| Game_Werks Publishers of wargame rules, specialising in skirmish games in a variety of historical and fictional settings. |
| Hawgleg_Publishing Official support for GUTSHOT, a game for up to 10 players, of one-on-one combat set in the American Wild West, with 25mm miniatures. |
| Historical_Miniatures_Wargaming_Resource_Site Contains articles covering various rules and historical periods. |
| Historische_Zinnfiguren_/_Historical_Miniatures Small collection of pictures and articles by a german wargames enthusiast. Text in German and English. |
| Hoplon__Wargaming A pre-firearm era wargames rule system, complete with army lists, utilizing elements of WRG's DBM, rules, but with emphasis on historical re-enactment rather than competition. |
| Italian_Wargame_Federation Promotes historical wargames in Italy and organizes the italiam DBM and DBR championship. |
| The_J-8_Shop Wargame rules, variants, and background material. |
| Japan\'s_International_Gamers_Guild_(JIGG) A collection of Yahoo! Groups and member information. |
| The_Loft Information on 20mm WWII and modern gaming. Pictures of figures from: Liberation Miniatures, Skytrex, Combat Miniatures, FAA, and Britannia. |
| The_Long_Road_North Official support site for this set of American Civil War Wargame Rules. |
| Makourian\'s_Wargaming Personal site of a UK gamer, principally dedicated to Ancient DBM and World War II Rapid Fire! |
| The_Nafziger_Collection Designed for the wargamer, this collection is an collection of military history and orders of battle. |
| Shieldwall_Games Makers of Skjaldborg a medieval, large scale, skirmish set of wargame rules. Shareware publication for the game, information on it, and rules. |
| Tanzanica Skirmish game system set in 19th Century Africa. |
| TooFatLardies Wargame Rules Designers based in the UK with an ever increasing range of products. |
| The_War_Times_Journal__Games Miniature wargame rules for World War Two, World War One and the Napoleonic Wars. |
| Wargame_Developments_Network Dedicated to the development of all types of wargames. Print newsletter - THE NUGGET - as well as an online discussion group. Responsible for 'COW' - Conference of Wargamers in the UK |
| Wargame_Miniature_Flags Downloadable flags for wargame miniatures. Many periods, suitable for all scales. |
| WargameSystems Home to eRules, a computer program that enables wargamers to recreate realistic world war two battles fast using model soldiers, AFVs and aircraft. |
| Games_Information_Depot_Cards Includes rules, history and strategy information for various card games. |
| A_Brief_Timeline_of_Video_Game_Music GameSpot article on the industry and its history to 2001. |
| Capowski\'s_Li\'l_Game_Music_Review_Corner Critiques of Final Fantasy, Lunar, and Chrono Trigger CDs. |
| ChocoboSheets Contains sheet music from various games and anime series. |
| Galbadia_Hotel A video game music and media resource. |
| A_Game_Music_Box Contains SID, NSF, and SPC files for C64, NES and Super NES. |
| The_Game_Music_Galaxy MIDIs and MP3s from Super Nintendo, Playstation and Nintendo 64 games. |
| Game_Music_Hall Soundtracks from a large collection of games. Includes a player and downloads. |
| Game_Music_Revolution CD information database and news page devoted to game music. |
| Game_Music_Ring Webring for sites dedicated to music. |
| Gametabs Video game guitar tablature from a wide range of games and consoles. |
| The_Lifestream_Internet_Radio Streaming RPG and video game music. |
| Micromusic A community of composers and game fans. Provides an online radio, FAQs, downloads, message boards, and shopping. |
| RabiteMan\'s_Game_Music Includes sheet music and MIDI and MOD downloads. |
| Riulyn\'s_RPG_Sheet_Music_Shrine Contains piano sheet music for video games, mainly RPGs. |
| RPGamers_Network__Game_Music Includes a large database of FTP sites containing video game music. |
| SNESamp Music database featuring SNES music, delivering information about rare soundtracks and their composers. |
| VG_Music One of the largest video game midi databases on the net. |
| Video_Games_Live A concert series (held at venues around the world) featuring live orchestrated music from video games. |
| VORC Information and message boards dealing with various music topics. |
| Baseball_Board_Games Offers information on various baseball games. |
Welcome to The Colonial Angle, a page devoted to the hobby of collecting, painting, and playing games with tiny but perfect miniature figures of Victorian soldiers and their savage opponents.
What's New | What's Old | What's Coming | Table of Contents
What's New (as of 07/10/02)
The report on the "Raid on Sualco" scenario from Cold Wars '02 is ready, and what a grand game it was.
Mark Fastoso has written 10 terrific scenarios for The Sword & the Flame, set during Italy's disastrous war with Ethiopia. You can download one of the scenarios (Dabormida's Brigade) here and try it out. I had a great time playing this battle at Cold Wars.
I've also taken on the duties as colonial period editor for Dick Bryant's The Courier magazine. If you have a hankering to write a colonial-themed article for this venerable hobby magazine, please get in touch. We want to hear your ideas.
Follow the progress of our Fire & Sword in the Sudan campaign (currently on Turn 4).
Turn 5 of Fire & Sword in the Sudan still isn't quite ready yet, but I'm sticking to my claim that it will be in a few days (try a year).
What's Old?
Photographic battle reports on
The Demise of Professor Prufrock, a tale of supernatural mystery and desert intrigue;
The Battle of Myer's Drift, in which a sleepy British camp is overrun by Zulus and the scattered survivors try to evade Zulu hunting parties;
The Raid on Sualco as played at Cold Wars 2002;
The Last Outpost, my Sudan siege game from Cold Wars 2000;
Bad Day at Blood River, an epic defeat for a British column in Zululand from Cold Wars 2001;
The Liberation of Debbi, in which the British miraculously escape the Khalifa's clutches with their lives;
Bloody Frying Pan, or how to lose a supply column in the Sudan;
The Battle of Dhaheri's Zeriba, a punitive expedition in the western Sudan under the redoubtable Slatin Pasha.
The Work Bench, with illustrated how-to articles on building a desert redoubt and an armored guard post.
Raid on Sualco, Professor Rick Norton's exciting scenario for The Sword & the Flame. It's a colonial version of the raid on St. Nazaire complete with river steamers, demolition teams, secret papers, and nefarious rivals in the Great Game.
Dabormida's Brigade, a very nicely balanced scenario on the battle of Adowa written by Mark Fastoso.
Revised notes on a different approach to native morale and reaction checks (beta version-I'm soliciting comments).
Photos of some key sites from Red Cloud's War: Fort Phil Kearny, the Fetterman Massacre, and the Wagonbox Fight.
An essay on how to put together a good convention game.
Photos of some of my Sudan figures.
Downloadable sets of my own rules: a campaign structure for the Sudan revolt, a very simple Rorke's Drift battle, a set of man-to-man skirmish rules called Stand To!, and another very simple set of fast-playing rules called Two-Page Skirmish.
A list of authentic Arab names for giving some character to your non-Europeans.
What's Coming?
I looked at this page again and was horrified to see that it's been over a year since the last time I updated. What can I say -- I've been busy! I'm still busy now, but when I realized that a bunch of my links were broken, leaving many of my pages inaccessible (because Comcast bought out my previous internet provider), I decided that I had to at least fix the links. All of those should work now and all the pages can be accessed again, at least.
When I wrap up my current deadline, I intend to take some time off from writing and editing. That should free me up to have some fun again, which means I'll be devoting some time to the web page. Maybe I actually will get around to playing more turns of the Sudan campaign, or finishing The Haunted Jungle or the solo-play version of my native morale/reaction diagram (which, surprisingly, has generated a surprising amount of email). In the meantime, you can keep up with what I've been doing with a good portion of my time over at the Avalon Hill website. And if you're looking for more wholesome, colonial gaming goodness, you really can't do better than navigating your way around the Colonial Wargaming Ring, linked below. You just have to brave the steely stares of Mohammad Ahmad and Hicks Pasha.
Photo Gallery of Games
Downloads, etc.
The Battle of Dhaheri's Zeriba
Fire & Sword in the Sudan
Bloody Frying Pan
Fire & Sword: The Campaign
Massacre at Myer's Drift
Rorke's Drift
The Last Outpost
Convention Game Tips
The Liberation of Debbi
Arab Names
Professor Prufrock
Stand To!
The Relief of Berber
Two-Page Skirmish Rules
Bad Day at Blood River
An Assortment of Sudan Figures
Raid on Sualco
The Work Bench
A New Approach to Reactions
Red Cloud's War
Raid on Sualco
Dabormida's Brigade
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