This episode of battlefield: Britain focuses on the Battle of Hastings
Cloudships Of Mars
Cloudships of Mars is a set of free wargames rules based on the excellent Space: 1889 universe. The Cloudships game features ships propelled by steam and sail gliding high above the plains of Mars thanks to the magic of “Liftwood.”
Blood Red Skies WWII Aircraft Rules
Warlord Games has a free version of its Blood Red Skies WWII Aircraft Rules.
The History Behind Game of Thrones
I did not get far into the Game of Thrones book before I recognized the parallels to the Wars of the Roses. This video, which features author George RR Martin, discusses the historical parallels behind Game of Thrones. Martin said that his strategy was to take historical events and “dial them up to 11.”
Indeed.
Robert Baratheon, for example, parallels Edward IV. Tyrion Lannister as Richard III. Sansa Stark as Elizabeth of York. Ned Stark as Richard, Duke of York. And so on.
The video above does a pretty good job of illuminating the real history behind Game of Thrones.
Dr. Who Paper Miniatures
Crow’s Nest has a very nice set of paper Dr. Who Miniatures. I’m going to print them out and make a set for my eight year old Dalek Fan.