by madguru | May 5, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports
A friend of mine was kind and thoughtful enough to sent me this photo, which kind of blew my mind, as it was taken in 1984, as opposed to 1919 or even 1897 and then tinted with color…I wrote back to thank my friend and ask where the photo came from, and it was...
by madguru | Apr 30, 2014 | Books, Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
Today marks the 151st anniversary of the battle of Camerone.I tried to organize a commemorative wargame, but unfortunately it did not work out. Everyone else had other things to do, which is a pity. I will wear my t-shirt, with a piece of art and the name...
by madguru | Apr 22, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Terrain Building
This past weekend my 14 year-old daughter surprised me by asking to set the wargames table up with a large Medieval battle, for her to shoot video of for a class project. The table was already covered with my not-quite-finished Charasiab layout, with various...
by madguru | Mar 6, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Fellow Gamers, Other, Uniforms
Long-time readers of this humble blog may recall the first time I presented the Second Afghan War-related 1/6th scale work of artist and master model-maker Tony Barton — famous in 15mm-18mm Napoleonic circles as the sculptor behind the highly-regarded AB Figures...
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 | Dec 15, 2013 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Books, Fellow Gamers, History
…DURING THE INDIAN FRONTIER CAMPAIGNS OF 1897″ by Major E.A.P. Hobday, RA This is the name of a rather remarkable book, first published in 1898. What makes it remarkable is the fact that it’s filled with about 50 line drawings made by the author,...
