A Lament for Pikeman's Lament

Both myself and Richard wanted to try the rules but our only compatible figures were early Renaissance so I ended up taking Swiss v Burgundian.


The rules are designed for ECW and similar period with Pike used much more in defence than attack so the experiment was a little unsatisfactory.  Definitely worth another go with in period armies.


I forgot to take a photo until the very end so the only unit left on the table were the above!

Empire of the Dead has arrived

The plan is to try and get the models painted up quickly and get a game in

IHMN - the abandoned town square

Monday night at FDWC saw myself with Cossacks, Richard (Lord Curr's company) Andy (The Servants of Ra) and Jeremy (Okrana) searching the town square for items of value. With there being 2 Russian forces on the board the speculation was that there were bottles of vodka!


I foolishly split my forces and lost 3 men to Cur (2 with 1 grenade) and another 3 to the Egyptians.  Still great fun as IHMN usually is.


I have Empires of the Dead on order thanks to a good Black Friday sale so I will soon also have a vampire force for that system and potentially for IHMN as well

Test game of Pulse of Battle

My successors got a run out this week with me taking Lysimacids against Tim with Seleucids.  It was a run through the Pulse of Battle rules.  The photo shows a Thracian warband running away- soon to be followed by a number of other units.


I managed to kill an elephant but that was about it!

100 games up

100 games played by 13th November - a new record for me.


More SAGA than anything else but a good mix of gaming systems - Dragon Rampant has also been a favourite with my Wood Elves.

Lack of 2017 Plan - or not!

My first thought was no plan for 2017 - just enjoy my gaming, attend the usual shows and events (but not York unfortunately).


Then I thought
           I really want to get the attic sorted any everything properly boxed and labelled


And then
          I definitely want to get the Argonauts painted and have at least one game


I was then challenged on a painting target
         I must be able to get 100 figures painted


So time to stop before the list continues to grow
         I do intend to get to Con-Accord in Aberdeen though

How went 2016??

Highlights included 4 trips to Glasgow Phoenix playing DBA and HOTT


2 new shows - Prestonpans and at the Rheged centre in the Lake District


Carronade went very well.  I ran Antonine's Folly as a DBA comp for the first time and also 100 Years of War.


The target of 100 games was achieved.  Thanks to all my opponents

DBA 3.0	35
Hordes of the Things	7
Mordhiem	6
Lion Rampant	5
Saga	5
Wings of War	4
Chain of Command	3
Dragon Rampant	3
War of the Ring	3
Blood Eagle	2
Custers Last Stand	2
Frostgrave	2
Otherworld	2
Star Wars Attack Wing	2
Algernon Gets it Off 2nd ed	1
Beyond the Gates of Antares	1
Blood & Faith	1
Bolt Action	1
Check your 6 Jet Age	1
DBR	1
Firefly	1
Force on Force	1
Hail Caesar	1
Hammerin Iron	1
If the Lord Spares Us	1
Irregular Wars:Conflict at the World's End	1
Piquet Field of Battle	1
Rapid Fire	1
Regimental Fire & Fury	1
Renaissance Warfare	1
Songs of Blades and Heroes	1
Team Yankee	1
Warmachine Prime III	1
Warpack	1
TOTAL	101