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Weather is unseasonably clear and warm around the shoppe here at On Military Matters, with nary a snow storm since the Halloween blow-out. It's a great time to order some new wargaming wares. Most will be here in two or three weeks. We start with…
SCENARIO BOOKS…
1809 BLUNDERS ON THE DANUBE contains 23 scenarios for use with Brent Oman's Horse-and-Musket-era rules, Field of Battle, by Piquet with color maps. Battles of Sacile, Raszyn, Teugen Hausen, Abensberg, Eggmuhl, Neumarkt, Grochow, Ebelsberg, Piave, Tarvis, Aspern-Essling Day 1, Aspern-Essling Day 2, Gospic, St. Michael, 2nd Battle of Bergisel, Klagenfurt, Raab, Graz, Wagram (four scenarios), and Znaim. $35.00 USD
WARGAME MAGAZINES…
WARGAMES SOLDIER & STRATEGY SPECiAL BLOW-OUT Back issues – $4 USD each, any five for $15 USD, any ten for $25.00 USD
Available: 3, 13, 31, 33, 35-40, 44-46, 48, 50-53. Limited quantities on some issues. In stock.
AGAINST THE ODDS 33 Meatgrinder: Battle for Xuan Loc, 1975 (Operation 275 in Vietnam wargame) For two bloody weeks, an ARVN division regarded as 'unreliable' held back everything the PAVN could throw against them, inflicting heavy losses. No one, on either side, expected such heavy fighting. And hardly anyone thought that this would actually be 'the last battle' of a 30-year conflict. It was. $35.00 USD
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AGAINST THE ODDS 34 Right Fierce & Terrible: Battle of Sluys 1340. The 100 Years War naval battle off the coast of Flanders in 1340. The Battle of Sluys was a decisive victory for Edward III that gave the English command of the Channel, and insured that the rest of the war would be fought on French soil. Includes archery, ramming, grappling, and desperate melee, aimed at wearing away the enemy fleet's morale. $35.00 USD
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AGAINST THE ODDS 35 Boudicca: The Warrior Queen. A full upgrade of the Druid game Richard Berg designed for West End over 25 years ago. $35.00 USD
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AGAINST THE ODDS 2011 ANNUAL Beyond Waterloo. Begins with Napoleon entering Paris. Each player gets to pursue grand strategic paths that's been discussed many times but never gamed. The map includes France – All of France – plus Belgium, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. $45.00 USD
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VAE VICTUS #102: January 2012 Includes the game 'The Marshals – Jonot and Soult in Portugal' [French Text, but includes English rules. $22.00 USD
UNIFORM GUIDES…
Peter Bunde Napoleonic Plates
254 KINGDOM OF WURTTEMBERG: Line-Infantry-Regiment No.6 Kronprinz 1808-1812 $15.00 USD
256 KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 4th Uhlan Regiment 1815 $15.00 USD
CHASSEURS A CHEVAL 1779-1815 Volume 1 64 pgs $20.00 USD
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GUIDES AND GUARDS FROM GREAT HEADQUARTERS 1792-1816 64 pgs $20.00 USD
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GERMAN COMBAT KNIVES 1914-1945 More than 140 images of both the weapons and their owners are presented along with richly detailed descriptions, providing explanations of the dimensions, the markings, and their handles. $25.00 USD
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BOOKS…
BEUTEPANZER 1939-45 (Captured Tanks 1939-45) 700 color and b/w photos highlight this look at Polish, French, British, Russian, U.S.A., and Italian AFVs. $55.00 USD
ALLIED-AXIS: Photo Journal of WWII – Vol. 26 A 96-page, black-and-white, perfect-bound quarterly. Each issue contains four to six articles featuring a historical introduction followed by extensive captioned period and walk-around photographs, many of which are otherwise unpublished. Featured equipment in this issue: Super Heavy Tank T28, The 8.8cm PaK 43/41 Antitank Gun, The M22 Locust Light Tank, SdKfz 251/9 mittlerer Schutzenpanzerwagen (7.5cm) Gerat 909, and The 1.5-ton Chevrolet M6 Bomb Service Truck. $16.00 USD
AND THE FRENCH MAGAZINES…
ARMES MILITARIA #317 – December 2011 EQUIPEMENT: Le Sturmgewehr et ses equipements, CAMPAGNES: Le 2e bureau du CEF en Italie, 1943-1944, COIFFURES: Les casques a pointe et les schakos saxons, 1914-1918 (1), VETERANS: Un veteran du 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, RECONSTITUTION: Septembre 1914-Septembre 2011, la bataille de Villeroy, UNIFORMES: L'US Navy dans la crise de Cuba, 1962 (2), EQUIPEMENT: 1940, les equipements du corps expeditionnaire francais en Scandinavie (3), INSIGNES: Les insignes du merite de l'Armee Rouge 1928-45 (5), and UNITES: Le 505e regiment de chars de combat (2), 1939-1940. $12.00 USD
ARMES MILITARIA #318 January 2012 UNITES: Trois bataillons de paras colo en Indochine, 1914-1915: L'infanterie du VIIIe corps en Lorraine, INSIGNES: Le 474th Infantry Regiment de l'US Army, 1944-45, CHARS: Le 506e regiment de chars (1), ARMES: Le pistolet mitrailleur Patchett et les SAS francais, EQUIPEMENT: Les etuis des PA francais (2), and BATAILLES: 1944, bapteme du feu pour la Thunderbolt Division en Normandie. $12.00 USD
STEEL MASTERS #109 January 2012 La division blindee hongroise sur le Don, Zrinyi II 1/35, Dana 152mm SHKH-77 Georgien 1/35, Dana 152mm SHKH-77 Polonais 1/35, Firefly IC et Panzer II Ausf. L Luchs 1/35, MVC-80 Warrior 1/72, Fiat Ansaldo M11/39 1/35, Pick-up Hilux et canon sans recul B-11 1/35, and Visite chez Panhard. $12.00 USD
LA REVUE NAPOLEON #2 (New series) Timeline, The journey of Napoleon and Marie-Louise Holland in 1811, Discord and misunderstanding between the French marshals in Spain and Portugal, Daily life of a soldier of the Grand Army, Women in the British army during the Napoleonic Wars
The drums of the Empire, and Dumouriez, hero Jemappes, outlaw of the Empire. $30.00 USD
LA REVUE NAPOLEON #3 (New series) Timeline, The foreign policy of Russia and France of Catherine II Paul I, Lines of Torres Vedras, a symbol of the 'grand strategy' British, The suicide of General Godinot, The assault of Ciudad Rodrigo, A pinnacle of glass and paper? Marriage and birth imperial staged by the artists (1810-1811), The songs of the soldiers of Napoleon, Life in the high mountain regions, and The Arms of the King of Rome. $30.00 USD
RAIDS #307 December 2011 EN DIRECT DES ARMEES, POINTS CHAUDS, FORCES SPECIALES RAID/I1er RPIMa: la rencontre choc, FORMATION Attaque sous-marine a Angers avec les plongeurs offensif de l'armee de terre, MONTEE EN PUISSANCE Ocean Indien: augmentation des moyens de protection des navires, TECHNIQUE Le largage de precision en Afghanistan, ARMEES ETRANGERES La nouvelle armee slovene
VECTEUR Le 'Big E', TEMOIGNAGE: Au cote de l'armee Afghane, and TRIBUNE: Vers le char employable. $12.00 USD
RAIDS #308 January 2012 Includes: EN DIRECT DES ARMEES, POINTS CHAUDS, COMBAT: Les mecas du 15/2 en action, TERRORISME: Dans la Corne de l'Afrique, au coeur de l'antiterrorisme, PRESENTATION: L'USMC vers 2020, TEMOIGNAGE: Premiere classe a Mazar-e Charif, and NOUVEAUX MATERIELS: Un nouveau fusil de sniper modulaire chez Sako, Le nouveau char de combat russe T-90MS, Les VCI et VBCI d'aujourd'hui (3), and Le salon AUSA 2011 (2). $12.00 USD
GBM: Blindes & Material #99 Articles include: Cavalerie: Role des Hotchkiss H 35, Genie 14-18: Equipage de pont, Armement: 25 SA 34 M.39 antichar, Tous terrains: Laffly et Kegresse AC, Militaro-industriel: LE FCM 1 A, Memoire: A moto, plein gaz, Unites: Le 4e BCC en campagne, Artillerie 1914: 105 C Schneider, and Automobile 14-18: Immatriculations. $20.00 USD
NOW IN: COMBAT ACTION COMMAND
The WWII ruleset offering the dirt-level view of World War II platoon action for 10/12mm, 15mm, & 20mm just arrived at the shoppe in shrink wrap.
This clever set of rules written by Sowers, who adapted his modern version that taught tactics to Delta Force, NY City SWAT, and various army units, into a WWII set of rules. Can be played with nail-biting gusto on a three-foot-square area. Data cards carry all the necessary info – newbies learn quick how to play, grognards use historical tactics to achieve victory.
* Full color, with detailed explanations of key concepts and necessary markers
* Command a platoon up to a company
* Geared for 15mm, but can use 10mm, 12mm, and 20mm figures – NO REBASING!
* Each Team stand equals one troop squad or a single tank, vehicle, or gun
* Asymmetric turn sequence with CAC interrupt allows you to size up the situation, seize initiative, and coordinate small unit attacks and defense
* Clever Data Cards for each unique Team account for training, morale, experience, and weaponry so you spend more time commanding, not stat counting
* Includes 24 Data Cards covering major U.S., German, and Soviet units, plus artillery, aircraft, AA, snipers, HQs, mortars, and specialty weapons like Molotov cocktails and sticky bombs.
* Points system for tournaments and balanced scenarios
* Two 1944 scenarios included – Saving Private Ryland (West Front) and Saving Feld Marshall Model (East Front)
* Requires six-sided dice, twenty-sided dice, a scatter die, and ruler
Battle of the Bulge scenario book coming in March 2012, and Pacific Theater scenario book coming in July 2012. Special scenario and new data cards to appear in Miniature Wargames 347 magazine. 1 vol, 72 pgs, 2012, U.S., ON MILITARY MATTERS, NEW-softcover $39.00 USD
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