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Miniatures…
Norman Crossbowman: 28mm Figures. Contains 36 hard-plastic 28mm figures with a large variety of head and arm positions to create some very individual and dynamic figures and units. You may also be able to mix some parts with the earlier Norman Infantry set for extra variety. There are some heads and helmets with Arabized headgear so you can field some of these miniatures as Andalusians and Crusaders. These figures will be usable from Normandy to Spain, Italy, Central Europe, Middle East, and even fantasy. Supplied unpainted and unassembled. Contains: 18 armored and 18 Unarmored figures with poses for firing and spanning the crossbows. Includes 27 different head options, seven separate helmet options, and seven head and different helmet options with Arab-style headbands. Also includes six crossbow bolt-quiver options plus extra bags, axes, swords and knives. $52.00 USD
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Rules…
Mein Panzer Data Book: The Arab/Israeli Wars Databook – Vol. 1 1948-1956. This databook primarily covers eight years and two separate wars in the Palestine region of the Middle East. Additionally, histories of Middle East countries' modern military roots are told from their colonial beginnings to full independence. Contains over 1,000 equipment, infantry and troop quality stats derived from long-term research. $37.00 USD
Ages of Conflict: A Big Battle Game for Any Era, Any Genre with Tokens. Multi-genre, or universal, tabletop miniatures wargame. Employs a flexible system allowing you to create units and armies from nearly any time and genre, including ancients, fantasy, black powder, and science fiction. Order based by unit with alternating actions. Each base is the company with companies grouped into battalions. At this scale, each base is a company. Optional rules can treat bases as battalions. Core Mechanic: A d10 dice pool versus a target number. Each roll consists of one or more d10s, with most rolls consisting of 2d10 or 3d10. Each roll is against a target number requiring only one of the d10s to be equal to or more than the target number for a success, though sometimes more successes provides a better result. $55.00 USD
Ages of Conflict: MDF Tokens. MDF tokens for Ages of Conflict orders and formations. Orders – 168 total tokens (March – 40, Charge – 40, Change Formation – 40, First Missiles – 34, Second Missiles – 34) and Conditions and Formations – 203 total tokens (Shield Wall – 29, Phalanx – 28, Testudo – 28, Square – 29, Skirmishing – 29, Disorganized – 24, Hiding – 12, Airborne/Soaring – 12, Burrowing – 12). $10.00 USD
Combat General: War of the Spanish Succession. The initial offering of the Combat General series is a set of rules for recreating battles from the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Based on the perspective of the brigade commander, ruleset showcases the interaction between evolving methods of attack and defense as practiced by infantry and cavalry units of the time. The units in your brigade will not always use the ideal tactics if you fail to keep your formations in linear array and allow yourself to be attacked. Complete army lists as well as an original period scenario are contained to aid play. $50.00 USD
War in the Age of Pericles: 500 to 400 BCE. A fast-play, small-unit wargame. Plays in about two hours. Includes twelve army lists – no points needed. Additional Hand of Fate cards keeps the game fluid and introduces random events. Designed for 28mm but can be played for a variety of scales. Hoplite units are 16 figures strong, skirmish units usually are eight figures. $30.00 USD
Tales of Derring Do: Rules for Adventures from Dime Novels and Pulp Magazines. Pulp action rules. Fancy some Pirate; Cowboy; Gangster; Superhero Jungle or Mysterious Orient Action? Want to Fight Nazis, Dinosaurs and Vampires? Then you'll need the latest in this very popular rule system. Includes scenarios, examples of play, and action cards to cut out. $42.00 USD
Ospreys…
008 MiG-21 Fishbed: Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966-68. Analyzes the design, development and tactics of the MiG-21 pilots over North Vietnam during Rolling Thunder. The high-speed hit and run attacks employed by the communist pilots, proved to be very successful, with both R-3S air-to-air missiles and heavy-caliber cannon, inflicting a rising toll on American jets. Using first-hand accounts from MiG-21 pilots, battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams, and armament views, details the important role played by the Fishbed in the defense of North Vietnam. $23.00 USD
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393 The Cimbrian War 113-101 BC: The Rise of Caius Marius. Illustrated narrative of the Cimbrian (or Cimbric) War explores how, in the autumn of 105 BC, Caius Marius managed to contain the Germanic threat in the north, before crushing it in two successful battles, at Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) in Gallia Transalpina in 102 BC and at Vercellae (Vercelli) in Gallia Cisalpina in 101 BC. $25.00 USD
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150 Spitfire: Photo-Recce Units of World War II. Chronicles photographic reconnaissance (PR) Supermarine Spitfire operations from the first months of the conflict through to VJ Day. PR Spitfires were responsible for some of the most significant intelligence finds of the war – from low-level oblique photographs of new German radars in France to locating the battleship Bismarck off the Norwegian coast before it attempted to sortie into the Atlantic. Includes numerous first-hand accounts. $25.00 USD
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038 The Blitz 1940-41: The Luftwaffe's Biggest Strategic Bombing Campaign. Describes and analyzes strategy, tactics, and operations of both the German Luftwaffe and the U.K.'s air defenses during the period between September 1940 and May 1941. Cities from London to Glasgow, Belfast to Hull, and Liverpool to Cardiff were targeted in an attempt to destroy Britain's military-industrial facilities and force it out of the war. Uses primary sources, spectacular original artwork, 3D diagrams, and maps to explain how the world's first true strategic air offensive failed. $25.00 USD
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037 Operation Black Buck 1982: The Vulcans' Extraordinary Falklands War Raids. Examines British RAF airstrikes against Argentinian forces and infrastructure in opening moments of Falklands War – with nearest British-owned airfield on Ascension Island 3,900 miles away. Includes original artwork and rare photos and explains how these hugely complex, yet completely improvised raids were launched. Also explains how the last of the Vulcans, only a few months away from the scrapyard, had to be hastily re-equipped with bombsights, electronics and navigation systems borrowed from other aircraft to carry conventional bombs. $25.00 USD
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551 Ottoman Armies: 1820-1914. Describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th Century wars during the Empire's long spiral of decline. Using rare photos and illustrations from Turkish, Balkan and other sources, details the history of the multi-ethnic Ottoman armies periodic attempts to modernize which enabled them to win some victories at a tactical level. Includes descriptions of the organization, uniforms, and equipment. $20.00 USD
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Books…
The Ancient Assyrians: Empire and Army – 883-612 BC. Examines the Assyrian empire from the end of the 10th Century to the 7th Century BC that is now acknowledged as the first world empire. Focus on army includes artifact photos, drawings, and maps, showing how this army evolved over three centuries. It created the first independent cavalry arm and developed siege weapons. Such has been the scale of archaeological discovery in more recent years that it is now possible to give the actual names of chariot/cavalry unit commanders. $45.00 USD
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The Viking Battalion: Norwegian American Ski Troopers in World War II. History of the U.S. Norwegian-American 99th Viking Battalion (Separate), which fought in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe in World War II. Uses memoirs, journals, letters and newspaper articles to track their exploits with the original mission of liberating Norway. Although they were not initially sent to Norway, they would fight in Normandy, across France and Belgium, helped entrap the Germans at Aachen, protected the city of Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge (where they stopped an attack by Skorzeny and a SS Panzer Division), helped liberate Buchenwald, guarded the Nazi treasures found in Merkers mine, and finally served as the Honor Guard for King Haakon VII on his triumphant return to Norway. $40.00 USD
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War Bound From Stockton: U.S. Navy Ships from California's Central Valley, In Harm's Way in Pacific Waters in World War II. When the U.S. entered WWII, FDR recognized a need for small wooden ships to supplement steel ships. Stockton, California, shipyard built wooden salvage ships, rescue tugs, minesweepers, patrol craft sweepers, and net-laying ships that went off to war and collectively earned 38 battle stars and one Presidential Unit Citation. Contains 159 photographs, maps, and diagrams; appendices; and an index to full names, places, and subjects. $34.00 USD
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