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AI & Papersoldiers	6	25 Apr 2026 4:43 p.m. PST
Book	13	23 Apr 2026 10:47 p.m. PST
18th Century figures; packs or not?	11	17 Apr 2026 4:27 a.m. PST
Ordered my first lot of SYW from Mersey Wargames	4	06 Apr 2026 6:44 a.m. PST
Seven Years War Convention News	16	04 Apr 2026 7:43 p.m. PST
Seven Years War.	6	04 Apr 2026 9:02 a.m. PST
Minden, Take 2 - the Account	1	02 Apr 2026 1:47 p.m. PST
Map for Seven Years War	9	02 Apr 2026 6:28 a.m. PST
Theodore Ayrault Dodge	3	01 Apr 2026 3:53 p.m. PST
The Mestre de Camp Général Dragoons (Santa’s Own))	7	28 Mar 2026 5:31 p.m. PST
Koenig Krieg - Siege Work Studios	7	27 Mar 2026 9:36 a.m. PST
Seven Years War - Prussians and Russians	6	23 Mar 2026 5:21 p.m. PST
Wore Prussian Cuirassiers and dragoons laces on the hats?	13	09 Mar 2026 6:21 a.m. PST
The Irish Regiment "Lally" in French duty	7	14 Feb 2026 2:16 p.m. PST
Best uniforms: WSS vs WAS vs SYW? vote	46	31 Jan 2026 7:07 a.m. PST
The Battle of Corbach, 10th July 1760 (The Refight)	5	13 Jan 2026 4:37 p.m. PST
Any updated Volley and Bayonet SYW scenario info	4	29 Dec 2025 8:42 p.m. PST
A few more SYW photos	6	28 Dec 2025 12:31 p.m. PST
Saxon's Generals.	3	25 Dec 2025 5:05 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
Uniforms of Prussian Crews for Battalion Guns ?	4	07 Dec 2025 5:01 p.m. PST
Anybody else playing the Master of Command Demo?	3	22 Nov 2025 7:43 a.m. PST
The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759	5	21 Nov 2025 4:38 p.m. PST
Raid on Deerfield in Queen Anne’s War	5	21 Nov 2025 4:37 p.m. PST
Roman iron knife with bronze inlay found in Germany	3	07 Nov 2025 4:50 p.m. PST
SYW limbers question	16	04 Nov 2025 12:05 a.m. PST
Battle of Leuthen with Flat figures	11	25 Oct 2025 4:25 p.m. PST
Kralkov - April 1757	1	17 Oct 2025 4:42 p.m. PST
15mm Sharp Practice Advance from Guanabacoa Havana 1762	6	13 Oct 2025 12:16 p.m. PST
Sword and the Flame SYW Europe frontier	14	05 Oct 2025 8:50 p.m. PST
A Brief Encounter in the SYW	2	14 Aug 2025 4:35 p.m. PST
Battle of Leuthen with (paper)flat figures	8	13 Aug 2025 4:02 p.m. PST
Seven Years War (project) - the rules	1	10 Aug 2025 4:31 p.m. PST
How should I depict 1809 Insurrectio Hussars?	4	02 Aug 2025 4:54 p.m. PST
SYW project - The Austrians	8	20 Jul 2025 8:40 p.m. PST
Greatest Miniatures NEVER made????	3	18 Jul 2025 4:43 p.m. PST
The Amphibious Imperative of the French and Indian War	1	15 Jul 2025 1:23 p.m. PST
The Battle of Fort Carillon (1758)	3	10 Jul 2025 4:20 p.m. PST
All the Seas of the World: The First Global Naval War	3	06 Jul 2025 4:08 p.m. PST
Best Historical Period That's Not Popular? SYW!	15	27 Jun 2025 4:47 p.m. PST
Seven Years War project - Hannover & Hesse-Kassel	7	06 Jun 2025 11:26 p.m. PST
Soor 1745.	3	05 Jun 2025 4:00 p.m. PST
SYW Games	6	04 Jun 2025 6:53 p.m. PST
Squares in the SYW	11	04 May 2025 6:57 a.m. PST
21st Pz Div DAK	16	02 May 2025 11:36 p.m. PST
SYW project – Prussia	4	01 May 2025 12:34 p.m. PST
Battle of Lobositz & New Moulds	3	29 Apr 2025 4:00 p.m. PST
SYW-project - the Allied Army in Germany	6	24 Apr 2025 3:00 p.m. PST
Future of Warlord Games Epic Miniatures Line - SYW!	10	20 Apr 2025 2:33 p.m. PST
SYW French drummer question	6	20 Apr 2025 2:06 p.m. PST
SYW project - the French	7	20 Apr 2025 1:06 p.m. PST
Whilst the Cat is away !	4	12 Apr 2025 8:47 p.m. PST
SYW Terrain Pix	8	12 Apr 2025 1:18 p.m. PST
Horse and musket period, why is it your favourite?	27	27 Mar 2025 2:59 p.m. PST
So many women as soldiers in the British Army	12	08 Mar 2025 5:23 p.m. PST
Testing the variant – combine arms	12	05 Mar 2025 3:47 a.m. PST
Seven Years War project – Sweden	6	28 Feb 2025 5:57 a.m. PST
Event Cards for Mike Kirby's Guide to The SYW in India	3	14 Feb 2025 3:51 p.m. PST
Recommendations for Seven Years' War rules	11	12 Feb 2025 4:53 a.m. PST
Battle Command - SYW game with Le Duc	1	11 Feb 2025 4:50 p.m. PST
Seven Years War project - the French	11	05 Feb 2025 3:59 p.m. PST
Testing the variant – a cavalry encounter.	3	04 Feb 2025 9:07 a.m. PST
Revising the rules- shooting and close combat	3	30 Jan 2025 2:44 a.m. PST
Seven Years War project, the Prussians	3	25 Jan 2025 4:38 a.m. PST
SYW Austrian Flags	7	16 Jan 2025 11:15 p.m. PST
Revising the rules - organising an army.	4	16 Jan 2025 11:37 a.m. PST
Seven Years War project, the Austrians	5	15 Jan 2025 6:06 a.m. PST
Seven Years War (project) – the rules	7	12 Jan 2025 11:42 a.m. PST
A New Year, a new project	5	07 Jan 2025 3:27 p.m. PST
SYW - Gaming "Battle of Leuthen" - A total demolition of	5	07 Dec 2024 3:41 p.m. PST
Balancing Strategy: Sea Power, Neutrality, and Prize	1	21 Nov 2024 4:43 p.m. PST
The Combat of Strehla, 20th August 1760: The Refight	3	14 Nov 2024 3:46 p.m. PST
The Bikelburger Raid	3	23 Oct 2024 3:41 p.m. PST
Grenadiers.	2	08 Oct 2024 12:32 p.m. PST
Prague 1757	3	07 Oct 2024 3:45 p.m. PST
The Battle of Emmerthal, 1759	4	06 Oct 2024 4:04 p.m. PST
SYW - Playing a test game with the rules of ...	4	23 Sep 2024 3:17 a.m. PST
All Cavalry Battle: Russians vs Prussians	13	21 Sep 2024 5:39 a.m. PST
Corporal's badge of rank	5	10 Sep 2024 2:38 a.m. PST
SYW German Terrain Pieces	8	05 Sep 2024 10:48 p.m. PST
Review: Austrian Infantry 1701-1714	6	03 Sep 2024 1:01 p.m. PST
All-Cavalry SYW War Game Report	10	14 Aug 2024 2:04 a.m. PST
Prussian Von Kleists Croat Frei Korps (SYW)	3	02 Aug 2024 12:45 p.m. PST
Differences in uniform/tactics/strategy between SYW and WAS	11	01 Aug 2024 4:02 a.m. PST
Help, please! Finding old SYWA skirmish rules	6	24 Jul 2024 5:07 a.m. PST
SYW army organization	17	17 Jul 2024 7:58 a.m. PST
About Bourgogne Cavalerie	3	15 Jul 2024 5:03 p.m. PST
Zinnfiguren Armies gathers pace	1	28 Jun 2024 5:35 p.m. PST
Frontier Soldiers of New France	14	26 Jun 2024 2:19 p.m. PST
Battle of Kolin - Commands and Colors	1	25 Jun 2024 5:33 p.m. PST
Prussia Rising, campaign - the Battle of Neutz	1	25 Jun 2024 5:27 p.m. PST
SYW - Another game using the rules of "Field of battle 3"	3	25 Jun 2024 3:30 p.m. PST
French Two Battalion Assault columns	1	13 Jun 2024 8:27 a.m. PST
What is your favorite ruleset for WAS/SYW in Europe?	48	09 Jun 2024 6:52 a.m. PST
Roth Würzburg Infantry Regiment	10	07 Jun 2024 8:15 a.m. PST
Rossbach Revisited, or: Futile Fury on the French Flank!	1	29 May 2024 5:17 p.m. PST
Rule specifically for the SYW or the WAS?	19	26 May 2024 6:51 a.m. PST
40mm SYW who makes them	9	17 May 2024 6:41 a.m. PST
Whattya looking to buy at the 7YW convention?	4	01 Apr 2024 10:23 a.m. PST
Seven Years War - Koenig Krieg	6	31 Mar 2024 4:13 p.m. PST