Gamer at the End of Time

The annual "SkullRollers" MeG competition was held at Battlefield Hobbies , Daventry, UK over the weekend of 25th/26th October. As ever it was an "open" competition and was 4 rounds of games. As I'm not a fan of "open" comps I wasn't planning to play but said I would if it would ensure even number to avoid any byes. As it turned out I did end up playing on the first day, but not the second as one player took ill and had to drop out. So to see how I did in the 2 games I played, read on ...

  The annual "SkullRollers" MeG competition was held at Battlefield Hobbies , Daventry, UK over the weekend of 25th/26th October. As ever it was an "open" competition and was 4 rounds of games. 28 players signed up and to see the lists used, read on ...

  Derventio, a "classical" themed competition saw its 8th running over the weekend of 4th and 4th October 2025 at Boards & Swords Hobbies in Derby. 16 players battled over 4 games and to see the lists used, read on ...

  So with the third day of Britcon dawning after a fairly genteel Saturday evening , it was back to the venue for the final 2 games of the MeG competition. The first game saw me facing Dave Gollop who was using Gupta Indian. To see how this, and the final game went, read on ...

  So after a good first game (see HERE for my write-up), slightly tinged by annoyance at the unexpected finish time, and a late finish to the following beer, it was back to the venue for the second day's games. The first game on the Saturday matched me against Paul Stovell using Later Carthaginian. To see how this, and the following game went, read on ...

  The MeG competition at Britcon was on the August bank holiday weekend this year as the BHGS had to change venues at short notice earlier in the year and the date had to change for the usual weekend to the bank holiday which impacted on attendance. However, 14 players made it for 5 rounds of games in Leicester. I chose to use Early Shatuo and to see what I chose and how they did in the first game, read on ...

  Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th of August 2025 was the MeG competition at Britcon. The BHGS had to change venues at short notice earlier in the year and the date had to change for the usual weekend to the bank holiday which impacted on attendance. However, 14 players made it for 5 rounds of games. To see the lists used read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 14th and 15th June at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry, UK, 22 MeG players took part in an "armies and enemies" of the Persians competition. I took a C4th CE Imperial Roman army. After day one I was rather off the pace, so to see how they fared in the last two games read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 14th and 15th June at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry, UK, 22 MeG players took part in an "armies and enemies" of the Persians competition. I took a C4th CE Imperial Roman army and to see how they fared in the first two games read on ...

  Over the weekend of the 14th and 15th June at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry, UK, 22 MeG players took part in an "armies and enemies" of the Persians competition. To see the lists used, please read on ...

10th May 2025 saw the second running of the "Havoc on the Hamble: Myths and Legends" one day competition. All the armies had to be based around a named Legendary general such as: Alexander, Caesar, Boudica, Genghis Khan, Hannibal, Arthur or others. The list that were used follow ...

  Back after a bit of a break, in this episode the team look at 4 field battles of one of ancient/medieval history's most famous generals, Belisarius.