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The Civil War and Revolutions in Naval Affairs...	7	25 Nov 2024 3:01 p.m. PST
Navwar - Tony Anderson	7	03 Nov 2024 8:19 p.m. PST
Brown Water Navy Miniatures?	5	01 Nov 2024 4:03 p.m. PST
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sources for 1:1200 ironclads	9	11 Oct 2024 4:14 p.m. PST
Four different games in one day!	13	05 Oct 2024 4:01 p.m. PST
Question about speed up and down.	7	05 Oct 2024 3:23 a.m. PST
Dawn of Iron ACW Fort Henry AAR	3	22 Sep 2024 7:46 a.m. PST
More on Developing the Portable Ironclads Wargame	1	20 Sep 2024 4:16 p.m. PST
The Unfavorable Mortar Boats	1	13 Sep 2024 4:09 p.m. PST
Massive Nashcon Ironclad game!	10	02 Sep 2024 5:17 a.m. PST
Alligator Jr. located?	2	19 Aug 2024 12:41 p.m. PST
sink the Alabama	2	19 Aug 2024 12:39 p.m. PST
Civil War Ironclads lost at sea	12	17 Aug 2024 9:40 a.m. PST
‘Head Straight for the Enemy and Sink Him’	4	07 Aug 2024 10:06 a.m. PST
The Blockade of Confederate Ports, 1861–1865	3	27 Jul 2024 2:49 p.m. PST
Thoroughbred Figures Update and Delayed Reopening	12	22 Jul 2024 5:31 a.m. PST
Push on the Potomac 1863 (fictional)	3	04 Jul 2024 2:42 p.m. PST
Looking for some ACW riverine rules with some detail to them	11	11 Jun 2024 9:24 a.m. PST
28mm Ironclad	14	22 Apr 2024 4:54 p.m. PST
Developing the Portable Ironclads Wargame…	1	19 Apr 2024 3:43 p.m. PST
Playing surface color, brown or blue?	10	29 Mar 2024 3:18 p.m. PST
Monitor & the Turret Shield	3	29 Mar 2024 3:15 p.m. PST
Union use of ironclads on the open seas question??	15	29 Mar 2024 3:14 p.m. PST
ACW Dahlgren Boat Howitzer in 28mm	9	28 Mar 2024 11:03 a.m. PST
Trents Reach, INWarD 23	1	19 Mar 2024 3:30 p.m. PST
Mobile Bay, 5th August 1864, Dawn of Iron - DWG	5	28 Feb 2024 4:57 a.m. PST
ALNAVCO ever do a set of Civil War Ironclads rules?	5	25 Feb 2024 7:16 p.m. PST
UPDATE (2): David Manley	13	16 Feb 2024 1:34 p.m. PST
Ships vs Forts 1861: Off to the Races	5	13 Feb 2024 2:05 p.m. PST
New to the Period	7	09 Feb 2024 11:13 a.m. PST
Sail and Steam Navies Contact Information	8	29 Jan 2024 2:22 p.m. PST
About The CSS Selma	4	15 Jan 2024 2:39 p.m. PST
David Manley	18	09 Dec 2023 12:31 p.m. PST
UPDATE (1) ON DAVID MANLEY	4	06 Dec 2023 6:11 a.m. PST
Marine Corps Birthday	8	12 Nov 2023 6:14 a.m. PST
Thoroughbred Figures Temporary Closing Due to Relocating	2	02 Nov 2023 10:13 p.m. PST
‘The fiery focus’: An Analysis of the Union Ironclad ...	1	24 Oct 2023 7:49 p.m. PST
First Battle of Ironclads: Myths, Facts, What Ifs	1	24 Oct 2023 4:06 p.m. PST
navwar orders	6	18 Oct 2023 10:16 p.m. PST
The Build Goes Ever On and On….	3	11 Oct 2023 2:17 p.m. PST
smoke tutorial	5	07 Oct 2023 1:49 a.m. PST
The Soul of the Scratchbuilding Naval Wargaming Butterfly….	1	19 Sep 2023 7:53 p.m. PST
Shipwrecked Generals: Heroism, Sacrifice, and Survival	1	15 Aug 2023 7:42 p.m. PST
From Friends of the Hunley	1	08 Aug 2023 2:50 p.m. PST
Naval Campaign of the Second Mexican War	3	06 Aug 2023 2:25 p.m. PST
Robert Fulton & the First Steam Warship	1	28 Jul 2023 3:52 p.m. PST
About Naval Wargaming	9	10 Jul 2023 3:31 p.m. PST
Black Sailors in the Civil War: A History of Fugitives	5	03 Jul 2023 2:15 p.m. PST
Little Wars 2023 ACW Naval Games	2	02 Jul 2023 5:31 p.m. PST
1/600 Thoroughbred Ships	12	22 Jun 2023 10:33 a.m. PST
Anyone Familiar with Titan Resin ACW Ships in 1/1200?	7	15 Jun 2023 9:22 a.m. PST
The hunt for HMS Captain	4	08 Jun 2023 2:56 a.m. PST
The Battle of Lissa 1866 Review	5	02 Jun 2023 10:58 a.m. PST
A Perilous Voyage on the Kanawha: Jenkins Attacks	4	01 Jun 2023 11:24 a.m. PST
1/600 ACW Torpedo Craft	2	28 Apr 2023 11:24 a.m. PST
Historical battles 1 vs 1 - pre-dreadought era battle?	21	21 Apr 2023 6:03 a.m. PST
Fraudulent Thoroughbred Figures Painted kits on EBay	10	16 Apr 2023 6:25 a.m. PST
The Sinking of the USS Housatonic was a Turning Point	6	13 Apr 2023 1:30 p.m. PST
An ACW Refresher	1	22 Mar 2023 3:40 p.m. PST
Blood Sweat & Iron free scenarios pack No.2	3	13 Mar 2023 4:10 a.m. PST
With Worden in the Monitor . . . and Beyond	2	08 Mar 2023 6:50 a.m. PST
New book: Warships of the First Schleswig War (1848-1850)	4	24 Feb 2023 4:18 p.m. PST
This could add a new level to......	8	23 Feb 2023 8:32 a.m. PST
Blood Sweat & Iron new scenario playtest	7	19 Feb 2023 12:05 p.m. PST
Battle of Shimonoseki Straits wargame	1	13 Jan 2023 11:53 p.m. PST
Captain Worden vs. the Rattlesnake	3	04 Jan 2023 10:25 a.m. PST
Gunboats, Muskets, and Torpedoes: Coastal South	1	29 Dec 2022 7:55 p.m. PST
Interest in 1/200th ironclads?	9	27 Dec 2022 5:43 p.m. PST
What is in the hole "Little rebel"	7	19 Dec 2022 2:55 p.m. PST
The Portable Ironclads Wargame	5	15 Dec 2022 3:41 a.m. PST
Anyone know Barry Levin have him contact me	2	03 Dec 2022 6:57 p.m. PST
1/2400 Hallmark and Tumbling Dice Ships	6	02 Dec 2022 3:04 p.m. PST
Thoroughbred Figures Website Reopening	17	25 Nov 2022 6:46 a.m. PST
Smoke on the Water	7	07 Nov 2022 9:15 p.m. PST
More ACW ships ready for games of Blood Sweat & Iron	3	30 Oct 2022 11:32 a.m. PST
New Biography of Admiral Sir Arthur Markham	7	30 Oct 2022 9:07 a.m. PST
The Princess Alice Disaster, 1878	5	21 Oct 2022 6:00 a.m. PST
It Took a Century to Get His Headstone	2	08 Oct 2022 9:52 a.m. PST
The Second Battle of Iquique Game Report	3	04 Oct 2022 6:37 a.m. PST
More ACW ships painted.	9	21 Aug 2022 11:46 a.m. PST
Battle of Helgoland-1864...what ships models to use??	13	20 Aug 2022 12:23 p.m. PST
Charleston Harbor	12	09 Aug 2022 5:25 a.m. PST
International Naval Wargaming Day - Battle of Lissa 1866	4	07 Aug 2022 5:17 p.m. PST
Thoroughbred Figures Web Site Cart Ordering Repaired	1	27 Jul 2022 6:24 p.m. PST
To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for	3	18 Jul 2022 3:03 p.m. PST
More 3D ships for Blood Sweat & Iron	6	05 Jul 2022 6:11 p.m. PST
Happy CSS Alabama Day	11	02 Jul 2022 6:12 p.m. PST
International Naval Wargames Day, August 6th	10	02 Jul 2022 6:07 p.m. PST
Thoroughbred Figures Temporary Closure	28	02 Jul 2022 2:28 p.m. PST
The Battle of Cherbourg — When Union and Confederate	1	15 Jun 2022 8:08 p.m. PST
For the 'Deliverance of Their Race'	5	15 Jun 2022 10:52 a.m. PST
Schaufelraddampfer	3	12 Jun 2022 2:59 p.m. PST
Eads' ironclads question	9	08 Jun 2022 2:42 p.m. PST
Navwar website down?	8	08 Jun 2022 2:20 p.m. PST
Trying to find ACW ships at 1/1200 scale FAST	8	25 May 2022 5:21 a.m. PST
Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central	5	12 May 2022 2:45 p.m. PST
Lucas Bend on the Mississippi w/ lots of Blood, Sweat & Iron	9	28 Apr 2022 4:47 p.m. PST
3D printed Union ships finally finished	3	26 Apr 2022 6:12 a.m. PST
Why were blue jackets the universal naval infantry?	16	20 Apr 2022 3:17 p.m. PST