Adventures in Tabletop gaming

Oak & Iron, Blood & Plunder, Blitz Bowl, Warmaster, Frost Grave, Gaslands, OSE, Shadowdark

In 2018 I moved from New York City to the UK and decided that I would get back into tabletop wargaming.  I had been playing boardgames with my wife and friends in NYC and rediscovered RPGs after a long break, but I hadn’t touched wargames since my early 20s.

So I got in contact with some old gaming mates, picked up a couple of DBA armies and dived back in.

 

This website is my attempt to collect together the various guides, quick reference sheets and game aids from my growing collection of tabletop wargames as well as some modelling guides.

You’ll also find bits and pieces on hiking, cycling (especially bike packing), PC gaming and the other things that grab my interest from time to time.

Use the top menu to find what you’re looking for, or browse the latest posts below. I might highlight my favourite posts and pictures below from time to time.

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  Paul Kingtiger 2023


Latest Posts

South West Coast Path

Inspired by the Salt Path, Stef suggested we hike the Sout West Coast Path. Split into weekend stages and making maximum use of public transport and staying in B&Bs so we can travel light. Using Komoot to plan each day and record our adventures!

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Oak & Iron Glossary

The Oak & Iron Glossary contains every rule, effect, upgrade, and status in alphabetical order. Designed for players who have played their first few games and need an easy to look up reference. A 2-page quick reference sheet is included. Available in A4, US Letter, iPad and Android tablet format with digital hyperlinks for easy navigation.

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Oak & Iron running rigging

When I started painting Oak & Iron miniatures, I didn’t think I would be rigging them, I assumed they would be too small and the mast sculpts to simple to give good results. But they are really easy to rig and with a little extra effort, you can take your models to the next level. […]

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Fully rigged ships during a game of Oak & Iron.

Oak & Iron standing rigging

When I started painting Oak & Iron miniatures, I didn’t think I would be rigging them, I assumed they would be too small and the mast sculpts to simple to give good results. But they are really easy to rig and with a little extra effort, you can take your models to the next level. […]

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Pyrrhus of Epirus 280-272BC (DBA3 II/27b)

Pyrrhus is a wargaming classic!  Famous for defeating Rome in battle but at a massive cost, coining the term Pyrrhic victory* The Pyrrhic war was the first time the Roman legion went up against the Macedonian Phalanx pitting two of the most famous infantry formations in the ancient world in head to head battle.  Pyrrhus […]

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Black Seas ship flags

I wanted to make removable flags for my Black Seas ships so that I could have a flexible fleet, able to provide two medium size forces when I’m supplying all the models and a single large fleet when playing against other collections.  To make my flags removable I have glued magnets to the ship models, […]

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Cards for named ships include specific rules. To make them stand out I use two signal flags for named ships.

Black Seas ship cards

Although a nice idea, there are some shortcomings with the ship cards included in the game. Many of these are fixed by the after market options available, my favourite being Battlewiki’s ship trays.  These look amazing and provide all the required functionality, but New Zealand is a long way from Europe and so I wanted […]

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Early Carthaginian Army 340 – 275 BC (DBA3 I/61b)

Like many people getting into historical wargaming I went for the classic match up of Rome vs Carthage for my first two armies.  Everyone has heard of Hannibal crossing the Alps, and you get to play a number of famous battles filled with Romans and elephants. This is not those armies!

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DBA 3 Narrative Campaign The Pyrrhic War 280-275BC

There are a number of rules sets available for linear, narrative style campaigns, something that can be easily played in a couple of club nights.  Super Steve’s Map-Less Wars campaign system published at fanaticus-dba.fandom.com is a fantastic example of a simple campaign system that links several battles together in a way that is simple but […]

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