The next wargaming project on the horizon for the group is 6mm Napoleonic using the ‘Grande Armee’ Rules set by Sam Mustafa. There are four manufacturers of figures in the UK, Adler, Baccus, H&R and Irregular, and from what we have seen at shows, there is substantial differences in style […]
Even though the guys haven’t been playing a lot of saga recently, With a lot of excellent strategic boardgames such as “No Retreat” and “Twilight Struggle” holding our interest, a few guys at my local games shop showed some interest in the system. The problem was, I only owned 4 […]
These are 2 separate kits released by Wargames factory, Zombies [all male] and Zombie Vixens [all female]. I picked up a box of each cheap in the clearance bucket, still buzzing from the season finale of ‘The Walking dead’ Box contains 5x identical Sprues. Normally this would stifle creativity when […]
Ok, so whats in the box. Well firstly it doesn’t come in a box, but your basic starter set-up is as follows: The Saga rulebook – Quite thin, which is reassuring fr a quickplay game. But the £25 price tag puts it at the “premium” end of the […]
In the Grim darkness of the far future, people finally worked out shooting was a good idea. So I Haven’t had a chance to pick up a new copy of the core rulebook yet, and at £45 It would take a lot to get me to do so. Having been […]
So after much debate Lex and myself sat down to see exactly how terrain would effect ship design in Full thrust. We both had a few hours to design a 2500CPV fleet. Alex went for Thrust rating 5 ships for the possible 90 degree turning arcs, while i went for […]
Check these out, new force commanders from Forgeworld. I’ll be painting these over the next week, will upload some pics as i go Left – Lugft Huron Chapter Master Of The Astral Claws (Base being painted separate)Right – Tyberos The Red Wake
Saga is the new(ish) game on the block from Gripping Beast and Tomahawk studios. It pits small warbands against one another in the dark ages period, specifically 793 – 1066. We have had an eye on this for nearly a year now, and after seeing the Demo game at Salute […]
James hosts July's games, drinking, and Indian cuisine appreciation weekend. Considering the game boards and scenery were knocked up the night before, the whole setup looked ace. We got to try out SAGA for the first time and got a good 5 or 6 games played.
What can I say, yeah, they got me again. Dark Vengeance is the latest “Limited edition” boxed set from GW. Following 4 years of regret never having picked up the limited edition space hulk (now going on ebay for a cool £200 a shot, four times its retail price) I […]
So what do you get for your hard-earned cash? Lets get the predictable stuff out of the way You get a Chopped down version of the rulebook, which has the core rules and is downscaled from A4 to A5. A size which makes it great for Chucking in the miniatures […]
Of all the games ever released by Games Workshop, in my opinion one has always stood head and shoulders above the rest. The rules are ambiguous and poorly tested but the concept is perfection given injection-moulded, punched-card form. Instead of taking on your mates, you team up to venture into […]
A series of articles tracking the progress of a 28mm World War One project, using The ‘Great War” Rules by Warhammer Historical. There has been a bit of a surge in the popularity of World War One wargaming in the last couple of years, and some great rulesets and ranges […]
Match 1 – James’ Anglo-Danes vs Richards Normans. The First game played using the Saga rules system – first runs through always take a while, and this was no exception, however the rules are a lot simpler than some other systems we have played, so it all flowed quie well. Some […]
Match 2 – Toms Vikings vs Rich’s Normans The Game started quite late into the evening, so the picture quality isnt great. Rich attempts an encircling manoeuvre with cavalry out on both flanks, with ranged troops holding the centre. While this meets with some initial success the Norman Warlord is […]
Match 3 – Toms Vikings vs James Anglo-Danes The first game of the next day Pitted the Fatigue generating Anglo-Danes vs the Fatigue drinking Vikings Initial Deployment places 2x units of Viking Hearthgurad (1x upgraded to Berserker) directly opposite the Anglo-Dane Warlord The Anglo-Dane Warlord charges the Viking Berserkers, and […]
Match 4 – Rematch between Rich and James Initial Deployment sees the Normans adopt a much more defensive posture, with the Ranged units (1x Warrior, 1x Levy) forming the line, with the Mounted Hearthguard being held back for counter-attacking when the line is attacked. Anglo-Danish deployment hugs the cover, hoping […]
Match 5 – Tom vs Rich The Normans Again formed up their “Bastion”, this time in the rocky ground. The Vikings came head on, determined to weather the hail of arrows to make it into close quarters Careful use of cover mitigates the Norman ranged attacks – Toms Warlord, Berzerkers […]
I couldn’t tell you why I picked the Normans. We all picked our respective forces based on looks rather than any insight into the rules. The Normans have this very distinctive feel about them, with the stylised nose-guard helms and kite shields, they should be recognisable to anyone. The […]
Grande Armee French forces. Miniatures by Baccus This is a Project we are hopefuly going to come back to in the future
James got in first sending pictures of the his Anglo-Dane warband. Although he didn’t provide use with details of the exact colours he chose, it looks like Games Workshop acrylic paint, followed by Army Painter system Quickshade and a few GF9 products for basing. From the photos I can […]
Of all the Imperial Armour books, The Siege of Vraks is the one that’s really got me enthusiastic. Unfortunately collecting 1500 points worth of 40K figures is prohibitively expensive, let alone collecting the 10000 X 2 points worth to play the scenario. (X2 because we always buy and paint both […]
1500pt WH40K marine army by Lex.
1500 point tyranid army by Lex. Paid £70 for these on ebay (unpainted) sold on for £300. First army I ever painted!
Warhammer Quest was always a game that could suprise people. I’ve often found it to be the best thing to break out when faced with a tough crowd, amongst those who wouldnt normally play a wargame or an rpg. Every GW critic, every cinic fell in love with the game […]
Of course the satisfaction of owning a complete set is somewhat dimmed if it isn’t painted, and therein lies the problem. I dont have the greatest of willpower when it comes to painting but I was determined to see this one through. I wanted to keep the boardgame feel and […]
Dreadfleet is Games Workshop’s latest “Limited Edition” release, inspired by the success of their Space hulk reprint a few years back. Having seen the models in GW, I decided to pay out the £70 for a copy. The price is a bit high, but its another “Game in a box” […]
In the Dreadfleet box we have a whole bunch of high quality plastic models. About a dozen large ships and a few other smaller pieces. What’s really great is the large amount of terrain that comes in the box. The Island and wreck pieces are large and well detailed. The […]
This is a series of articles documenting how we achieved what was thought the impossible. Getting four gamers to pick up a never before tried rules system on impulse at a show, and actually get four forces painted and games played played inside a month. It just goes to show, […]
Have you ever seen on of those HUGE display games at a show, with thousands of figures pitted in an epic struggle? Ever felt inspired to do something on that scale but not had the cash? In this series of articles I will be putting together a massive scale fantasy […]
June 19th 1944, Pacific theatre. The American invasion of Saipan triggers Admiral Toyoda’s counter-attack codenamed “A-Go”, which in turn resulted was the largest* naval battle of all time. In this series of articles I will show you how I recreated both fleets (plus aircraft and supporting vessels) in order to […]
These things always have a way of starting fairly innocuously. Tom and myself were sitting around, enjoying a frosty beer after a particularly hard fought game of “Battles for Empire” (Anglo-Zulu War). To hand was a box of old magazines which I was too sentimental to recycle, mostly ‘White Dwarf’ […]
So, with this initial idea buzzing around my head I started to round down the specific details. Firstly miniatures scale. This was a bit of a no-brainer as the scale it pretty much dictated to you by GW when you choose fantasy. Although I love 6mm as a scale, there […]