(Image of Perry White from Smallville Wikia )   This year's Editors Forum was actually the fourth conference session I attended.  ...

(Image from:  Wargame Info's review of Blucher ) While attending this year's PNWA Summer Conference, we were often reminded th...

(Image found on The Innovative Instructor Blog ) The last PNWA Writers Conference I attended was in 2012.  My work schedule prevented ...

  Even though many Americans love barbequing and watching fireworks on Independence Day, they find the actual history of how we achieve...

(Image from: Latter Day Learning, The Short History & Origin of Independence Day )

Ian Doescher hath strucketh again!  I finally got around to reading his book  William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back ,...

(A self-standing magnifying glass to aid my aging eyes) Like most wargamers, I have a lot of figures to paint and/or assemble.  As pa...

One of the hazards of wargaming is impulse buying.  Several weeks ago, I stumbled across some Bones Figures by Reaper Miniatures w...

(Image from Oceans Bridge ) The "Horse & Musket" Era is my favorite period of history.  The pinnacle of this point in time...

I've been off-line for the past several days. My mom passed away just over a week ago.  I got "the call" from one of my si...

A lot of Life Changes has occurred on the "deck" of Stern Rake Studio these past two years.    First, my wife's job a...