William of Tyre recounts that, following the capture of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem by Turks in 1123, a party of Armenian knights attempted to stage a rescue. Disguised as monks, they infiltrated the castle where Baldwin was being held and overpowered the garrison. However, they were unable to get
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Footsore Miniatures have added more packs to their Later Dark Ages range. These are warrior monks or Milites Christi which can be used for both the late Dark Ages or Medieval periods. We’re reviewing two of the five available Milites Christi packs - Warrior Monks with Cross and Warrior Monks with
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We’ve got an eclectic selection of new stuff to tell you about from Gripping Beast. ITALIAN ALLIES Pictured below you can see some of their re-worked and re-released ‘Italian Allies’ suitable for the Punic Wars. Nice looking figures which have benefited for GBs programme of going through their back catalogue of Ancient
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Steel and Steed is a ‘Wargaming ruleset for knights at Tournament’. This 112 page softback A4 book pitches the lead player in the role of host of a medieval tournament, or series of tournaments, which can involve: one on one combat, jousting, mounted combat, team combat on foot and horseback
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Fireforge Games have gone all undead with their latest multi-pose plastic miniatures. The new boxes allow you to field mounted and dismounted undead fantasy warriors, plus a horde of zombified peasants, all ready to aid in enacting the wishes of a fell Necromancer. The first of the boxes received for review
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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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Modiphius Entertainment have revealed the Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms Starter Set models. The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing open world epic fantasy video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series is known for its elaborate and richly detailed open worlds and its focus on free-form gameplay. Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all won Game of the
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War World Gaming have a number of sets and individual buildings that can be used across a range of genres. We’re lucky enough to have been sent a set of models that will be used again and again. The Complete Medieval Township makes the perfect addition to your 28mm fantasy
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Uncertain Scenery is a small company offering some unusual scenery in MDF. Although they have Medieval style buildings and similar items, we’ll be looking at their Gaming Board Systems and some sci-fi items to accompany them. The Gaming Board System developed by the company comes in 10, 15 and 28mm.
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Renedra are the ‘go to’ experts in the UK and Europe if you want high quality plastic moulding. They also produce some great products of their own, as shown by these Stone and Thatch and Wattle / Timber Out Buildings. Suitable for both Dark Ages and Medieval gaming, these are up
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In support of the new ‘universe’ book for SAGA: Age of Magic, Gripping Beast have released their first sets of fantasy figures, showcased at Salute 2019. For the 'Undead Legion' we have Skeleton Warriors (12 in total), Hearthguard with hand weapons and Hearthguard with ‘Great Weapons’ (12 in total) and a
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Elladan are a Germany figure and terrain manufacturer, amongst their offerings they produce a great range of Dark Age, Medieval, World War Two and Modern buildings . One of their most recent releases is this excellent Dark Age Living Hall, which arrives as a kit in a large box. https://youtu.be/vF_QIm3_4Uk The kit
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Between the August 2018 (WI370) and November 2018 (WI373) issues of Wargames illustrated magazine, we have been running a series of articles by Dr Steve Tibble entitled 'Reimagining the Crusades', in which Steve discusses some of the concepts in his recently released book The Crusader Armies, and (crucially!) discusses how
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Gladiatoria: Medieval Armoured Combat Dierk Hagedorn & Bartlomiej Walczak Greenhill Books Reviewed by Zachary G Martin Some admonitions from history are so oft repeated in war-gaming circles that it seems surprising that they need to be repeated at all. By now surely it is known that the Wehrmacht was mostly horse drawn, we no
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Things From The Basement are known for the wide range of different MDF buildings and terrain they produce, plus other items that aid gamers in creating their battlefields. The Watermill shown here is just one example of the quality of the buildings available. The buildings arrive as kits and unpainted, and
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Our good friends at Hobby Co., the main distributors for Zvezda products worldwide, sent through one of the Russian companies latest releases, a Medieval Stone Castle. This would work with miniatures up to 28mm in size and offers a great deal to the wargamer. https://youtu.be/_JEs3QAAVFY This is a re-release of a kit
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Studio Tomahawk’s new Saga Universe SAGA: Age of Crusades details crusader warfare in the Levant, in Spain and in the Baltic. There are 12 factions, Mercenaries, Legendary units and mysterious Acts of Faith which fill this book, following on from the same format as the previous ‘Universe’ release; The Age
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Curteys Miniatures / 1st Corps continue to release pack after pack of top quality miniatures. Two of their most recent offerings are Pict Warriors Defending with Spears 1 and more Medieval Friars. There are four figures in the Pict Warrior pack, dressed in typical Pictish garb and suitably hirsute. These are
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Antidiluvian Miniatures is well known for their Fantasy and Lost World ranges. Yet they have begun to add a number of Historical miniatures as a part of a range of Medieval Scots and Irish. These figures were originally sculpted to form part of the Claymore Castings range but have now returned
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Ambushes are a common military operation which don’t translate well to our tabletop battles. Declaring that you are playing an ‘ambush scenario’ to your opponent has the instant effect of ruining that key element of an ambush – the surprise With this month’s theme ‘Ambush – taken by Surprise’ we present
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Helion and Company continues to work with Peter Dennis and Andy Callan to bring more ‘paper soldiers’ to the marketplace. Two of the latest books are Castle Assault, which covers sieges and battles from the age of Edward I to the Battle of Bannockburn, and Jacobite ’45, covering the period
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tssAOTqVJxk&t OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: AMBUSH! Pete Brown shares some ideas for replicating the military art of ambush in our tabletop battles. SAGA 2 – ITERATION OR NEW GAME? Dom Sore takes a close look at the new rulebook and discusses what’s changed or
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Antidiluvian Miniatures produce figures themed around the Lost World, Fantasy, Medieval Demons and Historical. Received for review were figure packs from the first two ranges, all fairly unique. The Lost World figure is an example of a Terror Bird, or Phorusrhacids, the large, flightless, carnivorous birds which roamed South America and
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: ALL THE HEROES Neil Smith introduces us to this month’s theme with a brief introduction to the history of battle honours. THE WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED AWARDS We present our inaugural annual awards to the companies and individuals who you voted
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The theme of the current issue (WI361, November) of Wargames Illustrated is - The Cavalry. We present five articles on cavalry in battle and on the tabletop and on the painting table. We’ve got cav at Waterloo, in the First and Second World Wars, across America and in medieval Europe. https://youtu.be/dxfwu2TIslU
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Partizan Press have partnered with Slitherine to produce a new edition of the Field of Glory rules, the 3rd in the series, with Terry Shaw taking over on writing duties from the earlier authors. Popular with tournament players, this new version has some minor changes that may have a major
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Who doesn’t love a good cavalry change? Whether it’s pounding the earth with your Scots Greys as they charge forward in a Black Powder Waterloo game, sweeping around the flank with your Seleucid cataphracts in Swordpoint, or performing a reverse twist and musket discharge whilst standing on the back of
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OBSERVATION POST We take a look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: BIG MEN ON BIG HORSES One of our friendly neighbourhood Napoleonic era buffs takes a wargamer’s eye view of the heavy cavalry at Waterloo. THE FLOATING HULK Joe McCullough provides an exclusive solo scenario for use with his
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Conquest Games have an increasingly useful range of plastic and metal miniatures. Alongside generic warriors on foot and mounted, there are heroes or outlaws who hide in the forests themselves. The most recent impeding release are Medieval Knights, plastic multipose figures and their mounts who can be assembled using a number
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