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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Lion Rampant VII

In a continuation of my fascination with Lion Rampant, I have gathered a bunch of the posts since my last post. There have been six previous postings. The previous six posts have been consolidated on a page: HERE. Or you can go to each of the postings:

Lion Rampant #1

Lion Rampant #2

Lion Rampant #3

Lion Rampant #4
Lion Rampant #5
Lion Rampant #6

I am looking forward to a game. Over the years, I have collected small sets of each with the intent to get back to the Gary Gygax's Chainmail rules, the forerunner and basis for the white box Dungeons and Dragons set. Originally, my gaming group played small skirmishes set during the Hundred Years War; then, like so many other, we supplemented our Tractics, Rally Round the Flag and Chainmail games with some D&D; but out old favorite was always Chainmail.

Lion Rampant has that same excitement level for me. I'm not sure if my first game will be with my Conan, Fantasy, 100 Years War, War of the Roses, Italian Wars or even Trojan Wars sets. Hopefully, I will get a game in soon. In the mean time, I have been adding odds and ends to the various collections.

Enjoy!
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Dux Rampant: Battle of Worringen 1288

Dux Rampant First St. Albans

Dux Rampant AAR: Sausages with Mustard

Dux Rampant AAR: Kill the Lich

AAR:War of the Roses

Variant: Camel Variant

Variant: Leader Skill Cards

Variant: Unit Cards for Lion Rampant

Legatus' Wargames Armies Crusades in Lion Rampant

Matt's Gaming Blog Dragon Wars

Mersey Books Building Fireforge Retinues for Lion Rampant

Building Perry War of the Roses Retinues for Lion Rampant

Building Perry 100 Years War (Agincourt) Retinues for Lion Rampant

The Raft El Cid Rampant

Don't Kill the Messenger

Rebel Barracks: Take Control of the Farms

Shed Wars: Crusades Lion Rampant

Oasis Denial

Tom's Toy Soldiers: Capture a Cannon

Lion Rampant with General Ballroom

When the Hurly Burly's Done: Achean Lion Rampant (for Troy)

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Victrix as Reported on Beasts of War

Normally, I would wait until Friday (or so) to announce new product. I always accredit my announcements to other BLOGs, VLOGs or places unless I receive information from the manufacturer.

Beasts of War, which is a great site for all sorts of information...you should consider subscribing, I do...has picked up a piece of news from Victrix. The latest is a limited run...I'm going to shout this, LIMITED RUN of Rude Roman Shield Graffiti that would have been daubed on the front of legionaries shields when they were bored in camp and wanted to annoy their enemies.

Here is the link to the article. Check out these images from Beasts of War.

The product is only available from 17-24 May 2015

Friends and followers know that at times I can pile on the criticism about particularly inappropriate figures, etc. These are, if you remember your Latin. These are, if you don't know Latin but look at the images. I actually think they are quite entertaining, and most likely historical as I seem to recall reading some Roman Grafitti in Chester, or somewhere else many a year ago. And who can forget the Life of Brian Grafitti Lessons...

If you use the transfers, don't leave the unit out for the kiddies...and maybe someday over a beer, I'll tell you my embarassing story about painting Mycenean skirmishers; or, my buddy's story about painting cavemen and highlighting...yeah, these are cool transfers but be careful with them.

PS All the links run through Beasts of War. If these interest you, please go through the links so they get their due.