Happy New Year

A Happy New Year to you and yours from all at the Duchy of Tradgardland. Many thanks for your support here in 2013.

Christmas in 18th Century Tradgardland

Through the streets of 18th century Tradgardland the soldiers march towards the Ducal Palace.They carry with them a tree to be presented to the Duke and his family.The musicians of the Court play carols through the frosty air.

Merry Christmas one and all from all of us here in Tradgardland!
 I close with a page from a most treasured book from within the Duke of Tradgardland's Library of rare volumes-

Giving in to temptation...

I have been reading Paul's new rules additions and seeing his Altdorf scenario piccies.Just sent off for some AIP chaps in Stahlhelms to use as Freikorps in interwar FLW.What was that thing Oscar Wide said...

Gridded game set up

Pop over to my other blog to see a 40mm game played on gridded terrain.Not our period here but hope you will enjoy!
http://tradgardland.blogspot.co.uk/

Army White (Republican)

The beloved old Emperor is dead.The new Emperor has left by train,the new Republic has begun...
Thus Army White is taken from the days prior to glorious summer of '13,through the Great War and beyond into the interwar period...

And so begins my FLW project for autmn and winter -moving into the interwar period with Army white now known as Army White (Republican) for the moment.

Part the first- A rainy day in Fife

This morning saw me uptown on a mission to post a parcel in the Post Office.The rain lashed and I popped into Poundland on the lookout for hobby inspiration and bought the following-

£1.49 a packet!!! each contained the following-

And so with much ingenuity I will attempt to use the basic chassis of the plastic tank to build 3 tanks/tankettes(perhaps a tad too big?) for an interwar army.If anyone wants the army men and turrets/mgs let me know .You are more than welcome to them.I will pop them in the post for you next week.

Matters of taste on the other blog

I wonder if you could pop over to my other blog and help me solve a dilemma of matters of taste and the deployment of toy soldiers -
http://tradgardland.blogspot.co.uk/
Many thanks!

Wargaming in Germany

I am interested to know if anyone knows about wargaming taking place in Germany prior to the Great War? Was Little Wars used for example?

I am not interested in finding about the use of kreigspel but rather early figure gaming?

Thanks 

Alan