So I have decided on a place (a small town on the frontier between Tuscany and the Romagna) , a time (sometime in the winter or spring of 1470 in the Florentine dating system) , and an overall problem (a serious […]

I’ve downloaded a copy of REIGN Enchiridion from Arc Dream Publishing.  These RPG rules have a number of features that make them very interesting for my purposes:

They are moderately abstract.  That is, while […]

I have been reading a great deal about the Renaissance for a very long time.  Not just general histories, but also works of “hard core” scholarship.  What I am reminded of when I read scholarly specialist works is […]

OK, partially rebased; still to be flocked and magnetized but I will do that with a larger batch.

Bases from Minibits, painting by Ross.  I have base-coated the stands with Raw Sienna.  I had used Ceramcaot […]

I promise that as soon as my DBx/FoF:R 15mm figure standard bases get in I will start rebasing and posting lots of images.  In the meantime, however, it’s the 28mm ideas that have been burning up neurons.

One […]

The first 28mm figure remains slightly undone.  Learning 28mm painting is learning to paint from scratch.  I have a 10mm Seven Years War figure down to a few easily-repeatable brushstrokes.  I am still at a point […]

I have been reading up on Renaissance Italian violence.  Rural violence such as that described by Muir in Mad Blood Stirring or Bicheno in Vendetta; urban violence such as that described by Martines in April Blood […]

Its been a good quarter century at least since I ran a Role Playing Game.  Nevertheless, whenever I think about gaming the Italian Renaissance, I immediately come back around to thinking about RPGs.  That’s […]

First, my knight is making progress.  Not perfect, but I will soon be ready to move on with the next learning project.

Next month, I will order some plastics from Perry Miniatures.  I should be able to […]

This Blog is named for a sixteenth century Italian madrigal; a sweet piece of music that bemoans the destruction of Italy by the powers of Europe.  While I have read a lot about the period, my wargaming projects […]