Welcome to my new series exploring history in a fairly lighthearted way! A detailed treatise this is not, but rather a general gloss of the periods and events covered with a (hopefully) humorous twist. My aim is to give you enough of an introduction to peak your interest enough to delve deeper into the serious … Continue reading A Flippant History of the Crusades – Prelude
After my recent experiment in 2D wargaming I've been busy expanding the project further. I've now created digital copies of the troop types than can easily be recoloured and printed. To solve the issue with the card being too thin to be practical I decided to use magnetic tape I found on eBay. The tape … Continue reading Paper Wars
As promised, I've rolled out the new 2D armies to try out the Bloody Big Battles ruleset. This let me put together a game to play the rules out despite the fact I don't have a proper miniatures army. The scenario I picked was the Battle of The Alma from the Crimean War. The French, … Continue reading Remember the Alma…
Edit 20/11/20: This post has proven to be fairly popular since it was first published. For anyone interested in my other experiments in 2D gaming, please explore this tag, including other projects, rule set experiments and battle reports using 2D gaming pieces. One of the issues I have with being a relatively new gamer is … Continue reading 2D Gaming
Taking a break from the ECW for a bit, I decided to tidy up some of the bits of the Crusaders backlog along with one or two other things I found to do. First up, after listening my way through Dan Jones excellent narrative history "The Templars", I've learned that the Knights of the Temple … Continue reading Crusades progress update
Continuing on with my delve into past photos and battle reports, here follows another report between the Crusaders and Saracens, this time using the Soldiers of God ruleset. I should mention that these reports and pictures were all originally published on the superb Pendraken Forum. I have a thread there for the Crusades project. Following … Continue reading Saladin and Richard meet again!
I've played a few battles with the Crusades armies using the Hail Caesar ruleset. I've found its worked well and provided fun battles. Sadly I didn't take much by way of pictures from them so don't have anything to show in relation to a battle report. I'll be sure to do so if I use … Continue reading Richard vs Saladin – The First (Official) Encounter
As I mentioned in a previous post, I stumbled on the Crusades project almost by accident based on sampling different scales. My interest was initially taken by the Third Crusade, mostly because the characters of King Richard and Saladin were too damn fun to pass up and it would let me use the Holy Orders … Continue reading Crosses and crescents and sand…Deus Vult!
I started out my historical wargaming experience, as many do, at 28mm with a Hail Caesar! Conquest of Gaul starter set. After painting up a few units and ordering some more I soon realised I would never have the time, space or inclination to do anything more than skirmish level games at 28mm. I want … Continue reading Reflections so far…
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head. Euripides Hello and welcome to my blog. I've been a long time history lover who has recently gotten into historical wargaming. My love started in the ancient world at a young age. I remember flipping through books on ancient Greece and Rome before I … Continue reading Introduction
narratives and journals from roleplaying game sessions
Random painting and terrain making.
Food Photography & Recipes
Developing a more wholesome way of eating
Historical Wargaming - Boardgames & Miniatures
Life, Golf, Miniatures, & Other Distractions
Collecting, modelling, painting and wargaming in 28mm
Sengoku Jidai wargames in the age of Nobunaga
Wisely lead... without a head! 