Irregular Wars Wargaming

Mark returns to 17th century Frommage for some seasonally appropriate Devilry Afoot ! *** Bodies are being found dug up in Frommage churchyard, and there are reports of spectral apparitions. Mistress Prudence and Father Ted investigate, reluctantly helped by the village Reeve, Uriah Heep. The Watch are absent, all away attending DEI training at Loughborough. All three protagonists are in my character progression table, and today they enter the fray with the following profiles. Mistress Prudence : Scholar, Backslider. Astrologer (7, 8), Hunter, Steady Aim. Sword, Buff coat, Cuirass, Crossbow, Wooden stakes x3, Holy water. Father Ted (Rev Edward Beare) : Religious, Wolf-bitten. Devout, Theologian. Sword stick, Holy item, Holy water x3. Uriah Heep : Goodman, Covetous. Devout, Penitent. Sword, Buckler, Holy item, Holy water. Tonight's cast also features Innocents appearing at random places and times, and Revenants and Spectres ditto. Think of it as a variation on the Dance Macabre sce...

And there we have it - the first appearance of Irregular Wars Wargaming at a gaming convention. It was a big effort getting every ready for the weekend, but Gaelcon 38 in Dublin was a blast!  Saturday saw demos of Devilry Afoot and playtests of Wargears , while Sunday was given over to Ilium: A Game of Heroes and Fantastic Scuffles . Across the weekend I met a load of great people and had lots of good chats. The organising committee were really helpful despite being pulled in all directions, and I have to give a huge shout out to Andy T who drove down to Dublin to support me on Sunday and was the best wingman money can't buy. We had a simple Devilry Afoot scenario set up where the hunters were repeatedly savaged by ghouls and a werewolf. It was perhaps already challenging enough before the revenant emerged from the grave... Multiple Wargears races were played, with different winners each time - always a good sign of balance! We didn't get too many games of Ilium played - b...

This coming weekend I'll be heading off to Dublin for my first gaming convention as Irregular Wars Wargames, running demo games at Gaelcon 38 , Ireland’s oldest independent gaming convention, hosted by The Irish Games Association (IGA). On Saturday 24th October I'll be running demonstration/participation games of Devilry Afoot and Wargears, while Sunday 25th October will see Ilium a Game of Heroes and Fantastic Scuffles on the tabletop. The convention is being held in the Crown Plaza Northwood. I'll be in the Redwood with the trading stalls both days, so if you are in the area, why not drop in for a chat? If the postman is kind to me, I might have a few wee goodies to give to participants as well... Also - until next Monday evening, there is an active 10% off discount code at IrregularWars.com . Use the code GAELCON38 at the checkout, or click on the link below to apply the code automatically. https://irregularwars.com/discount/GAELCON38

After a bit of a hiatus, here is the third shieldwall unit for my 10mm Romano-British army, built for  Fantastic Battles . I have tried to build this unit to represent the levy of a tribal chiefdom/kingdom using the Pendraken Late Roman Saxon militia and Medieval Welsh spearmen to give a beardy, round shieldy vibe.    Here's where we're at to date. Once again, slow progress, but progress none-the-less. I have a few more characters, another cavalry unit and some skirmishing archers to do for the 1,000 point army I intended, but will also re-base some of my older Early Medieval stuff to give more options.

It's October once again and the nights are drawing in se we've just released a new FREE expansion for Devilry Afoot - just in time for Halloween. Find them at https://irregularwars.com/pages/downloads The Pack & Coven expansion allows players to create entire parties of hunters who are either part of a werewolf pack or a coven of secret witches. Along side a rack of new rules to support packs and covens, the expansion also includes rules for bogs, will-o'the-wisps, and fairy gentlemen.

Finishing Scraptember with a bang, here are a couple of shots from one of our recent playtests of Wargears , the wacky racing game set in the grim darkenss of the war-torn future. This time we played a simple, single lap, four vehicle race.  The photo above, taken during the first bound of the race, shows Tiny Dancer out in front. Tiny Dancer is a wargear with the walker, rapid fire guns and Texas Tea mods. Big Boy ,  the green tank, has the heavy chassis, tracked and turret mods, while White-out , about to accelerate away from the start line, is hovering and has the Beep-beep turbo booster and Go Fasta stripes mods. Poor old Cheesus had already stalled and was struggling to restart his engine despite having the fusion reactor, Velocity Injected Nitro (V.I.N.) Deisel, and stasis bomb mods. As Tiny Dancer and Big Boy exchanged shots, Cheesus finally got his act together, accellerated and carried out a hard turn to sneak through on the inside. Meanwhile, White-out was way out ...

For the final terrain post of Scraptember we have various interactive terrain elements for Wargears , and other assorted odds and ends. The ramp/jump is mostly a 3D design by Gypsydanger , available on Thingiverse. However, wanting to incorporate more ancient remains, I amended the .stl to include the head of a Severan lady (probably the Roman empress Julia Mamaea) created with photogrametry from a statue in the small museum at Nemea in Greece. The tank trap is from Martin's 3D Studio . These pieces of terrain are actually two phases of the same piece of on-track ephemera for Wargears . Starting as a stack of boxes (designed by  Mkbasas01 , available on Thingiverse), if a wargear collides with it, it turns into a spead of rough track - here depicted with cut up parts of the same animal box with giant rad-coons ( Warp Miniatures racoons) escaping from them. Various explosive bits and bobs: on the left are some explosive barrels designed by SableBadger ; top right are some 'spa...

I've recently been pottering away in the background, fleshing out my (mostly) 2nd edition Warhammer 40K Space Marine scouts. I now have a 1,000 point reconnaissance platoon consisting of three scout squads, a chaplain, and a wee inquisitorial team - almost a multiverse version of Jaq Draco, Grim and Meh'Lindi. Inquisitor Brigid Immaculata, with her Callidus Assassin-consort who's name shall remain unspoken, and their pet ratling sniper, Thumper McMuckstart. The inquisitor herself is a 1998 Sisters of Battle cannoness with a rocking gesture of benediction hand-swap. I bought her thinking she was 2nd ed., but of course she is actually early 3rd edition (by which stage I had stopped playing 40k). As a 90s miniature, she still fits the bill for my wee platoon. The Imperial Gueard special character, Thumper (Mc)Muckstart is a 1989 Rogue Trader ratling. I already have this mini, converted into a shotgunner for my Flores Minor Rangers Corps , but this time I left him whole and un...

This Scraptember post showcases more scatter terrain - this time it's all barricades baby! These are both by SableBadger , available on Thingiverse. These are both by SableBadger , available on Thingiverse. The concrete barriers are by SableBadger , available on Thingiverse. The tank trap blocks are free downloads from Martin's 3D Studio .