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TTS AAR: British Open Game 2: Early Imperial versus Middle Imperial Romans
My second game at the SELWG competition was a bit of a time-displaced civil war: my Early Imperial Romans versus Colin’s Middle Imperial Romans.This meant that I would be facing a foe as manoeuvrable...
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Militiae Spearmen for the Italo-Normans
One of the last things I needed for my Italo-Normans was at least one unit of Militiae: militia spearmen that would need to be distinct from the Sicilian Spearmen and Mercenary Spearmen I already have....
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TTS AAR: British Open Game 3: Early Imperial Romans versus Galatians
My third game at this year British Open at SELWG was against Tim and his Galatians. Galatians are a unique army: like Gauls or Ancient Britons, but nearly all deep fanatical warrior units with loads of...
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IABSM AAR: Storming the Citadel IV
Will Depusoy and friends have been playing through the PSC Storming the Citadel campaign set during the battle of Kursk , 1943, and posted this After Action Report on the IABSM Facebook group.Here, the...
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More Italo-Norman Spearmen
Here’s the second batch of Italo-Norman Spearmen for my Sicilio-Normans. These are mostly Baueda 15mm, with a smattering of Museum Miniatures and, I think, Khurasan as well. The trick of using...
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TFL Painting Challenge: End October Update
More entries to this year’s Challenge have come in steadily over the month, and it looks as if a couple of people will hit record scores for themselves.Please do look at the individual galleries -...
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TTS AAR: British Open Game 4: Early Imperial Romans vs Chin Chinese
My final game at this year’s British Open To The Strongest tournament, held at SELWG, was against Dene’s Chin Chinese.Nasty opponents: massed crossbow fire hammering in from distance and then...
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Cuirassiers Ahoy!
With my foray into the 17th Century European wars continuing, I decided I needed to armour-up and get a couple of full-blown cuirassier units.You don’t really need them for the English Civil War - a...
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TTS AAR: Sicilio-Normans take to the field
Now that I had painted up the Italo-Norman militia, it was time to get them into action. I wanted them to face a contemporaneous army, so friend Bevan would field my Burgundian Ordnance collection...
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ECW Casualties
Those who have gamed with me know that I do love a good marker: be it an ammo marker, a pin, shock, wounds…whatever system, I love a good marker! They’re dead, Jim: you can tell by the SBOBCP’s Up to...
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TTS AAR: Sicilio- Normans: The Return Match
With plenty of time remaining and the table and figures all set up, Bevan and I decided to swap sides and play again: I would take the Papal Italians (proxied by a Burgundian Ordnance army) and Bevan...
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ECW Infantry Battalia
Regular visitors will know that I recently bought the new ECW casualty figures from Alternative Army’s Furioso range (and very nice they were too).Never one to miss an opportunity to buy stuff, at the...
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FK&P AAR: Transylvanians vs Muscovites
Time for another game of the eastern Europe variant of For King & Parliament: my Transylvanians would take on Bevan’s Muscovites. Transylvanians Muscovites This was a cracking game where the action...
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Warfare 2023
I had a mixed day at Warfare last Saturday: the show was great, but I didn’t do very well in the To The Strongest competition I had entered and, as icing on the cherry on my cake, I got home to find...
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My New "Real Life" Roman Baggage Train!
I’m doing a lot of To The Strongest competitions at the moment, using an almost wholly metal 28mm Early Imperial Roman army that weighs a ton! Carrying it from the student digs at Britcon to the venue...
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TFL Painting Challenge: Mid-November Update
Only a smidge over six weeks to go in this year’s Challenge, and the entries are coming in fast.Do please visit the individual galleries, accessible via the black navbar above, but here’s a taster of...
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FK&P AAR: Muscovites vs Transylvanians
With my Transylvanians having lost the first game by only one Victory Medal, it was time to swap sides for a re-match: this time I would take the Muscovites, with Bevan playing the Transylvanians. As...
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My New Secret Weapon for Competitions
Those of you who were in the To The Strongest competition at Warfare this year will have heard me loudly decrying the number of Aces I was pulling: not for melee or shooting but for activation. Time...
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FK&P AAR: Transylvanians vs Swedes
Friend Si coming round for a gaming session provided the perfect excuse to get my new 17th century Cuirassiers onto the table. Si would field the Swedes (with said Cuirassiers) and I would play the...
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FK&P AAR: Transylvanians vs Swedes - The Re-Match
As we still had plenty of time left after our last game (Transylvanians vs Swedish, a narrow victory for me) Si and I decided to play again. I offered a change of sides, but Si said that now that he’d...
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