Snails in Gothic Marginal Warfare

[Keraunos]

This is news to me.  May it bring some Christmas cheer.  Will some manufacturer be bold enough to produce some figures?

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2852357
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231221-the-mystery-of-the-medieval-fighting-snails

[Imperial Dave]

And a ruleset to go with them

[Jim Webster]

Hordes of the Things would do it
We have one chap here with an army based on Garden gnomes 

[Denis Grey]

This is news to me.  May it bring some Christmas cheer.  Will some manufacturer be bold enough to produce some figures?

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2852357
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231221-the-mystery-of-the-medieval-fighting-snails

Bad Squiddo already offers a mixed pack of 13 slugs and snails.  No puppy dogs tails though.

[nikgaukroger]

There is also a range of figures for the fighting rabbits of marginalia out there.

[Martin Smith]

Hordes of the Things would do it
We have one chap here with an army based on

Hordes of the Things would do it
We have one chap here with an army based on Garden gnomes 

That's probably the Peter Pig 15mm range, made by Martin Goddard (SoA member, writer of Conqueror and Kings ancient set, just reissued).
Here's a pic gleaned from the interweb of the demon snails in action-


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First pic from 'The Stronghold Rebuilt', pic by Alan Saunders, second pic unknown source.

[Erpingham]

From Skull & Crown. The original of this one is mentioned in the article



Personally, I think the Lombard theory is over-thinking it. It best to see these as part of a whole array of absurd marginalia.  They are meant to be humorous and often have some sort of social commentary e.g. foxes preaching to geese, knights fighting snails.

[Jim Webster]

These are the sorts of figures the rules were created for 

Whether the creators realised or not 

[Imperial Dave]

Well blow me down....who'd a known

[Nick Harbud]

There is also a range of figures for the fighting rabbits of marginalia out there.

And if anyone would like a painted pile of carrots to decorate the base of their fighting rabbit baggage camp, I have one going spare.

[Martin Smith]

From Skull & Crown. The original of this one is mentioned in the article

Lovely products from them...not a site I've seen before. Love them killer rabbits 😁

[Ian61]

Anything seems possible these days. A few chaps here in Taunton play the Burrows and Badgers game that seems fun, no snails though.

https://burrowsandbadgers.com/#:~:text=Burrows%20%26%20Badgers%20is%20a%20tabletop,toads%2C%20and%20numerous%20other%20beasts.

[Keraunos]

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[Imperial Dave]

Very good...

[Nick Harbud]

Anything seems possible these days. A few chaps here in Taunton play the Burrows and Badgers game that seems fun, no snails though.

What's with the Black Rat Doctor figure?  I mean, I know the NHS is short of staff in all sorts of areas, but this seems slightly desperate.