The last days of summer are winding down, the back-to-school season is in full swing, and you deserve a break. Some of the latest items coming to the shoppe, most in two to three weeks…
MINIATURES…
Zvezda 1:100 (15mm) MATILDA II – British WWII Medium Tank
Zvezda 1:100 (15mm) MATADOR TRUCK: British WWII Truck
Both are plastic snap-together models that don't need glue. $5 USD each.
WARGAMING & RULES…
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Two-volume set. Volume 1 covers the Northern Campaigns, and Volume 2 the Southern Campaigns. Each volume breaks down the war year by year, and provides an overview. Detailed OBs, fortifications, and naval forces are involved. Two volumes, 120 pages. $40.00 USD
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BOLT ACTION: World War II Wargames Rules Created as a joint project between Warlord Games and Osprey Publishing, Bolt Action provides all the rules needed to bring the great battles of World War II to your tabletop. Players get to decide which of the major or minor World War II powers they would like to represent, and then construct their armies from the lists provided. Army options are almost limitless, allowing you to build the kind of army that most appeals to your style of play, from heavily armored tank forces to lightly armed, but highly skilled. $35.00 USD
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BATTLE! – Practical Wargaming (Expanded Edition) Charlie Murray Grant inherited a passion for the wargame hobby. He developed his late grandfather's rules, added to them, and provided a play sheet and instructions for refighting one of the original scenarios. In addition, Charlie has added six chapters which were not in the original publication but which appeared in the Mecanno Magazine. $50.00 USD
FIELD OF GLORY: Emperors and Eagles This companion for Field of Glory: Napoleonic gives players all the information they need to recreate the French Revolutionary Wars and the rise of Napoleon, through to the campaigns of the Grande Armee and the early Empire. Emperors and Eagles also includes full army lists for the Peninsular Wars, where Britain and its Portuguese and Spanish allies slowly, but surely, turned the tide of the war and pushed Napoleon's forces back to their own borders. $35.00 USD
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WORLD OF MIGHT AND MAGIC: The Ashan Compendium This compendium is a lavishly illustrated, hardback guide to the world of Ashan, the setting for many years of Might and Magic games. Featuring exclusive artwork, stories, and fun facts, much of the content from the book is drawn directly from the Developer's Bible, the internal documents used by the game designers to keep track of timelines and plot developments. The book is divided into sections, examining the nine key factions, their history, abilities, rulers, and major strengths and weaknesses. Also included is a history of the world of Ashan, presented as a timeline that covers all of the major events in the world's history. This book is a complete guide to the world of Ashan, its gods, its people, and its history. $25.00 USD
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OSPREYS…
001 Allison-Engined P-51 Mustang
002 Republic F-105 Thunderchief
034 Oldest Allies – Alcantara 1809
190 U.S. MARINE INFANTRY Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000-10
164 RAF FIGHTER COMMAND PILOT: The Western Front 1939-42
$19.00 USD each
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246 BORODINO 1812 – Napoleon's Great Gamble
247 SANTA CRUZ 1942: Carrier Duel in the South Pacific
$22.00 USD each
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BOOKS…
A STORM OF SPEARS: Understanding the Greek Hoplite in Action Christopher Matthew's groundbreaking reassessment combines rigorous analysis of the literary and archaeological evidence with the new disciplines of reconstructive archaeology, re-enactment and ballistic science. He focuses meticulously on the details of the equipment, tactics and capabilities of the individual hoplites. In so doing, he challenges some long-established assumptions. For example, despite a couple of centuries of study of the hoplites portrayed in Greek vase paintings, Matthew manages to glean from them some startlingly fresh insights into how hoplites wielded their spears. These findings are supported by practical testing with his own replica hoplite panoply and the experiences of a group of dedicated re-enactors. He also tackles such questions as the protective properties of hoplite shields and armor, and the much-vexed debate on the exact nature of the 'othismos', the climax of phalanx-on-phalanx clashes. $33.00 USD
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INCOMPARABLE: Napoleon's 9th Light Infantry Regiment An elite battalion under Louis XVI, the 9th Light Infantry regiment were with Napoleon from almost the beginning, turning the field at Marengo and breaking the Austrians. They then spent over a decade fighting their way across the continent, following Napoleon to the bitter end. $30.00 USD
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HEINKEL HE-111 Walk Around $19.00 USD
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B-25 MITCHELL Walk Around $19.00 USD
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LOVE, TOMMY: Letters Home, from the Great War to the Present Day $26.00 USD
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INTO THE BREACH AT PUSAN: The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in the Korean War Undertakes a fresh investigation of the Marines' and Eighth Army's fight for Pusan. Into the Breach at Pusan corrects discrepancies in earlier works (including the official histories) to offer a detailed account of the campaign and place it in historical context. $30.00 USD
THE BOYS OF '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam Most American soldiers of the Vietnam era trickled into the war zone as individual replacements for men who had become casualties or had rotated home. Charlie Company was different as part of the only division raised, drafted, and trained for service. From draft to the battlefields of South Vietnam, this is the unvarnished truth from the fear of death to the chaos of battle, told almost entirely through the recollections of the men themselves. This is their story. $26.00 USD
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AND DON'T FORGET THE MAGAZINES…
MINIATURE WARGAMES: #354 October 2012 Includes: Blue Dawn, Part 1: Republic Against Empire: America and Britain at War in the 1930s; Show Report War Torn Scarborough; Figure Focus Warm Acre Games; Playing at Plataea, Part 1: Solving The Greek Crisis; Colours 2012 Your Full Show Preview; The High Ground - Richard III; The Battle of Queenston Heights, Part 1: Showdown On The Niagara; Crossing the Boisey, Part 2: Set Up & Rules; Darker Horizons; and Reality Check. $8.50 USD
Battlegames #31 September 2012 Includes: Clever ways to spruce up our tabletop with wild woods; Fascinating report of attempt to recreate Peter Gilder's famous Sudan project using 1:72 scale plastics; Rules author Sam Mustafa describes giving birth to Maurice and the innovations he hopes his rules bring to 18th Century wargaming; Debate about the price of rulesets; Ideas on how to help make your armies more visually appealing; River crossing scenario featuring a Napoleonic Franco-Bavarian force taking on the Austrians; A wide-ranging look at the systems available and their origins in the hobby; Jon Sutherland's first article: Shiny Syndrome – or just what is it that makes wargamers tick?; and a discussion of tabletop tactics that takes another look at deployment, this time with an attack/defense scenario. $10.00 USD
MORE AT THE WEBSITE…
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