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!”
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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*)”
Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons at Sutton Hoo, July 2024 (Pt 1)
Following on from last year’s experiment with a one-day format, this year the Sutton Hoo team expanded the Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons event into a two-day event. Having personally toured Sutton Hoo during the excavations in the 1990s, it has to be said that the National Trust have done an amazing job ofContinue reading “Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons at Sutton Hoo, July 2024 (Pt 1)”
Preview: Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons at Sutton Hoo (27-28th July 2024)
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)”
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”
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