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A Short Hiatus

30 December 2009 - I am currently working on an update to the layout and appearance of Wargaming.info as a result I have had a short hiatus for a couple of months from loading any new material. Meanwhile photos of our latest Colonial Game (set in the Sudan) are up at the Auckland Wargaming Club Website. And for those following our Fire & Sword in the Sudan Campaign turn three is almost complete, we have a second major battle to fight (hopefully end of January 2010) and then the campaign diary and accounts of both battles will be up in early February.

We are back!

06 November 2009 - After almost 2-weeks offline we are finally back - the hosting provider for Wargaming.info apparently has been subjected to a massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack by their ex-Contractor responsible for support. This ahs allowed them to use inside knowledge to completely disrupt (and it appears destroy) the host providers environment. As a result of this and the poor communication from the host provider to their clients I have had to resort to setting up a new account with another host provider which has cost me an additional amount but hopefully we won't have a repeat of the incident over the last 2 weeks!

Sudanese Infantry Gallery

18 October 2009 - I have finally put together a reasonable selection of images of my Sudanese Infantry. You can get to them from the Colonial Page, or the Gallery Page, or just go straight to the Colonial Gallery Sudanese Infantry Page.

Fire & Sword in the Sudan (in the UK)

18 October 2009 - Now available is another account of a Fire & Sword Colonial Campaign - this one played by the Essex Warriors in the UK and reported to Wargaming.info by the London Illustrated News' intrepid reporter (& Campaign Umpire) Simon Walker. The campaign also features the use of the Science vs. Pluck miniatures rules, and some lovely Scottish prose from General Sir Gerald Graham! You can read on for more...

Out in the Wild West

13 October 2009 - I have just added a small photo gallery of the Auckland Wargaming Club's Wild West Town that was built from scratch by one our members - you can see the Wild West Town here on the Wild West Page.

The Egyptians Are Here...

11 October 2009 - As my Egyptians are finally nearing the end of their rebasing experience it seemed an opportune time to put a few gallery photos up! You can get to them from the Colonial Page, or the Gallery Page, or just go straight to the Colonial Gallery Egyptian Infantry Page.

Oberstleutnant Kofler's adventures in Africa begin

11 October 2009 - A report on the first of the intrepid Lt. Colonel Gottwald Kofler's adventures in Darkest Africa are presented here - despatched into the deep jungle to locate and recover some missing German explorers - Read more on the Colonial Page... or go direct to the game report.

World CrossFire Day Report

01 August 2009 - A full report of World CrossFire Day with photos has just been published in the latest Miniature Wargames Magazine (Issue 316 - August 2009).

Fire & Sword Campaign Update

19 April 2009 - Turn Two has been completed and Turn 3 will commence shortly in our Fire & Sword in the Sudan Campaign...

World CrossFire Day a success!

04 April 2009 - "World CrossFire Day" has proven to be a great success - especially thanks to a herculean effort by the organiser Lloyd Nikolas. You find a summary of all the games here on the WCFD Campaign Games Page, and you can find a full report of our game here in Auckland, NZ. The last 4 or so games have just concluded and hopefully I'll have further updates from tomorrow on the WCFD Page.

New Miniature Wargames Format

26 March 2009 - My copy of Miniature Wargames 312 (April 2009) arrived today and features the new layout and type faces. Definitely an improvement to the appearance and the gradual trend for more of the articles to be of more interest seems to continue at first glance. An improvement in some of the photos as well - again significantly increasing the proportion that are of the standard found in Wargames Illustrated, Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy, and Battlegames magazines. I will update my impressions once I've read the full magazine over the weekend.

BattleCry 2009 28mm DBMM Doubles

26 March 2009 - Full report on Campbell Millar & I at the BattleCry 2009 Convention, in Auckland, playing in the only New Zealand 28mm DBMM Doubles tournament - read full report here...

Order from the Flag Dude Arrives

13 March 2009 - My order from the Flag Dude has arrived for my Colonial Troops - I've been keen to get this as its the first time I've ordered from Rick O'Brien and I was looking forward to seeing first hand what his flags are like - now I can push on and complete my units now and give them their nice new flags. I've also taken photos of the Flags on arrival to give people an idea of what they look like!

London War Room Closed

13 February 2009 - The London War Room has apparently had to close indefinitely. The business has been run by husband & wife team Vince & Sharron for 15 years, however Vince has apparently walked away from the business at short notice. The business is being dissolved and hopefully it (or at least the masters) will get picked up by someone quickly - it includes good ranges of Wild Animals, Colonial Guns, Ships, and various other items not well covered by many other 28mm Manufacturers (although it's suggested the range of Houston's Guns may not be available again regardless). The site linked to above is currently offline but Sharron has stated she may get a temporary one back up to list what remaining stock they have left for sale until the business is sold. Sharron has posted a detailed account of what has happened on the Colonial Wars Yahoo Group for those interested - Hopefully things will work out for both the current owners and it will quickly find a new owner, I have purchased many Colonial Guns & Animals, and some long boats from them and they are on the whole a very nice range of castings...

The Russians Are Coming!

26 January 2009 - Colonial participation game at CanCon (Canberra, Australia) wins 'best participation game' of convention. Depicting the feared Russian invasion of Australia, and generously supported by Askari Miniatures who donated figures to promote the game, the guys involved have done a fantastic job! You can see the photos and read more at the Defence of Melbourne blog.

Maori-European Wars - Howick Historical Village

25 January 2009 - As a first step in starting on a Colonial Section for the New Zealand Wars I have loaded some photos taken at the Howick Historical Village - these may be of some interest for gamers interested in the period outside New Zealand who wish to get an idea of the types of buildings present around the 1850's and 60's in New Zealand - read more on the Maori-European Wars Page...
 
    

New Table Top Teasers Book!

19 January 2009 - My copy of Table Top Teasers Volume 1 has just arrived from Battlegames - and I must say most inspiring. I loved reading C.S. Grant's teasers back in the 80's (in Battle, Military Modelling, & Practical Wargamer), and although these are a compiled reprint of the first 12 that have appeared in Battlegames, they are still well worth the money with extra colour and a game report for each one. Additionally the book includes 2 additional 'bonus' teasers, including a reprint of the very first ever teaser from Battle Magazine in 1978! Get your copy now from Henry at Battlegames...

28mm Napoleonic SHAKO II Photos...

18 January 2009 - Under the excuse of displaying the basing scheme in use I have put up the first photos of my 28mm Perry Dutch-Belgians on the Quatre Bras page...

      

28mm ACW First Photos up...

19 December 2008 - Well Roundie has got a head start on me and got the first of his 28mm Perry Confederates up and ready! Damn Rebs! See the first photos on the ACW Page...

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