Society news & other items of (possible) interest to members as of: April 2019

http://www.bhgs.org.uk/news

'FoGAM Rankings updated pre-Roll Call ' - hot off the press (well, warm, at least) - the FoGAM rankings have been updated on the BHGS website to include all competitions in the preceding 12 months prior to this year's Roll Call! Check your ranking and cheer or weep.

http://balkandave.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-great-illyrian-revolt.html

'The Great Illyrian Revolt' - from Dave Watson, a short review of the eponymous book by author Jason Abdale, along with some additional insights into the topic.

http://soawargamesteam.blogspot.com/2019/04/10th-march-wolverhampton.html

News of the ‘ALUMWELL WMMS Show’, held on 10th March in Wolverhampton, from the SoA’s ‘Shows North’ team.

http://1000footgeneral.blogspot.com/2015/02/warlord-games-romans-vs-wargames.html

‘Warlord Games Romans vs. Wargames Factory Romans’ - user comparison with some nice eye candy.

http://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2017/09/encirclement-or-breakout.html

‘Encirclement or Breakout’ - last of an interesting series of posts by the Archduke Piccolo on using Bob Cordery’s ‘Portable Wargame’ ancients rules for Byzantines vs Bulgars.

http://balkandave.blogspot.com/2019/03/mithridates-great.html

‘Mithridates the Great’ - short discussion from Dave Watson about Mithridates as a wargaming opportunity, together with a brief comment on the book ‘Mithridates the Great’ (author, Philip Matyszak).

http://fanaticus.boards.net/thread/1940/on-pike-block-legal

‘Picking on a pike block - but was it legal?’ - an interesting (and amicable) exchange on Fanaticus about the correct response to a complex flank & rear contacts situation under DBA (obviously - it's Fanaticus) . Fascinating. Definitely one for the geeks among us (yes you, I mean you there, get in line behind me).