Time to set up summ serious wargaming with these new books and magazines, coming to the shoppe in the next couple weeks.
X-Wing…
Rebel Aces Expansion Pack
One A-Wing and one B-Wing, plus Rebel Ace cards that expand the system. $30.00 USD
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Books…
Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt
This is the only substantial and up-to-date reference work on the Ptolemaic army. Employing Greek and Egyptian papyri and inscriptions, and building on approaches developed in state-formation theory, it offers a coherent account of how the changing structures of the army in Egypt after Alexander's conquest led to the development of an ethnically more integrated society. Cambridge University Press. 472 pages. $125.00 USD
A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower, 1611-1721
Describes the rise and fall of the Swedish Empire in the 17th and 18th centuries, events that could be viewed as impossible through the prisms of traditional elements of national power. Sweden was basically an agrarian society with a population of only 1.3 to 1.5 million. $33.00 USD
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Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and The Contest for India
Explains the British struggle for the control of the South Asia Military Economy; chapters on Maratha Military, Deccan Campaign 1803, and Hindustan Campaign 1803; black-and-white maps, appendices, bibliography, and index. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 456 pages. $60.00 USD
The Indian Army on The Western Front: India's Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium in The First World War
Exploring the links between the Indian Army's 1914-18 campaigning in France and Belgium and its pre-1914 small wars in Asia and Africa, and comparing the performance of the Indian regiments on the Western Front to those in China, East Africa, Mesopotamia, and elsewhere. Cambridge University Press. 346 pages. $99.00 USD
The Italian Army and The First World War
The role and performance of the Italian army during the First World War. Drawing from original, archival research, it tells the story of the army's bitter three-year struggle in the mountains of Northern Italy, including the eleven bloody battles of the Isonzo, the near-catastrophic defeat at Caporetto in 1917, and the successful, but still controversial, defeat of the Austro-Hungarian army at Vittorio Veneto on the eve of the Armistice. $30.00 USD
Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and The D-Day Landings
Definitive account the naval side of the D-Day operation, from inception to the storming of the beaches at Normandy. Traces the central thread of this Olympian event – involving over 6,000 vessels and more than 1,000,000 military personnel – from the first talks between British and American officials in the winter of 1941 to the storming of the beaches in the late spring of 1944. Oxford University Press. 464 pages. $30.00 USD
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Peter Bunde Uniform Plates…
293: Kingdom of Saxony: Generals and Staff 1810-1813
Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. $14.00 USD
Don't Forget The Magazines…
Against The Odds #42: A Thunder Upon the Land
The year 1700 saw Charles XII of Sweden attack at Narva at one-to-four odds in a blizzard. But with the surprise and the wretched weather working to his advantage, Charles virtually killed or captured the entire Russian army; but in 1709, the Swedish army vanished from the map at the Battle of Poltava. Wargame includes one full color 22" x 34" mapsheet; 264 full-color large ⅝-inch die-cut pieces; rules (twelve pages); charts and tables: two pages. Complexity: Medium. Solitaire suitability: Average. Magazine included. $40.00 USD
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French Magazines…
Vae Victis #117: Age of Aces – Dogfighting During The Great War
Game with English Rules – Age of Aces Dogfighting during the Great War (aerial combats from 1917-1918), many board wargame reviews, and more. [French Text] $24.00 USD
Armes Militaria #347
War of Algeria: Commando William, 1957-1962; Normandy: Rangers Lead the Way! and Odyssey of Bill Sullivan, 505th PIR, 82nd Airborne; Living History: Historical hours of Sully sur Loire 2014; Propaganda: German leaflets to Allied troops; Recovery: Manicamp maneuvers spring for collective France 40 and Phony War in Burgundy for Lufteaux; Airsoft Replica: Mauser 98k (2); U.S. Army: The 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 17th A / B Division; and Swiss Army: Uniforms and equipment of the Swiss soldier in 1939 (1) [French Text] $12.00 USD
Armes Militaria #348
Includes: 1914-1918 Little Tommy equipment (1); Badges: 62nd BCC in Morocco, 1926-1940; Indochine: Black held in Indochina, 1947-1954 (1); Headgear: The Helmet Model 1926 of the French army (4); and British Army: The 51st Highland Division in 1939-40 (2). [French Text] $12.00 USD
Steel Masters #125
Model magazine includes: Prague 1945; Stug IV 1/35; Renault R35 1:72; Ural 4320 / ATZ-5 1:48; MT-T (1re partie) 1:35; FCM2C; and (2e partie) 1:35. [French Text] $12.00 USD
GBM: Blindes & Material #109
Includes: Actualite de la recherche: l'escapade en France des chars espagnols T 26; Le 95 de Lahitolle: campagne, siege, cote, et plus si affinites; Les fourgons du service de sante; Archer le rebelle et ses vehicules tactiques par Francois Vauvillier; Schneider CA 2, le char de commandement decommande; Les 'chars' de franchissement FCM par Louis Capdeboscq et l'equipe ATF40; Profil: l'automitrailleuse de combat AMC 34 Renault YR; Le char B 1ter, ce mal aime; Le 22e BCC au combat, 1939-1940 (II – L'Odyssee des 1re et 3e compagnies). [French Text] $20.00 USD
Tank and Military Vehicles: #18 July 2014
Contents include: Renault AMR 33; Kubelwagen the Wehrmacht (Part 7); and 70th anniversary of D-Day. [French Text] $14.00 USD
Italian Magazines…
Soldatani #107
Includes: 90mm Salvatore Lamonaca; 'Where Gallop Empire' 54mm; Chiarabella Charge! 54mm; The Mercenary 75mm; La Nouvelle France 54mm; Trompette 5eme Hussards 54mm; Cutters of World War 54mm; Drums of the 16th and 17th C; Wall; Parade; and more. [Italian Text] $14.00 USD
More at the OMM website…
Rules, scenario books, uniform guides, wargames, books, and more are at OMM. Check the website for more items.