Lion Rampant – A great day of Gaming

Unfortunately over the last month Taff and I have been unable to get together to progress our LR Campaign. Today though a friend from Plymouth pop in and wow did we have a day of gaming! I ran over the campaign ‘s outline and we started. You get 5pts if you win a battle and

PAW 2024

On Saturday I travelled 50 miles down to Plymouth for the wargame show. I was alone, the reason for this was that the rest of our group thought it was so poor last year it was not worth the petrol and admin fee! What was so bad last year? Well, we all go to shows

Lion Rampant – A refresher

As it has been a while since Taff or myself have played LR we through a game or two before we play the campaign would be great. Taff’s force comprised scouts, bows, berserkers, hird and Huscarl leader. With a few upgrades. I went for skirmishes, Greater Fyrd, select Fyrd one being veterans and Huscarl leader.

1066 A Campaign-Part Two

So we threw a few dice and Taff as always was a luck so and so. Taff’s vikings roll a 4 and move up the blue arrow. My Saxons roll a 6. I roll a 2 while Taff rolls a 5 taking us to our first battle. After rolling the dice and Taff adding 3

1066 A Campaign-Part One

I promised myself that this year I would try to play a campaign. The one thing I have learnt is that I and the rest of our group have no stamina for anything too complex. I am therefore going to run a Snakes and Ladders style campaign. The campaign board Very simple, each player rolls

Another Unit for Scottish Wars 2

This is representing Sir Hugh de Cressingham’s retinue. He was the treasurer of Scotland and met his end at the Battle of Stirling in 1297. Not a liked man, it is reported that he his body was flayed and William Wallace used a length of skin to make a baldrick for his sword! The figures

Rapid Fire Project – The Game

I was hoping to describe to you what I hoped was going to be a great game. Unfortunately due to a family emergency after two turns we had to abandon the game with little chance to all get together again until the new year. The forces British German Taff as the Germans had plotted all

Rapid Fire Project -A Good Start 2

Well in the first few weeks of retirement I have enjoyed painting more than normal. So much so that I have managed to finish enough to do a run through of the rules. Taff popped over in the afternoon to run through the rules as we have invited Nathan over in a couple of weeks

WW2 About Time

Over 20 years ago I played my first serious ww2 wargame using Rapid Fire rules. The rules and especially the pictures of the games made me determined that one day I would have a stunning ww2 collection. Over the years the Rapid Fire team added more and more! Including a new version of the rules