I am happy to present last and currently least – except for monsters and stuff – the British unit for The Silver Bayonet from Osprey Games, the miniatures are from North Star Figures. A great game of horror and mythology set in the 19C around the Napoleonic wars. Yep I know I cheated with theContinueContinue reading “The Silver Bayonet – Fashionably Late – The British”
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The Silver Bayonet – Vive l’Espagne
I present the Spanish unit for The Silver Bayonet from North Star Figures. Lovely figures – great expressions. Working on the Brits and some monsters for the scenarios. So far just played the First solo scenario – working on persuading the family to try a competitive game.
The Silver Bayonet:- Solo scenario 1
First play through of the Solo Campaign Scenario 1, a team of 7 French specialists ventured to a deserted summoning circle where a previous team had vanished. The Field of play The Field of battle (3ft by 3ft) The clues were marked using objective markers numbered 1 to 6, which were placed face down andContinueContinue reading “The Silver Bayonet:- Solo scenario 1”
The Silver Bayonet – Brotherhood of the wolf(ish) Campaign
Here is my Solo Campaign for The Silver Bayonet, this is based on the Original stories, documented history and the movie The Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Campaign is primarily designed as a solo play or co-operative play campaign, but I am sure with a little jiggery-pokery you could use it in PVP play.
The Silver Bayonet
So having taken a break to have my birthday, I have some more things to share. First up let me introduce to you “The Silver Bayonet” a new Wargame from Osprey Printing. I pre-ordered this along with the 3 unit sets North Star have developed for it and it arrived a day or 2 afterContinueContinue reading “The Silver Bayonet”
Clansmen – Northern Alliance
I have just finished my first regiment of Mantic’s Northern Alliance clansmen, had great difficulty even fitting 15 figures on the base. Love the way these have turned out, purposefully given some wind reddened faces. These will be used in both my Northern Alliance and Varangur armies and replace the 1/2lings that have been standingContinueContinue reading “Clansmen – Northern Alliance”
Dead Mans Hand – A New Wargame
Let me share with you my first foray into 28mm Western wargaming. Picked up the Dead Mans Hand Starter set from Great Escape Games. As I understand it the rules are originally from Studio Tomahawk who also created SAGA, and Great Escape Games have the license for the English Translation Big thanks to Great EscapeContinueContinue reading “Dead Mans Hand – A New Wargame”
Some More KoW Units
Been ticking along (like a good time bomb), and like a good hobby addict been painting and basing. So time to share the new additions :- What not to love – dwarves and badgers :-).. great Mantic Miniatures. Got these through the Kings Of War Sales page on Facebook They are going to be eitherContinueContinue reading “Some More KoW Units”
Northern Tempest presents SAGA world
I thought I’d share this with my subscribers, an interesting event for those interested in SAGA during November that all can join in with. I hope to submit a couple of games results, and will be liaising with my normal opponent to arrange the games.
Govt take on Wargaming
Came across this whilst searching for good single figure multi player wargame, thought it was interesting. doctrine_uk_wargaming_handbookDownload There is a lovely reference to our hobby in it Historical and hobby wargame. Historical wargames are most often hobby wargames used to study actual conflicts. Taking many forms, hobby wargames typically feature two people playing a boardContinueContinue reading “Govt take on Wargaming”
