Wargaming4grownups

Continuing with the summer theme of doing themed evenings (?) we were back in SHQ for more 20mm DBA. This time the armies were themed round Early Achaemenid Persians (I/60). After all they fought with practically everyone, didn't they? Any how I sorted out seven (7!) themed armies that only required minimal rebasing. These were:

After our DBA themed armies evening a fortnight ago Chris set up another, only this time in 15mm and in the Far East, with everything linked through the later Tang Dynasty. He discusses the armies to be used here. In deference to the increasing...

After COW time for planning Tuesday evening's MNG session is at a premium, so I suggested that we did some DBA. The twist was that we'd use armies made out of my 20mm plastic armies and I'd theme them round Armies and Enemies of Republican Rome (II/33). I'd previously done a bit of prep on this as an idea, all I needed was to do a bit more checking and a small amount of rebas...

 And so to COW 2026, now at a new home following the closure of Missenden Abbey. The WD committee searched high and low and settled upon Cranfield University Management Development centre. The buzz beforehand was that it was a great venue, perfect for wargaming and with much greater capacity for attendees. But will it replace Knuston in our hearts, and does it do hot puddings...

Steve Parker's "Dominion of..." rules have quite captured the imagination of some wargamers I know and solo wargamers in particular. I had a go at the original "Dominion of the Spear" about six months ago and didn't get it, so the growth of the series has passed me by.

Then on a Wars of the Roses Facebook group Steve started to plug "Dominion of the Roses", saying he'd ...