Gamer at the End of Time

The annual "SkullRollers" MeG competition was held at Battlefield Hobbies , Daventry, UK over the weekend of 25th/26th October. As ever it was an "open" competition and was 4 rounds of games. As I'm not a fan of "open" comps I wasn't planning to play but said I would if it would ensure even number to avoid any byes. As it turned out I did end up playing on the first day, but not the second as one player took ill and had to drop out. So to see how I did in the 2 games I played, read on ...

  The annual "SkullRollers" MeG competition was held at Battlefield Hobbies , Daventry, UK over the weekend of 25th/26th October. As ever it was an "open" competition and was 4 rounds of games. 28 players signed up and to see the lists used, read on ...

  After the first 2 games at Rueil 2025 I was somewhat mid-table. However, a couple of good results on the second day could propel me up the table. To see how I went on in the 2 games on the second day, read on ...

The weekend of the 18th/19th October the 2025 edition of the annual Rueil MeG competition was held. I went last year and enjoyed it, so went back again this year. The theme was any army from the MeG lists dated between 3000 BCE and 476 CE and I took Xianbei Kingdoms. To see how I went on in the first 2 games, read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 18th/19th October 20 MeG player met up in Rueil, France, for a weekends gaming with 4 games over 2 days. The competition was also the 2025 European MeG Championship and the theme was any army from the MeG lists dated between 3000 BCE and 476 CE. To see the lists used, read on ...

  Derventio, a "classical" themed competition saw its 8th running over the weekend of 4th and 4th October 2025 at Boards & Swords Hobbies in Derby. 16 players battled over 4 games and to see the lists used, read on ...

  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 ...

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 to see how they fared in the first two games, read on ...

  The annual Attack! show was held over the weekend of 19th/20th July at the usual venues in Devizes. The MeG competition this year had a theme of "Constantine the Great to Yazdgird III, 306 CE to 651 CE" with a list of allowed armies based on this. To see the lists used, read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 14th and 15th June at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry, UK, 22 MeG players took part in an "armies and enemies" of the Persians competition. I took a C4th CE Imperial Roman army. After day one I was rather off the pace, so to see how they fared in the last two games read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 14th and 15th June at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry, UK, 22 MeG players took part in an "armies and enemies" of the Persians competition. I took a C4th CE Imperial Roman army and to see how they fared in the first two games read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 14th and 15th June at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry, UK, 22 MeG players took part in an "armies and enemies" of the Persians competition. To see the lists used, please read on ...

Held on 31st of May and the 1st of June the theme was all the Asian PDFs and the Arabia PDF. To see the lists used, read on ...

  In the US at KublaCon, the West Coast 15mm Mortem Et Gloriam Ancients Tournament took place on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May. 9 players took part over 4 rounds. For the list and results, read on ...

  The MeG podcast is back again for an episode where the team chat about rivers and a number of troops types used in recent competitions that caught our attention. Read on for the link to the podcast. the army lists, some suggested reading and figures for armies ...

The annual Campaign show was held on 10th/11th May in Milton Keynes and there was, as usual, a MeG team competition. Eight teams of three players played five games. To see the lists used, read on ...

10th May 2025 saw the second running of the "Havoc on the Hamble: Myths and Legends" one day competition. All the armies had to be based around a named Legendary general such as: Alexander, Caesar, Boudica, Genghis Khan, Hannibal, Arthur or others. The list that were used follow ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

  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 ...

  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 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 ...

  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 ...

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 ...

  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 ...

  The weekend of the 1st/2nd March saw 12 players gather for the Kent Clash. The theme for the competition was to field any army but that it must contain at least 1 unit of elephants. So this would allow a wide range of quite diverse armies. Also there was a special "Elephant King" prize for the Commander whose army killed the most Elephants. I decided to take an Indian army, Vijayanagar. Day 1 had seen me score 21 out of a possible 30. To see how I fared on the 2nd day, read on ...

  The weekend of the 1st/2nd March saw 12 players gather for the Kent Clash. The theme for the competition was to field any army but that it must contain at least 1 unit of elephants. So this would allow a wide range of quite diverse armies. Also there was a special "Elephant King" prize for the Commander whose army killed the most Elephants. I decided to take an Indian army, Vijayanagar. To see how it fared, read on ...

  The MeG podcast is back for an episode inspired by a post on the MeG Forum asking about the differences between catafracts and knights. The usual suspects, Richard, Matt and Nik, discuss these troops and have a couple of lists for your consideration. Read on for the link to the podcast and the army lists ...

  The weekend of the 1st/2nd March 2025 was the Kent Clash held, as you might guess, in Kent - at a private school in Sevenoaks to be more exact. All armies had to have at least 1 TuG of at least 2 Elephants that could be either from the main list or an allies list. Also there was a special "Elephant King" prize for the Commander whose army killed the most Elephants. The results as the list used can be found if you read on ...

  So after a first day of mixed fortunes in my games (win and losing draw) followed by a convivial evening involving Six nations rugby, beer and an Italian meal, the second day of the competition dawned bright and sunny. To see if I could improve on the first day read on ...

  The 2025 MeG competition circuit moved on to the beachhead competition in Bournemouth on the weekend of the 8th/9th February. The theme was any army up to 1000 CE that could have Coastal as a territory type in its list. After a certain amount of dithering I decided to take my Yamato Era Japanese. Read on to see how it did ...

  The MeG competition at Beachhead 2025 in Bournemouth was run over the weekend of the 8th and 9th February 2025. For the lists used read on ...

  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 ...

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 ...

  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 ...