Norman Cavalry – finally painted!
Back in August 2016 I started building several new cavalry units for a Breton force for Saga, using the plastic Norman Cavalry from Conquest Games. More information can be [...]
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A Saga of Dark Ages,Crusades and Iron Men in the East Midlands
Last Sunday (9th September) saw 16 contenders for the title of ‘East Midlands Iron Man’ meet up in the heart of Leicestershire (Market Harborough to be precise) [...]
Saga Iron Man tournament at Battlefield Hobbies
After I first heard about the format of the Saga Iron Man tournament, I was determined to enter the next one that was relatively local to me – so I was [...]
Hobby News Round-up: w/e 20th January 2017
Here are a few of the pieces of news from around the hobby that caught my attention this week: Curteys Miniatures are releasing some new Romano British Heavy Cavalry. [...]
On the painting table – 29th August 2016
Call me fickle, but I’ve got another army on the painting table at the moment. I haven’t forgotten the Normans (or the 6mm French for that matter!) but I quite [...]
What’s on the painting table – w/c 8th August 2016
After an abortive attempt to finally start painting my 6mm French, I settled instead on putting together a host of plastic Norman Knights from Conquest Games. These are to [...]
Saga Iron Man – one event report and another coming soon
Wargames Illustrated have published a video review of their recent Saga: Iron Man tournament. This looks like a really interesting way to play Saga. Essentially, you simply [...]
Out with the old? Not at all! (Well, not most of it anyway)
As I write this, GenCon 2016 is in full swing, and with it comes a whole host of new releases. The tabletop gaming hobby, and most especially boardgames, seem to rely more [...]
Per Broden’s Joy of Six report
Following on from our day at the Joy of Six show, Per has posted his report of the show on his Roll a One blog. Some interesting thoughts on the day, plus some very kind [...]
A day at The Joy of Six 2016
It’s never a bad day when you have to spend half of it gaming, is it? Last Sunday saw the Joy of Six show at Sheffield Hallam University. The show is organised by Peter [...]
Painting table update w/c 11th July 2016
In stark contrast to my podcast co-host, Mike Hobbs, my painting table is currently looking a bit of a mess. I’m currently at the start of building several new Norman [...]
Painting update – w/e 10th July 2016
Managed to grab a bit of time after publishing the last podcast to paint up a unit of Norman warriors for Saga. These have been hanging around my hobby table for a very long [...]
Playing Saga – 7th July 2016
>The Joy of Six show is only a couple of weeks away, and you may be aware that Dave Luff and I are helping out Per Broden running some 6mm Saga games. To that end, [...]
Quelle couleur est-ce?
Back painting 28mm Normans after almost 4 years. Having started with the easy bit – the mail coat – it’s time to paint the cloth bits. However, the [...]
Rediscovering my Saga mojo
I knew it was going to happen. After playing Saga for the first time in over three years last week, I remembered why I loved the game. More than that, after my defeat (you [...]
Saga – Dave Luff’s Viking Army
After posting about my Norman Army, I couldn’t leave Dave’s Viking Army out – especially as they are so much better painted than mine! His force consists [...]
Saga – My Norman Army
Given that Dave Luff and I are meant to be helping to umpire games of Saga at the Joy of Six show in a few weeks, we thought it would be useful if we played a few games [...]
Saga in 6mm – making terrain
Per Broden has posted a new update on his 6mm Saga project blog for the Joy of Six show on July 17th 2016. In this entry, he discusses how he created all the scenery [...]
Saga in 6mm @ The Joy of Six
When we were at Salute earlier this year, Dave Luff and I bumped into Per Broden. We’d previously chatted to him at Joy of Six in 2014 – Per has a tendency to put [...]
Gripping Beast – forthcoming releases
Gripping Beast have been teasing us over recent days with news of forthcoming releases. Age of the Wolf is the long-awaited campaign supplement for Saga, which has been [...]
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