Ocelot Games and Crooked Dice Game Design Studio have come together to create Grandville, a ‘Programme Guide’ which allows players into the comic book universe of Bryan Talbot’s internationally acclaimed graphic novels. This is an 80-page, hardback book that provides rules and support material to run the games, plus a
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Issue 9 in the Painting War series deals with Holy War, the various periods of what is called collectively ‘The Crusades’ and the reaction of those already resident in the Holy Lands who were the target. This is a 105-page softback book, which follows the established pattern of previous issues. https://youtu.be/ZYDWofeliRU The
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Bombshell Miniatures ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to re-launch their Counterblast pulp sci-fi rules in a second, enhanced edition. This 194-page, hardback book is packed with rules, background information and great artwork that not only re-introduces the game universe but does so with some style. https://youtu.be/QtChqv25Lwg The book begins with a useful
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The 1967 Aden Emergency was one of those ‘End of Empire’ wars in which many British troops served but is now largely overlooked. However, Eureka Miniatures have a range of figures for both sides in the conflict, and very nice they are too. The two packs we have for review represent
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Sally 4th continue to support their Albedo Combat Patrol Miniatures Game, ACP164, based upon the comic book from the 1980’s. Two of the most recent miniature releases are for the two different factions, a ConFed Home Guard Air Mobile Squad and the ILR Blue Wind Special Forces Team. The ConFed Home
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Battlezone Miniatures have once again teamed up with Early War Miniatures to produce more additions to their excellent 20mm Soviet range. We’ve picked out two of those releases to look at this time around. The first tank is the T-26 Twin Turret Tank which was produced from 1931-33, although some were
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Osprey Games’ latest game is Ragnarok, which plunges players into a universe of Heavy Metal Combat In The Viking Age. This 208-page, hardback book provides rules to run a War Clan in a Viking era ‘End Times’, with the quest for godhood being the ultimate goal. This is also the
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Why yes, we do know this game from Fantasy Flight has been out for a while, and there are tens of thousands of gamers worldwide. But what about those who haven’t managed to see inside the box or are looking to find out what you get? After all, our hobby
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Clash of Spears is a 101-page hardback book which contains rules for running skirmish battles with an ancient era focus. It is a self-published set of rules, that is not only very professionally produced but is also very ‘gamer friendly’. https://youtu.be/xN2bilWFizI The book begins with a useful introduction to the aims of
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The A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game places players at the heart of the saga found in George R.R. Martin’s novels. Of course, with such an epic story, your games need an epic cast of thousands, and that’s why CMON and Dark Sword Miniatures have come together,
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1st Corps and top sculptor Mark Fuller have combined to produce another new range under the 1st Corps label, this time focusing upon the ‘Home Front’ during the 1930’s and 40’s in the UK. The first few packs are members of the British Home Guard and could prove useful for
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Trent Miniatures have added another new pack of 28mm figures to their Later French Revolutionary Wars in the Caribbean. The latest pack represents four 'revolting' slaves fighting for their freedom. The set contains four figures, attired in the dress typical of the period. They are armed with various weapons, from cutlass
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Uncertain Scenery is a small company offering some unusual scenery in MDF. Although they have Medieval style buildings and similar items, we’ll be looking at their Gaming Board Systems and some sci-fi items to accompany them. The Gaming Board System developed by the company comes in 10, 15 and 28mm.
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Warlord Games have recently released a whole bunch of Bolt Action gear for the Hungarian army in World War Two and they have kindly given us everything you see above to give away. All active Prime member during 3 - 17 May will have a chance of winning this prize. Don’t forget - Freebie
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Reaper Miniatures have recently released to retail a number of miniatures from their hugely successful Bones III Kickstarter. One of those sets is the Stone Skull Expansion, which contains a host of various Fantasy themed miniatures. There are 30 plastic miniatures in this set, created using the white plastic that the
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The River Horse has added a new game based upon the Terminator movie licence. Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance is a cooperative miniatures-based boardgame which allows 1-4 players to take part in some of the action from the movie. https://youtu.be/q96r5b7KlnE Once you lift the lid, you come upon the main rulebook.
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Paint and Glue Miniatures offer a number of 3D printed vehicles for most of the nations who fought during World War Two. The models are made to order, and can be re-sized from 1/56th to any other scales. Unlike many similar products, these are created using polylactic acid or PLA, which
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Full Metal Miniatures have added a new and unique pack of 28mm figures to their Vietnam War range. Viet Cong Set three shows the nature of a standard ‘medevac’ or medical evacuation by Viet Cong Local Forces during the war. The set depicts two female Viet Cong carrying a wounded comrade slung
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The first in a proposed series of painting guides, the Partizan Press Wargamer’s Painting Guide Volume 1 focuses upon Painting World War One 28mm Wargaming Figures for the Middle Eastern Theatres: The British, Dominion and Indian Armies. Yes, we know, that’s a VERY long title, but it does let you
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The latest expansion for the Ghost Archipelago universe provides rules to explore the cultural treasures of the Dricheans, a tribal people which thrive amidst the ruins of their own past. Divided into minor fiefdoms and city-states, they fight each other, snakemen, and, in fact, anyone else. https://youtu.be/xGr2cNL53R0 The book begins with an
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‘Officially’ released at Salute, Empress Miniatures have added United States Marine Corps figures to their rapidly expanding Vietnam range, which now includes the previous packs of figures from the French Indo-China and Vietminh ranges. Received for review were three packs. All the poses, equipment and weaponry are based upon available photography
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Wargames Atlantic have entered the plastic multi-pose figure market with two very different frames of figures. The Plastic Greek Undead offer something to the Greek Myth gamer, whilst the Raumjager could serve as sci-fi troops across a range of different games. We’ve decided to focus on the frames, just to show
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Steam Forged Games and CAPCOM have collaborated to create a new board game based upon the Resident Evil 2 video game. Based upon the events of the console and arcade game, the players struggle to survive as they come under attack from an onslaught of various zombies and other creatures. https://youtu.be/8FpGjRpZ6LY Once
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Texicana: Before The Alamo is an 87-page softback book that is designed entirely with wargamers in mind, a refreshing change from those books which struggle to balance historical research with wargaming use. https://youtu.be/869u7_wSg2Q The book begins with a brief introduction before launching into a suitably abbreviated history of the first ‘war’ for
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Renedra are the ‘go to’ experts in the UK and Europe if you want high quality plastic moulding. They also produce some great products of their own, as shown by these Stone and Thatch and Wattle / Timber Out Buildings. Suitable for both Dark Ages and Medieval gaming, these are up
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Van Dyck Models & Figurines are masters of the 10mm miniature world. Two of the most recently released packs are these Early Roman Empire Legionaries in Lorica Segmuntum and Force Publique Infantry in Early WW1 Uniform In a sense, this is an incredibly easy review to write – just look at
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Blotz are a company which offers MDF buildings and terrain that covers both the more obvious and the slightly esoteric in equal measure. Received for review are some of their 28mm sci-fi terrain. These are B28-SFC-001, 002, 005, 006, 018 and 019, series of flat packed, laser cut sets which work
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Modiphius continues to release miniatures for their Fallout: Wasteland Warfare tabletop game. These 32mm, multi-part resin miniatures are directly copied from the video game. https://youtu.be/QusgbYt-zI0 The three core boxed sets we have are Super Mutants, Brotherhood of Steel and Survivors. Each boxed set contains not only miniatures but game reference cards, including
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The amazing Knight Models have added a whole new game to their Batman Miniature Game licence. The Dark Knight Rises: Batman Miniature Game charts the battles between Batman and the League of Shadows, with Bane to boot, and contains new miniatures and streamlined, fast play rules, plus much more. https://youtu.be/Hqsl0b3kmuo Once you
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Great Escape Games have added another string to their bow, focusing once more on the theatres of World War Two that other companies often ignore. This time, they have added the first 24 figures in a 28mm range of Greek Ezones, or Mountain Infantry. Focusing upon the Greco-Italian War from October
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