Warbands & Legions on Kickstarter
There is a Kickstarter project running at the moment for an Ancients wargame called ‘Warbands & Legions‘. Whilst I’m currently unconvinced by either the [...]
Ancients
War & Empire: new Forged in Battle Kickstarter launches at 15:00 GMT
Forged in Battle, part of West Wind Productions, are launching a new range of Ancients in 15mm, under the name War & Empire. The range will cover the Macedonian & [...]
Kickstarter Updates…Battle Systems, AvP, Sulphur, War & Empire and Ex-Illis
Battle System After a hectic first few days, the Battle System Sci-Fi Modular Terrain project appears to be settling down with a steady stream of backers. It has already [...]
Review: Deus Vult!
Rating: Fireforge Games burst onto the scene at the start of 2012 when they released their first box set of plastic Teutonic Knights. They have since released a further two [...]
Miniature Review – 28mm Plastic Norman Infantry from Conquest Games
Welcome to Episode 36 of the Meeples & Miniatures Miniature Review show In this show, I take a closer look at the box set of 28mm Plastic Norman Infantry from Conquest [...]
Miniature Review – 28mm Plastic Mounted Sergeants from Fireforge Games
Welcome to Episode 35 of the Meeples & Miniatures Miniature Review show In this show, I take a closer look at the box set of 28mm Plastic Mounted Sergeants from Fireforge [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 92 – Augustus to Aurelian
Download Episode 92 Welcome to Episode 92 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show I look at the recently released ancients ruleset, Augustus to Aurelian. I speak [...]
Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012 – “We’re going to need a bigger goat”
Back at the end of March, I went to the Society of Ancients Battle Day in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes, UK. The aim of the day was to re-fight the battle of Plataea (479 [...]
Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012
Saturday 31st March 2012 is the ninth annual Society of Ancients Battle Day. This years sees a refight of the battle of Plataea from 479 BC – ‘The day the Greeks [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 83
Download Episode 83 Welcome to Episode 83 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast. In this show I interview Rob Broom of Scarab Miniatures about their recently released [...]
Review – Hail Caesar: Army Lists: Biblical & Classical
Rating: As soon as Hail Caesar hit the wargaming public back at Salute (was it only 7 months ago?) an outcry was seen on many different forums… Where were the army lists? [...]
Review: Clash of Empires
Rating: Clash of Empires is a set of Ancients rules produced by Great Escape Games, who are previously known for producing the World War 2 rules Rules of Engagement. As [...]
Miniature Review – Warlord Roman Legion Box Set
Welcome to the latest video review from Meeples & Miniatures In this episode I review the latest Roman Legionary box set from Warlord games, which includes 20 Roman [...]
Review: Polemos S.P.Q.R.
Rating: 2011 has definitely been the year of the Ancients rules, with several different sets being released. S.P.Q.R. follows these, it’s publication having suffered a [...]
Review: Hail Caesar
Rating: Wargames rules, it seems, are somewhat like buses: You seem to spend ages waiting for a set to come along, and then two or three arrive at the same time. Last year [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 77
Download Episode 77 Welcome to Episode 77 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show I review two of the recent Wargames rules releases for the Ancient period: Hail [...]
First play of ‘Hail Caesar’
Wednesday saw us play our first game of Hail Caesar – the new ancients rules written by Rick Priestly and published by Warlord Games. I employeed the help of long-time [...]
NOT re-inventing the wheel
As I’m sure you are aware by now, the coming weeks will see a veritable horde of new rules for gaming Ancients descending upon the wargames community (I’m aware [...]
Society of Ancients Battle Day 2011
Last Saturday saw the 8th annual Society of Ancients Battle Day, which was held, once again, at Sycamore Hall in Bletchley. If you aren’t aware, this event is a chance [...]
Hail Caesar and other goodies from Warlord Games
Warlord Games have just released the cover art for their much-anticipated set of Ancients Rules Hail Caesar, which have been written by veteran game designer Rick Priestly. [...]
