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Ribble Rumpus 2025 - Former Yan, day 2

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On 26th and 27th April 12 players attended the Ribble Rumpus MeG competition in Preston. The theme was "From the Euphrates to the Yangtze" and so was armies of a more eastern nature. Additionally they were restricted to be dated between 200 BCE and 1250 CE. I took a Former Yan army from the MeG Xianbei Kingdoms army list and after the first two games was leading the field with two big wins. To find out how day two went, read on ...

Ribble Rumpus 2025 - Former Yan, day 1

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On 26th and 27th April 12 players attended the Ribble Rumpus MeG competition in Preston. The theme was "From the Euphrates to the Yangtze" and so was armies of a more eastern nature. Additionally they were restricted to be dated between 200 BCE and 1250 CE. I took a Former Yan army from the MeG Xianbei Kingdoms army list. To find out how my first 2 games went, read on ...

Ribble Rumpus 2025 - The Lists

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On 26th and 27th April 12 players attended the Ribble Rumpus MeG competition in Preston. The theme was "From the Euphrates to the Yangtze" and so was armies of a more eastern nature. Additionally they were restricted to be dated between 200 BCE and 1250 CE. Anyone interested in the full list of allowed armies should check it out HERE . To view the lists used please read on ...

Roll Call - Lusignan Cypriots part 2

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12th and 13th of April 2025 saw the annual Roll Call competition run by the BHGS. A small MeG field of 6 players, but much fun was had in the games. I took Lusignan Cypriot and after the first 2 games was on 25 points and in the lead. To see how things went on day 2, read on ...

Roll Call - Lusignan Cypriots part 1

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  12th and 13th of April 2025 saw the annual Roll Call competition run by the BHGS. A small MeG field of 6 players, but much fun was had in the games. I took Lusignan Cypriot and to see how things went, read on ...

Roll Call 2025 - The Lists

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  12th and 13th of April 2025 saw the annual Roll Call competition run by the BHGS. Although in reduced numbers MeG was present, this year in 15mm Maximus size. Here are the lists used ...

The MeG Podcast, Series 5, Episode 4 - Sixteen Kingdoms to Tang Chinese

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The MeG podcast is back for an episode covering the complex period of Chinese history from the Sixteen Kingdoms period to the rise of the Tang dynasty. Richard takes us through the history along with a helpful flowchart of dynasties, and we all bring an army list for discussion. Read on for the link to the podcast. the army lists, some suggested reading and figures for armies ...

ToIL 2025 - Great Seljuq Empire Day 2

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  As usual March saw the regular ToIL early medieval MeG competition taking place at Boards & Swords Hobbies in Derby and I took the Great Seljuq Empire. On the first day I had suffered a big loss and gained a big win to leave me on 17 points (from a possible 30) and distinctly mid-table. To see if could improve on that on day 2 read on ...

ToIL 2025 - Great Seljuq Empire Day 1

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As usual March saw the regular ToIL early medieval MeG competition taking place at Boards & Swords Hobbies in Derby. This is always a good weekend and this year 22 players took part. I went with a Great Seljuq Empire army and to see how I did, read on ...

ToIL 2025 - The Lists

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  Over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd March the annual ToIL MeG competition was held at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby 22 players contended and here are the lists used ...