What it says, basically. The advance orders for my Midgard Heroic Battles rules are now open! UK/ USA/ Rest of World (non EU) customers can order from Reisswitz Press here. EU customers can order from Karwansary Publishers here. The rules will be released on November 18th 2024. There are two official sets of Rulers &Continue reading “Midgard Heroic Battles advance orders and First Video”
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Midgard Heroic Battles: cover reveal
Just a short post today, but a momentous one: I’m delighted to be able to show you a low-res version of the cover art for Midgard Heroic Battles. We wanted something that encapsulated the ‘Historical, Legendary and Fantasy Battles’ referred to in the tagline, and Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games has delivered that and more!Continue reading “Midgard Heroic Battles: cover reveal”
The Other Partizan 2024 preview: Tolkien’s Battle of Five Armies
Somehow the second Partizan show of the year has snuck up on us, so it’s time to show what I’ve been quietly working away on over the last six weeks. This is the biggest game that I think Morris & Chums have ever put on, with around 1500 28mm miniatures on a 12′ x 8′Continue reading “The Other Partizan 2024 preview: Tolkien’s Battle of Five Armies”
How do the Fantastical Elements work in Midgard Heroic Battles?
This was an excellent question that I was asked last week on the Lead Adventure Forum (a very civilised corner of the internet, if you still do forums), so I thought I’d tackle it in this week’s Midgard article. While it’s not difficult to adapt historical rules sets for fantasy, and vice versa, I alwaysContinue reading “How do the Fantastical Elements work in Midgard Heroic Battles?”
Midgard Heroic Battles: page update and Facebook page goes live 20.9.24
Hi all! I’ve spent part of this week remodelling the Midgard Heroic Battles page on the site and have included a number of links to help out with FAQs, including: What is Midgard Heroic Battles? and a list of Key Facts and Game Synopsis, all illustrated with photos from this summer’s games. Hopefully this willContinue reading “Midgard Heroic Battles: page update and Facebook page goes live 20.9.24”
Star Fall – Red Book of the Elf King
Looking for a break from Midgard and Xenos Rampant, Paul W and I decided to pull out Red Book of the Elf King for a fun Thursday night game, and it didn’t disappoint. This is a brilliant little set of rules by Rick Priestley, written back in 2017 to support Lucid Eye‘s figure range ofContinue reading “Star Fall – Red Book of the Elf King”
Midgard Heroic Battles Update 13.9.24: November 2024 release!
After many months of waiting, we’re delighted to be able to announce that Midgard Heroic Battles should be released in November 2024. Following several years of writing and play testing, we can’t wait to get it out to you. Midgard Heroic Battles will be an all-in-one volume containing the rules (including flying creatures and sorcery), five scenarios, 12 sampleContinue reading “Midgard Heroic Battles Update 13.9.24: November 2024 release!”
Return to Xenos Rampant & a visit to 7th City Collectables
With our usual club having a week off, I decided to book in a game of Xenos Rampant with Paul W. Having only recently heard about 7th City Collectables, a local gaming store just a few miles away from me on the outskirts of Nottingham, I booked a table and pulled the poilus out ofContinue reading “Return to Xenos Rampant & a visit to 7th City Collectables”
28mm Trojan Wars: Chariots, Archers and Achilles
Having started on a bit of a whim, the 28mm Trojan Wars project is finally about to make its first public appearance at the Lard Workshop as part of Britcon 2024 in Nottingham this weekend. What started as an impulse buy of a few Lucid Eye miniatures then turned into the acquisition of a fullContinue reading “28mm Trojan Wars: Chariots, Archers and Achilles”
Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons at Sutton Hoo, July 2024 (Pt 2*)
(*If you missed Part 1, you can read it here) As well as our Battle of the River Idle game, there were two other miniature wargames on offer at the event. Grahame, Carl and a number of other stalwart members of the Peterborough Wargames Club had made the trip to Suffolk. They too had chosenContinue reading “Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons at Sutton Hoo, July 2024 (Pt 2*)”
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