The Mad Mullah & Operations in Darfur book the latest in a series of supplelemnts for the excellent Setting The East Ablaze rules system from Partizan Press. It is a 80-page softback book which contains a wealth of history, scenarios, army lists and more for two of the most obscure
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Hail Caesar: Age of Bronze is a supplement to the main rulebook but also contains a complete skirmish level set of rules for the period covered. This is a 160-page softback book, packed to the very last page with history, army lists and scenarios. The main focus is upon the
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Field of Glory: Napoleonic (2nd Edition) is the latest version of the previously published rules systems from. This is a 153-page softback book aimed at those who like to field a fair few figures but keep the tabletop battle manageable. https://youtu.be/8UX7tjGvVJ0 The rules begin with a helpful guide to the equipment needed,
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Men of Bronze is one of the latest ‘blue book’ rules systems from Osprey Games. It consequently follows the usual format, a 64-page softback book. The rules focus upon battles between Ancient Greek warriors and their enemies, often other Greek warriors! https://youtu.be/DpBDSisFMYA The rules begin with a helpful guide to the equipment
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Modelling British World War II Armoured Vehicles and Modelling German World War II Armoured Vehicles are two guides published by Crowood Press. Both address largely the same approaches to their respective subjects, albeit with a few differences in the exact focus. https://youtu.be/5ruKBYUjk-U The British book begins with a thorough exploration of the
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Thud & Blunder is a 164 page hardback book. The rules are intended to replicate the ‘High Fantasy’ gaming of the past, with Warbands skirmishing with one another in a range of settings. https://youtu.be/tizTYjYBKEQ The introduction succinctly outlines the key concepts behind the game and offers a number of resources via the
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Subtitled The Second Book of the Elf King, Troll Wars is a 74 page softback book. It is the first supplement to the Red Book of the Elf King rules, and you need a copy of the core rules to use it. The book adds new new characters, races, spells
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Modelling and Painting Fantasy Figures is a 176 page softback book, one of the latest in the Crowood Press Wargaming Guides series. In essence, the book is a basic introduction to the world of miniature gaming, painting and sculpting. https://youtu.be/NsGecSjhSQM The guide begins with an overview of the world of miniatures, the
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Campaign: Fortress Budapest is a 168-page softback gaming supplement, published by Warlord Games and Osprey. It is designed to provide new army lists, rules information and scenarios for players of the Bolt Action World War II wargames rules. https://youtu.be/T0OTsP3JT_E The book follows a fairly familiar format by emphasizing that this is a
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Blackwater Gulch is a 96 page hardback book, from Gangfight! Game Studio. Subtitled a ‘Western Horror Skirmish Game’, the rules and miniatures are themed around a Wild West town that lingers next to a nexus point for evil, a gateway to hell. https://youtu.be/funbQX9dh_o The first 13 pages of the book focus upon
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Gunfighter’s Ball is a 96 page hardback book, authored by the fantastically named Forrest Harris and Brian Jubilation Martin. Designed to simulate the ‘up close and personal’ nature of the gunfights of the Old West, the rules focus upon both the ‘real’ and ‘Hollywood’ versions, and complement the excellent miniatures
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Modelling and Painting World War II German Military Figures is a 176 page softback book, authored by Michael Farnworth, and is published under the Crowood Press series of Wargaming Guides. It comprehensively and constructively outlines the processes and techniques needed to get the best from your miniatures, whilst also serving
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Armies & Legions & Hordes is a 176 page hardback book, authored by Dave Taylor, former American editor of Wargames Illustrated magazine and the top quality painter behind Dave Taylor Miniatures. https://youtu.be/JGpuFBQknOA The Contents page and Introduction outlines the purpose of the book, acting as an inspiration to other painters and gamers
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The Zone is a 56-page softback book based upon an alternate 1983 where NATOs Exercise Able Archer and the Soviet response has led to the beginning of a more conventional-style war fought over the devastation that is West Germany. We’ll be covering these rules as a full ‘Rules Showcase’ article
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Warlords of Erehwon is a 248 page hardback book, authored by Rick Priestley, one of the most well-known game design authors in the hobby. Firmly adhering to a classic style of fantasy gaming that has seen a resurgence of late, we intend to cover the rules in detail as a
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The Wargamers’ Annual 2019 has 80 full colour pages within its soft-back cover. It has been edited by Charles S. Grant and published by Partizan Press. As in previous years, this is a collection of articles and ideas to encourage the reader to try something old, something new and something
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The Frostgrave: The Wizards’ Conclave supplement is the latest in the seemingly endless number of supporting tomes associated with the Frostgrave skirmish wargame. Yet this latest book is slightly different, containing within its 88 pages a whole series of playable scenarios from some of the most well-known games designers and
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The Painting Miniatures For The American Civil War book has 143 pages and has been written by Steve Barber, published by Crowood Press. It is intended as a basic guide to a range of painting and basing options, with plenty of helpful hints and photographs to aid the overall process. https://youtu.be/uJuUgX3ugCg After
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Cruel Seas is an A4, perfect bound softback rulebook, printed on 108 pages of high quality paper stock. Released by Warlord Games, this is a World War Two Naval battle game which focuses upon the smaller ships of the war, fighting around the coastlines of the world. Cruel Seas has been
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Ghost Panzers and Red Banner are the names given to two new Flames of War Mid-War supplements. They deal with the German and Soviet forces employed on the Eastern Front from 1942 to 1943. https://youtu.be/B2Vdit0-IVs The Ghost Panzers supplement begins with two pages of special rules for the German forces, moving to
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Over Malvern Hill is an A4, spiral bound softback rulebook, printed on 71 pages of durable, high quality card. It is an adaptation of Stand To Games’ Over The Hills Napoleonic rules to regulate combat between the various forces employed during the much later American Civil War. The rules use
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The Rebels and Patriots rules are contained within the standard Osprey Games ‘blue book’ softback, consisting of 64 pages. This is billed as the last of the rule sets based upon the ever popular Lion Rampant. It contains not only rules to game a host of conflicts from the North
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A Wargamer’s Guide To Making Tabletop Terrain is an A4 softback book consisting of 88 pages. This is a collection of articles on terrain building previously published in either Battlegames or Miniature Wargames magazines, presented in one collection with many additional photographs included. https://youtu.be/V2zWzCfBgeA What follows is a transcript of the audio
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The Miniature Adventures of Dunsterforce 1918 scenarios and rules are contained within an A4 softback book consisting of 160 pages, written by Bob Giglio and published by Partizan Press. There are 16 scenarios outlined in the book, plus 8 appendices and a bibliography, covering the historical events and additional information
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Footsore Miniatures have some new Byzantine Armoured Horse Archers for us... The Byzantine cavalrymen and their horses were superbly trained and capable of performing complex manoeuvres.The armoured cavalry horse archer wore a conical-shaped casqued helmet, topped with a tuft of horsehair dyed in his unit's colour. The helmet was often complemented
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The SAGA: Book of Battles contains scenarios and rules within an A4 softback book consisting of 55 pages. The introduction to the book informs us ‘The Book of Battles is a unusual supplement. It is not a SAGA Universe, but a collection of scenarios and game variants that can be
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The Field of Glory Army Lists – Book 3 is the latest supplement for the Field of Glory 3rd Edition rulebook. This 152 page softback book covers the Early to the Late Medieval period, bringing updated army lists for the tabletop version of the game. https://youtu.be/rgDv4ESihmo The contents page shows the 51
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The Kensei: The Awakening rules are contained within an A5 softback book consisting of 189 pages. They are a set of Samurai-era rules, which blend the historical with the mythological to create a unique background. Using forces of 25 – 60 miniatures in 28mm scale, this is a set of
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The Bonnie Blue Flag rules are a pocket-sized softback book consisting of just 48 pages. Designed to cover American Civil War battles with between 6 to 40mm miniatures, they are intended to play relatively quick games, with units defined by the number of bases and not the number of figures
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Setting The Scene: Winter Wargaming is an A4 softback book with 103 pages, billed as a ‘guide for creating a winter layout for the games table’. Whether adapting what you have or making your own, this is a ‘one stop’ tome for those looking to fight tabletop battles within the
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