I've been quite happily completing and using my vintage Undead army as you'll have seen from my recent posts, and of course, I've been looking at other lists from the older Warhammer editions with an idea of perhaps painting a normal sized army of 3000 or so points, myself. I had considered Amazons, but the collectors prices being asked are ludicrous. Now, I am not adverse to paying for something I want as my recent purchases of Joe Dever's Undead testifies, but £15 for a 25mm figure which will be extremely susceptible to lead rot? And when I need 200 or so? Bollocks to that! I looked at Slann too, but again there are some silly prices for what are really not that spectacular a range if viewed with a rational eye. Hell, how many people bought these and then discarded them in the early 80s? Very many... But, out of those two armies, the Slann are the only army to have a couple of formal lists, thereby negating the need to fudge an army together. So, what to do?...

I have been mulling of late over the fact that my 80s retro experience has been missing something. I checked my gaming shelves - all was good. I checked the DVD collection - all present and correct. Something was not quite right though... I pondered, I mulled some more and delved back a little further and then I cracked it. So, with a small purchase I rectified the situation thus:

On Saturday, I sat down to my first game of 1st ed proper since the late 90s. The two armies were Undead and Norse to 2000 points. I was my usual self in that I tried to do what was unexpected. I didn't go for loads of high end troops and kept my magic users to the minimum (you have to take one per brigade with Undead) which meant that for those 2000 points I got: Brigade 1  Necromantic Nick - level 1 14 Skeleton cavalry 14 Mummies & a champion 20 Skeletons 20 Skeletons Brigade 2 Simon, Master Of The Dark And Necromantic Arts - level 1 30 Zombies 30 Zombies 30 Zombies 20 Skeletons 5 Spectres 5 Spectres My opponent fielded a pretty standard but balanced Norse army but had higher level magic users and the obligatory unit of Berserkers who are a game changer when they get stuck in. I opened with an advance of my army as a whole along the length, but the cavalry being faster, took possession of a hill on the left flank. Ah yes, the terrain... We kept it very simple and qui...

It's been nearly two weeks since I wrote anything here, and it's about time I resurfaced and updated this blog. On Friday 31st of May, my wife was rushed into hospital with what the medics thought with 90% certainty was sepsis. She was completely out of it when she reached the admissions ward and was given a battery of tests, drugs, drips and scans. For my part I spent Friday night laid in bed thinking what I'd do if the worst happened, and all those things you normally, simply don't think of. Well, 'luckily', it was a combination of 3 infections and a massive retaliation by her immune system, and so she was fragile but deemed able to be released on Saturday the 1st with a bag load of medications. As I type, she's back at work, but on a reduced working day, as she recuperates. As it happens, her grade allows her to work from home for 99% of the time, so that means she does not have to add a commute to her day. As you will have seen in my previous p...

Well, I got back from the postal depot today, having waited just short of a month for my $625 Dark Elf army (all vintage Marauder) to arrive from the U.S. The box looked all good and so I paid the customs fees and took it home, to find... At this point I simply stopped unpacking them... Waste of my fucking time!