 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Flags, History
Below are 4 newfound photos of NWF Tribal Flags, dating I believe from the late 1890s. The first two show Sikh soldiers with captured flags. The third is labelled: “A GROUP OF MISHWANIS AMID THE RUINS OF SIRIKOT FORT” and the fourth “A GROUP OF...
by madguru | Jul 27, 2020 | Afghan Regular Army, Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Flags, History
Welcome to the new version of Maiwand Day. Today, July 27th 2020, is the 140th Maiwand Day. The 140th Anniversary of the 1880 battle. After ten years maintaining MaiwandDay on blogger.com, I am migrating to this website of my own here at MaiwandDay.com. My older...
by madguru | Apr 30, 2020 | Camerone, History, Maximillian Intervention
Greetings fellow fans (and the occasional foe) of La Legion Etrangere.It’s been far too long since I’ve posted here at CAMERONE DAY. Sadly it’s been far too long since I’ve played a wargame using my Camerone terrain. Some day I...
by madguru | Oct 23, 2019 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History
On Saturday, September 28th, my son Skylar and I drove down to the Knights of Columbus Hall in Anaheim, to participate in a refight of the 1863 American Civil War Battle of Chickamauga. It was a play-test by GM The game and legendary Orange County one-man...
by madguru | Jul 1, 2019 | Medieval
Just in case any UK-based readers of this blog are interested, Season 2 of KNIGHTFALLpremieres this coming Tuesday, July 2ndat 9pm on HISTORY UK.LINK to the History UK website’s “KnightFall” page:https://www.history.co.uk/shows/knightfallAs mentioned in...
by madguru | Mar 22, 2019 | Medieval
COMING TO… THIS MONDAY MARCH 25th @10PM EST…Mark Hamil is TALUS – Iniatiate Master of the Knights Templar!LINK to new trailer…LINK TO “KNIGHTFALL” PAGE ON HISTORY SITE(NOTE: Just found this awesome pic onthe web and...
