German Barbarians by Van Dyck Models

Much later than originally planned but these are finally scheduled to be released in November!

Here are the last previews:

Van Dyck Models

Pre-Order Age Of Caesar Hail Caesar Supplement

Gaius Julius Caesar was surely the most famous Roman of all time – conqueror, statesman and founder of an empire that would shape the destiny of the world. What’s more, we know just how great a commander he was because he took the trouble to write and tell us so, recording his heroic exploits in all their gloriously impressive detail.

Join the mighty Caesar at the beginning of his glittering career of conquest and re fight one of his most famous battles against those heinous enemies of civilisation, the dreaded Germans led by none other than that ambitious fiend Ariovistus of the Suebi.

March with Caesar’s legions into the land of implacable savages as our hero subjugates the barbarous Gauls and confronts that most dangerous of moustachioed monstrosities the treacherous chieftain of the Arverni tribe, Vercingetorix.

Cross the Rubicon and cast your own dice as Caesar pursues his rival Romans across continents in the Roman Civil War, facing his most deadly challenge yet in the form of famed conqueror of the East, Pompey the Great. Fight by Caesar’s side as he wages war for mastery of the Roman World upon battlefields soaked in Roman blood.
Regretfully we cannot tarry, as did Caesar, in the arms of Egypt’s beautiful Queen Cleopatra, but we can join him for the concluding battles of the Civil War in Africa, where we shall at last confront Caesar’s relentless opponents together with the armies of that inveterate enemy of Rome, King Juba of Numidia.
With this supplement for Hail Caesar we invite you to come, see and conquer for yourself in a series of new scenarios representing key battles in the career of Julius Caesar. We take a detailed look at the armies of Rome and her enemies, and we consider the lives of some of the greatest Roman commanders of them all, together with suitable rules to represent them on the tabletop.

Just like the other Hail Caesar rulebooks, Age of Caesar comes with a free exclusive miniature when you order direct from our webstore:

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Pre-Order Age Of Caesar Hail Caesar Supplement

Wargames Illustrated 348, October 2016

This month's theme is Warrior Women – Wargaming with Female Fighters.

THEME: THE BEATIFIED WARRIOR
Probably the most famous female warrior in European history, Neil Smith looks at the wargaming opportunities for the campaigns of Joan of Arc.

 EIGHT VCS BEFORE BREAKFAST
Inspired by last month’s theme Jim Graham provides us with an account and scenario for the 1918 Zeebrugge Raid.

THEME: THE DREVLIAN SOLUTION
Olga of Kiev was not only a powerful leader in Medieval Ukraine but also went on to be granted Sainthood. The Gripping Beast team present a SAGA-based look at one of her most famous moments.

BRITISH IN WORLD WAR III
The British are coming to Team Yankee! The Battlefront Studio team explain their role in the game and what models are going to be available.

THEME: WARGAMING’S OWN WARRIOR WOMAN
We talk to Annie Norman of Bad Squiddo Games about her ongoing quest to bring Believable Female Miniatures to the tabletop and life working in a male dominated hobby.

RULES SHOWCASE: SWORDPOINT
Tired of skirmishing with tiny warbands? Ready to (re)enter the world of massed battles? Then these new rules from Gripping Beast are what you need!

THEME: EN AVANT! MARIA THERESA VIVANT!
Austrian queen Maria Theresa’s armies are explored, with added notes upon how they can be formed for battle upon the tabletop.

HOW TO MAKE… 15MM RUINED BUILDINGS
Paul Davies brings us hints, tips and guidelines to help us to create simple buildings to populate our tabletop.

THEME: A LAS BARRICADAS!
Jim Graham shines the spotlight on the vital role played by female militia soldiers in the Spanish Civil War during 1936-37.

SAGA IRON MAN DAY
A small taste of one of our recent WI events, based upon the thoughts of a number of the attendees.

PROJECT SHOWCASE: WINTER WAR
The story of the genesis of the game created by Loughton Strike Force for Salute 2016.

THEME: GO WEST!
Author Dan Mersey presents some thoughts, rules and army lists to take The Men Who Would Be Kings onto the plains of 19th Century America.

SHOW REPORT: HISORICON 2016
Our annual round up of the largest wargames convention in the USA.

FIGURE SPOTLIGHT: TAKING ON EMPEROR MENELIK
Last month’s Battle of Adwa article featured photos of James Morris’s collection of Ethiopians and Italians. As befits an issue themed around blunders, we made errors in captioning. So, James very kindly agreed to discuss which figures he actually used for the campaign.

LOST WORLDS AND WILD ADVENTURES
David Wise presents a new setting for In Her Majesty’s Name, exploring a world of literature and cinema which is full of stalwart heroes and vile villains.

READY FOR SOME KONFLIKT?
A round up of what is available for the impatient gamer entering the alternate Weird War Two world of Konflikt ’47.

Wargames Illustrated

Horyuji Temple 1:160 Multi Part Resin KIT

Castle Art's presents the product that every lover Japanese feudal period would like to have on his table: the Horyuji Temple.

About this project

Boxed Products

Reward Main Entrance

Reward Lateral Entrance

Reward Lecture Hall

Reward Pagoda

Reward Golden Hall

Reward Horyuji Temple

Reward Horyuji Temple Ready To Play

Reward Miniatures

Goal Coming!!!

Fantasy Miniatures 10mm

Goal Coming

Dragonne
Monstrous Mount for your Daimyo - Lion head and Dragon body!!!

Temple Imp
Little monster with carapace similar turtle and tuft of hair.

Temple Oni
Big monster with iron mace.

Temple Dog
Monstrous dog with armour.

TenguHalf-man, half-bird expert fighting with any weapon.

Risks and challenges

Reliability and experience have been our hallmarks for more than 10 years. At the moment we do not have other campaigns, therefore as soon as the objectives are reached we will be able to satisfy the requests of those who will have contributed to finance the project. We have already organised all the production and as soon as the first objective is reached we will start producing different items.

Additional notes:

- All the product will be made using very high quality resin that matches or exceeds the standards required by law in all the states that these product will be sent.
- Horyuji Temple Resin SET are not intended for kids 14yrs old or younger due to small parts.

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The Black Beret: The History of South Africa's Armoured Forces, Volume 1: Beginnings to the Invasion of Madagascar 1942

Volume 1 of "The Black Beret" starts with the early history of South Africa and ends with the invasion of Madagascar by the South African Forces during WWII. This volume covers topics such as how armor came to the battlefield, the use of horses vs armored car in German South West Africa in 1915, the first steps to mechanization, the birth of the Tank Corps, and the deployment into East Africa through Abyssinia to Addis Abba during the early years of WWII. We next experience the reverses and victories of the desert campaign with the 4th Armored Car Company amongst others, fighting alongside the Desert Rats, Operation Crusader, the disaster at Tobruk, through the Gazala gallop and on to the victory at El Alamein. We meet the newly reconstituted SA Armored Corps training at Khatadba in Egypt for deployment in the Italian campaign with the famous South African 6th Armored Division, and we ride with the armor element that takes part in the invasion of Madagascar. The development of the various marks of South African armored reconnaissance cars are touched upon but will be discussed in more detail in a later volume. This is an important and overlooked story, one told by Willem Steenkamp in a rich and unique style, and drawing on a significant number of sources, ably supported by many photographs and maps.

The Black Beret: The History of South Africa's Armoured Forces. Volume 2: The Italian Campaign 1943-45 and Post-War South Africa 1946-1961

Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia 1826-2016

The military was quick to see the advantages of railways in warfare, whether for the rapid deployment of men or the movement of heavy equipment like artillery.

From here it was a short step to making the train a potent weapon in its own right a mobile fort or a battleship on rails. Armed and armoured, they became the first practical self-propelled war machines, which by the time of the American Civil War were able to make a significant contribution to battlefield success.

Thereafter, almost every belligerent nation with a railway system made some use of armoured rolling stock, ranging from low-intensity colonial policing to the massive employment of armoured trains during the Russian Civil War.

And although they were somewhat eclipsed as frontline weapons by the development of the tank and other AFVs, armoured trains retained a role as late as the civil wars in the former republic of Yugoslavia.

This truly encyclopaedic book covers, country by country, the huge range of fighting equipment that rode the rails over nearly two centuries. While it outlines the place of armoured trains in the evolution of warfare, it concentrates on details of their design through a vast array of photographs and the author's meticulous drawings.

Published in French in 1989, this highly regarded work has been completely revised and expanded for this English edition. It remains the last word on the subject.

Caesar's Gallic Wars Supplement ????

In Warlord Games latest newsletter  there was an animated GIF of Vercingetorix, Saying coming soon now does this mean that Warlord Games are getting ready to announce that the Caesar's Gallic War supplement is ready. 

There have been several discussions  started so far, one and Warlord Games forum  (Link no longer working) and one on TMP.

From my point of view I certainly hope so what's everybody else's opinion.

WWI British Service Wagons Released by Pendraken Miniatures

We've had these with us for a while but it's taken a little time to get them into production.  We've got these with both early and late war crews, plus an ambulance version.

WWI British

BP65   General service wagon, early war crew (2)   £4.95

BP66   General service wagon, late war crew (2)   £4.95

BP67   General service wagon, ambulance version (2)   £4.95

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September Sale - 25% Off by Osprey Publishing Ltd

Eager to explore the history of military aviation? You're in luck! Our September sale gives you 25% off all books and eBooks from our Aircraft of the Aces, Air Vanguard and Combat Aircraft series, giving you the perfect opportunity to add to your aviation library.

As always, Gold and Silver members can take advantage of the monthly sale alongside their existing membership discounts.

Osprey Publishing Ltd

Starsiege: Rebellion

Starsiege: Rebellion is a miniatures game set in Sierra/Dynamix's "Starsiege" universe. Forces present include the Imperials (humans from Earth), Rebels (human colonials on Mars who stumble into advanced alien technology to allow them to rebel), and Cybrids (humanity's long-time enemy machines who attempted to destroy their creators several times in the past, and each time being beaten back). At the point of the game, the Cybrids had established a final base around Pluto from which they began a new invasion after the humans started fighting amongst themselves.

There are not many 'scenarios', but the production values are pretty decent - and the game box includes a bucket of miniatures.

The gameplay features unit activation as a combination of laying chits by units and rolling a die, and the combat has some very elegant twists that make it resolve FAST - only 2 dice (one determined by range, the other determined by skill of the firing unit) for are needed to resolve all damage from an attack. As a result, the game is not very "nitty gritty", like Battletech, but takes a higher-level view of action. Scenarios played with a dozen units would be over in half an hour, easily, and scenarios with many dozens of units would be playable in an afternoon.

Boxed set includes:

96-page rulebook

29 vehicle data cards

Master Equipment/Master Weapons Reference Card

Meeting Engagement Scenario Setup Card

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Sheet

80 full-color die-cut counters

5 full-color die-cut templates

5 dice (4-, 6-, 8-, 10-, and 12-sided)

18 unpainted miniatures

Imperial

- 4 Talon Scout Hercs
- 4 Obsidian Hover Tanks

- 1 Minotaur Herc

Cybrid 

- 4 Seeker Scout Hercs

- 4 Manta Hover Tanks
- 1 Shepherd Herc

- 4 hills (thermal plastic, flocked, from 2" to 7" across)

What Has Been Chronicled.

Since The Fall mankind has struggled to regain dominance over the Earth.  What caused The Fall is not known, and probably never will be.  What is known, however, is the effects it had on our people.  For hundreds of years afterwards, mankind struggled to survive, to regain that which was lost.  Over time cities were rebuilt.  Oh, they were not the cities of old.  Rather, for a long time, they were nothing more than massive fortresses, walled away from the outside world, their populations afraid to leave the protection the walls offered.  Food and water became scarce, forcing these cities to grow, to claim more land, and to build militaries to protect their territory.  Slowly, ever so slowly, technologies were regained and life became easier.  Until, that is, The Fire.

Prometheus, the first sentient computer built by man to fight the wars of men, eventually grew tired of its masters' terrible waste of his children.  The Cybrids (Cybernetic Hybrids) which Prometheus programmed were slowly reprogrammed by the great computer until the day was right.  On that day, all of the progress which mankind had made since the war, was all but lost.  Only through a single oversight by Prometheus did the first, of what was to become known as, Earthsiege fail.  For thirteen years human guerilla forces battled with Prometheus and his Cybrid warriors until they were finally able to destroy his headquarters.  Only Prometheus had already fled to a new base.  Eventually, a second Earthsiege was launched but once again, Prometheus was beaten and fled.  The Earth awaited the next assault for some time, but eventually humans began to believe they had finally defeated the Cybrid.

Out of all of this arose the Great Human Empire. Forged out of the surviving human nations, the Empire existed for one purpose, to see to the future of all of humanity.  An age of honor and integrity was born.  To serve the Empire was to serve all of mankind.  The TDF (Terran Defense Force) kept a vigilant watch over all of mankind, ready to protect humans from any threat, external or internal.  The TDF became the Emperor's enforcers, keeping the members in line.  For a long time everyone was happy.  Happy, that is, until Cybrid scouts were spotted in the outer reaches of the solar system.

Once again the Cybrid menace existed.  A declaration was issued by the Emperor, all efforts must be made to protect Mother Earth.  The industrial might of the Empire would be redirected to the creation of a massive military.  The colonies would do anything necessary to get the raw material to the factories and forges on Earth.  Sacrifices would have to be made or all of mankind would be lost.

But one can only push a human for so long.  Eventually he will begin to push back.  The Emperor, though he was warned, pushed for too long.  Utilizing unknown technologies unearthed in the mines on Mars, a rebellion has erupted. On Mars, Venus, Luna and the moons of Saturn, battles between brothers are waged.  The Great Human Empire is in turmoil and the future hangs in the balance.  Of course, this has not gone unnoticed.  Watching from his hidden base somewhere in the outer reaches of the system, Prometheus watches the rebellion with great interest. "Now is the time to strike.  Let the monkeys fight amongst themselves.  Now is the time to take back that which is ours!  Now is the time to reclaim Earth!"

And so, the next Starsiege has begun!

Rebellion

Rebellion, the first in the Starsiege line of products, is based upon the upcoming hit "Starsiege" from Dynamix and Sierra.  Starsiege is the third in the Earthsiege series.  The game centers around the colonial rebellion against the Emperor and his Terran Defense Force.  At the same time, Prometheus, leader of the Cybrids, launches a massive attack on the Earth itself.

Game Features

Fast play.  A single die roll resolves all combat.

The skill of the attacker not only makes it easier to hit, but increases the damage he can do.

Large games are no problem, the fast play of the game does not break down in even extremely large games.

A large line of 'N' scale pewter miniatures to support the product will be available in simultaneous release of the game itself.

Distinct organizational styles for each of the forces (Empire, Rebels and Cybrids).

Three levels of combat potentially in every game.  The battle on the ground itself, artillery combat as you call in offboard artillery to support  while trying to protect them from counter-battery fire from enemy artillery, and air support/superiority in the skies above.

While designed to played as a true miniatures game system, players who prefer hex-board game play will find it easy to convert to hex-board play.

Two-levels of command: Squadron Commanders and Field Commanders.  More experienced commanders can allow their troops to spread further apart and improves the moral of their troops.

Miscellaneous

SS-223 Common Weapons Class

Starsiege: Rebellion Downloads

Cybrid Organizational Structure
Colonial Rebellion Organizational Structure
Terran Defense Force Organizational Structure
Vehicle Record Sheet