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MINIATURES…
THE BARONS' WAR: Second Edition Box Set
Contains the essentials you need to play The Barons' War, including enough 28mm miniatures to build two 500-point starter retinues or a single 1,000-point retinue. Models require assembly and painting. Contents: Second Edition Rulebook; Double-sided token sheet, enough for two players; Getting started booklet; 54 highly detailed multi-part plastic miniatures – 12 Foot Knights, 18 Foot Serjeants, 24 Peasant Levy, plus 56 25mm round bases; Hard plastic scenery pieces to build up to eight barricades or a sprawling medieval market; Fourteen 10-sided dice of two colors; Ten custom Morale dice; A six-sided die. $130.00 USD
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RULES…
BATTLEGROUP: Kustrin
Battlegroup campaign supplement based on the January-to-March-1945 campaign around the German town of Kustrin. The scenarios play on average-sized wargames tables, and with forces that range from a few squads up to a couple of platoons per side. With these scenarios for Kustrin, you can follow the course of the siege and see how you do in defense or assault of the besieged town. $34.00 USD
TWILIGHT OF THE SOLDIER KINGS: European Battles in the Age of Frederick the Great – 1730-1770
Second scenario book for the Twilight of the Soldier Kings rules contains 14 scenarios previously published as PDFs only. Contains rules for regimental scale battles. Scenarios included are Bassignana, 1745; Fontenoy,1745; Piacenza, 1745; Rocoux, 1746; Lobositz, 1756; Reichenberg, 1757; Hastenbeck, 1757; Gross-Jagersdorf, 1757; Moys, 1757; Bergen, 1759; Kunersdorf, 1759; Strehla, 1760; Clostercamp, 1760; and Reichenbach, 1762. $40.00 USD
STARGRAVE: Death Vector
Stargrave supplement explores the ideas of soulless cyborg killers, cyberpunk hacking, and artificial intelligence run amok. Contains eight new scenarios set inside the Outlaw Technology Sector. Instead of the pirate fleets, the players contend with the legions of cyborg automatons that still prowl the region, hunting organic life. Paired with these scenarios is a new campaign element, The Network, which brings cyberpunk hacking into the game. Also includes a new space encounters table to be used for adventures in the OTS, a new advanced technology table, and a bestiary filled with cybernetic horrors. $30.00 USD
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NAVAL & AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: Rules and Scenarios
Contains full rules and scenarios for individual ship-to-ship actions, small fleets of ships fighting each other, and ships against shore batteries. Some are linked for a mini-campaign. Includes special rules to enhance the playability and accuracy of each scenario. $38.00 USD
PACIFIC COMMAND: Wargaming WWII Aircraft Carrier Battles
Naval miniatures wargame focusing on carrier combat in the Pacific during the Second World War, in which fleets of battleships, cruisers, carriers and destroyers trade savage blows under skies filled with fighting aircraft. Features fog-of-war mechanic which simulates the scale of these conflicts and the uncertainty under which admirals had to act. Deploy your fleet first as radar blips, allowing you to conceal the true location and configuration of your forces until it is too late for your opponent. Spring your trap at the opportune moment and descend upon them with torpedo, bomb, and gun. Underpinned with dice pool mechanics to swiftly resolve both air and sea battles, a tense reconnaissance system, and a flexible command token resource to allow you to outwit and outmaneuver your opponent. $25.00 USD
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HAIRFOOT JOUSTING: A Contest of Skill, Courage, and Whimsy
Miniatures game of fantasy jousting, with Halfings that ride on a variety of different animal mounts. Players seek to lead their three-Halfling team to victory in tournaments over the course of a season. Play on some of the most famous pitches to grace the sport, such as Baker's Run, The Puddles, and Barrel Bottom, each with their own special challenges. Point your jousters in the direction of their opponents and hope their mounts don't have their own ideas. $30.00 USD
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OSPREYS…
011 KRIEGSMARINE ATLANTIC COMMAND 1939-42: Naval Group West's Surface Menace
Fleet series. Details how German Naval Group West operated and fought during the WWII Atlantic surface war. Reassesses the qualities of the fleet and how the confusion over their original role meant that ships like the Bismarck were less than ideal for raiding. Explains the complex Kriegsmarine command structure during the 1930s and early war; how responsibility for the ships veered between Naval Group West, the Naval Staff, and ship-type commanders; and how the conquest of France transformed the command. Also explains how the Luftwaffe failed the surface fleet, both in scouting at sea and defending them in port. Contains 3D diagrams, maps, 40 archive photos, and 13 pages of original color illustrations. $23.00 USD
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156 RAF JAGUAR UNITS IN COMBAT
Air Combat series. An illustrated account of the development and service history of the Jaguar attack jet, featuring first-hand pilot accounts and official and personal photographs. Includes 24 aircraft color camouflage profiles. Contains artwork, photographs, and maps. $25.00 USD
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338 SUPER-BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR I: The Lost Battleships of the Washington Treaty
New Vanguard series. Studies and compares the battleships being designed between 1918 and 1922, which drew on the lessons of World War I. Britain was designing four G3-class 15-inch gun battlecruisers, plus four N3 'hyper-dreadnoughts,' mounting colossal 18-inch guns. The U.S. Navy was planning six new South Dakota battleships, carrying an incredible twelve 16-inch guns, plus six Lexington-class battlecruisers. Japan was working on a similar project, and in 1920 the first of four Amagi-class battlecruisers were laid down. These battleships and battlecruisers were mostly canceled and scrapped, due to the Washington Naval Treaty, with a few, such as Lexington and Akagi, converted into aircraft carriers. Includes new color reconstructions of the G3, H3, South Dakota, Lexington, and Amagi classes. Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of color illustrations. $20.00 USD
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415 THE JUGURTHINE WAR 112-106 BC: Rome's Long War in North Africa
Campaign series. Examines Republican Rome's grueling six-year campaign in North Africa against the insurgent Numidian warlord Jugurtha. Explores how Roman military performance was hampered by petty rivalries, knee-jerk partisanship, and conflicts between commanders. Includes photographs, artwork, maps, and diagrams to help explain the rise of Rome as an empire. $25.00 USD
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562 PARTISAN WARFARE IN GREECE 1941-44
Men-At-Arms series. Examines the German, Italian and Bulgarian occupation forces in Greece during 1941-44, as well as those of the two Greek Resistance organizations. The strongest resistance force was the Communist-dominated National Liberation Front (EAM) with its partisan Greek Popular Army (ELAS). Agents of the Western Allied powers had only brief success in mediating cooperation between the mutually hostile EAM/ELAS, and the National Republican Greek League (EDES) with its EOEA. Foreshadowing the Greek Civil War that would follow liberation, ELAS and EOEA clashed in the background to their separate operations against the Axis occupiers. Contains eight color artwork plates, as well as black-and-white photos and illustrations. $20.00 USD
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BOOKS…
THE ARMY OF THE KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1797-1806
Another uniform guide in the Anschluss series provides charts, organizations, black-and-white uniform drawings, and period color plates covering the armies of the kingdoms of Westphalia and Wurzburg from 1806 to 1814. $30.00 USD
FIVE FLAGS: The Warship That Reshaped The World
Details the history of the ironclad warship, Stonewall. Its career spanned high politics and secret diplomacy, arms dealers and royal courts, spies, sailors, and samurai across three continents. Details how it was originally made by Napoleon III for the Confederacy, but then sold to Denmark and then smuggled to Prussia. The Stonewall reached Cuba in May 1865, too late to change the Civil War, before being sold to the Queen of Spain, and a handover to a newly reunited America. Further discusses the Stonewall's service to the Japanese that would set them on a path of modernization, industrialization, and expansion that would end in World War II. $35.00 USD
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QUARTERMASTERS OF CONQUEST: The Mexican-American War and the Making of South Texas, 1846-1860
Explores the Quartermaster Department's critical but generally unappreciated functions – its wartime support of three separate armies in the field and its long-term, consequential operations in the decade after the war. Describes how the Army imported Anglo labor to the area north of the Rio Grande. Suggests that this, along with river transportation and supply contractors, ultimately altered the demographics of the region and contributed to the growth of new Texas towns and cities. Combines analysis of wartime logistics with insight into the divergent military and social histories of the lower Rio Grande borderland to demonstrate the lasting influence of the Quartermaster Department on South Texas during the mid-19th Century – and the wartime roots of Anglos' political dominance despite being an ethnic minority in the region. Contains three black-and-white illustrations, five maps, and two tables. $45.00 USD
HERO OF FORT SUMTER: The Extraordinary Life of Robert Anderson
Details the life of Robert Anderson, the commander of the U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in 1861. Although his leadership and his courage under fire catapulted him into national recognition, the attack on Fort Sumter was just one chapter in Anderson's story. Analyzes his early life, including how his ancestors were William Clark (of Lewis and Clark fame) and Chief Justice John Marshall, and that his father crossed the Delaware with George Washington. Goes on to discuss how his upbringing on the Kentucky frontier to a West Point education and a military career saw him fighting in nearly every American conflict from the Black Hawk War to the Civil War-catching malaria fighting the Seminoles, taking several bullets while serving in Mexico, writing the textbook for field artillery used by both Union and Confederate forces, and mentoring William Tecumseh Sherman. Contains 10 black-and-white illustrations. $37.00 USD
OVER COLD WAR SEAS: NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949-89
Describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact, and neutral countries throughout the Cold War. Covers all the major naval aircraft types, both fixed wing and helicopters, which entered service in the 1950s for light transport or rescue duties and evolved into multi-purpose machines capable of performing anti-submarine and airborne early warning missions. Supported by a wide range of firsthand accounts of operational flying during the Cold War. Fully illustrated with over 240 images in color and black-and-white. $40.00 USD
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WARSHIP 2025
The 2025 edition of Warship, annual publication features original research on the history, development and service of the world's warships. This year's Warship includes features on France's first destroyers, the turn-of-the-century 300-tonne type; Denmark's H-class submarines of World War II; Italy's proposed battlecruiser designs; the Imperial Japanese Navy's Chikuma-class protected cruisers; Soviet S-class submarines; and the first of a series on Imperial Germany's torpedo boats and destroyers. Combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, and much more, maintaining the impressive standards of scholarship and research with which the annual has become synonymous. Detailed and accurate information is the hallmark of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, data tables, and stunning photographs. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos. $60.00 USD
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CLEAN SWEEP: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942-45
Discusses the creation, development and operation of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command and the battle to establish daylight air superiority over the Luftwaffe. On August 7, 1942, twelve B-17 bombers from the Eighth Air Force's 97th Bombardment Group out of Britain bombed the Rouen-Sotteville railroad marshaling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would continue to the end of the war. Packed with first-hand accounts. $22.00 USD
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TO BESIEGE A CITY: Leningrad 1941-42
Examines the 900-day siege of Leningrad, with constant bombing, shelling and starvation, during WWII. Discusses the first German offensive of January 1942 and was followed by repeated assaults and details the dramatic race to create the road across the ice of Lake Ladoga. First-hand accounts from both Soviet and German soldiers, many never previously translated, explore the horrific series of battles and assaults to life. Ultimately the determination of the defenders to hold out during this first phase of the siege and the desperate attempts to break it became a hugely significant part of Russian wartime history. $22.00 USD
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RHINO TANKS AND STICKY BOMBS: GI Ingenuity in World War II
Coming of age during the Great Depression, the American boys who fought in World War II had, through necessity, developed a unique brand of technological resourcefulness. This proficiency provided GIs with another weapon in a distinctly American way of war. Claims that this mentality was critical to America's success, giving servicemen the know-how and can-do spirit to creatively engineer solutions to wartime problems. Describes how the tinkerer's mentality promoted a technical aptitude and willingness to adapt, unmatched by other armies fielded during World War II. At the same time, the U.S. command structure demonstrated a willingness to evaluate, accept and employ such efforts to improve both fighting capacity and the general comfort of U.S. servicemen. Contains 30 black-and-white illustrations and three tables. $43.00 USD
KOREA: War Without End
Examines the standoff between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th Century. Analyzes of the lack of preparation by the West for war, the results of the North Korean invasion in June 1950, the counter-stroke by MacArthur in September, and then the strategic overreach which led to communist China's involvement on the North Korean side, and the rapid escalation to consideration of the use of nuclear weapons. Details the chaos of political decision-making at the war's outset and as it progressed. Also considers the effect of the fighting on civilians. While the war was a proxy one between East and West, the people of Korea suffered immensely, with approximately 3,000,000 war fatalities and a larger proportional civilian death toll than World War II. Contains 16-page plate section in black-and-white. $35.00 USD
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DOGWOOD: A National Guard's Unit in Iraq
Traces the experience of the 150th Combat Engineers of the Mississippi National Guard in their 2005 tour of duty in Iraq, centered on the forward operating base Dogwood. Comprising youth hoping to attain a way out of grinding poverty, women seeking to break barriers, and patriots answering their nation's call after 9/11, the 150th represented nearly all of what America had to offer in 2005. Set within the context of a changing military, an evolving strategic situation, and an unpopular war, Dogwood is an unflinching history which lays bare the harsh reality of combat through countless firsthand accounts. Contains 16 pages of full-color plates. $30.00 USD
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A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD DISORDER: 1989-2022
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 freed the world of the political and military perils and imperatives of the Cold War, but it also introduced a whole new constellation of risks and challenges. Focuses largely but not exclusively on the U.S. to survey subsequent developments in military strategy and operations-the processes by which politicians and military leaders of the major powers designed, organized, resourced, and then employed military forces to conduct or deter conflicts. Overview ranges from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan to American interventions in Panama, Somalia, former Yugoslavia, and Haiti; Israel vs. Hezbollah in Lebanon; and the resurgence of the Russian military in Syria, Georgia, and Ukraine. Provides analysis of recent military developments, including the strengths and weaknesses of employing precision-guided munitions, counterinsurgency techniques, and other controversial methods of current warfare. Reveals the complex relationship between national political decisions to commit armed forces to conflicts and the results on the battlefield, and offers a timely perspective on military power and practice in the current day. Contains 21 maps. $55.00 USD
WARGAMES…
CHACO: Bolivia vs Paraguay, 1932-35 (Wargame)
An updated yet faithful remake of the Game Designers' Workshop game released in 1973. Covers the pre-WWII Chaco War fought between Bolivia and Paraguay at the strategic/operational level. For two to three players using six-month turns and ten-mile hexes. The basic game starts with mostly infantry forces but as a technologically advanced war (the first to include large-scale aerial warfare in the Americas), the game also includes a set of optional rules called Gran Chaco that highlight some of these innovations and the strategic choices players may have faced. Though historically, many of these innovations were not used to any actual effect, they were available to the belligerents and are now available to you. Has several historical and hypothetical scenarios and many optional rules players can choose to implement.
Features: Complexity: Medium; Playing time: Up to 6 hours; Solitaire Suitability: Medium; Players: 2 to 3; Map Scale: 1 hex equals 10 miles; Time Scale: 6 Months per turn; Unit Scale: Company to Corps level. Contents: One 22 x 34-inch mounted map; Two counter sheets (½-inch size), totaling 264 counters; One Player Aid Chart; Two Composite Charts; One Rulebook; One six-sided die. $65.00 USD
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AND DON'T FORGET THE MAGAZINES…
WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED: Issue #449
Theme: Celts at War and on the Tabletop: The Land of the Young: Irish mythology and Midgard rules scenario; Frame Focus: Ceiltigh i stil FitzPatrick: Irish artist paints figures on the Freebie Frame. Features: WI/Hammerhead 2025 Painting Competition: Winners Gallery; Army Painter Historical Paints – Overview of historical WWII paints; Army Painter Historical Paints: WWII Germans Painting Guide – German sentry; The Legend of Ramblin' Pete: Part Two of What a Cowboy! campaign with the final three scenario; Closing the Forcefield: Quadruple Golden Demon Slayer Sword winner presents his second Salute 2025 display piece; Figure Spotlight: Two Perry Spanish Napoleonic Infantry 1808-1811 box sets. Departments: Observation Post: New rulebooks, some excellent elves, and 10mm Samurai command; Release Radar: New and upcoming releases; Quick Fire: WI readers' hobby projects, notes, news, and observations. $10.00 USD
PAPER WARS ISSUE 109: Baltic Freikorps, 1919
Includes solitaire game in which the player commands the decisive military operations in the Baltic republics during 1919, controlling 'Allied' forces trying to keep Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from being conquered by the Red Army. The system uses randomly drawn Action Chits to run Red Army operations and enhance or inhibit the operations of the Allied forces. Contains one 34" x 22" point-to-point map, medium (9/16 inch) counters and chits. There is also a bonus solitaire scenario for Burning Banners, optional/advanced rules and die-cut counters for Russia Besieged, die-cut counters for the Third World War variant air rules from issue 107, and more. $47.00 USD
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WORLD AT WAR #102 Invasion Australia 1942
An operational-level, two-player wargame covering a hypothetical Japanese invasion of Australia in 1942. There was a debate between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) over the course of the war. The IJN wanted to invade Australia, although the IJA opposed such an invasion on the grounds of lack of troops and shipping. In the end, the Japanese decided to launch an invasion of the Solomons with the possibility of moving against New Caledonia. The game assumes that the Japanese won the Battle of the Coral Sea (in May 1942) and captured Port Moresby in New Guinea, turning it into a base to cover the actual invasion of Australia which commenced in July of that year. The central game system is Logistics Points (ATP) which represent sea-lift capacity (for the Japanese) and ground communications (for the Allies) given the distances from the main Allied bases in southern Australia and the actual theater of operations in northern Australia. Each hex represents 62 miles (100 kilometers) and each turn from one to three weeks. Ground units are regiments, brigades and logistical installations. Aircraft units represent from two to six squadrons. Naval operations are handled abstractly. Comes with 22 x 34-inch map, one counter sheet of 176 ⅝-inch counters, and magazine. $50.00 USD
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