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28mm Perrys Duchy of Warsaw Infantry Battalion	3	28 Apr 2024 6:04 p.m. PST
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1793, 1798, and powdered hair	10	21 Mar 2024 12:16 p.m. PST
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Franznap 20mm Napoleonics	9	17 Feb 2024 11:29 a.m. PST
Basing 1/72 Napoleonics?	17	11 Feb 2024 1:53 p.m. PST
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Warlord Epic Napoleonics	15	02 Feb 2024 5:08 p.m. PST
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Rules for Age of Sail Fleet Actions?	13	22 Dec 2023 2:30 p.m. PST
Command & Colors Napoleonic	9	21 Dec 2023 4:53 p.m. PST
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Napoleon and Kleber for Grand Battles Napoleon	8	08 Dec 2023 11:15 p.m. PST
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Dismounted French Dragoons for Egypt Grand Battles Napoleon	8	09 Oct 2023 10:34 p.m. PST
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Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimer	11	19 Sep 2023 8:06 p.m. PST
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War of 1812 - My 18mm US Army	7	08 Apr 2023 6:38 p.m. PST
New to Napoleonics? Ask a Book!	8	17 Mar 2023 2:25 p.m. PST
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Supporting Units Black Powder	2	16 Mar 2023 6:50 p.m. PST
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My First ever painted Napoleonic miniature	22	04 Dec 2022 9:14 a.m. PST
Ordering From WoFun?	6	28 Nov 2022 2:56 p.m. PST
Russian way of fighting	19	27 Nov 2022 7:44 a.m. PST
Peninsular British	9	23 Nov 2022 12:52 a.m. PST
1st/2nd Coalition books and resources	14	10 Nov 2022 2:26 a.m. PST
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28mm Prussian 1813 infantry brigade under construction	15	01 Oct 2022 10:12 p.m. PST
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Waterloo- British Officers Red Jackets	21	19 Sep 2022 3:50 a.m. PST
Supposed size of prussian bataillons	10	11 Sep 2022 9:54 a.m. PST
Soldiers of Napoleon rules - Artillery?	9	06 Sep 2022 9:26 a.m. PST
Silly question regarding reading British OOB	7	30 Aug 2022 2:26 p.m. PST
French Grande Armee starter set	7	30 Aug 2022 8:47 a.m. PST
Napoleon's Battles -- DANGER DANGER	12	29 Aug 2022 2:53 a.m. PST
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Small Napoleonic Battles --help	9	15 Aug 2022 6:33 a.m. PST
Computer based games	14	04 Aug 2022 2:21 p.m. PST
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Landwehr and Skirmishers	29	22 Jul 2022 3:07 p.m. PST
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10mm Napoleonic figures?	24	11 Apr 2022 1:38 p.m. PST
WoFun Dutch Infantry: French Allied Conversions	5	08 Apr 2022 2:30 p.m. PST
WoFun Games Peninsular War: The Confederation of the Rhine	8	07 Apr 2022 6:13 a.m. PST
French Napoleonic Mounted Commanders from WoFun Games	3	07 Apr 2022 6:11 a.m. PST
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Game Box Painting Service	8	05 Mar 2022 5:50 p.m. PST
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Elite company figures.	17	16 Feb 2022 10:10 p.m. PST
Wurtemburg - Front Rank (G de B)	10	10 Feb 2022 8:43 p.m. PST
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AB miniature recommendations for Hanover Landwehr	6	24 Jan 2022 9:10 p.m. PST
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18mm Napoleonics	15	20 Jan 2022 2:08 p.m. PST
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Confederation of the Rhine Flags for 18mm figures.	6	30 Dec 2021 10:18 a.m. PST
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28mm New Start in Napoleonic's	7	30 Nov 2021 7:18 a.m. PST
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DBN Test Games with Paper Soldiers	2	26 Sep 2021 4:02 a.m. PST
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