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fantasy creatures and the french

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 i haven't been very productive this past month, i guess mentally i am taking a break. i have not done any type of gaming with my work schedule and even Rita's are being rearranged and messed with setting time aside to game is near impossible. during this down time i was looking at a new game, Silver Bayonet from Osprey Games. a napoleonic-horror skirmish table-top game. being a horror fan this intrigues me, but also being somewhat a historical game this is definitely outside of what i'm used to. at this past Historicon last weekend, i did manage to find a copy of Silver Bayonet and the supplement book that takes place in Egypt. i looked it over and ordered a box of infantry and elites from Perry Miniatures, also a box of british rifles from Wargames Atlantic. first of the plastic sets i ordered. being the damn near first time getting into actual historical wargames, i will take my time putting these together and painting. i have to say Perry Miniatures are nice. the painti

Historicon 2024

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 haven't done much in the last month or so. i painted some miniatures but nothing worth posting of just yet. with a wreck of a work schedule and Dungeons and Dragons i been taking a well deserved break from pretty much everything. Rita and i did manage to make our way to Historicon this past weekend. with an already crazy and busy weekend we did get out and enjoy the sights of awesome tables set-ups and check out the deals in the dealer room and the flea market. we were roaming around checking out the game tables and almost forgot to take a few pics of some of the tables. once again Rita was the professional photographer for the blog. Rita wandered off and took pics of tables and i did not realize what she took pics of, so i least tried my best figuring out what the pics are.  an interesting WWII aerial game. with my clumsy arms i wouldn't be able to play this, but it looks great.  a WWII game featuring a german rail gun train, i assume. i thought Rita took another pic of this