Gamer at the End of Time

  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 ...

  The weekend of 11th/12th November saw the traditional Warfare show which included a Mortem et Gloriam competition. Here are the lists used by the 28 competitors ...

  As the BadCon competition entered the final stretch I am drawn against an Early Iranian army - so loads of shooty stuff a bit like the Persians I faced in the first game. I did OK against the Persians, can I do better against their ancestors? Read on ...

  So on to game 3 in this Carthaginian mini-odyssey. This will match me against Camillan Romans in an almost, but not quite, historical match-up. A sort of Punic Wars preview 😄 So did the Carthaginians do better than they did in the Pubic Wars, or did the preview set the tone? Read on ...

  After a partially successful first game against Persians (which can be found HERE ), my second BadCon game was against Classical Indians. Could I do better than my first game? Read on to find out ...

  The annual BadCon competition in Burton-upon-Trent has just been and gone. The MeG theme this year was "Armies and enemies of the Greeks, Medes and Persians from 670 BCE to 357 BCE". I took a version of my Early Carthaginian. To see how it fared, read on ...

  As we try to do after each competition here are the lists used at the MeG competition at Warfare 2022. No promise as to their efficacy, that is all down to the player and, of course, the dice ...

  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 goes back to history in this episode with the team looking at a number of army lists in the context of Subutai and Jebe's "Great Raid", plus a look back at the recent Derventio IV competition. Read on for links and supporting information ...

  After a run of some success, I am brought back to earth at the Classical themed Derventio IV held at the very hospitable Boards & Swords venue in Derby. Read on for a short overview of what opponents I fought and how the games went ...

Over the weekend of the 25th/26th September 30 eager MeGers gathered at the London Grand Tournament for the MeG World Championships - a.k.a. "Skullrollers". This had last been run in 2019, with the 2020 edition becoming a victim of the pandemic, and so there was a lot of interest. Sadly due to Covid restrictions overseas attendance was understandably low, but a few brave Europeans did make the journey. So now the dust has settled, and the warriors and kings have departed, here are the lists used ...

  A few weeks ago I did a piece on how I came to have an Early Carthaginian MeG army . Well the inevitable happened and it expanded out to cover a later date. Read on to find out what transpired ...

  "Needing" an army for the Classical/Hellenistic period, a period I am not that interested in, I almost accidentally ended up building an Early Carthaginian army which turned out more effective that I thought it would be. Here is a bit of an account of how it came to pass ...