I’m not generally given to nostalgia, and I’ve tried to avoid the Oldhammer tendency of gamers of my age to go and re-buy their teenage collections of Citadel Miniatures from Ebay, but I crumbled when I saw these! In two separate lots in 2023/4, I picked up the original models for Grom and 15 ofContinue reading “Revisiting the 1980s: RR3 Grom’s Goblin Guard”
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The Frost Giant’s Daughters? Hornblower 15mm Shield Maidens
These marvellous little minis came to my attention last year when Oz sculptor Mathias started posting works in progress on his Instagram account (@macefaceminiatures). 15mm isn’t my main scale, but I’d enjoyed putting together some Wiglaf and Forged in Battle minis for a recent project and was willing to have a look. Nick at NorthstarContinue reading “The Frost Giant’s Daughters? Hornblower 15mm Shield Maidens”
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”
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”
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!”
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”
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”
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