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Richards Banner Wagon
Here is my Richard the Lionheart's banner wagon for our Little Wars big game taking place this Saturday. The game is a retelling of the Battle of Arsuf which took place in September of 1191 between...
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Little Wars 2014
I spent this last Saturday out at Little Wars 2014 in St Charles IL, an HMGS- Midwest society production it draws a great crowd from pure historical side of the hobby. While there is small cross...
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May 2014, I blinked and I missed it.
Ok wow, its June already, I had some hobby plans in May but they went up in smoke pretty quick with this wretched thing called work. I have been pretty busy of late and most I can say for my hobby...
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Point Defense and Operation Sting
Our makeshift Bolt Action setup. that one day, sooner than later will give our figures the setting they deserveCurrently my hobbytime is on the backburner but that doesnt mean I havent found time to...
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Back From the Void
My Stuart M5 (Stuart VI) for my 1000 point Bolt Action British Force. Well no excuses really, I fell of the cliff this summer, work, vacations, the kids, two basement floods (nothing major) and some...
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Crescent and Cross
My call of being "back from the void" seemed to be a bit premature as here I am 6 weeks later just getting to talking about some gaming. I have actually been playing some games of late, Saga and just...
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Operation Sting , a Yank brings his Brits
In effort to keep on posting, given my long absence, I set up my Army Display for the weekend and took a few shots. Not much different than my Adepticon list with exception that I dropped my QF 6-PDR...
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The New Table
Finally completed and played a game on the new table, a generic crossroads with a dirt road, I designed it for Bolt Action, but changing the terrain easily makes it usable for lots of other...
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Operation Sting AAR
Operation Sting went down last weekend at the Chicago Northbrook Hilton, and like its predecessor the now retired Bilbo's Birthday Bash, its immediately become my favorite fall event. We ended up with...
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German Vehicles, New Terrain
Post Operation Sting, I am still focused on Bolt Action. In fact right after the event some three weeks back back, Aaron and I got brain storming on our team army for Adepticon 2015. The event is a...
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Year End Dungeon Delving
I'll save my usual excuse making for my lack of updates and get right to it. While I have not played any actual games in a good 6 weeks, I have been working on couple a long term projects, and long...
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Conan
In miniature/ board game related news, I have been watching for sometime the development of Monlith's new Conan miniatures/board game. Anyone that knows me more than casually, knows I am a lifelong fan...
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The Run up to Adepticon- Waffen SS Squad One
Pictured L-R: NCO w/ Mp40, Rifleman X 2, Lieutenant, his Driver, (NCO with Russian PPSH41) MG34 Team, STG44 , 2 more Rifles all models by Warlord games., scratch buildings by Aaron Schmidt.Better late...
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Off to Adepticon 2015
The Vintage filter in my photo program gives miniature shots great effects especially for WW2 scenesSo I wont bother with excuses on why I havent posted in 6 weeks, life is hectic. we're moving in a...
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Adepticon 2015 - Bolt Action Recap
Pegasus BridgeAdepticon 2015 has come and gone, it was a great time as usual. this year I dont have much to report on other than Bolt Action, I do have some overall comments on Adepticon 2015 and its...
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New Horizons
The post Adepticon period is always a period of regrouping, Figuring out what you want to do next, where your hobbytime is going to be focused and some general time off. As the last year has dictated,...
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We Return, But to a Frozen City-. Frostgrave.
After roughly 3 months away I hope I am back to gaming and blogging a little more regularly.The move was substantial and difficult. After a couple months of remodeling here, getting the old place...
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Operation Sting 2015. 9th SS Panzer Division
Operation Sting, my favorite fall tournament is back for its second year as Bolt Action event (its seventh year overall as it spent 5 years as Bilbos Birthday Bash, a Lord of the Rings event.)This a...
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Operation Sting 2015- AAR
Operation Sting 2015 took place last weekend, and I am slow to get around to covering it. I'm sure if you're interested in the event you've already read others reports, but for the record here is my...
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Family Hobby time, A Woodland Indians Diorama
Here's something new , and something I hope to post more of here. My 9 year old daughter was assigned a project in her 3rd grade Social Studies class on the Native American tribes of this area. I'm not...
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