Wargames Illustrated Showcase Game for HISTORICON 2018 Robert Giglio Editor’s Note: Bob is our US Liaison and has run a WI Showcase Game the last two times WI has journeyed across the Pond to a Historical Miniature Gaming Society (HMGS) convention. At HISTORICON 2015, Bob ran his “Saving Prince Kishan” game, and
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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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Amiens 1918: Victory From Disaster Gregory Blaxland Pen & Sword 2018 Reviewed by Jim Graham This book is another of Pen & Sword’s stealth publications. It was written for the anniversary of the battle, but the fiftieth not the hundredth, it is a reprint of a book first published in 1968. There is no
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The Battle of Majuba Hill The Transvaal Campaign 1880-1881 John Laband Helion & Company, 2017 Reviewed by Neil Smith Say what you like about Queen Victoria’s British, they never lacked self-belief. But with confidence comes the potential for hubris as the Victorian British army found all too often. One such case came in
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The Forgotten VCs. The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2 Brian Best Frontline Books, 2018 Reviewed by Neil Smith In The Forgotten VCs. The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2, Brian Best takes his readers deep into the jungles of southeast Asia to tell
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Refighting History Volume 5, Marlborough’s Big Four, the battles of Blenheim, Ramilles, Oudenarde and Malplaquet Charles S. Grant Partisan Press 2018 Reviewed by Jim Graham Marlborough’s Big Four (for brevity) by Charles S. Grant is published by Partizan Press, has 184 pages and a wealth of illustrations, photos and maps. This is the latest
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Wasatch Miniatures are marketed by GAJO Games and offer both painted and unpainted miniatures from their own and other companies ranges. We’re taking a look at the 28mm French and Indian War and Napoleonic Dutch ranges, plus the painted 15mm Moderns on offer. For the French and Indian War, we have
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Miniature Building Authority offer a range of resin buildings that cover the fantastical all the way to the modern day. They also offer their own range of terrain and vehicles for certain subjects. Some of the most recent projects from this company have been funded using Kickstarter. The most recent ones
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Luftwaffe 1946 Miniatures is perhaps best known for producing miniature aircraft from the beginning of World War Two up to the present day. Many of these miniatures are based upon both historically accurate and hypothetical aircraft designs. However, some of the newest releases in the range are focused upon a
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Pulp City is a game which sees super powered heroes take on super powered villains, all against the backdrop of a dark city in a world not unlike our own. Known as Supremes, the players take on the role of members of teams who battle against one another for either
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Victorious Miniatures continue to add to their ever-increasing Boxer Rebellion range, this time with some Regular Chinese Infantry. The Imperial Army ‘unofficially’ supported the Boxers, at first behind the scenes but then with troops and artillery. The sample figures have been taken from each of the two new packs of four Riflemen.
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Wargames Foundry have produced two packs of miniatures that not only serve to celebrate ‘those who served’ but also would be of use to a number of Modern or Ultramodern wargamers. SV067 Factory Staff and SV068 Street Violence Civilians are that rarity amongst the world of 28mm miniatures, characters in modern
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Bachmann have re-released the Conflix range of buildings in new packaging but with the same high quality. Designed for use with either 15, 20 or 28mm sized miniatures, these pre-painted and assembled buildings are just what ‘time poor’ gamers need to create a suitable tabletop layout in seconds. The first building
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This 204 page hardback is the latest set of rules for 15mil scale tanks and figures in a join venture with Osprey Publishing and Battlefront. The revamped Fate of a Nation is a variant of the Team Yankee rules system which focuses upon the Arab-Israeli Wars of the late 1960’s
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The Salute Wargames Show is the biggest in the world and with attendees numbering over 9,000 it has become an annual launchpad for new product releases for several of the companies that attend. Wargames Illustrated reporters spent the day stalking the hall at Excel in London A) taking photographs and reporting
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Back in 1970, Charles Grant wrote and had published Battle - Practical Wargaming, one of the first guides to tabletop wargaming exclusively for World War Two. This new 2017 edition contains six chapters that were never previously published, plus new material by Charlie M Grant, the original author’s grandson and
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Warhansa continues to produce high quality resin miniatures for their Modern Adventurers and Mercs range. Sent for review are two new packs, Witch Hunters and Illuminati. The Witch Hunters pack consists of four well-sculpted miniatures cast in a salmon pink coloured resin. Three of this miniatures could be said to bear
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Urban Construct produces a whole host of resin terrain, from the city blocks of the future mega cities through to modern vehicles and the remnants of a collapsed world. One of their many ‘Combi Packs’ consists of 10 pieces of ‘Junk’ that could make its way into a number of
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White Dragon Miniatures hit the market with some great sci-fi miniatures in their Shattered Void range. Yet what really seems to be exciting people are the master prints of the Courage In Contact range, based upon Modern British forces from Iraq to Afghanistan and beyond. These are some of the best
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Kromlech of Warsaw, Poland offer a range of products designed with science fiction gaming in mind, mostly parts designed to convert figures from other companies. However, they also produce miniatures of their own, including Dwarven warriors with more than a touch of reality. Although some of the Dvergr (dwarves) wield weapons
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Minifigs continue to add to their Modern range of vehicles, this time with three different MBTs for use by Chinese forces. There are examples of the Type 63, Type 98 and Type 88 / 85 tank on offer. All are crisply cast in metal with some basic details. All the tanks
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Heroics and Ros will not be a new name to those who game at 1/300th scale or 6mm size. However, what is new if that the current owners have continued to build upon the ranges and add even more to the array of modern era offerings. Although many of the miniatures
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It’s the best bit in the movie, right? The Scots Greys charging to glory across miles of Ukranian steppe at breakneck speed. They float through a hypnotic slo-mo sequence before slamming into the French guns. Rod Bonaparte utters the wonderfully banal “..but I’ll match them with my lancers!” and Michael
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The Jungle Survival Pocket Manual By Alan Jeffreys Casemate Publishing - www.casematepublishing.co.uk Reviewed by Neil Smith Modern war is seldom fought in green and pleasant valleys. Rather, soldiers trudge through wet mud, hot sand, and thick, steaming jungles. It doesn’t help that along with all the other hazards, these environments contained enemies with lethal
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Bob Murch of Pulp Figures is one of the best sculptors when it comes to the ‘classic’ pulp era of the 1920’s to the 1950’s. However, his latest range explores new ground, moving into an era of change and tribulation and adding a whole new aspect to the late 1960’s. In
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Cibo’s Little Dudes are an Italian-led company with a base in Switzerland. There are a number of ranges available, stretching from the Wars of Italian Unification to Modern Africa. The Risorgimento collection consists of various troops from a variety of nationalities. These all took a part in aiding or resisting the
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First Command Games is a U.S. based publishing company that provides rules and supplements that cover a whole host of periods. We take a look at just some of the softback books available. https://youtu.be/hWpsxyfwPu4 Our first book is For King or Empress, a complete set of fast play rules for designed to
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Anvil Industry was one of the first UK companies we became aware of that specializes in providing resin parts to create or customize miniatures. They have an ever-expanding range of miniatures that may be used for a range of backgrounds. Many of these miniatures and the parts thereof can be used
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Full Battle Rattle Miniatures is a relatively new company which has decided to focus upon the Canadian infantry who have served with ISAF in Afghanistan and beyond. The phrase ‘Full Battle Rattle’ is a military slang term for going on patrol or into battle with full equipment loads. With this in
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Warhansa is a Russian company, more a consortium of sculptors, who produce a number of ranges in resin. One of their ranges is a variety of different types of figures that would grace the collection of any modern era gamer. Although produced in a slightly salmon pink resin, these are incredibly
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