We have been working our way through a number of Colonial rule sets at the moment, and having tried Up the Nile and Death in the Dark Continent (my current favourite), we thought we would give Mad Dogs and Englishmen a run out. It’s an interesting set, though on reading, I found there were a…
D-Day Commemorative Game
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we wanted to play a beach landing game – the only problem was, we had no suitable terrain to do this….so I volunteered to create the necessary scenery, hoping it would spur me on to finish a project I had started some time ago. Terrain A few years…
Once Upon a time in the Basque Country
Wor Lard Day, Saturday 4th May, 2024 There were two games using 54mm plastic figures, and the Too Fat Lardies rules “Sharp Practice” (2nd Edition)- here are some pictures of one. The game is set in northern Spain, in 1834 or 1835. This was a long way from what the game designers had in mind-or…
Battleground Display Game: Medieval Ships (November 2023)
Durham Wargames Group put on it’s annual extravaganza on 25th November 2023, at the Stockton campus of Durham University, at the always-popular BATTLEGROUND show. The pictures should (more or less) speak for themselves. There has been a set of late medieval rules for big skirmishes, Never Mind the Billhooks, which some of us saw in…
Ratmen for Age of Fantasy: Skirmish
I am slowly painting up a variety of fantasy armies for Age of Fantasy: Skirmish, from One Page Rules – here we have a newly painted army – Ratmen (a.k.a. Skaven), figures 3d printed from designs by Artisans Guild. The figures were undercoated using the same method as my Northmen (see Painting Fantasy Northmen with…
Painting Fantasy Northmen with Contrast/Speed/Xpress Paints
Recently I have been painting up a Fantasy Northmen army for Age of Fantasy: Skirmish from One Page Rules – I have had a few requests for how they were done, so here goes. Figures are from Artisans Guild (https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Artisan_Guild) and were printed on an Elegoo Saturn 2 3d Printer, using Elegoo Standard 8k Resin….