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.

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 14 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.

Multiple pictures of the 14 stands.  Some with different angles.  The figures are a mix of Forged in Battle Early Germans, Old Glory Early Germans and a few Essex Ancient Germans.  Mark Kernan of The One Tree Miniatures painting service out of Northern Ireland painted about 1/2 of the figures and I painted the rest.  I need to work on the lighting for these as they came out rather dull.

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.

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.

FOG 3.1 Book 3 Now available

 FOG Army Book 3 is now up and available.  Follow the link below:

FOG 3.1 Book 3

The original document from Terry was in A4 format.  When I opened it the formatting on the pages after the table of contents was all screwed up.  Luckily, it was uploaded in as a word doc and I was able to reformat it using letter format using Google Docs.  This changed the table of contents order somewhat but the link above will take you to the reformatted document with a corrected table of contents.

The table of contents is still off on the Book 1 document and I will try to correct it in the coming days.

The latest full color 3.1 rules has also been added to the website with changes/corrections added since Book 1 was released.

FOG 3.1 Full Rules - Dec 22 Update

FOG 3.1 Readme Document - Dec 22 Update

Fall of Rome Campaign - 457 AD

 I am currently convalescing from surgery so with time on my hands and extra energy, I finally got around to working on a campaign set with the ascension of Majorian as Emperor in the West.  

The draft map is below.  Will sharpen up the colors once I get things the way I want them.

The campaign rules will be on the same lines as Broken Rays of the Sun and they are in development.

FOG 3.1 Books 1 & 2

 Books 1 & 2 for FOG 3.1 have now been uploaded and are on the blog.  Book 1 is in a word document but Book 2 was added as a PDF.

3.1 Resources Page