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HMGS War College at Fall In	18	16 Oct 2026 11:08 a.m. PST
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Dislike of cloaks	14	10 Oct 2026 6:44 a.m. PST
Behold the armed might of Mycenae	7	09 Oct 2026 10:30 a.m. PST
1776 Battle of Brooklyn, Sat Oct 10 MINI-WARS Fullerton, CA	4	09 Oct 2026 10:23 a.m. PST
Gen. Pettygree's Battle Story Ragnar Khan's Surprise	4	07 Oct 2026 2:35 p.m. PST
Amending Midgard, the Problem of Peltasts	4	07 Oct 2026 12:24 p.m. PST
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Trojan Wars Project, getting down to bases	1	05 Oct 2026 12:11 p.m. PST
Do epic games hold their own scale?	10	16 Sep 2026 4:41 a.m. PST
Grinding away at the Trojan Wars project, more spearmen	8	11 Sep 2026 6:30 a.m. PST
How Many Figures Make a Good Wargame Unit?	25	09 Sep 2026 7:56 p.m. PST
Gaming Outdoors with Model Tanks	7	17 Aug 2026 4:52 a.m. PST
News about The Sword and the Flame	29	15 Aug 2026 2:36 a.m. PST
How long does it take you to assemble plastic figures?	30	13 Aug 2026 10:43 a.m. PST
Who has made an army because it mirrors your nationality?	29	13 Aug 2026 5:29 a.m. PST
More 28mm Bronze-Age Greek Chariots	4	06 Aug 2026 12:25 p.m. PST
A horde of Bronze-Age Greeks	8	29 Jul 2026 12:33 p.m. PST
Best Obscure Army?	31	22 Jul 2026 8:56 a.m. PST
Nightmare opponents	20	09 Jul 2026 3:08 a.m. PST
Making my Bambu Mini pay for itself	5	06 Jul 2026 9:38 a.m. PST
What are your favorite Old School miniatures...	54	02 Jul 2026 9:18 p.m. PST
Gen Pettygree Blog and the 150th Little Big Horn	6	25 Jun 2026 4:15 a.m. PST
Do We Know Too Much?	23	21 Jun 2026 11:03 p.m. PST
Multi-Player Games: Commanders or Spectators?	23	20 Jun 2026 9:47 p.m. PST
Thoughts on Morschauser’s Frontier Rules	3	16 Jun 2026 4:55 p.m. PST
AI & Historical Scenario Design	33	13 Jun 2026 3:49 a.m. PST
Where are all the blogs going?	32	02 Jun 2026 12:55 a.m. PST
Attached Guns?	17	29 May 2026 8:39 p.m. PST
Fog, Friction & Confusion	15	28 May 2026 4:27 p.m. PST
20mm or 25mm Later Ottoman and Saracen Miniatures	8	23 May 2026 5:25 a.m. PST
Wargames Without Weather?	31	13 May 2026 12:33 a.m. PST
We can do historical battles!	6	11 May 2026 1:23 a.m. PST
Why the Gap Between Fantasy and Historical?	40	11 May 2026 12:58 a.m. PST
What figures will you never own?	47	30 Apr 2026 2:34 p.m. PST
When Generals break	19	26 Apr 2026 1:34 a.m. PST
Mad or ‘Mad like a Fox’?	14	26 Apr 2026 1:20 a.m. PST
2' x 2' skirmish games help	17	04 Apr 2026 6:33 a.m. PST
Where Are The Camp Followers?	30	01 Apr 2026 12:13 a.m. PST
Buenos Aires - Hobby shops?	1	29 Mar 2026 9:47 a.m. PST
Starting Over: Scale?	39	24 Mar 2026 10:20 p.m. PST
Which Period Is Hardest to Wargame Well?	39	21 Mar 2026 7:54 a.m. PST
Colonial Warfare - the ideal wargame	26	19 Mar 2026 12:23 p.m. PST
Success of Warlord Epic scale ranges?	26	16 Mar 2026 2:57 p.m. PST
Asymmetrical Warfare – Hard to Wargame?	17	15 Mar 2026 11:05 a.m. PST
Do you use "hidden" scenarios?	18	15 Mar 2026 2:14 a.m. PST
Tweaking the totals	26	10 Mar 2026 1:37 a.m. PST
Tiny Wargaming/Big Wargames/Warmats UK	12	04 Mar 2026 1:18 p.m. PST
Proxies: Yes or No?	45	27 Feb 2026 3:16 a.m. PST
How many units is enough for one player?	31	26 Feb 2026 9:25 a.m. PST
The factors that impact Combat Efficiency	24	24 Feb 2026 4:43 a.m. PST
Is “historical accuracy” overrated on the tabletop?	45	23 Feb 2026 3:05 a.m. PST
How many armies?	48	12 Feb 2026 12:43 p.m. PST
5 Little Hobby Projects	15	11 Feb 2026 1:04 a.m. PST
Discussion killers	15	10 Feb 2026 3:49 p.m. PST
Friction in Wargaming	54	07 Feb 2026 3:17 p.m. PST
Single-Combat in Warfare.	14	03 Feb 2026 5:02 p.m. PST
Artillery - The God of War	25	31 Jan 2026 6:49 a.m. PST
Well, more productive than I thought...	6	06 Jan 2026 4:40 p.m. PST
War on the Rocks needs podcasters	5	02 Jan 2026 7:43 a.m. PST
KAM DAKKA 1879 Parts 3: Battle Rages & 4: Big Finale	4	02 Jan 2026 2:36 a.m. PST
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LWTV & David Glantz present Op Winter Storm	5	27 Dec 2025 10:06 a.m. PST
Scratchbuilding Protected Cruiser USS Atlanta in 28mm	14	16 Dec 2025 8:27 p.m. PST
KAM DAKKA 1879 Part 2: Battle Begins...	4	14 Dec 2025 11:31 p.m. PST
Try 40K for lots of reasons!	9	13 Dec 2025 5:47 a.m. PST
Time to put an end to sabot bases?	20	25 Nov 2025 7:16 a.m. PST
Some 28mm prints from Dungeon Artifacts	3	21 Nov 2025 9:49 p.m. PST
Sitting on the deck at the back	4	12 Nov 2025 7:55 p.m. PST
Can we really do historical battles?	41	16 Oct 2025 12:15 a.m. PST
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WW2 Russian sailors	4	09 Oct 2025 12:34 p.m. PST
Best way to quote a quote	9	06 Oct 2025 12:11 p.m. PST
Mass Build Seven 1/72 Polikarpov I-15s	12	14 Sep 2025 8:59 p.m. PST
Playing With Toy Soldiers	8	07 Sep 2025 9:23 p.m. PST
The Wheels Came Off The Wagon! Repairing Chariots	8	03 Sep 2025 4:17 p.m. PST
Better markers for MIdgard	5	02 Sep 2025 9:04 p.m. PST
MINI WARS Convention Oct. 11 & 12 in Fullerton, California	10	01 Sep 2025 11:05 p.m. PST
Artaxerxes Triumphant, a Midgard battle	1	17 Aug 2025 10:04 p.m. PST
All About 'Dat Base	4	17 Aug 2025 6:49 p.m. PST
Cool old minis Xerxesbates the distractions!	6	14 Aug 2025 3:55 a.m. PST
28mm Warlord Imperial Roman Infabtry	2	10 Aug 2025 2:43 p.m. PST
Fireforge 28mm Russian Infantry painted	7	09 Aug 2025 12:10 p.m. PST
28mm Conquest Medieval Knights built and painted	6	05 Aug 2025 10:26 p.m. PST
Making new game markers that blend with the table	33	23 Jul 2025 2:34 a.m. PST
World Cup of Wargaming Pet Hates - Quarter Finals	8	18 Jul 2025 8:52 p.m. PST
A quick visit to sunny Spain circa 1936!	7	15 Jul 2025 11:23 a.m. PST
Dealing with panzergrenadiers in Chain of Command	2	08 Jul 2025 8:06 a.m. PST
World Cup of Wargaming Pet Hates - Round 2	14	05 Jul 2025 11:26 a.m. PST
Wargames Atlantic Middle Ages Mounted Sergeants	9	27 Jun 2025 4:46 p.m. PST
Best Historical Period That's Not Popular? SYW!	15	27 Jun 2025 3:47 p.m. PST
Academic Distain for Wargaming	8	27 Jun 2025 1:33 p.m. PST
Getting into the Hobby on the Cheap	32	20 Jun 2025 4:00 a.m. PST
Wargames Atlantic Middle Ages Foot Painted	8	19 Jun 2025 10:45 a.m. PST
HMGS-PSW SAND WARS June 7 + 8 in Chandler, Arizona	13	07 Jun 2025 6:06 a.m. PST
Best Military Stamps (Art) - what are your favorites	10	06 Jun 2025 12:47 a.m. PST
Your oldest battle? Dinosaurs!	6	04 Jun 2025 1:42 p.m. PST