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Category Archives: Wargaming
Review Mythic Commander from Modiphius Games
Mythic Commander Modiphius Publishing £16 + P&P review by Colin D. Speirs One of the first set of rules I ever owned was from Micro Ancients, from Tabletop Games. This wargame as a cardboard folder bound book of 1976’s state … Continue reading
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Battle report and comments on Midgard Heroic Battles
For the past few months, I have been playtesting the, under-development, Midgard Heroic Battles by James Morris (https://mogsymakes.net/). These will eventually be released by Reisswitz Press (aka Too Fat Lardies) but there is no release date yet. Midgard uses armies … Continue reading
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1066 by Peter Denis and Andy Callan
Using the simple, one page version of the included war game of 1066. With apologies to Dave Elrick A few birthdays ago, my friend Dave got me the book 1066 by famed illustrator Peter Dennis. This is a book of … Continue reading
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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
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