I’ll Do It Myself Again, the Pirate Version
Osprey Publishing has a terrible track record when it comes to game support, and an even worse one when it comes to quick reference sheets. This is doubly so with On the Seven Seas, a little pirate set of wargame rules that includes very few tables, even within the text!...
Paying it Forward
My Father’s Day present for myself included a little bonus that did me no good. Four plastic French line soldiers from Warlord. At ten bucks for the mag, these things paid for themselves. And as a 15mm wargamer… …they would have been destined for the landfill had it not...
Undead Swarm Army
Our third army takes the field, and this time it’s all infantry. Dead infantry, that is. In the war game Dragon Rampant undead can either start the game on the table, or they can be summoned by a wizard. In addition to the figures to follow, I painted up...
Matrix Lames
The topic of matrix games has been popping up on my radar a lot lately. For those of you who are uncertain about the term, allow me a brief introduction. A matrix game is a talky talky exercise adjudicated by a referee and structured in such a way as...
Experimental Wargaming
Today things fell into place for an interesting wargaming experiment. SPOILER ALERT FOR THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN! For those of you not playing along at home, Mondays we post an update to a Chainmail campaign in which the Broman Empire seeks to reclaim a powerful artifact from a tomb located...
Dragon Rampant Action
Tried two little experiments with Osprey’s ‘Dragon Rampant’ today. The first was playing the game with my nine-year old daughter. Here you can see that she took command of a key hill, placing her archers within the woods – a great decision on her part. The result: She liked...
Gobs For Smacking
Got a new faction for the miniature war game “Dragon Rampant” all painted up, and they are led by this brute right here. The backstory for this army consists of a nomadic tribe of goblins. That gives me an excuse to run an entirely mounted army. Fortunately for me,...
Dragon Rampant – Four Armies
Here they are – four full armies suitable for use with Dragon Rampant. All of these figures come from Khurasan Miniatures, with the exception of the wolf-hounds, which come from a mix of manufacturers. Lesser Warbeasts don’t really fit into the theme, but sometimes you need to fill that...
Clash of Arms and Tusks
The Broman Empire, fresh off a victory in the Pink Phantom Hills, turns its attention to the east, where its diversionary force encounters the lead elements of the Orkish Khan somewhere in the depths of the Whitehart Woods. You can follow along here, and if you would like to...
Chainmail and Dragon Rampant: Two Great Tastes
A commenter over at The Joy of Wargaming asked which ruleset is better, Chainmail or Dragon Rampant. There is no easy answer to that question, but there is a great blog post of an answer. The two titles are both fantasy mass-battle games, but they do very different things and serve...