Atlas of the Battles of the American Revolution 1775-83 by Bonk & Anderson
This solid tome was recently on special offer at £20 from Helion. At that price I could not resist. Looks like a well crafted book with plenty of maps.
Thought it might be time to get all those 20mm Americans & Brits out of loft! Then reality stepped in and reminded me of the current ban on climbing chairs & ladders. Unfortunately (or fortunately) until my balance improves those Airfix armies can slumber on.
Also occurred to me that I may have some British up there as well! 15mm figures purchased decades ago from a shop in Doncaster. Of course the model shop no longer exists (now an 'adult' premises).
Sadly yet another wargames establishment has shut down - Janco Toys at Worsborough. The owner needs to devote his time to looking after his sick partner.
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Something Dropped Into My Lap
I had run out of ideas for blog posts. Inspiration was sleeping late (or later than me anyway). Maybe a look through some old box files would help! Of course the lid of one gave way and spilled its contents all over the place.
Amongst the papers were a few things that had been 'put away for later' ...and later never came. 3 items needed further investigation:
1) "Suggestions for HotT Naval Elements" [author unknown]. Only 2 pages - eminently sensible and easy to incorporate into HotT.
2) D3H2 v2.0. There were obviously pages missing - no idea where the disc is. I contacted Thomas J Thomas (one of the authors) who kindly sent me a copy of the latest version (2.1). This will probably be the last pro tem as he is helping to develop DBA Fantasy. Have played D3H2 a few times in the past and found them OK.
3) Hott With A Difference by G.Branco. Posted to 'theminiaturespage' a few years ago (email address is no longer valid).
An attempt to add some colour/individuality to 'vanilla' HotT. New army lists have restrictions and troop abilities. Of course only play-testing will tell.
Now, if my camera & computer will talk to each other I could set up a trial game.......Hmm!
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On the Paint Tray:
Nap Russians - 15mm cavalry & artillery
Ancients - 15mm Anglo-Saxons - slow going and dull,
Fantasy - 20mm Elves - need some extras (about 6 points short) - time to research Elven mythology.
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