Mark Backhouse

28 Dec 2024

The 5th Syrian War Campaign initial setup. The campaign will start in 200BC with the Seleucid forces led by Antiochus the Great (red counters) attempting to invade Ptolemaic held Coele-Syria (yellow counters).

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Steve Blease

@ironcow2103.bsky.social

#WinterWonderLardVII will be held in Bristol on 6th February 2027. If you would like to put on a Lardy game please drop me a line via DM here or to steve_blease(at)yahoo.co.uk #SpreadTheLard

Latest WSS podcast has dropped with the team discussing the latest releases and the Winchester Shieldwall event with @mogsymakes.bsky.social and Professor Ryan Lavelle

Stage 4. 3mm Motte and Bailey castle complete with crops and archers to finish it off. All ready to defend the Norman overlords from revolting Saxons in Chivalry and Honour.

Stage 3 of the Motte and Bailey complete. Crops and people still to add.

Motte and Bailey in 3mm base painted and a few highlights. Next stage the flocking.

Got a few photos done for Sulla’s Civil War part 2 article in WSS magazine. Hopefully this captures some of the epic scale of the Battle of Colline Gate. Part 1 of this article is in the current magazine on the shelves now!

Working on a 3mm Motte and Bailey

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Playing Pazoot’s 1812 Retreat from Moscow campaign and having fun

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mogsymakes

@mogsymakes.bsky.social

Unfortunate gastric news means that Lardy Rich won’t be able to trade at The Other Partizan - we wish him a speedy recovery. As a result, he has a flash sale on the Two Fat Lardies website of 20% off everything until Sunday. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings toofatlardies.co.uk/shop/

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Dave Watson

@balkandave.bsky.social

A narrow victory for Hannibal in today’s game. A bit of a slogging match, as the Carthaginian cavalry didn’t make it around the Roman flanks. What I like about Strength & Honour is that they encourage players to adopt historical strategies.

Come and have a go if you think you’re LARD enough will be on 16th January 2027 near Southampton. We are looking for enthusiastic game organisers willing to run a morning and an afternoon game.

A 6mm game tonight of Napoleonics using an interesting twist on Strength and Honour. Not my idea I should add! 😂 It has some legs but lots and lots and lots of changes needed to get it right. This is not a project I’ll be working on so don’t go getting ideas!

This feels familiar odds! Bring it on!

The brave Dwarf warlord is the last dwarf from his bodyguard

The Troll bodyguard make mincemeat of our best Dwarf elites! What a mess!

@wargamingthings.bsky.social

Orcs and Goblins v Dwarfs in my first ever Midgard game!

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Wargaming Things (Andy)

A friendly afternoon game with that nice @markbackhouse29.bsky.social playtesting #chivalry&honour with Battle of Lindsey 1066. Great fun and a fantastic narrative battle that ended badly for the Viking horde (commentary on photos). #strength&honour #vikings #1066 #deadvikings

Tostig’s raiders have been caught on the Humber. Can Morcar and Edwin defeat them with their fyrd? Chivalry and Honour.

Tostig’s heath guard are forced back by the Mercian fyrd but manage to counterattack.

Oh heck! The Men of the Orkneys are broken by the Northumberland fyrd and rout. Lord Copsi attempts to hold the line and pays for it with a tribute of sharpened spears. The baggage by the Humber panics as they rout back to the ships. Tostig is thinking it’s all over!

19 Sept

Great podcast about the Winchester Shieldwall event in November with @mogsymakes.bsky.social I’ll be running some 1066 Chivalry and Honour games there for you to play. Link to the event here; www.ryanlavelle.net/winchestershieldwall.html podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...

14 Sept

Saxon baggage camp. 3mm Chivalry and Honour.

13 Sept

That’s one box of figures painted and based! Just got to complete the next layer of troops now!

11 Sept

Fulford Gate 3mm action with Chivalry and Honour

Excited to play some Snorkers tonight!

Now the Yubari is destroyed. Crippled and hit with three torpedos. Two duds but

The USS Blue is finally destroyed by another torpedo. Can the Japanese ships escape now? The engagement ends. 5 US destroyers sunk against 2 Japanese destroyers and a cruiser in reply. A bloody draw is called.

Excited to play some Snorkers tonight!

The Patterson is finally destroyed but the flooded USS Blue seems to be clinging on despite the flooding.

USS Porter cripples the Yubari with gunnery. Our Japanese have done well but with 5 fresh destroyers closing and most of our torpedos spent the Japanese are starting to think it’s time to get away.

Excited to play some Snorkers tonight!

The USS Helm finishes off the Suzutsuki and the Japanese squadron is destroyed!

The USS is finally finished off. Hit by three long lance torpedos and close fire from the Yubari.

Excited to play some Snorkers tonight!

USS Blue and USS Walker close in but their torpedos are largely inaccurate or duds. The IJN cruiser Yubari is hit by one torpedo and damaged but is still floating.

The USS Blue and USS Walke are attacked at close range by the Japanese battleships. Bridge damage on the Walke and engine damage and flooding in the Blue.

Excited to play some Snorkers tonight!

The US ships go down fighting and inflict heavy damage on the Suzutsuki which catches fire.

The US bring in another squadron of battleships and engage the Akasuki. She is repeatedly hit and evades a torpedo. Another US torpedo hits but it’s a dud. Breathing a sigh of relief is premature though as a final US torpedo hits home and the Akasuki is destroyed. The Patterson is crippled in return

Excited to play some Snorkers tonight!

The USN is closing in

The Japanese hit the US battleships hard with torpedos. USS Mahon takes fails to evade and is hit twice. The close range gunnery finishes it off. The USS Cummings is hit by a torpedo, breached and is starting to flood. The gunnery of the Suzetsuki cripples the poor destroyer.

Excited to play some Snorkers tonight!

The IJN attempt to form a line of broadside

7 Sept

Interesting times! Looks like some big changes are afoot.

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5 Sept

A bit busy at Colours today! Nice to see you all. Fulford Gate using Chivalry and Honour worked well!

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Wargaming Things (Andy)

5 Sept

More photos from #Colours2026 with @markbackhouse29.bsky.social showcasing Chivalry & Honour for the first time. Fulford Gate results: Vikings 2 English 1 All in lovely 3mm! #wargaming #strengthandhonour

3 Sept

Hardrada’s Hirdmen start to break up the Mercians on their right flank but the Housecarls hold firm swinging their great axes and beating their shields in defiance.