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BoardGameGeek was founded in January 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Solko, [6] and marked its 20th anniversary on 20 January 2020. [7]Since 2005, BoardGameGeek hosts an annual board game convention, BGG.CON, that has a focus on playing games, and where winners of the Golden Geek Awards are announced.
Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia.The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.).
The discussion to form Impact! Miniatures in the UK started on November 23, 2005 on the TalkBloodBowl Forums.Earlier, forum member Ewan McKerracher had posted images of a figure he had sculpted for his personal use, representing star player Icepelt Hammerblow for the game Blood Bowl.
Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a two-player game that simulates naval combat in the 18th and 19th centuries between individual ships as well as with larger fleet actions. The 1975 Avalon Hill edition of the game has 23 scenarios, including the Battles of The Saintes, the Nile, and Trafalgar, [1] as well as smaller and lesser known actions.
Two Wayland men allegedly ran a home improvement scam in Maynard, stealing $100,000 from a resident, police said
To meet the needs of wargamers for inexpensive but historically accurate miniatures, Scruby began casting figures made of type metal in 1955 and selling them from his shop in central California. Scruby made innovative use of RTV rubber molds. In 1958 Scruby began selling figures of his own design which he sold for 15 cents apiece as late as 1962.
The influential anti-Donald Trump group Lincoln Project is denouncing one of its co-founders after multiple reports that over several years he sexually harassed young men looking to break into ...
In “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” director Shaun Peterson makes a compelling case that Honest Abe was queer. The 102-minute doc features 20 Lincoln scholars and ...