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Lard Island News: Dux Britanniarum
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Summer Special 2017 Arrives
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Because
5th July 2017
But I would walk 500 miles…
…And I would walk 500 more. As The Proclaimers once said. Now, whilst I haven’t walked a thousand miles in the last week, I have
5th April 2017
Dux Britanniarum, An October Deal
With the Dark nights creeping in and the inclination to spend the evening sat before a warming fire, what better time could there be than
5th October 2015
The Roundwood Report – The Raiders
Sidney: Good morning Richard, welcome to this Special edition of Roundwood’s World with me, your host, Sidney Roundwood. Rich: Thanks for inviting me. Sidney: Well,
16th April 2014
The Raiders for Dux Britanniarum Released
With Salute 2014 in the heart of London’s Docklands hosting the launch of Dux Britanniarum, we are very pleased to announce that this exciting new
16th April 2014
The Raiders for Dux Britanniarum Advanced Orders Announced
The big day is finally here. We’re now taking advanced orders for The Raiders supplement for Dux Britanniarum which will be officially released at Salute
6th April 2014
Lock Up Your Sideboard – The Raiders are Coming!
In fact Lard Island is already awash with Picts, Scotti and Irish raiding and nicking everything in sight. Fortunately they are only 28mm tall and
23rd February 2014
The Men of Dun Athad
Eirc mac Aonghas, Erc the Damned, cursed by the Bishop of the Britons in Caer Ligualid, was a man who lived for war and the
11th February 2014
All Along the Watchtower – Dux in the USA
Just in at Lard Island News is a bit of a scoop from our New York correspondent, Jon Davenport. Jon and his gaming group have
25th October 2013
Dux Britanniarum, the Video, on You Tube
Its the one you’ve been waiting for and asking for and finally we have got into the studio and produced the first part of the
14th June 2013
Dux Britanniarum in the Civitas Novo Eboracum
That’s New York State to us! I had a very nice email yesterday from my old chum Jon Davenport, resident of New York State and
10th May 2013
Dux Britanniarum, the Advert Unveiled
Having relied on Neil at Meeples & Miniatures for the past year or more to produce out adverts for us for his excellent podcast we
17th February 2013
Dux Britananiarum Wins Award at Crisis
Here on Lard Island we have just about recovered from our fantastic weekend of gaming in Antwerp with the Tin Soldiers at what really is
8th November 2012
Across the Irish Sea They Came…
Their boats had been seen at dawn, They came as the sun rose over the bay of Rheged the men of Gingus Ui Mingus Their
10th October 2012
Tarmacticus On the Loose!
Long had the borders of Alt Clut been troubled by the Picts, their loathsome hordes, dark swarms of worms that emerged from the narrow crevices
4th October 2012
Dux Britanniarum Mega Bundle Arrives
We’ve had countless people ask if we could create an off the shelf package for everything you need to play Dux Britanniarum and now we”ve
16th September 2012
Names for our British and Saxon Leaders
The following download contains a 100 names for both British and Saxon Lords and Nobles which you can use to randomly generate names for your
14th September 2012
Shock Markers and Force Rosters for Dux Britanniarum
We have two downloads today to assist players of Dux Britanniarum with their games and with running their campaigns. First we have the Shock markers.
23rd August 2012
Players Notes for Dux Britanniarum
With any set of rules the key game mechanisms will usually take up no more than a few pages and for a club set that
14th August 2012
Force Morale Trackers for Dux Britanniarum
The Force Morale system in Dux Britanniarum is a key part of the game and is easily tracked by a D6 or two on the
13th August 2012
Dux Britanniarum Published
We are very pleased to announce the our wargames rules and campaign system for warfare in the Age of Arthur, Dux Britanniarum, is now fully
1st August 2012
Dux Britanniarum Card Set Download
In order to play Dux Britanniarum you will need both the Game Deck and the Fate Deck. We know that some of you like to
29th July 2012
The Siege of Caer Mincip
“You’ve got to fight for what you want, for all that you believe” Praefectus Constantine’s voice soared as he spoke to his men, “It’s right
26th July 2012
The Battle of Coln Fields
September of 480AD saw Cynewulf raid again into the lands of the Britons, sacking a village and leaving with sufficient plunder to pay his dues
25th July 2012
The Britain of Arthur
Possibly the most evocative aspect of Dux Britanniarum are the maps created by Coral Sealey which superbly bring to live the Britain of Arthur. The
23rd July 2012
Dux Britanniarum Tablet & PDF Bundles Released for Advanced Order
We are happy to announce that the next tranche of Dux Britanniarum releases are now available with the tablet and PDF bundles. What you’ll get
20th July 2012
Dux Britanniarum Hard Copy Advanced Order Great Deals
Having seen the printer’s proof’s we have pressed the button for the presses to roll and we’re on target for publication on the 30th of
18th July 2012
Dux Britanniarum Cards unveiled
We have just had the Dux Britanniarum cards back from the printer and they are really smart. So, we thought we’d shove a couple of
11th July 2012
Dux Britanniarum – the Author Interviewed
Nick: Richard, I’d like to talk about Dux Britanniarum, tell me, when can we expect the newest arrival to the Lardy stable? Rich: Publication date
6th July 2012
Dux Britanniarum Publication Date Announced
We have the card decks being printed, we’ve just got the limited edition Arthur figures back from the caster, and the rules are in their
5th July 2012
Cynewulf and the relics of St Barnabas
By June of 480AD Cynewulf had successfully raided the lands of Cynwidion twice, amassing riches amounting to a Patrician’s purse. With just little more gold
14th June 2012
Cynewulf Adsum Jam Forte
Colossal volumes of work have stopped me getting any post-action reports here on Lard Island News recently, which is a shame as Dux Britanniarum is
6th June 2012
Romano-British Starter Army Under the Spotlight
With all of the playtesting of Dux Britanniarum that has been going on we have had a huge number of requests saying “Where can I
25th April 2012
Making a Dark Age Building
Starting up a new period is never cheap, what with lots of figures to buy and paying the legalised bandits that rules authors. But if
16th April 2012
Dux Britanniarum Bases from Warbases
As people will have noticed movement bases of the sabot variety are something that Dux Brit has seen me use for the first time. For
11th April 2012
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