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Article 21

  IntroductionLothar the Lost is a character and background I have created for a Warhammer Fantasy 3rd Edition Realms of Chaos game/campaign.  If you don't know what Warhammer Fantasy 3rd Edition...

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Chapter IIIt had been a long day, the villages were few and far between this far north. The sun was not far off set, yet Lothar dare not strike camp here. They were entering the Chaos Wastes, there...

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Run, Walter, Run

Alexander Schmiveworld was probably not a great-man. Failed actor, pretty bloody awful poet and sometime importer/exporter of used shoes. His biggest contribution to the known universe was undoubtedly...

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Bolt Thrower's First Minis

Recently I started up a small line in wargames miniatures, Bolt Thrower Miniatures. I'm going to do a Q&A style article (and hopefully a promo video, if I can work out the technical side of things)...

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Scenario: The Ruins of Annis Minnor

 The Ruins of Annis MinnorA Middle-Earth Scenario for Song of Blades and HeroesAll along the watchtowerPrincess kept the viewWhile all the women cameAnd went bare-foot servants tooOutside in the cold...

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Battle Report: The Ruins of Annis Minnor

 The Ruins of Annis Minnor For a long while now I've been wanting to do some wargaming set in Middle-Earth. I looked at various rules, probably the most obvious would have been Games Workshop's Lord of...

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Batman Miniatures Game Review

My gaming circle recently decided to give the new Batman Miniatures Game a go. We mostly play Games Workshop games and this seemed a good opportunity to try  something different, with a setting we all...

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Miniature Spotlight: Essex Chaos Dwarf

I've been looking for a chaos dwarf for a little while for using in our games of Warhammer Quest (we've been using the Quest rules with a mixture of regular adventures and some from Warhammer Fantasy...

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Battle Report: Flintloque/Song of Drums and Shakos

Napoleonics havenever really appealed too much. Not for any particularly logical reason, it's as interesting a period of history as most. I suppose I just associate it withthe button-counting,...

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Terrain Building: Skips

 I've been working on a modern table recently and could do with some street furniture. I bought some from Armourcast (which I can highly recommend) but thought I would try my hand at building some...

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The Slaughter of Alderheim

The Bolt Thrower Miniatures shop is really, really, really close to being launched. Honest, guv.In the mean time I'll leave you with a short audio drama...file upload storage 

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Battle Report: The Keys of Thesis

 Last night we had a three way skirmish battle using the Flying Lead rules from Ganesha Games. Set in the 40k universe our forces consisted of Jordan's six marines, my eleven beastmen Imperial Guard...

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***IMPORTANT***PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE THE CORRECT DESTINATION ON THE DROP DOWN MENU IF ORDERING FROM OUTSIDE UK.Who'd have thought building a website would be so difficult? For now, you'll have to...

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Miniature Spotlight: Bolt Thrower Snail

Before I start eulogising about how wonderful the new Bolt Thrower range is, I probably should make you aware that I am at least partly responsible. You may have guessed this, after all the shop is on...

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Miniature Spotlight: Mirliton Priestess

If you've been following this blog closely, and really there is no excuse for doing otherwise, you will know I started a Lord of the Rings campaign a while ago.We have only fought the first battle  so...

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Review: Frostgrave

There has been a lot of hype about the new game from Osprey. Considering it was only released earlier this month I have read a lot of comments, thoughts and reviews on it, both good and bad. Well,...

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Miniature Spotlight: Black Tree Designs Rat-Men

We have been playing a fair bit of Warhammer Quest recently. Well actually it is a cross between Quest and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, but that is a subject for another post. Most of the time I have...

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Scenario: Ambush at Minas Ergal

Ambush at Minas Ergal  A Middle-Earth Scenario for Song of Blades and HeroesThe orcs had routed as the first fingers of dawn appeared in the east. The wild-men having fallen quickly to elvish steel...

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Miniature Spotlight: Lucid Eye Neanderthals

Steve Saleh has sculpted miniatures for a lot of people over the years, including Games Workshop, North Star and a lot of stuff for Wargames Foundry. He has recently moved to Warlord and I believe is...

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Battle Report: The Well of Dreams and Sorrows - Frostgrave

 I am part of a small Frostgrave campaign. Just five of us, I think we've had something like four or five battle each so far. There was some talk about the lack of a balancing mechanism for wizards of...

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