Irregular Wars Wargaming

Although I have used 15mm scale for my SSD playtesting, the rules, as with all Ganesha Games, work at all imaginable scales. 15mm and 28mm scales arguably have the most choice in terms of civilians, but I have just had my attention drawn to these fantastic looking 1/72 scale ancient civilians by produced by Strelets. There are a number of packs that would prove really useful for an ancient setting for Song of Shadows and Dust . I can only showcase one pack, the so-called 'Ancient Christians' who have been previously shown off over at Paul's Bods . I have to stress that the images of the figures themselves were painted by the obviously splendid example of all things wargamey in Germany, Paul. I think you'll agree, Paul did a marvelous job with these - his blog also includes witty comments accompanying each of the images . These are a far cry from the 1:72 scale plastic Napoleonic stuff that I owned back in the early 90s. They are actually ...

With the recent release of Samurai Robot Battle Royale , Ganesha Game's stand alone giant robot game to compliment ther Kaiju game Mighty Monsters ,  I have been enthused to put together a couple of miniatures to be able to take part in the odd casual game. With a great heap of luck (and not an insignificant amount of generosity from others), I landed most of the stuff I needed for free. I have already showcased my first monster, Mantis . In this post I present IRN Mech. Head Q:3 C:3 40 points Special rules: ¡   ¡   ¡         ¢   ¢   ¢         £   £   £ Body Q:3 C:3 50 points Special rules: ¡   ¡   ¡         ¢   ¢   ¢         £   £   £ Arms Q:3 C:3 50...

This evening will see my first introductory game of Hail Caesar. While I don't have enough painted units to create a viable army of my own at the moment, Brett will be providing an abundance of scurvy Republican Romans to serve as both sides in an ahistorical late third century BC Roman civil war (ah, yes, Roman civil wars; where there are no real winners except for the rest of the ancient world). My borrowed Roman force will have an allied Seleukid flank so I can field some of my own lads. With that to look forward to, I thought I would provide another update to this little side project. So, without further ado, allow me to introduce Antiochos son of Seleukos, the Great King - better know these days as Antiochos the Great or more simply, Antiochos III. Born around 243 BC, Antiochos was the second son of the Seleukid king, Seleukos II Kallinikos. He was serving as viceroy in the East, probably based out of Seleukeia on the Tigris, when his brother, the king Seleukos III, fel...

I saw this video this morning and just had to share it. Some might see is as inspiration for Song of Shadows and Dust , some might see it as a reason to build a battle of Hollanders for Irregular Wars - some might just like it because 17th century floppy hats are ridiculously cool. Whatever you take away from it, I hope its positive!

Just a very quick note to announce that SSD is now available as a pdf through Ganesha Games . By next month, it should also be available as a hard copy. My sincere thanks to all who encouraged the game through its development! Half of all author royalties generated from sales of this book will be donated to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency who protect and assist individuals and families displaced by war and persecution.

I'm very excited to report that Gabi Bujdosó, the artist I've been commissioning to illustrate SSD has completed her brief wonderfully with a full colour cover image for the rules. Below I provide the various incarnations and the final product. I think you will agree that she is really very talented. My rough sketch Gabi's rough sketch The final sketch The front cover

At the  Wee Gamers day at W5 last month , I was very pleased to pick up a couple of complimentary plastic figures for Mantic's futuristic football game, Dreadball. Now, I'm not a football kind of guy to be honest, but I do like the Dreadball figures and the price was certainly right. The end result, is my first giant monster to wreck cities for Ganesha Games' Mighty Monsters. I call him (or her - not sure which, I respect it's privacy), Mantis. Originality is not one of its strengths, but s/he, does what it says on the tin... so to speak. I haven't used it yet as I don't have anything else in the way of monsters/robots/modern cities. But I'm looking forward to having a go. Hopefully I'll be able to organise some opposition in the next few weeks up at Wee Gamers. My current profile for the 300 point insectoid is as follows: Head Q:3 C:3 40 points Special rules: Armour, Light (15); Fangs (10) ...

Well, I'm about to start a new contract which will have me commuting to Dublin for a little while so I thought I'd try and get one good post in to start off October. We'll see how many other posts get done when they get done. One of the most famous aspects of the Seleukid army, both to their contemporaries and to modern types like us, was their penchant for flashy, expensive, novelty weapons like scythed chariots and, of course, Indian elephants. Indeed, elephants became such a major feature of the Seleukid royal imagery, that they became a shorthand symbol of Seleukid military might, appearing on documents such as coinage and seals, and featuring strongly in the historical documents (and treaties) prepared by the enemies of the king. Drachm issued in the name of Antiochos III  The first, and most extravagant, deployment of elephants under a Seleukid banner that we know about was 480 of the beggars fielded by Seleukos I at Ipsos (301 BC) where they were crucial in ...