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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20h

Impressive idea! Looking good!

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Dave Watson @balkandave.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A narrow victory for Hannibal in today’s game. A bit of a slogging match, as the Carthaginian cavalry didn’t make it around the Roman flanks. What I like about Strength & Honour is that they encourage players to adopt historical strategies.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I went to Pendon Museum today to get some terrain inspiration. Some great stuff there!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Come and have a go if you think you’re LARD enough will be on 16th January 2027 near Southampton. We are looking for enthusiastic game organisers willing to run a morning and an afternoon game.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don’t find that. It was a friends idea to try them out. We started with a few changes then realised we’d need lots more!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A 6mm game tonight of Napoleonics using an interesting twist on Strength and Honour. Not my idea I should add! 😂 It has some legs but lots and lots and lots of changes needed to get it right. This is not a project I’ll be working on so don’t go getting ideas!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yeah it was fun. Fast paced with a nice narrative

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This feels familiar odds! Bring it on!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The brave Dwarf warlord is the last dwarf from his bodyguard

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Troll bodyguard make mincemeat of our best Dwarf elites! What a mess!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Orcs and Goblins v Dwarfs in my first ever Midgard game!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For sure… there’s plenty more you can add to them. That is their appeal but also their curse! 😂😂😂

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I spray them all black before painting. They look fine with just a drybrush and the shields painted. I like to go further naturally but no need to infill them really…

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Or of course use your 6mm, 10mm, 15mm or 28mm figures of choice. It’s scale agnostic. It just looks cool in 3mm! 😎

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

They are 50% larger but they represent much smaller formations. Of course you could use the excellent Antonine models which would be much faster to paint… you could also blow them up (I reckon they’d work in 6mm but haven’t tried them!)

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Wargaming Things (Andy) @wargamingthings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A friendly afternoon game with that nice @markbackhouse29.bsky.social playtesting #chivalry&honour with Battle of Lindsey 1066. Great fun and a fantastic narrative battle that ended badly for the Viking horde (commentary on photos). #strength&honour #vikings #1066 #deadvikings

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh heck! The Men of the Orkneys are broken by the Northumberland fyrd and rout. Lord Copsi attempts to hold the line and pays for it with a tribute of sharpened spears. The baggage by the Humber panics as they rout back to the ships. Tostig is thinking it’s all over!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tostig’s heath guard are forced back by the Mercian fyrd but manage to counterattack.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tostig’s raiders have been caught on the Humber. Can Morcar and Edwin defeat them with their fyrd? Chivalry and Honour.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Great podcast about the Winchester Shieldwall event in November with @mogsymakes.bsky.social I’ll be running some 1066 Chivalry and Honour games there for you to play. Link to the event here; www.ryanlavelle.net/winchestershieldwall.html podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Basically a flank attack causing complete chaos! Yes that happens!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We all have days like that! Tactics or rules?

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Saxon baggage camp. 3mm Chivalry and Honour.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yeah but you’ll finish loads in one hit! Well done and keep at it!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In real life you can because the bases are big! But it’s a big big box

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bugger! Was there yesterday… oh well

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Well it’s about 3 feet if you are 2mm tall! 😜

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

That’s one box of figures painted and based! Just got to complete the next layer of troops now!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

3mm actually… just a bit bigger with a bit more identifiable detail

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Nice! I’ve got some interesting ideas for an even smaller scale trench system.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fulford Gate 3mm action with Chivalry and Honour

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The USS Blue is finally destroyed by another torpedo. Can the Japanese ships escape now? The engagement ends. 5 US destroyers sunk against 2 Japanese destroyers and a cruiser in reply. A bloody draw is called.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Now the Yubari is destroyed. Crippled and hit with three torpedos. Two duds but

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

USS Porter cripples the Yubari with gunnery. Our Japanese have done well but with 5 fresh destroyers closing and most of our torpedos spent the Japanese are starting to think it’s time to get away.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Patterson is finally destroyed but the flooded USS Blue seems to be clinging on despite the flooding.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The USS is finally finished off. Hit by three long lance torpedos and close fire from the Yubari.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The USS Helm finishes off the Suzutsuki and the Japanese squadron is destroyed!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The USS Blue and USS Walke are attacked at close range by the Japanese battleships. Bridge damage on the Walke and engine damage and flooding in the Blue.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

USS Blue and USS Walker close in but their torpedos are largely inaccurate or duds. The IJN cruiser Yubari is hit by one torpedo and damaged but is still floating.

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Very impressed. Fast and fun without the extreme rivet counting!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The US bring in another squadron of battleships and engage the Akasuki. She is repeatedly hit and evades a torpedo. Another US torpedo hits but it’s a dud. Breathing a sigh of relief is premature though as a final US torpedo hits home and the Akasuki is destroyed. The Patterson is crippled in return

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