Well, this seemed like such a good idea at the time – I’ve always fancied a Xyston classical army, so decided on using either Alexander the Great or Seleucid at the Scottish Open on 1st & 2nd December. A bit of list juggling and I settled on Seleucid as being the closest to doing what…
Recently Rediscovered Items of Terrain
Conrad Cairns Since the start of 2018 some of us have been dusting off (literally) and restoring pieces of DWG terrain which have been damaged over the years. While looking for such items, we discovered two fortifications which have not been used in living memory, but which are now ready for use (although a bit…
Bay L’Art – ADLG competition in Robin Hoods Bay
Something I haven’t really written about so far is my love of tournament gaming. Currently I am an Art de la Guerre player, having previously played DBM v3 and Field of Glory v1 & v2. This year I have played around 15 one or two day tournaments. This weekend I made the annual trip to…
By Fire and Sword – Part 2
Well, we walk away from the table and Mal, who was running the game, has discovered that we had far too many points on our side…so for part 2 of the game we lost a few of units on our side… So a quick order change, and off we go…on the left flank, we charged…
By Fire and Sword – Part 1
Something a bit different tonight, with a try out of the Polish ruleset ‘ By Fire and Sword’. My good friend Mal was running tonights game, and figures were provided by Mal, Bob and myself. Martin was the fouth player. By Fire and Sword is a renaissance game, and we used Swedish and Danish armies……very,…
Spearhead – Take the Twin Villages
Last game of Spearhead for a few weeks until we return to it later in the year. This time, rather than Normandy, I wanted something where we could get a few more “toys” on the table, so I used the “Take the Twin Villages” scenario from the Rapid Fire Battle of the Bulge book. British…