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I cracked and ordered the Saga rules from Wayland Games. I've got the updated Conquest Norman Cavalry box with 15 guys and a 12 Norman slingers blister on the way. I've got the Gripping Beast plastic Viking Hirdmen set and Egil Skalagrimmson. I've got the Company of Death and the Flemish mercenaries pack on the way. I have to be able to make a couple of forces out of this, don't I?
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I went with a couple of Pegasus Hobbies dark age cottages ordered from Wayland with the Saga rules (as well as a Knight Models Batman and GCPD). I'll knock some more stuff together, but a couple of nifty looking cottages should really jazz up the gaming table.
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Nov 24, 2012 16:07
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Serotonin posted:For anyone curious about Saga, this review/explanation says it better than I could It does explain quite a lot. I found my Viking Hirdmen, and I've already assembled and based 8 of them to use as a Saga unit (at some point, possibly while I was tripping balls on painkillers, hence why finding I'd already done it was a bit of a surprise). Together with the metal Viking Warlord I've got that's two points worth. Is the Wargames Factory Viking Bondi set ok? Wargames Factory has been full of lovely quality sculpts in my experience, so I'm after opinions on whether to get their Bondi set. It is £15.85, so I'd get 32 models and thus 4 points of warriors, which would complete my army (who am I kidding though, I'll still get berserkers and some bow armed levy at some point) and it's plastic so not too heavy or potentially self damaging carrying it around, but on the other hand, Wargames Factory. On the Conquest Norman front, there are only 12 kite shields but 15 guys. There are 12 round shields, is it a major historical faux pas to use both? Can you take mounted warriors and give the round shields while giving the mounted hearthguard kite shields? I'll get a blister of crossbows, and I can proxy the slingers for bows and the Flemish spearmen for foot warriors and still have a five point force.
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Nov 24, 2012 22:56
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You don't appear to have PMs, so my mail is Redacted Further to that, does anyone want to swap a sprue of Gripping Beast Viking Hirdmen for a sprue of Conquest games Norman soldiers? I'll probably get the Saga Viking starter army for 2 units of Bondi, 4 Berserkers and a Warlord, and I'm unsure what to do with the four hearthguard as I've already got 8 built and another 30 or so on sprue. Thundercloud fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Nov 25, 2012 |
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Nov 25, 2012 12:13
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Well I got the Saga Viking starter army to go with my Gripping Beast Hirdmen box, and I like the metal Hirdmen so much I'd love to use them as a bodyguard for my warlord. I'm looking at the following Warlord Unit of 4 Hirdmen Unit of 8 Hirdmen Unit of 4 Berserkers Unit of 8 Bondi Unit of 8 Bondi For a six point force. I'm tempted to switch one of either the Berserker or Hirdmen units for 12 levy archers, but don't have the models yet. Still waiting for the Saga rules to arrive. How does that look for a force (33 models in the army). I've got the Sons of Death, Flemish spearmen, Norman slingers and the knights box, so my Norman force is approaching a similar size (next on the shopping list, crossbows).
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Nov 28, 2012 23:27
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Cool. Just got to resist the temptation to get anything else before I paint my Vikings and Normans. On basing, can anyone recommend some basing bits (resin pieces, whatever) for jazzing up 40mm cavalry bases (this is for warlords and norman cavalry)? I was thinking of this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251176873330?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 but you obviously wouldn't run horses over ground like that, though you might trot them across it. Also still without having the rules, are there any of the special characters I should get? And dice, because they're £12 for 6 for the official ones, both how many do you need and is there a cheaper (but still nice) alternative?
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Nov 29, 2012 09:23
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Well on my incredibly convoluted journey to work today I picked up Ragnar Lothbrok and the Conquest Norman infantry plastic box. The Norman set has enough kite shields for everyone plus some spares, and enough to do the whole box as spearmen. I'm actually very impressed with it, the lack of flash, the layout of the sprue and the look of the models is very nice, and at less than 50p a model it does put GW to shame.
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Nov 29, 2012 18:45
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Serotonin posted:Will stick those spare shields int he post ASAP- I havent forgotten! I was actually going to ask if you wanted some Norman infantry with round shields to use as Bretons.
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Nov 29, 2012 19:02
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Looks like a Clancyesque wankfest, so it should be amusing.
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Dec 1, 2012 00:13
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Weird SS players do put a fair number of people off though, partially because there's a lot of historical revisionism and 'Were the Waffen SS really that bad?' going on with some people as well.
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Mar 8, 2013 00:24
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Serotonin posted:Not as good as Blitzkreig Commander or Cold War Commander. Definitely go with these.
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May 14, 2013 23:12
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With the UK club scene there is the ability to meet weekly and doing things as a group, another reason lots of rules sets asking for an umpire or GM (as 40k Rogue trader did) doesn't seem weird. Also we often drink while we play, which doesn't lend itself to competitive play and does lend itself to winging it with house rules. However for every rules set which leaves a lot of stuff up to you there is one by Wargames Research Group with piles of tables. At least the beerhammer pick up and play games that there are a fair few of now (ACTA, which I play fairly often, for one) cater for a more intermediate market. Europeans just seem to put more emphasis on the social experience.
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Aug 26, 2013 17:49
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Arquinsiel posted:So does anyone know the first thing about Zvezda's new "Hot War 1990" game? It's basically Art of War meets Cold War gone Hot. So hopefully lots of 10mm scale cold war era tanks.
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Oct 5, 2013 11:30
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Well I need to cut down on my stuff before moving. Anyone interested in a never used Tomahawk rulebook, Indian War Party and British Wilderness Force? I'm UK based, would sell for £65 including p&p, which is basically getting the rulebook for free.
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Oct 26, 2013 10:45
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OK, Saga Crescent and Cross chat. I haven't got the book yet. I do have the Conquest Norman Knights and Norman Infantry sets and a blister of 12 Norman slingers from Dark Age. Is the following a legal army in Crescent and Cross 4 Hearthguard Knights 4 Hearthguard Knights 8 Warriors w spear/shield 8 Warriors w spear/shield 12 Levy Slingers I was thinking first crusade era, because that means using Norman gear is absolutely fine. Someone remind me if circle or kite shields are correct. But this is a legal force and I just need to add a Warlord? And is anywhere doing plastic mounted Saracens yet?
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Aug 25, 2014 10:26
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krushgroove posted:Hola - I'm going to be demonstrating airbrusing at an upcoming wargames convention in the UK and need some help picking some models to paint, so hopefully some of you guys can point me in the right direction? I've got a ton of 40K models I can do but the convention is more for historical wargaming, so I need something more appropriate than daemons and stuff. I've got a ton of modern 6mm armor and a few buildings I can paint at the show, but I want to pick up some larger stuff, around 15mm I think which is a nice middle ground between the 6mm modern and 28mm 40K stuff I have. I figure I may as well get something I'll want to play, so either American or German WW2 I guess. I'd do with demoing on one of the Plastic Soldier Company boxes of five tanks, the Panzer IVs would be a good idea. It lets you demonstrate how quickly you can get through sizable chunks of a force. All 15mm is good for Fow, Blitzkrieg commander etc. The only issues are infantry basing, and I keep considering basing for FoW but playing BzC with them and don't think there would be an issue. American infantry are pretty cheap in plastic from being in the FoW starter, and a couple of boxes of 15mm Shermans or halftracks etc will give you a reasonable starting point.
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Sep 6, 2014 10:01
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Well I'm looking at Victrix ancient greeks, and considering putting together skirmish forces for Ancient Saga, the new Victrix rules set, homebrew etc. Anyone got them? Also do the Wargames Factory Skeletons make good Children of the Hydras Teeth?
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Feb 2, 2015 23:12
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De-cluttering my flat. First lot of stuff is up, including some out of print historicals. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3709463
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Mar 28, 2015 18:01
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Hi guys. I've moved and it looks like a hoarder house with all my hams. So a lot of stuff has to go. I will combine postage on multiple lots. A lot of this is historicals so I am posting it here. Confrontation 3rd ed hardback rulebook, VGC, £20 including shipping. DBM plus the ancients and dark ages books. £10 including shipping. Dirtside II, £5 including shipping. Brettonian army book, £6 including shipping Old Dwarf book, 6th edition, £6 including shipping Full thrust + More Thrust Plus Fleet Books 1+2. £15 including shipping. Old Grey Knights codex, 5th ed, £6 including shipping Here There Be Dragons (fantasy DBM), £4 including shipping Lord of the Rings Khazad Dum, £8 including shipping Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring sourcebook, £7 including shipping Lord of the Rings big rulebook, £20 including shipping (mainly because of the weight) Lord of the Rings Two Towers sourcebook, £7 including shipping. Muskets and Tomahawks with cards, £20 including shipping. Noble Armada +Fleets of the Fading Suns, now both OOP, £25 including shipping 8th ed OnG book, good condition, £15 including shipping Rapid Fire, £15 including shipping Stargrunt II, £5 including shipping Starship Troopers, skinnies army book - £5 including shipping Warhammer Historical Trafalgar, VGC - £35 including shipping Warmahordes 1st ed books £5 plus whatever shipping is. Codex Witch Hunters, £6 including shipping. Warhammer Historicals English Civil War - £15 including shipping.
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Apr 21, 2015 20:42
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SquadronROE posted:Wow, Christ. I need more sleep. To be fair the Finns were allied with the Allies during the Winter War, then with the Axis during the Continuation War, then switched back to the Allies when it became clear the Nazis were getting crushed by the Russians.
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May 26, 2015 00:07
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I'm going to crumble and get the rulebook plus free plastic box offer from Warlord. That would give me the rules and 40 Red Army troops for £25. Here's some questions though. What army lists are in the rulebook? How much poo poo do you need? Do I need to buy the Soviet codex? Do I need order dice? Is it practical to field an Operation Barbarossa style force with T-26s or 28s, and BA-6s and BT-7s? Or would that totally suck? See now I'm thinking of doing a Russian force for 1938 Manchuria/41 Barbarossa. Is that a bad idea? Do T-34/85s rule the roost?
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Jul 29, 2015 21:12
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Which is nicer - the red army summer or winter infantry - in terms of painting and assembling?
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Jul 30, 2015 22:31
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Serotonin posted:The DiceBag lady breaks open the Gripping Beast plastics boxes and sells 6 pt war bands using the contents. You can't really beat £23 for a full army. Two plastic boxed sets and a metal character give you everything you need for a massive force in crescent and cross.
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Jul 31, 2015 21:54
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DiHK posted:goddam you limeys get all the cool poo poo To be fair we do write and manufacture an awful lot of wargames. On the topic of Bolt Action, I crumbled and now have 1000 points of Grenadiers coming. It is only a few over 40 models to paint though.
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Aug 1, 2015 11:45
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Right, for Bolt Action I now have a box of plastic grenadiers, a command blister, a 81mm mortar blister, a medium machine gun blister and a Leig 18 75mm artillery gun. I know nothing about Bolt action. The Hitlers buzzsaw rule makes it seem like LMGs in squads are a good idea, but I don't know if this is true. Can I get a proper 1000 point army list out of this? Thread veterans, what do you recommend?
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Aug 7, 2015 10:51
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muggins posted:It looks like for that one it's two plastic boxes. So something like 70-80 dudes that you can equip with mostly rifles but some special weapons. Confirm it is 80 dudes for two plastic boxes of Russians. I now want to get on the cavalry bandwagon as well. Is there anything that stops you fielding multiple platoons in a game, seeing as a platoon is a HQ plus two infantry squads, plus options? Also where are the rules for Goliaths? I've got the main rulebook and Armies of Germany, but the Pioneer choice is very limited in that.
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Aug 8, 2015 20:22
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OK guys, 750 point army list consisting of pretty much everything I've got. 1st Lieutenant Veteran 90 1st Squad: Heer Grenadier Squad Training NCO & 9 men Regular 145 armed with: 6 Rifles, 1 Light Machine Gun, 3 Assault Rifles, 2 Panzerfausts 2nd Squad: Heer Grenadier Squad Training NCO & 9 men Regular 145 armed with: 6 Rifles, 1 Light Machine Gun, 3 Assault Rifles, 2 Panzerfausts Support Units 3rd Squad: Heer Veteran Grenadier Infantry Squad Training NCO & 9 men Veteran 190 armed with: 3 Rifles, 1 Light Machine Gun, 6 Assault Rifles, 2 Panzerfausts Other Support Medic Veteran 30 MMG Regular 50 Medium Mortar Regular 50 Light Artillery Regular 50 750 exactly 8 order dice Medic goes with the Veterans, all squads have a couple of panzerfausts to upset tanks. Standard squads throw out 16 dice, Vet squad 19. I've put together the support teams, based all the plastic bodies but not put the weapons on yet. I'll be doing that tomorrow and undercoating them. Does this list look ok? For the next 250 points I was thinking of adding the Last Levy box with this 2nd platoon. HQ Training Points 2nd Lieutenant Regular 50 1st Squad: Volkssturm Squad Training NCO & 4 men Inexperienced 58 armed with: 4 Rifles, 1 Submachine Gun, 4 Panzerfausts 2nd Squad NCO & 7 men Inexperienced 77 armed with: 6 Rifles, 2 Submachine Guns, 3 Panzerfausts Support Units 3rd Squad NCO & 4 men Inexperienced 63 armed with: 4 Rifles, 1 Submachine Gun, 4 Panzerfausts Which doesn't match the elite super nazis that a lot of players go for, but which would give me lots more anti-tank and some expendable chaff. Or should I go for a tank and AT gun? Thoughts?
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OK guys, how about this list? HQ Training Points 1st Lieutenant Regular 75 1st Squad: Heer Grenadier Squad Training NCO & 5 men Regular 105 armed with: 2 Rifles, 1 Light Machine Gun, 3 Assault Rifles, 2 Panzerfausts 2nd Squad: Heer Grenadier Squad Training NCO & 5 men Regular 105 armed with: 2 Rifles, 1 Light Machine Gun, 3 Assault Rifles, 2 Panzerfausts Support Units 3rd Squad: Heer Veteran Grenadier Infantry Squad Training NCO & 5 men Veteran 120 armed with: 6 Assault Rifles and AT grenades 4th Squad: Heer Grenadier Squad Training NCO & 5 men Regular 78 armed with: 4 Rifles, 2 Submachine Guns and AT grenades 5th Squad: Heer Grenadier Squad Training NCO & 5 men Regular 87 armed with: 3 Rifles, 3 Assault Rifles and AT grenades Other Support Medic Veteran 30 MMG Regular 50 Medium Mortar Regular 50 Light Artillery Regular 50 Total Points 750 9 Activations, 4 Panzerfaust and 3 squads with AT grenades, 2 squads configured for assault (6 Vets, assault rifles for all, AT grenades, and 6 Regular, 2 SMGs, AT grenades). Smaller squads, some more specialised, with two fire support squads with Assault rifles, Panzerfausts and an LMG - 12 dice of shooting, 9 dice in assault), a Vet assault squad (12 dice shooting, 12 dice assault) etc. Thoughts?
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Aug 9, 2015 14:50
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Throbbing blob posted:Good stuff. The GHQ models in particular look great! Are they 6mm? I read Serotonin's writeup about CWC rules, and they seem to be what I'm looking for, but how are GHQ's rules for micro armour compared to CWC? Go with Cold War Commander. You will not regret it.
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Aug 31, 2015 12:31
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Colonial Air Force posted:Speaking of CWGH (and WI, for that matter), there's an article this month about this game: 3rd Generation Warfare I can't believe they're using 28mm in the pics, not 15mm. Given the scale of modern games I think 15 or 10mm is about as high as you can go unless you are having squad level skirmish.
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Sep 7, 2015 00:03
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I think Bolt Action will continue to have a German bias because so much cool stuff gets released for them. They're on their 4th infantry kit release as well as having lots of plastic vehicles. Whereas they don't even do models for some of the Axis powers (Hungary/Bulgaria). Though I recognise that a lot of German players are Wermachtboos. Especially SS players.
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Sep 23, 2015 00:58
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Warlord website or ebay for individual sprues, many manufacturers do single figures as well.
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Oct 14, 2015 22:08
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Looking to sell a couple of books to start funding the daughters Christmas presents. Muskets and Tomahawks (including cards) - £20 shipped within the UK. Warhammer Trafalgar (Mint, rare OOP, etc) - £40 shipped within the UK.
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Nov 23, 2015 00:13
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Dirt Worshipper posted:I'm not sure if this was posted, but for Dark Age geeks out there, a former Gripping Beast designer started his own line: These are really nice models.
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Nov 29, 2015 18:41
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Nude Bog Lurker posted:So I'm thinking about modelling 500 pts or so of Force Publique for Bolt Action. Is there any way of making this not suck on the table? Should be absolutely fine, but the mainstay will be units of infantry with rifles. As with a lot of Bolt Action forces. How were they equipped? Did they get allied equipment after the fall of Belgium? Are you doing them for the middle east or jungle fighting?
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Dec 13, 2015 19:17
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It's the Wermabos that is why my Bolt Action German force is Battle of Berlin era, with Luftwaffe infantry, Hitler Youth and Volksturm as well as normal infantry. People get very enthusiastic about the German fighting machine. Sometimes a little too enthusiastic.
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Dec 28, 2015 05:02
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I have a mint copy of Trafalgar for sale, UK based, if you are interested.
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Jan 31, 2016 17:30
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Serotonin posted:Oh man there's ranges base on those book! Definitely the first link to go for. Why do I get the impression you live in the Midlands Serotonin?
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Mar 29, 2016 18:51
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Endman posted:Oh god Could be worse, they could be covering the genocide in the Congo carried out by the Belgians. Yeah, there is a reason the scramble for Africa is underserved in wargame terms, because in history it was racist colonialism and genocide, and it's people don't want to hear about how their side were the baddies. Take the Battle of Little Big Horn. How many people know that Custer's big plan was to avoid fighting the actual warriors and go after the women and children in order to murder them all? Get's glossed over, doesn't it?
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Serotonin posted:Sharp Practice 2 pdf has arrived and its wonderful How many figures do you need and what does it play like?
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