Gamer at the End of Time

  After a quite long hiatus, The MeG Podcast is back again for an episode where the team chat about hoplites and how they did against non-hoplite enemies, plus some discussion of the proposed competition amendments. Read on for the link to the podcast and some reading suggestions on the hoplite topic ...

  So after the first 2 games at "Chariots of Fire" I had scored the maximum possible following 2 wins. Could I continue this run? To find out, read on ...

  Although I originally couldn't make the 2025 running of Chariots of Fire a change in circumstances meant I could and so I jumped at the opportunity. I have always found that MeG games in the "chariot period" are almost always very enjoyable. It was also a chance to get the new 3d printed version of my Hittite army on the table. To see how they went on in the first 2 games, read on ...

The annual "Chariots of Fire" competition was held at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby over the weekend of the 6th/7th September. There were 12 players which is a welcome increase on the previous 2 years which have had somewhat low attendance. As ever the games were excellent. There is something about the "chariot" period in MeG that gives consistently good games with lots of action and few games that don't get a full result. To see the armies use din 2025, read on ...

  So with the third day of Britcon dawning after a fairly genteel Saturday evening , it was back to the venue for the final 2 games of the MeG competition. The first game saw me facing Dave Gollop who was using Gupta Indian. To see how this, and the final game went, read on ...

  So after a good first game (see HERE for my write-up), slightly tinged by annoyance at the unexpected finish time, and a late finish to the following beer, it was back to the venue for the second day's games. The first game on the Saturday matched me against Paul Stovell using Later Carthaginian. To see how this, and the following game went, read on ...

  The MeG competition at Britcon was on the August bank holiday weekend this year as the BHGS had to change venues at short notice earlier in the year and the date had to change for the usual weekend to the bank holiday which impacted on attendance. However, 14 players made it for 5 rounds of games in Leicester. I chose to use Early Shatuo and to see what I chose and how they did in the first game, read on ...

  Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th of August 2025 was the MeG competition at Britcon. The BHGS had to change venues at short notice earlier in the year and the date had to change for the usual weekend to the bank holiday which impacted on attendance. However, 14 players made it for 5 rounds of games. To see the lists used read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 19th and 20th July at Devizes School, UK, 16 MeG players took part in competition with a theme of "Constantine the Great to Yazdgird III, 306 CE to 651 CE" with a list of allowed armies based on this. I took a C5th CE Foederate Roman army and on day 1 had, shall we say, not performed as well as I had hoped - in fact I was only just above last place 😂 To see how day 2 went, read on ...