by madguru | Oct 17, 2019 | Anglo-Indian Army, Fellow Gamers, Figure Conversions, Miniature Figures, Uniforms
Greetings!Unfortunately I’ve been having lots of trouble with this blog. For some time now it’s been impossible for me to leave a comment here, despite it being my own blog. Though I’m still able to create new posts, Blogger won’t...
by madguru | Jul 3, 2019 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Movement Trays, Scenarios & Army Lists, TSATF
On Sunday, May 19th, myself, my son Skylar, and our new gaming friend Jonathan, played a game from TSATF SCENARIO PORTFOLIO 2000: #16 THE BRIDGE.THE SCENARIOIn preparation for a major operation, Anglo-Indian forces must secure the Bridge over the Tochi River....
by madguru | Jul 1, 2019 | Medieval
Just in case any UK-based readers of this blog are interested, Season 2 of KNIGHTFALLpremieres this coming Tuesday, July 2ndat 9pm on HISTORY UK.LINK to the History UK website’s “KnightFall” page:https://www.history.co.uk/shows/knightfallAs mentioned in...
by madguru | Mar 22, 2019 | Medieval
COMING TO… THIS MONDAY MARCH 25th @10PM EST…Mark Hamil is TALUS – Iniatiate Master of the Knights Templar!LINK to new trailer…LINK TO “KNIGHTFALL” PAGE ON HISTORY SITE(NOTE: Just found this awesome pic onthe web and...
by madguru | Jan 28, 2019 | Medieval
It’s been way too long since my last post on this blog.Starting in Spring 2018, a little less than a year ago, so-called “Real Life” just got too insanely busy.A big part of that was a new project at work that required my partner and I to spend about...
by madguru | May 5, 2018 | Figure Comparisons, Miniature Figures
With the recent release of Artizan’s first mounted Bengal Cavalry for their Second Afghan War range, Jeff Baumal AKA: Sgt. Guiness asked me how the figures in said range stack up size-wise against various other makers such as Wargames Foundry, Old Glory, Perry,...
by madguru | Apr 30, 2018 | Battle Reports, Camerone, Fellow Gamers, Maximillian Intervention
To mark today’s 155th anniversary of the Legion’s defense of and the Mexican forces multiple assaults on the Hacienda de la Trinidad, known to history as The Battle of Camerone, I am happy to post this new battle report, of a very recent refight of...
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 | 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 | Jul 21, 2017 | Battle Reports, TSATF
As rumored, a substantial Field Force was dispatched on a PUNITIVE EXPEDITION to chastise the Logar Valley Tribesmen for the still-unexplained disappearance of the British Heliograph Team stationed in the old citadel on “Tower Hill,” and for attempting to...
