Just as Sir Richard was about to put on his armour, assisted by Squire Patrick, Christopher, Peter and Perkyn the page, his two hounds, Merriman and Belman, began barking and ran out onto the heath, alerting the company to the arrival of trouble, as was prefigured by the 5 of Rods in a previous…
Christopher the cook killed one of the hens, and sweated over the cooking pot. The party enjoyed a meal of stewed chicken, cooked in a vegetable broth that consisted of herbs plucked by the river, some pickled veg from one of the pickle jars, and a portion of hard tack. Gilbert’s First Report Gilbert…
As Sir Richard and his party travel through a strange land and sit down by the river for their repast, their location is plotted on a shogi board. The landscape they have discovered is also laid out. The coloured 1×1 Lego bricks represent the people in the party. Red = Sir Richard; white =…
Now that the sweet showers of April have pierced the drought of March to the root, the west wind has given life to tender shoots, and the stripling sun has run his half course in Aries the Ram, ’tis time for knights to ride out in love of chivalry, truth and honour, freedom and…
It’s been a while since I bought any Lego gear, but on Saturday I found a box in the Lego City series that would supply Sir Richard’s men with two shovels and Sir Richard with two bars of gold. It would also give me four more minifigs to press into service whenever necessary, and…
A gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine, Ycladd in mightie armes and silver shielde, Wherein old dints of deepe wounds did remaine, The cruel markes of many’a bloudy fielde; Yet armes till that time did he never wield: His angry steede did chide his foming bitt, As much disdayning to the curbe to yield:…