Saturday, February 04, 2012
On my latest version of Adobe Acrobat, I noticed that the menu bar has disappeared, keeping me from saving the file, and other such things (view, edit, et. al.)
The solution: Hit F9 on your keyboard. That will bring the menu bar back.
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Friday, December 09, 2011
The last master of the Sikh martial arts seeks an apprentice.
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011
I’ve spent the last several months cutting the bindings off old wargaming magazines and rules with an industrial strength paper cutter and scanning them with my Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500
But if you don’t have such a scanner, then 1 Dollar Scan might be the thing. If you ship them printed materials, they’ll scan and convert to pdf up to $100 pages for $1. The original is destroyed in the process, but think of all the space you’ll save. I’ve not tried the service, but it sounds good. I might try them for a couple of hardback books that my cutter can’t slice through.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
GeekChic has a selection of the ultimate custom gaming tables. I SO want one.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
I just ran across the website for Sarissa Precision, which makes laser cut buildings. What caught my eye is that they produce a line that no one else makes, but for which there is a need: victorian style city buildings
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Friday, May 06, 2011
A site called Inventables has some of the most incredible raw materials for inventors I’ve ever seen.
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Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
For pictures, visit the gallery.
Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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