The Warlord Chronicles and The Age of Arthur

[Sterling Moose]

Fantastic job.  Cornwell's books prompted me to amass a large Arthurian Army, it's taken 10 years and there's still half again still in blisters under the gaming table.  It's been on the table twice, including once a proxies for a viking raid scenario.  Are there there no rules out there that fit the period?  Tried WAB, Spearsong, Dogs of War, Glutter of Ravens and a bunch of others but none seem to capture the feel of the period a la Cornwell.   

[LeadAsbestos]

Nice unit!! Very well painted!! As a few folk on here may know, I am probably THE Arthurian nut to end them all when it comes to 'historical' Arthur gaming!! Check out my blog archive for pics of my Romano-British and Welsh (plus various Germanic allies) for WAB. It's the one period where I really 'go to town' with my painting to get the best I can out of every single model, including lots of subtle conversions.

Please post more pics as your army grows - I can never get enough of seeing other peoples' Age of Arthur armies!!!

Now don't anyone go and look at Andy's stuff, cuz it will certainly take away any appreciation of my own humble painting!

Andy, the unit that the cavalryman you painted for me is in remains unfinished! Soon the will be up and running, I hope!
Now if I could only talk you into painting one of my Salute06 vignettes for me...

[guitarheroandy]

Aha!!! It's you!!! Sorry...hadn't worked that out!  Seems ages since I painted that cavalryman...

I'm taking a break from Arthurian stuff at the moment, painting colonials and Republican Romans using Army Painter dip but adding my own 'twist' to the technique. However, I have lots more Welsh and Saxons sitting there waiting for me to have time to do them...real life has eaten a huge chunk out of my available painting time, hence exploring the use of dip to speed up my 'other period' armies...

@Sterling Moose: Cornwell's books are actually far more 'Viking Age' warfare than what current thinking suggests around 5th century British warfare. Having said that, that's no reason to ignore the inherent fun available from gaming the period a la Cornwell...Have you tried Crusader rules? They might work for you, as there are lots of options for shieldwall spearmen, etc. (You could either use the Late Roman/Federate Roman/late barbarian lists from the Roman supplement or just use the guidance in the rulebook to create your own lists..it's very easy to do!) Personally I have only used them for Classical era and they work well for that, but folk at my club have played Normans vs Byzantines with them and enjoyed it, so they seem pretty versatile.

[Grimm]

wow! hey are nice !
good work

cheers Grimm

[Dr. The Viking]

Splendid! This era of gaming is really getting to me as well.

[dijit]

Dark Age gaming has a lot to be said for it, the whole mystique of the area, the way that myth is intertwinned with reality is fantastic.
Lead asbestos, I'm guessing they're being used for WAB? Have you tried any other rules sets, like SOBH?

[Axebreaker]

Why am I not surprised to hear Andy on this thread!

Cheers
Christopher

[dodge]

I have a few of those Gripping Beast figures and they look absolutely brilliant

just great

dodge

[LeadAsbestos]

I just ordered Song of Arthur and Merlin, in the hopes that someday I may actually play a game!

They are based for WAB, but sadly, they've never seen a battlefield!

I'm working on a little boar hunting game, and am going to convert Andy's excellent Tristan and Isolde scenario to SOAAM if it is at all possible.

I love the Dark Ages! So many great minis! I need a pile of those sweet GB SAxon characters.

[dijit]

I love the Dark Ages! So many great minis! I need a pile of those sweet GB SAxon characters.

Ditto!
What scenerio is that based on Tristan and Isolde?
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=16487.0

[guitarheroandy]

Ditto!
What scenerio is that based on Tristan and Isolde?
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=16487.0

I wrote one for a WAB skirmish campaign I ran at my wargames club. It used a 'character-heavy' variant of the WAB army lists (as suggested by Paul Leach, regular contributor to Wargames Illustrated magazine) which is included in the scenario document. It uses 800pts of models per side on a 4x4 foot table.

Is there any way to attach Word documents to these posts? If so, I'll attach it. If not, if you PM me your email address, I'll gladly pass it on (that goes for anyone else interested...)
Cheers
Andy

[dijit]

That'd be great. To attach a file, when you post a reply if you click 'Additional Options' under the text box there'll come an option to attach files there.
Duncan

[guitarheroandy]

No...it's not there. All I see is 'notify me of replies; return to this topic and don't use smileys'. No attachment option at all. Sorry! Is this because I'm not a 'supporting member?' I read in the help section that you have to be one of those to add attachments...and as I'm not one of those...no attachment option?

Andy

[dijit]

Quite possibly then. I'll send you a PM with my email address, then if you want i can post it up?

EDIT:
here is the scenario from Andy at the bottom of this post:

[guitarheroandy]

Quite possibly then. I'll send you a PM with my email address, then if you want i can post it up?

EDIT:
here is the scenario from Andy at the bottom of this post:

Thank you for uploading the sceanrio for me. I hope that folk get some use out of it - it's a tough one to win for either side!