Last weekend, one of the great people in miniature wargaming died. Uncle Duke ran Heritage Miniatures for most of its existence, and that is when I first heard of him. The Der Kreigspliers line were my first lead figures, specifically some of the Lorien elves and White Hand orcs. He also worked with TSR hobbies back in the day, and until a few years ago was a tireless promoter of adventure gaming. He ran some huge battle games at various conventions from various historical periods, from ancients to Medieval to Napoleonics to the American frontier, and did as much for the Adventure Gaming concept as Arneson and Gygax did for Role Playing.
This blog, in particular my Greywater Chronicles, owes as much a debt to him as it does to the other two gentleman. Sorry to see he has passed on, and joined them at the great sandtable in the sky.
So long, Uncle Duke.
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