Irregular Wars Wargaming

" I am Antiochos,  the great King, the legitimate king, the king of the world, king of Babylon, king of all countries, the caretaker of the temples Esagila and Ezida, the first son of King Seleukos the Macedonian, king of Babylon... " This less-than-understated introduction comes from a cuneiform text presenting the Seleukid king Antiochos I as a Babylonian ruler with all of the traditional titles of the old Babylonian kings. But what a great way to introduce such a colourful and multi-national army. This is now technically my 'complete' Seleukid army for Hail Caesar. It is 600 points worth divided into four divisions. That said, I already have figures for a couple more cavalry units ordered... I am finding 6mm gaming rather addictive. I have previewed various units in the past as and when they were ready and I found the time. Now I am happy to show the 'full' army in all of its very small glory. The army is intended to represent an early...

The first decisive Seleukid defeat in Hail Caesar this afternoon. We tangled with the old enemy, the Roman Republic - four divisions apiece. Our right flank cavalry enjoyed a stunning victory against auxiliary Gallic and Numidian horse but our left flank cavalry sat in an oasis drinking ouzo and date daiquiris doing very very little. The Romans obliterated our two infantry divisions. Just obliterated. They didn't even have time to turn to run away. It was just awful...

Ganesha Games, in association with Wee Gamers, presents The Cú Chulainn Cup The Inaugural Northern Irish Song of Blades and Heroes Competition Sunday 6 th April 2014, 10.00 for a 10.30am kickoff Whitehead Primary School 3 Islandmagee Road Whitehead Co. Antrim BT38 9NE The competition, consisting of five rounds, will be run over a single day. Each round will be completed in 45 minutes plus the current turn. Victory points will still be awarded for uncompleted games, but neither player will be awarded the win. Players will be ranked during and at the end of the competition by their number of wins. In the event of tied results, the cumulative number of victory points will be used to decide ranking. Players will be matched in each round according to a modified Swiss system. After the first round, players will be paired according to ranking – i.e. the two highest ranked players will meet, as will the two lowest ranked players etc. Special consideration will be taken ...

It's been a while since I posted about any progress on my 6mm Seleukids for Hail Caesar . These have not been idle weeks - there has been lots of gaming and lots more working - but the project did stall for a little while there while I waited for Rapier to fulfill a large(ish) order. I'm having a bit of a love-hate relationship with Rapier at the moment. I like the idea of mixing Rapier figures in with Baccus - they scale up quite well and generally where there is something I dislike about part of one range, the other company has a nice alternative. In particular, I'm not fussed on Baccus Hellenistic pikemen and much prefer the Rapier sculpts. However, in my experience, Rapier shipments are so very very slow. I have placed three orders with them in the past and they have taken between six and ten weeks each to arrive. The frustrating part of it all is that I have found Rapier to be quite unresponsive to emails querying recalcitrant orders. The orders do come eventually, but...