Irregular Wars Wargaming

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war… and also motorsport. Across a galaxy permanently ablaze with strife, mayhem, invasion, and counter invasion, societies teeter on the brink of collapse. Naturally, the ruling classes have come up with a solution: distract everyone with extremely violent racing. Nothing soothes social unrest like death-defying skill and high-speed collisions. Wargears is a fast and furious, tongue in cheek, whacky racing game for table-top miniatures. Designed for 2-6 participants, it allows players to pit all manner of vehicles against one another in a no-holds-barred, beer and pretzels-style race to glory. We have now brought Wargears to a place where it is ready for open playtesting. If you'd like to get involved, get some friends together, and get racing, contact me through Facebook or drop me an email at irregularwars@gmail.com .

Allow me to introduce you to Thorf - Dwarf of Thunder! Driving an enhanced chariot drawn by his pets, Snarler and Gnasher, the team is another manifestation of the fever dream that is Wargears ... The driver is a great little miniature from Macrocosm Miniatures, and the goats are 3d sculpts from Duncan Shadow with greenstuff harnesses ( the same goats have previously seen similar service drawing erotes chariots for my Bacchae ). The vehicle itself is scratchbuilt - if that is the correct term - using Bambu Studio to merge, stretching and cutting existing 3D sculpted assests by BrazenMammoth and Forpost_D6, available on Thingiverse. The yoke has been reallocated from a Wargames Atlantic Bronze Age Chariot, and the rear rail came from the bits box...  For  Wargears mods, I think I will treat the goats as a 'dozer blade, and Mjölnir as an EMP launcher. I haven't decided on the third mod yet, but  I c an't wait to get him on the track!

Following on from the Scraptown terrain posted throughout September Scraptember, here are a few more larger pieces that are more generically useful as arid terrain. They could be used in any setting really, but lend themselves to sci-fi or fantasy games. For me they will see service with Wargears and other sci-fi skirmishes. Boaty (on a 60x60mm base) in the photo for scale. This one is a model of the Vasquez Rocks in California, created by Dinoi and available through Thingiverse. The original file is to scale as far as I can see, but I smooshed the dimensions a bit to make it fit what I needed. These are the 'Ruins of Generica' (a brilliant name!) created by Kaybee81 and available through Thingiverse. I painted them the exact same way as my various Scraptown statue fragments, and the local rock formations assuming that the stone was quarried locally. And lastly we have Mount Irregular ...? Mount Gobmore? Something like that anyway. The stone is a model created by ThePrintingA...

Inspired by our logo, the Irregular Wars Goblin is the first miniature created for Irregular Wars Wargaming. He was designed for Irregular Wars Wargaming by Sonny Bundgaard (Imitation of Life Miniatures), with his characteristic heart and humour. Complete with six different arm options, he's suitable for any fantasy or sci-fi setting. Available as a digital model from IrregularWars.com or physical 3d print from BS5BeyondGames . The lads at BS5BeyondGames have even created a custom discount code, just for us! Use IWGOBLIN at checkout for 10% off all items in their store!

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.