OakenGuard

The OakenGuard are the personal retinue of the thane of Oakenhammer. Only the finest warriors who have proven themselves many times in battle are invited to join the Guard. They are provided with the finest armour and equipped with mighty great axes or hammers. For...

A Little Whimsy

And now for something completely different. I would consider myself a fan of fairly gritty miniatures. I tend to collect more realistic sculpts, prefer a meaner, grimmer look than some of the comical sculpts of yesteryear. One of the things that drew me into the Games...

If You Go Down to the Woods Today…..

Norman column .....you will definitely be in for a surprise. But it will be no picnic. And not a teddy bear in sight. This was another game in our Age of the Wolf campaign. Our random strategy rolling had left us with the strange third round situation of fighting...

Viking board game

I spotted this on the Saga facebook page. It's a board game based on the viking invasions of England in the ninth century. If you have been watching the vikings series on TV it seems very close to that story. Rather than me waffle on about the game, go take a look for...

Atlantis Miniatures First Impressions

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had ordered a figure from Atlantis Miniatures, to check on the quality of the casting before committing to their dwarf kickstarter. It did take nearly two weeks to arrive, but finally I can give my first impressions of the...