Loose Files and American Scramble by Andy Callan was one of the first American Revolution games that I played. Originally published in Wargames Illustrated in 1987, it is a lot of fun.
Month: July 2018
De Bellis Armatis
De Bellis Armatis is a set of free wargames rules for ancient warfare.
Pulp Horror Comics and Stories
Comic Book Plus has a collection of free pulp horror comics and stories.
1859 Map of John Snow’s London
John Snow is the father of modern epidemiology, having tracked the source of a cholera outbreak in London in 1855, thanks to some good old fashioned detective work. It’s a story worth reading, but I won’t go into it here.
At any rate, the UCLA Department of Epidemiology has an interactive online map of London in 1859. You can zoom in on the map down to an amazing level.
I actually have a copy of the map (framed for posterity) that I acquired when I was in my victorian role playing phase. It was hard to find then. Fortunately, you don’t have to conduct the smae long search that I did. You can just look at it online.
Tripoli: Blood and Sand
Tripoli Blood and Sand is a set of fast-play wargames rules for The Italian-Turkish War, 1911-1912, and Sanusiyya Revolt, 1912-1931, in 6, 15, 20, 25 and 28mm.