The Victorian Web site has a wealth of articles on life in the Victorian era. You could spend a very long time reading the material there.
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Golden Age of Movie Serials Page
For fans of “Pulp” miniatures games, here’s a page with everything you ever wanted to know about the classic movie serials, like Flash Gordon, Dick Tracy, Fighting Devil Dogs and more.
Guide To Gaming The Russian Civil War
The Jackson Gamers have a very detailed guide to gaming the Russian Civil War.
Piracy Rules and Background Information
Chronofus has written a set of free miniature wargames rules called Piracy, and also an amazing amount of supplemental and source material on pirate captains, pirate history, pirate flags, nations of the Caribbean, slavery, clothing, weapons, currency, towns and more!
1066 Campaign
While nearly every educated person has heard of the Battle of Hastings, not as many know that it was the third of three decisive battles fought in a period of four weeks:; the others were Gate Fulford and Stamford Bridge. Had things gone differently, Hastings could have been fought between Harald of Norway and William the Conqueror. At any rate, this page has some good background and campaign notes for this critical period.