Articles

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Index

• Advice for Beginners & Upward!
• Ancients (Historical - Before the invention of gun powder)
• Conventions Reports
• Flames of War (Historical - World War II 15mm figures)
• Humor
• Moderns
• Painting, Model & Terrain Making
• Piquet (Historical - Horse & Musket)
• Rapid Fire (Historical - World War II 15mm figures)
• Renaissance (Historical - Just after the invention of gun powder)
• Spearhead (Historical - World War II 6mm figures)
• Warhammer 40k (Futuristic land battles)
• Warhammer Fantasy Battle (Fantasy - Dwarfs, Elves, Orcs, Dragons etc)
• Warlord's Business

Advice for Beginners & Upward!

Advice for Beginners - By Bruce Ferguson.

Figmentia: Ruminations on Painting - By Richard Dagger

How do I get Started? - Anon.

What makes a good player better than the rest of us? - Looted from Oz Gamers (someone called Reids take on this)

Ancients

The Ancient period: An Introducation - By Peter Dunn.

I'm interested in Ancients. What do I need to play? - By Vinnie the Pooh.

How do I choose an army? - By Vinnie the Pooh.

NWA DBX Webpage - Lots of useful hints and tips for the budding DBM & DBR player

The Battle of Chalons - DBM refight run by Peter Dunn.

The Battle of Sambre Refight Report - By Richard Woolford

The Battle of Stanford Bridge and Hastings - By Russell Briant

The First Battle of St Albans- DBM Refight run by Peter Dunn.

The Shogun's Last Stand - DBM 25mm multiplayer battle By Mark Conroy.

The Battle of Towton - DBM refight run by Peter Dunn.

Vikings vs. Slavs - DBM multiplayer battle run by Peter Dunn.

Lost Burgundy - Historical account of the Battle of Nancy by Pierre the Shy.

Murten -  Historical account of the Battle of Murten by Pierre the Shy

Warlords 2000 Armies and Enemies of Rome - DBM Competition run by Peter Dunn.

Conventions Reports

A Connecticut Kiwi in the Court of King Clinton - By Al Duncan.

Activities in Bay of Hawks Cluster - By Geoff Cooper.

Anthrax and rum in Taranaki - By Vinnie the Pooh.

Fields of Blood - A Report - By John Tailby.

Half-Pint armies at the Posties Whistle- By Paul Goldstone.

The adventures of Saint Gerontius and the Christian Nubians - By Phil Malthus.

Two days and 6 games in the Valley - By Geoff Cooper.

We happy few, we band of brothers - By Geoff Cooper.

What I did on my holiday - By Rachel Lewis.

Flames of War (World War II)

Advice for Mid-War British forces vs Nazi or Soviet forces - By Stephen Castle

D-Day Anniversary D+60 [years] - By Paul Reynolds

Flames of War - A Review - By Paul Goldstone.

Mortain - A multiplayer battle by Sean Smith.

First Battle of the Austrain Plain - A battle report by Sean Smith.

Humor

Military Warnings! - Anon

Murphy's Law of Combat - Anon

Things I have learnt about the 40K universe from observing the games - By Geoff Cooper

Types of 40K gamers - This was, originally, from a Tau forum.

Wargamers - A Spotters Guide - By Geoff Cooper.

Wargamers - An Observers Guide -  Dispatches Political Correspondent

Wargamers vs Couch Potatoes - Dispatches Political Correspondent.

Gothic Battle Fleet

BFG at Call to Arms 2004, Part 1 - John Tailby

Painting, Model & Terrain Making

A bit about Painting - By Mark Plant.

A bit about Terrain - By Vinnie the Pooh.

Figmentia: Ruminations on Painting - By Richard Dagger

Making Terrain: Trees - By Paul Goldstone

Stripping Paint - By Jack Dunn

Moderns

You must be mad - By Rhys Batchelor.

Piquet

To Piquet or not to Piquet: A review of the Piquet rule system - By Terry Swain.

Rapid Fire

The Battle for Stalingrad - A battle report by Von Sean Smith.

Renaissance

About Renaissance - By Michael Anastasiadis.

Spearhead

Retaking Maleme - By Russell Briant.

Warhammer 40K

Warhammer 40,000: An Introduction - By Hagen Kerr.

From 15lb Squigling to Ork Warboss in Six Easy Lessons - By Geoff Cooper.

Hades Cluster - 40k Campaign run by Geoff Cooper.

The Space Battle for Santos - By John Tailby.

Things I have learnt about the 40K universe from observing the games (Humor) - By Geoff Cooper

Types of 40K gamers (Humor) - This was, originally, from a Tau forum.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle

Warhammer Fantasy Battle: An Introduction - By Alan Borthwick.

Warlord's Business

AGM Report 2005 - by Geoff Cooper

AGM Report 2004 - by Peter Dunn

AGM Report 2003 - by Peter Dunn

AGM Report 2002 - by Peter Dunn

Call to Arms 2003 - by Paul Goldstone

Call to Arms 2002 - by Hagen Kerr

Call to Arms 2001 - by Michael Anastasiadis

Membership Form - downloadable, in Word format

New Members' Booklet 2003 - downloadable, Zipped and in Word format

President's Report for 2004 - by Peter Dunn

President's Report for 2003 - by Paul Goldstone

President's Report for 2001 - By Michael Anastasiadis

Standards of Behaviour & Supervisor of Junior Members - By the Committee

Warlord's 2003 Questionnaire - by Peter Dunn

Warlord's 2001 Questionnaire - by Peter Dunn

Warlord's 29th Anniversary