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Seaward March – Renedra Tents

At Havoc I picked up a package of Renedra tents in 15mm from the Hobby Bunker stall. They’re perfect for my Seaward March, one day American Civil War, campaign that I am running on the 31st. Cort owns a lot of 15mm ACW figures and terrain. But, it’d be nice More »

Dedhampton Demands Increase of Exports from Colonies

Dedhampton Demands Colonies to Increase Exports

Governor Jacob Ralf Reisen, cousin to His Majesty Felix Drake Reisen, announced a new imperial decree that requires all colonies to triple their exports to the homeland. After a series of wars with neighboring countries, the imperial coffers are diminished. It is hoped that the swell of exports will replenish More »

H.M. King Felix Drake Reisen's coat of arms

Dedhampton Revolution: House of Reisen

This is a brief posting to introduce the House of Reisen. They rule Dedhampton and her colonies. His Majesty King Felix Drake Reisen has subjects on both sides of Bradford Ocean. His sons princes Wilf Gregg Reisen and Peers Justinian Reisen serve in His Majesty’s armed forces. Prince Wilf commands More »

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TOTALCON 26 – Daybreak at Hangman’s Creek PICS

I know you’ve been reading the TotalCon postings on here and hopefully you’ve been enjoying them. As a reward you will find pictures, below, from the Daybreak at Hangman’s Creek game that Adrian B., Cort N., and I ran. I am the fat kid in the blue Wargaming Recon shirt. More »

Your's truly, a few pounds heavier, wearing a Huzzah Con shirt

TotalCon 26 is HERE!

No, I didn’t steal this from Ben Gerber who posted Total Confusion XXVI – if you’re going to be there, come say hello! But, if I did happen to steal it, and I’m not saying I did, let’s just remember that adage about great minds stealing instead of borrowing. That’s More »

Wargaming Recon – The Promo

We know how much you love the show and that you want to spread the word to other potential listeners. At last, a promo is here. Please feel free to take the promo, put it in your podcast, share it with friends, use it to promote the show.

The promo clocks in at 46 seconds in length.

Hope you like the promo.

Wargaming Recon Episode 72: HUZZAH 2012

Host Jonathan J. Reinhart begins the show with a monologue on the responsibility podcasters have to their listeners (inspired by the latest installment of his column at TrollITC, read How Kevin Smith Rekindled My Podcasting Flame). The show discusses Huzzah Convention 2012 held in Portland, Maine.

Jonathan discusses all things Huzzah Con 2012 including his thoughts on the First Battle of Sacket’s Harbor 1812, played with the Warhammer Historical Trafalgar rules, and Conquest of Hanghai games that he played. Sacket’s Harbor was run by Rich Claydon of the Boston Trained Bands and Hanghai was GMed by Mike Paine.

Wargaming Recon Episode 71: Let’s Play in a Campaign

Host Jonathan J. Reinhart begins the show apologizing for background noise from the fans needed to cool down on a very hot day. The show includes an overview of Havoc 2012, updates the situation with Battlegames Magazine’s digital “subscription”, discusses the Crisis Point Cold War Commander, examines the Seaward March 1 Day campaign, and various other updates.

Jonathan announces a new development with how Battlegames magazine’s digital “subscriptions” are handled. The fog of war is parted on the Havoc 2012 convention.

ReCast #2: CWF-2007-12-27 Cases for Collectible Minis, Welcome Back Podcast, and December Wrap-up

THIS IS A PREVIOUSLY BROADCAST EPISODE FROM DECEMBER 27, 2007. IT FEATURES A REVIEW OF CASES FOR COLLECTIBLE MINIATURES FOR GAMES LIKE WAR AT SEA, HEROCLIX, AND D&D MINIS. PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL LINKS INCLUDED BELOW ARE OPERATIONAL. THESE SHOW NOTES ARE COPIED, VERBATIM, FROM THE ORIGINAL POSTING.

CWF GameCast features Cases for Collectible Minis, Welcome Back Podcast, and December Wrap-up.

Naming Dedhampton Revolution’s Citizens

Henry Hyde, yes the Henry Hyde that I keep mentioning in relation to the Dedhampton Revolution, asked me for feedback on his Wars of the Faltenian Succession articles, which appeared in early issues of Battlegames Magazine.

I wrote him 3,000 words responding to his 30+ pages of imagi-nation goodness. While I wrote my thoughts I realized that one area Henry glosses over is naming the people inhabiting your world. He mentions that foreign languages can be a gilded chest when needing to name countries and other places. When it comes to naming the hundreds of people living and fighting in our fictional worlds we can quickly run out of steam.