Author: Derek

March 11, 2020

Warcry – Nighthaunt

As I mentioned in my post Plans for 2020 I’ve been playing games of Warcry with my son and have been painting up some warbands, here’s my latest, a group...

Latest / Misc

March 11, 2020

Plans for 2020

A bit late writing this in mid-March, but my plans haven’t changed since the start of the year. Gaming As per usual At least one gaming session a week Run...

Latest / Mortal Gods

February 4, 2020

Wargames Atlantic Skeletons

As the Kickstarter for the Mythic supplement for Mortal Gods attracts increasing interest many people seem to be asking what exactly you get in the box of 32 Plastic Skeletons...

Latest / Misc

January 30, 2020

Review of 2019

Gaming A fairly busy year in which I took part in 68 gaming sessions. Test of Honour (10 played, 6 refereed) Chain of Command (10 played, 2 refereed) Kings of...

Latest / Samurai / Test of Honour

January 2, 2020

Test of Honour Forces

I’ve owned a fairly large collection of Dixon Miniatures Samurai for almost thirty years now and it would be fair to say that I’ve not used them as much as...

Fantasy / Latest / Warcry

January 2, 2020

Warcry – Legions of Nagash

Back in September I bought a copy of Games Workshop’s Warcry skirmish games. Took me until January 30th to get stuff done, but I managed to have a game with...

Latest / Samurai / Scenery / Test of Honour

January 2, 2020

Finishing off my Sarissa Mountain Village models

I wanted to personalise my Sarissa Mountain Village and make it look a bit more interesting, so I did some research on the Japanese architecture on Intertubes. Among the articles...

Latest / Samurai / Scenery / Test of Honour

September 22, 2019

Mountain Village for Test of Honour– Farmhouse & Rice Store

Here’s the Mountain Village Farmhouse, built as per instructions in the packet. I went to work with the strip-wood to add some beams, this took a couple of hours, there’s...

Latest / Samurai / Scenery / Test of Honour

September 22, 2019

Mountain Village for Test of Honour – Hovel & Animal Shelters

Another Japanese scenery kit from Sarissa Precision. This time the Mountain Village Hovel & Animal Shelter Set. This is how the hovel looks built as per instructions in the pack. ...

Latest / Samurai / Test of Honour

September 22, 2019

My Sanada for Test of Honour

I’ve had all these Dixon Samurai for at least 20 years and have played various games with them. Having discovered the Test of Honour skirmish game I took them all...