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Rules…
Dead Man's Hand Redux: The Good – Rules & Card Deck
A copy of Dead Man's Hand Redux rulebook is needed to use this product. This 40-page sourcebook includes a 52 card deck (13 x 4 faction cards) and contains all the information you need to bring 13 new factions to the streets of Dead Man's Hand: Buffalo Soldiers, The Stranger, Daughters of the West, The Seven, Mountain Men, Plains Indians, State Police, Texas Rangers, The Boys, The Bucks, The Other Seven, The Tong, and Pioneers. New Legends of the West include: The Good, John Bridges, Wild Bill, Calamity Jane, Rev. Johnson, Roy Magnum, Tex Miller, The Professor, Doc Amos, Cheveyo Death Hunter and El Rayo de Dead Man's Hand. Also includes twelve new scenes in four new acts, and a free Legend of the West miniature, The Good, comes with pre-orders. $33.00 USD
Fistful of Lead: Glorious Adventures in the Age of Steam Rules
Glorious Adventures in the Age of Steam is a stand-alone game that utilizes the core mechanics from Fistful of Lead. Contains new equipment, weapons, and exotic new locations with lists of inhabitants both friend and foe. Explore haunted back alleys of London, to the canals of Mars, to hunting dinosaurs at the center of the Earth. Players form a Detachment, a special group of adventurers out for glory, gold, and whatever services are needed by a world in turmoil. Also included are rules for battles in the air and underwater, along with rules for vehicles, fighting larger scale battles, and air fleet battles. The Fistful of Lead card mechanics are still there to drive the action, but now each card controls a unit, rather than one soldier – up to 52 units on a table. Experienced wargamers and new players alike will enjoy this game. Glorious Adventures in the Age of Steam is perfect for convention games and just one-on-one contests. Number of Players: 2 – 8; Scale: 6mm-54mm; Minis/player: 4 – 8 based on unit size. $40.00 USD
Fistful of Lead: Glorious Adventures in the Age of Steam Card Deck
Custom deck designed with a distinctly steampunk flair for the Fistful of Lead system. Unique details for face cards and card suites to enhance the overall look and play of your game. No need to remember what a special card does because it's cleverly printed right there. Comes with a sturdy two-piece acrylic case for storage. $20.00 USD
Ospreys…
008 Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43: Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign
Fleet series. Examines the IJN's Combined Fleet during the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaigns, when it was reorganized and was forced to fight a grinding battle of attrition against the U.S. Navy. The early surface battles in the Guadalcanal campaign played into the strength of the Combined Fleet, which had long trained for night combat. The IJN's rebuilt carrier force also performed well and managed to score its most clear-cut victory against the U.S.N's carriers of the entire war, at the battle of Santa Cruz. However, for the Japanese, the overall Guadalcanal campaign ended in disaster. The result was costly losses and a weakened Combined Fleet for the rest of the war. Illustrated with 35 archive photos, 13 pages of original color illustrations, 3D diagrams, and maps. $23.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $19.55 USD.
048 Yugoslavia & Greece 1940-41: The Axis' Aerial Assault in the Balkans
Air Campaign series. A new illustrated history of the German and Italian air campaigns in the invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia. Highlights elements such as the Italians' development of air-to-ground support while carrying out, for the first and only time, an airborne operation, and how the Germans refined their tactics from the 1940 campaign in the West, and pursuing a major anti-shipping role. Illustrated with 60 rare photos, 16 pages of color illustrations, original paintings, maps, and 3D diagrams. $25.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $21.25 USD.
332 Beutepanzers of World War II: Captured Tanks & AFVs in German Service
New Vanguard series. Uncovers the extensive WWII German use of captured armored vehicles: Beutepanzers. The best came from France and the Somua S-35 and Panhard 178 proved popular in German service. Others, such as the antique Renault FT, were used for secondary tasks such as anti-partisan missions and airfield protection. Most curious of all were the Becker conversions, a private venture of a German artillery officer who mechanized his unit's towed artillery and went on to oversee the modernization and upgunning of many French Beutepanzers in Normandy in 1944. Illustrated with 40 photos and eight pages of color illustrations. $20.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $17.00 USD.
404 Romania 1944: The Turning of Arms Against Nazi Germany
Campaign series. Examines Romania's switching of sides from Axis to Allies. Explores the strategic struggle within German-Romanian relations and the tactical development of the Battle of Romania. The detailed 2D maps and 3D diagrams guide you step-by-step through the Axis defense of Romania in March-May 1944 during the first Iasi-Chisinau offensive, the Allied campaign in April-August to assist the Soviets, the Axis collapse in August during the second Iasi-Chisinau offensive, the Romanian defeat of the attempted German counter-coup, and the final Soviet occupation of Romania. Contains period photographs, color illustrations, maps, 3D diagrams, and battlescene artworks. $25.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $21.25 USD.
557 Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces (3): 4th-5th Centuries AD
Men At Arms series. Discusses the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476. Draws on the latest archaeological and written evidence to explore this turbulent final period of the Western Empire. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of surviving artifacts and imagery, eight newly commissioned color plates, and black-and-white photos and illustrations depicting the uniforms and weaponry of Rome's reformed military. $20.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $17.00 USD.
Games…
Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Wargame)
Stand-alone game in the Undaunted series that adapts the core gameplay of previous games into a science-fiction setting. Play across stunningly illustrated map boards in two-player, four-player, and solo-game modes. Navigate the barren lunar landscape, maneuver to seize dominant high-ground positions, and utilize your formidable mechs to gain control of Callisto and its precious resources. Players: 1/2/4; Playing Time: 45 to 60 minutes; Contents: Four double-sided boards, Rulebook, Solo Rulebook, 135+ playing cards, 70+ tokens, and 12 dice. $85.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $72.25 USD.
Through the Hedgerow: A Roleplaying Game of Rustic Fantasy
Fantasy roleplaying game of time travel and supernatural adventure set in the hidden world of the countryside. As Knights of the Briar Company, you are Champions of the Light, charged with protecting the soul and magic of the land against the agents of the Dark, who seek only destruction and chaos. This eternal battle is fought throughout history, from the war-torn Dark Ages and 17th Century to the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution and World War Two. As one of the Fay – sorcerous birds, animated scarecrows, intelligent spiders, and other beings – you may be sworn to defend humanity. Or, as a mortal marked by destiny and plucked from your own time, you might be caught up in this struggle. One way or another, you must step through the hedgerow to face the Darkness.
Through the Hedgerow uses an innovative Checks & Challenges system that encourages players to contribute to the unfolding narrative, and which makes wits, imagination, charm and mysticism as important to overcoming problems as combat. Seek out powerful magical treasures, safeguard legendary locations, and outwit and outfight the servants of the Dark – wicked Fay Lords, fanatical witch hunters, scheming hags, and the brooding Raven Margrave whose Undead hordes bring death to the land. $35.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $29.75 USD.
Books…
The House of War: The Struggle Between Christendom & the Caliphate
Focuses on some of the most significant clashes of arms in human history: the taking and retaking of Jerusalem and the collapse of the Crusader states; the fall of Constantinople; the sieges of Rhodes and Malta; the assault on Vienna and the high-water mark of Ottoman advance into Europe; the Allied capture of Jerusalem in World War I, the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the dissolution of the sultanate and the caliphate, and the formation of modern Europe and the modern Middle East. Offers a wide, sweeping narrative, encompassing the broad historical and religious context of this period, while focusing on some of the key, pivotal sieges and battles, and on the protagonists, political and military, who determined their conclusions and their consequences. Contains 16-page plate section in color and black-and-white. $35.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $29.75 USD.
Battles & Battlefields of the Peninsular War
A guide to the Peninsular War, blending expert insights with detailed visits to key battlefields and historical sites. For each of the 28 combats included, there is a concise but insightful summary of the historical events, a new color map showing both modern roads and landmarks, as well as historical troop positions, color pictures of the battlefield, and a guide to visiting the scene of the action today. An ideal companion for anyone who wants to explore the battlefields, it also serves as an excellent introduction to studying the Peninsular War. Contains 242 color photos and 29 color maps. $60.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $51.00 USD.
On Spartan Wings: The Royal Hellenic Air Force in World War Two
Rarely has an air force gone into combat as poorly prepared and outgunned as the Royal Hellenic Air Force (RHAF) had to when Mussolini's Italy dragged Greece into war on 28 October 1940. Without warning, as Italian forces poured over the frontier from Albania, the RHAF's paltry effective lineup of 128 battle-worthy aircraft, most of them obsolete, were pitted against the 463 fielded by the Regia Aeronautica, whose pilots had honed their skills in the Spanish Civil War. On the Greek side, aces such as Marinos Mitralexis, with his audacious ramming of an Italian bomber on the fifth day of the war, ensured that morale in the RHAF remained high.
Though the RAF pitched in with whatever help it could provide in machines and manpower, the aerial war was unequal from the beginning. By the end of 1940, the RHAF was seriously depleted, though individual pilots and crews continued to fight valiantly. The end came in April 1941 when Germany rescued Italy. The Luftwaffe blasted out of the sky what remained of the RHAF and whatever RAF units remained.
Until Greece was liberated in October 1944, the RHAF units in the Allied air forces ranged over targets in the Aegean Sea, Italy, and Yugoslavia. After the end of World War II the RHAF was called upon to confront the threat of an attempted communist takeover of Greece and played a major part in overcoming the rebellion and saving the country for the West. Includes 20 black-and-white photos and two maps. $27.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $22.95 USD.
Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II
Distills WWII down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders made of plywood, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a single cable wrapped with a telephone wire. Based on their after-action reports, journals, oral histories, photos, and letters home, it reveals every terrifying minute of their missions. $22.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $18.70 USD.
Midway: The Pacific War's Most Famous Battle
Examines the Battle of Midway and how it has been mythologized. Provides a detailed analysis of this pivotal battle, and argues that Midway was neither a miraculous American victory, nor a product of good fortune; but that the plans, personalities, doctrines, ships and weapons of the two sides meant that a Japanese defeat was the more likely outcome. Provides insight and thorough analysis into one of the decisive moments of the Pacific War. Contains 16-page plate section in black-and-white. $35.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $29.75 USD.
And Don't Forget the Magazines…
Ancient Warfare: Volume 17.4: The Persian Wars – Part II
Theme: The Persian Wars, Part II: The Persian Wars After 480 BC – Finishing What We Started; The Greek Victory at Mycale: 479 BC – Leotychides' Triumph; Marines During the Greco-Persian Wars – The Decks of Death; The Battle of the Eurymedon – A River of Uncertainty; The Achaemenid Persian Army Goes to War – No Poet to Sing of Them; Bringing it All to a Close – The Peace of Callias. Features: Guarding Egypt's Northern Border – The Ways of Horus; The Tombstone of Quintus Septimius Niger – More Than Just Weapons; The Goths Fight Over Italy (AD 489-493) – Odoacer versus Theoderic; The Ptolemies' Roman Mercenaries – The Gabiniani; Legionary Centurions – Stern Disciplinarians. $12.00 USD
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