Rear Guard Action

Somehow, what started out as an anything-but-Waterloo summer has turned in to a medieval reading tournament. After the wonderful Quest for E...

The Smoke and the Fire is a well witten and entertaining read with a clear intent. Terraine has no time for studies critical of British com...

I Read Simon Millar's Osprey Campaign book on the battle of Assaye. In this battle Arthur Wellesley defeated a Maratha alliance to esta...

Robin Fleming’s book is a great counterpoint to the political histories of the period. Because of the archeological evidence the book is str...

Quick! Have a look at the blog of René van den Assem to see pictures of the new Saxons (by Musketeer Miniatures) that he painted for me. And...

Yesterday evening I was informed my new washing machine would be delivered today. Luckily I could skip today at work, so close to christmas....

De Rand van het Rijk. De Romeinen en de Lage Landen by  Jona Lendering and Arjen Bosman Dutch 2010 edition Edge of Empire, as ...

I've done the character generation for my Dux Britanniarum warband. The rules have a simple and reasonably fast method of generating ch...

 As if the Romano-British haven't enough to worry about, this is a bunch of Gripping Beast Franks I  received in the mail this weekend....

Some more pictures of my Saxons. As said, they were painted excellently by René van den Assem. Check out his other work at his Paint_in w...

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!" Monty Python I picked up The Saxon And ...