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Jay's Wargaming Madness: February 2015

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Blog Improvement Poll Results. Thank you to each and every one of your who voted on the poll for "blog improvement" - I will do my best to bring you more of what you want to see. There was a total of 78 votes cast - huzzah! The question put forward was: "What would you like to see more of from my blog? Based on the total number of votes cast, here is how the answers break down:. Keep doing what you're doing. (24 votes 30.77%). Keep doing what you're doing. (75%). I'd be happy ...

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: April 2015

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Sunday, April 19, 2015. French Foreign Legion - An Adventure In The Desert! Somewhere in the vast Egyptian desert, professor Von Dorf and his daughter, Cora Von Dorf, along with their valuable archaeological finds, have been taken prisoner by a local band of Arabs who a displeased with the infidels intrusion into their territory. A detachment of French Foreign Legion who are operating in the area have been sent to provide security for their return journey, arriving just in time to intervene . The FFL mus...

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: May 2015

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Saturday, May 30, 2015. Muskets and Tomahawks Battle Report. Got to play a special game today in the man cave with *the* Andrew (Andy) Thompson - a longtime friend who is visiting sunny California from far away Scotland with his lovely wife Christine. Adam Clark and Roy Scaife joined us for a great game of Muskets and Tomahawks. I used a 6' by 6' setup for this game that you can see below. Movement for regulars and others troop types that move 4" increased to 6" per action. Weapon ranges increased slight...

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: August 2015

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Monday, August 24, 2015. Hell's Highway Update - New German Vehicles. I got my vehicles back from the weathering master Seth Amsden and they look great. This completes the German vehicles that I need for my Hell's Highway game I'll be running at the Pacificon Game Expo on September 5th. I'm really happy to see my custom build Bergepanther all done. Pictures below as usual. Sunday, August 16, 2015. Galleys, Guns and Glory AAR - Somewhere In The Mediterranean. Order Of Battle - Christian Fleet. The Christi...

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: August 2014

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Sunday, August 31, 2014. Well, another CelestiCon has come and gone for me and I must say each year it keeps getting better and better. A special thanks to Roy Scaife, John Lantz, Dan Kerrick, Les Marshall and Wade Shows for making my con going experiences always a fun time no matter where we go. This is a long one - - covering lots of bases here . 12:45 - getting ready to start the game at 1pm . Several more players arrived and filled out our ranks. Dan supported the Kickstarter for " Heroes Wanted.

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: January 2015

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Saturday, January 24, 2015. Battle of the Denmark Strait. This past Friday night I was able to get a couple of games of Victory at Sea in with Roy Scaife. We played the Battle of the Denmark Strait historical scenario from the main rulebook. In our first game I played the Germans and Roy played the British - then we switched it around for the second game. In both games the British won. British Victory: Bismarck sunk - both British ships are not crippled. If you are unfamiliar with the Battle of the Denma...

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: May 2014

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Friday, May 30, 2014. German Fallshirmjager (Bolt Action). Here is the latest additions to my Bolt Action forces for my Germans. I've added veterans in the form of Fallschirmjager (special thanks to Toby at Artmaster). I'm really very happy with how these guys all turned out with the camo - - I used them in the game I ran at KublaCon and they looked great on the game table. All of the miniatures are from Warlord Games (28mm). Command - Officer, Medic and extra rifleman/spotter. A closer look . Of course ...

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: June 2015

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Monday, June 29, 2015. General Update - 6.29.2015. On a bit of a roll catching up on blog posts in the last few days. I've been busy at work building 4Ground buildings and British vehicles for the Hell's Highway scenario. I'm focusing my time on the Hell's Highway scenario, but I have several other projects continuing along thanks to the efforts of the commission painters I use . these projects are:. 4 new 30 figure units of Confederates are complete and heading my way shortly. Painted By: Thomas Foss.

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: December 2014

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Monday, December 29, 2014. Muskets and Tomahawks AAR - 12/28/14. Yesterday Roy S., Wade S and Dan K. met me at our local game store (Game Kastle in Fremont) to play a game of Muskets and Tomahawks. With all the family stuff going on we made these plans at the last minute having a window of opportunity open up for a game - - so off to play Muskets and Tomahawks we went. British Order of Battle. 42nd Regiment - The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch). 12 x Light infantry. French Order of Battle. The 42nd (...

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Jay's Wargaming Madness: March 2014

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Monday, March 10, 2014. Top Notch Buildings - Crescent Root Studio Terrain. Not to diminish my absolute love of 4Ground and the copious amounts of terrain they are releasing at such a rate I'll need a second job . but . I stumbled across a company that is based in the US and is producing a absolutely top notch range of 15mm, 20mm, and 28mm terrain for several periods. Enter . Crescent Root Studio. Here are some pictures I gleaned from their website (hopefully they don't mind! What is more amazing, is bot...