Category Archives: Historicals

Historical and quasi-historical gaming of various sorts. English Civil War and Thirty Years War, the Great War (World War One), the Russian Civil War and other interwar conflicts, and whatever else we wander into!

White Cossacks vs Red Machineguns

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Brian Burger

Introduced another local gamer to our Mud & Blood-powered Russian Civil War gaming on Sunday afternoon, it was a good little game although my attacking Whites kind of stampeded his defending Bolsheviks, despite the heavy machinegun they had to assist. … Continue reading →

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A Russian Plank-Roofed Hut

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Brian Burger

Inspired by Tony’s plank-roof hut tutorial that I linked to in my recent links of interest post, I sat down with stir sticks and my Xacto knives to do up my own version of his hut. My version is 3 … Continue reading →

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Transporting the SPAD

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Brian Burger

Almost all of my gaming is done away from home, at other houses, up at the university on the weekend (our local miniatures group takes over a classroom up there every Sunday) and at conventions. So everything has to be … Continue reading →

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Even Whites Bleed Red, A RCW Encounter

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Brian Burger

The Trumpeter Salute convention last weekend saw the first full outing of my Russian Civil War forces, in a scenario I called Even Whites Bleed Red. I’m a pulp gamer at heart, so a punchy, interesting scenario title appeals, what … Continue reading →

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Russian Civil War at Trumpeter Salute

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Brian Burger

Ran my RCW game Saturday afternoon at the convention. Short version: everyone had a good time, but unlike our playtest a few weeks ago, the Whites got splattered, despite having more support and forces than the playtest. The Reds go … Continue reading →

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Zulu War: A hospital unrelieved

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Corey Burger

And so the day began, much like the day before it, but with the promise of relief. Dust clouds had been seen along the road toward the main force, maybe the good Colonel could see fit to send us some … Continue reading →

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Red Airships!

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Brian Burger

I am, as mentioned in the last post, neck-deep in prep for my Russian Civil War game less than a week away at Trumpeter Salute 2012. Nevertheless, something near and dear to the very core of the Warbard’s raison d’etre … Continue reading →

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New Russian Buildings

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Brian Burger

I’ve been house- and cat-sitting for a relative in town the last ten days, so not a lot of action here on the blog, but I did take advantage of having extra space available to get a bunch of wargaming … Continue reading →

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Reds, Squirrels, Whites and Others

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brian Burger

We had an excellent Russian Civil War game using the TFL Mud & Blood rules Sunday afternoon. More people than I’ve seen in a while up at our gaming club’s Sunday meet but for a lot of folks it was … Continue reading →

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Spectacular Zeppelin Model

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Brian Burger

Bit of a quiet week here on the Warbard. I’ve been burning up all my available hobby time painting Russian Civil War figures. There’s two dozen Cossack infantry finished, another three dozen regular White riflemen nearly finished, twenty Red infantry … Continue reading →

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