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Confederate or federal ?	65	06 May 2024 12:36 p.m. PST
Miniatures and rules for Indian wars (Southwest)	10	06 May 2024 4:15 a.m. PST
15mm Mariachi Band	2	05 May 2024 7:13 p.m. PST
Norton I, Emperor of the United States	9	05 May 2024 3:38 p.m. PST
Corps insignia on the kepis and hats ?	39	05 May 2024 1:50 p.m. PST
Drums in 1870-71	9	05 May 2024 1:46 p.m. PST
Same ruleset, very different wars, very different games	42	04 May 2024 5:51 a.m. PST
25mm Rifles	7	03 May 2024 10:10 p.m. PST
German infantry and cavalry flags in 1870-1871	9	02 May 2024 4:59 a.m. PST
Camerone Day 2024	3	01 May 2024 9:30 a.m. PST
British Strategy in the First Anglo-Afghan Wars,	1	30 Apr 2024 5:26 p.m. PST
Kwazulu Natal - Rorkes Drift	8	23 Apr 2024 3:39 p.m. PST
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19th Century Chinese Vintage Bone Chess Sets	1	22 Apr 2024 4:57 p.m. PST
Austrian Army in Bucarest 1854-1857	3	22 Apr 2024 7:09 a.m. PST
1866 Italian Front - Lancieri di Firenze	9	18 Apr 2024 8:33 p.m. PST
Paris Commune Père Lachaise Cemetery May 27 , 1871	1	12 Apr 2024 5:13 p.m. PST
Satsuma Rebellion - Anyone doing it?	14	11 Apr 2024 11:36 a.m. PST
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Reffye 85mm Canon	1	06 Apr 2024 10:40 a.m. PST
Dropping usable weapons and running away	44	05 Apr 2024 6:12 p.m. PST
1866 Battalion or Brigade deployement: Help!	26	03 Apr 2024 6:04 a.m. PST
French Uniforms album 1870-1871	7	01 Apr 2024 6:09 p.m. PST
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Russian redoubts at Sevastopol 1854	8	28 Mar 2024 3:32 p.m. PST
warfare.tk & warfare.gq	2	28 Mar 2024 6:53 a.m. PST
What is a good simple set of rules for 10mm civil war?	24	22 Mar 2024 2:11 a.m. PST
SIgn up for BBB Bash Day, Daventry UK, Sunday 19 MAY 2024	10	21 Mar 2024 5:05 a.m. PST
French wars in Dahomey - any figs?	6	19 Mar 2024 5:24 p.m. PST
Yet more reading on the Grand Procession -Hungary 1849	1	19 Mar 2024 4:54 p.m. PST
Who uses Blinds?	14	18 Mar 2024 10:35 a.m. PST
Cannon carriages during the ACW.	37	15 Mar 2024 1:21 a.m. PST
How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians...	21	14 Mar 2024 1:07 p.m. PST
Building Armies in 6mm using Heroics & Ros Miniatures	11	12 Mar 2024 12:00 p.m. PST
FPW Battle Foreschwiller, Part Two Photos posted.	8	06 Mar 2024 8:08 a.m. PST
Escape from Isandlwana terrain question	10	05 Mar 2024 5:25 p.m. PST
The Value of Playing "What-Ifs"	9	04 Mar 2024 3:47 p.m. PST
1870 Bavarians from Perry plastic Prussian box	6	28 Feb 2024 12:08 p.m. PST
Need Simplified Terrain Map of Buena Vista Battelfield	6	28 Feb 2024 10:48 a.m. PST
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Need 15mm mules...	8	24 Feb 2024 7:55 a.m. PST
Plains Indian figurines disgusts me.	24	23 Feb 2024 10:54 p.m. PST
4 US Presidents Who Were War Heroes	13	22 Feb 2024 8:28 p.m. PST
Questions Regarding Commissioning VSF Minis	12	22 Feb 2024 6:46 p.m. PST
Looking for 20mm suitable cavalry for 1848	8	22 Feb 2024 11:45 a.m. PST
Best British Prime Minister of the 19th Century?	14	20 Feb 2024 12:45 a.m. PST
Leudo vinacciere	7	19 Feb 2024 3:57 p.m. PST
15mm or smaller Martian Tripods?	12	18 Feb 2024 10:02 p.m. PST
1866 Austria. Uhlanen Regiment Nr. 13 "Von Trani"	4	15 Feb 2024 5:05 a.m. PST
Jacklex Miniatures creator dies	12	14 Feb 2024 3:23 p.m. PST
OoB for Custoza 1866	13	14 Feb 2024 12:40 p.m. PST
Red Lanterns	10	14 Feb 2024 6:07 a.m. PST
1866 Italian Line Infantry Brigade Organization	3	14 Feb 2024 1:56 a.m. PST
Help to find "The Austrian Army in Campaign of 1866"	12	12 Feb 2024 10:59 a.m. PST
Prussian Model 1859 12pdr Smoothbore	4	11 Feb 2024 8:54 a.m. PST
Battle of Ulderup Confederate OOB - 1849	6	09 Feb 2024 1:30 p.m. PST
The Zulu Army and Their Tactics at the Battle of Isandlwana	4	09 Feb 2024 7:38 a.m. PST
FPW Battle of Froeschwiller part 1, Photos posted	3	06 Feb 2024 6:34 p.m. PST
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The deployment of troops in "Horse Foot and Guns" (HFG)	20	01 Feb 2024 1:04 a.m. PST
Mexican artillery (1846-1848)	11	31 Jan 2024 1:02 p.m. PST
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French Foreign Legion (Beau Hunks).	9	28 Jan 2024 3:36 p.m. PST
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Artillery ranges in in "De Bellis Napoleonicis v 2.1"	12	11 Jan 2024 3:30 p.m. PST
There was nothing to be learned from the American Civil War	10	11 Jan 2024 8:56 a.m. PST
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