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The Company of Fools (part 2)

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I've now added two more jesters from Midlam Miniatures to the Company of Fools party for F antastic Scuffles - the halfling fool and the puppet-construct. Unlike the other parties I've built for testing FS to date which are all 3D printed, the Fools are all metal. It's something lovely about having that weightiness to the miniatures, and the scaling is much more predictable! Here we have six figures from four different manufacturers and they all look like one happy conclave.  On the left we have Scaramouch, the halfling fool, and next to him on the right, Pinocchio the living puppet. There was much debate in the house as to whether the puppet would have a gem face, or a wooden face. Generally it was agreed that a featureless wooden face was creepier, and so that's what I attempted.
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Dux Bellorum: Hoplpmachia - Classical rules for Dan Mersey's Dex Bellorum

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*** These rule amendments to Dan Mersey's Dux Bellorum were  penned and playtested by Lee Cadieux and I back in 2019. We sought and recieved Dan's blessings to have them published in a magazine, and then the world went a bit mad and these were never submitted. Since then I have created Fantastic Battles which, for me, deals with hoplite warfare very well. However, having recently been contacted by somebody looking for a copy of this Classical mod for DB , I've decided to dust them off and to post them here. *** Adapting Dux Bellorum for Ancients (part 2): Hoplomachia Lee Cadieux and Nic Wright   Back in WSS Issue 70 (2014), the late Allen E. Curtis wrote a piece about adapting Dan Mersey’s Dux Bellorum for ancient battles. Curtis’ article came out hot on the heels of the release of Dux Bellorum ( DB ), the first of Osprey Wargaming’s blue title series. A surprising number of ancient wargames have been published between then and now – not least by Osprey Wargaming itse...
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