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 26, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
I think I started building this model in very late January or early February, and I put up my previous blog post — detailing construction of the first 3 pieces — on March 11th, about a month-and-a-half ago. In a way this terrain piece feels like it has...
by madguru | Mar 11, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
A while back when I set up the terrain for my “Bala Hissar or Bust!” scenario, I wasn’t paying much attention to the British Cantonment located outside the walls of Kabul. I looked for some 18th Century earthworks I added to my collection years...
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 | Jan 28, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Scenarios & Army Lists
AFGHAN PLAYERS BRIEFING:The Infidel Army is about to attempt to fight their way from their camp to the Bala Hissar fortress, currently occupied by a regiment of their Indian lackeys. As they will be abandoning their camp, they will be forced to bring their...
