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WSS Turin's Urban Militia 1706	8	08 Aug 2026 4:01 a.m. PST
looking for recent set of 18C naval guns for sale	4	05 Aug 2026 9:59 a.m. PST
15mm figures for Great Northern War	2	04 Aug 2026 10:59 p.m. PST
Siege of Turin 1706 - The forgotten Cavoretto Redoubt	10	04 Aug 2026 2:42 a.m. PST
Pandurs - daredevils in the imperial service	4	30 Jul 2026 4:42 p.m. PST
Charles Grant's The Wargame	12	28 Jul 2026 4:49 a.m. PST
1706 the Ghost French Regiment Siougeat	5	25 Jul 2026 5:23 p.m. PST
Siege of Turin 1706. Map of hill fortification	6	22 Jul 2026 2:16 p.m. PST
French Regiment Marsilly 1706. The working pattern	3	22 Jul 2026 2:14 p.m. PST
The Army of the Duchy of Mantua WSS Rgt. Natta	5	22 Jul 2026 4:02 a.m. PST
15mm Editions Brokaw Russian Guard Grenadier	5	20 Jul 2026 11:34 a.m. PST
Siege of Turin 1706 - The (Genero) Fort	9	14 Jul 2026 11:38 a.m. PST
SIEGE OF TURIN 1706 - THE SUPPLY LINES	2	09 Jul 2026 12:11 p.m. PST
15mm Renaissance Era Persians	9	06 Jul 2026 5:07 p.m. PST
Battle of Turin 1706. Are you interested?	17	03 Jul 2026 4:54 p.m. PST
Battle of Turin 1706 Bavarian Regiment "Bertrand"	1	02 Jul 2026 10:53 a.m. PST
Battle of Turin: the 2 Louvigny Regiments	1	01 Jul 2026 10:08 a.m. PST
1706 Battle of Turin - Map of the Last stand	5	30 Jun 2026 3:42 a.m. PST
15mm Tartars	6	28 Jun 2026 7:12 p.m. PST
The Army of the Duchy of Mantua WSS - Monferrato Militia	2	26 Jun 2026 11:28 a.m. PST
The Army of the Duchy of Mantua - WSS	4	25 Jun 2026 12:09 p.m. PST
Young Washington Trailer	9	17 Jun 2026 6:46 p.m. PST
War of Spanish Succession scenarios.	3	15 Jun 2026 4:52 p.m. PST
1706 Battle of Turin: French Deployment and OOB	3	15 Jun 2026 9:06 a.m. PST
15mm figures for Great Northern War	14	11 Jun 2026 11:39 a.m. PST
Rotzenplatz - The Battle	3	04 Jun 2026 5:10 p.m. PST
Military Leadership In the 18th Century: Lessons for...	8	03 Jun 2026 9:07 a.m. PST
AWI Hunting shirts?	9	01 Jun 2026 4:45 a.m. PST
La Marine de la Révolution	2	31 May 2026 8:29 p.m. PST
Battle of Turin - 1706 - Castle of Lucento	8	28 May 2026 9:11 a.m. PST
How should I depict 1809 Insurrectio Hussars?	5	25 May 2026 2:23 a.m. PST
18th Century figures; packs or not?	13	03 May 2026 4:09 p.m. PST
British Grenadier headgear	14	03 May 2026 9:44 a.m. PST
Turning line troops into skirmishers and back again!	8	30 Apr 2026 3:35 a.m. PST
Huzzah 2026″ The Revolution is coming Soon!	6	29 Apr 2026 1:38 p.m. PST
Prussian Navy?	26	28 Apr 2026 2:55 p.m. PST
Prime and Load! 18th century Military podcast.	4	26 Apr 2026 11:01 a.m. PST
AI & Papersoldiers	6	25 Apr 2026 4:43 p.m. PST
Unexploded Mortar Shell recovered at Culloden	7	25 Apr 2026 11:37 a.m. PST
Battle of Long Island / Brooklyn.	2	21 Apr 2026 10:47 p.m. PST
Single Sheet Rules?	4	01 Apr 2026 11:35 a.m. PST
British grenadier caps of the 18th Century	19	31 Mar 2026 11:36 p.m. PST
Vauban's Wars: 18th Century Siege	3	31 Mar 2026 5:14 p.m. PST
Russo-Turkish War 1768-74 Gaming	9	21 Mar 2026 1:05 p.m. PST
Wore Prussian Cuirassiers and dragoons laces on the hats?	13	09 Mar 2026 6:21 a.m. PST
Jewish Soldiers of the Freikorps Grün Loudon	3	08 Mar 2026 3:17 p.m. PST
Great Northern War and War of the Spanish Succession rules?	4	19 Feb 2026 12:10 a.m. PST
so do your officers tower over the rank and file?	23	14 Feb 2026 3:22 p.m. PST
Hawaiian Regulars early 1800s	4	12 Feb 2026 6:37 a.m. PST
Wurmser Freikorps The "Red Cloaks" 1793-1801	11	12 Feb 2026 12:37 a.m. PST
Spanish 1718	1	04 Feb 2026 12:03 p.m. PST
Oudenarde 1708	8	02 Feb 2026 2:06 p.m. PST
Wargaming myths how do they get in the rules	75	31 Jan 2026 7:14 a.m. PST
Best uniforms: WSS vs WAS vs SYW? vote	46	31 Jan 2026 7:07 a.m. PST
Vauban's Wars: A Project of Wild Audacity - Louisbourg 1745	5	29 Jan 2026 10:14 p.m. PST
The Defile from Gen. Pettygree's Chronicler	4	21 Jan 2026 8:46 a.m. PST
Leader markers	5	17 Jan 2026 3:02 a.m. PST
old school 30mm Seven Years War / FIW	5	13 Jan 2026 6:57 a.m. PST
Wargaming Maloyaroslavets with a hobby hero of mine.	6	12 Jan 2026 5:50 p.m. PST
The Story Of The Fearless Women Warriors Of Dahomey	5	08 Jan 2026 5:53 p.m. PST
Extraordinary mass graves along highway route	8	03 Jan 2026 10:02 a.m. PST
The men and boys as thick as hasty pudding	7	03 Jan 2026 9:48 a.m. PST
The Life of a Pirate: What They Ate, What They Did for Fun	2	02 Jan 2026 11:01 a.m. PST
FIW Historical Fiction Novels	20	30 Dec 2025 10:28 p.m. PST
Soor 1745.	3	30 Dec 2025 4:59 p.m. PST
Which is the best ratio: 1:1 vs 1:5 vs 1:10?	36	23 Dec 2025 3:50 p.m. PST
2025 MERRY CHRISTMAS	8	23 Dec 2025 9:16 a.m. PST
25/28mm GNW Russian Strelsi?	4	18 Dec 2025 5:42 p.m. PST
SYW Con upcoming	12	17 Dec 2025 3:13 p.m. PST
New Finds at Culloden	9	14 Dec 2025 11:14 p.m. PST
How rules can handle village tiles terrain pieces	4	11 Dec 2025 10:00 a.m. PST
Need an 18th Century Spanish Priest.	9	06 Dec 2025 9:43 a.m. PST
30mm Old-School Tricorne Cavalry	7	01 Dec 2025 2:24 p.m. PST
Republic of Ragusta 1806, militia uniform ?	10	01 Dec 2025 5:04 a.m. PST
Does anybody have a Stadden 30mm catalogue? Also 20mm Rose?	8	30 Nov 2025 7:07 p.m. PST
Why I have the miniatures I have.	4	29 Nov 2025 6:54 p.m. PST
Blue Moon Jacobite Personalities	3	25 Nov 2025 11:13 p.m. PST
Time to put an end to sabot bases?	20	25 Nov 2025 8:16 a.m. PST
"The Complete Brigadier" by J. F. Grossman	14	23 Nov 2025 7:03 p.m. PST
Talk to me about 20mm x 25mm infantry bases	11	21 Nov 2025 9:19 p.m. PST
Painting horses	10	04 Nov 2025 7:17 a.m. PST
SYW limbers question	16	04 Nov 2025 12:05 a.m. PST
Malplaquet 1709	5	16 Oct 2025 4:22 p.m. PST
WI Louis XVI & Family escape to Metz (1789)	1	07 Oct 2025 4:31 p.m. PST
Great Northern War Cavalry Bust Up	5	04 Oct 2025 12:38 p.m. PST
Rod and Carol Langton shutting down	9	26 Sep 2025 5:00 p.m. PST
Chosen Men skirmish rules - Impressions?	27	23 Sep 2025 8:09 p.m. PST
The English Legend of the Little Drummer Boy is Ghostly	1	21 Sep 2025 4:06 p.m. PST
Praetorians of the Moscow Sovereigns	1	18 Sep 2025 1:54 p.m. PST
Could You Survive as a British Soldier Fighting....	8	13 Sep 2025 5:31 p.m. PST
The Guns of King Kamehameha	4	28 Aug 2025 1:31 p.m. PST
Hidden movement in campaigns and tabletop	7	28 Aug 2025 2:29 a.m. PST
Bigger Great Northern War Lilly Banners Game	3	21 Aug 2025 5:56 a.m. PST
WSS Company numbers and actual array in battle ?	7	17 Aug 2025 9:24 a.m. PST
Battle of Turin 1706. Rgt Normandie by Castle of Lucenti	2	15 Aug 2025 3:32 a.m. PST
Battle of Leuthen with (paper)flat figures	8	13 Aug 2025 4:02 p.m. PST
The Last Battle of Madonna dell’Olmo	2	10 Aug 2025 4:07 p.m. PST
1744 Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo - The ultimate map & OOB	4	10 Aug 2025 7:09 a.m. PST
Boki's 1700 range	8	10 Aug 2025 3:30 a.m. PST
Seeking Marquess of Granby Horse Race Rules	3	06 Aug 2025 9:50 a.m. PST