Sunday, 26 October 2014

USS Olympia

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Recently I had the chance to sneak a peak at the USS Olympia at the Independence Seaport in Philadelphia.  Launched in 1892 she is a one ...
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Sunday, 19 October 2014

Great Martian War on Film!

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WoW, this is fantastic!  Really inspirational for players of All Quiet on the Martian Front too. Great martian war from PLAZMA on Vime...
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Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Steampunk short film

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Found this today and thought I'd share the laugh
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Friday, 3 October 2014

Nemo's War takes shape

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The second edition of this great game is taking shape at Victory Point Games.  The new artwork and counters look fantastic.  I'll be upg...
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Monday, 22 September 2014

The first real Aeronef

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An interesting article regarding pre WW1 commentary on the impacts of technology, including airships. Very reminiscent of HG Wells in  War i...
Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Fort Adams, Rhode Island, USA

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This week I and the opportunity to visit Fort Adams in Newport, which is one of the largest coastal fortifications in the US.   It and a sis...

War Plan Red: Part 4

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The US Plan to defeat Great Britain, based on their assessment of the likely British plan to blockade the Atlantic and invade through New En...
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Thursday, 11 September 2014

War Plan Red: Part 3

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The British Plan ...or at least, the US planners' assessment of the likely British plan... The War in the Atlantic This was assessed...
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Thursday, 4 September 2014

War Plan Red: Part 2

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Having discovered the 1920/30s era US Military plans to engage in hostilities with the British Empire ( here ), I had to delve deeper.  Admi...
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Imperial Germany's Invasion plans for New York

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Following some comments on my War Plan Red post, I did a bit more digging on Kaiser Bill's plans to 'put America in her place'...
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Saturday, 23 August 2014

War Plan Red

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In doing some research into the US W ar Plan Orange  this week, I stumbled across some other interesting plans developed in the aftermath of...
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Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Tsushima

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Scenes from a Japanese film "Clouds on the Hill", which I have been unable to get a copy of so far.  Some good imagery in these cl...
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Friday, 15 August 2014

Maine Maritime Museum

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The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath is mainly focused on the old wooden schooners built there in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.  Howe...
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Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Awesome Aeronef scale terrain

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I was visiting the Boston City Hall this week and received a brief from the town planners.  In their office they had this fantastic model of...
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Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Review of Ragnarok 60

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SFSFW have released issue 60 of their journal Ragnarok . This issue has some great articles and among my favourites are: an Aeronef Cam...