Tanker's Tuesday: Soviet Motor Rifles Battalion

Mecha Monday: WizKids Transformers G1 Deep Cuts Unpainted Miniatures REVEALED!

ALIENS COLLECTION UNBOX!!! Alien Queen and APC!!

Tankers Tuesday: Tanks attack military base in Syria

Mecha Monday 40th Year Gundam Film

Singer T.M. Revolution (Takanori Nishikawa) performed on the first day of "Gundam 40th Fes. 'Live-Beyond'," the concerts celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first Gundam anime, on Saturday. At the end of his set, he reported that he asked the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed anime's staff about the announced Gundam Seed film project, and relayed that it is "moving along." 

Gundam Project

Tanker's Tuesday: Object 490 - 152mm RUSSIAN SUPER TANK!

Object 490 (Russian: Объект 490А Бунтарь) was a Soviet experimental main battle tank developed between 1981 and 1982. Only two prototypes were ever produced, neither of which were capable of firing due to time constraints. Neither of the vehicles were completed before their production was ceased.

Mecha Monday: Robot Jox

Oct 20, 1990 · It is post-World War III. War is outlawed. In its place, are matches between large Robots called Robot Jox. These matches take place between two large superpowers over disputed territories. The main character Achilles is a pilot in one of the large Robots. The plot revolves around him and a match for the state of Alaska.  Can be seen on Netflix 

Robot Jox

Sources for Trek-like crew figures in 15mm

CP Models

                                                                      Brigade Models 

GZGs

Happy New Year!

Happy New Gear - 2020! From Dream Pod 9

As the New Year rolls in around the world we hope you had great 2019 and that 2020 is an amazing year for you all.

Dream Pod 9, Inc.

Tankers Tuesday: Centurion Tank vs Atomic Bomb

Mecha Monday: Robopocalypse

A computer scientist accidentally unleashes a supremely intelligent sentient A.I. named Archos R-14. It becomes self-aware and immediately starts planning the elimination of human civilization and building a new cryptic ecology, where the organic is being merged with robot technology. Over time, Archos R-14 infects all penetrable networked electronic devices, such as cars, airplanes, smart homes, elevators, and other robots, with a "precursor virus". 

Robopocalypse

Borneo Confrontation, c1963 and other Bits...

What better way of learning about the British Empire than recreating battles or campaigns. There are myriad companies producing board games and miniatures so that pretty much any campaign can be reproduced. Games and figures manufacturers agree that the British Empire makes a wonderful backdrop to set their products within. The products on offer are constantly improved and updated. It can be hard to keep abreast with all the developments, but if anyone would like to add any additional information about games or figures then please do not hesitate to email me so that I can add the necessary links.

Colonial wargaming has a long history, you can go back to HG Wells' Little Wars or Donald Featherstone's Skirmish Wargaming. Wargaming heritage doesn't get much better than that. It can be done in any scale from 2mm to 54mm (and probably bigger for all I know).

Of course, there are many different periods that can be covered in Colonial wargaming. Most people would probably instinctively think of Victorian era games but of course it could encompass anything from the time of Sir Francis Drake to the Falklands War. The geographical reach of colonial wargaming is possibly the widest of any genre out there. So there is a lot of choice out there.

This section is to try and help narrow down that choice and provide a map for those who want to launch in to their own gaming experiences. I also have my own campaign system that you are free to use, adapt or inspire to create your own. It is called Jarania

I personally like to use 15mm figures and have ranges that cover the Indian Mutiny, the Sudan, the Boer Wars, Afghanistan and the North West Frontier and a lot of Zulus! I personally like 15mm as I feel that they are good value for money, and provide a good balance between skirmish and larger battles. Having said that, if you want to fight huge battles - such as Isandlwana - then 6mm is probably the way to go. The advantage of 25/28mm figures is that there is much more characterisation and variety available which makes them particularly well suited to skirmish games. There is an interesting development with hard plastic figures being produced. These are much cheaper than the lead figures and are easier to modify or convert. You have been able to get soft plastic figures for years, but they have a tendency to flake off the paint over time. Hard plastic figures do not suffer from this problem.

As for rules, I have to say that I am a huge fan of The Sword and the Flame rules which I have used with students at school and at various conventions. They are not that common in the UK but they are well worth seeking out! They are much more popular in the States where they are easier to source.

For those who prefer more modern rules for the Decolonisation and End of Empire era, Ganesha Games publishes a set called 'Flying Lead' which provides good low intensity simulations. You can read a battle report of one such example from the Borneo Confrontation here.

Colonial Wargames

Brazos Evil Empire Christmas Card

It an annual tradition here at the Brazos Evil Empire for members of our group and whoever else that wishes to join in to send a card/provocation  from their faction to everyone else. With the loss this year of one of our founding members as well as a life long friend FPPR  Comrade Bill, I wasn't going to keep the tradition up but, I thought better of it as a way to honor someone we here will and do miss...

Holiday Greetings From The Brazos Evil Empire!

A Very Merry Christmas
From The Imperial 
Household, And The
C&C To All Loyal
Subjects Of The Empire. 

May All Your Wars
Be In Miniature And
All Your Battles End
In Camaraderie And
A Hearty Hand Shake.

Military Theory: A Technical Analysis of War of the Worlds' Equipment, Strategy & Operations

Reverse Engineering the Martian War Machine – The Heat Ray and HMS Thunder Child

This article is a “history” of H.G. Wells classic science fiction novel, “The War of the Worlds”, as if it actually happened, complete with technological assessments, logistical evaluations and strategic analyses. Naturally, the first subject will be prominent given the vast technological superiority of the invading Martians.

War Of The Worlds Intel

15mm Warhammer 40K/ Heroes of Black Reach mashup part 1

Playing the board game with customized pieces. Video is not a review of the box game but more focused on the decisions made during a game and the results. 

15mm Wargaming for Fun and Sanity: OAAH First games at Entoyment.

15mm Wargaming for Fun and Sanity: OAAH First games at Entoyment.: Seed change in our wargaming.  We have the capacity to do bigger games, but my flat & parking restrictions/cost make them impractical...

Werid War (Korea)

A friend of mine has a rather interesting weird war idea set in Korea .

HMMMMM would there be a Chinese weaponized dragon fighting from the north? ;)

Tanker's Tuesday: Sherman: Why the bad Reputation?