Tuesday 26 January 2010

Helm's Deep Trouble


Another game in Middle-Earth, using the same rules as last week. This time I sat out and watched on as the brave Orcs and Dunlending freedom fighters tried to storm the nasty strawhead's stronghold of Helm's Deep.

From Furness Wargamers Fantasies

Saturday 23 January 2010

Moria Maul


The Dwarfs of Moria are camped in their Great Hall. But they soon spring to attention as two groups of Orcs come charging through the labyrinth corridors of the mines.

From Furness Wargamers Fantasies

Saturday 16 January 2010

Nekkid Northerners


On Tuesday we played an Ancient battle in 28mm using a modified version of Warhammer Ancient Battles using Matt's miniatures and terrain. Matt's not too interested in 2nd Edition WAB which is due out soon (after a long delay) and has done his own tweaks to the rules and force composition.

Scenario is based on Mons Graupius. The last remaining organised Celtic force in Britannia are defending a ridge line in their homeland of Caledonia against the Roman forces who have nipped over the wall for a quick bash.

The opposing armies
From Furness Wargamers with Spears

Saturday 9 January 2010

Easy as One, Two, Six


The Battrick season has once more come to an end, with a better than expected final standings.

Managed to bounce back and earn promotion in the First Class after being demoted down to Div VIII last season. This was despite messing up my team selection on a couple of occasions. First using my outdated default team, who scraped an unlikely draw with my nearest rival, and then forgetting to set a lower declaration point against another team, the match petering out to a draw. Still managed to go the season undefeated, 8 wins, 2 draws.

Thursday 7 January 2010

Conventions 2010


Have just done the annual update of the convention list on the Furness Wargamers site, and am cross posting it here. Not sure which of them I'll actually visit, and details on later shows not really available yet.

Vapnartak : 7th Feburary 2010 (Sunday): Knavesmire Exhibition Suite, York Racecourse.

Warrior Bazaar : 28th March 2010 (Sunday): Park Hall, Charnock Richard, Chorley

Triples : 17th & 18th April 2010 (Sat & Sun): English Institute of Sport, Sheffield.
This has moved from the Octagon Centre.

Phalanx : 19th June 2010 (Saturday): Sutton Community Centre, St Helens.

A more detailed calendar at this wiki site, with some details to be taken with a pinch of salt (true for all wikis).