Novem ber 3, 2011
November 2010
The Rogues come up short for a 7th Featherstone cup
After winning the the Featherstone Cup six times in eight years ('02, '04, '06, '07, '08 and '09).The Rogues came up short for a seventh win. Scott, Kurt and Jeff were the only team entered this year and won their first round match against the Wheeling Area Gamers but lost the second round by 8 points (thanks to Scott!) and that was enough to knock them out of a possible spot in the finals. The Lehigh Gamers got clobbered by the Brandywiners in their first round match to the tune of 41 points, making the Brandywiners a virtual lock for the final as the two finalists would be determined by point differentials from the first two rounds. The final was between the Wheeling Area Gamers and the Brandywiners (one actual Brandywiner and two subs as it happens). Only four teams were involved the tournament this year, the lowest turnout of any Featherstone Tournament, the fourth team was the Lehigh Games. John Snead and Michael Panzer were co-GM's again this year and did a fine job despite some grumbling on the part of some of those involved. Rumor has it that some trash talk by Brandywiner substitute, and regular Rogue, Dave Reiners may have contributed to Scott Landis' boneheaded play at the end of the second round that cost the Rogues a chance to meet the lone Brandywiner (plus friends) in the final.
- 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 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.
Convention After Action Reports (with pictures!)
Hints and Tips (Painting and Terrain Making)
- John Grimes
- George Gariffo
- Jeff Kimmel - Homepage
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 past games.
Ancients - 5mm, 15mm, 25mm
Medieval - 15mm, 25mm
Rennaissance - 15mm
English Civil War - 5mm, 15mm
Marlborough - 15mm
American War of Independence - 25mm
Napoleonics - 5mm, 15mm, 25mm, 54mm
American Civil War - 5mm, 10mm, 15mm, 15mm Ironclads, 25mm
Mexican-American War - 25mm
British Colonial - 15mm, 25mm
World War II - 5mm, 15mm, 25mm, 1/300 aircraft, 1/3000 ships
Modern - 5mm
Fantasy - 15mm
Zombies - 25mm
Last updated November 4, 2011
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