The day after the Phalanx show at St Helens Steve usually hosts a game and this year it was a very impressive Sudan game on a 12 x 6 table. An Egyptian garrison was stationed at the river port of Nihayat Almataf. They had been sending repor…
The day after the Phalanx show at St Helens Steve usually hosts a game and this year it was a very impressive Sudan game on a 12 x 6 table. An Egyptian garrison was stationed at the river port of Nihayat Almataf. They had been sending repor…
This year's traditional Gentlemen Pensioners outing to the Phalanx Show at St Helens took place last weekend. We were blessed with the usual good weather and once again members of the club were on hand to help with transporting troops and s…
This year's traditional Gentlemen Pensioners outing to the Phalanx Show at St Helens took place last weekend. We were blessed with the usual good weather and once again members of the club were on hand to help with transporting troops and s…
Once again Steve and I made our way south and east to Newark for the Partizan show. We set off an hour later than in the past and timed our arrival to perfection; there was no queue waiting to gain admission. A glance at the car park when w…
Once again Steve and I made our way south and east to Newark for the Partizan show. We set off an hour later than in the past and timed our arrival to perfection; there was no queue waiting to gain admission. A glance at the car park when w…
Just before Covid Steve floated the idea of Alasdair and Phil and I visiting him for a gaming weekend. Well events conspired to delay that happening. Happily, this year over the Bank Holiday weekend we managed to get together. Steve had set…
Steve and I have been using the Billhooks, Ruckus and Lion Rampant rulesets for Wars of the Roses games. However, for larger games c20 x 18 figure units per side, we needed something different and decided to try Hail Caesar, partly because
As usual RECON took place on the first Saturday of December at Pudsey Civic Hall. It is a small show with the usual trade and games by local clubs, a tabletop sale, bring and buy and HOTT tournament. In addition to our Welsh Wars of Edward
The Recon show is traditionally the last one Steve and I attend for the year; usually in partnership with the Lance & Longbow Society providing a participation game, This year, our theme is the Welsh Wars of Edward I, inspired in part by my…
The crown forces have recently carried out a patrol in a 'rebel' area and discovered a cache of arms in a barn on James Mackay's farm. It has been decided that an example must be made to deter any further insurrection; therefore Mackay's fa…
For our game last week, Steve set up this scenario from the Ruckus rule book. Ambrose of Longfield has returned from the continent with news of a plot to depose the king. The red force is keen to talk to Ambrose so that they can forestall t…