A Successful Muster

The Holiday Inn Patriot had great accomodations although there was not much food available outside of normal meal times. Bring your favorite drinks and snacks and keep them in your room. There were interesting games run by the likes of Dave Waxtel, Sam Mustafa, Old Dominion Games, Southern Maryland Partisans etc. Vendors like Age of Glory, Chesapeake Miniatures, Colonial Connection (selling off the Hinchliffe figures) Flag Dude, Cotton Jim and Toby Barrett. It felt like a smaller, friendlier HMGS convention, not soon to be forgotten. So plan to be there next year. Also a raffle with great prizes also made it interesting. Now on by order of the Shogun to the next American town, Lancaster PA.

Off to a an American colonial muster

The Shogun has commanded me and several retainers to observe the Williamsburg Muster and perhaps glean some ideas about war and gamesmanship. We are cautioned not to give away the sacred ways of Bushido to the barbarians, but they will surely learn from us about the heart of a warrior and dedication to our Shogun. The American calendar places the dates as beginning February 6, 7, 8 in the year of the Ox, 2009. Upon our return after two long journeys, we can inform the Shogun of our progress.
Daimyo Oda

Inaugural Post

Greetings and welcome to the Shogun's Castle. Hopefully with the right spirit the Shogun's Castle will be more than a reminder of the samurai and their Bushido code, it will remind all lovers of freedom of what we hold precious and dear. The greatest reminder is Freedom Isn't Free. So as we enjoy our lives in this land of freedom let us not desert our vigilance or our great heritage.

On a lighter note, now that we have that out of the way we can talk about more mundane things such as hobbies, my favorite is wargaming and a desire to share projects and ideas with fellow hobbyists and students of military history. No matter what your niche, welcome aboard.

The photo in the header is a model of a samurai castle. It was built by Leroy Simpson of the Lonely Gamers who are from Australia and who have one of the coolest wargame blogs ever. Please visit them if you like terrific well painted models of wargame figures and terrain. Plus you are in luck if you play WW2, Napoleonics, Ancients and Renaissance. Fabulous photos. A must see.

You will find that I am not quite up to snuff on projects, but am very well meaning and though very little has been painted by me lately, here in desperation for your enjoyment is a project of 14 years that has turned out to be very satisfactory to me. Samurai Tortie. Enjoy.