Battle of Killiecrankie – 1689

From Wargames World, here’s a scenario for Killiecrankie. Occurring in 1689, its another of the seemingly endless string of conflicts between Scots and English government forces.

Probabilities of Odd Dice Combinations

Gnome Stew has an interesting article on the probabilities of various polyhedral dice.

Four Mostly Forgotten Conflicts In US History

I ran across this interesting article about four mostly forgotten conflicts in US history. Not forgotten by me, of course, as I am a US history teacher. Still, there may be one in there you’ve has misremembered.

For my favorite forgotten conflict, I would nominate the Barbary War of 1801 – 1805.

Watchtower Paper Models

If making a watchtower from scratch is a little above your modeling skills, you might be interested in these very nice paper model watchtowers.

Making A Roman Watchtower

Part One and Part Two of a tutorial on making a watchtower for the immediate post Roman era.