I started wargaming when I was 6 years old and I have never stopped since.
I love the hobby as a way of enjoying gaming fun with friends and as a way of studying history as well, and now that I have kids soon as a way of bonding with them !
Continuing with the insights and peeks into Clash of Spears here we are presenting you a small of example of the mechanics that you will find in our game. This is only a glimpse but you can see some of the elements in the game, fatigue, actions and reaction, flexibility in formations and combat stance, …
Read More Roman Legionary vs Carthaginian Warrior
This is a quick battle report for a fun game of Clash of Spears that we played on Sunday. In this game a roaming warband of Gauls encounters a detachment from a Spartan expeditionary force in southern Italy, aka. Magna Grecia. The quick report is in gallery form so just open up the gallery and …
Read More Fighting the Greek invaders !
Ok time to introduce CLASH of Spears. Since 2018 we have been working on a set of rules for ancients skirmish. By Skirmish we mean 30-60 figures per side operating in small units. Many of us love ancients wargaming, and we have tried many rules for large battles over the years. However, for large battles it …
Read More Introducing CLASH of Spears !
So today is 201 years since the Patriot victory at Maipu by the Argentine-Chilean army commanded by Jose de San Martin. Some time ago I ran a game at Cold Wars based on this battle as it was the revolutionary wars were the convention theme. This is the scenario used for that convention for Sam …
Read More The Battle of Maipu April 5th, 1818
So we continue to make progress with Clash of Spears, our soon to be published rules for ancient warfare skirmishes. This time we took Romans and Carthaginians for a spin with a fun new scenario where both forces have encountered each other while out in foraging duty. Each force is trying to get some livestock …
Read More Raid in Taranto !!
For some time now we have been working on developing a set of rules for skirmish actions in ancient to medieval times. After trying many alternatives that I liked very much but that still lacked some of the elements I was hoping for we decided to take the plunge and start getting together some ideas. …
Read More Clash of Spears in Italy
So after some time getting troops ready I am finally starting to do some Blood and Plunder games. Blood and Plunder is really a fun game and it take time to master tactics for each faction in the game. In this case we had a raid scenario where the french buccaneers were attacking a village …
Read More Skirmish at Villa Tranquilidad – Blood and Plunder AAR
As I’ve mentioned before Victory Decision is my favorite platoon level game for WWII through Sci Fi. This past Sunday I was able to set up a game with my friend and we had a great time taking the Secrets of the Third Reich minis painted by Studio Validus for a spin. We used …
Read More German zombie attack ! Secrets of the Third Reich using Victory Decision Rules
Early in the morning Gurtz and his war party finally reach the village of Cynewiin. This small settlement that belongs to the sons of Eorl shall provide a great bounty for his brothers. His original plan was to attack during the night, alas the lesser children of Saruman have delayed the group and prevented them …
Read More Clash at Cynewiin – Epic Heroes of Middle Earth skirmish battle
I’ve been interested in Blood and Plunder since I saw the kickstarter since I’ve always wanted a game where you can play naval actions, one vs one ship activating different units in the ships. It is not easy to have a set of rules for those kind of games that is still fun and tactically …
Read More Blood & Plunder – big multiplayer game