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The only living master of a dying martial art

A former factory worker from the British Midlands may be the last living master of the centuries-old Sikh battlefield art of shastar vidya. The father of four is now engaged in a full-time search for a successor.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15480741

 

The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic

Mass panic and hysteria swept the United States on the eve of Halloween in 1938, when an all-too-realistic radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds sent untold thousands of people into the streets or heading for the hills.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15470903

Junkyard Planet: Fall In! 2011

Junkyard Planet: Fall In! 2011: We made a very brief trip up to Fall In! today--the third (and smallest) of the three HMGS conventions, this year held at the Lancaster Host...

Landship Down Revisited

http://shastapshchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/10/landship-down-revisited.html

The Duke of Wellington's army

Young Projects: Little Wars Revisited

Young Projects: Little Wars Revisited: THE FIRST WORLD WAR, MINIATURES, WAR GAMES AND THE LIMITS OF IMAGINATION Little Wars by H.G. Wells, 1913 ...

Abyssinian and Zulu War Games From: terrykgl

I have just put up two battle reports of two colonial games fought using the HitE rules. Two great and fun games.

The links to the reports are

The Battle in Zululand:

http://fanaticus. org/discussion/ showthread. php?t=11944

The Battle in Abyssinia:

http://fanaticus. org/discussion/ showthread. php?t=11936

I know these are not rules you all play, but we like them, being DBA gamers. Hope you enjoy the reports,

Terry

19th Century Sudan Wargames Armies 1883-1885

A record of the building of British, Egyptian and Mahdist Armies from the war of 1883 to 1885 using 28mm figures.

http://sudan1883.blogspot.com/

Highlander Studios, Inc.: U.S. 5th Cavalry on Mars

Highlander Studios, Inc.: U.S. 5th Cavalry on Mars: I attended a great seminar on Space: 1889 at Origins this year. Not only was it well presented and full of good information relating to...

ZULU'S Thousands of 'em (Partizan 2011)

Great report from Secundus !

http://iron-mitten.blogspot.com/2011/10/zulus-thousands-of-em-partizan-2011.html

FT-17 Tank

A7V Replica

Anatomy of the Mark IV

WW1 Tank at Omaka air show

British tank of the WW1 in Kharkov.

Replica WW1 Mk IV Male tank

Edgar Rice Burroughs Web Site

http://edgarriceburroughs.com/index.php

concept tanks: Concept tank tower concept by Nick Carver

concept tanks: Concept tank tower concept by Nick Carver: Nick's blogspot. Check conceptships. Keywords: digital tablet concept mobile tank turret armored siege tower war machine concept art by...

http://concepttanks.blogspot.com/

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Hill Martian Spear/ Halberd Sculpts

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Hill Martian Spear/ Halberd Sculpts: All right there are just too many things going on for one post. I'll stretch this out over three or four posts this week. Let's ...