Temple Defence

A  few piccies of this afternoon's solo game-

The barbarians assemble ,egged on by druids...
Note new felt/foam hills and defended temple.

The temple defenders with catapult...

A flying nymph's eye view of the defenders. Good fun was had but time intervened and I needed to dismantle the game.My verdict- great fun and I am quite pleased with the look of the set up too.A few barbarian chariots to do sometime, not to mention the built up area.It was good to model and game this weekend.

I felt like posting this...

In the rare moments of energy/time currently I had been thinking about getting wood for a gridded baseboard. However I found my 12 x 11 felt gridded cloth and was convinced of its storage and other advantages. Yesterday in John Lewis I bought some small squares of felt.When I got home I covered foam rubber in the aforementioned felt and made hills.I am delighted with the light-weight ,pleasing hills I have made.
I have been re-reading a page or two a night of   Joseph Morschauser III's  excellent 1962 book on wargaming of late.I have been looking particularly at his gridded games and his scenery. I am going to have a go at one of his   cross shaped built up areas/ village  and see what I can produce...

A hitch...

Our central heating boiler broke yesterday (Saturday) so we are without heating and hot water,not to mention visitors coming.Today's game will have to wait...

What to look for in autumn (in ancients)

Morning all! I'm back here. Anyway I couldn't sleep so I got up and painted some ancients (slingers,barbarians) whilst listening to Radio 4 and drinking coffee until the sun rose. So here is-

what to look for in autumn with regard to my ancient gaming etc. Firstly over the summer I tried Neil Thomas's rules out and had a few good solo games

 However all things considered I am moving forward with Ross's "Gathering of Hosts" in  a gridded ,square based game. They meet my solo needs and are fun whilst giving a realistic result. Secondly I want to make up some map ( Hyboria is always lurking around my mind somewhere) for the different armies I have/am working on.At the moment they are as follows- a Roman type empire, Celtic/Galatian barbarians, elephant equipped Indians and some desert/middle eastern city states.Personalities will be created and worked upon as we go along to add seasoning and flavour to the gaming.The barbarians are ready and the Romans too. I am working on the elephants now.The emphasis is fun,easy pick up and put away gaming with a semi historical feel- history through the lens of Ladybird books,Heros the Spartan,Rosemary Sutcliff and Hyboria for example. Nations will be vaguely from the same historical period/locale. I can't quite bring myself to field medieval knights against  chariots though absolutely no offence to those who can, it's just not where I am at present.I intend to post my ancient gaming here from now on.Hopefully the first game later today...
p.s if anyone has any unwanted "old school" ancients let me know,thanks...