Category Archives: Dark Age

Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 87 – More about Saga, Northern Fury and Skraelings

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Download Episode 87 Welcome to Episode 87 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast  In this show I am once again joined by Rich Jones as we have further discussion about Saga, Northern Fury and the latest faction: The Skraelings. We … Continue reading →

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Projects Update – April 2012

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Well, as the first third of the year draws to a close, I find myself with no less than six projects now on the go, with the aim of getting at least half of them finished by the end of … Continue reading →

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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 85

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

Download Episode 85 Welcome to Episode 85 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am joined by Rich Jones & Mike Hobbs to discuss Saga – the Dark Age skirmish game from Studio Tomahawk & Gripping Beast … Continue reading →

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Meeples & Miniatures Podcast news

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

I recorded the main content for Episode 85 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast on Monday night – a three-way show with guests Rich Jones and Mike Hobbs. As promised, the show gives an in-depth review of the Saga Dark … Continue reading →

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Saga ‘Northern Fury’ release date annouced

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Gripping Beast have announced the release date for the much-anticipated first expansion to their ‘Saga’ dark age skirmish rules. Northern Fury will be released on April 3rd, along with starter packs for the four new factions: Scots, Bretons, Anglo-Saxon and … Continue reading →

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Saga Day – 31st March 2012, Enfield, UK

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Rich Jones, occasional co-presenter of this Podcast, has asked me to publise a ‘Saga Day’ that he has organised in Enfield with the support of the guys at Gripping Beast. It looks like a really good day, and I was about … Continue reading →

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Saga Accessories

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

As you are aware, I’ve been playing several games of Saga recently. One of the things I like about the game is the use of good, old fashioned movement sticks (much like the Song of Blades series of rules). Whilst … Continue reading →

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TFL enters the Dark Age

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Regular visitors and Podcast listeners will know that one of my favourite rules authors are the chaps at Too Fat Lardies. Also, if you listened to Episode 81 of the podcast, you will also know that my favourite game of … Continue reading →

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Review – Saga

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

I have just added a written review of Saga, the Dark Age skirmish wargame from Gripping Beast & Tomahawk Studios, to the website. You can find it here I hope you find it useful.

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Saga battle report – 12th October

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

I played my first ‘proper’ (i.e. non-demo) game of Saga on Wednesday night. I hadn’t finished painting my Normans, and so I borrowed a friend’s army, which meant that I didn’t have my first choice of army available to me. … Continue reading →

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DIY Saga dice

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Unfortunately, Gripping Beast are currently out-of-stock of their rather nice custom-etched Saga dice. With a game coming up this week, I was forced to improvise… First, download the ‘Saga Symbols for Custom Dice’ PDF from the Saga forum. Next, order … Continue reading →

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‘Saga’ review online

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Saga is the new, upcoming Dark Age skirmish game from Gripping Beast. Like many others, I saw this game at Salute,, and really liked what I saw. I actually got to play (and win!) a game at Partisan last Sunday. It really … Continue reading →

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