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The Late Bronze Age is the age of chariot warfare and of the great warrior pharaohs. When film and TV conjure images of ancient Egypt they inevitably draw upon the world of the late Bronze Age to do so. It is also the age of the Mycenean civilisation of Greece and the mighty cyclopean ruins…
Our latest releases from Cutting Edge Miniatures are the first exclusive models for the Neo-Sumerian and Successor States. 2 wheel Platform Carts were still being used at the very beginning of the Middle Bronze Age and pulled by 4 equids. However, the spoked wheel was now used replacing the solid wheel of the Early Bronze Age…
Following the collapse of the Akkadian Empire about 2100BC there was a period of disorder during which the country was ruled or at least dominated by the Gutians. No-one knows exactly who the Gutians of this period were (the same name was later used to described other peoples who lived in the Zagros Mountains much…
June 7th is the first Warlord Games Day USA. Organiser John Russell gives us the lowdown on the event: It all happened so fast, I don’t know where to begin… I was sitting at my painting table late last summer, happy to be working on another batch of breathtaking Bolt Action miniatures and pondering the…
Ancients wargaming expert Nigel Stillman provides a detailed account of Early Bronze age warfare. Part 4 completes Nigel’s article with a look at how battles were actually fought. HOW TO FIGHT A BATTLE WITH THE SUMERIAN OR AKKADIAN ARMY Survey the Battlefield First the commander and his generals would survey the battlefield. It would be…
Ancients wargaming expert Nigel Stillman provides a detailed account of Early Bronze age warfare. Part 3 examines the different troop types available to armies of the age. If you’ve not already done so, check out part one and part two first. The Tactical Elements of an Army Each powerful city-state, as well as the Akkadian…
Last week Ancients wargaming expert Nigel Stillman provided a detailed account of Early Bronze age warfare and focused on military development in the region. Here, in part 2, Nigel explains how armies were raised and organised. Raising an Army The city and its surrounding territory, in other words the city state, was considered to be…
A renowned Ancients wargaming expert, archeologist and author, Nigel Stillman is a well respected name in our hobby and we’re delighted to have Nigel writing for us. Here Nigel provides a detailed account of Early Bronze age warfare. Part 1 covers the available sources of information for this long distant era and examines the distinct…
No one is exactly sure whether the Amorites were native to the whole region west of Mesopotamia, or more specifically the part that corresponds to northern Syria west of the Euphrates. We do know that from the end of the 3rd millennium BC – about 2100BC onwards – they descended upon the lands of the…
ANCIENTS WARGAMING From the Early Bronze Age, Spartans and Greeks, the Roman Empire and their many foes, through to Medieval Knights, Hail Caesar is the game of ancient battles. Assemble and paint your men, cavalry and chariots (and even a few camels), field them on a table-top battlefield, and use all your strategy, cunning and…
Graham Davey