Earlier Updates, March 1998 - June, 2001
Major General Tremorden Rederring's Colonial-era Wargames Site


06/13/01 - Link to Perrin Miniatures added to the Small Scale section of the Manufacturers' page.
06/11/01 - Link to Stellar Systems, current producer of the classic Ral Partha line added to the 25/28mm section of the Manufacturers' page.

05/15/01 - Redoubt's landships added to the Vehicles, Buildings and Accessories section of the Manufacturers' page. Eureka's listing updated in the 25/28mm section.
05/06/01 - Krakatoa, East of Java (sic) added to the Film - India page (China and the Far East section).


04/25/01 - Cloth photo added to the Ground and Hills scenery page.
04/24/01 - Cloth photo added to the Water scenery page.
04/21/01 - The Wild Wild West belatedly added to Film, Film - Miscellaneous.
 04/19/01 - Comments on Cavalry Command, Fighting Devil Dogs, and Captain Marvel added to the Film - India and the Far East page.
04/15/01 - Michael Spencer's hospital and Victorian submersible added to the Readers' Page.
  - Science vs. Pluck added to Online Rulesets on the Rules page.
  - kwaAndy website added to the Links.


03/31/01 - Steve Jackson Games added to the Manufacturers' page, 25/28mm section.
03/27/01 - Ral Partha/Thunderbolt Mountain's classic line is back in production, and Iron Brigade is again running the old Heritage colonials. Details on the Manufacturers' page, 25/28mm section.
03/25/01 - Pirate Battle Game page and Palm Tree page changed to indicate that the Pressman palm trees are no longer available. Thanks to Randy Fung for the information.
03/23/01 - Base measurements corrected on the Malay Pirates page. Thanks to Mike Spencer for pointing out the error.
03/23/01 - Blaze's Corner added to Links page.
03/16/01 - Link to the Patiala State Monorail Tramway added to the Railway Equipment page.
03/08/01 - Sugarcraft added to the Accessories section of the Manufacturers' page. Listing for Stone Mountain added in the 15mm section
03/03/00 - Icon Miniatures added to the 25/28mm section of the Manufacturers' page.

02/28/01 - Victoria's Battles link added to the commercial rulesets on the Rules page.
02/26/01 - Geohex added to the Accessories section of the Manufacturers' page..
02/25/01 - Tuan (boxer rebellion) link added to the commercial rulesets on the Rules page.
02/20/01 - Dortmund Amateur Wargamers added to the Links page.
02/03/01 - Tony Cane's gunboat and dhows added to Readers' Page.
02/02/01 - Robert Sleath's steam tank added to the Readers' Page.
02/02/01 - Downloadable howdah artwork improved, incorrect scale bar altered.
01/30/01 - Adam Hayes adds further information on the Pirate Battle Game a.k.a. Blackbeard's Treasure, in the UK.
01/30/01 - Reviresco's Martian Tripod added to the Accessories section of the Manufacturers' page.
01/23/01 - Martin Buck's report on UK availability of the Pirate Battle Game added to that page (bottom).
01/20/01 - This page (
What's New) is now listed in reverse-chronological order (latest at the top).
01/20/01 - Alan Hamilton's site added to the Links section and online rules page
   01/18/01 - Water page added to the Scenery section.

01/17/01 - Andrew Levey's comments on One Man's Hero added to the Film - Miscellaneous page.
01/17/01 - Ral Partha's boxed sets of animals added to the Manufacturers' page, Accessories section.
01/14/01 - Saskatchewan and The Lost World added to the Film - Miscellaneous page.
01/14/01 - Pirate Battle Game palms added to Palm Trees page.
01/14/01 - Manufacturers' page reorganized with separate 15mm category.
01/14/01 - Several new additions to the Manufacturers' page. Look for the Red Type for recent updates.
01/14/01 - New listings (Red Type) and notes on finding out-of-print books added to the Books page.



NOTE - From this point onward, most recent additions are at the BOTTOM of this page.

03/24/98 - The Major General's Page initially published on the Web
03/28/98 - Image added to Pasha's Palace page

03/30/98 - Addition of Fiction section to the Books and Films Page

04/01/98 - Text changes to Ships Page "Gaming with Ships and Boats"
04/01/98 - The Major General's Family Album added to Group Page

04/05/98 - Addition of Bob Giglio's newsgroup post to Figure Sources page
04/05/98 - Four figures added to the Civilian Figures page
04/16/98 - Three titles added, and email address for Science versus Pluck post corrected on Rules Page
04/20/98 - Ship Construction Page and Dhow Templates page added
04/28/98 - Richard Silvano's Garden Wargaming link added to the Little Wars and Links page.
04/29/98 - Vitai Lampada (Henry Newbolt poem) page added

05/05/98 - Second Battle of Tel Debi pages added
05/08/98 - Figures added to Civilian Figures, Native Figures , and Military Figures page. Dhow Templates improved.
05/12/98 - Tabletop Periscope page added to the Scenery group of pages
05/13/98 - Other Configurations added as link to Pasha Ali's Fortified Palace page
05/16/98 - Five small pictures added to the Landships page
05/16/98 - Small pictures added to the Little Wars page and the War of the Worlds page
05/17/98 - H.G.Wells illustration added to Landships page
05/23/98 - "Why We Fight" added to Group page. Space 1889 list added to Links. Ongoing additions to Films.
05/23/98 - "Why We Fight" improved (Group page)
05/24/98 - Numerous reviews from Patrick Wilson added to the Films page.
05/25/98 - The Residency at Biltezi pages added to the Battles section
05/28/98 - The Sand of the Desert added to the Rules page.
05/29/98 - Photos from Readers page linked off Building Construction and Ship Construction pages
05/29/98 - Site Map added to the bottom of This Page
05/30/98 - Crumpled Wrapping Paper ground surface added to the Ground Surface, Hills and Vegetation page
05/31/98 - Final Details section added to Ship Construction page and general text improvements made.

06/06/98 - Links to Richard Silvano's Little Wars site added to the Links and Little Wars pages.
06/17/98 - Reviresco's 1914 Daimler German Army truck added to the Motor Trucks page.
06/18/98 - Two pictures added to the Native Figures page.
06/20/98 - The Himmelstupper/Welaj Theory section and link added to the Group and Misc page.
06/23/98 - Building Layout Template revised for easier printing to proper size. Apology added.
06/24/98 - Awards Page added, linked from Headquarters page.

07/01/98 - New pictures added to the Photos from Readers page.
07/01/98 - Discussion Groups added to the Links page.
07/04/97 - Email link address for the Major General changed on all relevant pages, to majrgen1@airmail.net.
07/04/97 - Historical photo added to the Daimler section of the Motor Trucks page
07/17/98 - Corners Page page added to the Structures section.
07/19/98 - First ten pages of the Landships section added.
07/19/98 - Four pictures added to the Photos from Readers page.
07/20/97 - Historical photo in the Daimler section of the Motor Trucks page fixed.
07/30/98 - Photo of Desert Tribesmen added to Native Figures page.

08/01/98 - Battle of Al Bunrab pages added, linked from Landships and Battles.
08/03/98 - Spelling correction of Kevin Wald's name (author of the Buff Barbarian Song) plus link.
08/12/98 - The American Landships page added to the Landships section.
08/16/98 - Ogrette Class Landships page added to Landships section, linked off Ogress page.
08/16/98 - Landship idea sketches linked off Miscellaneous and Future Landships page
08/16/98 - Older update notes moved from this page to Earlier Updates page.
08/16/98 - 'Fitzcarraldo,' and 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' added to Movies page.
08/16/98 - Additional gushing about 'The Four Feathers' (1939) added to the Movies page.
08/16/98 - The American Landships page problems for some browser/platforms fixed (one hopes).
08/22/98 - 'Death Hunt,' 'His Majesty O'Keefe,' 'Quigley Down Under,' and 'The Man from Snowy River' added to Movies page.
08/28/98 - Warrior added to Figure Manufacturers page. 'The Long Duel' added to Movies
08/30/98 - 'They Came to Cordura' added to Movies page. Tim Peterson's buildings added to Photos from Readers page.

09/24/98 - Savage & Soldier and Warflag added to Links page

10/06/98 - Army Men and Sandstorm added to the Links page.
10/06/98 - 'Riel' added to Books & Movies page (Television and Video).
10/16/98 - Armored Cars in Ireland link added to the Armored Cars page.

11/26/98 - German Train added to the Railway Models page
10/06/98 - By Jingo!, Colonial Wargaming, and Trevor's Victorian Colonial Wargames added to Links page.
10/06/98 - Several book titles added to the Non-fiction and Fiction sections of the Books & Movies page

12/07/90 - Colonial Rules and Sandstorm added to and linked from the Rules page.
12/11/98 - Minor text revisions and links to Piquet and the Principles of War FAQ, added to the Rules page.
12/12/98 - Reviresco train description and link added to Railway Models page.
12/16/98 - The Last Train from Goldwasser pages (4 pages) added to Battles section.
08/16/98 - Bob Cordery's Colonial Wargame Rules and link added to the Rules page. Piquet now spelled correctly.

01/05/99 - Lassenwelt Station game pages (8 pages plus linked photos) added to Battles section.
01/05/99 - With MacDuff on the Web and The Red Shadow added to the Links page.
01/09/99 - Links page reorganized and expanded somewhat. Gisby's Page added to links.
01/09/99 - Many lines of figures and accessories added to the Manufacturers page.
01/09/99 - Rules page reorganized. Links to With MacDuff on the Frontier, a Colonial-era DBA Variant, and Brom's Volley Fire, plus a small section on RPGs added. Outside commentaries on various rulesets moved to a separate page.
01/09/99 - Tony Cane's armored trains and Tim Peterson's domed hut added to the Reader's Photos page.
01/10/99 - Four books and the film 'Conduct Unbecoming' added to the Books & Movies page.
01/10/99 - Tim Peterson's string technique for palm trunks added to Palm Trees page.
01/12/99 - Rogue's March and Untamed added to Books & Movies page, with requests for comments.
01/12/99 - Links to Flagship Games' Rampant Colonialism pages added to Links and Rules pages.
01/15/99 - Several more lines of figures and accessories added to the Manufacturers page.
01/18/99 - The Khartoum-Style Walled City page is added, with a single picture (but a large one).
01/20/99 - The Last Square Gamers African adventure added to the Links page.
01/30/99 - Online rulesets added to the Rules page. Badge photo linked off 'Ubique' on the Kipling page.
01/31/99 - 'Ere's to You, Fuzzy Wuzzy added to the online sets in the Rules page.

02/08/99 - David Kuijt's Aztec pyramid photo and link added to the Reader's Photos page.

03/07/99 - The Exin Building Blocks for Colonial Structures page added to the Structures section, and Exin source Fink & Company added to the Manufacturers page.
03/24/99 - Studio 33 added to the Manufacturers page. 'Sanders of the River' added to the Movies page (Central Africa) , as well as expanded comments on 'Shout at the Devil'.

04/18/99 - Legionnaire and Zulu Wars reviews added to Books & Movies page, also Desert Legion added, with request for comments.

07/10/99 - New photos from Grant Sigsworth and David Kuijt added to the Reader's Photos page. The Mummy added to the Movies page (North Africa). German train pictures fixed (some browsers had trouble) on Railway Models page.
07/11/99 - Rules page updated to include notice of forthcoming The Sword and the Flame 20th Anniversary Edition, and links to new TSATF 20th page, as well as Rules Britannia, and The Maxwellian Variant pages.

08/08/99 - The Relief of Bungstarter Station game pages (9 pages plus linked photos, including an extensive African Scenery page) added to More Battles section.
08/08/99 - Battles page broken into two pages.
08/08/99 - Picture of Judy Prueitt, mystical queen of the Dervish, linked from the Group page.
08/09/99 - Three new figures added to Civilian Figures page.
08/10/99 - Nurse picture linked to Bungstarter Station first page. Acacia note page regrettably appended to Bungstarter Scenery page.

09/18/99 - Smithsonian Magazine's link added to Awards page.
09/18/99 - The Otto Prohaska series added to Books; They Met in Bombay added to the China section of the Movies page.
09/19/99 - A harrowing major overhaul of the Manufacturers' page listings. The Major General swears that if one more company starts producing these silly things, he will discontinue the whole listing. See if he won't! Thanks to all who wrote with updates and suggestions, and apologies for the long delay.
09/22/99 - Colonial Warhammer added to the Online section of the Rules page.
09/22/99 - Utu added to the "Other Locales" section of the Movies page.

10/01/99 - Wilbur Smith's Ballantyne series added to the Fiction section of Books.
10/01/99 - Review of From the Earth to the Moon and expanded comments on Death Hunt added to Movies page.
10/01/99 - Castaway Arts Ashanti War 25s, Tin Soldier 15s and Hirst Arts building-block molds added to the Manufacturers' page. Irregular Miniatures listing expanded. Great Gadfrey! It never ends...
10/02/99 - Tony Stapells' site added to the Links page.
10/12/99 - Sheltrum Miniatures and The Imperial Zargovian Zeppelin Consortium added to the (sigh) Manufacturers' page.

10/13/99 - Rob Beattie's The Steam and the Flame page added to the Links section.
10/24/99 - Around the World in 80 Days added to Movies page, as well as expanded comments on His Majesty O'Keefe, The First Men in the Moon, and Mysterious Island.
10/28/99 - Cannon Fodder Miniatures added to the furschlugginer Manufacturers' page.

11/10/99 - Skirmish at the Finolah Minehead pages added to More Battles section.
11/14/99 - TSATF Foreign Legion Supplement announcement page added. Rules page and linked pages updated to reflect current availability of TSATF.
11/19/99 - Beloved Marx plastic palm tree recasts from the Toy Soldier Company added to the Manufacturers' page.
11/19/99 - Imperial Splendour computer-moderated miniature ruleset plus Battles of Empire and links added to Rules page.

12/04/99 - Mogdonazia Campaign page added to the Links section.
12/14/99 - Wessex Games, Village Green, Grand Manner, and Steve Barber added to the Manufacturers' page.
12/15/99 - Young Winston's Wars series added to Books.
12/18/99 - Safari to the Psgheti pages added to Battles section.
12/18/99 - Hunting Elephants page and printable howdah added to Animal-Powered Transport section.
12/18/99 - Mogdonazia Campaign's link corrected in the Links section.
12/19/99 - Link corrected for Colonial Warhammer on Rules page.
12/20/99 - Link added to Volley and Bayonet listing on Rules page.
12/22/99 - Listing and link for Heat of the Sun added to the Television and Video section.

01/24/00 - ONElist ColonialWars, Jackson Gamers, and Larry Ewing added to the Links section.
01/24/99 - Anna and the King added to the Movies page.
01/24/99 - Note on model railway track added to the Railway Equipment page
01/25/00 - Armed Command Dhow page linked from Native Dhows page.
12/18/00 - Houses and Miscellaneous Structures page broken into two separate pages.
12/18/00 - Fortified tower added to Miscellaneous Structures page.
12/18/00 - Pirates Battle Set page linked off Native Dhows and Miscellaneous Structures pages.
01/26/00 - The Colonial Angle added to the Links section. Four rulesets from the site added to the Rules page.
01/27/00 - Point Wytouki pages added to Battles section.

02/21/00 - Tim Balzer's comments on Lion of the Desert added to the Movies page (Northern Africa section).
02/21/00 - Topsy-Turvy added to the Movies page (Miscellaneous section).
02/21/00 - Allen Hansen's comments on Cry Wolf added to the Books page.
02/21/00 - Tripods and Hussars added to the Rules page. Links to Fistful of Tripods and Orc's Drift now actually take you there. Why didn't somebody tell me earlier? Thanks to Sven Nore'n.

03/09/00 - Domed house picture added to the Colonial Houses page.
03/09/00 - London War room added to the Manufacturers' page.
03/10/00 - At Last! Long-sought pictures of the sidewheeler Abbas found and added to the River Steamers page.
03/10/00 - New Lego Air Zeppelin page linked off Aeroplanes page.
03/10/00 - New Space:1889 figures added to RAFM's listing on the Manufacturers' page.
03/12/00 - Fort Saganne added to the Northern Africa section of the Movies page.
03/12/00 - Irregular Miniatures' 25mm line added to the Manufacturers' page.
03/19/00 - Lindberg's Southern Belle kit added to the River Steamers page.
03/19/00 - Two rather grumpy reviews (Legionnaire and A Passage to India) added to the Movies page. Maybe it's just old age setting in. (Anne Bancroft's name is now spelled correctly in the Young Winston review, thanks to Jay Stribling.)
03/19/00 - Fortress Figures palm trees added to the Manufacturers' page.
03/30/00 - Steve's secret identity exposed on the Group page.
03/30/00 - Additions to the Books and Movies page - TV and Video section: Heart of Darkness, request for comments on The Flame Trees of Thika; Northern and Central Africa section: White Cargo, Trader Horn (hubba-hubba!), expanded comments on Fort Saganne; Book Section: Heart of Darkness and A Passage to India. (Guess who hasn't had to go to work in two weeks).
03/30/00 - Long-needed update of the Links section, including the addition of Bob Duncan's Kafiristan and Ouargistan Station pages, The King's Carbine, The British Colonial Wars, and Sir Peter in Darkest Africa.

04/01/00 - Reviresco's figures added to the Manufacturers' page.
04/02/00 - Foundry's factory site added to the Manufacturers' page.
04/04/00 - J&T Miniatures catalog added to the Manufacturers' page.
04/15/00 - The excursion steamer Lady Bodgett added to the Steam Launches page.
04/17/00 - Eureka! The long-lost pictures of the Khartoum-style Walled City have surfaced!
04/20/00 - Burgermeister figure on the Civilian Figures page now properly attributed to Ral Partha, thanks to sharp-eyed Brandi Weed. Link to Leading Edge figures added to the Manufacturers' page, and retraction of the speculation that their wonderful Dracula line of Victorian civilians might be out of print.
04/22/00 - The Sword and the Flame 20th Anniversary Edition page updated, and URL for Online Ordering added. TSATF Foreign Legion supplement page deleted.
04/22/00 - The Desert Song and Untamed comments added to the Movies page.
04/23/00 - Apparently an advertisement on the web does not an available product make. Brandi's sleuthing indicates that Leading Edge does indeed appear to be defunct. Wording on Manufacturers' page reverts to original form, but link to listing page remains.

05/01/00 - New page for the TSATF/20 Scenario Portfolio 2000 added.
05/02/00 - Pendraken Miniatures' website added to the Manufacturers' page.
05/08/00 - Eureka Miniatures' website added to the Manufacturers' page.

06/04/00 - Readers' Photos page broken into two pages. Tim Peterson's landship added.
06/04/00 - David O'Brien's steam launch, Ron Strickland's fort added to the Readers' Photos.
06/04/00 - Sources for Pirate Battle Game and accessories added to bottom of Pirates Battle Set page.
06/04/00 - The You and Whose Army site added to the Links section.
06/04/00 - Eureka Games' Jurassic Hyde Park added to the Links section.
06/04/00 - Link to reprinted Space:1889 added to the VSF non-section on the Rules page.
06/04/00 - Bhowani Junction and Elephant Walk added to the Movies page (India section).
06/04/00 - China Seas and Road to Morocco added to the Movies page (Far East and North Africa sections.)
06/04/00 - Expanded comments on Lives of a Bengal Lancer and The Real Glory added to the Movies page.
06/04/00 - Information on the artist of the Classics Illustrated comic added to the War of the Worlds page.
06/04/00 - Ground Zero Games Martian tripods added to the Other Scales section of Manufacturers' page.
06/08/00 - Additions to the Books and Movies page - Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice (Books); Elephant Boy and expanded comments on Carry On Up the Khyber (Movies - India).

07/11/00 - Grant Sigsworth's terrific German landship added to the Readers' Photos.
06/26/00 - 25mm dirigible added to Scheltrum's listing on the Manufacturers' page.
06/26/00 - Two and a Half Feathers added to the Television and Video section of the Movies page
07/15/00 - New battle report (eight pages), Raid on the Sher-Li Temple, linked from Battles, Page 3
07/15/00 - New Chinese/Malay Pirates page, linked from the Pirate Battle Game page.

07/17/00 - Chris Johnston's Pore Benighted 'eathens site added to the Links section.
07/22/00 - Fire & Sword in the Sudan and Zulu!!! added to the online rules section.
07/22/00 - The Zulu Wars removed from the online rules.
07/22/00 - Bicorne Miniatures added to the Manufacturers' page.
07/23/00 - Fenryll and Kallistra added to the Manufacturers' page, 25/15mm section.
07/23/00 - Books and Movies page split into five pages.
07/30/00 - Five Weeks in a Balloon added to the Films-Africa page.
07/30/00 - A note on the Lledo die-cast steam lorry added to the Steam Vehicles page.
07/30/00 - Emhar added to the Manufacturers' page, Structures and Accessories section.

08/09/00 - Allen Hansen's comments on Two Mules for Sister Sara added to the Movies - Miscellaneous page.
08/09/00 - Correction of Lledo steam lorry information and new photos added to Steam Vehicles.
08/10/00 - Windcatcher Graphics added to the Manufacturers' page, 25/15mm section.
08/13/00 - Amazon Miniatures added to the 25/15mm section of the Manufacturers' page.
08/14/00 - Outpost in Morocco added to the Movies - Africa page. (North Africa section).
08/16/00 - Doug Brooks' beautiful palm trees added to the Manufacturers' page Accessories section.
08/18/00 - Solo Colonial Wargames Page added to the Links section.

09/01/00 - Comments on The Flame Trees of Thika added to the Videos page.
09/03/00 - Link to publisher of the drumming tape/CD added to the Bungstarter Station conclusion.
09/05/00 - Metric drill sizes corrected on the Plastic Dhow page.
09/06/00 - KB Toys removed as a source for the Pirate Battle Set. Thanks to Roderick Robertson for the information that it is now out of stock at KB.
09/13/00 - Ultimate Miniatures' re-release of Scruby figures added to the Manufacturers' page.

09/19/00 - Far-Eastern Junks and Airships pages added.
09/20/00 - Ellerburn's re-release of Hinchliffe figures added to the Manufacturers' page.
09/27/00 - Frei Korps' listing expanded and URL added on Manufacturers' page.
09/28/00 - Alan Cook's photos added to the Readers' Page.
09/30/00 - New photos added to the Military Figures and Motorcars pages

10/24/00 - Pacman's Wargames Wonderpage added to Links section.
10/29/00 - Novels of P.C.Wren added to the Books page. The Last Outpost added to the Film - Northern Africa page.

11/01/00 - Miscellaneous Ships page (rowboats, canoes, sampans and sub-marine terror weapons) added.
11/11/00 - Foundry's Chinese Pirates added to the Native Figures page.
11/12/00 - A Fistful of Dynamite added to Film - Miscellaneous page. Three photos updated on Junks page.
11/15/00 - Continuing the 'junks' theme, Soldier of Fortune added to Film - Far East page.
11/20/00 - Stuart Asquith honors the Major-General with his presence on the Readers' Page.
11/21/00 - Link to expanded comments added for Ubique on the Kipling's Verse page.

12/01/00 - Fred Askew's page and colonial glossary added to the Links section.
12/19/00 - Information and link added on the antique picture on the Dhows page (thanks to Christophe Lelong).
12/19/00 - Barry Burman's Small Wars page added to the Links section.

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