Cattle: Move with controlling unit. If abandoned, they remain in place, enjoying the lush grazing, until someone arrives to claim them. The Wine Cart: Moves with controlling unit. If the controlling unit fails a Move Activation, they must i…
The Bishop sank back onto his seat, head in his hands, and whispered, "O wretched Man that I am, who shall deliver me from this turbulent Priest?" "I have news of your 'turbulent priest', my Lord," said Henri de Neufmarche, the young captai…
It is the year 242 BC, somewhere in Northern Italy, and Centurion Gaius Stultus Asinus has been assigned to transport the Consul Atticus Sabinianus' supply of asparagus safely through enemy held territory to the legionary camp set up just t…
Now that I have enough figures to play an assortment of Knyght, Pyke and Sworde encounters, the focus in the painting shop has switched back to Clash of Spears. I really need to play a lot more Clash, as my previous outings have resulted in…
The last few weeks have seen the arrival of a number of temptations, designed to entice me away from my ongoing painting schedule and result in the arrival of yet more plastic (or metal) to add to the mountain already awaiting attention. Fi…
The Forces Assemble for Knyghte, Pyke and Sworde. After some frantic re-purposing of a group of Fireforge infantry I painted a couple of years ago and the building and painting of a few more left-over figures, the basic groups for a small g…
Blood Red are the Shields Bearing the Hallowed Cross. The year is 1173 and King Henry II of England is beset by war and rebellion. The King’s sons, Henry, Geoffrey and Richard and his wife, Eleanor are in open revolt, supported by the Kings…
A Small Clash of Spears in the Heart of Sicily! A couple of weeks after my last learning game, I set up another dry run at a small scale encounter using Clash of Spears. This time, the forces of Syracuse were arrayed against the might of Ca…
I painted the warband during the height of last Summer's lockdown and so had lots of time to devote to its construction. I absolutely love my Germans, a mixture of Victrix, Foundry and even some old Black Tree Design figures, but I just hav…
It’s been a bit of a slog getting the rest of my Irish Raider Warband based this week but, finally, the job is done! However, on with the parade… all the infantry in my warband are from a box of Wargames Atlantic Dark Age Irish Warriors (40…
My very understanding and long-suffering wife bought me a watchtower from Warbases for Christmas and I really enjoyed doing a bit of crafting over the festive period to put it together, with a few modifications of my own. This is the basic
The midsummer madness continues to play out its crazy machinations with the arrival of the Too Fat Lardies' latest creation, Infamy! Infamy! Somehow, I had completely missed this one, in spite of regular visits to the Lardies web site in se…