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The Kris And The Flame
B'hoys!
B'hoys' Towne
Houston's 25mm Naval Guns & Fittings
We Only Kill Each Other
Mean Streets
Mean Sets
Rum Runners!
Bootlegger Wars At Sea
The Preziosi OB's Collection
"Send A Gunboat!"
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for TSATF/800FE
& Other Rules
Studio 33--Game Accessories
Authorized Play Aids For TSATF & 800FE
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East Indies Pirates

Mexican War Collection

Sikh Wars Collection

Maratha Wars

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Boxer Rebellion

Chinese Pirates

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"Imitation Foreign Devils"

FIGURES
54mm/1:32
Little Warriors

25mm B'hoys!
from Bobby Jackson's
"Thrilling Combat Miniatures"

"Splendid Little Warriors"
(TRUE 25mm & 15mm War Game Figures)

The Kris And The Flame
East Indies, Chinese Pirates, Royal Navy, & More


15mm Send A Gunboat Naval Weapons & Fittings

25mm Abyssinians

25mm Asante

25mm Maori

25mm "Viva Juarez!"

15mm "Rough Riders!"

15mm "Perdicaris Alive, Or Raisuli Dead!"

15mm Special Mexican War Range for GTSTE

25mm Houston's Naval Guns
& Fittings

BOATS & SHIPS

Send A Gunboat!--NEW!

Rum Runners!

BUILDINGS & OTHER CARD MODEL PDF's
28mm B'hoys Towne

25/15mm East Indies Native Huts & Longhouses

25mm Maori Buildings

25mm/15mm Buildings For India

25/15mm Field Earth Works

25/15mm
"Rough Riders" Buildings
& Block Houses
(Cuba, 1898)

28mm Mean Streets!

28mm Mean Sets!

54mm/1:32 Card Models/Accessories For The Era of "Little Wars"
"Battlefield Buildings"

"Military Vehicles"

"Army Field Equipment"

54mm Tudor Towne

54mm "On The Border"

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US Mexican War Uniforms & Weapons Page for GTSTE

B'hoys! Tournament at Fall In!, 2004

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Urban Gang Combat
in 19th Century America


In 1928, Herbert Asbury wrote The Gangs Of New York, a compelling history of a time when gangs working in direct association with the infamous Tammany Hall machine and their political rivals, and controlled New York's streets through mob violence and full scale riot.

Now you can recreate this brutal but romantic era with B'hoys!, a tabletop gaming system utilizing 28mm figures, buildings, rules, and accessories.

The Virtual Armchair General's B'hoys! Products:

B'hoys! Figures
from Thrilling Combat Miniatures

Available exclusively through The Virtual Armchair General, these are master sculptor Bobby Jackson's tribute to Asbury's amazing book.

  Go See the B'hoys!


B'hoys! Rules Set
from TVAG
Inspired by Asbury's The Gangs of New York, our exclusive B'hoys! rules for miniature gaming are an innovative approach to 1:1 war games, featuring all the eye-gouging, biting, back-cutting, clawing, stomping, and barehanded action you can handle.
Check it out, Boyo


B'hoys Towne!
from Studio 33
Self assembly card buildings and accessories to represent the streets and neighborhoods of New York or any other 19th C. American town.

Also useful for colonial-era gaming in other parts of the world.
Tour B'hoys Towne, if ye' got the Stuff


Here are a few sites with historical background, clothing information, gang terminology, and all manner of other goodies to get one started.

The Daybreak Boys:
An Historical Re-enactment Group


Gangs Of New York

This site is maintained by Herbert Asbury's Daughter and has much excellent information!

"Gangs Of New York" Set Photographs
"Bill The Butcher"
Includes a glossary of Gangster-speak of the 1800's

MOSE!


Amazon Of The Month--
"Hell-Cat Maggie"

While Asbury's book is still in print, gamers can find more immediate gratification in Martin Scorsese's film, "The Gangs Of New York." While the script doesn't do the actual subject justice, the situations, costumes, atmosphere, and action still are definitely "inspirational!"

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