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VetCon 2024 - The Lists

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  The third running of the MeG competition at VetCon took place on the 9th and 10th November 2024 in Auburn, CA. Here are the lists used ...

ToILing Away With Uqaylids - Game 4 vs Nikeforian Byzantines

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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 ...

ToILing Away With Uqaylids - Game 2 vs Thematic Byzantines

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  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 ...

Khitan Liao at Burton - was Badcon bad for the Liao, or good, or just mediocre? (Game 1)

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  Having spend a lot of time getting a Khitan Liao army that I liked together I finally plucked up the courage to take them to a competition rather than just using them in one off games. Badcon 2022 was their debut. See how they went on ...

Ice and Fire - All The Lists

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  Here are the lists used at the Ice and Fire MeG competition that took place over the 22nd and 23rd January at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry. 32 players attended to fight it out with (roughly) non-European armies.

The MeG Podcast S2:E4 - Ribble Rumble, List Changes and What 2022 Promises

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  In what is probably the last MeG Podcast of the year the team look back at the recent Ribble Rumble competition held in Stockport, the maybe partly controversial list changes for 2022, and a look forward to the MeG scene in 2022. The regulars are joined by Graham Wilmott and the one and only James "Hammy" Hamilton.

Seljuqs of Rum at Skullrollers 2021 - Round 2

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  To follow the account of the victory of my Seljuqs over the Almoravids in the first round of the 2021 "Skullrollers" competition, here is what transpired in the second round...

Rukn al-Dīn Mas'ūd in Stockport

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Over the weekend of 21st/22nd August I played in a 4 game MeG competition held at Element Games in Stockport. The competition was styled "Warriors of the Cross and Crescent" with a list of armies between 1000 CE and 1149 CE available for use. I chose the Sultanate of Rum and thought I'd write about the army and how I did ...

Warriors of the Cross and Crescent - a MeG Competition Lists Extravaganza

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  So with the Warriors of the Cross and Crescent competition in Stockport now done and dusted, the Podcast Team look back at how they did and how their armies fared. Read on for a link to the podcast and the gory details, plus nearly all the lists used over the weekend ...

Post Covid Cup List Extravaganza - MeG Players Podcast Episode 6

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  The dust has settled on the first "proper" UK MeG competition of 2021, and the team look back at their army choices - why they chose the armies they did, the composition, and how they fared in the heat of battle. Did they regret their choices? Did they make mistakes? Read on to find out ...