Made a correction to the 2nd Punic War Map Draft.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Punic War Reinforcements
Managed to get some new figures based this week for the "A Boy's Oath" campaign project. Still need to flock them but needed to get started.
OG 15s that I got off Ebay - Mix of Republican Roman Hastati and Princeps Throwing and Advancing packs. |
Not sure of the manufacturer (might be Donnington) but I got these off Ebay too. Spanish Small Shield Cavalry that will work as Spanish Small Shield Cavalry, Spanish Light Cavalry in Carthaginian employ or Republican Roman Light Cavalry. |
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
2nd Punic War Draft Map
The first draft of the map for "A Boy's Oath" 2nd Punic Wars campaign scenario is finished. It will be added to the campaign page shortly. See the current draft below:
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
A New Campaign Page
I know it has been a while but a new campaign scenario page has been added to the Blog. A Boy's Oath will cover the 2nd Punic War. The map and campaign rules are almost complete and the first part of selected readings have been added. The link on the Campaign Page is now live so you can go directly there to find this scenario if you lose the link.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
More Ancient Germans
Working on an idea for a 1st century AD campaign scenario pitting Early Germans vs Principate Romans. Campaign rules will be very similar to all of the others I use, especially From the Forest Deep. I will post them to the Campaign page once I get them somewhat close to finished and a map that I like. In the meantime, I managed to flow some heavy German foot that have been hanging around along with a camp for FOG 300 (and ADLG if I have to play) plus two temperate templates that I can use as forest, fields or whatever I need. See the comments in the captions for details about the figures.
Here is a picture of the whole group. |
Closer pic of the circular template. I need to paint the edges. The 7 stands of heavy foot are in the background along with the camp. |
A close up of the sacred grove camp with standing stone. The trees are from Hobby Lobby. The stone i picked up off eBay. The grass tuffs where added just for fun. |
Some of the heavy foot next to the sacred grove. |
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Cold Iron VIII - February 24-25, 2024
Cold Iron VIII - The Roaring 1000’s FOG Tournament - Fultondale, Alabama - 15mm
Tournament Rules and Format
Three rounds on February 24 and 1 on February 25.
Table size will be 4x6.
Each round will be 3 hours plus 1d6 minutes of random time. When time is called, players will finish the current phase.
Round 1 will start at 9 AM on Feb 24 or shortly thereafter
V3.1 rules and current FAQ will be used.
We will use the 100 point ADLG scoring method for round by round results.
1 list, 825 points.
Any list from the lists below with options available from 1000 AD to 1099 AD. i.e. From 1000 is allowed and before 1100 is allowed. Before 1000 and from 1100 are not allowed. All allies must also meet these conditions.
Book 2 Lists
Classical and Post-Classical Mayan
Post-Roman British
Later Hindu Indian
Early Eastern Steppe Horse Cultures
Christian Nubian
Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Danish
Tibetan
Nanzhao
Early Spanish
Andalusian
Muslim North African and Sicily
Viking
Early Heian Japanese
Khmer or Champa
Khurasanian Dynasties
Pagan Burmese
Early Scots
Rus
Norse Irish
Early Medieval European
Bedouin Dynasties
Dailami Dynasties
Laio
Tuareg
Song Chinese
Nikeforian Byzantine
Fatimid Egyptian
Georgian
Seljuk Turk
Book 3 Lists
Koryo Korean
Early Hungarian
Taifa Andalusian
Medieval Spanish & Portuguese
Later Heian to Muromachi Japanese
Norman
Italo-Norman & Sicilian
Medieval French
Medieval German
Communal Italian
Scots Isles & Highlanders
Medieval Scots
Komnenan Byzantine
Anglo-Norman & Early Plantagenet English
Crusader
Medieval Welsh
Christopher Anders will referee. Lists are due to ishades@yahoo.com no later than midnight, February 19. Late lists give your opponent choice of terrain before initiative is rolled.
Venue will be the Casa de Anders Basement in Fultondale, AL. Note - venue may change if numbers require more tables.
Tournament fee is $5 paid to the referee.
Prizes will be offered for top 3 finishers.
There are multiple hotels at the Fultondale-Walker's Chapel Road exit to choose from and if flying in a shuttle from the airport can be arranged with notice.
Thursday, July 6, 2023
The Emirate of Aleppo by Suheil Zakkar
Way back in 2017 when I started developing the campaign "A War Like No Other," one of the sources I looked for high and low was the one by Suheil Zakkar. At one point, there was a hardcopy on Amazon for approximately $150.
One random day in June 2023, I stumbled on a copy of the draft of the manuscript submitted in 1969 for Dr. Zakkar's PHD. The pdf is available through the SOAS eprint website. The link for the full 298 page thesis is available here. There are an additional 16 pages that appear to be short biographies of other Islamic writers from antiquity. These pages are obviously not part of the original thesis judging by the print quality and font.
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Went back and revised the original draft map of the theatre of operations and completed several of the sector maps. The Nile will be very i...
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Managed to find the time to get a quick game in Thursday night with John Martin. He ran Ayubid Egyptians vs Early Crusaders. Here is a sh...
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Finished up some desert hills/dunes for desert themed armies this morning. These are resin casts from Battlefield Terrain Concepts ( battle...