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Ribble Rumpus, "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire 43BC to 476 AD" - The Lists

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Over the 18th and 19th of April 16 players gathered for the ever popular Ribble Rumpus is Preston, UK. Allowed armies came from a list based on the theme of  "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire 43BC to 476 AD". To see the lists used, and the final results, read on ...

Attack! 2025 - Foederate Roman, day 2

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  Over the weekend of the 19th and 20th July at Devizes School, UK, 16 MeG players took part in competition with a theme of "Constantine the Great to Yazdgird III, 306 CE to 651 CE" with a list of allowed armies based on this. I took a C5th CE Foederate Roman army and on day 1 had, shall we say, not performed as well as I had hoped - in fact I was only just above last place 😂 To see how day 2 went, read on ...

Attack! 2025 - Foederate Roman, day 1

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Over the weekend of the 19th and 20th July at Devizes School, UK, 16 MeG players took part in competition with a theme of "Constantine the Great to Yazdgird III, 306 CE to 651 CE" with a list of allowed armies based on this. I took a C5th CE Foederate Roman army and to see how they fared in the first two games, read on ...

Beachhead 2025 - Yamato Era Japanese Day 1

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  The 2025 MeG competition circuit moved on to the beachhead competition in Bournemouth on the weekend of the 8th/9th February. The theme was any army up to 1000 CE that could have Coastal as a territory type in its list. After a certain amount of dithering I decided to take my Yamato Era Japanese. Read on to see how it did ...

Warfare 2024 - The Lists

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  The annual Warfare show ran over the weekend of 16th/17th November and as usual there was a MeG competition. This had the same theme as the last couple of years, “Armies and Enemies of Rome to the Fall of the West”. To see the lists used, read on ...

VetCon 2024 - The Lists

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  The third running of the MeG competition at VetCon took place on the 9th and 10th November 2024 in Auburn, CA. Here are the lists used ...

Derventio VII - The Lists

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The weekend of 26th/27th October 2024 saw the 7th running of Derventio at Boards and Swords Hobbies in Derby. The usual great time was had and many thanks as usual to Will Denham for running it and the staff at BaSH for hosting. The lists used are as follows (E&OE) ...

Footsloggers 2024 - The Lists

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  In 2022 we ran a MeG competition where the theme was "Footsloggers" where only armies comprised entirely of foot troops were allowed. This was successful and so now in 2024 we have run it for a second time. The results and armies used can be found if you read on ...

Campaign 2024 - Most of the Lists

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  The 11th and 12th May saw the annual Campaign show held by the Milton Keynes Wargames Society take place in the main shopping centre in Milton Keynes. As usual there was a MeG team competition with teams of 3 players in 3 different themed pools. Below are most of the lists used.

Skullrollers 2023 - The Lists

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  The weekend of 7th/8th October 2023 saw the annual Skullrollers Championships which were held at Battlefield Hobbies . A susual, here are the lists used over the weekend along with the final results ...

Roll Call 28mm MeG Magna Lists

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  Over the weekend of the 1st/2nd April the first 2 day MeG 28mm Magna competition  was held at the BHGS hosted Roll Call. Here are the lists used.

Derventio IV - a Tale of Mid-Table Mediocrity

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  After a run of some success, I am brought back to earth at the Classical themed Derventio IV held at the very hospitable Boards & Swords venue in Derby. Read on for a short overview of what opponents I fought and how the games went ...

MeG Skullrollers 2021 - Lists, Lists, Lists

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Over the weekend of the 25th/26th September 30 eager MeGers gathered at the London Grand Tournament for the MeG World Championships - a.k.a. "Skullrollers". This had last been run in 2019, with the 2020 edition becoming a victim of the pandemic, and so there was a lot of interest. Sadly due to Covid restrictions overseas attendance was understandably low, but a few brave Europeans did make the journey. So now the dust has settled, and the warriors and kings have departed, here are the lists used ...

Huns in the Balkans - MeG Players Podcast Episode 5

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  Welcome to the latest Mortem et Gloriam Players Podcast.  In this episode Ray, Richard and Nik look at the Huns in the Balkans, 435 to 440 CE. A short, but important period of history. The lists discussed, figure suppliers and suggestions for reading material are all below.