Man O War - Dwarf Fleet and the first battle!

After a good few hours with the paintbrush my newly acquired Dwarf ships were ready. This was a considerably quicker process than the Imperial ships due to the absence of masts and sails. Here are a few shots of the dwarf ships followed by a pic of the first game played down at my local club.

This was my first game of Man O War for over ten years. It was every bit as much fun as I remembered. I deliberately kept the fleets small whilst I got the hang of the rules again. I decided on 800 points a side (a 'normal' sized game would be 1000+). The use of smaller fleets allowed us to fit in two games. I umpired the first and played in the second. They rather neatly resulted in a victory apiece for the Dwarfs and the Empire. I should point out I was on the losing Empire side in the second game!

Man O War

Man O war is a fantasy naval game from Games Workshop that was released back in the early nineties. It was sadly discontinued not too long after. It is my favourite GW game and one of my all time favourites.

One of my first projects after getting back into gaming was to get a couple of fleets together. I had the core of a dwarf fleet already. I also had a few empire ships. After some ebaying I was able to get enough ships to complete the empire fleet. Not a cheap endeavour I can tell you.

After a couple of weeks of painting (and general faffing about) the empire fleet is nearly complete. Here are a couple of shots of the newly completed wolfship squadron.

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After a lengthy absence (10 years plus) I have recently got back into wargaming. The main difference between now and then is the internet. I've decided to embrace the brave new world and so have launched the geekosphere. It will be a home for all my half baked wafflings on the subject of playing with toy soldiers. Or wargaming as it's sometimes known.

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