War in the Balkans

If you're interested in learning about the recent conflicts in the Balkans, War in the Balkans, 1991-2004 [PDF] by R. Craig Nation is a free book covering the subject, from the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. You probably want to search through their publications, there looks to be quite a bit of useful information there.

Modern Buildings

Amera Plastic Mouldings has some futuristic bombed out buildings that look like they would be great for modern multi-story buildings in an urban environment. They appear to be designed for 28mm, but Rolf of Liberation Miniatures says, "...they are spot on for 20mm." Gobano [in French] has several 6mm buildings for download intended for use with MechWarrior.

NaNoWriMo Winner!

Heck yeah!!

NaNoWriMo Update

After some delays, I'm back on track, with 2/3rds done!

Keyhole Satellite Images

Wow. Keyhole from Google is a very easy to use service which I think would be a good resource for gamers.

Back of Beyond Times

The Back of Beyond Times has some spectacularly painted Pulp minis from Copplestone, Pulp Figures, West Wind and others.

The Uncanny Valley

The Uncanny Valley is an interesting article that describes how less-than-perfect attempts at the perfect human form turns observers off, while those same observers may enjoy both stylised and perfect human forms.

Conquest Miniatures

Conquest Miniatures has some very nice French and Indian Wars Indians, including Hawkeye, Uncas and Chingachgook (wish they had him with that huge war club!) They also have some nice Egyptian terrain.

NaNoWriMo Update

1/3rd of the way done! w00t!!

I batted around three or four ideas seriously, but wound up doing eldritch horror set in 1920's Cairo. I wonder where I got that idea. It's much less pulpy than CiC, though.

Game Mastering Pulp Adventures

Brian Misiaszek's Introduction to the Pulps looks like an interesting resource for pulp games. Hattip: Miniature Wargaming

Modern Indian Military

Bharat Rakshak looks to be a useful India military resource.

Long time, no see

So...I've been travelling a lot this month for business, plus battling a sinus infection, so the site has been pretty idle. I do have a unit of French Dragoons and Generals painted up, as well as the good guys from Chaos in Cairo, but none have been based yet so I haven't bothered to take any pictures. Plus, I'll be doing NaNoWriMo next month, so I doubt too much will get done. What to write about? Tough call...I wanted to do Napoleonics, ala Sharpe, but figured I just didn't know enough to make it historical, and if it's not too historical, what's the point? I'll probably do something Sci-Fi, maybe relatively modern horror. I'm still thinking about it. Watch my progress here: