This week sees the first of our Product Spotlights for Mid-War Monsters. We get the ball rolling with a look at what is inside the Mid-war Monsters book and look at the first two models, the Soviet KV-3 heavy tank and the German Sturer Emil heavy tank-hunter.
We also make official the Finnish and SS-Nordland & Nederland Intelligence Briefings. We introduce a new Intelligence Briefing on the Estonian-SS Grenadier division, and we review two more of Osprey Publishing's recently released books.
We also have new and updated events and a tournament report from Poland.
Forum
You may have noticed the forum has been up and down over the last few days, we apologize for this. Our web development team at Forth Media are installing a new version of the Forum, but as with anything like this there are a few bugs to iron out. Once it is up and running properly, we'll be able to automatically prune the forum, and in the future add a Personal Message function.
Origins Awards
Over the weekend the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design announced the winners of the 35th Annual Origins Awards. The Academy is a committee of the Game Manufacturer's Association (GAMA) and their principal mission is the administration the Origins Awards. Every year publishers and creators submit their best products from the past year in a variety of categories. The members of the Academy then vote on which products should be named as Origins Award Nominees with the top five vote-getters in each category moving on to a final ballot.
This year, Battlefront Miniatures was honoured with two awards:
Best Historical Miniature Figure or Line
GEAB06 SS-Panzerdivision 'Das Reich' Panzerkompanie
And a special Vanguard Award for Excellence and Innovation for the Flames of War Firestorm - Bagration Campaign.
Battlefront Miniatures would like to thank the members of the Academy and extend a special thanks to Pete Panzeri (President of the HMGS) for accepting the awards on our behalf.