Review by Dom Sore. Cold War goes hot gaming in the 1980s. This is where my wargame journey started when I spied the collection of a neighbour while being babysat by his mother. Eleven year old me was very excited to see the huge amount of tanks he had on neat
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Gripping Beast continue to produce new factions for their incredibly popular “Saga” skirmish game, this time looking to those implacable enemies of Byzantium, the Avars. Included in our review bundle are; the High Chieftain command pack, two further command packs, two packs of Avar nobles with spears and two packs of
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“Rangers of Shadow Deep” (RoSD) is a fantasy skirmish game written by Joseph A. McCullough, who has already authored the successful “Frostgrave” and “Ghost Archipelago” games. Because this is a skirmish game, you do not need many miniatures to get started and this also means that you can afford to
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Review by Pete Brown. Wargames Atlantic are launching a series of boxed, multi-pose, plastic miniatures which will, their website states, cover: “a wide swath of time starting with the first civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean through to the conquests of Alexander.” First amongst these is a box of ancient Persian Infantry. https://youtu.be/1-iFLobA8J8 The
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A review by Paul Davies I first made the acquaintance of this company’s products with their excellent skeletons, and having recently become interested in the ‘Great Game’ on the North West Frontier, I have been eagerly awaiting their Afghans; the latest addition to their ‘Imperial Conquests – Battles in the Age
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Review by Pete Brown. As the proud owner of a Dark Age Irish army and currently in the process of collecting more warbands to refight the classic Irish battle of Clontarf, I was particularly pleased to see this new box of multi-pose plastic miniatures drop through my letterbox for review. The
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Full Metal Miniatures already have an impressive range of vehicles (at least ten at the last count) for the Vietnam war. They describe them thus “These vehicles are 1/56th scale and are designed to be handled and used for wargaming!” so they fit right in with the current crop of
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North Star continue to release new miniatures to support their 1866 Austro-Prussian War range, with the release this week of some Austrian Generals. We have been sent three mounted Generals, two with distinctive feathered hats and one in a forage cap. I know it is becoming something of a cliché, but
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After having been suitably impressed by the first wave of Barons’ War figures from Footsore, I was looking forward to getting my hands on ‘wave two’ to see if this second tranche lived up to expectations. I was handed nearly 30 figures in total, a cross section of those being made
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New for review this week are some additions to Footsore miniatures Dark Age range, specifically some ‘Later Saxons’. Included in our review pack are three new slingers (resin), three archers (resin) and two command figures (metal). All the miniatures measure about 30mm from base to the top of the head, and
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Great War Miniatures already have an extensive Crimean War range in 28mm and we have received some new releases to bolster your British army. These miniatures represent the 21st, or Royal North British Fusiliers, who were the only regiment in the campaign to be issued covers for their shakos that
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Fresh out of the mould comes the first in a range of 1812 figures for the “Muskets and Tomahawks” game. We have only been sent a sneak preview of a member of the militia, armed with a musket. He is wearing a fringed coat and the distinctive top hat style of
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This 44 page soft back A5 ruleset from Partzain Press is designed to be used with Matchlock Miniatures “Bullets and Brains” range of 28mm figures, and not surprisingly these feature in the colour photographs that adorn this book. That said, you could use any range of 28mm human and Zombie
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The modus operandi of Trent Miniatures is 28mm figures for the 1790s. Their ranges include: The French Revolutionary Wars (1796 – 1800), Internal France, Otterman Empire and… musicians. We have some new samples from all of those ranges for you to look at. First up (seen below) are a some Austrian
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Rangers of Shadow Deep is a solo and co-operative tabletop miniatures game in which players create their ranger, gather companions and play through a series of missions along the way. The Shadow Deep employs all kinds of creatures in its armies, including ogres. Big, slow-witted, and prone to violence, ogres are often
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Following the release of ‘Westland Warriors’ and ‘Highway Patrol’ North Star have expanded their ‘Friends of Gaslands’ range of 20mm figures and accessories with the release of five pedestrians and five riders designed for use with this ‘Post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem’ game. The Corporate Drivers and Passengers will sit neatly in Hot
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PDF Guides by The League of Augsburg Born and raised in Ulster, I am no stranger to the Williamite wars in Ireland, and I have wargamed them in various scales, most recently investing heavily in a 10mm recreation of the battles of Aughrim and the Boyne. Anyone with even a passing
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Campaign Stalingrad is the latest softback supplement book for Warlord Games ‘company level’ World War Two rules Bolt Action. Let’s take a look inside it’s 176 pages and see what’s on offer. https://youtu.be/tX2efWvde0c Note: The text below is the transcript of our flipthrough video (for those who would rather read than listen). ‘Prelude’
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The Abyss is the second expansion supplement for Osprey Games’ Viking Age fantasy skirmish rules Ragnarok. Ragnarok’s style is heavy on background narrative and this 112 page hardback book begins with a couple of pages of what I presume to be scene setting, which will no doubt excite anyone who can
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I don’t know if Knuckleduster are trying to take us back to the Old West with this latest pack for their Gunfighters Ball 28mm Western gunfight game, or take us back to the heady days of the mid-eighties. “The Young Posse” is a homage to the movie “Young Guns” which
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Sally 4th continue to add to their “Classic Movie Miniatures” range, with the addition this month of “Ice Station Zebra”- sorry, “Ice Station Zulu”, if there are any copyright lawyers in the house. This classic movie from 1968 is based in the arctic, where Russian and American forces try to
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The release of the long awaited Oathmark fantasy mass-battle from Osprey was set for Salute 2020. It was to be accompanied by much blowing of trumpets, cheers from the crowds and figure and book deals from North Star. Then Coronavirus happened, and in a time of lockdown, reduced staffing and
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Viva Mexico! Neil Smith takes an extended look at a new book - ideal for wargaming the Mexican Revolution. Did you know that sincronicidad is Spanish for synchronicity? Neither did I until very recently when looking for a new project and Mike Blake’s Armies of the Mexican Revolution (Partizan Press, 2020)
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When Peter Dennis isn’t supplying fantastic artwork to the biggest names in wargaming and military history he works on a series of books with Helion and Company which he affectionally calls Paperboys. https://youtu.be/kObao_ODYsM Note: The text below is the transcript of our flipthrough video (for those who would rather read than listen). I
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Timecast produce a comprehensive range of 1980s Cold War models in 1/144th scale, or 10mm to me and you. Already available are infantry, equipment and vehicles for Soviet, British and American forces, with the West Germans coming soon. To bolster the American forces in Europe two new tanks have recently been
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Just released are three boxes of plastic miniatures designed to support the new “Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms” skirmish wargames system. The first box is undoubtedly my favourite, the “Bleak Falls Delve Set”. This sprue of 8 plastic figures provides everything the player needs to begin exploring dungeons and looking
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The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is a miniatures game based on The Elder Scrolls video game franchise by Bethesda Game Studios and is set in the same world of Skyrim, so it will be familiar to anyone who has played the video game before. https://youtu.be/-LuBwNWVhKI Note: The text below is the
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This is a new range of 28mm metal figures from 1898 Miniatures, aimed at covering the Spanish troops of the early to middle 17th century, when Spain was busy fighting the Dutch Republic in the 80 Years War, and also supporting the Imperial armies in the Thirty Years War. The initial
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“Oxford Diecast” will probably be well known to most readers as they produce an extensive range of ready painted diecast civilian vehicles, many of which may already be in your 1920’s gangster collections or World War II Home Guard. Perhaps less well known is their extensive, and growing, military range,
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Debris of War have a track record in doing what it says on the tin - providing debris for your wargames table - and done to a high standard of quality. Their range includes: stowage, barrels, crates, drums, rocky outcrops, wheelie bins etc. plus a smattering of buildings and tokens. This
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