Longbow Master Richard Head on looking at selecting some Yew staves for the English Longbow.

Clubbing it! Another Chariot Wars Game, ADLG, Art De La Guerre Piccies

I'm afraid, dear reader, that all I have time for this week is to post up some pictures of the last WAB, Chariot Wars game we played and a couple of the ADLG, Art De La Guerre game that was going on on the next table. I messed up and, despite using my phone in place of a camera I didn't take pictures of the last third of the game (basically a senior moment of forgetfulness lol). I'm also suffering the recent effects of having an infected root canal molar pulled and the last thing I want to do is write out a full Bat Rep. i kind of just want to relax and maybe sleep a little this Sunday!

One thing i must remember to do, it to take some pictures of the game with a camera and with my phone. The overall difference in quality is astounding with the camera. The camera, despite being only a Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82 is a bridge camera, has massive advantages over a phone's lens in that the camera has a massive optical zoom range, optical image stabilization, electronic viewfinder, macro and close focus ability and the ability to take very exposures. also, the phone seems to have the uncanny ability, to use a technical term, "make shit up" if one takes publishing taking very large files into account I always have to reduce my files down to much smaller sizes with the phone).

Anyhooo..... without further ado:

WAB, Chariot Wars, Trojans vs Sea Peoples:

ADLG, Art De La Guerre, Sassanid Persians vs Late Romans:

Wor Lard, Lardy Games Day Durham Club November 2025

I was kept away by my lovely neighbours all throughout the night prior to the event so some of my recollections of how the rules played in the two games are a little hazy. The games I played were Fire in the Sky, a WWII Air War game and Midgard Heroic Battles. Both games were great fun. If I chose between the two I'd have to go for the bloodthirstiness and "up and at 'em" Midgard Heroic Battles which not only scratched the "good laugh" itch but also my obsession with Post Roman/Early Medieval warfare. Midgard Heroic Battles was a set of rules which, despite being "scudded", I absolutely loved playing. 

The pictures of these two games are interspersed with two games of Chain of Command, in 28mm and 15mm respectively. I'm afraid that I forgot to take any pictures of Conrad's fab looking game of What a Tanker, Apologies if you're reading this Conrad, you can blame my neighbours! 

Chain of Command 15mm.

Chain of Command 28mm

Fire in the Sky:

Midgard Heroic Battles: