7TV: Fantasy puts all manner of fantasy possibilities in your grubby mitts and lets you direct them, as if you are a film producer, creating a game that has stars, props, maguffins, extras, and more. The end goal is to have fun gaming with an ‘on screen’ narrative as well
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Taking a break from the usual figures and rules that we cover, the folks at Army Painter have sent a set of terrain building gear our way. This box is €90 ($110 US) - the price you’d pay for a high-quality boxed game - so our expectations are high. Will
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Wargames Illustrated readers were given a preview of the star attraction from this set when we gave away a free Epic American Civil War sprue with the January 2021 issue of the magazine, and now the full starter set is here. https://youtu.be/dJ1sYaMYkCI The first thing to note is what we’re unboxing isn’t
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In this video, we take a look at three of the recently released 6' x 4' fleece gaming mats from UK based Geek Villain. We unroll, examine, and push models around on: March on Moscow - a winter-themed mat Wild West Town - a versatile desert mat Juno - a beach
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An interesting one here, as we unbox Delta One Zero. This is a fairly hefty starter set for a new modern combat game from Australian based company Bonza Games … telling you the country of origin was probably redundant there! https://youtu.be/oYxI4XbLLcc The text below is a transcript of the video, for those
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We’re opening up a new box of Death Fields models today. Inside are 24 multi-part, hard plastic, 28mm minis, ready to partake in the greatest sport. We’re as surprised as you probably are that Wargames Atlantic has invested what must be a sizable amount of money and time investment in
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Out onto the table tumble more ‘ultracast’ sprues from PSC – the Plastic Soldier Company. This time it’s a total of 105 figures forming a Mortem et Gloriam Carthaginian Army. Or at least that’s what it says on the box, we’ve actually got 36 African spearmen when apparently we should
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Arriving to bolster Wargames Atlantic’s Classic Fantasy range, this Giant Spiders box contains six identical hard plastic frames. Each frame is just shy of 15cm by 15cm and bristling with arachnid parts. Enough gribbly bits, in fact, to give even the bravest “I’ll remove the spider from the sink” home
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In part one of our Warcry: Catacombs unboxing we focused on the models and their abilities. Now, in part two, we look at everything else – especially the new bits of scenery, the game board, and the Catacombs book. We’ve built the new minis and terrain too, which we’ll show
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It's always a treat to delve into the fantasy worlds of Games Workshop and, with the release of their new Warcry boxed game on the horizon, we decided to delve deep into the Catacombs. In part one of this two part series we look at the new warbands and their abilities.
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15mm fans are getting spoiled by Plastic Soldier Company's releases at the moment. After their recent Ancients army sets, intended for Mortem et Gloriam, they've expanded the range. We're taking a look at more models for Early Imperial Roman and Gallic armies. We give them an unboxing ... or, rather,
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Taking a bit of a break from our usual offering of minis and books, we’re looking at the Timodel paint shaker. Is it, as the box claims, “Easier, faster, smarter?” Let’s find out. https://youtu.be/skFh23INWNU The text below is a transcript of the video - for those who prefer to read rather than
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In this unboxing video we take a look at two new Prussian Cavalry Black Powder sets from Warlord Games. Each set contains 12 horses and 12 cavalrymen, manufactured using Warlord Resin. How does this new wonder material stand up to close scrutiny? https://youtu.be/p1bDX0mMe6c
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In this 'unboxing' video we are looking at sample packs from the first release of First Corps' 28mm, metal, World War Two British Expeditionary Force range. Lower down the page you will also find photos and some of our trademark 'spins' of the models. https://youtu.be/RO4ewTck848 Brengunner Non-Commissioned Officer Battalion Commander Rifleman with bayonet Rifleman Find out more
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A new Starter Set from Battlefront is always a reason to be cheerful, both for the established player, of in this case Team Yankee, and for the newbie. For the former it represents a great value way of getting hold of more models, and for the later, a clear inroad
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It’s not often we unbox boardgames here on Wargames Illustrated TV, but we are going to take a look at Britannia by Plastic Soldier Company for two reasons: 1). it’s by PSC who are in the main and Wargames company. 2). It’s really, really good, oh and it’s about war. https://youtu.be/u2hi4gONK8c Below
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The latest plastic box set in the expanding and eclectic Wargames Atlantic range, is German Infantry 1916 -18. https://youtu.be/BcJ3bKUdxmY Comparison shot with metal Great War Miniatures WWI figures Below: Spins of six of the figures we made up from one of the frames. Below: A transcription of the video,
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We have got our hands on Two of Killing Kields Terrains premium battle mats and in this video, we put the SG StaticGrass BattleMat to the test. This mat comes in one size 7x5 Foot but can be easily cut down to any size needed, allowing gamers wiggle room when
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Any of you who thought that Black Seas by Warlord Games was a serious simulation of naval warfare in the Age of Sail are about to be disappointed, but anyone else who wants to add a bit of silly monster fun to their Black Seas games is in for a
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If you are a player of Games Workshops “Warhammer 40,000” then you will already be aware that this month sees’ the release of the latest edition of the rules. GW have decided to mark the event with the launch of what they are describing as “the biggest and best boxed
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Victory at Sea is the new naval wargame from Warlord Games. Following a tried and tested formula Warlord have released a boxed ‘Starter Set’ which contains everything you need to get going. Victory at Sea: Battle for the Pacific focuses on the World War Two sea war between the US
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RGD have been around as an online retailer since 2008, but this these plastic mythical creature box sets appears to be their first independently produced miniature range, which has come about as part of a successful Kickstarter. https://youtu.be/c09Zgzs1rRU The Faun Warband box contains eight plastic sprues, four identical male frames and four
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In support of their recent D-Day British: Forces in Normandy, 1944 book for Flames of War, Battlefront have re-released their plastic Cromwell tank, paired four them with a Firefly and released this new ‘Armoured Troop’ boxed set. https://youtu.be/kPT77EWZMoo The packaging for Battlefront products is always appealing and this chucky, moody box invites
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What do you do if you already make a 15mm Crusader tank frame, but also want to produce a Crusader self-propelled Anti-Aircraft Troop? Simples – you design and manufacture a new mini AA frame containing a turret and twin gun and pop it in a box with your existing (although
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I have to admit to becoming a little misty eyed when I opened the review parcel this week, as it contained two boxes of 15mm plastic figures from Plastic Soldier Company. The box art and the sprues of plastic miniatures within took me back to the heady days of my
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Gale Force Nine’s ‘Battlefield in a Box’ range rarely fails to impress, and these latest releases in the ‘Gothic’ range are no exception. Expanding on the eight Gothic building sections already available, these new sets we have here are two of the three new corner pieces, plus some additional pillars.
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What we have here is something a bit radical. Peter Dennis has been working for a while on his ‘Paperboys’ series of cut out and construct figures, from which you can form ranks of two dimensional wargames soldiers. Now with the help of Romanian company “World of Fun’ (or simply
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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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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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