by madguru | Nov 4, 2015 | Conventions, Fellow Gamers
GREATER LOVE HATH NO WARGAMER……than that he lend some of his own toy soldiers/miniatures/figures to a fellow wargamer.Such a man is Michael ‘Reggie” Davis, who has trusted me with just over 100 of his finest 28mm masterworks, for use in my...
by madguru | Oct 29, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
After a very hectic few weeks on the work front, I managed to coral one other player for another go-round of my Charasiab scenario. Actually I coralled two other players, who were supposed to both serve as British Commanders, but one of them unfortunatley got sick...
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 | Oct 18, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Fellow Gamers
One of the nice things about the internet is the ability to meet like-minded people who if not for the internet you probably would never have met at all.For me one of those people is Jim Ferich, a fellow Colonial wargamer and fellow fan/customer of Chris Riordan AKA:...
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 | Sep 18, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, TSATF
My friend Matthew, in addition to being something of a computer genius, a one-time Texas farmhand, and a consumately (overly?) competitive gamer, is quite a talented photographer. When we brought Maiwand Day to Louisiana for the first Colonial Barracks...
by madguru | Sep 16, 2015 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Scenarios & Army Lists, TSATF
This past Saturday, September 12th, saw a long-awaited event come to pass here at the Maiwand Day household: the first play-test of the Charasiab scenario I hope to bring to this year’s Colonial Barracks V convention, which like the previous IV will feature a...
by madguru | Sep 16, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Fellow Gamers, Other
Preparations continue for the presentation — hopefully — of my Charasiab game at the approaching COLONIAL BARRACKS V convention in Metarie, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, on the weekend of this coming November 6th-8th. I don’t know yet...
by madguru | Sep 9, 2015 | History, Miniature Figures, Other
Towards the end of August my entire family left Los Angeles for the East Coast. The main reason for the trip was to drop our 18 year-old son off at Cornell in upstate New York so he could begin his college career, but we spent the following week visiting five other...
by madguru | Sep 1, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Terrain Building
It’s been a momentous couple of weeks here at the Maiwand Day household, starting with my youngest child’s Bat Mitzvah (ceremony and celebration for reaching the age of maturity and responsability in the Jewish religion), then the Unveiling of my...
