Another HMGS event in the books! I attended this year’s HMGS Fall-In Convention in Lancaster in Lancaster last weekend. The event provided the usual fair of games, vendors, flea markets, classes and…
Tag: Historical
BBB – Battle of Kesselsdorf, December 1745.
Background The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on 15 December 1745, between the Kingdom of Prussia and the combined forces of the Archduchy of Austria and the Electorate of Saxony during the part of the War of the Austrian Succession known…
U-505 at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology.
On the final leg of our tour, we drove through Chicago and had to stop at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology. Specifically, we had to see the U-505 U-boat! Another…
Gajo 15mm Napoleonic Prussians and Portuguese.
I was checking on the Gajo sight and saw they had restocked their 15mm Prussian Grenadier and Portuguese infantry for the Napoleonic Wars. I wanted a unit of Grenadiers to go with…
Little Big Horn Battlefield National Park.
After spending a day and a half in Yellowstone, the next stop on our trip was the Little Big Horn National Park. So, off to Montana! The battlefield is located in the…
Battlefield Terrain Concepts Hay Bundles.
I like to put down a lot of scatter terrain on my game tables. One of the things I tend to use are hay bundles. Well, I have a number of these,…
National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois Wyoming.
I have recently come back from a bucket list cross country road trip across the northern US. It was a great trip and I got to see many natural and man made…
Painting War Magazine – French and Indian War
I was waiting at the Brigade Games booth at Historicon for a couple buddies to meet up with me, so we could get some lunch. While waiting, I saw they carried some…
Airfix Battles – Introductory Scenario Using Miniatures.
I have been looking for another set of rules to run 20mm WWII games for my group on Tuesday nights. I have found a number of rules that I really like, but…
Painting War Magazine – Spanish Civil War.
Going through the Painting War rack at Brigade Games, I came through a number of interesting titles. First I found the SYW issue and was happy with that. Next, I found the…