Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Andy very kindly invited me over for a couple of pre-Xmas games, one of MeG, one of ReG. As my host, he chose his Franks and Dutch Republican forces, so I tried my best to match him with my Imperial Romans and ECW Eastern Association Parlimentarians. Game 1: Imperial Romans vs Early Franks We chose MeG first, and the omens and scouting were good for the Romans, outscouting the Franks by 10%. The table was woods and rocky ground on a secure flank on the left, a wood and an orchard centre and right giving me a lovely area to defend, and a Frankish village in the far dsiatnce I set three ambush cards (my unprotected archers, actually in the central wood by the camp, and never to be revealed). On the left, my Seguntienties (an average force) held the wood, while the Presendities (a superior legio) stood on their right. A gap, followed by my exceptional Legio Secondia, two more average units, a unit of cavalry, with the final superior foot behind, ready to swing right and support...

Yesterday saw me trotting round to Andy's for a game and a half of MeG. Game one was my 10mm Imperial Romans vs his 15mm Early Franks in an historical match-up somewhere along the Rhine frontier. Game 2 was a trial of my 15mm Hausa vs his 15mm Karim-Bornu (made up of proxied Mycenians, Assyrians, Greeks and Macedonians, but at least his were painted), another historical match up! Warm mince pies, yummy! Very dense terrain with a coastline, nothing came off. Roman informants did a good job, allowing us to outscout the Franks by 50%, hold on, that village isn't very Germanic... My first hand. Good thing I have no allies! My two cavalry surge forwards to take a strong blocking point in an effort to stop Andy's horse (my force is so small that if those lot get into my backfield I'm in deep trouble). After turn 1 and my forces are rather spread about compared to a wall of short spear, devastating spear barbarians, some of which are superior fanatics too! ...