Following are some of the thoughts of our players on wargaming and related topics expressed in the form of articles. If you wish to see your article listed here contact the webmaster.

Remembering Terry L. Gore

Posted on 9 Oct '05. Terry L. Gore passed on October 1, 2005. We take a moment to remember this remarkable man and reflect on how he made the hobby more fun for all of us.
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Fifth Web Anniversary of India Wargamers

Posted on 1 Aug '05. India Wargamers web site has completed five years of existence. A look back at five interesting years on the web.
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Convention Notes: Historicon 2005

Posted on 21 Jul '05. Our webmaster and gaming ambassador Manoj is off to Historicon '05.
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Project Crossfire

Posted on 29 Mar '05. A report of Manoj's ongoing Crossfire gaming project.
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A Military History of Medieval India

Posted on 23 Nov '03. A review of Major Gen. Gurcharn Singh Sandhu's book "A Military History of Medieval India".
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Map Making For Wargamers

Posted on 16 Aug '03. Three part tutorial that explains the process by which we create all our battle maps using the versatile Adobe Photoshop. Part 1 explains the basics of Photoshop and starts off with terrain features; Part 2 dwells on more types of terrain features and troops; Part 3 translates a fictional wargame into maps and explains how to polish the finished product. Size warning: Plenty of images inside each section.
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Anecdotal

Posted on 05 Mar '02. The Money Rule, Travelling Wargamers, Adobe Photoshop, Punic Times etc etc. A collection of Anecdotes related to the India Wargamers. Thanks to Terry Gore and John Graham-Leigh for inspiring this article.
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Wargaming Recruitment Posters

Posted on 09 Oct '01. Wargaming urgently needs more followers. Both young and old, male and female. Here are some (hopefully)inspirational posters which use ideas borrowed from propaganda posters of World War 1 and World War 2.
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Games gamers Play

Posted on 16 Nov '00. An article on how certain wargamers asked for a better "rank" without being willing to play a few wargames for it. All characters shall remain unnamed, but our players should not have much difficulty in identifying the cast! :)
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Waiting For Piquet

Posted on 09 Oct '00. The story of our long and interesting wait for Piquet in India. The story of how we came to know about Piquet, approached the store, procured it and the superb service from Chris Abbey of wargames world.
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Of Python, GIFs and Wargamers

Posted on 06 Sep '00. This site uses a few Python scripts behind the screens. This article describes how these came to be and the relationship between programmers and wargamers. If you have wondered why this site uses no GIFs (or if your own site uses GIFs), you ought to read this article as it explains why.
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How to play a Wargame in India

Posted on 08 Aug '00. An article on how wargames are played in India. If you play wargames using miniatures, this articles will tell you how to do it using paper, pins and scissors! It describes our experiences with scales, bases, rule books etc. and the problems we faced in understanding and interpreting these.
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