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The Relief of Norchester - all the Gabions in the World!	5	04 Mar 2026 5:19 p.m. PST
Battle report - Franche-Comté 1477	4	22 Feb 2026 5:54 a.m. PST
Great Northern War and War of the Spanish Succession rules?	4	18 Feb 2026 11:10 p.m. PST
15th century Conversions	3	18 Feb 2026 1:18 p.m. PST
Breitenfeld 1631, updated orders of battle	38	15 Feb 2026 4:22 p.m. PST
Question regarding LoA/NYW era French	4	11 Feb 2026 9:06 a.m. PST
More French archers	8	31 Jan 2026 2:07 p.m. PST
Louis XIV's English Regiments	4	27 Jan 2026 10:57 a.m. PST
Elephants and Gunpowder Southeast Asian Warfare 1380-1700	15	18 Jan 2026 2:56 p.m. PST
A Battle For Ireland, Jacobite AAR	1	17 Jan 2026 9:25 a.m. PST
The Deluge	6	15 Jan 2026 11:04 a.m. PST
"Take Great Pains in Your Knightly Practices"	1	09 Jan 2026 12:56 p.m. PST
Gabions for battlefield artillery emplacements?	10	08 Jan 2026 9:13 a.m. PST
(Paper) Venetian Galley for 30mm tal papersoldier	8	31 Dec 2025 3:22 p.m. PST
Handguns and crossbows	11	27 Dec 2025 12:19 p.m. PST
When the Chinese Besieged a Dutch Star Fortress ...	3	26 Dec 2025 3:46 p.m. PST
1632 Lutzen Wilhelm von Weimar Leibregiment	10	22 Dec 2025 5:11 p.m. PST
Your wish list for 15mm Khurasan Historicals....	15	21 Dec 2025 1:06 p.m. PST
1632 Lutzen.Hessen Kassel Leibregiment's colours	7	17 Dec 2025 3:40 p.m. PST
TYW- What about the Tercios?	6	16 Dec 2025 9:12 p.m. PST
An Anglo-Irish Lord	1	15 Dec 2025 12:56 p.m. PST
1632 Lutzen. Hessen Kassel's Green Leibregiment	1	12 Dec 2025 12:48 p.m. PST
1632 Lutzen. Wildenstein's Black Regiment	3	12 Dec 2025 3:49 a.m. PST
How rules can handle village tiles terrain pieces	4	11 Dec 2025 9:00 a.m. PST
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“Remember, remember…” Gold ring linked to Gunpowder Plot	4	26 Nov 2025 6:10 a.m. PST
Debunking some myths on Renaissance warfare and	1	21 Nov 2025 1:00 p.m. PST
Your teenagers are quoting Shakespeare	5	20 Nov 2025 4:11 p.m. PST
Battle of Lutzen 1632. Colour Yellow Brigade	8	19 Nov 2025 6:39 p.m. PST
Lutzen Battle 1632. Yellow Brigade. Musketers	10	18 Nov 2025 2:36 p.m. PST
The Consequences of the Massacre of Wassy	3	16 Nov 2025 9:02 p.m. PST
Italian Wars - Cerignola revisited with a new set ...	4	11 Nov 2025 4:44 a.m. PST
Final Playtest, Fire & Fury Pike & Shot, Saint-Denis 1678	1	10 Nov 2025 6:33 p.m. PST
Battle of Drumclog 1679	1	04 Nov 2025 1:02 p.m. PST
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How to ID Renaissance Troops	10	10 Oct 2025 5:49 a.m. PST
Semi-Fast Play rules for 1st Battle of Breitenfeld....	10	08 Oct 2025 2:30 p.m. PST
Móin na mBrathar, 1510, and Mourne Abbey, 1520	1	03 Oct 2025 12:47 p.m. PST
What rules are these?	8	02 Oct 2025 4:17 p.m. PST
17th century Cardinal's spy	5	02 Oct 2025 3:30 p.m. PST
Burgundian handgunners	4	29 Sep 2025 3:52 p.m. PST
Rod and Carol Langton shutting down	9	26 Sep 2025 4:00 p.m. PST
Praetorians of the Moscow Sovereigns	1	18 Sep 2025 12:54 p.m. PST
En Garde!	5	09 Sep 2025 4:02 p.m. PST
Sedgemoor, St. Mary's Church Westonzoyland	5	30 Aug 2025 8:29 a.m. PST
Graffiti?	6	23 Aug 2025 6:14 a.m. PST
Photoshoot time (War of the Burgundian Succession)	4	22 Aug 2025 6:44 a.m. PST
16th-Century Rocket Cats: Brilliant Warfare Tactic or	1	17 Aug 2025 3:44 p.m. PST
The Armies of Denmark-Norway, Courland and Danzig,1655-1690	2	15 Aug 2025 11:30 a.m. PST
A Spanish Captain & Rodeleros	2	10 Aug 2025 3:33 p.m. PST
Review of Through the Square Window rules	2	07 Aug 2025 6:47 p.m. PST
Burgundian archers	6	06 Aug 2025 7:41 a.m. PST
The 500th Anniversary of Pavia - AAR	1	29 Jul 2025 6:47 a.m. PST
Poland’s Winged Knights: From Invincible Glory	3	23 Jul 2025 3:15 p.m. PST
Lutzen 1632 Swedish Brigade - Pikemen -Poses	9	07 Jul 2025 5:56 a.m. PST
Favourite Border Reiver Rules	1	04 Jul 2025 8:52 a.m. PST
I polli combattenti - A Bradford City Flavoured Pike Block	7	29 Jun 2025 9:28 a.m. PST
17th Century Boyar Cavalry	1	23 Jun 2025 11:38 a.m. PST
French Gendarmes for the Italian Wars	10	23 Jun 2025 9:09 a.m. PST
CROATAN- Fate of Roanoke Colony Solved?	8	15 Jun 2025 4:21 p.m. PST
17th Century Campaign Map of Germany	12	12 Jun 2025 10:59 a.m. PST
Meso-American Updates	2	10 Jun 2025 9:04 p.m. PST
Representing Pike & Shot Units	9	01 Jun 2025 9:48 p.m. PST
Defence, Honour, and Dress	8	26 May 2025 3:08 p.m. PST
That Time Portugal’s King Gifted an Elephant...	1	23 May 2025 4:26 p.m. PST
15th century artillery limber	5	17 May 2025 10:43 p.m. PST
Digital Miniatures recommendations	7	10 May 2025 3:26 a.m. PST
Italian Wars digital miniatures recommendations	2	10 May 2025 3:23 a.m. PST
Best uniform sources for Polish v Swedish wars 1626 to 1629	15	07 May 2025 10:03 a.m. PST
Swede Regt vs Poles	2	05 May 2025 10:57 a.m. PST
I had been thinking no new armies	11	04 May 2025 5:27 a.m. PST
15th century French archers (pics)	7	28 Apr 2025 12:32 p.m. PST
Facts About the Samurai	2	03 Apr 2025 12:18 p.m. PST
28mm Mongols/Huns	7	01 Apr 2025 2:23 p.m. PST
Completed: 17th Century Map of Germany	10	24 Mar 2025 5:27 p.m. PST
How big was the "Black Band" of the Italian Wars?	12	21 Mar 2025 11:40 a.m. PST
Oldest US firearm unearthed in Arizona	21	20 Mar 2025 9:41 p.m. PST
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German mercenaries	13	10 Mar 2025 4:42 p.m. PST
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The Treaty of Westphalia	5	26 Feb 2025 9:26 a.m. PST
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Lancers and levade posture	16	17 Feb 2025 12:16 p.m. PST
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Samurai or Ashigaru 28mm Cannons	3	02 Feb 2025 2:55 p.m. PST
Help with interaction of Renaissance troop types please	13	31 Jan 2025 4:06 a.m. PST
Best Scale For A TYW Campaign Map of Germany?	17	29 Jan 2025 8:52 p.m. PST
European prostitution during the Renaissance	6	26 Jan 2025 2:50 p.m. PST
Making a Semi-Flat Town	11	16 Jan 2025 6:13 p.m. PST
Good online source of Renaissance battle details?	3	14 Jan 2025 11:16 a.m. PST
Warlord's Pike and Shotte- combined units and Hedgehog rule	2	05 Jan 2025 8:35 p.m. PST
Royalist or Roundhead ?	59	05 Jan 2025 6:15 p.m. PST
Old Minifig codes translated into current codes	5	03 Jan 2025 1:52 p.m. PST
Suggestions for references / rules for the Armada period?	5	01 Jan 2025 3:11 p.m. PST
Help: early italian wars french miniatures	13	31 Dec 2024 12:01 a.m. PST
30YW Breitenfeld Project Update	2	26 Dec 2024 9:23 a.m. PST