Sons of Mars is a game of gladiatorial combat in the arenas of Rome, designed for use with a variety of miniature sizes and providing a full experience from creating a character up to running your own Ludus. https://youtu.be/yGWEUYv85D4 The chunky softback rulebook begins by outlining the basics behind this D10 based
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Pulp City is a game which sees super powered heroes take on super powered villains, all against the backdrop of a dark city in a world not unlike our own. Known as Supremes, the players take on the role of members of teams who battle against one another for either
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The Strontium Dog Miniatures Game from Warlord Games is a skirmish level game set within a galaxy of adventure, one where mutants, aliens and humans vie with one another. Of course, crime still pays, which means the Search Destroy Agency, known as the Strontium Dogs, get to collect bounties for
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The popular Flames of War rules are in their 4th Version, with the first releases being books for the Desert War from 1942 to 1943. Sticking with the mid-war theme but on a very different front, the new Iron Cross and Enemy At The Gates supplements focus upon the Eastern
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Based upon a tried and tested set of rules formulated during his tenure at the Wargames Holiday Centre, Jon Sutherland’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen offers colonial wargaming on a large-scale skirmish level. In fact, games may be played with anything from a 100 figures all the way up to 3,000! https://youtu.be/3pKWUHoyxc8 Note:
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The Drowned Earth Miniatures Game from Olmec Games is a skirmish level game set within the confines of a post apocalyptic world, one where the waters of the world have claimed much of the surface. Each Faction outlined in the background has a starter set of miniatures to represent it,
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The latest ruleset from Lucid Eye Publications is The Red Book of the Elf King, a set of skirmish level rules set within a unique fantasy world. Having collaborated with ‘rulesmeister’ Rick Priestley, the game uses Elven characters and warriors from their own miniatures range. https://youtu.be/8PC_OeUMxo0 Note: The text below is the
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Bushido – The New Dawn - is an oriental fantasy tabletop miniature battle game for two players. Each player commands a force of no more than a handful of individuals, represented by 32mm metal miniatures. These forces meet on the battlefield and the commanders (the players, that is) try to
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This is the third book to make use of the Tribal wargames rules. Having taken us through the conflicts between tribes from the Maori to Polynesia, then added Stone Age humanity in Primeval, this latest book, Brutal, takes the game into the world of gang warfare, from Ancient Rome to
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Defiance, the second supplement for the Konflikt ’47 ‘Weird War Two’ game, introduces a host of new and updated rules, new force selection and new unit options, plus new scenario rules, and outlines the forces of the divided nations of Italy. https://youtu.be/NS9zZhJ9b3U Note: The text below is the transcript of our flipthough
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The popular Dracula’s America: Shadows of the West rules from Osprey Games continue to move forward, with the latest rulebook and supplement Forbidden Power bringing the current narrative to an end. New Posses, new powers and a few new bestiarys, all suitably weird and wonderful. https://youtu.be/YnVPdmq9HvM The book is to the usual
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1914 is a set of new rules from Great Escape Games, they cover Battalion up to Brigade level actions during the first few months of World War One. Designed to complement their recently released range of excellent 12mm miniatures, these are fast play rules that provide a real flavour of
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The extremely popular Frostgrave fantasy skirmish adventure game continues to grow. This latest supplement, published by Osprey Games, allows players to explore The Maze of Malcor, once the fabled Collegium, a seat of learning and magic. https://youtu.be/txbQGlvKNlE Note: The text below is the transcript of our unboxing video (for those who would
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This latest plastic box set release from Fireforge Games contains three frames (and bases), enabling you to make thirty ‘foot knights’. Each frame contains 10 bodies, 10 heads, 8 shields, 10 drawn swords, 22 arms, 3 sheathed swords and 3 crossbow pouches (!?). Viewed as ‘foot knights with double handed swords’
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This 204 page hardback is the latest set of rules for 15mil scale tanks and figures in a join venture with Osprey Publishing and Battlefront. The revamped Fate of a Nation is a variant of the Team Yankee rules system which focuses upon the Arab-Israeli Wars of the late 1960’s
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The Third World War continues to expand in the Team Yankee version of 1985. As the battle for Western Europe continues, NATO allies have pledged to support the struggle to contain the Warsaw Pact forces. The Canadians, French, Dutch, Australian and New Zealanders have entered the fray, with new or
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The latest book from Iron Fist Publishing / Plastic Soldier Company is Battlegroup Torch, the ninth book to be published and the second based upon the ‘desert war’ of early to mid-World War Two. This is really two books in one, and covers the arrival of US forces. The rules
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Studio Tomahawk’s new Saga Universe SAGA: Age of Crusades details crusader warfare in the Levant, in Spain and in the Baltic. There are 12 factions, Mercenaries, Legendary units and mysterious Acts of Faith which fill this book, following on from the same format as the previous ‘Universe’ release; The Age
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Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse is a forthcoming hardback rulesbook from Osprey Games, scheduled for release at the end of June 2018. The game focuses on groups of survivors forced into a daily battle for survival in a world full of the re-animated dead and other groups looking to find the
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The latest edition of the popular Beneath the Lily Banners rules by The League of Augsburg has just been published. The War of Three Kings offers the opportunity for wargames set between 1660 and 1721 with the rulebook covering pike and shot warfare in western and central European theatres. https://youtu.be/IH3fHWhlGG8 Note: The text
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Mini Gangs is a new rule set from Ramshackle Games that combines ease of play with a number of strategic options. Its intention is for use as a short club game, for playing out a campaign and for getting beginners into tabletop battle games. https://youtu.be/b_AB4ZX0cxE Note: The text below is the
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Back in 1970, Charles Grant wrote and had published Battle - Practical Wargaming, one of the first guides to tabletop wargaming exclusively for World War Two. This new 2017 edition contains six chapters that were never previously published, plus new material by Charlie M Grant, the original author’s grandson and
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Mantic Games continue to expand their miniatures game based upon The Walking Dead comic book series. The latest supplement takes place in Woodbury, the town of survivors dominated by The Governor, and adds new characters, rules and more. https://youtu.be/2y25jPYTjjM Note: The text below is the transcript of our unboxing video (for those
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Funky Skull Games is a new company that used Kickstarter to fund their first game, Street Wars NYC. As the name implies, this is a set of street gang skirmish rules, set within the background of a mid- to late- 1970’s New York City. https://youtu.be/SS7_SYqldDE Devils Outcasts Black Cobras Note: The text below is
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This new supplement for the Hail Caesar rules from Warlord Games covers the Dark Ages or more correctly ‘Early Medieval’ period in great detail, with new special rules and updated army lists. https://youtu.be/u9Pa7PXeemw The book begins with a useful potted history of the period being covered with the major players being outlined,
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The new Clash of Kings: 2018 Edition is billed as an ‘organised play supplement’ for the popular Kings of War fantasy battle game from Mantic Games. In addition to relating the results of Summer Campaign of 2017, there are new rules and fairly detailed general advice regarding running tournaments. There
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Created by miniatures sculptor Michael Lovejoy, Burrows and Badgers allows for gaming within a fantasy world of anthropomorphic animal miniatures. Set within the Kingdom of Northymbra, the rules cover skirmish level combat in small warbands. https://youtu.be/LoVdDZYrTlo Each miniature in the game is a character, so there are no rank and file warriors.
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Demented Games of Australia used Kickstarter to produce Twisted, a skirmish level game of characters and their underlings fighting within an alternate Victorian society. The game and miniatures are on general release, and gamers can fight to preserve or dominate the all-knowing Engine, the power behind this altered world. https://youtu.be/8pHPJvQMTWE The box
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The new Outremer: Faith and Blood rules from Osprey Games plunge your chosen characters into the chaos of the Crusades. This skirmish level game pits warband against warband in the small scale combat that took place between the set piece battles of the era. https://youtu.be/u-gRgSmzs-8 What follows is a transcript of the
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Helion and Company continues to work with Peter Dennis and Andy Callan to bring more ‘paper soldiers’ to the marketplace. Two of the latest books are Castle Assault, which covers sieges and battles from the age of Edward I to the Battle of Bannockburn, and Jacobite ’45, covering the period
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