Escaping Occupied Europe Hylke Faber, Pieter Stolk Pen & Sword History Reviewed by Jack Perry ‘’Escaping Occupied Europe’’ is the fascinating, often humorous (and very candid) tale of one Dutch student’s odyssey across a Europe under nazi-occupation as he, like many of his fellow resistance members escaped certain death
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Hitler's Brandenburgers: The third Reich's Elite Special Forces Lawrence Paterson Greenhill Books, 2018 Reviewed by Kevin Rolco Among Second World War miniature wargamers all around the world German elite units in general and the infamous Brandenburgers in particular are very popular subjects. Yet comprehensive English language unit histories are scarce. Therefore, Lawrence Paterson´s new
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Perry Miniatures have added a 1/56th scale resin and metal kit to their World War Two range. The Italian Lancia 90/53 Gun Truck is a unique support weapon available to the Axis forces. The Lancia 90/53 is a 90mm gun on the back of a Lancia truck. Originally designed for use
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This week, our Prime members have the chance to win two forces for the campaign in the Western Desert during World War Two. We have a box of plastic multipose 8th Army and a box of Afrika Korps for one luckiy winner, and don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! And
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Warlord Games can always be relied upon to take a theatre of World War Two and offer as many infantry and support options as possible. One of their latest releases for use with the Bolt Action rules is this squad of Fallschirmjager. This squad box consists of 10 metal figures, with
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The upcoming release of the new Campaign: Battle of France supplement for Bolt Action offers 128 pages of scenarios and more for gaming Early World War Two in France and Belgium during the Summer of 1940. This is a softback book, providing special rules, amendments and suitable army lists for
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4Ground are expanding their product range once more, adding the first in a series of 28mm scale building themed around the Far and South East Asia, and . And they need YOUR help… https://youtu.be/_YfdeyLRAbM The ‘Nanhai Trading Post’ represents a typical structure found in the Far East or South East Asia, this
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Pendraken Miniatures have released a whole host of miniatures for the Korean War of the 1950’s. They’ve decided to ‘go large’ on the number of packs, providing all you need to get started in replicating the battles in 10mm. There are 128 packs in the initial release, which cover infantry, command
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I always get a bit nervy when our theme content doesn’t include the wargaming ‘big three’ of Ancients, Napoleonics and World War Two, and in truth we could have crowbarred articles on all of these subjects into our ‘Bush Wars’ theme, but we decided to embrace the eclectic in the
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Every now and again, a club or gaming group needs something, to unite the members, promote a new game system or just to use forgotten parts of our figure collections. Recently, Sub-Editor Wayne ran a campaign at his club bringing a set of rules and an old gaming supplement together
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Thanks to our friends over at Warlord Games, This weeks Freebie Friday is there latest British 8th Army Starter Set of which you can see our unboxing here! Get ready to build and battle across North Africa with the British 8th Army starter army box set! And don’t forget, if you’re Prime,
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Thanks to our friends at Mantic Games, this week we have there Dungeon Depths Terrain Crate to give away to one lucky Prime member, You can see our unboxing of this product here. And don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway -
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Dust 1947 is the official line of gaming and collectible miniatures from the mind of the incomparable Paolo Parente, head of the continually innovative Dust Studios team. This time around, we’re taking a look at two types of infantry models available in what could be termed ‘heroic 28mm’ but are
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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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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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Thanks to our friends at Hobby Co. and Italeri, we have this great 1/72nd 'Battle of Malinava 1944’ wargaming set, consisting of two forces to re-fight battles on the Eastern Front. And don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway - if you’re
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The Spy Toolkit Dr Stephen Twigge Opsrey Publishing Reviewed by Peter Brian This pocket sized hardback book consists of photographs and illustrations selected from the National Archives to demonstrate the more bizarre side of spying and resistance during the Second World War. From dummy tank track markings to exploding cigarettes, the imagination of the
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We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 Robert Forczyk Osprey Publishing Reviewed by Kevin Rolko First off, every book written by Robert Forczyk deserves a rightful place on the list of recommended reading for WW2 aficionados because of his unique ability to provide the reader with new outlooks. Correspondingly, Forczyk in We march
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Firstly we would like to announce our winners of last weeks Strontium Dog giveaway! 1st - Ian Saltmarsh, UK 2nd - Harold Oney, US 3rd - Richard Phares, US 4th - Mick Wilson, UK 5th - Julian Bowden, UK Its time to take to the skies! This week's Freebie Friday is from our friends over at Plastic
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Have you ever wanted to go a step further and get right into the tabletop action? Well, Minuteman Miniatures can help, creating a miniature that not only represents you on the tabletop but looks like you as well! Whether you take part in sci-fi, ancients, American Civil War or World War
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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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Battlefield Terrain Concepts have a number of terrain products in their range, and offer a scratch building service that can cope with most gamer’s needs. One of their latest releases is ‘flexible fields’ (seen below), a series of ploughed fields made from a flexible resin compound. They can be supplied fully
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To the shores of Tripoli… and then back again. It only struck me when I sat down to write this editorial that our theme for this month, America at War, takes us from the famous US Marine action near Tripoli in 1804 (subject of the Marine Corps Hymn), via the
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Bounty to be won! To celebrate the release of the new Strontium Dog skirmish game from Warlord Games, we have a bounty-load of prizes! First Prize is a complete copy of ‘ The Good, the Bad & the Mutie’ boxed game, with something extra added in. Second prize is a copy of the
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Warlord Games add to their Bolt Action range with these Australians designed for use in the Pacific theatre. These clamshell packs build upon those released for the operations on New Guinea and add yet more unit options. The latest releases add some much needed support units to those forces outlined in
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Hobby Co. Ltd. have once again very kindly sent us a number of kits to review. This time around, we have three Dragon kits and two Italeri kits to talk about, all themed around World War Two. https://youtu.be/7YmafcCA5Po The three Dragon kits are from the Armor Pro series. We have a German
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Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander Richard Freiherr von Rosen: Foreword by Robert Forczyk GreenHill Books Reviewed by James Dorey When I received this book, I’m going to have to admit, I did a little cheer, for as a wargamer with two growing German armies for Flames of War and
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week's prize is from our friends Hexy Studio, We have a complete card game from there Star Scrappers universe - Cave-in to give away! Don’t forget -
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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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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week's prize is perfect for any WWII players. We have a M4 Sherman Crocodile, Flak 37 AA/AT Gun, pre-painted scenery from Conflix and a mystery 'white
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