Latest book received

[abelp01]

Just finished "The Man Who Would Be King; the first American in Afghanistan" (ISBN 0-374-20178-1) by Ben Macintyre. The story is a good read, about Josiah Harlan who went to Afghanistan in 1828; supposedly it was the inspiration for Kipling's story. Interesting accounts of inter-tribal combat/feuds and the political infighting.

Parts of the book remind me of the movie based on Kipling's book, the one with Sean Connery and Michael Caine from the '70s.

[Tomsche]

Codex Tau Empire (for when Project Asrai is finished to start something new involving Gundam model kits  ) and a comic book, Excalibur issue 77, bringing me down to 7 comics to complete the whole run of (both) the series

[manic _miner]

 AE Bounty recieved this morning.Very nicely done little rule book.

[archangel1]

It's been a busy month.  These are only a couple from my haul.

[Mr Top Hat]

Congo Mercenary by Mike Hoare (hardback).

So my old paperback is surplus if anyone wants it. I have done what I normally do and glued in photos from the web on blank pages so it has many more illustrations than usual. Anyone want it?

I’d be interested in it Bezzo.

[Tomsche]

The Future Wars Commander rulebook, now to give that a shot to expand our 6mm gaming after the first stepsies with SoW into that scale

[General Roos]

I do apologize if this book is too "off-topic". I'm such a sucker when it comes to the roaring twenties.

Classic Cocktails of the Prohibition Era



A 20's-era cocktail recipe book with beautifully photographed hooch. 

Now I can mix some Grand Royal Fizzes and Frisco Sours for the gang and the dames when we play "The Bootleggers".

[Hammers]

I do apologize if this book is too "off-topic". I'm such a sucker when it comes to the roaring twenties.

Classic Cocktails of the Prohibition Era



A 20's-era cocktail recipe book with beautifully photographed hooch. 

Now I can mix some Grand Royal Fizzes and Frisco Sours for the gang and the dames when we play "The Bootleggers".

Next time we have a SLAM I suggest we start at Aalborg Coctail and finish when we get to Zuave Longdrink.

[General Roos]

Next time we have a SLAM I suggest we start at Aalborg Coctail and finish when we get to Zuave Longdrink.

Sounds fine to me! 

[Plynkes]

The new one-volume edition, by former LAF regular Mr. Whitehouse.


Edit: I do like Howard's style. He claims that 'Free Kriegspiel' is German for making it up as you go along.

[Spook]

(it's a graphic novel)

A must have for the french reading Weird War 2 connoisseur!

Plot: Hitler gets gunned downed by a mysterious sniper in 1941 during a public speech. Himmler takes control of the third Reich, making Reinhardt Heydrich the head of the SS. A new order of Jin-Roh looking teutonic knights is created to counter the evergrowing influence of the over ambitious Schutzstaffel and fight against the Soviet Union.

And that's only the first three pages!

[Pentaro]

The Spanish translation of "Théodore Poussin". I've already read the first two albums and loved them. It's somewhere between Spirou and Corto Maltés.

[Aaron]

I recently finished Patrick Rambaud's novels "The Battle" (about Aspern-Essling) and "The Retreat" (about the 1812 campaign). These excellent Napoleonic books are very well written and researched and have compelling plots. Although Rambaud is French and the story centers on the French side of things he certainly plays no favorites. I think reading them is about as close as one can get to feeling the sheer terror and misery of Napoleonic warfare.

Don't expect a French version of Sharpe!

[abelp01]

I recently downloaded the PDFs of Battlefield Evolution: World at War and the Back of Beyond supplement at Wargamevault.com. I'd forgotten how much fun wargaming was!! Love this ruleset and as a big fan of the Back of Beyond genre (and the Great Game, of course) the supplement is rockin' my world, YEAH, BABY!!!

Great Job, Agis!

[archangel1]

Not actually received, but did anyone ever get a copy of this? The last time we were discussing it, it hadn't been published yet.