The latest in a series of books, A Wargamer’s Guide to Making Tabletop Terrain: Tales of a Wargames Widow Vol. 2 may not be a title which slips off the tongue but functions as a useful guide for gamers. An 85-page softback book, each section outlines the process and materials
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We take a sneak peek at Warlord Games' plastic 3rd rate ship frame, being released for Black Seas, their upcoming Napoleonic Era naval combat game. The new frame consists of enough parts to create one 3rd Rate vessel, a 74-gun ship with three decks of cannon, complete with some positioned
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Games Workshop has a talent for releasing a wide variety of different gaming experiences. One of the latest to hit the market is Blackstone Fortress, an adventure-style tabletop game where a disparate group of characters venture forth into the environs of the titular Blackstone Fortress, an ancient piece of technology
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Mantic Games continue to support their Kings of War: Vanguard skirmish level game. Two of the latest releases are for the same faction, the Undead. https://youtu.be/Mu-ZcgVjgeI Vanguard games are designed to be played as the special missions and encounters that take place before or around the periphery of a full-on battle. Bearing
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Footsore Miniatures have added more packs to their Later Dark Ages range. These are warrior monks or Milites Christi which can be used for both the late Dark Ages or Medieval periods. We’re reviewing two of the five available Milites Christi packs - Warrior Monks with Cross and Warrior Monks with
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North Star Miniatures have a range of miniatures which take the generic title ‘Horror’. It’s an interesting and eclectic range of single figures and packs, which embraces much from spooky literature and movies. One of the classic horror genres was largely invented by the author H.P. Lovecraft, who explored the realms
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Crusader Miniatures are expanding American Civil War range. One of the most recent releases are a packs representing the 79th New York Volunteer Infantry, the New York Highlanders. The pack we have here contains five figures, a command pack consisting of two standard bearers, and officer in frockcoat with a sword,
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Compatible with Beneath the Lily Banners 3rd Edition: The War of Three Kings, the new With Talon and Claw supplement adds additional levels of detail to games set during the Great Northern War 1700 – 1721 and the Eastern Wars 1670 - 1723. A 183-page hardback book, this is a
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We’ve got an eclectic selection of new stuff to tell you about from Gripping Beast. ITALIAN ALLIES Pictured below you can see some of their re-worked and re-released ‘Italian Allies’ suitable for the Punic Wars. Nice looking figures which have benefited for GBs programme of going through their back catalogue of Ancient
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Adler Miniatures have begun adding more figures to their 20mm World War Two range, this time offering a number of Late War Waffen SS. These particular figures are depicted as wearing a two-piece uniform, which was made available in the so-called ‘pea dot’ camouflage. Designed to be worn over the top
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Putty Monkey, AKA sculptor Mark Evans, recently ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of a number of figures based upon the Aftermath RPG that first appeared in the 1980’s. Aftermath is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which the characters typically had to fight for food, water, basic supplies and
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Empress Miniatures and Paul Hicks continue to add to their US Vietnam range. The latest releases represent some of the key personalities of the 1968 Tet Offensive on the American side, plus some of the first releases of North Vietnamese Army figures. The American personality pack, known as Nam 12, includes
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The new Eureka Miniatures UK have begun to receive stock of the new ECW range from ‘HQ’ in Australia. These 18mm figures represent either English or Scots troops, and have been created using head swaps. The figures in this range show the versatility of using ‘dollies’, the same basic figure with
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Victorious Miniatures have added two more packs to their Boxer Rebellion range. These are members of the Legation, more of the hodge podge of various troop types who were available to defend the European quarter. The first pack (bottom photo) ion contains a single figure, representing a French naval officer. Wearing
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River Horse, current kings of the licensed miniatures game, have begun to deliver one of their Kickstarted games, based upon the Pacific Rim: Extinction movie. The game arrives in an impressive looking box, complete with two ‘windows’ that show off the two pre-assembled, pre-painted miniatures. https://youtu.be/--Cgu8EgI4Q The sturdy box surrounds a plastic
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After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Sally 4th have released their Albedo Combat Patrol miniatures game to the retail market. This is an A4 114-page softback book, printed in full colour. Based upon a ‘hard’ sci-fi setting with genetically engineered anthropomorphic animals as the main protagonists, the book reflects the wars
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Anvil Industry in the UK have branched out once again, this time offering a new part of their Regiments range. The Boiler-Suited Renegades are alien/human hybrids who are ready to rise from the working masses and take over. The figures in the Regiments range make use of a variety of resin
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Gaddis Gaming in the USA have some interesting and unique miniatures which cover both World War One and the company’s ‘Weird’ War One rules and setting, Shattered Crown. The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment and commonly referred to as the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army
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1st Corps in the UK continue to release yet another slice of 20th Century Follies with the Home Guard Austin 7. This model has two Home Guard in their sidecaps and denims for a crew. One drives the car, whilst the other leans forward from the rear of the vehicle and
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Killer B Games in the UK a range of 1950’s-style sci-fi figures called Invasion X sets that others have yet to offer. The range includes human cops, Venusians, Alien Spacemen and more. Like so many small wargaming businesses out there, the ranges on offer have some hidden gems, many of
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Flags of War in the UK have released more miniatures for their excellent Jacobite Rebellion 1745 range. The latest upcoming release covers a number of different Government troops to take on the Jacobites who were previously released after a successful Kickstarter campaign. These Government Infantry are dressed in campaign style, due
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Battlefront have produced a number of supplements and figure sets to tie in with their current focus upon the Late War period, most notably the D-Day landings and beyond. To that end, they have released two new supplements for the American and German forces. https://youtu.be/b9MYv3dTTz4 The American book begins with a summary
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Games Workshop have produced a wide variety of different boxed games. Over the past few years, these have proven to be increasingly good value for money with regard to contents, with rules, models and terrain which may be used as part of the GW ‘universes’ or with other game systems.
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Warlord Games are on the cusp of releasing their new game Black Seas. Based upon combat between sailing vessels during the Napoleonic era, an integral part of the new game’s release will be 1/700th scale plastic model kits. Two of these kits are shown here, a large frame consisting of
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American Civil War enthusiast and North Star proprietor Nick Eyre provides us with (potential) background for some new Crusader Miniatures ‘ACW Infantry in Frock Coasts and Kepi Skirmishing’ which he has painted as US Marines. We don’t tend to hear much about the US Marines in the American Civil War. This is partly
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Full Metal Miniatures in the UK have begun to offer some unique Vietnam War miniature sets. One of their latest is a six-part casualty evacuation party, something that would be perfect for a vignette or as an objective. This is a typical medevac team based upon the types of scenes witnessed during the
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North Star Military Figures continue to add more packs to their 1672 range. The latest two packs are these Spanish Musketeers, suitable for the period and possibly earlier. Each pack consists of 4 figures, one firing and the other ready to fire. The packs consist of one of each pose available.
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Battlefront have created a number of new and re-vamped boxed sets for the Late War period. Here we are going to look at some of the new American sets, which are based on units that saw action on and around D-Day. https://youtu.be/jEF_bx6h3io Firstly, we have the new M12 155mm Artillery Battery, which contains four
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North Star Military figures are releasing a plastic frame of component parts for Gasland Refuelled, Osprey’s 'Post-Apocalyptic Vehicular Mayhem’ game. And they gave us a sneak look at some of the parts. https://youtu.be/HDl_l3v3NXQ The Implements of Carnage frame contains guns, drivers, armour, special weapons and other ‘bits’ which transform hot wheels or
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Steel and Steed is a ‘Wargaming ruleset for knights at Tournament’. This 112 page softback A4 book pitches the lead player in the role of host of a medieval tournament, or series of tournaments, which can involve: one on one combat, jousting, mounted combat, team combat on foot and horseback
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