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Date for your diaries: Midgard Moot 3 has been booked for Saturday 1st May 2027 at our usual venue, Boards and Swords Hobbies, Derby, UK. The themed 28mm campaign will be Second Barons’ War using the Muster Rolls from the A Montfort! A Montfort! Goblet-Sized Campaign, plus there will be the usual eclectic selection ofContinue reading “Midgard Moot 3 date”

I seem to be working on about three projects at once at the moment, but this week it’s been some Norse Irish. Thinking loosely about a Brian Boru or Battle of Clontarf project, I bought some of the new Victrix Irish and have been mixing the parts with Vikings. I’ve added a Norse Irish pageContinue reading “Norse Irish from Victrix”

I was very chuffed to get the latest Wargames Illustrated (WI 467, Nov 2026) which contains an article by myself and Ryan Lavelle of the University of Winchester. I consulted Ryan for help with the historical background and map used in From Athelney to Ethandun – the sample historical campaign included in Chronicles of MidgardContinue reading “New Wargames Illustrated article”

Seeing as it’s the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt today, I thought I’d share the video again from last year’s refight at The Other Partizan 2025. Hordes of glorious 28mm Perry Miniatures painted by Paul Scrivens-Smith using Midgard Heroic Battles rules, of course!

It’s taken me nearly two weeks but I finally got the video report of the Battle of Hastings edited and finished! Partizan Poet Will also makes an appearance at the end after the game won ‘Best In Show’. Catch all the action here.

Something I’ve finished in the last week: some medieval boat men and their vessels to transport Simon de Montfort across the Medway in April 1264. These will be making an appearance in our Midgard game at CrackCon7 at Boards and Swords Hobbies on Saturday. We’ll be playing the night time attack on Rochester Castle andContinue reading “Medieval Boatmen for CrackCon7”

Sunday 11th October is The Other Partizan show at Newark Showground, Notts, UK, and it’s a very special one for me. Having showcased my Midgard Heroic Battles rules over the last few years, I’m doing it again, but without a single figure from my collection on the table! Instead, I’m helping to run a massiveContinue reading “The Other Partizan – Hastings 960 Preview”

Following requests for Samurai for Midgard Heroic Battles, we’ve put together something for the Sengoku period in collaboration with Peter’s Paperboys. Samurai are not my specialist subject, so I drew upon the work of Midgard gamers Mark Denny, Mark Piper and William Smith to create a pair of sample Forces and some new Traits. MirkoContinue reading “Sengoku Jidai for Midgard Heroic Battles 25.9.26”

I was delighted to be a guest on the 20 Sided Gamified Podcast in August, and the episode is finally out. With Professor Ryan Lavelle, we talk about Winchester Shieldwall, the Viking-age wargaming event that’s taking place at the University of Winchester on November 21st. The event will include hosted games of Chivalry & Honour,Continue reading “20 Sided Gamified Podcast interview 19.9.26”

I’ve finally finished editing my video of the Attack on Northampton during the Second Barons’ War. Back in July, Midgard chum Lee Sanders came up to (very) sunny Nottingham to play through this scenario from the À Montfort! À Montfort! Goblet-Size Campaign using Midgard Heroic Battles. This is my first crack at a longer formatContinue reading “Attack on Northampton 1264 Video”