Reading up on the rise of Islam and the fall of the Sassanid Empire as I work on the Sunset of the Sassanids campaign. Found two books of interest pictured below. Have not found much about about either author and just got the books so I am not sure how good they will be. Both are available on Amazon.
Been working on the latest update for the Nostri Maris Sanquis campaign scenario. This is a post death of Caesar and Pompey the Great campaign circa 49 BC. I have updated the campaign rules to include some adjustments learned from other scenarios and the army lists to FOG 3.2a. This scenario adjusts the minimum army size to 325 points but still uses the FOG 300 framework for small battles. The campaign uses the map from Columbia Games "Juleus Caesar." There is a high quality resolution pdf of the map on the Columbia Games website that can be downloaded but it can also be ordered directly from them using this link: http://columbiagames.com/cgi-bin/query/cfg/search.cfg?search=julius+caesar+map.
The updated campaign rules can be found using the link below or accessed through the appropriate campaign page.
Nostri Maris Sanquis January 2026 (updates to the army lists)
I am working on a battle group of Illyrian foot and they might be finished before the end of the year.
A new version of the Broken Rays of the Sun campaign map is now available on the blog.
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| The foot battle group in the front will serve as Later Lombard Italian Militia/Papal State Town Militia Spearmen-Feudal Spearmen/Italo-Norman Spearmen or Early Crusader Protected Spearmen. This battle group contains a mix of figures from various Old Glory 15s, Baueda, Khurasan and Two Dragon Dark Ages/Viking/ Normal ranges (Although the monk in the front left may be Peter Pig). Most were painted by me with a few off Ebay and the flea market at Nashcon 2024. The mounted in the back are all from Old Glory 15s and painted by me. Most are from the various OG15 Norman/1st Crusades selections with one or two from Dark Age packs. |
Still painting along...slowly. Two battlegroups of archers from the lead pile: one battle group of Babylon Levy archers for the Broken Rays of the Sun Campaign setting and one battle of group of generic archers for the Normans in the Nunnery Campaign.
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| The left hand group are the Babylonian Levy Archers from a pack of Old Glory 15s of the same name. There are three other figures as the pack of 24 came out to 21: one is an OG 15s figure, one is Forged in Battle and one is an old Corvus Belli. I painted all of the Babylonians. The right hand battle group of generic western archers is a mixture of OG 15s, Essex, Baueda and some I can't identify. Some of these I picked up off Ebay and the flea market at Nashcon last year but most I painted myself. These can be used for just about anything Early Medieval through the 1st Crusade. |
FOG has been updated to version 3.2. The FOG Resources page has been renamed and the updated versions have been added to the page.
Another group of reinforcements specifically for the Normans in the Nunnery campaign scenario but the Byzantines can also be used for the Red Boots of Byzantium and A War Like No Other campaign scenarios. All campaign scenarios can be accessed through the Ancients/Medievals Campaign Page to the right.
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Reading up on the rise of Islam and the fall of the Sassanid Empire as I work on the Sunset of the Sassanids campaign. Found two books of ...
