Deliveries to the On Military Matters shoppe are accelerating as we push into the pre-holiday season. Most are arriving in the next week or two.
Skirmish Action Bundle…
Skirmish Action Bundle: WWII Skirmish Miniature Rules and Bolt Action Box of Figures Pair a fast-moving WWII skirmish ruleset, Skirmish Action, with a box of great-looking 28mm figures from Warlord Games (Bolt Action) – and get a discount in the process. Normally $77 USD-$91 USD, now get the Skirmish Action Bundle – one set of Skirmish Action rules, and one box of either German (WGBWM09), U.S. (WGBAI01), British (WGBBI01), or Soviet (WGBBI02) infantry – for $69.00 USD.
WWII 28mm Miniatures…
WWII British Infantry: Boxed Set 28mm Plastic Figures Box contains 25 plastic infantry, 28mm (1:56) scale with interchangeable heads. $38.00 USD
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WWII Soviet Infantry: Boxed Set 28mm Plastic Figures Box contains 40 plastic infantry, 28mm (1:56) scale with interchangeable heads. $51.00 USD
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Miniatures…
Napoleon's Berlin Carriage: 28mm Model and Miniatures Box contains a four-horse coach, Napoleon, and four attendants. This product is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue and paints not included. Use the model as a command piece, a battlefield objective or simply a cool terrain piece. $51.00 USD
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Konflikt '47: U.S. Heavy Infantry Contains: five metal U.S. Heavy Infantry. $24.00 USD
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Plast Craft Buildings…
28mm Terrain, painted. Inspired by architecture in villages and towns in Northwestern Europe, and can be used for 28mm WWII miniatures. Buildings comes in a pack including different pre-colored pieces and pre-painted plastic windows. Some of the pieces come in a PVC sheet, and you will need to cut the connections that fix them to the PVC sheet. Assemble the different parts by following, the assembly instructions that can be found on plastcraftgames.com.
- Townhouse – $32.00 USD
- Two Story Building – $33.00 USD
- Semi-Detached Building – $37.00 USD
- Grocery Store – $26.00 USD
- Saint-Mere-Eglise Church – $70.00 USD
Rules…
Refighting History Volume 3: The War of the Austrian Succession – Hohenfriedberg, Soor and Rocoux Latest and largest in this popular series. Full orbats, maps, etc., for the battles, plus some amendments to The War Game rules. $55.00 USD
Pickett's Charge Designed for Divisional and larger battles in the American Civil War, with the Regiment being the smallest maneuver element, the Brigade, the lowest tactical command. A typical club night action involving several Brigades per side, and a full day or weekend handling a Corps or two with ease. $36.00 USD
Age of Valor: Franco-Prussian War Imperial Period: Age of Eagles II Expansion Module for Conflict by Blood & Iron This is an independent Age of Valor (AOV) expansion chapter or mini-module for Age of Eagles II, also known as Napoleonic Fire & Fury. AOE II is needed to properly play this game. In most cases, all rules changes have been embedded in the Data Charts as well as the charts and tables on the Quick Reference Sheet. All players need to do is use these new specifications or DRMs with the original rules then play as normal. Changes unique to the Franco-Prussian War, Imperial Campaign, the subject of this expansion set, are found in the following module. $12.00 USD
Age of Valor: Franco-Prussian War Republican Period: Age of Eagles II Expansion Module for Conflict by Blood & Iron This is an independent Age of Valor (AOV) expansion chapter or mini-module for Age of Eagles II, also known as Napoleonic Fire & Fury. As such, AOE II is needed to properly play this game. In most cases, all rules changes have been embedded in the Data Charts, as well as the charts and tables on the Quick Reference Sheet. All players need to do is use these new specifications or DRMs with the original rules then play as normal. Changes unique to the Franco-Prussian War, Imperial Campaign, the subject of this expansion set, are found in the following module. $12.00 USD
Colorful Skies 1: 1916-1917 Scenarios Third-party expansion that brings the air-combat action of Check Your 6! to the skies of World War I. The book contains supplementary rules to convert the CY6! mechanics for play in the WWI era. Included are over 70 historical scenarios presented in the CY6! format. Stats and maneuver sheets for 78 British, French and German aircraft are also provided. $25.00 USD
Colorful Skies 2: 1918 Scenarios Third-party expansion that brings the air-combat action of Check Your 6! to the skies of World War I. The book contains supplementary rules to convert the CY6! mechanics for play in the WWI era. Included are over 70 historical scenarios presented in the CY6! format. Stats and maneuver sheets for British, French and German aircraft are also provided. $25.00 USD
Books…
Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem: Richard the Lionheart, the Crusades and the Battle for the Holy Land Detailed biography of Saladin examines Saladin's youth, his military development, his conquest of Egypt and Syria, the Holy War against the crusaders, and crucially, his duel with Richard the Lionheart, including the struggle over Acre, and of course, the fall of Jerusalem. It accesses the rich and colorful chronicles of Arab historians, providing us with a brilliant insight into the life and deeds of this warrior-monarch. $20.00 USD
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Romans Reenactors offer a key to this question as they bring into practice archaeological and historical research into Roman clothing and equipment. Complete with their weaponry, religious attributes, and everyday objects in tremendous detail. $32.00 USD
The Italian Vetterli Rifle: Development, Variants and History in Service This enhanced volume contains more than three times the content of the original, earlier work entitled The Italian Vetterli System, published by the Royal Armories. Vetterli rifle was in service for over 40 years, developed as a long rifle, a short rifle, a cavalry, and a police carbine, in single-shot form, and later adapted for a variety of magazine feeds as the Vetterli-Vitali, Vetterli-Bertoldo, and Vetterli-Ferracciu. The conversions from 10.35mm to 6.5mm calibres and subsequently to a.22 training carbine are also covered in detail. Also contains new information on the arms factories that manufactured them. $50.00 USD
The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution Traces every key military event in the path to American independence from a naval perspective, including valuable new insights into American, British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian history. Also brings this important viewpoint to bear on economic, political, and social developments that were fundamental to the success of the Revolution. $35.00 USD
1814 The End of Empire: The Campaign in France Provides all the data needed (including game-map reference-numbers) to reconstruct the situation at any date between January 25 to February 15, 1814. Includes 60 pages of Appendices (mainly OrBats), including Napoleon's Operations Plans (Dispatch in App. IX), La Grande Armee Situation on 25 January, 1814, and more. Chapter 1: Background: December 1813; Chapter 2: Opening Moves: January 1814 – Crossing the Rhine; Chapter 3: Collapse of the Cordon Militaire: 17 January 1814; Chapter 4: Brienne & La Rothiere: 25 January 1814; Chapter 5: Hope Against Hope: 2 February 1814; Chapter 6: Six Feet Deep in Mud: 9 February, 1814; and Chapter 7: A Moment of Glory: 11 February, 1814. $40.00 USD
The White Sniper: Simo Hayha Finnish soldier Simo Hayha (1905-2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War fought between Russia and Finland in 1939-1940, he had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. $33.00 USD
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The Devil's General: The Life of Hyazinth Graf von Strachwitz, The Panzer Graf Bio of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the Panzer Graf (Armored Count). Wounded twelve times during the war, and barely surviving a lethal car crash, he was finally able to surrender to the Americans in May 1945. $33.00 USD
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German Assault Guns and Tank Destroyers 1940-1945: Images Of War Series Another fine photographic history in the series. $25.00 USD
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Wargames…
Barbarossa Deluxe: Germany's Assault on the Soviet Union, 1941-1945 Strategic-level, two-player mini-monster wargame. Each extra-large hexagons on the on two-sheet map represents 55 miles. The large-size (⅝-inch) counters provide corps as primary units of maneuver for the Germans, while for the Soviets they're armies. Two 22 x 34-inch maps, 352 die-cut counters, one full-color rules booklet, 116-page campaign analysis (includes 20 maps). Six scenarios included.
Also includes: Barbarossa, S&T Press's first Special Interest Publication (SIP), written by well-known military historian John Burtt. Presented in 116 pages is a chronological, textual and cartographic analysis of that terrible conflict's first half, from the day the Germans first crossed the border to the surrender of their Sixth Army in the Stalingrad pocket early in 1943. Includes over two dozen full-color and highly detailed maps, along with orders of battle and dozens of period photographs. $65.00 USD
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Napoleon Last Gamble: Fleurus 1794 Wargame Expansion Game Module for Napoleon's Last Gamble. Requires the south map from Napoleon's Last Gamble and the southern-extension map from Napoleon's Last Gamble Expansion Kit. The four scenarios cover the battles of Fleurus and Mont St Jean played on the NLG maps. Veterans of TLNB will have an opportunity to examine a key campaign from the French Revolutionary Wars. Components: One countersheet (280 counters), one 12-page Study Folder, and six player-aid cards (TRC, Setup, etc.) In Ziploc. $25.00 USD
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And Don't Forget the Magazines…
Strategy & Tactics #302 Great Northern War There are two sides in the game, the Swedish Empire (Empire for short) which is defined as Sweden and its allies, and the Russian Coalition (Coalition for short), which is defined as Russia and its allies. Players conduct Actions which generate discrete movement, combat and other operations. Each turn represents a season of operations. During each turn, players take various Actions, alternating one at a time with the other. Contents: One 22 x 34-inch map, 228 counters, and magazine with historical background. $35.00 USD
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Vae Victis #130 Alma 1854 Reviews of OP Dauntless (GMT), Avec infini regret 2 (Conseils Tactiques), Arcole serie jours de gloire, Singidunum (FORSAZ), Golan 73 (GMT + ATO), Philip Sabin et Connections U.K., World War I (S&T 294), MBT (GMT), Yanks (MMP), Les Marechaux 4 (Ludifolie), OUT: Airsoft the Game (BattlesProject). Figurines: Congo – Studio Tomahawk + CR Congo, Dead Man's Hand, Indochine Avec Bolt Action, Regles Navales Renaissance, Peinture des Blindes 28mm. Articles historiques: La bataille de l'Alma, Liberation de la Crimee 1944 + Jeux sur la Crimee (hexagones), Scenarios ASL, M44 et BlitzKrieg three (figurines). $24.00 USD
Modern War #27 – Modern Battles II Players control actual and hypothetical combat units utilizing a wide range of technologies and forces to gain objectives. Modern Battles includes two games: Kaliningrad, covering a hypothetical Russian clash with NATO forces at the Russian Baltic Fleet forward base, and Mosul, a clash between ISIS and Coalition forces in Iraq. There are two players in each game, commanding opposing forces. Both games use a main body of shared rules, and each also has its own scenario special instructions. Components: One 22 x 34-inch map and 280 counters. Includes magazine. $35.00 USD
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Ancient Warfare: Volume 10.5 Theme: The Persian Empire at War. Historical introduction, Cyrus' Conquest of Babylon, Cyrus and the Conquest of Media, Artemisia of Halicarnassus, Aeschylus' The Persians – Persian Grief, Athenian Triumph, Persian Scythed Chariot, Army of the Persian Empire 490-330 BC. Other Articles: Fortress Europos (Dura-Europos) – Pompeii of the Desert, Archery Tradition, Alexander the Great – Battle of Gaugamela, Violence in Ancient Times, Roman Heavy Infantry on the Battlefield, The 300 Spartans on Film, and more. $11.00 USD
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