Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

I only took photos for the first half of this game, sorry! In the boiling heat of the desert of South Cheam, six intrepid generals gathered in a socially distant and cooperative manner in Ray's garden, under the shelter of gazebos, to play MeG while sharing nothing but good humour, heatstroke, three decks of cards (wiped down between games) and hand sanitiser. All the rounds were based on delayed/postponed or defunct competitions from our time in lockdown. Round 1: Far East: Gupta Indian vs Senguko Samurai - Rollcall Theme - Richard Round 2: Classical: Thracian Lowland Tribes vs Sassanid Persians - Attack Theme - Ray Round 3: Egyptian: Early Fatamid Egyptians vs Saitic Egyptians - Campaign Theme - Nik This was a three round event, each round with a different theme and requirement. Looking at the draw, I had Richard, Ray and Nik, all of whom I have never bested in combat, so my hopes of an out-right win were slim, but I knew I could have a lot of fun! Round 2: Mid Sassanid Persians...

Two games to allow Ray to practise with his army before the IWC in Belgium this month. I was invited around to Ray's pad in London Village to move the board games, books, figure collection, and construct his shelving to help sort and catalogue his figure collection during the next stage of constructions ! I needed a day's exercise after the Xmas binge and what better way to spend Twixmas than helping out a friend and playing some games (and enjoying his wife Meana's amazing cooking). 14000 steps (up and down his garden) later. A small selection of Ray's armies (each box is A3 and holds about an army, nothing compared to Hammy or my 19th Century heap I know, but he is only been in this ancients game 2 years)! I only got the left hand section catalogued! 😕 The army he chose to use isn't even in the stack!!! Ray cruelly forced me to stop work after 6 , and we had a game before dinner . Game 1: Mid Republican Romans vs Thracians . Yeah, Thracians...