Recommended number of Heroes is around 3-5, and these are rated from Champion (Level 1) up to Legendary Hero (Level 4), which means that you can model different armies by levels of leadership. These are about the minimum size armies for a game of Midgard (10 or 11 units apiece) – while you can play smaller, it’s designed as a battle game where having a supporting line of warriors is critical, so just playing with five or six units won’t give that experience. This gave us the following armies: Prince Cadwaladr leads from the frontĥ x Heroes (Prince Cadwaladr – Army Commander and Major Hero Brochmael and Belyn of Lleyn – Minor Heroes Marchlew – Champion Gwenyfach – Wise Woman)ġ x Mounted Teulu (Cadwaladr’s bodyguard)ġ x Skirmishers with Bows Spearmen clash at the height of the battleĤ x Heroes (King Bridei – Army Commander and Major Hero Talorcan – Minor Hero Drust – Champion Brianna of Skye – Wise Woman) I put together two forces – Welsh and Picts – with a total of just over 300 points apiece, adding a dash of mysticism with both forces containing a wise woman and bard for inspirational purposes (you can play Midgard on a scale anywhere between ‘straight historical’ and ‘high fantasy’ by choice of units and traits). While we often play historical scenarios, this game was a straightforward battle. The mat is an OOP deep pile type from Cigar Box Mats. The vast majority of my collection are Gripping Beast and Foundry Miniatures. Picts line up for battle opposite the Welsh. Seeing as it was designed as an introductory game, I thought it’d also make a good battle report if you’re interested in Midgard. While he was busy getting the new Gripping Beast plastics on to the painting table, I pulled out my metal collection for a game with him. I’ve been busy developing my Midgard set of wargames rules over the last few months and my chum Pete, who has recently taken up gaming again, expressed an interest in collecting a Welsh force for the 7th century. I hope you enjoy it! Posted by mogsymakes JJPosted in Uncategorized 4 Comments on New blog: mogsymakes by James Morris Wales 1, Pictland 0: a Midgard battle report It is still very much in its infancy, so any helpful suggestions about improving access and layout will be quite welcome.Īnd so, I find myself following Simon’s sage advice: get a blog.
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My chum Scrivs claims that one of his main reasons for having a blog is to be able to find his paint recipes several years down the line I can confirm this, having used several of his colour schemes after looking them up online! I’ve gone for something in between a blog and a website, in that I have different pages and sections where I will hopefully archive posts to make them easier to find. Questions like this crop up all the time: “Have you got any size comparison pictures with different manufacturers?” “What was the paint recipe you used on your wolves?” “Has anyone had a go at converting Elf cavalry/ Cretan gendarmes/ Sikh sappers?” “How does Muskets & Tomahawks II play?” And often, I say, “Yes, but…just let me find it…” Hopefully mogsymakes will go some way towards helping out with these senior moments of social media. I seem to post on social media every week or so, only then to find myself unable to find my own pictures, battle reports or words of advice just a few weeks later. I don’t really do this to get followers, but I love swapping ideas and photos with other gamers around the world. Many years ago, Big Red Bat guru Simon Miller asked me why I didn’t have a blog to support the various games that I took around wargames shows.