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Largish El Cid Game	7	17 May 2025 11:31 a.m. PST
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Need Age of Arthur casualties	8	24 Apr 2025 2:45 p.m. PST
More Mucking About With Midgard	3	21 Apr 2025 11:52 a.m. PST
More for El Cid Project	5	18 Apr 2025 2:13 a.m. PST
28mm Victrix armoured Rus	7	17 Apr 2025 6:29 p.m. PST
Book on Arthur as a youth?	4	14 Apr 2025 10:01 a.m. PST
My feelings on Midgard	16	07 Apr 2025 10:42 a.m. PST
Figures For El Cid	7	02 Apr 2025 9:47 a.m. PST
Arthur of the Britons or rather of the Bretons...	8	01 Apr 2025 8:17 p.m. PST
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AAR Hail Caesar Barbarian Raid	6	30 Mar 2025 3:56 a.m. PST
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28mm Victrix Rus	5	22 Mar 2025 7:54 a.m. PST
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First El Cid Game for a Long Time	3	20 Mar 2025 2:49 p.m. PST
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28mm Wargames Atlantic Age of Chivalry Serjeants	10	25 Feb 2025 4:27 p.m. PST
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A few more Victrix Dark Age 28mm	4	20 Feb 2025 11:34 a.m. PST
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15mm Rus’ from Forged in Battle	4	24 Jan 2025 2:22 a.m. PST
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Saxons raiding Britons - Dux Britanniarum	3	01 Dec 2024 9:01 p.m. PST
15mm Splintered Light vs Forged In Battle	4	09 Nov 2024 11:23 p.m. PST
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ISO Bald-headed warrior in 15mm	4	07 Nov 2023 5:19 p.m. PST