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Memorial Day – Thank you to all those who served and serve in the armed forces.
As for more commercial endeavors, Memorial Day is the kick-off to summer, and miniatures, rules, games, books and magazines are coming to provide summer entertainment. All are arriving at the shoppe in about three weeks or so.
MINIATURES…
Victrix 28mm – Ancient Greek Athenian Hoplites 450-300 BC Contains 48 hard-plastic miniatures with thrusting and at-rest arm positions, plus lots of extra options, such as sword arms and specialty pieces to customize your figures, creating the huge variety of poses and character which people have come to expect from Victrix sets. The spears are separate to the hands, as some customers prefer to add metal spears. The plastic spears in the set are very robust and flex without breaking, but if you still prefer to replace with metal spears, the choice is yours. $38.00 USD
RULES…
WARGAMING NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE 1815-1878 Set of simple, fast-playing rules for wargaming the conflicts that re-shaped Europe in the period 1815-78. includes brief analysis of the essential strategic and tactical military developments of the period, a set of elegantly simple rules which are fast-playing and easy to learn, yet deliver realistic outcomes. A selection of generic scenarios, covering diverse situations such as flank attacks, pitched battles and meeting engagements, is supported by army lists for 28 different armies, as well as twelve historical scenarios, ranging from the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War to Sedan in 1870, the decisive battle of the Franco-Prussian War. $40.00 USD
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WARGAMING IN HISTORY Vol. 6: FIRST BULL RUN 1861 THE CAMPAIGN This study of the historic ACW battle is peppered with color photographs (including a whole chapter on the battlefield today), stunningly good maps, and detailed orders of battle. $50.00 USD
HAIL CAESAR: Army Lists Vol. 2: Late Antiquity to Early Medieval Contains 60 army lists covering the forces of Late Antiquity, the Dark Ages and Early Medieval periods: Palmyran, Middle Imperial Roman, Sassanid Persian, Goths, Early Saxon, Franks, Huns, Late Imperial Roman, African Vandals, White Huns, Gepids, Spanish Visigoths, Ostrogothic Italy, Early Byzantine, Lombards, Scots-Irish, Arthurian-British, Welsh, Merovingian Franks, Avars, Picts, Khazars, Arab Conquest, Bulgars, Tang China, Thematic Byzantine, Arab Empire, Carolingean Franks, Pecheneg, Anglo Saxon, Rus, Vikings, Almoravid Moors, Fatamid Egypt, Tagmatic Byzantine, Al-Andalus, Christian Spain, Ghaznavid, Liao China and Kara-Khitan Khaganate, Norman, Seljuk Turks, Feudal French, Feudal Germans, Feudal Polish, Early Hungarian, Ayyubid Egyptians, Sung China, Italo-Norman, Feudal Scots, Early Russian, Khwarazmian Persian, Comnenian Byzantine, Burid and Zengid Syria, Japanese, Plantagenet English, Lombard League, Crusaders, Later Welsh, Teutonic Crusaders, Mongol, Italo-Norman, Feudal Scots, Early Russian, Khwarazmian Persian, Comnenian Byzantine, Burid and Zengid Syria, Japanese, Plantagenet English, Lombard League, Crusaders, Later Welsh, Teutonic Crusaders, and Mongol.
FIELD OF GLORY: Napoleonic Triumph of Nations Companion for Field of Glory: Napoleonic, provides players with all the army lists and details they need to recreate the battles of the later Empire, from the disastrous invasion of Russia to the glorious Hundred Days.
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WARGAMES…
WACHT AM RHEIN Grand-tactical simulation with more than 2,200 counters at company and battalion levels. Single map sections for the six smaller scenarios. This edition presents extensive modifications to the combat, artillery and supply subsystems of the first edition in order to better depict tactical and operational warfare at this scale. Other changes include the addition of 'vantage points,' which function like high ground, enabling units to spot more effectively for artillery barrages, as well as 'constricted terrain,' which accurately represents the channeling of mobility caused by the steep gullies and ravines running throughout the Ardennes. The orders of battle have also been extensively redone in order to provide an accurate and functional depiction of the armies of both sides. Units are now depicted in the organizations within which they actually fought, not the administrative formations that were, in reality, quickly discarded due to the requirements of combat. $160.00 USD
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HURTGEN: Hell's Forest Grand-tactical simulation with 2,240 counters at company and battalion levels. Three main scenarios representing each of the offensive periods of September, October and November with a smaller learning scenario depicts the U.S. 28th Infantry Division's ordeal as it attempted to drive on the Roer River dams. Players may also play continuously from September to the first week of December (almost 300 game turns!). Map: one mile per hex; Time: three Game Turns per day; Units: Infantry and Artillery are battalions. Armor is depicted at the company level; Each strength step is equal to a company. $120.00 USD
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BOOKS…
B-52G/H STRATOFORTRESS in Action Illustrated with color profiles, detailed line drawings, and over 190 photographs. $19.00 USD
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B-24 LIBERATOR in Action: Lavishly illustrated with almost 250 authentic wartime photos, including over 80 in vintage color, with supplemental drawings and color profiles, this 88-page, totally new edition of this classic In Action title brings to life no less than 20 variants of these famed aircraft, as well as their crews. Experimental versions, classic bombers, freighters, tankers, reconnaissance birds – even the rare gunship version – are shown. $19.00 USD
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ALLIED-AXIS: Photo Journal of WWII – Vol. 27 Featured equipment in this issue: Marder III M Panzerjager 38(t) fur 7.5cm PaK40/3 Aust.M; 2cm FlaK 38 Antiaircraft Gun and Sonderanhanger 51 (Sd.Ah. 51); Marine Corp's Rocker Launchers: International Harvester M-2-4 1-ton 4x4; A Different Kind of MO: The Mak NO-4 and NO-5 $16.00 USD
OSPREYS…
032 KNIGHT'S MOVE: The Hunt for Marshal Tito 1944 $19.00 USD
THE BAZOOKA $19.00 USD
024 TOKUGAWA IEYASU $19.00 USD
026 YAMAMOTO ISOROKU $19.00 USD
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191 ITALIAN LIGHT TANKS 1919-45 $18.00 USD
478 AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR I $18.00 USD
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074 THE SECOND WAR OF ITALIAN UNIFICATION 1859-61 $21.00 USD
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105 DEFIANT, BLENHEIM AND HAVOC ACES $23.00 USD
106 SPANISH REPUBLICAN ACES $23.00 USD
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245 DEMYANSK 1942-43: The Frozen Fortress $22.00 USD
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AETIUS – Attila's Nemesis $50.00 USD
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EL ALAMEIN The Battle that Turned the Tide of the Second World War $25.00 USD
THE DARING DOZEN: 12 Special Forces Legends of World War II $25.00 USD
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AND DON'T FORGET THE MAGAZINES…
MINIATURE WARGAMES: #351 July 2012 Murat in the Middle: 1st battle of Krasnyi 1812; Salute 2012 Show Report; Blood on the Danube: Pike & Shotte Preview; Rise of Tokugawa: Part 1: Sekigahara Campaign; High Ground: Funny Business; Wargaming Gettysburg: Part 1: Little Round Top; Frost at Arnhem: Part 2: The Refight; Darker Horizons; Modelling: House of Cards; and Reviews and more. $8.50 USD
WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED: Issue #296 June 2012 OF ARMIES AND MYTHS: Jacobite Rebellion 1745 – examination of the two opposing armies and information on figures, rules, and reference material; THE WHAT-IFS ABOUND: What if gaming options fighting with the Jacobites south of the border; MEANWHILE BACK IN SCOTLAND: Lord Lewis Gordon at play! Following the landing of more allied French troops, the Jacobites in Scotland went on the offensive in an attempt to secure their heartland; HELLCATS ON THE PROWL: Flames of War: collecting a Tank Destroyer army; WOODEN OATHS: Playtested the new Wooden Oaths multi-player scenario for Saga; BEDDING IN: Camouflaging tanks; PIKE AND SHOTTE: PAVIA: Scenario and report for the Battle of Pavia 1525; NAPOLEONS' SWISS TROOPS: French allies; SEVASTOPOL-ISH: Building a big piece of terrain; and SEDGEMOOR and MORE – PART TWO: Painting the Royalist army for the game. $8.50 USD
MILITARY MINIATURES IN REVIEW #55 Be my Valentine? The Mini-Art Valentine; Amphibious invasion! AFV Club Rocks the LVT-4; Cavalry Scouts: A Beginner's Guide to the M1127 Stryker; Jungle Rot: The Tamiya Komatsu G40 tractor in 1/48; Making it at Factory 112: The AFV Club T-34-76 Model 1942; and War Pig: Gettin' Piggie with the Tasca Fantasy Tank. $10.00 USD
MILITARY MINIATURES IN REVIEW #56 An 'In Detail' Preview; The AFV Club leichte Zugkraftwagen 3t (Sd.Kfz. 11/1 late); Smokinghaulinrocketwagen; The AFV Club leicht Nebelkraftwagen 3t (Sd.Kfz 11/4); Uhu, where are you? The AFV Club mitterler SPW Gerat 920 'Uhu' (Sd.Kfz 251/20); Luftwaffe Lowrider; The AFV Club mitterler SPW (2cm) Gerat 917 (Sd.Kfz. 251/7); Strictly French Propelled; The Des Kits 8cm R-Vielfachwerfer auf m gep (Zgkw S303(f)); Sauer Grapes; The Eaggle CZ Saurer RK-7, Sdkfz 254 (Mittlerer Gepanzerter Beobachtungskrafwagen); and Die-Cast Weathering 10 Painting Special Guide: An Intro to the World of Refinishing Pre-Built Die-Cast Models. $10.00 USD
Have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend! As always, more on our website: onmilitarymatters.com.