Radiantly Radioactive
For the first time in 30 years of gaming, I finally bought a game mat. In the past, I used a bed sheet that had been dyed and painted and sheets of felt in various colors. This mat is the "Grasslands" mat from Cigar Box Battle. To show off this new mat, I played a… Continue reading Victoria’s Luck – a NUTS! Patrol Mission
Entrenched Republican Militia 1936 “When you have had a glimpse of such a disaster as this – and however it ends the Spanish war will turn out to have been an appalling disaster, quite apart from the slaughter and physical suffering – the result is not necessarily disillusionment and cynicism. Curiously enough the whole experience… Continue reading Spanish Civil War for NUTS! – Part One, Small Arms
Many of the militia columns formed in Barcelona flew flags divided diagonally into red and black fields. It represented cooperation between the Anarchists (Black) and the Socialists (Red). A Spanish Civil War column is roughly equivalent to a regiment in regular armies. The Red and Black Column was primarily composed of F.A.I. members (Federacion Anarquista… Continue reading The Red and Black Column – “Columna Roja y Negra”
I finally got around to painting the Nationalist HQ & Weapons set from Minairons Miniatures. The set consists of 13 20mm miniatures. They paint up nice and if you aren't lazy (like a certain floozy I know who lets things sit in the paint queue for eons), they paint up quickly. What you get in… Continue reading Nationalist Infantry – new additions
Sargento Alfonso Guerra muttered a curse as he stumbled on a clump of grass. The fog was so thick in the ravine, he could only make out silhouettes where his men were standing. He glanced at his watch. The attack was supposed to have started ten minutes ago. There was no sound of gun fire,… Continue reading Spanish Civil War Nationalist Infantry
"Francesca? Francesca?" Her name was accompanied by rustling in the brush behind her to her right. Francesca scowled her annoyance as two young women, crept up to her position. "Francesca?" "Shhh! Silencio!" Francesca hissed In a low voice. "What are you two doing -- making noise like a herd of cows?" "It's boring sitting out… Continue reading Spanish Civil War Milicianas
