Posts

Showing posts from December, 2023

Yamato Japanese - Elephants Again

Image
  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 ...

Yamato Japanese - Confusing Kitans

Image
  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 ...

Yamato Japanese - Killing Elephants on the Silk Road

Image
  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 ...

Warriors of the Silk Road - Lists

Image
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 ...

Yamato Japanese on the Silk Road

Image
  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 ...