Society of Ancients

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

One year old today!

It was one year ago today that I kicked off this blog. It wasn’t my first – I’d been using blogger to catalogue some of my ASL games in my ASL Stuff and Nonsense blog – but it was the start of my proper return to figure gaming. I won’t reiterate the background again here … Read more

Recent Books, Impetus and update.

Just picked up the following as I delve yet again into the Punic Wars: Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War, Gregory DalyLost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World, Philip A.G. SabinHannibal’s Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage, Brian Todd Carey The Cannae and Zama books are … Read more

The past week…

Been a little slow really. Painting on pause as having finished the Spanish I wanted to set up the table and put them all out facing the Romans. That I have done, but have yet to roll some dice and put them in some sort of game like motion! Maybe soon… Having had to move … Read more