The Ides of March

Good advice - ignore Soothsayers at your peril!

Today is "Idus Martii" - take care and cancel any Senate tours or visits you may have planned...

Vincenzo Camuccini, Mort de César, 1798.

The Warband of Gizar the Ironic

Gizar the Ironic - a badly misunderstood man.

The Lad and I spent an hour today rolling up his warband for next weekend's Viking Raid using the 'Age of Blood' Rules.  It was a hoot.  Here is what we ended up with, starting with Renown 5 and 500 silver pieces to keep the warbands small and manageable.

1. Warband Leader: Gizar the Ironic .  Level 2 Hero. Traits: Blood Thirsty, Medic. Chainmail, Shield, Helmet, Sword, Axe
2.  Hagbard the hairy, Champion, Level 1 Hero. Trait: Frightening Appearance. Chainmail, Shield, Helmet, Sword.
3. Redver the Long-Lasting, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Saxe, Axe
4. Sigard the Paranoid Viking, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Axe
5. Dag the Dangerous, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Axe
6. Otter the Snotter, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Axe
7. Angrin the Annoyed, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Axe
8. Vikur the Viking, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Axe
9. Egil the Eagle Eater, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Bow, Spear
10. Edda the Accurate, Huscarl. Leather Armour, Shield, Bow, Spear

Yes, the Lad named them all himself.  Actually, Gizar started off as Gizar the Merciful (with Medic as his initial trait), but when we applied the experience from the previous game he randomly selected Blood Thirsty as a character trait!

Use the Force!

Beer Pancakes

Its Sunday morning of a long weekend here - time for breakfast pancakes.  The grown-ups got special ones...

Ingredients
100g plain flour, sifted
pinch of salt
2 eggs
200ml milk
75ml beer (Man Cave Brewery product of course)


Method:

• sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl 
• crack and add eggs 
• whisk everything together gradually adding small quantities of the milk and beer mixture
• carry on until you have a smooth batter, with the consistency of thin cream.
• get your frying pan really hot, with some oil in it
• add a dollop of batter
• Cook until golden brown...flipping being optional, but true Men always flip as high as they can
• Scoff down with toppings as desired.

 Now I'm ready to go do some painting and modelling.  I'll get another batch of home brew on today too!