After seeing the very large battleship New Jersey, our next ship to visit was the USS Olympia. The Olympia is a protected cruiser of the pre-dreadnaught era. She is right on the…
Month: March 2023
Another Foam Rock….
While attending HMGS Fall In, I came across a large foam rock terrain feature that was not already part of my collection. I remembered I still had some space in my storage…
USS New Jersey, Camden New Jersey.
Last winter, when I realized that HMGS Cold Wars was going to be held in Valley Forge Pennsylvania. I was unable to get a room at the convention site, so I was…
D&B – Battle of Verrieres Ridge, July 1944.
Having a few generic playtest games under my belt, I thought it was time to start running historical scenarios to see how things flowed compared to the actual historic fights. Since I…
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees,Part VIII
So, I wrote a post about some dead trees that I bought on sale last winter. Well, while reorganizing some of my game storage, I found that I did not actually finish…
7TV Fantasy – Fight at the Great Temple.
Is was Pulp Tuesday, so time for a Pulp game. Since I had just play tested the new Fantasy Pulp rules from Crooked Dice a week earlier, I thought I would stick…
Total Battle Miniatures “Big Battalions” Buildings.
While setting up a Rebels and Patriots game recently, a buddy of mine brought some figures he had just received in the mail for us to look at. Basically, he bought himself…
FOW – Battle of Singling, December 1944
We continued our “Tank Battles in Lorraine” theme with the battle of Singling. Our scenario was derived from a scenario on the “wargamerabbit” blog, which was sourced to the old “What Would…
HMGS Cold Wars, March 2023
With the new year, we should be back to the full war-game convention schedule again. The first large event on the docket was HMGS Cold Wars. I just got back from the…
Nauticus Museum, Norfolk Virginia.
I was in Williamsburg recently to attend the 2023 Williamsburg Muster Wargame Convention. Whenever I go to this convention, I always tag on a museum trip to one of the local area…