Avertigos: South China Sky is one of an increasing crop of new boxed games that crosses the barrier between board game and miniatures skirmish game. The box itself is pretty hefty, but all the components are there to play out a campaign in an alternate world of flying ships and
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River Horse Ltd. have managed to gain another great movie licence. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay board game partially crosses the barrier into a tabletop miniature game by including top quality figures of many of the main characters from the movie. https://youtu.be/qkwFNKgQj_A Lifting the lid of the box, it’s the miniatures we
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As we barrel towards Christmas, it’s good to know that Perry Miniatures have managed to release the perfect gift for those who enjoy gaming with their French Napoleonic armies. The new French Napoleonic Infantry Battalion 1807 – 14 and Elite Companies French Infantry 1807 – 14 are boxes of hard
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Warlord Games have a whole variety of new releases for their Black Seas naval combat system. Some of the latest are a US Navy starter fleet, followed by a 1/700th scale Scenery pack and culminating in the Spanish First Rate Santisima Trinidad. https://youtu.be/1ruylEPajEY Opening up the US Navy Starter Set, we have
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Modiphius Entertainment produce a number of excellent gaming products based upon the licences they hold. Yet they also produce items that are more generic and would grace many a tabletop, especially for those looking for that Post Apocalyptic aesthetic epitomised by the Fallout series. https://youtu.be/LkZNJAb-R6g One of the largest terrain sets
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Grey For Now Games continue to build upon their Test of Honour 2nd Edition rules by adding this new boxed set of miniatures and cards - Ashigaru Scouts. https://youtu.be/nB5uSDc5DDw Having opened the box, we come upon two ‘clamshell’ packs of figures. One of these contains a mounted Samurai Captain and Ashigaru Sergeant.
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Deep Cut Studio are experts with their gaming mats, rising from a small selection to an ever-increasing range for many popular game systems. They also have a number of generic mats which will work with any rules or size of figures. However, they also offer a number of scenery pieces
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Battlefront continue to offer a range of new and re-packaged items to support their Flames of War rules system. Some of the most recent offerings are for the Axis forces, most particularly the (in)famous German paratroopers, the Fallschrimjäger. https://youtu.be/lnKUn2xCvZI Rather than being based upon the Early War sky warriors of the Blitzkrieg-era,
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The new Judge Dredd: I Am The Law Starter Set from Warlord Games has brought the dystopian nightmare that is Mega-City One from the pages of the 2000AD comic to the tabletop. https://youtu.be/J5J1Rz4W6zA Upon lifting the eye-catching box lid, the first items you come across are the plastic game tokens. There
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Since TT Combat picked up the Carnevale miniatures game licence, they have pushed forward to create a 2nd edition of the rules and a host of new miniatures. The game is part fantasy, part reality, set in a version of Venice that is full of intrigue and back alley fighting.
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Mantic Games have released the latest wave of the Hellboy Board Game Kickstarter, the so-called Box Of Evil. This consists of two expansions to the game, Darkness Calls and Hellboy In Mexico, and includes a number of bonus miniatures. https://youtu.be/L20kFtx4QtE Upon lifting the lavishly illustrated box lid, the first items you
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A new company on the wargaming scene, Geek Villain, has leapt onto the market with a range of 6 Battlemats in various styles. These are definitely NOT paper, PVC or Neoprene mats, instead they are examples of the ‘fleece-based’ breed that has been missing from the direct UK and European
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We recently visited Mantic Games and got hold of the new Kings of War 3rd Edition Starter Set: Shadow In The North boxed set. So, let’s take a look at what we have. https://youtu.be/EQHf57WP5jI Upon opening the new boxed set, the first items you come across is a softback version of the
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Warlord Games has released two new boxed sets in support of their SPQR rules system for warband battles during the Ancient period. The two new sets represent members of the tribes of Germania, entitled Heroes and Skyclad Warriors. https://youtu.be/Y0_lPvdB_jw The Heroes boxed set includes six 28mm figures cast in resin. Two of
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Warlord Games continue to support their World War Two aerial combat game, Blood Red Skies, releasing more Ace Pilots and Squadrons for use with the game. Two of the most recent are Soviet Ace Pilot Vladimir Pokrovski and the Mikotan-Gurevich MIG-3 Squadron. https://youtu.be/xiDGyL5a7qc The Soviet Ace Pilot Vladimir Pokrovski boxed set is
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We recently covered the release of the Tripods and Triplanes core starter set from the excellent Ares Games. This contained one Martian Tripod and one German Triplane, alongside the game rules, tokens and other game aids needed to enter the world of this Post-WW1 Martian invasion. This time around, we’re
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After reviewing the boxed set of Core Space from Battle Systems, we were so impressed by this unique take on a sci-fi universe that we’d thought we’d take a closer look at the rulebook, in particular the ‘standalone’ deluxe hardback version. https://youtu.be/SjJw9jFmlrU Core Space is a miniatures based game where a band
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Corvus Belli have been creating rules and miniatures for their Infinity sci-fi background for a number of years. Along the way, they have offered expansions and starter box sets to enable current gamers to add to their gaming experiences and new gamers to access this fascinating gaming universe. https://youtu.be/lNbRxnQSsNg The Operation: Wildfire
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Warlord Games’ Black Seas rules system caters for the Age of Sail period from 1770 up until 1830. The first releases were for the British, French and Spanish navies, mostly in the form of generic plastic model kits, but some of the ‘named’ ships have their own resin and metal
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Ares Games have managed to take their Wings of Glory rules for World War One aerial combat and added something different, a H. G. Wells style Martian invasion just after the war. In Tripods & Triplanes, brave airmen take on invading Martian machines in a battle for the Earth itself. https://youtu.be/HjbEFT9iyNE The
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Battle Systems have some great card stock terrain that is fully printed in colour. However, they have now expanded into the world of boxed miniatures games. Core Space is a unique take on a sci-fi universe which draws from many sources but offers something different as well. https://youtu.be/RsinXo11nqM Core Space is a
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Games Workshop have a great many skirmish level rule systems on the market, but one of the most popular amongst competitive players is Warhammer Underworlds. https://youtu.be/8ZetT-Uj_vk Warhammer Underworlds is a game of battling Warbands where the results of each game have a knock-on effect for the next. Designed with a ‘season’ of
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Building upon the success of the Wildlands fantasy themed ‘board game with miniatures’, games designer Martin Wallace has worked with Osprey Games to produce the Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter set. https://youtu.be/LKeGqA4ewZM The game takes the premise of the Helter Skelter storyline from 2000AD progs 1250–1261. In the comic book story, an army of
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Gale Force 9 have a whole range of different buildings in either 15 or 28mm. The Battlefield in A Box system aims to provide pre-painted buildings and scenery that can be placed straight upon the tabletop. One of their latest sets is entitled Wartorn Village. https://youtu.be/fwYW_eMp4yU Labelled as suitable for 25 to
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The Forgeworld design studio, part of Games Workshop, has provided 28mm ‘heroic’ scaled aircraft miniatures for the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game for many years. These are resin, multi-part kits that look great but have had a high price tag due to the level of work undertaken to create them. So,
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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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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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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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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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