Uruk, after the walls fell

                       

Darmok defending the ruins on the left & Jalad's army on the right

Jalad's light chariots

Darmok's archers in center, flanked by his regular troops 

                                   The ruins of Uruk, where the walls fell

 

The advance begins

Darmok's forces (bottom) struggle to hold off Jalad

Victory for Jalad, whose army pillaged large supplies of rice

 OoB: 

          Darmok: 4 bows

                         1 Heavy Chariot

                         2  Regular troops

            Jalad: 4 light chariots

                       4 regular troops

Not since the "Epic of Gilgamesh" has there been a more heroic desert saga than Uruk, when the walls fell.  

        

Fulford Gate with Granny Grate, Portable WARG

 

   The Vikings sailed up the River Ouse, disembarked and headed towards York  

looking towards the British defenders

  Earl Morcar and Earl Edwin's British forces

                                                The Viking invaders

The Vikings attack on their left flank (top left) 

 The Vikings capture the hilltops and force the British forces to retreat into the city and giving the Norsemen a slight victory, but a victory all the same.   

For Order of Battle and to view a post of the same battle with 15mm miniatures click on this link.

Granny Grate prep

                                                   Definitely Portable

Granny Grate on "the YouTubes"

YT Granny Grate armies 

The Road to Kyiv (1240)

H-V bows above the village on the left. Mongols on right side of board.

Cossacks hold down the Halych-Volhynia flanks on the left.

Bows taking heavy damage but manage to drive off the Mongols

The Mongols are temporarily slowed, but the Siege of Kyiv awaits.

Testing out some new experimental WARG rules, using a playing card activation system. The board has 2 inch squares and consisted of a 9 by 9 playing area (allowing division of the battlefield of left, right flanks and Center for the activation system) The battle was balanced for gaming purposes and provided a challenging afternoon. Used my 2mm painted granny grate armies which used DBA basing. 

Order of Battle:

 Mongols: 6 cavalry (w bows)

2 heavy cavalry (1 leader, Batu Khan)

Halych-Volhynia: 4 light infantry (bows)

1 Cavalry (leader, Danylo of Halych)

2 light horse (elites, Cossacks)

1 Infantry (Spears)

WARG 1.1 Playtest

Time to playtest our WARG (Wednesday Afternoon Retired Gamers) 1.1 rules with Ancient armies from Eldoria (Frank, top of photo) and Sciatica (myself, bottom of photo).

              Sciatica's flanks advance, though some hesitation from their general.

                      Eldoria's Heavy foot dispatch the light horse of Sciatica

                                  Sciatica's Bows rake the Heavy Infantry of Eldoria

The Bows and Heavy foot of Sciatica force the Eldorian general and heavy foot into a series of retreats. As night fell, the Elite spear joined in the Eldorian retreat.

OOB: 

          Eldorian: 5 heavy foot (general), 1 Elite spear  (23)

          Sciatica: 4 heavy foot (general), 2 Bows, 1 light cavalry  (20)

Sciatica Heavy Foot

                                                   Eldorian Heavy Foot

                                                     Sciatica Bow

On to WARG 1.2    

 

Goblins, Orcs, and Kobolds, oh my ....

When Life and the gaming gods conspire to ruin Gaming night (don't ask)… it's time to turn to the Granny Grate armies and Rick's Really Simple Rules. And, once again a fun time was had by all.

The premise: A warband of goblin/orcs and kobolds attacks a small Dwarven mine. 

 Orcs and Goblins prepare to attack, Kobolds in reserve

 Dwarves prepare to defend

 Orcs & Goblins at top of photo

 Early action. Red indicates hits, white are shaken and need to rally

 Close combat between Dwarven Crossbows and Goblin Spears

 Dwarven commander attempts to organize his declining forces

 Orc/Goblins press forward with their attack

An Orc/Goblin victory  

Fantasy Granny Grate

Kobolds, orcs and Goblins... oh my !

 Experimental Pole arms and Spears

                                                                     Experimental bows

                                                   Main troops with and without shields

                                                                Experimental crossbows