by madguru | Sep 1, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Terrain Building
It’s been a momentous couple of weeks here at the Maiwand Day household, starting with my youngest child’s Bat Mitzvah (ceremony and celebration for reaching the age of maturity and responsability in the Jewish religion), then the Unveiling of my...
by madguru | Jul 28, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Miniature Figures
July 27th snuck up on me this year.July 27th is Maiwand Day, the anniversary of the Second Afghan War Battle at which a small Anglo-Indian army was defeated and forced to route in the face of a far larger Afghan army. This blog began in connection with me...
by madguru | Jun 20, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Terrain Building
Well, I’m close to being done with my Charasiab terrain layout, very close. It’s been a long time coming, having worked on all the elements of this set-up for more than 3 years now (?!?!?!), and of course the highlight is the trio of villages, each...
by madguru | May 10, 2015 | History, Other
V-E DAY CELEBRATION: On May 9, 1945 a group of squadron members celebrated V-E Day in the Beergarden on Kwajalein. Although VE-Day was May 8, 1945 in the United States and Europe, on Kwajalein it was one day later due to the difference in time...
by madguru | Apr 30, 2015 | Battle Reports, Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted one word on this blog. Honestly this is because what little hobby time I have available has all been devoted to working on the rather elaborate terrain for my November 6, 1879 Battle of Charasiab game, which...
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...
