Yes, it's 5 brand new Match Reports, complete with rules hints and explanations for what might well be the worlds most popular Ancients competition ruleset right now, L'Art de la Guerre.
LITTLE BIG HORN BATTLE GAME
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18 May 2016
Roll Call 2016 - Taking a Pontic punt at ADLG
As ADLG makes it's way onto the big boys table of UK competitions with a 16-player field for 15mm ADLG at Roll Call 2016, discover how Mithradates of Pontus manages to almost (but not quite) control his many and varied disparate troop types in 5 games against all possible flavours of Romans.
Yes, it's 5 brand new Match Reports, complete with rules hints and explanations for what might well be the worlds most popular Ancients competition ruleset right now, L'Art de la Guerre.
Yes, it's 5 brand new Match Reports, complete with rules hints and explanations for what might well be the worlds most popular Ancients competition ruleset right now, L'Art de la Guerre.
27 Apr 2016
The Covenanter's make it to the Kings Capital!
In three fleetingly (thankfully?) brief battle reports, enlivened by some tremendous 15mm eye candy and the usual videos, the Scots Covenanter's appear in FoGR and take on three Royalist armies in a one-day competition with pre-set terrain.
See how the forces of anti-papery did in these highly accurate historical rematches, including far more Poor quality troops than have been seen on a Renaissance battlefield for quite some time.
See how the forces of anti-papery did in these highly accurate historical rematches, including far more Poor quality troops than have been seen on a Renaissance battlefield for quite some time.
22 Apr 2016
What's in the Bag? The Salute 2016 Podcast !
In this latest Podcast episode I'm joined by Ian, Gavin, Jeavon, John and Stan all from Central London Wargames Club in a "straight to live" recording made in the beer garden of the Fox pub at the ExCeL Centre, London.
The Fox may not be the most salubrious of locations, but the Audacity software I used has cleaned up almost all of the pub-background noise when recording the podcast so the sound quality is surprisingly good for what was the resting place for weary and thirsty gamers escaping from the mega-show that was Salute! 2016.
In this episode I ask the question "What's in the Bag?" of all of my guests, and with some added liquid lubrication the discussion then rambles onto subjects as diverse as the pricing of 15mm figures, packaging strategies (blister pack or baggie?), how much would you pay for a boardgame if you lived on a submarine, and just how many 1/3000th scale ships are "too many"?
To get the full experience it may be best to have at least 3-4 pints yourself before tuning in !
The Fox may not be the most salubrious of locations, but the Audacity software I used has cleaned up almost all of the pub-background noise when recording the podcast so the sound quality is surprisingly good for what was the resting place for weary and thirsty gamers escaping from the mega-show that was Salute! 2016.
In this episode I ask the question "What's in the Bag?" of all of my guests, and with some added liquid lubrication the discussion then rambles onto subjects as diverse as the pricing of 15mm figures, packaging strategies (blister pack or baggie?), how much would you pay for a boardgame if you lived on a submarine, and just how many 1/3000th scale ships are "too many"?
To get the full experience it may be best to have at least 3-4 pints yourself before tuning in !
18 Apr 2016
Black Ops
Just back from a couple of games of Osprey's new-ish Black Ops modern skirmish rules... and I'm pleased to report that they appear to work !
They are set in the same era as Force on Force, but are a lot more beer & pretzels, whilst still maintaining a bit of tactical depth and that real pace that is needed to make a modern skirmish game feel "real"
Here are photos from our games using mostly Elheim modern US figures.
The squad ready themselves to move out
A cautious advance past a stalled technical
Taking cover behind the HUMMVEE whilst the news crew interview a pedestrian
Peering over a concrete barrier
Possibly not the safest place to hide....
Move first, form, a firing line and open up...
Taking cover behind a storage tank
USMC advance cautiously along the street
Matchbox-scale Toyota acts as cover
The LAW hit the LPG cannister, so we made up a quick rule to allow me to use this flame thing!
Black Ops is available on Amazon.co.uk and also Amazon.com for not that much really.
They are set in the same era as Force on Force, but are a lot more beer & pretzels, whilst still maintaining a bit of tactical depth and that real pace that is needed to make a modern skirmish game feel "real"
Here are photos from our games using mostly Elheim modern US figures.
The squad ready themselves to move out
A cautious advance past a stalled technical
Taking cover behind the HUMMVEE whilst the news crew interview a pedestrian
Peering over a concrete barrier
Possibly not the safest place to hide....
Move first, form, a firing line and open up...
Taking cover behind a storage tank
USMC advance cautiously along the street
Matchbox-scale Toyota acts as cover
The LAW hit the LPG cannister, so we made up a quick rule to allow me to use this flame thing!
Black Ops is available on Amazon.co.uk and also Amazon.com for not that much really.
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