F&I War in 40mm

Recently I caught up with some of the guys locally for a 40mm game set in the French & Indian War. The game was played using a locally homebrewed variant of Lion Rampant, dubbed “Hatchets Rampant“. It’s 1757, the British have got their hands on a French sympathiser, who was being held in a nearby farmhouse. He had disclosed the presence of a large stash of French supplies in another nearby farmhouse…

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Fantastic 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Photos

The following link was posted by one of the chaps on the Colonial Wars Yahoo!Group and features lots of staged photos using the Britains, Conte, and similar 54mm Plastic Figure “Play Sets” and such like – some of the photos are amazing and it’s a wonderful effort – check out the British & Zulus at the The Play Set Addict’s 2011 Zulu Page. And there’s more great stuff (including Romans & Barbarians, Medieval Knights, ACW, Wild West, WW2) you can get to from The Play Set Addict’s Homepage. Highly recommended (and will bring out a few memories of the kid in most of us too)! Continue reading “Fantastic 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Photos”