Gamer at the End of Time

  After a low scoring 3rd game I am definitely in the bottom half of the draw. The last game of the Ribble Rumble matched me up against Matt Poole who was using Chola Empire. It will include elephants, but we did OK against the last lost so it'll work out alright won't it? Read on to see if it did ...

  The start of day 2 of the Ribble Rumble saw me sitting about mid-table mediocrity. The draw pitched me up against James "Hammy" Hamilton who was standing in for Paul Cummins who, alas, could not make it. Hammy used the army Paul was going to use, Khitan Liao. Read on to see how it went ...

  After an 8-8 draw against Cid's Nikeforian Byzantine the second game of the Warriors of the Silk Road competition saw my Yamato Japanese facing Peter Reilly's Ghaznavids. Whilst there is a clue in the blog title, read on to see what happened ...

The Ribble Rumble MeG competition held at Element Games on 2nd and 3rd of December was themed around armies along the famous Silk Road (sort of). The 20 lists used are here for your delight and delectation. Read on ...

  Over the weekend of 2nd/3rd December the Ribble Rumble competition took place at Element Games in Stockport. As part of this there was a 15mm MeG competition based around armies of the Silk Road. The competition rules only allowed a restricted number of armies and a limitation on how many times they could be chosen. I went for Yamato Era Japanese as an army I have painted up but never used in competition. Read on to see how it performed ...

  The weekend of 11th/12th November saw the traditional Warfare show which included a Mortem et Gloriam competition. Here are the lists used by the 28 competitors ...

  After game 2 produced a satisfying victory the Huns moved onto their 3rd game. This time they would face Dacians. An account of this game follows ...

  Following a near glorious victory, only being denied by the clock, the Huns moved on to the second game of the competition. This would see them face off against that wargames favourite, the Seleukids played by Simon Cooper. To see what happened, read on ...

  After being overlooked for over a year I brought my Huns out of the box for the "Classical" period competition Derventio VI at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby. Last run out in Preston they won the competition , so how would they do this time? Read on ...

  For the annual MeG Skullrollers competition I chose to use my 7th Crusade army. The choice was made because despite painting it back in 2019, I hadn't used it in competition. I must confess I don't think it is that effective an army, but had painted it to have a "crusader" army that wasn't one of my usual choices. Due to circumstances I acted as umpire on the first day of the competition, but did get to play the 2 games on the second day. To find out how St. Louis did, read on ...

  The weekend of 7th/8th October 2023 saw the annual Skullrollers Championships which were held at Battlefield Hobbies . A susual, here are the lists used over the weekend along with the final results ...

  Part 2 of my short account of the "Chariot Period" MeG competition held at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby o ver the weekend of 16th/17th September. I used my Hittite Empire army and in the first 2 games they had apparently forgotten to pack their arrows. To see if they found them for the next 2 games read on ...

  Over the weekend of 16th/17th September there was a small "Chariot Period" MeG competition held at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby. This period is one of my favourites and so my Hittite Empire army was packed ready for action. To see how they fared, read on ...

  In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team continue their look at one of the iconic periods of warfare in the Ancients/medieval period, The Hundred Years War.

  Britcon 2023 was held over the weekend of 11th, 12th, and 13th August. The Mortem et Gloriam competition was the usual 10,000 point Maximus variety, with an "open" theme of any army from the list PDFs dated before 1494 CE. Read on for the lists used by the 35 competitors ...

  In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at one of the iconic periods of warfare in the Ancients/medieval period, The Hundred Years War. As this covers a long period of time the topic is being split into two parts, and this is the first. The team look at lists for the English and the French, other participants will follow in the next part. So to learn more, read on ...

  Over the weekend of 24th/25th June a small group of MeG players fought out a 5 round 28mm MeG Maximus competition at Battlefield Hobbies. These are the army lists that were used ...

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team follow on from last episode's subject of historical refights by looking at how they might refight a specific battle - in this case Dorylaeum, 1097 CE.

The 4th and last game of Outremer and Reconquista sees me in 4th place following my 3rd round defeat. However, I am still within striking distance of the top so all to play for, a win would see me podium at the least. So how did I do? Read on and see...

  My third game at Outremer and Reconquista was a top of the table clash between my Syrian States and Lee Sanders' Early Crown of Aragon. Last time we met in competition I won, would the same happen this time round? Read on to find out ...

The second part of my account of my games at the recent Outremer and Reconquista MeG competition held at Battlefield Hobbies where I took a Syrian States army. To find out how it fared in the second game, read on ...

  For the recent Outremer and Reconquista MeG competition held at Battlefield Hobbies I took a Syrian States army. To find out how it fared, read on ...

  Over the weekend of 3rd/4th June at Battlefield Hobbies, 16 players fought out a competition based on armies of Outremer and the Reconquista, 1096 to 1291 CE. Here are the lists used ...

  In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at something a bit different from our usual fare, refighting historical battles and using MeG for scenarios. We even touch on campaigns as well. The usual team were joined by two guests, Rob Hutton and Simon Stokes, who brought their own experiences of historical refights to the discussion. So to learn more, read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 1st/2nd April the first 2 day MeG 28mm Magna competition  was held at the BHGS hosted Roll Call. Here are the lists used.

After 3 successful games, including 2 outright victories I am now lying in 2nd place in the competition 5 points behind Paul Cummins and his thrice victorious Nikeforian Byzantines. If either of us breaks the opponent we are guaranteed first place in the competition. So all to play for; read on to see what happened ...

  So after a good first day - 25 from a possible 30 points - followed by an excellent evening out, we move onto day 2. Can I continue successfully, or will I be humbled? Read on ...

  Following my success against the Normans the second game of the weekend saw my Uqaylids drawn up against Matt Haywood's very pretty Thematic Byzantine army. To see if I could repeat my first game success read on ...

  The weekend of the 18th and 19th of March saw the regular ToIL competition held at Boards & Swords Hobbies in Derby (ToIL = Time of Inadequate Light - we don't say "Dark Ages" these days 😁 ). I took a Bedouin Dynasties army, Uqaylids of Mosul. To see how the first game went, please read on ...

  In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at one of the iconic "classical" era armies, the Carthaginians. Covering not just the well known Punic Wars, but also the history of Carthage before their conflict with Rome, the team discuss a number of army lists of what can be a tricky pair of lists to get a good army from. So to learn more, read on ...

  As the BadCon competition entered the final stretch I am drawn against an Early Iranian army - so loads of shooty stuff a bit like the Persians I faced in the first game. I did OK against the Persians, can I do better against their ancestors? Read on ...

  So on to game 3 in this Carthaginian mini-odyssey. This will match me against Camillan Romans in an almost, but not quite, historical match-up. A sort of Punic Wars preview 😄 So did the Carthaginians do better than they did in the Pubic Wars, or did the preview set the tone? Read on ...

  After a partially successful first game against Persians (which can be found HERE ), my second BadCon game was against Classical Indians. Could I do better than my first game? Read on to find out ...

  The annual BadCon competition in Burton-upon-Trent has just been and gone. The MeG theme this year was "Armies and enemies of the Greeks, Medes and Persians from 670 BCE to 357 BCE". I took a version of my Early Carthaginian. To see how it fared, read on ...

  For the first MeG Podcast of 2023 the team, plus special guests, look at the Nikephorian Byzantines - their history and army lists. A popular army choice, but one that can be a bit tricky to get a list you like from. Hopefully the team give you something to help with this, or maybe not ...

  As we try to do after each competition here are lists used at the MeG Ice and Fire 2023 competition held at Battlefield Hobbies . No promise as to their efficacy, that is all down to the player and, of course, the dice ...

  In part one of this write up we saw how my Ilkhanate army fared against Qin and Bantu on the first day of the 2023 running of the MeG Ice & Fire competition. That left me in "mid-table mediocrity"; would day 2 see me improve. Read on ...

  The first UK MeG competition of 2023 took place at Battlefield Hobbies and was a repeat of the popular "Ice & Fire" theme from January last year. Basically it was armies outside of Europe (sort of). I went with my 2020 lockdown army build of Ilkhanate. As the title may suggest it didn't go as well as maybe hoped, but was still a great weekend with fun games. Read on for details ...