The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
Aristotle
#Truth #Courage #StrengthandHonour
I printed my terrain for the excellent Tabletop wargaming rule set "Strength & Honour" with a 3D printer - except for these fields, which I crafted myself from fabric scraps, pipe cleaners, and Greenstuff. #strengthandhonour #2mm #wargaming
Some simple Disaster and Setback card holders for a LoTR themed Strength & Honour game at our upcoming Lardy Day. If anyone wants the STL just let me know.
#strengthandhonour #2mm #wargaming
Life can bring mighty challenges, but you came here with a mighty soul ...
#Unity #StrengthandHonour
Something a little different - Setback and Disaster card holders for a Middle Earth inspired Strength & Honour game coming soon to a Lardy day near you (well if you are on the south coast anyway) #spreadthelard #strengthandhonour #2mm
A change up and a play with 2mm Strength & Honour - yes 2mm that is a scale that @markbackhouse29.bsky.social is very keen on. Will hopefully see these on the table soon. #2mm #strengthandhonour #spreadthelard #2mmIsARealScale
1/5 Here are some pictures of the process of painting the troops for the excellent ruleset "Strength & Honour" (by Mark Backhouse) using 2mm legions as an example. Four colors, that's all it takes to muster several legions in a single afternoon! #strengthandhonour #2mm #wargaming
I watched Gladiator 2 last night. I enjoyed it and so did my wife. We both thought it was good but would have been far better if we hadn’t seen Gladiator. #StrengthandHonour
Great game of #strengthandhonour last night, using the Zama scenario from the Conquest expansion. I (Romans) felt like it was going well until it wasn’t which happened in a couple of turns. I called Haemonculus Est! and turns out Ian had drawn every 3 value setback card in the deck. #spreadthelard
Beneventum/Maleventum 2mm city for Strength and Honour at Salute very nearly there. Just the last bit by the theatre to complete. #strengthandhonour #spreadthelard #toofatlardies
More progress on Maleventum/Beneventum for Salute in 2mm. Still more buildings to add to the inside and more blending in needed. #strengthandhonour #spreadthelard
Keep looking up even when things are going down. That's how we grow! That's how we rise! That's how we win!
For out of darkness comes the Light ...
#StrengthAndHonour
Battle of Zama using #strengthandhonour rules. I don’t have a desert grid mat, so Zama is a bit greener than I pictured it! Engrossing game so only got one photo during deployment. Close fight but Scipio and the Romans triumphed with a well timed Haemonculus Est
Reinforcements for my Roman legions for #strengthandhonour. Got a game tonight using the Conquest supplement, we are fighting the Battle of Zama.
A great way to cap off two tremendous days attending #Cancon2025 by running into Steve, @oldwargamer.bsky.social.
Today started with #SharpePractice, where a valiant British naval officer was abandoned to the mercies of the French. Then a more successful game of #StrengthAndHonour.
#SpreadTheLard
S&H take 2! And this time it’s an all cavalry affair. The Parthians (top) are their standard cataphracts and horse archers. The Sasanians are basically the same but with armoured horse archers and fewer troops. #spreadthelard #wargaming #strengthandhonour
Parthian turn and in the centre, they’ve broken the line and are crowding the Sasanian cataphract unit. Right next door though, another Parthian cataphract unit has been pushed back in turn and is disordered. This looks like the Sasanians to loose… #strengthandhonour #wargaming
… battle but I’m making certain assumptions: firstly that House Sasan had Parthian allies, at least from House Suran (for reasons); secondly the Sasanians brought new equipment to the battle in armoured horse archers and lastly that this allowed them to use new and novel tactics. #strengthandhonour
And one of the other things I rate about #strengthandhonour and 2mm is this! 👇It packs up into 2 easy to carry boxes. Everything needed to play right there. Even adding some terrain doesn’t add massively to the burden. #spreadthelard #wargaming #gottoloveit
For those who might be interested, this is my 2mm Sasanian Spah. Infantry on the right, Savaran and elephants in the middle and horse archers on the left. This included a load of various skirmish lines. 30 odd bases to cover different periods. #strengthandhonour #spreadthelard #wargaming
Well after testing the homebrew Sasanian and 3rd Century Roman lists for #strengthandhonour today, I think I’ll spend this evening working through the Palmyrene lists…😳🙄😂
Going for a third game before the Lass gets home from work… this time I’ll see if a different approach from both sides works… #strengthandhonour #spreadthelard #wargaminge
… sustained assault characteristic means that they are immediately on the back foot. Mind you, the infantry are just fragile so need better protection… #strengthandhonour #spreadthelard #wargaming
Set up. Using the 2 example armies, I’m going to see how the balance stands up. And I need to find a way to bring the Sasanian infantry into the fight. At the moment they are rarely used as they are very fragile in combat. Yet their archery can be very disruptive… #spreadthelard #strengthandhonour
Those look great! I'm getting into #StrengthandHonour as well.
What size bases are those? And what miniatures?
I’ve settled on an example of an early Sasanian force for #strengthandhonour. It consists of 2 Savaran cataphract units, 2 Savaran armoured horse archer units, 3 infantry units and 2 nomadic horse archer units. This comes in at a whopping 101pts! And it is hard hitting but potentially fragile…
I’m pretty happy with where my Sasanian rules for #strengthandhonour are at. So maybe a big game… Barbalissos! 60000 odd Romans against the best the Spah has and led by the Shahanshah Shapur I himself. Historically the Romans get hammered here but let’s see if this is a bit tighter… #spreadthelard
Today’s battlefield, once again on the banks of the Euphrates, on the fringes of the Syrian desert. Odeanathus’ joins Palmyrene and Roman force has come across the main Sasanian field army. Let’s see what happens… #spreadthelard #wargaming #strengthandhonour
And the inevitable happened. After a valiant fightback the Sasanians got absolutely trashed. With their escape routes blocked off and the river at their back, few of the brave Persian warriors made it back home on this dark day… #spreadthelard #wargaming #strengthandhonour