by madguru | Apr 5, 2015 | Fellow Gamers, Other, TSATF
It’s been a rough year for the Historical Wargaming hobby, which has lost several “Grand Old Men”, most recently the legendary Pat Condray, long-time champion of the wonders of gaming both the War of Spanish Succession and the Spanish Civil War....
by madguru | Mar 30, 2015 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Marshland/Swamp, Terrain Building
Greetings to all my fellow travellers in the Miniature Wargaming Blogosphere…I’m calling this post “BACK TO THE FUTURE” because it involves the near-future completion of a big project, which said project is set in the past, so it seemed like an...
by madguru | Feb 28, 2015 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rivers, Terrain Building
As is obvious to anyone who’s recently visited this blog, my hobby time lately has been “All About the Rivers,” so to speak, as I’ve been enmeshed since this past Spring in building a set of terrain boards to represent the Logar and Kabul...
by madguru | Jan 26, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, History, Scenarios & Army Lists
For some time now I’ve been researching the make-up of the forces General Roberts commanded at the Battle of Charasiab. There are many secondary sources which list these forces and they are largely consistent but like much else from the Second Afghan War,...
by madguru | Jan 2, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Anglo-Indian Army, British Army, History
While Googling around for some Battle of Charasiab-related info — probably connected to the 14th and 12th Bengal Cavalry — I happened across a collection of period photos from the Second Afghan War, several of which I’ve never seen before, available...
by madguru | Dec 28, 2014 | Ground Cover, Rivers, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Boards, Terrain Building
I started writing this blog entry on Sunday, December 7th — Pearl Harbor Day 2014 — the 73rd anniversary of that momentous historical event — but unfortunately, right after that, I got sick. Everyone gets sick from time to time, myself included, but...
by madguru | Dec 24, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Flags, History
A couple of weeks ago while Googling for images of 19th Century Afghan bridges (well, everyone has their own idea of fun!) I stumbled across a somewhat amazing discovery: an October 2001 article from Boston Univesity’s “Bridge” newspaper, about a...
by madguru | Dec 11, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Camerone, Maximillian Intervention, Terrain Building
Well I’m not done with my Charasiab lay-out just yet, but… I’m happy to report I am a bit closer to it!Finished up gluing down and painting the ground-cover on the Kabul River terrain board. Before moving on to paint the river itself to match...
by madguru | Nov 18, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Rivers, Terrain Building
Many of you will be familiar with the Kipling poem “Ford o’ Kabul River”. I’ve been a Kipling fan since I was a boy, so despite the fact that the tragic river-crossing which befell the 10th Hussars on March 31, 1879, cost the lives of 19...
by madguru | Oct 23, 2014 | Rivers, Terrain Building
With construction complete on the pair of Logar River boards, it was time for my first attempt at painting the waters of the river itself. In a way this may not be that important, since the plan is to fill the river with at least three 1/8″ deep pours of...
