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Beja completed!	2	14 Sep 2025 12:35 p.m. PST
Operation Jupiter 21 - Counterattack at Maltot;	2	13 Sep 2025 4:15 p.m. PST
Uniform sources for Royal Navy uniforms - 1850 - 1870??	6	11 Sep 2025 9:21 p.m. PST
Zulu War Column	6	06 Sep 2025 10:21 p.m. PST
British Army organization	8	30 Aug 2025 11:17 a.m. PST
What is a good source for Indian mutiny flags in 28mm?	9	27 Aug 2025 7:37 a.m. PST
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Colonial Figures 15mm	10	24 Aug 2025 11:26 p.m. PST
Aliwal Sikhs Wars Game at Partizan	7	24 Aug 2025 7:55 a.m. PST
Game Photos of Boer War Game - Elandslaagte	14	17 Aug 2025 11:35 p.m. PST
Need French Warship Stats for Dahomey Wars Project at TVAG	31	08 Aug 2025 9:58 a.m. PST
Battle of Suraj Khund 2nd Anglo Sikh War Playtest	4	08 Aug 2025 7:55 a.m. PST
The Lonely Outpost British Colonial Afghanistan	4	07 Aug 2025 4:39 p.m. PST
28mm Sudan game	4	26 Jul 2025 4:08 p.m. PST
Darkest Africa Bearers	3	26 Jul 2025 4:07 p.m. PST
Nama Wars Lecture and Games at Historicon 2025	7	24 Jul 2025 5:00 p.m. PST
Prince Imperial and dog in Zululand	4	24 Jul 2025 10:41 a.m. PST
A Zulu Fort...for Mars?	8	20 Jul 2025 4:37 p.m. PST
Pulpy Arabs or Egyptians?	7	27 Jun 2025 8:13 p.m. PST
"Germans to the Front" Boxeraufstand in China um 1900	3	25 Jun 2025 4:18 p.m. PST
KAM DAKKA 1879 Part 2: Battle Begins...	3	24 Jun 2025 7:01 a.m. PST
KAM DAKKA 1879 Part 1: Prelude to a Desperate Struggle	5	22 Jun 2025 9:19 a.m. PST
Battle of Khaybar	5	18 Jun 2025 1:58 p.m. PST
Looking for Rules for ACW / colonial era steam riverboats?	10	14 Jun 2025 10:53 a.m. PST
Dynamite Bombs	8	09 Jun 2025 10:43 a.m. PST
"Indian!All Indian!"*	8	08 Jun 2025 9:54 p.m. PST
Sikh Wars Reminder Game	2	03 Jun 2025 11:07 a.m. PST
Shotguns	5	01 Jun 2025 8:54 a.m. PST
Indian mutiny 1857 sepoy flags question	9	28 May 2025 5:43 p.m. PST
Sharp Practice: Silencing Singh the Sniper	3	28 May 2025 5:21 p.m. PST
MARS : Code Aurora ... Ghar (suite)	5	26 May 2025 4:07 p.m. PST
What was Anthony Durnford’s real role in the Zulu Wars?	7	25 May 2025 11:03 a.m. PST
Ian Knight Indian Mutiny Scenario	5	16 May 2025 11:50 p.m. PST
Sikh Wars Refresh	6	14 May 2025 8:11 a.m. PST
Finished Chinese Pirates	6	30 Apr 2025 5:58 p.m. PST
Gunga Din	6	26 Apr 2025 10:54 a.m. PST
Omdurman 1898.	3	23 Apr 2025 3:59 p.m. PST
Why The Sword and the Flame	34	19 Apr 2025 6:39 p.m. PST
Time to put an end to sabot bases?	15	07 Apr 2025 3:18 p.m. PST
TSATF 3rd ed. 1994 Rules Question	9	04 Apr 2025 4:22 p.m. PST
War in the Sudan	3	03 Apr 2025 1:00 p.m. PST
Shaka Zulu´s Famous Impondo Zenkomo/ The Bull...	3	01 Apr 2025 4:12 p.m. PST
Pictart Studio...still around?	8	25 Mar 2025 12:27 p.m. PST
Battle of Ferozeshah 1845 Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet	3	17 Mar 2025 6:50 p.m. PST
Gaming - The Soudan	4	15 Mar 2025 4:00 p.m. PST
Iconic Colonial Battles?	19	15 Mar 2025 10:01 a.m. PST
Ruleset That Most Deserves a New Edition: TSATF	8	13 Mar 2025 6:21 p.m. PST
15mm Feudal Castings Sikh War range	4	09 Mar 2025 7:25 p.m. PST
Second Boer War Game Posted "Rear Guard on the Veldt"	14	05 Mar 2025 1:42 p.m. PST
Down the Umpopo river...	5	03 Mar 2025 3:50 p.m. PST
Top 5 Reasons to Play The Sword and the Flame	6	01 Mar 2025 11:37 p.m. PST
25mm Tonkin 1874 Game	32	19 Feb 2025 11:28 p.m. PST
Seek playtesters for set of RPG / skirmish rules for 1855-65	8	19 Feb 2025 5:25 p.m. PST
Battle of Kalu Khan, AKA: The Black Sheep Incident	5	19 Feb 2025 3:59 p.m. PST
Battle on the broken Phalangites	5	19 Feb 2025 3:53 p.m. PST
Colonial Paddle Steamer.	4	12 Feb 2025 3:50 p.m. PST
Battle of Rietfontein, Photos posted	6	11 Feb 2025 5:37 p.m. PST
1 Bn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 1885. Complete.	10	11 Feb 2025 4:37 p.m. PST
The British Enfield .476 Revolvers	1	02 Feb 2025 4:02 p.m. PST
Wargames Foundry Sudan Range	8	02 Feb 2025 9:30 a.m. PST
Blood & Steel	10	01 Feb 2025 8:39 p.m. PST
Rorke's Drift game in 54mm	10	30 Jan 2025 9:43 a.m. PST
Battle report of Rorke’s Drift battle	5	28 Jan 2025 11:48 p.m. PST
1898 Churchill in 28mm	11	27 Jan 2025 6:58 p.m. PST
Sudan project officially started - first figures painted	7	18 Jan 2025 8:21 p.m. PST
Battle of Talana Hill, Boer War Photos Posted	4	06 Jan 2025 9:34 p.m. PST
Merry Christmas from Gen. Pettygree and Bill P.	9	23 Dec 2024 4:18 p.m. PST
Hex Shambattle - a Rule Set	3	21 Dec 2024 4:01 p.m. PST
Victorian Urban Legends: Nose Duel	5	19 Dec 2024 3:57 p.m. PST
Sihayo’s Kraal	1	17 Dec 2024 5:11 p.m. PST
Beja force finished (in six weeks!)	6	16 Dec 2024 2:39 p.m. PST
The Last Train to Mafeking Scenario Photos.	7	12 Dec 2024 11:20 p.m. PST
Playtest for WIP Anglo Sikh Wars rules	3	08 Dec 2024 11:07 a.m. PST
More Beja and a first game plan	4	03 Dec 2024 7:27 a.m. PST
Favorite Show Based on a True Story? Zulu!	6	30 Nov 2024 10:45 p.m. PST
More Beja for the Sudan	3	18 Nov 2024 1:23 p.m. PST
Favorite Figures I Painted in 2023, Part 2	4	17 Nov 2024 7:49 p.m. PST
Sergeants Three - Gunga Din Scenario	4	28 Oct 2024 4:00 p.m. PST
Club night - Zulu Wars - Sharp Practice	1	20 Oct 2024 4:52 p.m. PST
The Mentality of the Zulus	15	18 Oct 2024 5:06 p.m. PST
Mad Guru interview on 20 Sided Gamified Podcast	3	12 Oct 2024 10:01 a.m. PST
Sikh Wars Rules Playtest 3	3	07 Oct 2024 7:44 a.m. PST
54mm Blackest Treachery: Gen. Pettygree Story	7	05 Oct 2024 4:50 a.m. PST
54mm Rescue from General Pettygree	12	30 Sep 2024 12:28 p.m. PST
Zulu inspired you!	7	27 Sep 2024 11:12 p.m. PST
A Bit of a Change of Scene, All of a Sudan	3	27 Sep 2024 3:57 p.m. PST
Sunday "Big Bash" - A Six Player Crimean War Game	1	26 Sep 2024 5:21 p.m. PST
Midway: Best Battle With an Unpredicted Outcome	7	25 Sep 2024 6:25 p.m. PST
Boxer Rebellion/Black Flag gun crews	10	25 Sep 2024 8:37 a.m. PST
The 13th (Somersetshire) Light Infantry, Prince ...	3	24 Sep 2024 3:55 p.m. PST
Shipments from "Sergeants Three"	5	24 Sep 2024 3:36 p.m. PST
The Horns of the Buffalo Wargame	2	21 Sep 2024 11:31 p.m. PST
20mm colonial figures?	7	21 Sep 2024 5:39 a.m. PST
Boer artillery	7	20 Sep 2024 7:29 a.m. PST
Adding Spikes to Sun Helmets in 28mm	14	12 Sep 2024 6:20 a.m. PST
54mm Did The "Wimmin" Escape? Gen. Pettygree	9	08 Sep 2024 6:28 a.m. PST
Your Sudan games? 32% historical!	3	05 Sep 2024 2:18 p.m. PST
Black Powder Blood on the Nile AAR	1	04 Sep 2024 6:16 a.m. PST
(7) Colonial Games at HMGS-South's HurriCon-24	6	03 Sep 2024 5:39 p.m. PST
Narratives of the Anglo-Zulu War 1879...	1	02 Sep 2024 12:35 p.m. PST