Artizan Designs and North Star have released new sculpts designed to be used as Confederate irregular, guerilla or similar renegade cavalry in the period before, during or after the American Civil War. Throughout the Kansas-Missouri Wars, Civil War and post-Civil War era, many individuals and groups fought on behalf of their
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is with great pleasure that we would like to announce the winners of the 2018 Wargames Illustrated awards. Over the last couple of months, our readers, Facebook followers and wargamers from around the globe (1,060 in total) have been voting in nine different categories
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Cruel Seas is an A4, perfect bound softback rulebook, printed on 108 pages of high quality paper stock. Released by Warlord Games, this is a World War Two Naval battle game which focuses upon the smaller ships of the war, fighting around the coastlines of the world. Cruel Seas has been
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Flatpack Forces offer full colour, ready to play wargaming armies and scenery produced in MDF. It not only looks great on the table but can be taken apart and stored remarkably easily, taking up minimal space. Designed to be easily and quickly based and on the gaming table as soon as
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Copplestone Castings and North Star have released new sculpts of an African tribe for use with the excellent Death In The Dark Continent rules or any other colonial era rules. The Shilluk Kingdom was located along the banks of the White Nile river in modern South Sudan. Its capital and royal
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Offensive Miniatures continue to release new figures for their World War Two ranges. The latest are 50 miniatures for their Winter Germans range, available in squad packs of 10 figures or in 4-figure supplementary packs. The figures are available in either winter smocks or greatcoats, or sometimes a combination of the
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Ares Games are close to releasing their most hotly anticipated games of the year, the Battlestar Galactica Starship Battles miniatures game. The starter game contains two opposing forces from the Second Cylon War, but the rules manage to cover the whole movie and TV franchise. https://youtu.be/67G70toCARA The box itself is well designed,
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Ghost Panzers and Red Banner are the names given to two new Flames of War Mid-War supplements. They deal with the German and Soviet forces employed on the Eastern Front from 1942 to 1943. https://youtu.be/B2Vdit0-IVs The Ghost Panzers supplement begins with two pages of special rules for the German forces, moving to
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Agema Miniatures produce a range of plastic and metal miniatures that add something special to those products available to Ancient era gamers. One of their latest releases is a box set of 21 multi-part, hard plastic Libyan Veteran Spearmen. Hannibal fought several major battles against the Romans following his invasion of
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Over Malvern Hill is an A4, spiral bound softback rulebook, printed on 71 pages of durable, high quality card. It is an adaptation of Stand To Games’ Over The Hills Napoleonic rules to regulate combat between the various forces employed during the much later American Civil War. The rules use
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Victrix have established an enviable reputation for offering top quality multipose plastics. The latest releases are for their Roman ranges, which cover both the Republican and Early Imperial periods. The Republican Roman Cavalry consists of 16 mounted figures in each set. All are armoured with chainmail and muscled cuirass and have
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In this video we present a playthrough of a forthcoming boardgame from the Plastic Soldier Company AKA PSC Games. We don’t normally ‘do’ boardgames, but as this one is by people who work mainly within wargaming (PSC, Dan Mersey and Peter Dennis) we thought we would give it a go
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In this unboxing we are going to take a look at the contents of the soon to be released Strike Fast, Strike Hard! Starter Set for Cruel Seas – the new World War Two naval battle game from Warlord Games. https://youtu.be/TOGfH9WzuS8 The new Cruel Seas World War II naval battle game puts
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STP Miniatures of Saint Petersburg, Russia are another company with not only a unique style, but also some excellent sculpts. Available in either polyurethane resin or metal, these figures are full of the type of character which lifts figures from simple toy soldiers to miniature heroes. The Civil War 1918 to
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Avanpost Historical Miniatures are a Russian company which produce figures for the Napoleonic and Thirty Years War period. These figures came to us somewhat 'out of the blue' and , as you can see, they are very impressive looking indeed. The miniatures are made from a polyurethane resin (which is pretty
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The Rebels and Patriots rules are contained within the standard Osprey Games ‘blue book’ softback, consisting of 64 pages. This is billed as the last of the rule sets based upon the ever popular Lion Rampant. It contains not only rules to game a host of conflicts from the North
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Gripping Beast are poised to release their latest set of plastic multipose miniatures, a set of Goth Noble Cavalry designed to lead your Germanic forces in a glorious charge. The set contains enough sprues and parts to put together 12 mounted miniatures in your choice of poses. Based upon the already
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Beyond Rome to the Alps – Across the Arno and Gothic Line 1944-1945 Johnathan Bracken Pen & Sword, 2018 Reviewed by Dom Sore Often when we think about the Italian Campaign we get up to Monte Cassino and the liberation of Rome and then stop. Even the liberation of Rome was overshadowed by some
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The Verdun Regiment Johnathan Bracken Pen & Sword, 2018 Reviewed by Neil Smith The Western Front in WWI is almost too big an experience to comprehend with any reasonable understanding, the killing too grinding in its manner, and often too horrific to digest in the comfort of our armchairs. But what about the
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Snipers at War – An Equipment and Operations History John Walter Greenhill Books 2017 Reviewed by Dom Sore Snipers are a strange bunch, sitting hidden for hours at a time, patiently waiting for that one opportunity to shoot before moving on to the next hide. Through history they have been revered and reviled, feared
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Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II Marco Ghiglino Seaforth Publishing 2018 Reviewed by John Laing The Germans of World War II were the very worst of allies. It is in large measure due to their vilification of the Italian war effort that we receive such a bad impression of the qualities of the
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Hero on the Western Front, discovering Alvin York’s WW1 battlefield Michael Kelly Frontline Books 2018 Reviewed by Jim Graham Hero on the Western Front is 343 pages long, including the index and footnotes, which are extensive. There are numerous illustrations, photos and maps which are generally very clear but the odd one is
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Images of War – SS Specialist Units in Combat Bob Carruthers Pen & Sword Military Reviewed by Images of War – SS Specialist Units in combat is the next book in this excellent series by Pen & Sword which covers military subjects ranging from the Crimean War to the Cold War and beyond,
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In this issue of Wargames Illustrated, come with us on a journey as we explore the campaigns of The Unkillable Soldier: Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart. P.S. And make sure you take a diversion to check out the latest game from Warlord - Cruel Seas - as seen in our Rules
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A Wargamer’s Guide To Making Tabletop Terrain is an A4 softback book consisting of 88 pages. This is a collection of articles on terrain building previously published in either Battlegames or Miniature Wargames magazines, presented in one collection with many additional photographs included. https://youtu.be/V2zWzCfBgeA What follows is a transcript of the audio
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Mantic Games have produced a new game in their Walking Dead Miniatures Game franchise. Here’s Negan! is a complete game in a box, with everything you need to take the role of a survivor in a world full of the Undead. https://youtu.be/Pl5Z8kBWuaM What follows is a transcript of the audio for the
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The Miniature Adventures of Dunsterforce 1918 scenarios and rules are contained within an A4 softback book consisting of 160 pages, written by Bob Giglio and published by Partizan Press. There are 16 scenarios outlined in the book, plus 8 appendices and a bibliography, covering the historical events and additional information
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Something a little different, thanks to our friends at Drum & Flag. This is just a selection of the new and upcoming products from a number of companies who produce the 1/72nd plastic figures. These figures offer such value for money for those looking to try out a new period
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Oniria Miniatures have a unique style, aided by the efforts of amazing sculptor Angel Terol. They have recently embarked on a new series of sculpts which focuses upon their first ‘love’, the historical and movie versions of the Old West. The set we have here is entitled ‘A Star Or A
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Alternative Armies have something suitably festive for your tabletop, although these snowmen are less interested in walking in the air than they are in tearing their enemies apart. There are three figures in this pack, consisting of a resin body, separate resin head and a choice of metal hands wielding weaponry. Each
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