Gamer at the End of Time

Over the 18th and 19th of April 16 players gathered for the ever popular Ribble Rumpus is Preston, UK. Allowed armies came from a list based on the theme of  "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire 43BC to 476 AD". To see the lists used, and the final results, read on ...

The annual Roll Call event was held on 28th/29th March 2026 and there was a MeG competition as part of it. The competition this year was "The Theme With No Name 2" with armies from a defined list that had to be dated from 1204 CE to 1400 CE inclusive. To see the lists used, read on ...

  The weekend of the 14th and 15th March, 2026, was the 8th running of the MeG ToIL competition at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby, UK. To see the lists used, read on ...

The annual Beachhead show took place in Bournemouth on 7th/8th February and there was, as usual, a MeG competition of 4 games over the 2 days. To see the lists used, read on ...

  The 2026 International Warlords Challenge was held in Brussels on the weekend on the 24th and 25th January. To see the lists used, read on ...

  As is now traditional the first UK MeG competition of the year was Ice and Fire held at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry. This was the 5th year the event has been run. The theme, as in previous years, was "eastern-ish armies". To see the lists used, read on ...

  The MeG competition at the 2025 Ribble Rumble was a "crusades" theme with armies chosen from an allowed list and dated between 1096 and 1193 CE inclusive. With 20 entries half of which were "Cross" armies and half "Crescent", all games were matched as one side vs. the other. To see the lists used, read on ...

  The annual Warfare wargames show took place on 15th and 16th November. There was, of course, a MeG competition and this year the theme was "Late Medieval and Italian Wars, 1351 CE to 1520 CE" with the allowed armies being drawn from eastern and western Europe in the main. To see the lists that were used, read on ...

  The MeG Podcast team are back with a look back at the recent SkullRollers competition held at Battlefield Hobbies , and they are joined by a guest, Andy Catlow. To see what they thought about the competition, 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. 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 ...