Rear Guard Action

It had been a long time since my first game of Dux Brittaniarum, and I was glad to get another go last Saturday. My knowledge of the rules w...

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...

As much as I like my civilization games, there's a type of games I like even better: games which bring decay and destruction. I've...

I guess I didn´t take the best approach to my first battle of Dux Britanniarum. Although I flicked through several parts of the rules, I had...

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

Also in the mail this week: a Gripping Beast starter army. Thanks Arvid! Usable both for SAGA and  as British opponent for my ...

A few notes from Edge of Empire of interest to the situation in Britannia. See my review yesterday for more on the Low Countries. ...

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...

 Saxons are coming! A quick snap of my newly painted figures. This was done with my not so great mobile, but I will do some better p...

Won't finish my Italian review tonight so just a quick update of what's going on in various projects. WWI In the works are three rev...

And there it is: Dux Britanniarum!

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

There's two interesting new skirmish rulesets out (or on the verge of coming out) set in the Dark Ages: SAGA by Studio Tomahawk/Gripping...

Yesterday I dove head first into the kelidh to celebrate my good friend Nick's birthday. As the Dutch team failed to score against the D...