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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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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Gale Force Nine have a well-established line of pre-painted tabletop-ready scenery in their Battlefield in a Box series, and here we are going to take a look at two new terrain pieces. https://youtu.be/KbI3mCks_jk Sacrificial Rocks and Dragon’s Grave definitely have a classic fantasy or even lost world vibe about them. As with
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Knight Models have created a new version of the Harry Potter Miniatures Adventure Game, re-packaging it and clarifying many of the rules into a more streamlined version. The re-born boxed set now comes in a ‘biscuit tin’-style cover, with more deluxe ‘fixtures and fittings’. https://youtu.be/cqmZaxGfeng Once you lift the lid of the
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GCT Studios have created a new, two-player starter set for their histori-mythological game Bushido, set in the Age of the Samurai, with a fantasy twist. https://youtu.be/tuyGXgVupCw Encased within a fairly sturdy box, the first thing you notice are the metal models as they clunk onto the table. There are three figures for
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Grey for Now Games have worked hard to re-vamp the Test Of Honour rules into an advanced form of the previous incarnation. The re-born boxed set has a number of new features that add to the more cinematic nature of the game. https://youtu.be/PxMf_2D1WHo For those of you who would rather read than
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SPQR is the latest miniatures game from Warlord Games. It is available as a stand-alone softback book, or as a part of the ‘A Clash of Heroes’ Starter Set. https://youtu.be/DMtfZsg1HTY For those of you who would rather read than watch, below you will find a transcript of the video voiceover. In this video
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Rubicon Models continues to churn out top quality model kits that are suitable for the more discerning wargamer. Some of their latest and upcoming releases provide variants upon a ‘classic’ armoured fighting vehicle and ant-aircraft support. https://youtu.be/IHkzoc-4l0s The Panzer IV is one of the most iconic and widely produced tanks in the
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When Ares Games released their Battlestar Galactica Starship Battles core boxed set, we got the chance to review it. Doing this job week in and week out, it sometimes takes a lot to get me excited. The core set was that product, based upon one of my favourite sci-fi TV
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Fallen Frontiers: The Battle for Hextrom VI from Scale 75 Games is the first in a series of miniature games. It is set in a futuristic sci-fi society where humans have colonized much of the galaxy and have found powerful energy sources and intelligent life forms with advanced technology. https://youtu.be/RXJ20EML6c8 In the
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Fireforge Games will soon be releasing yet more plastic, multi-part fantasy figures for their Forgotten World concept. We’ve been lucky enough to get hold of 3 boxes, all from the Northmen range, and enough to make a compact skirmish level force for a number of games. https://youtu.be/-9oV6BARTwE The Northmen Warriors box consists
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In amongst the new releases from a number of long-established companies, we discovered this two-player boxed set from Word Forge Games. Rules, miniatures and more all in one small box, this is a ‘quick set-up’, fast play game that is remarkably portable. https://youtu.be/KkW9wmU3gsI Lifting the box lid, we first come upon 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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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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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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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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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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Mantic Games had some copies of the retail version of the new Hellboy The Board Game for sale at Salute 2019. Although the Kickstarter version on display contains much, much more (you lucky people!), this general release version is packed with plenty of gaming goodness. Based upon the comic book
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The latest Prodos Games expansion for their AVP game is Hot Landing Zone. This come in a small boxed set which contains rules, punchboards, resin miniatures and a series of jungle tiles. https://youtu.be/u-UQX9s8jfA Once you lift the lid of this slim box, you first come upon the rulebook. This is a 28-page
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Crooked Dice Game design Studio has added a second boxed set to their range, this time themed around the movies, fiction and TV shows which focus upon the End Times and beyond. Cunningly entitled 7TV: Apocalypse, the rules focus upon allowing players to re-create and game their own chosen Post
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The Plastic Soldier Company have taken Richard Borg’s tried and tested Command and Colors and worked with him to publish a set of space combat rules, Red Alert. These come in a large boxed set which contains rules, punchboards, spacecraft and a play mat. https://youtu.be/aQpOGMjOcA8 Once you lift the lid of this
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Flying Frog Productions continue to produce core sets and expansions for their Shadows of Brimstone game setting. Set in a Wild West where ancient horrors have emerged to threaten the town of Brimstone and the wider world, players must work together to push back the creatures who would seek to
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Battlefront have released more plastic figures for their Flames of War range. Based upon their recent releases for the Stalingrad period on the Eastern Front of World War Two, we have a Storm Group and SMG Company. https://youtu.be/J72DOrjjf50 The Storm Group contains 68 plastic figures, moulded in a vinyl style plastic on
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Galakta Games have come up with a different type of miniatures related boardgame which we thought you would be interested in taking at look at. In This War of Mine, players take on the role of civilians caught up in a conflict, using the resources they have to try and
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Warlord Games continue to support their Blood Red Skies World War Two aerial combat game with new releases. This time around we have new German fighters in the form of squadron boxes, complete with Ace Pilots. https://youtu.be/zPMKlt7x2Gc The first new release is the Fw 190A Squadron. We’re moving past the end of the
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Warlord Games have produced fleets for two more nations to use with their Cruel Seas naval combat rules – the Italian and Soviets. https://youtu.be/bZU8c-xe88Q The Italian Starter Set offers 7 vessels from the Regia Marina, produced in resin or metal, with a mix of both for some ships. The Italian navy had
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These Agincourt Mounted Knights expand on the three plastic box sets already available for this period - 1415 – 1429 - from Perry Miniatures. The set contains 12 non-nation specific mounted knights on three duplicate frames of body parts, arms and armour, plus four frames of horses. https://youtu.be/IgSVvlxsltQ Although there are copious
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