Phalangites and Cav

Finally got done the two units I was working on. I completed a unit of Antigonid Phalangites and some Thracian medium cavalry.

The phalangites are from 1st Corps and the Thracians are from Crusader. Nice minis all around. Next up is a couple units of Thorakitai.

Arkham Horror

Had some friends over last night and we played a couple games of Fantasy Flight Games' Arkham Horror. Here's a pic of the setup at the start of the second game.


The first game we ended up not being able to stop the Ancient One from awakening and had to battle it. It was simply too powerful for us and it won. The second game was a train wreck as we had abhorrent dice, faced powerful monsters and just had terrible luck in general all game. We gave up about 2/3 the way through as we knew we had no chance. Better luck next time. It's a pretty tough game to beat. We're all rather determined to beat the thing now.

Mayday 2010

Today was Mayday 2010. Played a few games and had a good time. Here's some pics of the games I was in. First up was a sci-fi version of Ambush Alley.


Next up was a game of a battle of the Franco-Prussian War using DBHx. I was on the French side and it didn't go so well for our side as the Prussians got a pretty solid victory.


Whoa! Great Cthulhu makes an appearance!


This is a pic of the Godling miniature for the Strange Aeons game. Nice mini and nice paint job.

Lastly was the battle of Saratoga - Freeman's Farm for the AWI. Here's the battle just getting under way with the valiant redcoats coming in from the foreground and the rebel scum entering from the top (gee, which side was I on).

And here's a shot of the board after the game has ended.


The Americans won by the arrival of darkness due to some insane rolling on the part of the Americans. If the game would have went a little longer I think the British could have pulled it off as the American right flank was crumbling under the sheer weight of British troops.

Antigonid Phalangites and Dumbo!

Finally I completed my unit of Anitgonid phalangites and elephant. Here's the phalangites. These are 1st Corps minis.

They're a wee bit smaller than my Foundry minis but they're really nice. These are the first minis I've put transfers on from Little Bigmen Studios. I really like these transfers and I find them easier to use than the Veni Vidi Vici onces.

And here's Dumbo! The first pic is all the pieces.

Here's the finished pics.

The elephant is from Aventine Miniatures and it's gorgeous. This is by far my nicest mini. The crew pieces are superbly sculpted. I don't think I did them justice.

Next up is another unit of Antigonid phalangites and a unit of Thracian medium cavalry. This weekend is Mayday so I'm looking forward to getting in some gaming.

Tigris & Euphrates

Last week I picked up a couple games: Tigris & Euphrates (Mayfair Games) and Arkham Horror (Fantasy Flight Games). Went and played a couple games of T&E at a friends place last night. Here's the pic of the end of the second game.

It's a pretty decent game. The rules could be written a little clearer but overall it was a fun and rather tense game. We played three players; four players would be very intense.

I'm saving Arkham Horror for my next boardgame night on May 8th. On the mini table (still!) is my elephant and unit of Antigonid phalangites. Tomorrow is Impetus at games night. Looking froward to it.

Saturday Night - Game Night

Had a few friends over last night and we played a game of Eagle Games' Conquest of the Empire. The end was a very close finish with three of us being separated by no more than 20 points. I ended up winning. Here's a pic of the game at the end.
The game is pretty simple. The pieces are pretty high quality: nice big coins, huge colourful board, really nice cards and solid plastic pieces. The main down side to the game was the territories that surround the core of the Empire are generally worthless and can only serve to block an opponents movement, but no one really wanted to waste a general/Ceasar to fill those territories up with pieces (to move any units, a general/Ceasar must be present). I might have to come up with a house rule or something for this. The overall opinion of it was pretty high by everyone, so we'll be playing this one again sometime.

WAB Showdown!

So tonight was the final game in the WAB Shieldwall campaign with Dave. Dave's Scots versus my Normans. I knew I'd be facing a couple large blocks of troops, a medley of characters and those damned Vikings! The scenario (Battle at the River Dubglas) starts off with one of the sides getting the chance to issue a challenge. Unfortunately Dave won this and promptly issued a challenge with his King. My Comes Ned the Norman, bravely stepped up and then decided that this wasn't such a good idea.

The pic shows the initial setup (Scots on the left, Normans on the right). Both our generals are in the middle except mine is bravely running away (insert Robin's minstrels singing). Hmm, I really do need a better camera.

The game went for 7 rounds with Dave eeking out a narrow victory mainly due to the fact that a small unit of my knights ran off the field. Here's the field after the 7 rounds.

As we were done early we decided to play the game out for a few more rounds. It generally went downhill for the Normans. So overall the campaign was a Scot victory.

Thanks Dave for the campaign and congrats on your victory!