The Defense Of Melbourne

26 January 2009 - Colonial participation game at CanCon
(Canberra, Australia) wins 'best participation game' of
convention. Depicting the feared Russian invasion of Australia,
and generously supported by Askari Miniatures who donated
figures to promote the game, the guys involved have done a
fantastic job! You can see the photos and read more at the
Defense of Melbourne blog.

http://defence-of-melbourne.blogspot.com/

Return To Sinkiang

The Bolsheviks had decided to cross the monutains and head

into the Chinese province of Sinkiang nominally to pursue White

Russian forces but in essence to destroy any Chinese warlords

in the area and increase Russian influence in the region.

http://www.manxwargames.co.uk/game_reports_8.html
http://www.manxwargames.co.uk/gallery_11.html

Unaguafria - 1879

This is a fictional scenario where British relief troops are swarmed
by Zulu warriors.The rules we used are Damned Human Race-
express (DHR-e), which is similar to Gabriel Landowski's "Damned
Human Race"(DHR) - a type of mob-skirmish game that's far more
"granular" than Larry Brom's The Sword & The Flame (TSATF).
DHR-e is variant to DHR and is currently scenario specific (only).
In other words, I don't claim it's a set of core-rules at this point (not
yet, but that's my objective). For now, the only testing ground has
been this one scenario, "Unaguafria." I've run the scenario about
8 to 12 times; this includes M-Con and Owl-Con. I keep tweaking
the rules after each game, but have not made the desired changes
after the last game (Feb 22nd).

http://www.unclegreasy.com/unaguafria.htm

The City Of The Skulls

Binky called a council of war. With Gerald still suffering from

the effects of being almost drowned he did not attend, Hassan

was present in his place. That left Binky slightly outnumbered

by the more warlike and direct Adrian and Piet. Though Piet,

the newest member, had yet to be fully accepted into the

decision making. In a short discussion two main options were

discussed - Continue on the river to Sakati or travel cross

country.

http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Binky_19/Binky_19_Pt4.htm

The Rapids

The party has breakfasted, somewhat later than expected,

after the action at the River Gate, and after a short rest has

sailed on. Not far down river a native canoe with two

fishermen in it is encountered and they offer to sell fish to

the party. During the negotiations the Princess Gizitoomi is

recognised by her royal medallion and the fishermen

immediately fall face down expressing their undying loyalty.

http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Binky_19/Binky_19_Pt3.htm

Search For The Lost Lamb

This was our third game for the year 2009. We played this
at The Dragons's Lair in Pearl Mississippi on January 31st.
Our rules were The Sword and the Flame by former Jackson
Gamer Larry Brom. This is the third and final game of a trio
of games, all using the same rules and all set in the 1885-9 (or
so) period when the British and Egyptians were attempting to
reclaim areas that had fallen to the followers of the Mahdi a
prophet of the Muslim Religion who preached rebellion against
the Egyptian government.

http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/2009_game03.htm

The Imperials Strike Back!

This is our second game for the year 2009. We played this at
The Dragons's Lair in Pearl Mississippi on January 17th. Our
rules were The Sword and the Flame by former Jackson Gamer
Larry Brom. This is the second of a trio of games, all using the
same rules and all set in the 1885-9 (or so) period when the
British and Egyptians were attempting to reclaim areas that
had fallen to the followers of the Mahdi a prophet of the Muslim
Religion who preached rebellion against the Egyptian government.

http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/2009_game02.htm

Hostiles In Sight

The aftermath of the 9th Cavalry's charge with wounded left
lying under the bows of the Indians, who are whooping it up
on the hillside. For some reason they decided not to come down
to capture the wounded "Buffalo soldiers."This was during our
game Hostiles in Sight played on February 7, 2009 at THE
CHINA INN Restaurant in Pearl Mississippi.

http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/2009_game04.htm

Sudan Game In Australia

Some very nice pics of a Sudan game in Australia.

http://wab-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/1st-sudan-game.html

Starmada Iron Stars!

Majestic Twelve Games is proud to announce the release of Starmada: Iron Stars -- a "crossover" product linking together two of our most popular gaming systems.
http://www.mj12games.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1774

Les forums du jeu d'Histoire

gents

some picts from a my zulu war reporton the bigest french forum (sorry it's in french writing) but somepictures!!!!!!!http://jeudhistoire.free.fr/viewtopic.php?t=3148

best regardgerards

Old School Wargamer Library

From: Col. Campbell's Barracks:

In a previous post, I described getting Wargame Tactics by
Charles Grant as a late Christmas present (thanks to an Amazon
gift certificate). So I decided to determine what books I had in
my personal library that might qualify as "Old School" wargames
books. I've come up with at least these six.

http://colcampbellbarracks.blogspot.com/2009/02/old-school-wargamer-library.html

The Red Desert

This is our first game for the year 2009. We played this at The Dragons's Lair in Pearl Mississippi on January 3rd. Our rules were The Sword and the Flame by former Jackson Gamer Larry Brom. This is the first of a trio of games, all using the same rules and all set in the 1885-9 (or so) period when the British and Egyptians were attempting to reclaim areas that had fallen to the followers of the Mahdi a prophet of the Muslim Religion who preached rebellion against the Egyptian government.

http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/2009_game01.htm

German Troops

Von Richthofen And Brown (1970)

Review Summary

This film of the wartime exploits of Baron Von Richthoven, who was also known as the "Red Baron," was a relatively lavish Corman-brothers production, and is directed by Roger Corman. The film's airborne dogfight sequences are among its most notable features. Vintage World War I airplanes were used, and accidents during filming resulted in one death and several injuries. The evolution of airborne warfare from being a sporting game between gentlemen to its use as an instrument of total war is integral to the story. Von Richthoven (John Phillip Law), who becomes an air ace and an important German hero, was an early aeronautical rival of Hermann Goering (Barry Primus). So important was he to German morale that he was asked to retire from fighting, so that he could assume a position in the post-war German government. He refused, and was killed by a young Canadian (Don Stroud) in an airborne battle. Spookily enough, even though he died in the air, his plane is reputed to have landed intact.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=Von+Richthofen+and+Brown&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

Steam Warfare

Steam Warfare is a steam punk-themed objective based team deathmatch mod for Unreal Tournament 2004. I worked on Team Rock Lobster with two artists, three programmers, and three other level designers over a development cycle of three months. For this project I served as a level designer and was primarily in charge of the gameplay mechanics design and early documentation phases. For the final game, I completed one level of the four levels and over ten pieces of environmental static meshes

http://www.carrotonastick.net/steam.php

Neo Steam - MMORPG

Now, before you get all excited, as I did - there are two cautions about the new MMORPG, Neo Steam. Firstly, it’s a Korean game, though there is a Japanese version of it - so unless you’re really rather good at either of those languages, be prepared to be as baffled as I was when faced with what I believed was the sign-up screen. Secondly, this isn’t a ‘realistic’ Steampunk game - the elven ears are as pointy as they get, the tiger men are bristling with claws and the wolf men are probably as spikey. And there are random cute things too - there always are. So, you can consider this to be a very, well, Korean MMORPG - graphically it’s very very Korean.

http://brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/200610/neo-steam-mmorpg

Salutations and Best Wishes for 2009

To my dear friends and comrades at the VSF and 15mm SF gaming Blog,


Please allow me to raise a glass and wish you a Happy New Year. All the very best for your gaming, painting, modelling, carousing, drinking and adventures in 2009 and beyond!


Yours in a White Wine Sauce,
Grand Duke Tas the Mad of Menzies on the Minges

The Royal Armouries Heat Rifle

The narrow barrel with collimating coil gives greater range and effect than any hand held heat weapon produced before, and the heat dissipation ring and versatile coolant socket allow more versatility then earlier models also.High pressure and improved faceting methods (using the techniques patented by the Royal Jewelers to cut the Koh-I-Noor) give the collector crystal the ability to process energy from a light source as dim as a household oil lamp


http://christiangraves.livejournal.com/44427.html

Misc Weapons

Some of Christian Graves creations
http://christiangraves.livejournal.com/44125.html