Pendraken Miniatures have added more packs to their 10mm 1809 Napoleonic range. The packs chosen for review are command packs for the period. We’re reviewing three of the available packs – The Duchy of Warsaw, Wurtemburgers and Saxons. Each pack contains five figures in the same ratio, one mounted officer, one
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The First Campaign Victory of the Great War: South Africa, manoeuvre warfare, the Afrikaner Rebellion and the German South West Africa Campaign 1914-1915. Antonio Garcia Helion Books Reviewed by Jim Graham The First Campaign Victory of the Great War by Antonio Garcia is published by Helion, and has 208 pages including index and
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The Napoleonic Ottoman Army Uniforms, Tactics and Organization C. Flaherty Partizan Press Reviewed by There is very little written material available in English about the Ottoman Army during the Napoleonic period and hence this new work by Chris Flaherty is very welcome. The book is an A4 size hardback book that runs to 180
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Frederick Whirlpool VC Alan Leek Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith Frederick Whirlpool welcomed his obscurity in late 19th Century Australia, indeed he worked at it and even assumed a false name to guarantee his anonymity. His success might have been assured except for two things; he won Australia’s first Victoria Cross,
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We take a sneak peek at Warlord Games' plastic 3rd rate ship frame, being released for Black Seas, their upcoming Napoleonic Era naval combat game. The new frame consists of enough parts to create one 3rd Rate vessel, a 74-gun ship with three decks of cannon, complete with some positioned
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Warlord Games are on the cusp of releasing their new game Black Seas. Based upon combat between sailing vessels during the Napoleonic era, an integral part of the new game’s release will be 1/700th scale plastic model kits. Two of these kits are shown here, a large frame consisting of
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Victorious Miniatures are a small Nottingham, England based figure manufacturer with a catalogue of 28mm figures for the 1790’s Napoleonic period and the Boxer Rebellion. This new Victorious pack of US Marines adds to their Boxer Rebellion 'Allied Troops’ range, which also includes the British. These nice clean sculpts are of
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In preparation for the release of two new Napoleonic French plastic box sets, Alan Perry (one half of Perry Miniatures), invited us over to take a look at some of the painted 3-ups for the range. Wargames Illustrated: So, what do we have here? Alan Perry: These are resin figures that have
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Below, for your spinning pleasure, we have two new and one forthcoming Napoleonic figure packs by Perry Miniatures. We asked designer Alan Perry to tell us a bit about each pack, beginning with the French Foot Artillery set. Alan Perry: This is good for 1808 to 1813/14, so mid-war French artillery
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Helion & Company have once again teamed up with artist Peter Dennis to produce the second book in the Paperboys On Campaign series, this time focussing upon The Peninsular War during the Napoleonic period. This 48-page softback book consists of sheets of paper-based figures that may be photocopied and cut
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Wargames Terrain & Building The Napoleonic Wars Tony Harwood Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith One of the biggest joys our hobby provides is the aesthetics of miniature figures displayed on well-crafted terrain. And while skirmish games are all the rage, there is nothing quite like seeing the big armies fighting it
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Pen and Sword have released a new book written by a wargamer, for wargamers. Wargames Terrain & Buildings: The Napoleonic Wars is basically a series of model making projects in various scales that can also be used for other periods and contains a wealth of techniques. This is a 160-page
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Warlord Games are adding Crimean War Russian Infantry to their 19th Century Black Powder miniatures range. What makes these particular miniatures different is the fact that they are plastic, posed in the now standard fashion adopted by the company. Each frame of plastic figures allows the gamer to field 6 figures
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Wargames Atlantic have entered the plastic multi-pose figure market with two very different frames of figures. The Plastic Greek Undead offer something to the Greek Myth gamer, whilst the Raumjager could serve as sci-fi troops across a range of different games. We’ve decided to focus on the frames, just to show
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Buy this in Print FROM THE EDITOR I stand corrected, after chiding Richard Clarke of Too Fat Ladies for giving the characters in his games “silly names”, Rich rebuked with a well reasoned and constructed article on why it’s never a bad idea to give the heroes in your games monikers like
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Field of Glory: Napoleonic (2nd Edition) is the latest version of the previously published rules systems from. This is a 153-page softback book aimed at those who like to field a fair few figures but keep the tabletop battle manageable. https://youtu.be/8UX7tjGvVJ0 The rules begin with a helpful guide to the equipment needed,
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FROM THE EDITOR This month we commemorate one hundred years since the end of World War One, perhaps the most poignant time for those alive now to reflect on the loss of life during a previous generation. This November also hosts another commemoration or more correctly celebration in the form of
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Steve Barber has been sculpting miniatures for many years. In amongst his 28mm ranges are some well sculpted miniatures, some of which take a different approach to the creation of an army. The latest range on offer is designed for the Thirty Years War. These come with separate heads, allowing you
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The Iron Marshal: A Biography of Louis N. Davout John G. Gallaher Frontline Books Reviewed by Bruce Mulmat The Iron Marshal was first published in 1976 and is by far the most comprehensive book that I have ever read on one of Napoleon’s Marshals. Mr. Gallaher complied a massive amount of correspondences on Marshal
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The Veteran, or 40 Years’ Service in the British Army Gareth Glover ed Helion & Company, 2018 Reviewed by Neil Smith The hits keep coming from Helion & Company’s From Reason to Revolution series of books. Number 13 is the fascinating memoir of Paymaster John Harley of the 47th Foot, diligently edited by
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Narrative of the Eventful Life of Thomas Jackson Thomas Jackson Helion & Company, 2018 Reviewed by Neil Smith Those clever people at Helion & Company have been putting together an excellent series of books on the long 18th Century under the heading of From Reason to Revolution. The latest addition, number 14, is
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Who doesn’t like campaign wargaming? What’s not to like about playing through a series of linked battles and adding in entertaining additional elements to your games, like logistics, character development and herding cats (i.e. your fellow wargamers!). In our theme for this issue we have asked Alan Perry (Perry Miniatures), Joe
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Godoy’s Army Charles Esdaile & Alan Perry Helion & Company, 2017 Reviewed by Neil Smith As a wargamer, I have an abiding fear that one evening I will line up my army on the table, only to hear “They’re cute!” from my opponent who promptly gives my pretty soldiers a severe drubbing. That is
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The Hundred Thousand Sons of St Louis Ralph Weaver Helion & Company 2018 Reviewed by Bernd Biege One of the small wars you might have missed, the French invasion of Spain during the Trenio Liberal (the “Liberal Three Years”) could be seen as an extension of the Napoleonic Wars, or as the beginnings of
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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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Brigade Games continue to add to their Napoleonics range with these recent additions, some inspired by history and some inspired by historically based TV shows. The first two packs represent mounted and dismounted character packs that represent two incarnations of an ‘Exploring Officer’. One has a touch of the Irish rogue
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We have a bonus eight pages again for you this month. Our article submissions are on a real roll at the moment and as the print deadline for each magazine looms nearer we are struggling to fit all the articles we have into the magazine. Having said that, always bear
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Another manufacturer we caught up with a Tactica in Hamburg was Freebooter Miniatures. They always put on a good show; cosplaying, and running games using their Freebooter’s Fate rules system and, as always, displaying their game and figures on excellent terrain. This year they were showcasing their new Debonn faction, largely based upon
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We made our now annual journey to the excellent Vapnartak show in York, England on February 4th, one of the first big shows of the year and a great introduction to another hobby year. Among all the amazing games being played and traders selling a host of products, we picked
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Wellington By Gary Sheffield The History Press, 2017 Reviewed by Neil Smith The latest in The History Press series of Pocket Giants is a brief biography of the Duke of Wellington written by Gary Sheffield. In keeping with his brief, Sheffield writes a short book though he refers to longer biographies by other historians
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