by madguru | Mar 13, 2018 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Rules
Whew.I started writing this post back on December 9th, 2017, about a game I’d set up and played with my buddy JG Randall from down in Orange County who visited LA and as a favor to me brought along his own set of rules — FIRE & MANEUVER — which I...
by madguru | Oct 26, 2015 | Rules, Scenarios & Army Lists, TSATF, Unit Organization
Well, I’m happy to report it looks like I will be taking my Charasiab game to the Colonial Barracks V convention in Metarie, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, on the weekend of Friday November, 6th through Sunday, November 9th. My game is scheduled for the...
by madguru | Sep 28, 2015 | Rules, Scenarios & Army Lists, TSATF, Unit Organization
Above: Sardar Nek Muhammad Khan – Afghan commanderat Charasiab — ponders how best to exercise “command”… After completing a project my partner and I had been working on for more than a year, yesterday I took advantage of a free Saturday...
by madguru | May 9, 2013 | Fellow Gamers, History, Miscellaneous History, Rules
Just came across a relatively positive piece in the NYTimes book review on the centennial of the original publication of H.G. Welles’ LITTLE WARS.The piece was written by a San Francisco based game designer named Mark Wallace. I found it interesting and a...
by madguru | Jul 28, 2012 | Fellow Gamers, Rules
I was planning to spend much of today posting a bunch of material here, in commemoration of the 132nd anniversary of the Battle of Maiwand — but I ended up heading down to Orange, California (about an hour’s drive South of L.A.) to play an American Civil...
by madguru | Jul 27, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rules, Scenarios & Army Lists, Terrain Building
For years I’ve been a fan of the Anglo-Afghan-War.info website, which brims with information and enthusiasm for the history of the Second Afghan War, from battlefield maps to an exhaustive bibliography to first-hand accounts of various participants. Though...
