Gamer at the End of Time

  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 2026 International Warlords Challenge was held in Brussels on the weekend on the 24th and 25th January. 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 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 ...

  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 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 30th November and 1st December 2024 was the 30th Ribble Rumble competition held at Element Games in Stockport. For the lists from the MeG competition, read on ...

  The annual ToIL competition took place over the Easter weekend, 30th and 34th March, 2024 at the wonderfully hospitable Boards and Swords Hobbies . These are the lists that were used.

  In the latest episode of The MeG Podcast we take a look at the Arab Conquests in the period 629 CE to 685 CE, a period that can certainly be described as world changing There is the usual historical overview and a look at some army lists based on the period, plus some reading and figure suggestions. Read on for the army lists and link to the podcast ...

  The weekend of the 10th/11th February 2024 saw the MeG competition at the Beachhead show take place. The theme was Byzantium and its enemies, 493 CE to 1071 CE. Here are the lists used and results.

  Back after a bit of a break, in this episode the team look at 4 field battles of one of ancient/medieval history's most famous generals, Belisarius.