“I wanted the bards to sing of Derfel Cadarn at Mynydd Baddon. I wanted men to look at me and say, there is the warrior who broke the wall at Mynydd Baddon, I wanted the power that comes from reputation. A dozen men in Britain had that power; Arthur, Sagramor, Culhwch were among them, andContinue reading “Midgard at Mount Badon – Partizan Preview 2025”
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Mogsymakes meets Mr Warhammer: a Midgard Heroic Battles game with Rick Priestley
While I’ve been mucking around with miniatures since I was very small, I fondly remember my first proper set of wargames rules: I was a bit young, only 11, but this game looked pretty good (we’d seen the adverts in White Dwarf), and I think I received it for Christmas. There wasn’t a wargames clubContinue reading “Mogsymakes meets Mr Warhammer: a Midgard Heroic Battles game with Rick Priestley”
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”
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”
Gaming the Great War with Chain of Command
I’ve been meaning to get back to some WW1 gaming and a couple of chance incidents in December gave me the gentle nudge I needed. First, David H very kindly sold me his 28mm British and German platoons to add to my collection; then, the Too Fat Lardies 2023 Lard Magazine was released with an excellentContinue reading “Gaming the Great War with Chain of Command”
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