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HITLER=20 AND STALIN WERE GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE MAGIC OF ANCIENT RUNES
=A young doctor died a sudden death in Sweden lately. He quickly = succumbed to=20 cancer. The circumstances of his death are still enshrouded in mystery. = He is=20 said to have found a treasure-trove several months prior to his demise. = One of=20 the coins was engraved with an ancient rune meaning = =E2=80=9Cneed.=E2=80=9D The doctor did not=20 believe his friends who had repeatedly warned him that the coin with the = rune was in fact a curse against a finder.
=E2=80=9CPaganism has again become hugely popular in Western = Europe,=E2=80=9D says Anton=20 Platov, an author of a book on the runic magic. =E2=80=9CThe whole thing = sprang from a=20 mystical event on a nationwide scale. A mighty thunderstorm broke out in = Iceland=20 shortly after the Icelandic government refused to grant an official = registration=20 to a neo-pagan community. It was a third refusal. Then the thunderstorm = started=20 to rage across the sky. The thunderbolts were hitting ...
read=20 moreNippon,=20 Nippon =C3=BCber alles?
February 15, 2011 =The grainy black and white photo is surely one of a kind. Seated at a = table=20 are two =E2=80=9CAryans=E2=80=9D and three Asians, at least two of whom = are clad in Wehrmacht=20 uniforms of the German Third Reich, but with rising sun insignias on = their upper=20 right shoulders. (The image at left is a crop of the photo showing one = of the=20 Japanese.) If authentic, this would cast light on something that should = stop scholars of World War II in their tracks.
Writing about his find in Jitsuwa Knuckles (April), Takeshi = Tanaka=20 notes that an estimated 2 million foreigners served in volunteer units = augmented=20 to the German army during the war, including Ukrainians, Latvians, = Finns,=20 Croatians and Indians.
The individuals in the photo are at this point unidentified, but the = picture=20 suggests Japanese may have served in German units. According to Tanaka, = a note=20 accompanying the photo states that the men ...
read=20 moreNazi=20 Commandos Recover the Ark of the Covenant? The Strange Tale of Otto = Skorzeny and=20 the Castle of Monts=C3=A9gur
February 15, 2011 = =20 0=20 CommentsAbove: SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny, once called "the most dangerous = man in=20 Europe" lived out the rest of his life in Spain after being cleared of = war=20 crimes. He died in a car crash, or from cancer (depending on source) in = 1975, a=20 multi-millionaire.
In 1991, a somewhat strange book appeared making some extraordinary = claims=20 about a treasure supposedly recovered by the Nazis from the south of = France in=20 1944.
Written by Howard Buechner, a medical doctor and veteran of world war = II,=20 Emerald Cup - Ark of Gold states that a famous German commando, = Otto=20 Skorzeny, was sent to France to recover the treasure of the Cathars, = supposedly=20 smuggled out of the mountain fortress of Monts=C3=A9gur a few days = before its=20 eventual fall to an army of crusaders in 1244.
Although Otto Skorzeny wrote several books detailing his war time = exploits,=20 he never mentions the alleged recovery of the Cathar ...
Jurassic=20 Reich
February 15, 2011The Anubis Gates- the real story of Jurassic Reich
1800 Twelve=20 months after unearthing the Rosetta Stone, Napoleon=E2=80=99s troops in = Egypt uncover a=20 large, ancient Egyptian artifact. It is taken to Paris for exhibition, = but ends=20 up in storage.
1940 Germany occupies France. In = the=20 vaults of the Louvre Museum the artifact is found and taken to=20 Berlin. Himmler learns of the artifact and commissions = a team=20 from the Ahnenerbe, the Nazi Occult Bureau, to investigate.
1941 German scientists discover that = the=20 artifact is a gateway back to Earth=E2=80=99s prehistoric past. Teams = are sent back and=20 return with living dinosaurs.
1942 Hitler orders the creation of a = new=20 weapon of terror =E2=80=93 the Kreigsclaw =E2=80=93 units of mounted = dinosaurs and=20 pterodactyls.
The famous film director, =E2=80=9CDino de Laurentis is commissioned = to make a=20 propaganda film demonstrating Germany=E2=80=99s conquest of the primeval = forces of=20 nature.
Sturmgeshutz=20 & Sorcery
February 15, 2011 =HOW = EFFECTIVE IS A=20 PANZERFAUST AGAINST A TROLL, HEINZ?
by Gary Gygax
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D&D = is a game of=20 many facets, and occasionally we cook up a few little surprises for the = boys=20 planning to play a "straight" battle. In this case one team was = carefully primed=20 for an upcoming WWII miniatures game, while the other team was = instructed=20 regarding a fantasy battle to be fought on the tabletop. How could we = mix moderns with swords & sorcery? The structure of D&D is such = that it=20 easily lends itself to such adaptation, and brief rules will be given at = the end=20 of the article. The orders of battle, situation analyses, and objectives = given=20 to the opponents were:
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GERMAN SS = PATROL
AC w. 20 = mm=20 cannon
Hftk w 2 = Lt.=20 MG
Hftk w 1 = Lt.=20 MG
V W Kubelwagen
1 = Hauptmann (SS=20 equivalent), MP
3 = Feldwebels (SS=20 equivalent), SMG
3 drivers = ...
WW=20 II Gothic Simulacrum
February 14, 2011 = =20 0=20 CommentsGothic Simulacrum
Necromancy
Level:Sor/Wiz 8
Components:V, S, M, XP
Casting Time:12 hours
Range:0 ft.
Effect:One duplicate creature
Duration:Instantaneous
Saving Throw:None
Spell Resistance:No
Gothic Simulacrum creates a duplicate of any creature. The = duplicate=20 creature is partially real and formed from a special alchemical liquid. = It=20 appears to be the same as the original, but it has only one-half of the = real=20 creature=E2=80=99s levels or Hit Dice (and the appropriate hit points, = feats, skill=20 ranks, and special abilities for a creature of that level or HD). You = can=E2=80=99t=20 create a simulacrum of a creature whose Hit Dice or levels exceed twice = your caster level. You must make a Disguise check when you cast the spell to = determine how good the likeness is. A creature familiar with the = original might=20 detect the ruse with a successful Spot check (opposed by the caster = ...
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Luftwaffe FlaK 36 Platoon
Found this nicely painted Luftwaffe FlaK 36 Platoon on Facebook = today. Lee=20 John Parnell says of his ...
Christmas Shopping
After getting the latest email newsletter from Wayland Games, I = decided that=20 I should treat myself ...
Liberated
A liberated Jewish man holds a German soldier at gunpoint at the end = of the=20 second World War.
Late War Tank Battle Lists
I=E2=80=99ve played a few late war Tank skirmishes with Aaron = recently, which have=20 worked quite well for ...
Two More Fireflys Ready For = Action
Finished two more Fireflys today, in preparation for the battle = against five=20 Tigers. Must get some ...
Stalingrad =E2=80=93 After The = Battle
A very sobering picture of dead German soldiers after the Battle of=20 Stalingrad, in 1943.
15mm Steampunk British = Infantry
Rebel Minis have released this cool 15mm Steampunk British Infantry = pack!=20 Whether you are in Africa ...
New Paper Terrain =E2=80=93 Dieppe = Townhouse
I=E2=80=99ve had this hanging around for a while, just never got = round to=20 constructing a sample. But now ...
A Solitary Brummb=C3=A4r
After some more detailing on my array of tanks, I looked in my paint = tray and=20 saw the pieces to my ...
HITLER=20 AND STALIN WERE GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE MAGIC OF ANCIENT RUNES
=A young doctor died a sudden death in Sweden lately. He quickly = succumbed to=20 cancer. The circumstances of his death are still enshrouded in mystery. = He is=20 said to have found a treasure-trove several months prior to his demise. = One of=20 the coins was engraved with an ancient rune meaning = =E2=80=9Cneed.=E2=80=9D The doctor did not=20 believe his friends who had repeatedly warned him that the coin with the = rune was in fact a curse against a finder.
=E2=80=9CPaganism has again become hugely popular in Western = Europe,=E2=80=9D says Anton=20 Platov, an author of a book on the runic magic. =E2=80=9CThe whole thing = sprang from a=20 mystical event on a nationwide scale. A mighty thunderstorm broke out in = Iceland=20 shortly after the Icelandic government refused to grant an official = registration=20 to a neo-pagan community. It was a third refusal. Then the thunderstorm = started=20 to rage across the sky. The thunderbolts were hitting ...
read=20 moreNippon,=20 Nippon =C3=BCber alles?
February 15, 2011 =The grainy black and white photo is surely one of a kind. Seated at a = table=20 are two =E2=80=9CAryans=E2=80=9D and three Asians, at least two of whom = are clad in Wehrmacht=20 uniforms of the German Third Reich, but with rising sun insignias on = their upper=20 right shoulders. (The image at left is a crop of the photo showing one = of the=20 Japanese.) If authentic, this would cast light on something that should = stop scholars of World War II in their tracks.
Writing about his find in Jitsuwa Knuckles (April), Takeshi = Tanaka=20 notes that an estimated 2 million foreigners served in volunteer units = augmented=20 to the German army during the war, including Ukrainians, Latvians, = Finns,=20 Croatians and Indians.
The individuals in the photo are at this point unidentified, but the = picture=20 suggests Japanese may have served in German units. According to Tanaka, = a note=20 accompanying the photo states that the men ...
read=20 moreNazi=20 Commandos Recover the Ark of the Covenant? The Strange Tale of Otto = Skorzeny and=20 the Castle of Monts=C3=A9gur
February 15, 2011 = =20 0=20 CommentsAbove: SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny, once called "the most dangerous = man in=20 Europe" lived out the rest of his life in Spain after being cleared of = war=20 crimes. He died in a car crash, or from cancer (depending on source) in = 1975, a=20 multi-millionaire.
In 1991, a somewhat strange book appeared making some extraordinary = claims=20 about a treasure supposedly recovered by the Nazis from the south of = France in=20 1944.
Written by Howard Buechner, a medical doctor and veteran of world war = II,=20 Emerald Cup - Ark of Gold states that a famous German commando, = Otto=20 Skorzeny, was sent to France to recover the treasure of the Cathars, = supposedly=20 smuggled out of the mountain fortress of Monts=C3=A9gur a few days = before its=20 eventual fall to an army of crusaders in 1244.
Although Otto Skorzeny wrote several books detailing his war time = exploits,=20 he never mentions the alleged recovery of the Cathar ...
Jurassic=20 Reich
February 15, 2011The Anubis Gates- the real story of Jurassic Reich
1800 Twelve=20 months after unearthing the Rosetta Stone, Napoleon=E2=80=99s troops in = Egypt uncover a=20 large, ancient Egyptian artifact. It is taken to Paris for exhibition, = but ends=20 up in storage.
1940 Germany occupies France. In = the=20 vaults of the Louvre Museum the artifact is found and taken to=20 Berlin. Himmler learns of the artifact and commissions = a team=20 from the Ahnenerbe, the Nazi Occult Bureau, to investigate.
1941 German scientists discover that = the=20 artifact is a gateway back to Earth=E2=80=99s prehistoric past. Teams = are sent back and=20 return with living dinosaurs.
1942 Hitler orders the creation of a = new=20 weapon of terror =E2=80=93 the Kreigsclaw =E2=80=93 units of mounted = dinosaurs and=20 pterodactyls.
The famous film director, =E2=80=9CDino de Laurentis is commissioned = to make a=20 propaganda film demonstrating Germany=E2=80=99s conquest of the primeval = forces of=20 nature.
Sturmgeshutz=20 & Sorcery
February 15, 2011 =HOW = EFFECTIVE IS A=20 PANZERFAUST AGAINST A TROLL, HEINZ?
by Gary Gygax
*
D&D = is a game of=20 many facets, and occasionally we cook up a few little surprises for the = boys=20 planning to play a "straight" battle. In this case one team was = carefully primed=20 for an upcoming WWII miniatures game, while the other team was = instructed=20 regarding a fantasy battle to be fought on the tabletop. How could we = mix moderns with swords & sorcery? The structure of D&D is such = that it=20 easily lends itself to such adaptation, and brief rules will be given at = the end=20 of the article. The orders of battle, situation analyses, and objectives = given=20 to the opponents were:
*
GERMAN SS = PATROL
AC w. 20 = mm=20 cannon
Hftk w 2 = Lt.=20 MG
Hftk w 1 = Lt.=20 MG
V W Kubelwagen
1 = Hauptmann (SS=20 equivalent), MP
3 = Feldwebels (SS=20 equivalent), SMG
3 drivers = ...
WW=20 II Gothic Simulacrum
February 14, 2011 = =20 0=20 CommentsGothic Simulacrum
Necromancy
Level:Sor/Wiz 8
Components:V, S, M, XP
Casting Time:12 hours
Range:0 ft.
Effect:One duplicate creature
Duration:Instantaneous
Saving Throw:None
Spell Resistance:No
Gothic Simulacrum creates a duplicate of any creature. The = duplicate=20 creature is partially real and formed from a special alchemical liquid. = It=20 appears to be the same as the original, but it has only one-half of the = real=20 creature=E2=80=99s levels or Hit Dice (and the appropriate hit points, = feats, skill=20 ranks, and special abilities for a creature of that level or HD). You = can=E2=80=99t=20 create a simulacrum of a creature whose Hit Dice or levels exceed twice = your caster level. You must make a Disguise check when you cast the spell to = determine how good the likeness is. A creature familiar with the = original might=20 detect the ruse with a successful Spot check (opposed by the caster = ...
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