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Roll call 2026 - The Lists

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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 ...

Warfare 2025 - The Lists

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  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 ...

SkullRollers 2025 Day 1 - Angkor Empire making up numbers

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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 ...

SkullRollers 2025 - The Lists

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  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 ...

Hammer to Hammer - The Lists

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  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 MeG Podcast Season 3 Episode 7 - The Hundred Year War, Part 1

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  In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at one of the iconic periods of warfare in the Ancients/medieval period, The Hundred Years War. As this covers a long period of time the topic is being split into two parts, and this is the first. The team look at lists for the English and the French, other participants will follow in the next part. So to learn more, read on ...

Mamluks vs. Longbows - what can possibly go wrong ...

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  The last weekend in November saw me back in Preston for a MeG competition, this one based around the Plantagenets and their enemies - with a few liberal additions. Last competition there I won, but that seemed unlikely this time. To find out why, and how I did, read on ...