Friday, January 06, 2012
Late 1890s Early 1900s London Street Scenes
19th Century
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Friday, January 06, 2012
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Here’s a page with color photos of decorated Blackfoot tipis, circa 1900. They’d be a great resource for your “Wild West” games.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Here’s a nice tutorial on making gabions and wattle fences.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Here’a an interesting site with a vast collection of Victorian maps and paintings.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
For Wild West fans, here are a bunch of period photos of the American West.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
For my friend Dave, here are four War of 1812 scenarios:
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Librivox has a free audiobook of Carl Von Clausewitz’ On War.
A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author’s style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing statements and then draws them together to describe many facets of war. Free of technical jargon, and suitable for modern readers. This audiobook is based on a 1909 English translation.
Thanks to F.H. for the tip.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
For many years, George’s Nafziger’s collection of orders of battle for conflicts dating from the 1600s to the 1900s have been a mainstay of the historical wargaming community.
Once available only commercially, Nafziger recently donated his collection to the Army’s Combined Arms Research Library.
The actual files are available as pdfs here. But as they’re numbered and not named, you’ll also want to consult the finding aid here. And a search function.
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Saturday, January 02, 2010
Here’s a collection of interesting photos from the Crimean War.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Bodie is a wild west ghost town in California, and the website has virtual tours of the town and some of its 200 buildings. The map alone looks like it would be useful for wild west games. Thanks to reader Troy for the tip.
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Poll #3:
Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.
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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