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The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great	5	18 Sep 2021 3:12 p.m. PST
Augsburg: 1776 Will, American soldier	5	18 Sep 2021 3:08 p.m. PST
Guns on Mount Defiance	12	18 Sep 2021 12:52 p.m. PST
Roger's Lost Officers?	3	18 Sep 2021 3:43 a.m. PST
Do you build 2 British Armies for AWI?	49	17 Sep 2021 4:14 p.m. PST
The American Revolution Was Just One Battlefront in a Huge	17	17 Sep 2021 3:31 p.m. PST
d' Agenois Regt - 1779+	6	16 Sep 2021 7:44 p.m. PST
Update from the Broms in New Orleans	15	16 Sep 2021 7:11 p.m. PST
American Volunteers Uniform?	7	16 Sep 2021 4:00 p.m. PST
My new game room and AWI set up	24	15 Sep 2021 12:57 p.m. PST
Is TURN on Netflix worth watching?	25	15 Sep 2021 12:30 p.m. PST
Identity, Patriotism, and Education	96	14 Sep 2021 10:48 a.m. PST
The 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders)	7	14 Sep 2021 7:34 a.m. PST
Red feathers & the 'Fighting 40th' at Germantown	13	12 Sep 2021 12:22 p.m. PST
Musket Miniatures 25mm AWI	5	07 Sep 2021 4:54 a.m. PST
AWI Sharp Practice AAR	10	06 Sep 2021 3:03 p.m. PST
Fighting the Paxton boys, 1764.	6	04 Sep 2021 9:48 p.m. PST
Highly recommended AWI ECW etc flags	9	04 Sep 2021 3:44 a.m. PST
"Muskets and Tomahawks" - British landing on American shore	11	03 Sep 2021 3:35 p.m. PST
Philadelphia Associators	13	03 Sep 2021 10:56 a.m. PST
Good book on the AWI in the West Indies?	4	01 Sep 2021 8:02 a.m. PST
In what scale(s) do you play AWI?	56	31 Aug 2021 8:49 p.m. PST
Artillery Through the Ages	6	31 Aug 2021 3:55 p.m. PST
Digital Book Index - A Ton of Free Stuff	11	31 Aug 2021 2:24 p.m. PST
Other regiment/battalion level rules for fighting AWI?	29	31 Aug 2021 12:40 p.m. PST
Rebels & Patriots "Double Time" House Rule Question	5	30 Aug 2021 7:12 p.m. PST
Dressing a British Grenadier	14	30 Aug 2021 12:39 p.m. PST
Stiff Gaiters	24	30 Aug 2021 12:26 p.m. PST
A Death in the "Family"	16	29 Aug 2021 1:38 p.m. PST
How Many Game AWI in 15/18mm?	26	27 Aug 2021 3:49 p.m. PST
Command and Colors with miniatures	10	27 Aug 2021 9:21 a.m. PST
1776 Unites curriculum	179	22 Aug 2021 3:50 a.m. PST
Who, if anyone, used the Grand Union flag after 1777?	11	21 Aug 2021 11:24 p.m. PST
Imrie/Risley Up and Running?	17	18 Aug 2021 7:22 a.m. PST
America's First Peaceful (Just Barely!) Transfer of Power	1	17 Aug 2021 9:33 p.m. PST
Brunswick Grenadiers (Saratoga)	10	17 Aug 2021 3:11 p.m. PST
The Paoli Massacre: A Battle Won By Bayonet	10	16 Aug 2021 7:48 a.m. PST
Minorcans, New Smyrna and the American Revolution	3	15 Aug 2021 3:44 p.m. PST
SYW 2021 Convention Video ...	8	14 Aug 2021 8:53 p.m. PST
Painting Wooden Stockades	18	14 Aug 2021 11:49 a.m. PST
Fort Ligonier	12	14 Aug 2021 10:23 a.m. PST
Was the American Revolution Inevitable?	22	14 Aug 2021 5:45 a.m. PST
SYW Assoc. Convention Review	16	12 Aug 2021 11:29 p.m. PST
Lancashire Games	6	10 Aug 2021 5:54 p.m. PST
Separate Leaders in Rebels & Patriots	7	09 Aug 2021 5:45 p.m. PST
Please recommend some Contrast paints for AWI	19	09 Aug 2021 2:46 a.m. PST
Indian indenture system — The forced migration of people	1	08 Aug 2021 9:21 p.m. PST
The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped	6	08 Aug 2021 5:08 p.m. PST
The War for American Independence, 1775-1783	5	05 Aug 2021 11:57 p.m. PST
How do you get your siege guns to the final parallel?	41	04 Aug 2021 11:50 p.m. PST
Ammo boxes on artillery carriages. Color?	17	02 Aug 2021 12:31 p.m. PST
New (to me) Ospreys	11	31 Jul 2021 5:46 p.m. PST
Sharp Practice: Confrontation at Georgetown Crossroads...	4	29 Jul 2021 8:58 p.m. PST
Who makes 28mm AWI French Artillerists?	5	29 Jul 2021 4:07 a.m. PST
French artillery at Yorktown. Colors?	6	27 Jul 2021 1:11 p.m. PST
Alexander Hamilton’s Pistols Sold at Rock Island Auction	1	26 Jul 2021 4:07 p.m. PST
Freeman's Farm Table Top Terrain	35	26 Jul 2021 4:27 a.m. PST
New Light Bobs video "Encounter at Maddee's Farm	3	25 Jul 2021 9:21 p.m. PST
Man pleads guilty to 1971 theft of Revolutionary War	4	25 Jul 2021 5:08 p.m. PST
AWI variant for Fire & Fury rules	16	24 Jul 2021 6:37 p.m. PST
Saratoga Soldiers/Soldados de Alamo Added	2	24 Jul 2021 6:21 p.m. PST
How a Rogue Navy of Private Ships Helped Win the American	4	24 Jul 2021 2:55 p.m. PST
A Reinforced Loyalist Cavalry Unit	8	20 Jul 2021 7:04 p.m. PST
Poor's Brigade At Freeman's Farm 1777 Pix	14	19 Jul 2021 5:56 a.m. PST
Books or website on Continental Uniforms	13	19 Jul 2021 3:51 a.m. PST
Hessian tactics	15	16 Jul 2021 8:25 a.m. PST
Raise a Glass to Colonel William Woodford at the Battle of	6	15 Jul 2021 7:40 p.m. PST
Uniform of South Carolina Light Horse	14	15 Jul 2021 4:24 p.m. PST
Hessian losses and British conduct in battle	23	15 Jul 2021 9:52 a.m. PST
Bucks militia 1793	5	14 Jul 2021 11:53 p.m. PST
1776 and abolition of slavery	111	13 Jul 2021 3:42 p.m. PST
Fight at Crown Point or neither yourself nor the good	8	10 Jul 2021 12:54 p.m. PST
On the Understanding and the Teaching of History...	51	09 Jul 2021 4:38 a.m. PST
Battle Tactics of the American Revolution	33	09 Jul 2021 2:46 a.m. PST
Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the ...	7	08 Jul 2021 4:01 p.m. PST
1764 The First Year of the American Revolution	4	07 Jul 2021 3:43 p.m. PST
French Officer in America	8	06 Jul 2021 6:37 a.m. PST
"April Morning" 1988 Lexington/Concord - American...	10	05 Jul 2021 3:39 p.m. PST
What do our British friends think of Benedict Arnold?	31	05 Jul 2021 12:24 p.m. PST
Independence Day	10	05 Jul 2021 4:11 a.m. PST
How do you paint bearskin Grenadier hats(caps)?	46	04 Jul 2021 11:41 p.m. PST
“Terrible Old Men”	14	04 Jul 2021 5:57 a.m. PST
The 100 Best American Revolution Books of All Time	11	03 Jul 2021 3:34 p.m. PST
Nathaniel Greene's Subordinate Commanders	8	02 Jul 2021 2:10 a.m. PST
Who held up Washington's standards?	113	28 Jun 2021 3:34 p.m. PST
Militia Officers Uniforms	36	27 Jun 2021 11:17 p.m. PST
“Serial numbers” on artillery tubes?	6	27 Jun 2021 10:46 p.m. PST
Contemporary Views of the Opening Battles of the...	4	27 Jun 2021 2:59 p.m. PST
Continental Artillery Uniform Question	25	27 Jun 2021 2:25 p.m. PST
Battle of Yorktown travel & history guide	1	27 Jun 2021 9:49 a.m. PST
Info on 16th Regiment of Foot Lights	9	26 Jun 2021 1:43 a.m. PST
Battle of Cowpens Photos Posted	11	25 Jun 2021 3:52 p.m. PST
The Ex-Slaves Who Fought with the British	11	24 Jun 2021 3:44 p.m. PST
Who Were the "British Grenadiers"?	3	24 Jun 2021 3:40 p.m. PST
Yorktown National Battlefield	26	23 Jun 2021 6:49 a.m. PST
British Light Infantry in the American Revolution (Elite)	14	22 Jun 2021 4:59 p.m. PST
How common were pistols with the light infantry?	44	22 Jun 2021 7:36 a.m. PST
Perry 17th Dragoons	8	19 Jun 2021 7:21 p.m. PST
Video of GW's HQ Flag, Museum of the American Revolution	9	18 Jun 2021 4:27 p.m. PST
Are there any Accounts of mounted AWI militia in combat?	33	18 Jun 2021 8:41 a.m. PST