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A Samsara of Samurai	4	19 Jan 2021 6:07 a.m. PST
28mm figures for Jewish Revolt	28	17 Jan 2021 4:12 p.m. PST
Normandy, 44 BC	1	15 Jan 2021 7:17 a.m. PST
Of Scythians and Amazons — Warrior Women of the Era of	2	14 Jan 2021 4:08 a.m. PST
Allied Italian Legion Project Thread	8	13 Jan 2021 10:41 p.m. PST
The Plague in Ancient Athens: A Cautionary Tale for America	2	12 Jan 2021 3:40 p.m. PST
Seleucid troops	1	11 Jan 2021 8:45 p.m. PST
Why so little attention for Swordpoint?	23	11 Jan 2021 3:20 p.m. PST
Avec Armenia	4	11 Jan 2021 11:47 a.m. PST
Were Ancient Greek statues white or coloured?	10	11 Jan 2021 11:33 a.m. PST
Alarcos, 19 July 1195	4	10 Jan 2021 2:28 p.m. PST
A Kerfuffle With the Khazars	3	10 Jan 2021 12:32 p.m. PST
Unloading horses from boats by the Romans et al.	9	08 Jan 2021 10:08 a.m. PST
Ancient German River Fleet,	1	06 Jan 2021 9:04 p.m. PST
Carnyx, the war trumpet of the Celts	5	06 Jan 2021 4:08 p.m. PST
Cyrus' Persian Mobile Towers for 15mm	11	06 Jan 2021 2:42 a.m. PST
Byzantines	3	05 Jan 2021 2:01 p.m. PST
A L' Art de la Guerre Heavy Metal Battle Report	3	04 Jan 2021 5:40 p.m. PST
US source for 28mm shield transfers?	4	01 Jan 2021 12:40 p.m. PST
Mysterious Guti...	25	31 Dec 2020 9:35 p.m. PST
Lullubi or Martu Guti Chieftans?	6	31 Dec 2020 8:14 p.m. PST
Your classical Greek is terrible	4	31 Dec 2020 2:52 p.m. PST
Roman Villa 28mm	15	30 Dec 2020 11:40 a.m. PST
Indexes for Tactica II and The Men Who Would Be Kings	5	29 Dec 2020 7:33 p.m. PST
A new 28mm Allied Italian Legion Sets Sail	3	29 Dec 2020 2:08 p.m. PST
DBM Fortifications 15mm Roaman period	4	28 Dec 2020 9:44 p.m. PST
Coats of Many Colors: What color were ancient horses?	3	28 Dec 2020 11:11 a.m. PST
A Plethora of Pecthnegs, Pechnegs, Pechenegs, whatever...	3	28 Dec 2020 6:53 a.m. PST
Alexander Siege of Tyros 332 B.C.	5	27 Dec 2020 2:48 p.m. PST
Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths	3	27 Dec 2020 2:39 p.m. PST
the Spartan way of war	6	27 Dec 2020 8:58 a.m. PST
Parthians and Sassanids	8	27 Dec 2020 6:30 a.m. PST
Recruiting in the Roman Republic	1	26 Dec 2020 8:16 p.m. PST
How compatible are Essex in general to Old Glory 15mm?	13	26 Dec 2020 5:18 p.m. PST
Roman Legion Set Review	3	24 Dec 2020 11:58 a.m. PST
Anyone tried Hail Caesar with 15mm? Bases?	9	24 Dec 2020 3:49 a.m. PST
Ptolemy I & II’s Military Forces	1	23 Dec 2020 3:33 p.m. PST
Roman 4th - early 5th C standards?	10	21 Dec 2020 1:02 p.m. PST
Roman Auxiliaries vs Gaul	4	21 Dec 2020 3:40 a.m. PST
How do you represent your manipular legion(s)?	13	19 Dec 2020 8:36 p.m. PST
Grenzer Games first prints	11	19 Dec 2020 3:30 a.m. PST
A Krush of Koreans	3	18 Dec 2020 6:35 a.m. PST
Roman shield designs second Punic war	9	17 Dec 2020 5:44 p.m. PST
Effect of Roads?	13	16 Dec 2020 8:23 a.m. PST
A Kracking of Kataphracts	4	16 Dec 2020 5:56 a.m. PST
Was Cleopatra pretty ?	14	15 Dec 2020 9:41 p.m. PST
Perth Pictish find offers a view into Scotland’s warfare	4	15 Dec 2020 11:21 a.m. PST
Who sculpted the Citadel Huns?	20	15 Dec 2020 9:46 a.m. PST
Getting harder to resist new armies/time periods	20	13 Dec 2020 3:41 p.m. PST
The Galatians	3	13 Dec 2020 10:22 a.m. PST
Gangs of Rome:	15	09 Dec 2020 8:20 p.m. PST
Gangs of Rome: Bread and Circuses Scenario Starter Box Set	7	09 Dec 2020 8:17 p.m. PST
Replacing broken swords or lances in 5/6, 8 or 10mm	8	08 Dec 2020 5:05 p.m. PST
A Charge of Chariots	3	07 Dec 2020 4:40 a.m. PST
Gergovie Oppidum Caesars defeat 52BC	3	02 Dec 2020 2:54 p.m. PST
Easy marble columns for 28mm	8	02 Dec 2020 3:10 a.m. PST
A Mess of Gladiators	11	30 Nov 2020 5:16 p.m. PST
Weird Facts about the Ancient Olympics	1	26 Nov 2020 8:31 p.m. PST
Desert Adventures	1	26 Nov 2020 12:14 p.m. PST
Painting Celtiberians?	7	25 Nov 2020 11:59 a.m. PST
Who Won the Battle of Kadesh?	13	25 Nov 2020 11:39 a.m. PST
Etruscans 28mm	10	24 Nov 2020 4:58 a.m. PST
North European Bronze Age Review	8	19 Nov 2020 12:32 p.m. PST
DBA 3.0?	5	18 Nov 2020 8:24 a.m. PST
Sarmation Knights	2	17 Nov 2020 7:20 a.m. PST
Who were the best and worst Roman emperors in history?	9	16 Nov 2020 11:15 a.m. PST
Polybius the 3 spies & the forgotten battle of Zama	2	16 Nov 2020 1:04 a.m. PST
Why ancient Rome kept choosing bizarre and perverted	9	15 Nov 2020 8:21 p.m. PST
Ancient History Does Exist in Asia!	3	15 Nov 2020 2:21 p.m. PST
Chilled Iron Field of Glory Open Tournament	3	15 Nov 2020 9:51 a.m. PST
Just getting into SAGA	7	14 Nov 2020 3:11 p.m. PST
The Barbaric Huns and Their Extreme Beauty Standards	5	12 Nov 2020 11:39 a.m. PST
Broken Rays of the Sun Campaign comes to an end	7	11 Nov 2020 4:56 a.m. PST
fantasy egyptians	18	10 Nov 2020 12:14 p.m. PST
Caesars first defeat the Gallic Oppidum of Gergovia	7	08 Nov 2020 11:31 p.m. PST
Republican Roman Standards	4	07 Nov 2020 4:19 p.m. PST
Auxilia in Britain?	7	07 Nov 2020 8:29 a.m. PST
The campaign of Germanicus in Germany 14-16 AD	3	03 Nov 2020 2:57 p.m. PST
Saga age of Hannibal and victrix	4	01 Nov 2020 1:19 a.m. PST
Frontier Miniatures - A New Beginning	44	30 Oct 2020 7:54 p.m. PST
Europe’s “oldest known battle” may have been massacre	5	30 Oct 2020 11:48 a.m. PST
Battle of Jalula 637	1	28 Oct 2020 8:18 p.m. PST
Order of Battle for Chaeronea 338 BC	4	28 Oct 2020 9:33 a.m. PST
Hotz Mats?	9	28 Oct 2020 7:08 a.m. PST
Ancient warriors who were certified badasses	1	27 Oct 2020 2:27 p.m. PST
FOG 300 AAR: Battle of Zarin 220 AD	3	25 Oct 2020 5:06 a.m. PST
Trivia Quiz - The Goths	10	24 Oct 2020 11:59 a.m. PST
Path of Osiris (Tutorial)	5	24 Oct 2020 10:56 a.m. PST
Where is/was Eden?	4	22 Oct 2020 7:54 a.m. PST
Evidences for Moses found in Egypt	1	19 Oct 2020 11:45 a.m. PST
Shishak Sheshonk or Ramses 2?	1	19 Oct 2020 11:37 a.m. PST
La maquette : Herculanum-house of the Bicentenary	4	18 Oct 2020 2:40 p.m. PST
Did Roman Soldiers Eat Meat?	5	18 Oct 2020 2:33 p.m. PST
18mm Marian/Caesarean Romans to match Blue Moon?	8	18 Oct 2020 8:23 a.m. PST
The Proper Plurality of Elephants is ... Elephant	2	16 Oct 2020 4:24 p.m. PST
Ancient BUAs smaller than 15mm	7	16 Oct 2020 8:53 a.m. PST
Carthage city reconstruction (architecture and urban	5	14 Oct 2020 11:36 a.m. PST
Best Rules for Ancients These Days?	47	12 Oct 2020 12:43 p.m. PST
AFU7 - Somali Spearmen????	7	12 Oct 2020 5:49 a.m. PST
28mm Nabatean mounted	13	11 Oct 2020 6:07 a.m. PST