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Ice and Fire 2025 - Buyids Day 2

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  So after two successful games on the first day of Ice and Fire 2025 the second day arrives with the Buyids riding high, although there is a pack at the top of the leaderboard that will get thinned down. To see how the Buyids fared in the next two games, read on ...

Ice and Fire 2025 - The Lists

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Here are the lists from the 2025 edition of the Ice and Fire Competition. As ever, we cannot vouch for the effectiveness of any of the lists (and note the comments on a couple of them) and you use any at your own risk ...

Ice and Fire 2025 - Buyids Day 1

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  The fourth running of the MeG "Ice and Fire" competition took place over the weekend of 11th/12th January. This kicks off the 2025 MeG competition year and has proved popular each time it has been run. The theme is "open", but with only "eastern-ish" armies allowed - so no date restrictions; but roughly speaking armies based west of Byzantium are not allowed (plus a few eastwards as well if they are deemed "out of character" for the comp). I took Dailami Dynasties (Buyid) and to find out how they fared read on ...

The MeG Podcast, Series 5, Episode 2 - 2024 Christmas Special

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  Been a while, but the podcast crew are back with what we will loosely call a "Christmas Special". No single topic this time, but we chat on a few topics with a special guest. Hope you enjoy it.

Hammer to Hammer - The Lists

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  The 30th November and 1st December 2024 was the 30th Ribble Rumble competition held at Element Games in Stockport. For the lists from the MeG competition, read on ...

Warfare 2024 - The Lists

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  The annual Warfare show ran over the weekend of 16th/17th November and as usual there was a MeG competition. This had the same theme as the last couple of years, “Armies and Enemies of Rome to the Fall of the West”. To see the lists used, read on ...

VetCon 2024 - The Lists

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  The third running of the MeG competition at VetCon took place on the 9th and 10th November 2024 in Auburn, CA. Here are the lists used ...

Derventio VII - The Lists

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The weekend of 26th/27th October 2024 saw the 7th running of Derventio at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby. The usual great time was had and many thanks as usual to Will Denham for running it and the staff at BaSH for hosting. The lists used are as follows (E&OE) ...

Skullrollers 2024 - The Lists

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  The weekend of 13th/13th October 2024 saw the annual Skullrollers Championship take place at Battlefield Hobbies. 28 players battled it out over 4 games to see who would take home the trophy. To see the results and the lists used, read on ...

Footsloggers 2024 - The Lists

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  In 2022 we ran a MeG competition where the theme was "Footsloggers" where only armies comprised entirely of foot troops were allowed. This was successful and so now in 2024 we have run it for a second time. The results and armies used can be found if you read on ...