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21 November 2009

Cold Wars 2008

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 21 APR 2008 by Bill Gray

Arrrrrr, Colonel Bill provides this review of the 25th Anniversary of HMGS East’s winter con, where pirates reigned and swashbuckling a very common virtue.

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Historicon 2006

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 18 AUG 2006 by Bill Gray

The theme was Africa’s Independence, 1905 to 2006 as Colonel Bill offers this report on his annual pilgrimage to miniature wargaming’s Mecca, downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Campaign Wagram: The Pewter Perspective

EDITORIAL posted on 9 AUG 2006 by Bill Gray

Fusing computer code calculations with a miniature wargame interface must seem like a match made in wargamers’ heaven, but what does the toy soldier wing of the hobby really think?

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Under the Lily Banners

BOARD GAME REVIEW posted on 19 APR 2006 by Bill Gray

Prithee, tis an era full of great fyte, but this storie is not hard to wryte for Ben Hull in his third musket and pike counter game for GMT. Colonel Bill puts on his Pike & Shot Society regalia for an in-depth look at one of the best period offerings counter pushers or miniaturists could buy.

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Cold Wars 2006

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 14 APR 2006 by Bill Gray

Colonel Bill offers his report on the Eastern Chapter of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society’s (HMGS East) latest miniature wargaming convention, this one honoring antiquity’s most famous grunt – the Roman Legionnaire.

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Antietam 2005 in Pictures

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 5 OCT 2005 by Bill Gray

In a special color pictorial Colonel Bill offers a look at yet a second straight victory of the Army of Northern Virginia over the Army of the Potomac...at least in 25mm, that is.

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Crown of Glory

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 25 AUG 2005 by Bill Gray

Really think you have what it takes to be Napoleon? Colonel Bill reviews the latest offering from Matrix, one just waiting to prove you wrong. So taste that last bit of brandy and march your Eagles to glory!

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Cold Wars 2005: From Empires to Isms During Dangerous Decades

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 3 JUN 2005 by Bill Gray

Colonel Bill greets spring and all its wondrous beauty by penning an article on something even more glorious – HMGS East’s recent Cold Wars miniatures wargaming convention.

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Napoleon's Imperial Headquarters

BOOK REVIEW posted on 15 MAY 2005 by Bill Gray

Colonel Bill reviews two volumes of work that examine the deadliest weapon in Napoleon's vast military arsenal.

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German Armies 1870-71, Volumes 1 & 2

BOOK REVIEW posted on 31 MAR 2005 by Bill Gray

Colonel Bill reviews a two volume set on the last war where pageantry as well as weapons ruled the battlefields of Europe.

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Tyrant

BOARD GAME REVIEW posted on 26 JAN 2005 by Bill Gray

Bill Gray examines a wargame system very similar to the Energizer Bunny - it keeps going and going...

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Against All Odds: Fall In 2004

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 11 DEC 2004 by Bill Gray

Bill Gray recently attended the third HMGS East convention of the year, returning home to file this report on the tabletop gaming convention.

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Gettysburg 2004: A Study in Hands on History

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 6 OCT 2004 by Bill Gray

Retired Colonel Bill Gray returns from the latest miniatures convention and reports on this event focused on the Battle of Gettysburg.

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