The Wind And The Lion

The Wind And The Lion
German gunners range in on the U.S. Marines as they cross the vill. Figures are Old Glory German Sea Battalion conversions. Archway by Miniature Building Authority.

Sunday, February 22, 2026

45th Anniversary Edition - COMING SOON!

 



For the faithful folks waiting patiently for the 45TH Anniversary Edition of The Sword And The Flame, rest assured it is COMING SOON! Please see the work in progress cover art. The cover is being manipulated with AI and not a drawing program at this point, which is a very fiddly process as you can clearly see. The cover needs a lot of work, but IT IS IN PROGRESS as is the last few aspects of the body of the rules.

There has been a lot of negative talk going on in multiple forums about the health of the rules set and the Broms. The Broms had suffered a series of horrible defeats and tragedies, yet Christie still soldiers on! Huzzah to her fighting spirit to survive, persevere, and to keep her family's legacy alive. Her friends and those faithful to her, Lori, and Larry will do everything in our power to get these rules out to the public ASAP.

Thank you to all those faithful for KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE!

Cheers,

Sgt Guinness

Thursday, February 19, 2026

“Send the Marines!” - TSATF Game


 Scenario Specs: 


Send in the Marines!

Port of Berbera, the coast of Somalia, 1900, an American merchant vessel has been captured by Somali and Arab pirates. Negotiations have broken down, the ship’s crew have become pawns in a nefarious game and the hostages lives are at risk. An informant has leaked intel that the Somali warlord has no intention of letting the crew go and that they will be killed at dawn regardless.
The American consulate general to Somalia has no choices left but...... to “send in the Marines!”


Objectives:
Marines, have (10) turns to rescue the hostages and bring them aboard the gunboat.
Secondary objective, recover the merchant vessel and the valuable cargo or deny its use to the enemy by destroying or setting the vessel on fire.
Ships can be set on fire by naval gun fire or intentionally as per the Gunboat & Dhow! rules, (Last Stand Boatyard)
as well as crew having the ability to extinguish fires.

Sign up for games, check out the website, come have a blast!


The premier Wargames and Adventure Games club in the SE of the United States: https://hmgs-south.com/


This is an awesome but sad photo as these figures were made by my friend Stan Johansen who past away and painted by my friend and clubmate Devon Start who recently past away!





Sunday, January 4, 2026

Farewell Das Kreig Haus -1, Hello DKH-2!!!!

         (Bill Moreno & Bill Pritchard, two of our good friends who have passed)

After well over a decade of amazing gaming and social experiences at our hobby clubhouse which we affectionately named, Das Krieg Haus, we had to pack up and move due to the exponentially rising rental costs. 


We have had countless games here, some run by premier game masters and hobby aficionados from all over the country, several whom are no longer with us, RIP. We’ve had gamers and visitors from other parts of the world as well. Boasting some 96+ members on our email list with a local core of 25+ gamers we are a very active group!

Here are a few of the tens of thousands of photos of  games from our little bit of Shangri-La. 

The SMG - South Florida Miniatures Gamers runs the Annual SMG Regatta in 15mm and 28mm with the Limeys & Slimeys rules. 





The Battle of Maiwand



Onward and upward, literally, we moved to a 2nd story office in a quaint little office building. I had my first Beer in the new digs with Mark Ritchie and Oriskany Jim while helping them and John R move some of the tons O hobby crap we have. 



More photos of the old Das Krieg Haus to come!!!