Musings of an easily distracted wargamer
Against all expectation I managed to secure a pass to get to the Club today. I hadn’t committed to a particular game but knew that Richard, Ian and Lawrence were doing a 28mm French Indian War skirmish and that there was likely to be a 6mm Grande Armee game. I was quite keen to see … Read more
Here is the first unit of my Early Byzantines for Impetus. This is a unit of Bucellarii of which I’ll have two in my ‘starting’ army of 300 points. The unit uses Baccus Late Heavy Cavalry from the Sassanid range and I’m happy to make do with the ‘Eastern’ influence at this scale. The second … Read more
At Derby a few weeks ago I picked up a wide range of figures from Baccus with a view to putting together an Early Byzantine army for Impetus. As no one does a specific Early range for the Byzantines I was looking at a mix of Late Roman, Sassanid, Goth, Hun types to represent the … Read more
Last month, with exactly £20 burning a hole in my Paypal account, I decided to join the Society of Ancients. I can remember looking at copies of Slingshot many years ago and to be honest not being too impressed. I think then I was less well read on my areas of interest and more into … Read more