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Black Powder
- Blackpowder Wargaming Rules
Published by Warlord Games. - Dispatches From The Mess
Gaming blog of Wayne Stack (Stacky). - Dressing The Lines
Roly is a member of the Kapiti Fusiliers, a New Zealand Wargaming Club, and prolific Horse & Musket era figure painter! - Nafziger Collection
The Nafziger Collection contains orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. - Orders Of The Day
Peter Haldezos – von Peter himself – provides insights into his gaming life and maybe the occasional snippet of news. - Project Black Powder
Lee Heath’s Black Powder ACW Blog. - Rebel Barracks
Rodger Wood’s blog, in Christchurch New Zealand, one of the Southern Strategists (see seperate link for the latter group’s blog). - Scott's Wargaming
Scott Bowman’s place to write about and display pictures of war-games miniatures & enthuse about the fine hobby of war-gaming, and hopefully help or inspire others to do likewise. - Southern Strategists
The Southern Strategist Wargaming Group is based in my old home town of Christchurch, New Zealand, and includes a couple of my old gaming buddies from that time… - Warlord Games
Plastic and metal 28mm Historical Miniatures (Ancients, ECW, Napoleonic & World War II); Buildings & Terrain; Black Powder Horse & Musket Rules. Now includes BEF Miniatures.
Crossfire
- 20mm Gamer
Nick Grant’s “DE LUDIS BELLORUM STATUNCULIS PLASTICIS GESTORUM” – i.e. Concerning games of war waged with plastic figurines. - Bayonet Strength
An enthusiasts’ site devoted to the various small unit organisations deployed by the major combatants during World War Two! - British 7th Armoured Division Operational History
A website dedicated to all those who served in the Division and wore the Jerboa shoulder flash. - Crossfire Official Homepage
Rules and Organizations for Company-Level WW-II Gaming. - Edinburgh Wargames Group
The Edinburgh Wargamers do quite a bit of very nice looking 28mm Colonial & World War 1 (incl. Back of Beyond) games. There’s also an occasional mention of Crossfire for their 20mm WW2 stuff too! - Free Wargames Rules
Pete Jones’s Free Wargames Rules Resource - German Forces in Normandy: June 1944
Research site by the author of “Normandy 1944: German Military Organization, Combat Power and Organizational Effectiveness” – lots of useful OOB & TO&E information from that campaign – Highly Recommended Book too! - Imperial Japanese Army Page by Taki
Site dedicated to Imperial Japanese Army based on Japanese sources, translated into English (Taki endeavours to look at the IJA solely from a military history viewpoint and neither praise the IJA nor ignore war crimes). This is the page to get comprehensi - Lloydian Aspects
Nikolas Lloyd’s ‘lloydian aspects’ has lots of useful Crossfire stuff and advice for CF novices. - Matakishi’s Teahouse
Paul Ward’s “Matakishi’s Teahouse” has some fantastic Crossfire content, including “Dad’s Army” & Carentan from “Band of Brothers”. - Mortars in Miniature
A fantastic site with wonderful vignettes of nearly 50 assorted World War II and Modern Mortars and related information. - Nafziger Collection
The Nafziger Collection contains orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. - New Zealand War History Project
All the NZ Official Histories on line – NZ Wars; Boer War; WW1 & WW2. e.g. campaigns of 2nd and 3rd Divisions, all the Battalion Histories and Service Arm Histories (Artillery, Transport, Cavalry, etc), plus Navy, Air Force, and Political Histories fo - Plastic Warriors
1/76 & 1/72 Plastic Soldiers, Armour & Aircraft… - Steven's Balagan
Steven Thomas’s Wargaming & Military History site wilth lots of Spanish & Portuguese Wars history and a huge amount of Crossfire wargaming material (including using it for periods other than 1930-1950)! - Tim Marshall’s Toys
Tim Marshall’s toys has an inspirational section on Crossfire! - WargamingNZ
Robin Sutton’s inane ramblings on war gaming and other hobby stuff!!! - World War II Armed Forces by Dr Leo Niehorster
Excellent source for Orders of Battle and Organizations, and publisher of some excellent TO&E and OOB books on the German Army. - World War II Day By Day
Good source for German Orders of Battle (Gliederungen).
De Bellis Rules | DBA | DBM | DBMM | HotT
- 20mm Gamer
Nick Grant’s “DE LUDIS BELLORUM STATUNCULIS PLASTICIS GESTORUM” – i.e. Concerning games of war waged with plastic figurines. - Across the Table
Historical Miniature Wargaming news from Keith McNelly’s “The Wargames Room”. - Craig's Wargaming Blog
Craig Curtis’s Wargaming Blog. Reports of games played as well as news about his current modelling and painting projects. - DBA Gamer, The
A De Bellis Antiquitatis Weblog. - DBMM Yahoo!Group
DBMM Yahoo!Group - De Bellis Antiquitatis [DBA]
De Bellis Antiquitatis [DBA] - De Bellis Magistrorum Militum [DBMM]
De Bellis Magistrorum Militum [DBMM] - De Bellis Multitudinus [DBM]
De Bellis Multitudinus [DBM] - Dux Homunculorum
DBA Ancients & Renaissance, and some lovely (Langton) Napoleonic Naval stuff! - Fanaticus
A Virtual Community of DBA & HotT Enthusiasts, with DBA Resources, Bazaar, Bookshop, and Forum. - Field of Glory [FOG]
Field of Glory [FOG] - Hesperiana
Mark Davies blog on Wargaming with HOTT and DBA (and Crossfire). - Hordes of the Things (HotT)
Link to download the current Version 2.2 of WRG’s Fantasy Rules based on DBA (from the WRG website) – Version 3 is under preparation and planned for release end of 2011 or sometime in 2012. - Keep Wargaming (UK), The
The Keep in the UK stock a large range of rules, terrain, figures, etc – and were previously associated with WRG. - Lead Odyssey, A
A Lead Odyssey is about Doug Melville’s hobby of collecting, painting and playing with toy soldiers. Including Napoleonic & Pre-Dreadnought Naval, plus Ancients, ECW & WSS, Napoleonics, WW1, WW2, Moderns, and Sci-Fi. - MEDBAG
DBA Gaming in the Land of Middle Earth as reported by John McLennan. - WADBAG
Washington Area De Bellis Antiquitatis Gamers: a group of De Bellis Antiquitatis Fanatici (enthusiasts) in the Washington Metropolitan area (DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia). - Wargames Research Group [WRG]
Home of Phil Barker & Sue Laflin-Barker; authors of DBA, DBMM, and more. Includes free downloads of copies of many of their older rules sets or ones currently out of print (e.g. DBA & HotT). - WargamingNZ
Robin Sutton’s inane ramblings on war gaming and other hobby stuff!!! - Waving Flag, The
A blog by Vexilia on DBMM and being Befuddled! And a little on DBR and other things…
Fire & Fury (Brigade & Regimental)
- Alan Wright’s Fire and Fury Page
Alan Wright’s Fire and Fury Page - Dispatches From The Mess
Gaming blog of Wayne Stack (Stacky). - Fire & Fury [FnF]
Home of Rich Hasenauer and Fire & Fury Games, including the original Brigade Level version of Fire & Fury, and the NEW Regimental Level version! All Fire & Fury books are available from here, and it also hosts the Official Fire & Fury Foru - Fire and Fury UK
Fire and Fury UK - Fire and Fury Yahoo!Group
Fire and Fury Yahoo!Group - Franco-Prussian Fire and Fury Variant
Franco-Prussian Fire and Fury Variant - Nafziger Collection
The Nafziger Collection contains orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. - Rebel Barracks
Rodger Wood’s blog, in Christchurch New Zealand, one of the Southern Strategists (see seperate link for the latter group’s blog).
Lasalle
- 15mm Paint Shack (which has 28mm too!)
Galpy in Timaru’s update photos and articles on how to paint 15mm & 28mm figures as well as wargames pics from the local club. - Erwin Muilwijk's "Waterloo – The contribution of the Netherlands Army"
Erwin Muilwijk is working on publishing a four volume series that will be the most extensive history written on the Netherlands Army in the Hundred Days, and has already contributed to several works by other authors… - Glory Eagles de l'Empereur!
A Napoleonic wargaming blog that includes gaming with Lasalle. - Gunfreak's Apartment of War
Norwegian Wargamer who’s only been wargaming for a few years but has painted a fair mass of figures… - Honour Forums | Lasalle
Official Forums for Lasalle and Sam Mustafa’s other “Honour” series games… - Krugers Kreations
Blog about Wargaming Armies, Games and other Hobby stuff… - Lasalle
Lasalle is Sam Mustafa’s Napoleonic “Honour Series” Game. - Lasalle Forum
Official Forum for Lasalle and Honour Games run by Sam Mustafa. - Lasalle Scenario Wiki
The Scenario Wiki is hosted at Google Docs and requires a Google (or Gmail) ID to access – this link takes you to the page at Honour Games with details and link to the WIki’s Documents. Note you need your ID approved for access – see the Lasalle Forum for - LintMan's Wargaming Blog
- Monkey that Walks, The
Wargaming Blog that includes some very nice 1:72nd scale plastic Napoleonic troops for Lasalle. - Mont-Saint-Jean: Uniforms during the Hundred Days Campaign – Belgium 1815
Extensive adn Highly Reccommended site on the uniforms & equipment of all those involved in the “Hundred Days” campaign. French Language site. - Nafziger Collection
The Nafziger Collection contains orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. - Napoleonic Wargamer, The
The Napoleonic Wargamer - Napoleonictonic
Peninsular War Napoleonic Wargaming in 28mm with a focus on Lasalle. - Pierre de Wit's "The campaign of 1815: A Study"
This study is an attempt to write an account of the 1815 campaign which is built from “sources only” from all nations involved, as despite hte extensive study over two centuries very few indepth studies have been written. - Trailape's Wargame
An Australian Wargamer’s Blog dedicated to all things “Wargaming”! - Wars of Pooch, The
Wargamer based in QuakeChurch (that’s Earthquake hit Christchurch), New Zealand.
The Sword And The Flame
- 19th Century Sudan
Great Blog on building Sudanese Campaign armies with Perry Miniatures. - Amazing Adventures of the Red Shadow in Africa
Serving in Algeria in true ‘Beau Gest’ and French Foreign Legion style! (Part of the War Flag website). - Australian Colonial Wargaming Yahoo!Group
This group is designed to encourage exploration of the colourful world that existed in the era of Australian colonial history around the 1880’s to 1890’s, when the colonial governments of Australia feared that a Russian invasion was imminent. We are hopin - Blaze’s Corner of the Web
Basic beginners painting guide for Colonial Wargaming. - Bob Beattie's The Steam and the Flame
Victorian Science Fiction. - By Orders Of The Great White Queen
A Colonial & Darkest Africa Wargames Blog featuring TSATF and a nice tutorial on making quick and easy Jungle Terrain… - Cape Wars Yahoo!Group
The Cape Frontier Wars – The Yahoo home for the historical miniatures gamer to discuss the several Cape Wars (also known as the Cape-Xhosa Wars and the not so nicely named Kaffir Wars) that took place in South Africa during the 1800s. - Castaway Arts
Specialising in quality 19th Century Colonial figures covering many periods/areas, including a painting service, and they stock the TSATF too! - Chinese Name Generator
Put in an English Name or Phrase and presto…! - Colonel Hud's Colonial Blog
The very occasional scribblings of a table top gamer . . . that is to say someone who plays with little toy soldiers. The focus on this blog is the mid 19th to very early 20th century conflicts primarily between European and Native forces in various Colon - Colonial Angle, The
Fantastic TSATF site by Steve Winter – including the inspiration for our own Fire & Sword in the Sudan Campaign! - Colonial Battles Yahoo!Group
Colonial Battles is a sister Yahoo!Group to Colonial Wars – while the latter hosts allthe discussion, Colonial Battles provides an extra forum for sharing files, large attachements, and such like. Activity is primarily at Colonial Wars however. - Colonial Wargames UK
Excellent site with lots of Victorian & Edwardian era historical links, and a PDF downloadable version of Captain (later Major-General) E. D. Swinton’s classic “Duffer’s Drift”. - Colonial Wars Yahoo!Group
A mailing list devoted primarily to Colonial Wargaming and warfare in the 1800′s (but also early 20th Century as well). Run by Tim Peterson it includes suggestions for sources, terrain making methods, miniatures, and rules will be common, as will discussi - Defence of Melbourne
Defence of Melbourne - German Random Name Generator
The name says it all… - Jackson Gamers' Home Page (TSATF)
The original Home of the TSATF’s development and play testing. - Kelroy Was Here
Kelroy’s Colonial Wargaming Blog - Long Lead Line
Larry’s adventures in re-creating history in the world of Miniature Wargaming. - Mac's Little Friends
Mac’s Little Friends - Maiwand Day
Being a mostly visual diary of the creation of high quality, historically accurate 25mm/28mm scale terrain for a refight of the battle waged by the British and Afghans on July 27th, 1880, in time for its recent 130th anniversary. - Major Gen. Tremorden Rederring’s Colonial Wargames
Reportnn! Saarrr! Possibly ‘the’ Colonial Wargaming Website of the decade when it comes to TSATF! This link goes to the “Way-Back” Time Machine mirror as the original site (http://zeitcom.com/majgen/) is now defunct. - MurdocK's MarauderS
An exposition of the Hobby of TableTop gaming. With commentary, notes and other items connected to this hobby. - Odds and Ends Mini's
The Blog of Ashok Banerjee and Indus Miniatures! - Ost-Afrika & Kleinkriege Yahoo!Group
Group is dedicated to the discussion of miniatures gaming of Imperial Germany’s Colonial & WW1 “Kleinkriege” (Small Wars) in its far-flung colonies in Africa, the Pacific, and China, but most especially “Ost-Afrika” (East Afrika). - Ral Partha Colonials (c/- Great Endeavours)
The classic Ral Partha Colonials from the 1980′s – note these are original 25mm figures so quite small compared to modern 28mm figs – about the size of 1/72nd Plastic Figures or a fraction larger. Site also features some TSATF gaming reports and material. - Return to Darkest Africa
Blog on Wargaming the Exploration and Colonisation of Tropical Africa by European powers from 1850 until 1918. - Russian Colonial Wargaming Yahoo!Group
Russian Colonial Wargaming from the 1600′s through early 1900′s. Suggestions for sources, miniatures, rules, games and scenarios. Inspired by the works of Peter Hopkirk. - Savage & Soldier Magazine
The old Colonial Savage & Soldier Magazine is now defunct – however back issues can occasionally be obtained through this website. And all the best Sudan Material has been compiled in the Mahdist Wars Source Books available from TVAG (The Virtual Armc - Sergeants 3
Home of Larry Brom, and publishers of The Sword And The Flame. - Sword Flame Yahoo!Group | The Sword and the Flame [TSATF]
Group to discuss Larry Brom’s classic colonial rules, The Sword and the Flame. We can have articles on home rules, local rule interpretations, and possible scenario ideas. Painting advice is also welcome as well as reviews of new figures. - TVAG – The Virtual Armchair General
Patrick R. Wilson proprietor, & publisher of many Colonial related products including; TSATF compatible Gunboat rules, some TSATF supplements, TSNS (The Sun Never Sets) TSATF Campaign, and mostly importantly”The Mahdist War Source Books” (the latter e - Victorian Era 15mm Miniature Ranges
Listing of manufacturers of 15mm scale Colonial Figures.
14 May 2012, 10:04 pm UTC Rorkes Drift Arrives! Hi Mike - I got them from WG in the 'pre-release' special promo direct from the UK pre-Christmas. As John has commented on in this thread they usua...
14 May 2012, 10:02 pm UTC The Hundred Days Continues... Thanks James - appreciate your kind comments. I tried to be fairly smart and cunning about labelling while also getting the maximum info on and cle...
14 May 2012, 10:01 pm UTC Hundred Days British Thanks Glenn. :-)
14 May 2012, 9:58 pm UTC WSS Here I Come - Well Almost! Hi Jim, As I understand it the WF one however isn't the common type, but in fact closest to the "Grenadiers à Cheval de la Maison du Roi" ...
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18 Apr 2012, 2:40 pm UTC Rorkes Drift Arrives! Also, happy to participate in the enormous multi-player you are planning for when they are painted!