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Good news from Richard just now about the Too Fat Lardies website. He understandably wants to check it’s all functioning properly before launching the Chronicles of Midgard pre order, so please keep your eyes peeled for an announcement. Thank you for your patience. James.

Last night’s Plastic Crack Podcast with lots of Midgard talk is now available on YouTube. It was lovely to chat to Dom, Martin and Ste and great to see so many familiar names tuning in, though I think my wife’s highlight was when our daughter attempted to commando crawl under the camera on her wayContinue reading “Plastic Crack Podcast Midgard chat available on catch up; Too Fat Lardies website”

Hi! I’ll get the bad news out of the way first. We were hoping to get the Chronicles of Midgard pre-order live today but I have just received news from Richard at Reisswitz/ TFL: This is really frustrating as I know he was working over the weekend to get everything aligned with the overseas distributors,Continue reading “Chronicles of Midgard, Plastic Crack Podcast, Little Wars TV videos”

It’s been an exceptionally busy few weeks (aren’t they all?). On February 27th I took possession of the proof copies of Chronicles of Midgard and then demoed the campaign system the following day at the Hammerhead Show in Newark. Big thanks to Pete, Paul and Mike who ran games all day too. Not forgetting BoondockContinue reading “Monday Round-Up”

Getting ready for some Viking & Saxon action at Hammerhead (Newark Showground on February 28th). We’ll be running games of Midgard Heroic Battles throughout the day as well as showcasing the campaign system featured in the forthcoming supplement, Chronicles of Midgard. Show details are here: https://www.hammerheadshow.co.uk/home

After years of hand-painting my own banners, I decided to scan my latest creations and make them available for download at Wargame Vault: https://www.wargamevault.com/en/browse?keyword=mogsymakes There are initially three sets available, all designed for Saxons and Vikings. There’s also a short video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nSE26PnEJl4?si=1Yhj1E7aBg1oeLCp 28mm minis in these examples by Pulp Miniatures, Footsore, Artizan &Continue reading “Announcing Mogsymakes Banners”

I’m continuing to reorganise the website to make older posts easier to find. The latest addition is a Trojan Wars in 6mm page, which collects three blog posts together about the making of this project. There’s also a 3 minute YouTube video, which you can see here. The 28mm Trojan Wars collection will be nextContinue reading “Trojan Wars in 6mm – new page”

The mighty Australian gaming convention that is CanCon ran over the weekend of 24-26th January 2026 at Exhibition Park in Canberra, and I was delighted to see photos of so many Midgard Heroic Battles games running as part of the Lard Zone. My budget hasn’t allowed a trip yet but the enthusiastic game organisers haveContinue reading “Midgard at CanCon 2026”

After picking up the Tlingit vs Russians project again, I wrote a couple of scenarios for Osprey’s Rebels & Patriots. Tom, Pete and I played these through at the Soldier Shack a couple of weeks ago. R & P works brilliantly for this and we all enjoyed the two games, with the Tlingit and RussiansContinue reading “Tlingit vs Russians – First Battle Reports & Video 26.1.26”

The Tolkien’s Middle-earth page of the site has finally had an update, including the addition of a much-needed page for the Orcs! I’ve also linked some of the key Middle-earth battle reports for Midgard Heroic Battles that had been hard to find on the blog. Not only that, but there’s also a very short videoContinue reading “Tolkien Page Update & Orc Host Video”