I've been too busy to update the many games played this year, so I'm just going to link to Cpt Arjun's battle reports.First game this year was a classic Romans versus Barbarians. Conquerors and Kings - Battle of Idistavisto. There are a few…
Some Battletech painting updates for this year.This particular Ebon Mech model was a 3D printed figure I bought off Etsy, and the dynamic nature of the pose suggested that something ought to be under the raised leg. A wrecked mech would hav…
We used the Conquerors and Kings rules, which are grid-based: I fielded my Qin army (strong in infantry and ranged fire, weak in cavalry), and faced the Zhao army (strong in cavalry and skirmishers, weak in formed infantry). The scenario ha…
We played a 500 point per side game of Alpha Strike, with 3 formations on each side. We didn't follow the formation rules strictly, but I had a complete Clan Star, and my partner had a Lance and a Demi-Lance. On the other side, were two Lan…
We played a four player game of Here's The Ruckus. The scenario (loosely based on the assassination of Thomas Becket) is that a certain fat friar has offended the local grandee: two players have to defend him with their knights and men at a…
Had a fun game of Alpha Strike over the weekend, courtesy of a friend who supplied all the mechs you see below. There's always a challenge balancing detail of representation with speed and ease of play. In my mind, Starfleet Battles is the
Today was a sunny day so I dug out some miniatures for a photoshoot. First off were the Romano-British: I love the shield designs on Romano-British figures - a mix of orderly designs inherited from the last days of the Western Roman Empire,…
These are the archers from Redoubt's Trojan Wars line, painted over the weekend and today as I recuperate from my bout of flu. A few comments/complaints: The bows are far too flimsy: while washing the figures, the upper limbs of two of the