Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Megablitz and more: Funny Little Wars - the 2014 'Big Game'
Megablitz and more: Funny Little Wars - the 2014 'Big Game': Following discussions with Paul Wight about a follow-up to 2013's Little Wars centenary gathering, we now lay before you the followin...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Megablitz and more: Revenge of the Pointy-Heads - part 3
Megablitz and more: Revenge of the Pointy-Heads - part 3: The battle continues - still impartially observed by Captain Widdrington. He seemed equally appalled at the antics of both sides. Seldom...
Megablitz and more: Revenge of the Pointy-Heads - part 2
Megablitz and more: Revenge of the Pointy-Heads - part 2: We return to the action to fund that a Vulgarian cavalry regiment, accompanied by a light gun has appeared at point 4 (see map in the prev...
Megablitz and more: Revenge of the Pointy-Heads - part 1
Megablitz and more: Revenge of the Pointy-Heads - part 1: This was a Funny Little Wars game played at the Sheffield club on 18 September. Martin led his Vulgarians (VG hereafter), assisted by Joh...
Sunday, September 22, 2013
The Anderson Collection: Back to the Sudan
The Anderson Collection: Back to the Sudan: Hi gents, Loose end today so I thought I would revisit the Sudan while I am waiting on new figures arriving. This collection was painted...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Megablitz and more: Dastardly Danish defence - part 2
Megablitz and more: Dastardly Danish defence - part 2: My Norwegian landing forces were aided (slightly) by our man in the tethered balloon. We were also heartened by the presence of Capt. W...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Megablitz and more: Dastardly Danish defence - part 1
Megablitz and more: Dastardly Danish defence - part 1: Following the naval action – the Invasion and defence of Skagen. BRB landed the following forces: Naval Bde – Norge 40 points Nav...
Megablitz and more: Nordic but Nice - The Herring War Resumes!
Megablitz and more: Nordic but Nice - The Herring War Resumes!: The Danish fleet. Painted black so they're clearly the baddies... This game was played by FLW author Paul Wright (aka The Grea...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog: Mike's 50th Birthday Prize Draw
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog: Mike's 50th Birthday Prize Draw: For those of you who missed the memo, I turned 50 yesterday (today as I'm typing this, but this post is scheduled to go up tomorrow). ...
Monday, June 10, 2013
War - Age of Imperialism By Eagle Games
economic expansion, technological advancement, diplomacy, and
tactical battles in the age of Imperialism (1830 - 1900). Players rule
one of the great powers of the era as they attempt to carve out an
empire. Should they build up their army or economy? Negotiate or
attack? Spend on research or a new fort to protect the frontier?
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The game comes with 3 levels of rules (basic, standard, advanced), a
huge game board and 816 molded plastic figures.
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2718/war-age-of-imperialism
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Guada Coma Con 2013
The third South Texas mini-con. The date is set for Saturday August 17 at
the New Braunfels convention center.
More to follow.......
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
First Cavalry Division Ceremonial Troop
When you retire from First Cavalry Division these guys put on a charge for you
across the divisional parade field.
http://www.first-team.us/tableaux/chapt_09/
Thursday, May 9, 2013
All Quiet on the Martian Front, Miniature Tanks vs Tripods
THE WORLD OF ALL QUIET ON THE MARTIAN FRONT
The Martian attack of 1898 brought terrible devastation to the city of London and set the course of human history upon an altogether unexpected path. Amongst the ruins of the greatest metropolis on Earth, the Martians had - in the end – faltered and perished. Everyone now knows that these invaders were overcome, not by the might of Queen Victoria’s armies, but by nature’s own forces of disease and decay. Against these mere microbes, the Martians’ superior minds could muster no defense. Where mankind had failed, the smallest and least significant of all Earth’s organisms had triumphed.
Although the Martian invasion shocked the world and caused widespread panic in the days that followed, by the early years of the twentieth century, many influential thinkers were eager to proclaim the aliens a spent force. Fear of further alien attack was gradually displaced by the humdrum concerns of life and commerce. It is sobering to reflect that most people were happy to accept this misguided notion, as we now know it to have been. All over the world, only a few visionaries continued to warn that the first attack might have been a scouting foray, the precursor to a full-scale invasion. They urged humanity to ready itself for war or risk extermination. These men were openly ridiculed and all too often dismissed as alarmists and cranks.
Few even noticed the arrival of the second wave of Martian cylinders that fell to earth sometime around the end of 1908. By the time the Martian presence came to the attention of the governments of Earth, it was already too late.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1117201778/all-quiet-on-the-martian-front-miniature-tanks-vs
Monday, April 8, 2013
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Day of the Falcon
Day of the Falcon, also known as Black Gold and Black Thirst, is a 2011 epic drama film, based on Hans Ruesch's 1957 novel South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It was produced by Tarak Ben Ammar, Chairman of Quinta Communications and co-produced by the Doha Film Institute, Qatar. The film had a budget of US$55 million, making it one of the most expensive films backed by an Arab about an Arab subject.
Emir Nesib (Antonio Banderas), Sultan of a group of tribes and Sultan Amar (Mark Strong) of Salma have a dispute with their border. Both have been fighting war for a vast barren land they call "The Yellow Belt". Emir Nesib decides to put an end to the war by striking a deal with Sultan Amar. They meet and make a peace pact, deciding that the Yellow Belt belongs to neither and should be left as a no man's land. As a guarantee, Emir Nesib takes Sultan Amar's kids Saleh and Auda so that Sultan would not break the pact. Sultan, though reluctant, but being a god fearing and orthodox person, agrees, when Nesib promises him that the kids will be treated as Nesib's own along with his kids Tariq and Leyla. Saleh is free spirited while Auda is an introvert who is always into books. Leyla and Auda become good friends until Leyla's caretaker intervenes and asks her to stop meeting men as she is becoming adolescent.
Years pass and the kids grow up. Auda (Tahar Rahim) is still the bookworm, while Saleh (Akin Gazi) hopes to see his father someday. Nesib starts to get worried as he does not have enough money and there is nothing around him but desert and sand. Sam Thurkettle (Corey Johnson), a geologist working for a western oil firm called Texan Oil, meets Nesib after making some survey in the Yellow Belt. Nesib initially refuses to believe Sam saying that there is only sand and nothing else. Sam shows him a piece of black shale and convinces Nesib that it is an indication of crude oil beneath the ground. He explains Nesib that crude oil is very valuable and if Nesib lets him extract oil, his company would pay him phenomenal money, that would make him richer than the Queen of England. Nesib accepts the offer and lets the westerners to extract oil from the yellow belt, thus violating the peace pact. Money slowly starts to pour in and Nesib starts to modernize his country by building schools and hospitals. Nesib makes Auda the national librarian and Tariq their Colonel. He send his envoy to Amar to strike a deal to extract oil from the yellow belt. Meanwhile, some radicals attack one of the oil sites and kill the crew. Nesib learns that it is the act of his other tribes men and manages to convince all his tribes to accept oil extraction by gifting them valuables. The envoy returns and tells Nesib that Amar considers the exploitation of yellow belt a violation of the treaty. Saleh tells Auda that he can convince their father (Amar) and decides to leave without informing anyone. Halfway through, Saleh kills his support staff and flees the scene.
Nesib, desperate to gain from the oil, decides to marry Auda to his daughter Leyla (Freida Pinto). Auda reluctantly agrees as he is convinced that it is a plot so that Amar will not attack Nesib. Meanwhile Saleh is caught and Ibn Idriss kills him accusing him of treason. Nesib decides to send Auda to convince Amar for using the yellow belt. Auda meets Amar, who is surprised to learn that Auda has come as a representative of Nesib. Auda learns more about his father during his stay there. Amar tells Auda that Nesib offered 5% of the earnings but he refused the offer. When Auda tries to explain to him, he says that everything in his home is made either out of blood or love, but not money and that money has no value. The following day a meeting is held with Amar's allies. They say that by letting foreigners extract oil they let themselves be destroyed, while Auda successfully convinces them by saying if god had not meant it for them to use, he wouldn't have given it in their soil. Everybody is convinced. Amar and Auda team up and devise a plan that will help Amar attack and gain control of the Yellow Belt. Auda makes up a team and unites other tribes as well. They slowly start attacking oil fields and in the ensuing battle Tariq is killed. He meets Sheikh of Beni Sirri tribe and during the meeting the Sheikh beats Aicha (Liya Kebede), a slave girl, brutally. Auda tries to protest and an argument ensues, leaving Auda to handcuff and disgrace the leaders of Beni Sirri tribe and freeing the slaves. Amar arrives and meets Auda, who reveals that he has united all the other tribes and intends to keep the yellow belt for them. During the discussion, Amar is shot dead by the Beni Sirri tribe. Learning about the developments, Nesib accepts Auda as the prince. The film ends with Auda holding a meeting with several foreigners presumably with oil companies.
Years pass and the kids grow up. Auda (Tahar Rahim) is still the bookworm, while Saleh (Akin Gazi) hopes to see his father someday. Nesib starts to get worried as he does not have enough money and there is nothing around him but desert and sand. Sam Thurkettle (Corey Johnson), a geologist working for a western oil firm called Texan Oil, meets Nesib after making some survey in the Yellow Belt. Nesib initially refuses to believe Sam saying that there is only sand and nothing else. Sam shows him a piece of black shale and convinces Nesib that it is an indication of crude oil beneath the ground. He explains Nesib that crude oil is very valuable and if Nesib lets him extract oil, his company would pay him phenomenal money, that would make him richer than the Queen of England. Nesib accepts the offer and lets the westerners to extract oil from the yellow belt, thus violating the peace pact. Money slowly starts to pour in and Nesib starts to modernize his country by building schools and hospitals. Nesib makes Auda the national librarian and Tariq their Colonel. He send his envoy to Amar to strike a deal to extract oil from the yellow belt. Meanwhile, some radicals attack one of the oil sites and kill the crew. Nesib learns that it is the act of his other tribes men and manages to convince all his tribes to accept oil extraction by gifting them valuables. The envoy returns and tells Nesib that Amar considers the exploitation of yellow belt a violation of the treaty. Saleh tells Auda that he can convince their father (Amar) and decides to leave without informing anyone. Halfway through, Saleh kills his support staff and flees the scene.
Nesib, desperate to gain from the oil, decides to marry Auda to his daughter Leyla (Freida Pinto). Auda reluctantly agrees as he is convinced that it is a plot so that Amar will not attack Nesib. Meanwhile Saleh is caught and Ibn Idriss kills him accusing him of treason. Nesib decides to send Auda to convince Amar for using the yellow belt. Auda meets Amar, who is surprised to learn that Auda has come as a representative of Nesib. Auda learns more about his father during his stay there. Amar tells Auda that Nesib offered 5% of the earnings but he refused the offer. When Auda tries to explain to him, he says that everything in his home is made either out of blood or love, but not money and that money has no value. The following day a meeting is held with Amar's allies. They say that by letting foreigners extract oil they let themselves be destroyed, while Auda successfully convinces them by saying if god had not meant it for them to use, he wouldn't have given it in their soil. Everybody is convinced. Amar and Auda team up and devise a plan that will help Amar attack and gain control of the Yellow Belt. Auda makes up a team and unites other tribes as well. They slowly start attacking oil fields and in the ensuing battle Tariq is killed. He meets Sheikh of Beni Sirri tribe and during the meeting the Sheikh beats Aicha (Liya Kebede), a slave girl, brutally. Auda tries to protest and an argument ensues, leaving Auda to handcuff and disgrace the leaders of Beni Sirri tribe and freeing the slaves. Amar arrives and meets Auda, who reveals that he has united all the other tribes and intends to keep the yellow belt for them. During the discussion, Amar is shot dead by the Beni Sirri tribe. Learning about the developments, Nesib accepts Auda as the prince. The film ends with Auda holding a meeting with several foreigners presumably with oil companies.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Gamers Codex :By Ron
The Gamer's Codex
www.thegamerscodex.com
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It is going to be a one-stop table-top gaming industry news and reviews site. We have a team of great reviewers, some great support from people in the industry and great experience behind the web site itself. We're working on the news side and should have a complete newsfeed up and running on our site very soon. We also have a table-top gaming Kickstarter link index. We ask anyone to submit their Kickstarter links to our index and we'll help promote it.
Our goal once all features are 100% working is to have weekly content – news, reviews and columns. I am now writing a regular series of B-movie reviews from a RPG game master's perspective called B-Move Inspirations. We will also have interviews from industry professionals. I have started by posting past interviews we have had from The Morning Star.
The Gamer's Codex and Justus Productions events will be closely related in that you will see Codex reviewers demoing the games they have reviewed and hopefully over time you will see more and more of that at other events.
Please check it out, like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheGamersCodex) and/or join us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/TheGamersCodex). We have a Google+ page but unfortunately that's not auto-posting yet.
Thanks and I hope you like!
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Delta Vector: Retribution Falls - Review
Delta Vector: Retribution Falls - Review: Pulp Steampunk. Airships. Pirates. Dogfights. Swordfights, shotguns and six-guns. Demonologists. Hivemind zombies. Golems. Do I have your a...
Friday, February 15, 2013
Highlander Studios, Inc.: Victorian Weapon Prints
Highlander Studios, Inc.: Victorian Weapon Prints: I received the prints of the Victorian weapons yesterday. I'm elated and disappointed at the same time. Here are a few pictures with on...
Friday, February 1, 2013
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