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"A brother does not inherit when there is a son." - Malik-Shah I In 1072, just over a year after his stunning victory at Manzikert, the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan died. He bequeathed the sultanate to his son, Malik-Shah, but steppe tradition held that any brother should inherit first, and Alp Arslan's brother Qavurt found… Continue reading The Battle of Kerj Abu Dulaf (1073)

A 'Shattered Lances' game. In the Autumn of 1108, 9 years after Jerusalem had fallen to the crusading Franks, a curious battle occurred at Tell Bashir. On the one side, Tancred, regent of Antioch (and latterly de facto regent of Edessa) and Turkish troops sent by his ally Ridwan, Emir of Aleppo. On the other… Continue reading The Battle of Tell Bashir (1108)

Another 6mm Crusades battle with 'Shattered Lances.' This time using an all-Frankish force. It's early in the 1st Crusade and Bohemond and Tancred's force of Italian Normans encounter a Seljuk force somewhere in Northwest Anatolia. The Crusaders sensibly refuse both flanks and push forward with knights protected behind spears. The Seljuks attempt to pin the… Continue reading Another Crusades battle

Anna Comnena wrote that the charge of a Frankish knight was so powerful it would smash through the walls of Babylon....  

“Ridwan of Aleppo was worried. To the south in Damascus, his brother Duqaq was preparing for war. On succeeding his father as ruler of Aleppo, Ridwan had quite sensibly began murdering his brothers. Duqaq, however, managed to escape to Damascus and was now ruler there. Duqaq seemed to be bearing a grudge over his attempted… Continue reading Brothers in Arms: A Shattered Lances game

Crusades is one of those periods I keep coming back to. Most recently I did it in 15mm, but now it’s become the latest period I’ve decided to convert to 6mm. I started out with 6mm a few years ago as a way to get a lot of figures painted quickly, then with Napoleonics. So… Continue reading A 6mm Crusades Project

In the last post I wrote a bit about the figures for the 6mm Viking Age project. Now I thought I’d cover some of the scenery. While the project is primarily aimed at doing large battles, I’ll be looking to use the figures in other games as well. One of these games will be the… Continue reading 6mm Viking Age: Buildings

The genesis of a project for battles in the Viking Age stretches all the way back to the 1980’s and a wonderful series on British early medieval battles by Guy Halsall along with a set of rules called ‘Dark Age Infantry Slog’ by Andy Callan. I’d had a few goes at doing something ‘Dark Age’… Continue reading 6mm Viking Age