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Waterloo Three – 1 – SPI’s “Napoleon at Waterloo”
Introduction For some reason I have been inspired to re fight the battle of Waterloo\La Belle Alliance three years after all the cool kids were doing it. I will be using board wargames to do this and will follow the … Continue reading
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Thoughts on finally playing Kings of War
Saturday 10th Feb I finally got to play the Kings of War wargame against other human beings in a tournament in Stirling. I took my Lord of the Rings Uruk Hai but used the, as the “Kingdoms of Men” faction, … Continue reading
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The Emerald Tablet – early fantasy wargames rules
I have written before about an early set of fantasy wargames rules (Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age) before but they are not the earliest set of specifically fantasy wargames rules I ever saw. I know I have been wargaming … Continue reading
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Review – Airfix Battles from Modiphius
Better known to modellers and gamers from the British Isles, Airfix have produced military model kits, terrain and figures since the 1950s, being an integral part of the childhood for many British children and their first introduction to playing with … Continue reading
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Kings of War 2nd edition – end of the first run through
To recap the first post of this battle, a group of Northmen under Jarl Sven of Bjarnulfholm are fighting the ancient evil known as the Cursed Legion, raised from centuries in death by the Nameless Necromancer (basically because I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Foldable Wargaming, Kings of War, Solo Wargaming, Wargaming
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Kings of War 2nd edition – thoughts and a run through the game – Turns 1 & 2
Mantic Games first came to my attention in 2009 as a producer of plastic wargames figures for massed ranked battles. They produced spindly Elves and solid, chunky late armoured dwarves and lots of undead. The next year, the veteran rules-write … Continue reading
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Review: “Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age” – A Wargamers Guide to the Age of Conan – Lin Carter & Scott Bizar
That these fantasy wargames rules, first published in 1975, are still in print, or at least available in PDF, is less a testament to these rules and much more about the strange business habits of Scott Bizar, who kept products … Continue reading
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Foldable Project, ready to deploy
I have a map, I have decided on the rules (Basic Impetus) and I finally have my order of battle and counters. Although I thought 3cm frontage would look fine on the map, I also scaled them to 2cm and … Continue reading
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