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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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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