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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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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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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Ares Games created the Battlestar Galactica Starship Battles Game back in 2018. Since then, it has proven popular at various shows and conventions, and with gamers in general. But Ares have always committed to expanding upon the game to offer more and more ways to play, and have provided further
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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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