by madguru | Jan 22, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
First bands of Ghazi fanatics arrive from Maiwand, just to the North of Mundabad Ravine…Afghan Artillery unlimbers and comes on-line to fire…Near the North-West corner of the table, 3rd bombay Light Cavalry CHARGE Tribal Infantry…CLICK HERE TO...
by madguru | Jan 22, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
Hector Maclaine fights his gun against oncoming cavalry…3rd Scinde Horse continues out of West nullah and charges Tribal Infantry…On East side of field, Tribal cavalry and Regular Infantry advance towards Mundabad Ravine…CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE AT...
by madguru | Jan 22, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
THESE 50 PICS SHOW:Major John Ready marches his Baggage Guard, consisting of a combined unit of British and Indian Infantry made up of troops from all three Infantry battalions, and unit of Indian cavalry, East, towards the village of Khig…Afghans move their...
by madguru | Jan 22, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
After a couple months’ delay, I’m happy to finally post approximately 350 good pics of the “Maiwand Saturday” game I ran at Colonial Barracks, on Saturday, November 5th, 2011, from 10:00am ’til 5:00, with about 2 hours spent on a pair of...
by madguru | Jan 19, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Hills, Rocky Terrain
These are some of the first pictures of miniatures taken in my new house.I took them in my office, using light from a small directable ceiling fixture meant to illuminate artwork that will one day (hopefully in the not-too-distant-future) hang on the wall below. The...
by madguru | Jan 3, 2012 | Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
A while ago I was suddenly hit with what I thought was a very good idea — to try to use the same kind of WOOD-CHIPS I used to build a nice little rocky hill (LINK to prior blog post) in a different way — specifically, to turn them on their ends and use...
by madguru | Dec 24, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers
Things went very nicely at the MUZEO. I don’t think it was a record-setting day in terms museum attendance, but the visitors showed lots of interest in the game, and asked lots of questions, and I think everyone there had a fun time. The Brits beat a hasty...
by madguru | Nov 23, 2011 | Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
On Sunday December 18th, 2011, in conjunction with the ST. CRISPIN’S IRREGULARS gaming club, I will be bringing MAIWAND DAY down to the Kabel Gallery at the MUZEO museum in Anaheim, California.MUZEO LINKLINK TO ST. CRISPIN’S IRREGULARS MEET-UP PAGEThis is...
by madguru | Nov 23, 2011 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
First, to any and all followers of this blog, I want to apologize for taking so long to put up a post re: my somewhat epic trek there-and-back-again to New Orleans. Colonial Barracks — the world’s first-ever all-TSATF convention — was a tremendous...
by madguru | Oct 31, 2011 | Conventions, Other, TSATF
Man am I beat — between ref’ing soccer games all day Saturday, teaching an all-day class at the Boy Scout merit badge midway Sunday, and non-stop work the week before, I am literally about to keel over, BUT… somehow I have managed to eek out the time...
