Three weeks without a post and what a three weeks! Just when everything seems  normal, around the corner trouble waits. The trouble in this case has left me housebound and wondering what the hell just hit our family. Without tempting fate, things look and feel a bit calmer now but enforced baby sitting has paid dividends.

With friends and companions temporarily stopped from visiting, and a curfew imposed on visits to the L.G.S., opposition had to be found closer to home. Our testing of Warhammer 40K had been an expensive non-starter but Risk was a different matter and King-domino a real favourite in pub beer gardens. You can see the level of complexity that I was aiming for. And then I tore myself away from the heady excitement of my birthday celebrations ( below) to start the fight back, Commands and Colors.

The game is a classic and after three hours of creating the pieces for the game, we were ready. After two games, the influence of this classic game is obvious. Most notably, I couldn’t help notice similarities with the combat mechanism of Mortem et Gloriam. A six sided dice that decides combat mechanisms, I was hooked and looking to expand into miniatures myself.

Next Friday is our first excursion into the English Civil War skirmishing using the Commands and Colors dice. The week after its the American Civil War and then World War Two. Truly inspired to face my two young opponents and make a virtue out of a temporary necessity.

One date which remains however is Virtus 2019 and we now have thirteen players on the runners and riders list. Between crises I’ve also got some news about Godendag 2020 on the 8th and 9th of February at Firestorm. Tickets are up for the two 28mm mini tourneys and Field of Glory Renaissance. The To the Strongest lads will be in attendance and still more systems are in the planning stage.

Thanks for reading

M