Dunkirk German Operations in France 1940 Hans-Adolf Jacobsen Casemate, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith Originally published in 1958, Dunkirk relates the incredible success of the German army in crushing French, Belgian, and British opposition in a blitzkrieg campaign that took place over a few weeks in May 1940. In five chapters, running to about
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WWII in the Desert Andy Singleton Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith I do not intend to start an internet versus book debate here, but I had wasted an awful lot of time looking for painting tips and lessons in the virtual world before Andy Singleton’s WWII in the Desert fell through
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T-54/55 – Soviet Cold War Main Battle Tank Robert Jackson Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Robert Jackson’s T-54/55 – Soviet Cold War Main Battle Tank marks the 16th release in Pen & Sword’s Tank Craft series, which “aims to provide modelmakers and enthusiasts with a new standard of primarily visual reference” for full-size
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Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World Owen Rees Pen and Sword Military, 2018 Reviewed by Zachary G Martin The importance of warships to the Greeks cannot be overstated. Indeed, the Athenian Empire was a Thallassocracy in name and nature, existing much like the later British Empire, generally by dint of its overwhelming
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Charles XI’s War – The Scanian War Between Sweden and Denmark, 1675-1679 Michael Fredholm von Essen Helion (Century of the Soldier) 2019 Reviewed by Bernd Biege We all heard of the Thirty Years War, and the Great Northern War, but apart from that, Scandinavian military history is often lost in a bit of fog,
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Osprey Games have released the first supplement for the Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse skirmish gaming system. Seasons adds new layers of options to your campaign games, introducing the complications that seasonal changes and weather can have on groups of survivors. The new book is in the current Osprey Games hardcover
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Rubicon Models have added yet more top-quality model kits that are suitable for the more discerning wargamer. And again, they go that extra mile by providing another set of variants ‘in a box’ for a ‘classic’ armoured fighting vehicle and another example of typical anti-aircraft support. The Panzer IV is one
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Osprey Games have teamed up once more with game designer Mike Hutchinson and parts of the Gaslands community to present a new and shiny hardback version of the basic rules, plus a whole host of new content. The new book is a slightly larger than A5 hardcover format book with
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Victorious Miniatures have recently added more figure packs to their Boxer Rebellion range with Legation troops and more Chinese civilians. The attack on the European Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899 – 1901 saw a fairly ragtag but professional force of European troops and legation staff forced to resist
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Sally 4th have a range of classic movie inspired miniatures with a Pulp feel that could feature in historical games as well. The first pack, entitled Take the High Road, contains 4 metal miniatures inspired by the main characters from the movie High Road To China (1983). The figures are entitled
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Hardsix Gaming of Toronto, Canada have an upcoming tabletop skirmish game entitled Kingdom & Empire. This is a fantasy medieval game setting where technology is powered by magic and warring kingdoms vie for control of resources and land. Shown here is an example of an assembled Missionary MKII Praetorian suit. These
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The Armour of Rommel’s Afrika Korps Ian Baxter Pen & Sword Military, 2018 Reviewed by Paul Leach Ian Baxter’s The Armour of Rommel’s Afrika Korps stands as a welcome addition to Pen & Sword’s Images of War series and should be of interest to the general World War II enthusiast and tabletop wargamer alike.
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Greece 1941 – The Death Throes of Blitzkrieg Jeffrey Plowman Pen & Sword Military, 2018 Reviewed by Paul Leach Jeffrey Plowman’s Greece 1941 – The Death Throes of Blitzkrieg offers a riveting—and sometimes harrowing—account of Germany’s three-week campaign to capture Greece in April 1941. It focuses on the understrength British and Commonwealth expeditionary force
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Letters from Mafeking, Eyewitness accounts from the longest siege of the South African War Edward M. Spiers Reviewed by Jim Graham Letters from Mafeking is published by Frontline Books, one of Pen & Swords imprints, and is the third in Spiers’s series on the sieges of the Boer War; he has also written
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Attila the Hun: Arch Enemy of Rome Ian Hughes Pen & Sword Military, 2019 Reviewed by Matthew Hardwick Even today Attila the Hun occupies a unique place in the minds of modern Europeans. It is not Alaric the Goth, who actually sacked Rome, who is used as a synonym for barbarian hordes, or as
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Images of War – M7 Priest. Rare Photographs from Wartime Arichives David Doyle Pen & Sword Military, 2019 Reviewed by Kevin Rolko The books of Pen & Sword´s well-known series “Images of War” can be divided into two different groups. Books of the first group cover a particular battle, period or theatre. They are
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Grey For Now Games now own the rights to the game that the founders designed. To celebrate this fact, the lead designer has gone back to the rules as published and added new levels of play, whilst shifting the focus from just large groups of figures fighting to a more
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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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Crooked Dice have recently added to their burgeoning Pulp era range with two new packs of movie inspired miniatures that could well feature in historical games as well. One of the main features of 1930s and 40s pulp and pulp era derived movies, television and stories is the rise of the
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Warcradle Studios continues to release more miniature options for their top selling Wild West Exodus game system. One of the latest boxed set releases is the Death From Above Posse Set. This consists of 4 winged Spirits, taken from Native American mythology and intended for use alongside Warrior Nation factions. Shown
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Dark Fable Miniatures are a small company which produces a fantastic range of Egyptian-themed miniatures. From the prosaic to the mythological, the range has something for everyone. We picked out 3 packs that most ably represent what is on offer. Our first pack contains 3 figures and is entitled Pharaoh and
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Bear’s Head Miniatures has an eclectic but ever increasing series of unique miniatures in metal and resin. We’re highlighting three of them, from their Animals and Mythical Creatures and Undead ranges. The first figure is a resin cast Grizzly Bear. The pose on this animal is aggressive, with wide open, roaring
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Buy this in Print We do hope you are enjoying your free plastic frames every month, this offer is set to continue throughout 2019 (and hopefully beyond). This month’s offering is quite special, the Crimean War Russians bagged with this issue have only just been released by Warlord Games, so this
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Osprey Games have released the latest in their new range of hardback rules systems, this time focussed upon skirmish level rules for adventures during the classic Cyberpunk setting, complete with mega corporations, dystopian themes and combat from street to hyper reality level. This is a roughly US Letter format rulebook,
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Warlord Games have put together some new unit boxes to support the recent release of their Black Powder supplement for the French and Indian Wars - A Dark and Bloody Ground. Each of the three boxes contain 12 metal figures and acts as a ‘unit add-on’ for the larger boxed sets or the
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The eagerly awaited Test of Honour 2nd Edition rules will soon be out, presented as a set of rules in a box-cum-slipcover with all the tokens and other items that you could need. Of course, a new edition needs new models, and here we have 8 of them, characters all,
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Offensive Miniatures have a fantastic Near Future range that has been out for a while but is well worth a second look. The Rioters, Protesters and Police miniatures are pretty much the best on the market for those looking to add something extra to their tabletop. With such a wide selection
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Gringo 40s have finally been able to release their own range of 28mm figures to represent the combatants during the Battle for Hue in early 1968 during the Vietnam War. Just recently, the world of 28mm miniatures has gone from one or two figure ranges designed for troops fighting during the
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Partizan Press have released another new rulebook, this time designed for fighting battles during the colonial period in the Sudan from 1883 to 1885. The excellently titled Up The Nile is a 44-page, softback book presented in a handy, slightly larger than A5, format. https://youtu.be/wBm1AeZIWNM The rules are written by Kevin Calder
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Parabellum Wargames continue to make progress with their Conquest: Last Argument of Kings pseudo-fantasy / historical rules and background. At the UK Games Expo, they had some samples of the figures from the core set on offer, so we grabbed a selection to take a look. The first thing to realise
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