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 | Aug 31, 2017 | Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rivers, Terrain Building
Time flies when you’re having fun.Hard to believe but it’s been more than 2-1/2 years since I built a 6′ long x 1′ wide Rhine River for use in the Arnhem portion of a large OPERATION MARKET GARDEN game.The original plan was to play out a...
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 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 | Jan 1, 2014 | Miscellaneous History, Other
I wanted to get this post done before the end of 2013, and have scrambled to do so. It doesn’t have anything to do with wargaming, but it’s important to me, so I hope any readers of this blog will bear with me while I digress from the Second Afghan War in...
by madguru | Nov 5, 2013 | Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Other
It was with a heavy heart that I read the news of the passing of Donald Featherstone, just over two months ago, on September 3rd, 2013.I imagine most if not all miniature wargamers my age — 48 — or older, will have a special place in their hearts and minds...
