by madguru | Feb 4, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Movement Trays, TSATF
This past Saturday, 5 fellow gamers joined me for the first ever running of my, “Bala Hissar or Bust!” scenario. This game is supposed to be set in 1841 during the First Afghan War, but as I do not yet have enough (or really any) painted and based c.1840...
by madguru | Jan 28, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Scenarios & Army Lists
AFGHAN PLAYERS BRIEFING:The Infidel Army is about to attempt to fight their way from their camp to the Bala Hissar fortress, currently occupied by a regiment of their Indian lackeys. As they will be abandoning their camp, they will be forced to bring their...
by madguru | Jan 26, 2016 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
Slammed with work but just enough time to post a few pics of the completed Kohistan Gate for Kabul. Nothing fancy but I think it blends in pretty well with the pre-existing set of generic fortress walls, certainly a much better fit than the Medieval European...
by madguru | Jan 21, 2016 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
Last night I got back home from a very long & productive day’s work and — to relax, really — spent the late night on something I’d been thinking about for the past few days, since finishing up my scratchbuilt Kabul Bridge… namely,...
by madguru | Jan 19, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Rivers, Terrain Building, Uncategorized
Been very busy with work and family since New Year’s, but managed to complete one hobby project over the past 10 days or so.My last blog post featured my “scratch” terrain layout for my What If? “Bala Hissar or Bust!” scenario.One of...
by madguru | Dec 23, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Scenarios & Army Lists
A few years ago I did a post here showing a handful of conversions I did to create figures for the Winter of 1841-42, to refight the Retreat from Kabul and Last Stand at Gandamak/Jugduluk in an ALTERNATE HISTORY What-If? style, with the premise that on Christmas Eve...
by madguru | Dec 10, 2015 | Figure Conversions, Miniature Figures
A few years ago I did a bunch of conversions of British, Indian and Afghan figures. I enjoyed the process a lot and the figures turned out pretty well, providing me with some very particular and at the time hard-to-find troop-types and characters, most of which...
by madguru | Nov 25, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Fellow Gamers, History
Amongst the many boxes I brought with me to Colonial Barracks V in Metarie was one with a stack of t-shirts in it. I put up a post here on my blog when I designed them a couple of months back, with help from my daughter who used her Photoshop skills to remove a large...
by madguru | Nov 17, 2015 | Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, Scenarios & Army Lists, TSATF
Whew.I’m back from Metarie, LA (Louisiana) to Studio City, LA (Los Angeles), having attended the Colonial Barracks V convention. It was quite a trip and the con itself was unforgettable, in large part because it came just days after the death of Larry Brom,...
by madguru | Nov 12, 2015 | Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
As many if not most of those reading this blog probably know already, Larry V. Brom, author of The Sword And The Flame rules set, passed away a little over a week ago, on November 4th, 2015. I will be posting on the recently completed Colonial Barracks V convention...
