In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Scott Landis named to be Editor of the HMGS East Newsletter
"The HMGS East BoD recently installed HMGS Member/Volunteer/GM Scott
Landis as "The newest the HMGS East Newsletter Editor." Scott will be
posting soon looking for contributors. We fully expect Scott to ensure
timely and successful newsletter production for 2009. Respectfully,
HMGS East Board of Directors"
Way to go Scott, make us proud!
A typical day on the Rogues Yahoo Group...
- A point will be raised
- Kurt will respond with an unbiased (?) analysis
- Eric will rage
- Greg will rant and then contradict himself with the next email
- Michael will chastize us
- Jeff will laugh
- Scott will be blamed
- All will agree on what a great idea it is to blame Scott
- Things go back to normal
The Rogues win the Featherstone for the fifth time!
Pictured Above: (left to right) Tournament Director John Snead, Kurt Kramer, Scott Landis, and Michael Panzer
The Rogues have won the Featherstone Cup for the fifth time in seven years (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008), defeating the Wheeling Area Gamers. The Rogues fielded two teams in 2008, one of which was defeated in the first round by the Wheeling Area Gamers, but the second Rogues team got revenge by winning in the final to keep the streak going. The Rogues #2 team successfully used a new tactic at the Featherstone, the all Cavalry Union army, achieving victories with that force in the first two rounds of the tournament. Other teams in the tournament were the Pennsylvania Confederates, the Army of Central Maryland, and the Brandywiners. Thanks again to John Snead for running a great tournament!
An Introduction to the Rogues
The Rogues grew out of the Eastern Pennsylvania Gaming
Society when we had enough people in the group to hold a separate meeting
from the normal club meeting on the third Saturday of each month. Since
we were still (sort of) affiliated with EPGS, we called ourselves the Rogue
Miniatures Faction, etc. Unfortunately we have been unable to continue meeting
on the first Saturday of each month but we have become a close group of
friends who all enjoying playing miniatures and our collective knowledge
spans most of the major wars through history (and a lot of minor ones too).
Most of our members live in Pennsylvania or New Jersey but we are growing
to include some far-flung friends. This webpage is one means to keep our
friends up to date on what we are doing.
Prior to Historicon '98, the Rogues mainly put on a "come
have some fun, drink, roll dice and kill things" game called Midnight
Massacre. After Historicon '97, some members of the group got the idea to
put on a game that would use essentially the same terrain but cover over
2000 years of warfare. Thus was born the Ironman. Much planning and work
went into Ironman '98 and we all feel it went pretty well considering how
much was involved in pulling it off. After Historicon '98, we were asked
by HMGS officials if we could host games in addition to the Massacre at
future conventions. I think we can all agree that that means we're doing
something right.
The pictures on this page hopefully convey what it is our
group does. First and foremost our hobby is about having fun. Secondly its
about painting figures and lastly its about studying military history and
uniforms and putting it on the playing surface. When asked what periods
we cover, it turns out to be almost easier to ask what periods we DON'T
cover but here it is. Eventually there will be pictures of each period to
illustrate what each one is. The After Action
Report page has many photos from our recent games.
