Introduced to Fate of the Fellowship board game this afternoon by @thatchapscrivs.bsky.social and Martyn C. Great chance to brush up on Middle-earth geography. I liked the flying Nazgûl dominating certain regions of the board! #lordoftherings #boardgames #fateofthefellowship #nerdlings

More details here: www.ryanlavelle.net/winchestersh... Tickets are expected to go on sale from 7th August. Miniatures shown by Footsore, Foundry, Crusader and Gripping Beast; background by Jon Hodgson Backdrops; photos by Pete Jenkins & James Morris.

Game systems on offer will include Midgard Heroic Battles, Strength & Honour, Comitatus/ Shieldwall, Pillage and others with some very experienced hosts and several games authors. Everything will be provided and no previous experience is needed - just book in, turn up and play.

Winchester Shieldwall - Saturday 21st November 2026 I’m very excited to be helping Ryan Lavelle of the University of Winchester in putting on a new one day event themed around Viking age warfare. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #jhbackdrops #nerdlings #earlymedievalhistory

Highly enjoyable evening doing some Mead-Price practice with @badsquiddogames.bsky.social and Jef, who promptly defeated my brave Dal Riadan forces with their Northumbrians three times over! #miniatures #wargaming #mogsymakes #nerdlings #earlymedievalwargaming

It’s nearly Sutton Hoo time! On 1st and 2nd August, we will be running Anglo-Saxon wargames at the Suffolk site as part of the ‘Warrior Weekend’ event. Details here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffol... #miniatures #wargaming #nerdlings #suttonhoo @badsquiddogames.bsky.social

Demoing/ play testing over Zoom today for the first time since lockdown! Almost forgot how to do this. 🙂 #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings

This was corking good fun throughout, with especial thanks to our players, and @thatchapscrivs.bsky.social who loaned figures again. #wargaming #miniatures #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles #boardsandswordsderby

In the centre, the Earl of Leicester found himself responding to multiple threats as Gilbert de Clare was captured by de Bohun’s troops. The loss of Simon de Montfort’s son and supporting troops getting picked off piecemeal by a more coherent royal battle line eventually cost him victory.

Lord Edward’s knights cut their way through the first Londoners but then found themselves bogged down as new player James pulled off a series of astonishing support rolls. #wargaming #miniatures #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles #boardsandswordsderby

The royalists pulled off a mighty victory after an over enthusiastic Henry de Montfort charged the King’s line without support - chivalrous for sure, but Henry found himself unhorsed and captured! #wargaming #miniatures #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles #boardsandswordsderby

Last night’s Battle of Lewes at Boards and Swords. 7 players braved the heat (admittedly, probably better than wearing a bucket helm for the duration of a medieval battle) to try my Midgard Heroic Battles scenario #wargaming #miniatures #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles #boardsandswordsderby

Absolutely cracking day shooting a battle report video with Lee! The Second Barons’ War Goblet-Size Campaign for Midgard Heroic Battles is currently in layout so I thought it’d be good to have a video. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles #northstarmilitaryfigures

Bit of medieval map artwork in progress. #miniatures #wargaming #midgardheroicbattles #spreadthelard #medievalart #nerdlings

If you fancy trying out Midgard Heroic Battles, I’ll be at Boards And Swords Hobbies on Thursday 9th July running a participation game set in the Second Barons’ War starting at 7:00 pm. No need to bring anything. I have room for up to six players - just let me know if you want to play.

Figures are 18mm, 200-300 on a 240mm wide base.

This should give a total of over 16,000 figures on a 6 x 15’ table. Rules will be Midgard Heroic Battles and you’ll be able to see the game at The Other Partizan in October. #miniatures #wargaming #midgardheroicbattles #battleofhastings #peterspaperboys

Forcing the Pass: last night’s very genial game of Midgard Heroic Battles with long term playtesting chums @thatchapscrivs.bsky.social and Paul Welsh. All 10mm minis using 80 mm wide bases. #miniatures #wargaming #midgardheroicbattles #spreadthelard #nerdlings

Today I’ve been photographing for the 2nd Barons’ War project. Here’s an out take of some 28mm @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social minis painted by @thatchapscrivs.bsky.social and myself with a @handiworkgames.bsky.social ‘Skies’ Backdrop. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #baronswar #nerdlings

Here’s the Crete 1941 vignette that I made for the cover of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy magazine, issue 100. Foundry minis with a Curteys/ First Corp parachute and a pinch of sand from Hill 107. #miniatures #wargaming #nerdlings #spreadthelard #ww2wargaming

Great to see so many friendly faces and thanks for having us! (Minis by Rapier & Baccus 6mm, background from Jon Hodgson Backdrops.) #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings #midgardheroicbattles

Excellent day out at the Joy of Six show in Sheffield today running our Midgard Heroic Battles Glorantha game. The Battle of Grizzly Peak was hard-fought with the Lunars emerging victorious by a whisker in Turn 5. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings #midgardheroicbattles

Working with a hot glue gun was absolutely the last thing I wanted to do this week but needs must! With it being the Joy of Six show in Sheffield tomorrow, terrain needed finishing. These woodlands are a mix of doormat, bathmat & fleece fabric. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings

Some WIP terrain photos from back in 2018 #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings #wargamesterrain

I took advantage of a trip to London at the weekend to drop into the British Museum, which has a number of Tlingit/ Northwest Coast artefacts - not a bad match for the @eurekaminiatures.bsky.social figures. More gaming with these guys soon! #miniatures #wargaming #nerdlings #mogsymakes #tlingit

Doing some testing and organising for next week’s Joy of Six show for the Gloranthan Battle of Grizzly Peak. Minis painted by Matt M, @tomwd68.bsky.social and myself. Scratch built terrain, background by Jon Hodgson Backdrops. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #runequest #nerdlings

I’ve got so many individually-based Orcs that I thought I’d just make these into mini dioramas for Midgard Heroic Battles games. Banners are from my Mogsymakes site on WargameVault.com and backgrounds by @handiworkgames.bsky.social #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings #middleearth

There are a number of GW LOTR Goblins, Orcs and Uruk-Hai in there alongside Oathmark and Wargames Atlantic Goblins and Warlord Games Orcs. Each unit is based on a 120 x 60 mm round cornered 2mm MDF base from Warbases. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings #middleearth #jhbackdrops

I built a load of these when the Oathmark goblin slaves kit appeared, but only finished them this week! Here are three units of Orc archers built using a mixture of plastic kits. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings #middleearth

Terrain for our game at the Joy of 6 show (28th June, Sheffield) is nearing completion. Here’s Grizzly Peak for our 6mm Gloranthan set up (Baccus & Rapier Minis, Jon Hodgson Backdrop). The cat is unimpressed! 🐈‍⬛ #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #glorantha #nerdlings