It’s nearly time for our second visit to Sutton Hoo as part of the National Trust’s Festival of Archaeology. We are delighted to have been invited back to run miniature wargames based on the Anglo-Saxon period. This was one of my personal highlights of last year – you can see my full picture report hereContinue reading “Preview: Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons at Sutton Hoo (27-28th July 2024)”
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Battle of Oriskany 1777 – a visit to Steve’s Painting Shed
To celebrate the rare coincidence of both of us having a day off work at the same time, I got together with old mucker Steve Jones for a game. Although our joint history is largely ancient and medieval (we co-wrote the Age of Arthur book for Warhammer Ancient Battles way back when), Steve’s long termContinue reading “Battle of Oriskany 1777 – a visit to Steve’s Painting Shed”
More Trojan Wars in 28mm
‘Bull’s hide shields being dressed in line, they rushed at the Danaans, certain that these could not resist the charge that swept now on the black ships.’ -Homer, The Iliad Despite completing the 6mm Trojan Wars project (for now), I’ve been quietly plugging away on a few more miniatures for the 28mm version. Here weContinue reading “More Trojan Wars in 28mm”
French & Indian Wars: First Try-Out of Osprey’s Rebels & Patriots
Rebels and Patriots is one of the rules sets that’s been sat on my shelf – unplayed – for years. I enjoy all the different variants that sprang out of Dan Mersey’s original Lion Rampant, but this was the only one I hadn’t tried. A quiet Sunday afternoon was just the time to sort thatContinue reading “French & Indian Wars: First Try-Out of Osprey’s Rebels & Patriots”
Winged Beasties – Reaper Bones Temple Dragon & Bats
On a whim, I recently bought some Reaper Bones miniatures from Mighty Lancer Games. Reaper Bones minis, if you’re not familiar with them, are made from a semi-flexible plastic that feels similar to the Siocast used by Warlord Games and other companies. They have their limitations (human-sized models often have very flexible weapons; mould linesContinue reading “Winged Beasties – Reaper Bones Temple Dragon & Bats”
Partizan 2024: 28mm Middle-earth and 6mm Trojan Wars
Sunday 19th May saw myself, Tom, Pete, Andy and Martin crawl out of our beds far too early and get on the road to the awesome show that is Partizan at Newark Showground. Setting up on the edge of the Lard Zone, we put up our double-headed game format to promote my forthcoming Midgard HeroicContinue reading “Partizan 2024: 28mm Middle-earth and 6mm Trojan Wars”
28mm Battle of Tumhalad: Partizan 2024 Show Preview #2
Second of the games that we’ll be bringing to Partizan on May 19th will be our version of one of the battles from the First Age of Middle-earth. The Battle of Tumhalad, which took place in the year 495 of the First Age, only merits a short description in Tolkien’s works but heralds the destructionContinue reading “28mm Battle of Tumhalad: Partizan 2024 Show Preview #2”
6mm Trojan Wars: Partizan 2024 Show Preview #1
The Partizan show in May at Newark Showground is one of the gaming highlights of my year, and we usually get the Morris & Chums group together to put on a game or two. Tom WD got us onto the cunning/ unhinged idea of displaying in two scales at once back in 2017 (where weContinue reading “6mm Trojan Wars: Partizan 2024 Show Preview #1”
Teeny Tiny Trojan Wars : April Update
At Salute and Partizan last year, my 15/18mm game of the Battle of Degsastan was surprisingly popular. Given the love shown for small soldiering, I thought I’d go down a couple of sizes for my next game and do the Trojan War in 6mm! These little guys have some huge advantages – low cost andContinue reading “Teeny Tiny Trojan Wars : April Update”
Army Showcase: 28mm Ancient Spanish
I’ve always had a longstanding interest in Spanish history, but the ancient Iberians really kicked off when I got a copy of the Osprey book Rome’s Enemies (4): Spanish Armies in the 1990s. Although it’s now dated in some areas, the colour plates by Angus McBride were an absolute inspiration – very quickly, I foundContinue reading “Army Showcase: 28mm Ancient Spanish”
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