It’s time we paid tribute to that staple of the wargame - the charge. Whether on foot in command of 15,000 Confederates trying to finally get to those damn Yankees, or riding to glory with the Scots Greys whilst re-fighting Waterloo, the charge is often the watershed moment in both real
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Steve Barber Models is a company with a swathe of different ranges. Many of these deal with the less obvious aspects of certain periods or fulfil niches that other companies fail to fill. We have examples here of three packs from two different ranges. The first pack is NB1, British Napoleonic
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The theme for this issue is Soldiers on Campaign - and not - Soldiers, on Campaign. A subtle difference which means that rather than focusing on the wargame campaigns the soldiers are on, we are focusing on the soldiers that are on those campaigns. Simple! And if that’s about as
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Wargames Atlantic are rapidly becoming one of the most innovative manufacturers of multi-part plastic figures on the market. One of their ranges is titled Death Fields and is designed to represent the use of soldiers kidnapped from Earth over the years who fight in a battlefield arena for the pleasure
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As we barrel towards Christmas, it’s good to know that Perry Miniatures have managed to release the perfect gift for those who enjoy gaming with their French Napoleonic armies. The new French Napoleonic Infantry Battalion 1807 – 14 and Elite Companies French Infantry 1807 – 14 are boxes of hard
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Hagen Miniatures is a company based in Germany which offers an eclectic range of miniatures across pretty much every figure size you can think of. Whether its ACW Ironlads, Napoleonic shipping or spacecraft of the far future, Hagen Miniatures have a really useful selection of ‘naval’ vessels that would suit a
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Setting the Scene Volume 2, subtitled Creating a Wargames Layout for the Mediterranean, is fundamentally a series of wargaming terrain building projects. These are all presented in a stage by stage format, with full instructions and plenty of photographic support. A 148-page, full colour softback book, this is a book
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Bataille Empire is a set of wargaming rules covering the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, catering for a wide variety of figure sizes. The rulebook itself is a 256-page softback and aims to both inform as well as provide ‘historical’ wargaming rules. https://youtu.be/HlLLIFGI3Po The introduction details the main aims of the book, being
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Although published a few years ago, it’s worth mentioning this set of rules, which takes a somewhat different approach to the zombie apocalypse. Taking its cue from the world explored in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies novel and movie, Jane Austen: Zombie Killer is a 48-page, A5 softback rulebook
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The fourth in a series of wargaming guides from Crowood Press, the Creating a Napoleonic Wargames Army 1809 – 1815 book serves as a very comprehensive guide to starting out in the Napoleonic Period and provides access to a number of possibilities. This is a 159-page softcover book that is
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Buy this in Print Do you like this month’s cover mount freebie? (Prime members can find theirs here) We figured that even if you are not into naval wargaming you would like to ‘have a play’ with the great new 1/700th scale ship models designed by Warlord Games for their forthcoming
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Eagle Figures are diversifying their Napoleonic Era ranges to include Grenadiers for the Austrian Empire. Received for review are examples of 6 single figures from the range, A40 Austrian Grenadier March Attack, A41 Austrian Grenadier Officer sword raised, A42 Austrian Grenadier Officer, pointing, A43 Austrian Grenadier Ensign, A44 Austrian Grenadier Drummer
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The following is a scenario designed to allow the interested gamer to refight this battle using the Two Fat Lardies’ Sharp Practice! Rules The Two Fat Lardies’ Sharp Practice! rules will work very well as they use interesting game mechanics to represent critical variable factors in play pertinent to this scenario.
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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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Buy this in Print I remember my old history teacher telling the class “Britain has only ever been successfully invaded three times throughout history. Once by the Romans, then by the Anglo-Saxons and finally by the Normans in 1066”. As a twelve year old boy I just scribbled this down in
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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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