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pavilioned in splendour wargaming with ancients pavilioned in splendour wargaming with ancients thursday 1 august 2019 horse raiders introductions to the dux will have to wait as a large party of horse raiders have been sighted roman forces have been dispatched with orders to halt the raiders at a ford nearby a battle report will be posted in due course when messengers run from the battlefield posted by tradgardmastare at 09 47 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 31 july 2019 meet the dux this is the dux arabiae his job is to project his patch from arab raiders the merchant chappies from the city state and the horse raiders from the eastern wastes amongst others the dux has some skirmishers light and heavy infantry to help him not to mention very heavy cavalry in the wall painting we see the dux his draco bearer and finally his gallic bodyguard tomorrow we will hear a little about the dux s character and the posting he has just arrived at to take command posted by tradgardmastare at 09 37 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 30 july 2019 romans v picts picts and romans meet in broken country who will come out of the encounter best wee game using ross s gathering of hosts rules posted by tradgardmastare at 10 23 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 6 april 2016 firsts first game using new hexon first outing for sea people libyan alliance v egyptians the initial set up rules used dbm having tried over the years to find other mutually acceptable substitutes and biscuits the libyans soon succumbed to the egyptian chariots apart from these fellows in rough terrain and their general accompanied by his bodyguard their flank collapsed meanwhile the sword armed sea people came on and pushed the egyptians back eventually pharaoh was harried off the table as his men failed to stem the sea people tide the egyptians tried vainly to get heir right flank across to the left a draw was agreed upon and the game ended with a handshake it was fun not quite as expected but a very close run thing posted by tradgardmastare at 02 50 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 13 march 2016 new recruits here are some lamming chaps acclimatising themselves to the duchy i hoped the plants might make them feel at home the scene on the extension tabletop yesterday the massed ranks of the egyptians in the foreground with minifigs sea people behind i look forward to my first game with these fellows soon posted by tradgardmastare at 03 42 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 6 march 2016 has it been that long can t believe it s been that long since i posted here i have succumbed it being my birthday to some lamming new kingdom egyptians and chariots this morning 16 chariots and 108 infantry pics when they arrive posted by tradgardmastare at 09 41 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 1 november 2015 wargaming maths hbo s rome dvd boxed set plus goldsworthy s anthony and cleopatra plus ladybird books equals a wargames project for the dark winter northern european evenings what could be better than pyramids deserts and the exotic sights sounds and smells of the orient to warm one after struggling home through the rain and chill now for some research for illustrations of cesarian rome infantry a couple of roman generals ideal inspiration for my version of mark anthony i am trying to resist depicting him in a lion pulled chariot now cleopatra and the egyptian army i shall be basing her army and those of her brother on the figure with the spear in the background so lorica segmentata for the romans and new kingdom for their allies enemies posted by tradgardmastare at 05 32 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom introduction welcome to my ancients blog yet another one i hear you cry a genial place to talk about ancient wargaming a portal on the past the influences upon my gaming and perhaps an ongoing ancients project followers blog archive 2019 3 august 1 horse raiders july 2 2016 3 april 1 march 2 2015 10 november 1 may 3 april 2 february 1 january 3 2014 7 december 3 november 4 2013 3 november 3 2011 1 april 1 about me tradgardmastare i am a 48 year old in the education sector who has been wargaming for around 40 years view my complete profile watermark theme powered by blogger