Tag: Rebel Minis
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Mary Kingsley, Isobel Poppington, Ujuwa and British Askari (NSFW)
This post carries a NSFW, Not Safe for Work, warning because one figure, a fictional African witchdoctor, refuses to wear pants. I finished painting these figures a couple of weeks ago, but have just now gotten around to photographing them. Mary Kingsley and Ujuwa Mary Kingsley was a real person. She actually explored parts of…
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The Outline Map
In a previous post, I mentioned I wanted to play a solo map campaign. The campaign AI is provided by “The Solo Wargaming Guide” by William Silvester. Though not strictly required, the guide draws a lot from “Tony Bath’s Ancient Wargaming” which a good part of the book is a reprint of “Setting up a…
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Piathoe’s Peaks Available Again!
Each evening when I check the stats for my blog, I’m a little saddened by the number of dead links people have clicked on. My blog has ten years’ worth of posts. There are older ones, but I’ve taken everything older than ten years offline. But each week someone clicks on a link to a…
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Colonial Lemuria – a Homage
“Lemuria – the primal land, old when Eden was young. A land with more secrets than other lands have history. Secrets both ancient and new, that beckon the traveler to face danger and surprise at every turn. Long lost civilizations lurk in the shadows, brooding and biding their time.” – Colonial Lemuria, Back Cover Last,…
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CA – Ambush at Juju Falls
Continuing with a celebration of THW Classics available from Rebel Minis, it is time to take a look at Colonial Adventures. “Colonial Adventures is a set of unit-based battle rules that can be played with any figures you may already have.” – Colonial Adventures, page 1. Before you think the Colonial Era of the latter…
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FW&L – The Okbona Expedition
Good Rules with So-So Army Lists Another THW Classics rule set available from Rebel Minis is Fortunes Won and Lost. Fortunes Won and Lost is a skirmish set pitting small groups of figures against one another. There have been a few who have confused this rule set with Colonial Adventures, which has Fortunes Won and…
Atomic Floozy Adventures 