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Wargaming Maloyaroslavets with a hobby hero of mine.	4	04 Dec 2025 7:31 a.m. PST
Wargaming myths how do they get in the rules	39	01 Dec 2025 6:38 p.m. PST
30mm Old-School Tricorne Cavalry	7	01 Dec 2025 1:24 p.m. PST
Republic of Ragusta 1806, militia uniform ?	10	01 Dec 2025 4:04 a.m. PST
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Why I have the miniatures I have.	4	29 Nov 2025 5:54 p.m. PST
Blue Moon Jacobite Personalities	3	25 Nov 2025 10:13 p.m. PST
Time to put an end to sabot bases?	20	25 Nov 2025 7:16 a.m. PST
"The Complete Brigadier" by J. F. Grossman	14	23 Nov 2025 6:03 p.m. PST
Talk to me about 20mm x 25mm infantry bases	11	21 Nov 2025 8:19 p.m. PST
Painting horses	10	04 Nov 2025 6:17 a.m. PST
The men and boys as thick as hasty pudding	6	04 Nov 2025 6:12 a.m. PST
SYW limbers question	16	03 Nov 2025 11:05 p.m. PST
Malplaquet 1709	5	16 Oct 2025 3:22 p.m. PST
WI Louis XVI & Family escape to Metz (1789)	1	07 Oct 2025 3:31 p.m. PST
Great Northern War Cavalry Bust Up	5	04 Oct 2025 11:38 a.m. PST
What kids know about History...ackkkkk	36	29 Sep 2025 9:49 p.m. PST
Rod and Carol Langton shutting down	9	26 Sep 2025 4:00 p.m. PST
Chosen Men skirmish rules - Impressions?	27	23 Sep 2025 7:09 p.m. PST
The English Legend of the Little Drummer Boy is Ghostly	1	21 Sep 2025 3:06 p.m. PST
Praetorians of the Moscow Sovereigns	1	18 Sep 2025 12:54 p.m. PST
Could You Survive as a British Soldier Fighting....	8	13 Sep 2025 4:31 p.m. PST
Leader markers	3	04 Sep 2025 5:19 a.m. PST
The Guns of King Kamehameha	4	28 Aug 2025 12:31 p.m. PST
Hidden movement in campaigns and tabletop	7	28 Aug 2025 1:29 a.m. PST
Best uniforms: WSS vs WAS vs SYW? vote	36	22 Aug 2025 12:58 p.m. PST
Bigger Great Northern War Lilly Banners Game	3	21 Aug 2025 4:56 a.m. PST
WSS Company numbers and actual array in battle ?	7	17 Aug 2025 8:24 a.m. PST
Battle of Turin 1706. Rgt Normandie by Castle of Lucenti	2	15 Aug 2025 2:32 a.m. PST
Battle of Leuthen with (paper)flat figures	8	13 Aug 2025 3:02 p.m. PST
The Last Battle of Madonna dell’Olmo	2	10 Aug 2025 3:07 p.m. PST
1744 Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo - The ultimate map & OOB	4	10 Aug 2025 6:09 a.m. PST
Boki's 1700 range	8	10 Aug 2025 2:30 a.m. PST
Seeking Marquess of Granby Horse Race Rules	3	06 Aug 2025 8:50 a.m. PST
Spencer Smith Miniatures	3	04 Aug 2025 6:52 a.m. PST
SYW Con 2026 - planning update	3	04 Aug 2025 6:09 a.m. PST
How should I depict 1809 Insurrectio Hussars?	4	02 Aug 2025 3:54 p.m. PST
STP Miniatures - how to get them?	6	20 Jul 2025 6:33 p.m. PST
Vive la Revolution	8	18 Jul 2025 1:07 p.m. PST
Frontier Miniatures - A New Beginning	69	15 Jul 2025 6:52 p.m. PST
Guibert's so-called 'column of attack'	283	06 Jul 2025 11:13 a.m. PST
FIW Historical Fiction Novels	19	30 Jun 2025 12:52 p.m. PST
Counting something other than stands or figures	14	29 Jun 2025 2:23 p.m. PST
Ahoy!: Command a sailing vessel in the 1780s Carribean	1	23 Jun 2025 6:38 p.m. PST
17th Century Campaign Map of Germany	12	12 Jun 2025 10:59 a.m. PST
‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’	3	03 Jun 2025 3:22 p.m. PST
Round hats continentals, militia which side looped up?	13	30 May 2025 8:09 a.m. PST
Vauban's Wars Revisited	7	27 May 2025 3:12 p.m. PST
More Zinnfiguren units completed	3	27 May 2025 3:11 p.m. PST
Marches and Matrixes: Horse and Musket Campaigning	1	20 May 2025 3:57 p.m. PST
The Swiss DeMeuron Regiment	8	15 May 2025 11:02 p.m. PST
Allied Piquets at Minden	1	12 May 2025 2:49 a.m. PST
Matt varnish spray has wrecked my flags! Please help	26	10 May 2025 4:22 p.m. PST
Pikes in the '45	9	01 May 2025 1:20 a.m. PST
Duke of Kingston's Light Horse	1	24 Apr 2025 4:09 p.m. PST
Rising of the Clans First Playtest	1	20 Apr 2025 4:11 p.m. PST
SYW French drummer question	6	20 Apr 2025 1:06 p.m. PST
SYW Con upcoming	10	20 Apr 2025 9:15 a.m. PST
The end of the Rumyantsev war with Turkey and the...	3	19 Apr 2025 3:01 p.m. PST
Rising of the Clans After Action Report	1	13 Apr 2025 3:41 p.m. PST
1717-88. The Soldier Artificer Company.	6	08 Apr 2025 5:26 a.m. PST
Austrian Oak Leaves	11	07 Apr 2025 1:10 a.m. PST
Horse and musket period, why is it your favourite?	27	27 Mar 2025 1:59 p.m. PST
Completed: 17th Century Map of Germany	5	24 Mar 2025 11:10 a.m. PST
Culloden	8	19 Mar 2025 10:04 p.m. PST
So many women as soldiers in the British Army	12	08 Mar 2025 4:23 p.m. PST
Black Powder for the SYW	14	28 Feb 2025 3:12 p.m. PST
Which version of Beneath the Lily Banners?	8	17 Feb 2025 6:31 p.m. PST
Piquet subsequent additions question	6	13 Feb 2025 8:13 p.m. PST
Total Battle Minis Earth Fort suitable for GNW?	3	13 Feb 2025 3:41 p.m. PST
HELP: info about Spanish Grenaderos Provinciales	2	04 Feb 2025 7:17 p.m. PST
Fusilier caps and Mitres in Flanders for Hesse-Kassel 1793	15	02 Feb 2025 2:28 p.m. PST
1744 Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo - Regiment Mallorca Alferez	5	01 Feb 2025 8:25 a.m. PST
1744 Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo - The Spanish Regiments	4	01 Feb 2025 4:49 a.m. PST
The Troubles of Command	3	29 Jan 2025 12:23 p.m. PST
stubby cannon in FIW what sizes	23	29 Jan 2025 7:24 a.m. PST
Added a corner to my table	10	22 Jan 2025 7:32 p.m. PST
does anybody know how french got to fort	3	18 Jan 2025 10:19 a.m. PST
AWI Playtest	7	09 Jan 2025 2:39 p.m. PST
Saxe-Gotha in the SYW	4	06 Jan 2025 10:49 a.m. PST
The army of Savoy-Piedmont - Die Armee von Piemont	1	04 Jan 2025 3:34 p.m. PST
Vaubanner Graphics still around?	9	01 Jan 2025 8:43 a.m. PST
Museums and Miniature Gaming	13	30 Dec 2024 9:30 a.m. PST
Merry Christmas from Gen. Pettygree and Bill P.	9	23 Dec 2024 3:18 p.m. PST
The ‘Iron Elephant’ — How a 17th Century German Inventor	1	22 Dec 2024 3:58 p.m. PST
New 1/72nd AWI miniatures.	3	21 Dec 2024 2:57 p.m. PST
The Life of a Pirate: What They Ate, What They Did for Fun	1	15 Dec 2024 3:47 p.m. PST
Horse Colors Explained	16	15 Dec 2024 1:01 a.m. PST
"Siege!" - a computer app for paperless Vauban sieges	6	11 Dec 2024 4:43 a.m. PST
Basic modification of figures	12	02 Dec 2024 9:03 a.m. PST
French and Indian war	10	27 Nov 2024 11:02 a.m. PST
American Militia in shirtsleeves Perry Brothers	3	26 Nov 2024 9:56 a.m. PST
Butler’s Rangers	3	09 Nov 2024 10:17 p.m. PST
Debunking the myths of the French Revolution	10	26 Oct 2024 2:55 p.m. PST
Did the Puritans Incite War to Capture Slaves?	7	18 Oct 2024 2:46 p.m. PST
What if...US France War 1865	15	16 Oct 2024 7:05 a.m. PST
The Complete Brigadier: Anyone still playing?	12	13 Oct 2024 12:44 p.m. PST
Khurasan and 15mm LOA miniatures	6	12 Oct 2024 10:00 p.m. PST
Prague 1757	3	07 Oct 2024 2:45 p.m. PST
Regimental Colours pre-1700	11	07 Oct 2024 8:38 a.m. PST