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Greco - Roman Antiquity	3	26 Apr 2024 3:46 p.m. PST
Why is fantasy so popular?	44	26 Apr 2024 12:34 p.m. PST
Warlord Epic Romans	19	26 Apr 2024 10:42 a.m. PST
You've never heard of Lost Battles	6	24 Apr 2024 7:00 a.m. PST
Optio VASSAL module	4	23 Apr 2024 11:13 a.m. PST
The Surrender of Alexandria - The Battle for Africa	1	21 Apr 2024 5:16 p.m. PST
Carolingian Frankish vs Justinian Byzantine	1	18 Apr 2024 5:15 p.m. PST
How I make magnetic counters for Optio	5	16 Apr 2024 1:47 a.m. PST
The Ancient City Which Was Destroyed By A Nuclear	16	15 Apr 2024 2:35 a.m. PST
Pompeii Banquet Hall inspired by Trojan War	3	13 Apr 2024 7:16 a.m. PST
I regret buying this book	25	12 Apr 2024 7:59 a.m. PST
Using cube markers for Optio	20	11 Apr 2024 11:32 a.m. PST
Battleground Historical Warfare?	3	11 Apr 2024 5:24 a.m. PST
“Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry”	4	10 Apr 2024 3:45 p.m. PST
Lost access to YOUTUBE and all my wargaming content!	28	08 Apr 2024 11:51 a.m. PST
Frankish Heads	7	08 Apr 2024 12:58 a.m. PST
Depicting Hypaspists	11	07 Apr 2024 12:18 p.m. PST
UK boy finds ancient Roman gold medal on walk	2	06 Apr 2024 1:17 p.m. PST
Greek Hoplite discussion group	9	31 Mar 2024 9:51 a.m. PST
warfare.tk & warfare.gq	2	28 Mar 2024 6:53 a.m. PST
Ilipa Battle Day	1	27 Mar 2024 11:09 a.m. PST
Trireme Formations	7	25 Mar 2024 3:24 p.m. PST
This is What Life Was Like for an Egyptian Worker ...	1	24 Mar 2024 5:06 p.m. PST
Second battle of the Optio campaign - Battle of Potidiana	1	24 Mar 2024 11:05 a.m. PST
STLs for 3d printing Ancients flats?	4	23 Mar 2024 3:13 p.m. PST
L'Art De La Guerre (ADLG) 15mm Tournament at ReCon.	9	22 Mar 2024 9:31 a.m. PST
Is Julius Caesar’s date of death the most ancient known?	15	20 Mar 2024 8:59 a.m. PST
Annotated Notitia Dignitatum?	7	19 Mar 2024 5:29 p.m. PST
Optio campaign game - Battle of the Pass	1	18 Mar 2024 4:29 a.m. PST
28mm Republican Romans Painting Tutorial	6	17 Mar 2024 4:40 p.m. PST
Best Old Glory 25mm Range? Ancients!	3	13 Mar 2024 5:48 p.m. PST
Essex Miniatures Horse and Cavalryman Codes?	10	13 Mar 2024 1:15 a.m. PST
Most People Completely Overlook These Fascinating	4	06 Mar 2024 3:27 p.m. PST
Solar storms, ice cores & nuns’ teeth: the new history	6	06 Mar 2024 12:20 p.m. PST
Ilipa Battle Day	3	06 Mar 2024 10:38 a.m. PST
Here Is What Ancient Languages Sounded Like	17	27 Feb 2024 2:44 p.m. PST
Raphia 217 BC - A terrifying colossus	3	26 Feb 2024 3:53 p.m. PST
What ancient text are you hoping is found?	51	25 Feb 2024 7:58 a.m. PST
Eunus: The Cowardly King	1	24 Feb 2024 6:15 p.m. PST
4th Century Saddle Discovered in Mongolia	3	24 Feb 2024 11:16 a.m. PST
Angon and Bebrae	21	22 Feb 2024 6:42 p.m. PST
Alans and Palmyra Uniform Info.	6	22 Feb 2024 2:38 a.m. PST
Reaper Bones Ruined Temple	6	21 Feb 2024 11:00 p.m. PST
Sixth Legion Camp uncovered	10	21 Feb 2024 3:49 p.m. PST
Philip II of Macedon Located?	6	20 Feb 2024 5:09 p.m. PST
Slingshot 350, is with the printers …	2	20 Feb 2024 5:09 a.m. PST
See the Face of a Bronze Age Woman Who Lived	15	18 Feb 2024 3:21 p.m. PST
Best rules for solo gladiator games?	4	17 Feb 2024 4:12 p.m. PST
Which came first: Beer or Bread?	11	16 Feb 2024 4:30 p.m. PST
Errors in the De Bellis Magistrorum Militum Army Lists ?	32	15 Feb 2024 12:53 a.m. PST
Herculaneum Scrolls	11	10 Feb 2024 6:41 a.m. PST
Cold Iron VIII - FOG Tournament 2.24.24-2.25.24	4	09 Feb 2024 6:47 a.m. PST
Aurelian Army Lists	7	07 Feb 2024 8:01 p.m. PST
Colossus of Constantine	7	07 Feb 2024 4:10 p.m. PST
Mortein et Gloriam (MEG) fair combat system ?	14	07 Feb 2024 3:41 p.m. PST
New Facial Reconstruction Of King Tut Offers	3	06 Feb 2024 3:38 p.m. PST
Review Roman Artillery Set 3 - Scorpio	3	04 Feb 2024 3:33 p.m. PST
Who makes 28mm Maiden Guard?	9	03 Feb 2024 9:07 p.m. PST
Punic wars. Increasing details of Roman trireme	5	30 Jan 2024 8:32 a.m. PST
DBMM and the Babylonian infantry?	19	28 Jan 2024 12:15 a.m. PST
28mm Germanic miniatures 3rd/4th century	5	26 Jan 2024 12:46 a.m. PST
Legion: life in the Roman army	3	25 Jan 2024 7:19 a.m. PST
Indian Civil war 320BC style	4	18 Jan 2024 9:50 p.m. PST
Gate Fulford and Stamford Bridge	2	17 Jan 2024 11:46 a.m. PST
Battles that shaped history: Metaurus	3	13 Jan 2024 3:32 p.m. PST
Julio-Claudian kitbash	6	13 Jan 2024 10:30 a.m. PST
Warhammer the historical world?	31	06 Jan 2024 6:03 p.m. PST
Republican Roman Centurion Helmets	8	06 Jan 2024 3:13 a.m. PST
The last macedonian phalanx.	10	05 Jan 2024 11:17 a.m. PST
Punic Wars action in 6 mil	9	05 Jan 2024 8:47 a.m. PST
Roman trireme (paper) for 30mm paper soldiers	4	04 Jan 2024 2:12 a.m. PST
It's 2024, but he's Still Spartacus! (Madaxeman reports)	6	03 Jan 2024 5:40 a.m. PST
1st Corps Celtic shield transfers	1	02 Jan 2024 10:20 p.m. PST
Solo gladiator rules?	4	28 Dec 2023 6:28 p.m. PST
Ancient technology that was centuries ahead of its time	6	27 Dec 2023 3:43 p.m. PST
Wargaming Without Dice	113	26 Dec 2023 4:17 p.m. PST
You've never played Impetus	4	26 Dec 2023 9:34 a.m. PST
Can simulated fog of war replace dice?	136	24 Dec 2023 10:14 a.m. PST
Book on the Kushite soldiers of the 25th pharaonic dynasty.	3	21 Dec 2023 12:38 a.m. PST
Chariots with three crew members ?	27	21 Dec 2023 12:23 a.m. PST
Sassanid opponents?	15	20 Dec 2023 3:19 p.m. PST
Victrix Iberian Cavalry and Warriors	9	18 Dec 2023 3:56 a.m. PST
Cairo's Fortress on the Mountain	3	17 Dec 2023 3:44 p.m. PST
STLs for ancients	9	09 Dec 2023 8:25 p.m. PST
Generic no-name medieval and fantasy figures	6	08 Dec 2023 3:34 p.m. PST
Sub-Roman British of the 5th century and early 6th century	4	08 Dec 2023 4:30 a.m. PST
Mitanni new biblical miniatures	2	07 Dec 2023 10:34 a.m. PST
Defender Of A Byzantine Fort Was Decapitated By	1	04 Dec 2023 4:57 p.m. PST
What to use?	3	03 Dec 2023 12:44 a.m. PST
25mm shield transfers	5	02 Dec 2023 2:31 a.m. PST
ADLG Huns - One Steppe forwards, two Steppes back ?	2	01 Dec 2023 4:26 a.m. PST
ADLG Tournament - Knoxville TN 2/16_2/18	1	27 Nov 2023 9:42 a.m. PST
The 25th pharaonic dynasty	5	27 Nov 2023 12:59 a.m. PST
The XXIst, XXIInd, XXIIIrd and XXIVth pharaonic dynasties	1	26 Nov 2023 5:06 a.m. PST
Were Roman castle walls painted	6	25 Nov 2023 5:18 p.m. PST
Circus Maximus flyover and Rome post-sack	3	24 Nov 2023 3:23 p.m. PST
DBM 2.0 v DBM 3……	16	24 Nov 2023 6:54 a.m. PST
The Na'arin troops at Battle of Kadesh ?	6	22 Nov 2023 2:15 a.m. PST
Saleh Greeks and Victrix compatability	2	19 Nov 2023 11:10 p.m. PST
Tutorial: Speedpaint Generic 2mm Ancients Army	2	19 Nov 2023 10:32 a.m. PST