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MINIATURES…
Guards of Traitor's Toll: Skirmish Adventure Game
Gameplay is semi-cooperative. Both players control a Guard Captain and patrol of five guardsmen, who must deal with the many challenges hidden among the crowds. Such tasks might be capturing an escaped prisoner, battling a crazed wizard, locating a lost child, taking down a smuggling gang, or investigating a mystery. While they have the same goals, each side is trying to make the most arrests, grab the glory, and win recognition (and reward) from their superiors. Gain experience, recruit allies, and locate useful items – the odd bribe will be useful too. A degree of violence will be necessary, but killing suspects will upset the populace. If there is too much discontent, the people riot and rebel – the city lords will be furious (and both players lose). The game has a strong narrative, legacy element as your guards develop new skills and learn secrets that impact subsequent tasks as well as later games. Models supplied unassembled and unpainted.
Contents: 36 Multi-part 28mm plastic figures (24 Cityfolk, 12 City Guards); 112 page rulebook (includes city map, background, and story-driven linked campaign); 108 gaming cards (24 Recruitment cards, 2 Identify cards, 6 Trait cards, 18 Plot cards, 2 Major Plot cards, 37 Secret cards, 15 Advance cards); 8 custom dice; 1 D6; 108 counters; 36 dual-use plastic bases. $95.00 USD
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Guards of Traitor's Toll: Busy Streets Expansion
This packed expansion set adds magic items; sergeants and patrons; a host of new Traits, Plots and Secrets; plus enough Recruitment cards, counters, dice and figures for a third and fourth player. Choose your allegiance to one of the great lords of the city, giving you special extra goals to achieve during a game. Recruit an experienced sergeant to bolster your squad. Discover magical potions and spell scrolls (which can be tricky to control!). Models supplied unassembled and unpainted.
Contents: 24 Multi-part 28mm plastic figures (12 Cityfolk, 12 City Guards); 90 gaming cards (24 Recruitment cards including 4 Sergeants, 2 Identify cards, 6 new Trait cards, 14 new Plot cards, 2 new Major Plot cards, 7 new Secret cards, 13 new Advance cards, 6 Injury cards, 16 Patron cards); 8 custom dice; 1 D6; 54 counters; 24 dual-use plastic bases. $72.00 USD
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Classic Fantasy: Guards 28mm Figures
This boxed set allows you to build up to 24 hard-plastic 28mm guards, adventurers, mercenaries, henchmen or whatever else your imagination can do with this incredible assortment of parts! There are unique male and female bodies on the frame, loads of add-on items, a variety of weapons and arm types, and 26 unique heads to allow for massive customization. Models require assembly and painting. Bases are not included. $40.00 USD
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Classic Fantasy: Villagers 28mm Figures
This box set allows you to build up to 24 hard-plastic 28mm villagers. There are three unique male and female bodies on the frame representing the poor, middle class, and wealthier citizens. Add-on clothing items, open hands with lots of extra bits, and 30 unique heads allow for massive customization! Models require assembly and painting. Bases are not included.$40.00
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RULES…
Et Sans Resultat: Grand Tactical Napoleonic Wargame Rules – 2nd Edition
In the second edition, the scope and focus of the game remains the same, but the rules revisions include simplification of the command system; clean-up of the visual appearance of games; enhanced differentiation between units, formations and commanders; streamlined four-phase turn sequence; and revised instructional style and examples. Supported by 30 pages of appendices, including optional commander and troop ratings, a glossary of terms, an index for easy reference, and charts for 1 inch = 75 yards scale. Charts and gauges for other scales along with order cards are available as Players' Kits.
Player is Corps commander. Basic Unit: Infantry battalions, cavalry squadron groups, artillery batteries. Any Scale Miniatures: 2mm, 6mm, 10mm, 15/18mm or 25/28mm using movement trays. Ground Scale: 1 inch = 75, 100, 150 or 200 yards. Time Scale: 3 turns = 1 hour. $29.00 USD
The First Battle Lost: 1809 in Germany – Series 3
Covers the 1809 campaign with dozens of maps, nearly 2,500 uniform images, and 14 historical scenarios may be played individually or refight the historical campaign. Scenarios are: Sacile, 1st Landshut, Raszyn, Arnhofen, Teugen-Hausen, Abensberg, 2nd Landshut, Eckmuhl, Ratisbon, Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Ebelsberg, Worgl, Linz-Urfahr, and Aspern-Essling. $49.00 USD
Master of the World: 1812 in Russia – Series 3
Requires ESR Napoleonics or a similar Napoleonic wargame to use. Latest large-format scenario book contains one campaign with 15 scenarios, dozens of maps, and nearly 3,000 uniform images. Scenarios may be played individually or you can refight the historical campaign of 1812. Scenarios include: Mir Gross-Eckau, Saltanovka, Ostrovno-Vitebsk, Kobryn, Klyastitsy, Golovichity, Swolna, Gorodechno, 1st Krasnyi, Smolensk, 1st Polotsk, Valutino-Gora, Schewardino, and Borodino. $49.00 USD
Dean Man's Hand Redux: The Bad and The Ugly – Rules and Card Deck
A copy of Dead Man's Hand Redux rulebook is needed to use this product. This 44-page sourcebook includes a 54-card deck (13 x 4 faction cards, plus two new Jokers) and contains all the information you need to bring 13 new factions to the streets of Dead Man's Hand: U.S. Cavalry, Banditos, Bushrangers, Confederados, The Family, Kelly Gang, Pinkertons, Renegade Apaches, Regulators, Spirit Walkers, The Malevolent Seven, The Baron, and The Count. New Legends of the West include: The Bad, The Ugly, Maeve Newton, Dolores Wood, English Bob, Rafe Melmont, Pat Garrett, Frank Daniels, Buckshot Roberts, Jon Pain, The Scarred Man, and Ely Fergus. Also includes twelve new scenes in four new acts, and a free Legend of the West miniature, The Bad, comes with pre-orders. $33.00 USD
Bolt Action Compendium
Series of articles from the Bolt Action community in one volume. Packed with background, scenarios, new units, and special rules. From the Chindits in Burma to partisan forces all across Europe, and much more besides, the Compendium is an essential part of any Bolt Action bookshelf.
Contents: The Polish Army in Exile – Polish Carpathian Independent Brigade in North Africa; Heroes Fight Like Greeks – Greek mountain partisans; Operation Rosselsprung – Assault on Tito's hideout by the 500th SS Parachute Battalion; The Brazilian Expeditionary Force – Forca Expedicionaria Brasileira at the Battle of Monte Castello; The Japanese SNLF in Combat – Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces; Operations Longcloth and Thursday – Campaigns of the Chindits in the jungles of Burma; The Polish People's Army in Soviet Service – Polish communist forces alongside the Red Army; The Battles of Tomaszow Lubelski – Largest armored engagement of German invasion of Poland; Spectres of the Forest – Bielski Brothers lead Eastern Front partisans against Germans; The Spanish Blue Division at Krasny Bor – Spanish Wehrmacht volunteers on the Eastern Front; Resistance!: Partisans in France – Maquis operations; Red Star-White Star – A 'what-if' situation where Soviet and American forces clash after the war. $35.00 USD
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WARGAMES…
Against the Odds #61: Rome, IInc. – From Diocletian to Heraclius
ROME, IInc. is a game of the Late Roman Empire (the period from Diocletian to Heraclius) for solitaire play or two co-operating players. A sequel to the Charles Roberts award-winning Rome, Inc., (Augustius to Diocletian), you again will be running the Roman Empire like a business, but this time the barbarians are well and truly at the gates. Together the players operate behind the scenes, promoting and removing emperors, governors and the occasional pope.
Control the mechanics of a failing empire, choosing five distinct starting points (286CE, 363CE, 425CE, 497CE, or 565CE) and run scenarios lasting 10 to 50 turns, depending on your corporate acumen and endurance. Each turn represents five to ten years, with ten turns in each of the five scenarios. If you already own Rome, Inc., you can extend the game into Rome, IInc. for a truly epic 90-turn game charting the rise and fall of history's greatest empire.
Historical statesmen are not only rated for their abilities as a commander, administrator and intriguer, but their devotion to the Christian orthodoxy, and each has a special ability to give him an edge. The map consists of provinces grouped into the four great commands of Gaul, Italy, Illyria and the Orient, each commanded by a governor. Provinces may be given to foederati barbarian allies to guard the frontier or plagued by heretics. Beyond these is the dreaded Attila the Hun, driving lesser barbarians from their homelands, and pillaging his way from province to province until defeated.
You decide where to allocate resources (capital spending), raise new forces (hiring), undertake prestige projects (public relations), pleasing the church (shareholders), or even setting aside a reserve for a rainy decade or two. You need to blend military acumen with careful administration, as well as intrigue, making the most of what you have each turn, just like any modern-day business. Rome, IInc. will give you a new perception of how war is a cost, business is a benefit, and empire is somewhere in between. It's up to you to find a balance.
Features: Map – One full color 22x34-inch PtP mapsheet; Counters – 280 full color ½-inch die-cut pieces; Rules length – 12 pages; Charts and tables – 2 pages; Complexity – Medium; Playing time – From 3 to 4 hours per scenario; How challenging is it solitaire? – Excellent. $45.00 USD
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Against the Odds #60: Cities of the Damned – Aachen and Cassino Wargames
Cities of the Damned features two solitaire games in which the player must lead his Allied forces to victory in two of the WWII's most intense battles: Cassino and Aachen. Both are area games that involve street fighting Cassino in Italy with special rules for bunkers, gun emplacements, sniper holes, and other death traps. Includes magazine.
Components: Maps – Two full color 17x22-inch mapsheets; Counters – 176 large ⅝-inch die-cut counters; Rules length – 14 pages; Charts and tables – 2 pages; Complexity – Medium; Playing time – Up to 4 hours; How challenging is it solitaire? – Excellent. $45.00 USD
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BOOKS…
The Life of Sir Stanley Maude, Lieutenant General, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Lieutenant General Maude is perhaps unfortunately mostly remembered for his part in the evacuation of Gallipoli. During the evacuation, Maude worked hard to ensure that Headquarters Kit was evacuated, whether by this he meant the headquarters paperwork or his personal kit is unknown, but he arrived at the beach just minutes before the last boat left. This pushes into the background his service in the Boer War, as well as his brigade command at the beginning of the 1st World War in France, and then his hard work in Mesopotamia leading to the recapture of Kut and Baghdad in 1917. $47.00 USD
Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War
Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army. Tells the story of these Civil War deadeyes on battlefields from Antietam to Gettysburg and beyond. During the first year of the Civil War, Hiram Berdan proposed the creation of a unit of marksmen armed with Sharps Rifles, and thus were born the 1st and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters. Drawn heavily from the Upper Midwest and New England, as well as Pennsylvania, the soldiers had to pass a marksmanship test to join: ten shots in a 10"-diameter circle from 200 yards. Draws on primary sources, especially eyewitness accounts, to reveal how these elite marksmen lived, fought and died during the Civil War. Contains eight maps and 13 tables. $35.00 USD
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The 14th King George's Own Sikhs: The 1st Battalion (K.G.O.) (Ferozepore Sikhs), The 11th Sikh Regiment
14th Ferozepore Sikhs was raised in 1846 after First Anglo-Sikh War from former soldiers of Sikh army. The regiment originally recruited local Sikhs and Punjabi Muslims, but in 1866, Punjabi Muslims were phased out and the regiment became a single-class regiment of Sikhs. In the 1922 reorganization, 14th Ferozepore Sikhs was designated 1st Battalion of 11th Sikh Regiment. The regiment is best known for their part in the Third Battle of Krithia at Gully Ravine, suffering casualties of 12 out of 15 British officers and 11 out of 14 Indian officers. In addition, they lost 380 out of 514 men dead and wounded. $43.00 USD
Operations of the Mounted Troops of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force
The E.E.F. came into being in March 1916 from the remnants of the British troops from Gallipoli and the troops already in Egypt, although it lost ten of its fourteen infantry divisions to other theaters in quick order. The multinational force of Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, and British Territorial troops became a strategic reserve for the British Army. This book was originally published as a series of ten articles in the Cavalry Journal between 1921 and 1923. The articles were an attempt to bring together learning from what was probably the last major cavalry campaign. $47.00 USD
Campaigning in Gallipoli: Diary
Published in August 1916, just seven months after the evacuation of Gallipoli, detailing events and his thoughts and observations during the campaign. Many of these observations are highly critical of the Gallipoli campaign and are more important for the fact that they were not the product of hindsight like many accounts that were published after the war. $27.00 USD
Peninsula Press: Gallipoli News Sheet
The Peninsula Press was a news-sheet produced throughout the campaign from May 1915 to Jan 1916. Initially it was produced daily, but as the campaign continued, it reduced in frequency to weekly. Except for the first issue, it was always a single sheet with two columns containing a wide range of information covering military information from all of the other theaters, as well as political stories from around the world. It also on occasion included information on actions that had taken place on the Gallipoli Peninsula. All 96 editions have been brought together in this single volume. $37.00 USD
The Campaign in Gallipoli
Major General Hans Kannengeisser was initially employed to conduct an inspection of the Ottoman forces in Northern Anatolia, to assess their ability to mobilize for war; but on the outbreak of war, he found that his role would significantly change. Initially expecting to be recalled to Germany, he was given the Ottoman rank of Pasha and led the 9th Division of Von Sanders' 5th Army during the Gallipoli campaign. This book offers a rare opportunity to study the campaign on Gallipoli from the Central Powers' side, and takes care to pay tribute to the courage of all the combatant nations. $43.00 USD
Regimental History of the 1st Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment
The 89th Punjabis had a distinguished record of WWI service, and have the unique distinction of claiming to have served in more theaters of war than any other unit of the British Empire. These included: Aden (Yemen), Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Mesopotamia, North West Frontier of India, Salonika (Greece), and the Russian Transcaucasia, where they served from 1918-20 as part of the British Expeditionary Force. $43.00 USD
A Record of the 58th Rifles Frontier Force in the Great War, 1914-1919
Vaughns Rifles was originally raised in 1849 as the 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. Lord Kitchener's Indian Army reforms of 1903 meant the regiment's designation was changed to 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force). During WWI, the regiment was sent with Force A to France to serve with the 21st Infantry Brigade part of the 7th Meerut Division. At the end of 1915, the regiment was sent to Egypt, where it initially served with the 31st Indian Brigade, and then in 1916, it was transferred to the 20th Indian Brigade. It then served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force for the remainder of the war. This volume covers the story of the desertion of Jemadar Mir Mast and others of the regiment's Afridi Company. $43.00 USD
Tigers in Normandy
Reprint. Although the Germans deployed only a limited number in Normandy during the pivotal summer campaign of 1944, Tigers delivered formidable blows against Allied armor. Details the combat history of the Tiger in the months following D-Day, supplementing this comprehensive account with period photos, then-and-now shots of terrain, first-person accounts orders of battle, tank inventories, and maps. $30.00 USD
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Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II
Drawing from extensive archival research and firsthand accounts, reconstructs this pivotal 1944 campaign that transformed a Japanese island fortress into a vital American base through the eyes of the Marines, soldiers and sailors who fought there. Details the devastating pre-invasion bombardment that pounded Japanese defenses for 13 straight days; the bloody beach landings where frogmen teams led the way while under fire; the Japanese counterattacks that sometimes inflicted 50% casualties on American units; as well as the brutal combat through jungles, swamps and cave networks in suffocating tropical heat. Weaves together strategic overview with intimate human drama, from the commanders who planned the invasion to the front-line troops who executed it. Contains 57 black-and-white photos and 9 maps. $40.00 USD
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Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944
In this unforgettable narrative of D-Day, Joseph Balkoski describes the minute-by-minute combat as it unfolded on Omaha Beach, allowing soldiers to speak for themselves as they recall their attempts to maneuver bombers through heavy cloud cover, the claustrophobic terror aboard transports, and the relentless fire that greeted them on the beach. Equal parts oral history and meticulous reconstruction, Omaha Beach is the closest the modern reader can get to experiencing the Normandy landings firsthand. Contains 34 black-and-white photos and 27 maps. $25.00 USD
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Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944
Although the assault on Utah Beach ultimately became one of the most successful military operations of World War II, its outcome was anything but certain. Not only was Utah the most isolated of the five D-Day beaches, but the airborne assault was of unprecedented size and complexity. Despite the perils, American troops confidently cascaded into that far corner of Normandy and contributed decisively to the Allied triumph on D-Day. With verve and authority, Balkoski describes how that victory was won. Contains 35 black-and-white photos. $25.00 USD
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Iwo Jima: The Marine Corps' Epic Victory
The campaign for Iwo Jima (Operation Detachment) from 19 February to 26 March 1945 pitted the U.S.M.C. Fifth Amphibious Corps (VAC) and the U.S.N.'s Fifth Fleet against the IJA 109th Division and assorted IJN ground troops under the command of Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. After neutralizing Japanese air assets on Iwo Jima, the objective was to seize Iwo Jima's two completed airfields in the southern and central sectors and make them operational after the heavy pre- and post-invasion aerial, naval and Marine artillery bombardment. U.S.A.A.F. 7th Fighter Command would then have a base from which to escort the four-engine B-29 heavy bombers on their Japanese Home Islands' raids from their Mariana Islands bases, and to provide emergency airfields for battle-damaged or low-on-fuel Superfortresses on their return flight that otherwise would have crashed in the sea.
The combined American force numbered over 100,000 troops against 20,933 Japanese soldiers and sailors. Kuribayashi's defenses were so well-fortified with caves, tunnels and daunting terrain that the VAC lost 6,821 KIA and 19,217 wounded compared to approximately 18,000 Japanese troops KIA or MIA with only 216 prisoners taken. In a 'mopping up' phase to clear the remaining Japanese hidden in the island's caves, the Army's 147th IR, 37th Division captured an additional 867 prisoners. This epic U.S.M.C. campaign resulted in an unprecedented ratio of three American casualties for every two Japanese soldiers. In all, 2,251 emergency B-29 landings were made saving the lives of almost 25,000 aircrew members. The flag raisings atop Mount Suribachi on 23 February 1945 galvanized American morale at home. Contains 200 mono illustrations. $35.00 USD
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A History of the Guards Armoured Division: 1941-1945
Examines how the decision to raise a Guards Armoured Division came about, and why the idea met with such strong opposition. Takes an in-depth look at the training, equipment and culture of the Brigade of Guards, and how that influenced the two formations' preparedness for war. Explores how the Guards were able to adapt to changing conditions on the battlefield and adopt new operational and tactical procedures. Reveals why the Guards' armored formations were hurriedly disbanded in June 1945. Also discloses why it took over a decade to publish the 'official' history of the Guards Armoured Division. Contains 12 mono illustrations. $40.00 USD
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War in Ukraine: Volume 7 – Air and Missile Warfare, March-June 2022
Draws on a wide range of sources to provide a detailed examination of the military aspects of the air and missile campaign that developed in the skies above Ukraine between March and June 2022. It includes overviews of the weapons systems employed by both sides, analysis of the tactics, and of the successes and failures of both sides, and a detailed account of the campaign for Snake Island that would see the sinking of Moskva, flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. Extensively illustrated throughout with original color photographs, maps, diagrams and specially commissioned color artworks illustrating this military campaign in the air. Contains 136 color photos, 33 color profiles, six color maps, four color diagrams, and four tables. $30.00 USD
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Wagner Group – Private Military Company: Volume 1 – Establishment, Purpose, Profile and Historic Relevance 2013-2023
Examines the predecessors to the Wagner Group, its activities in a number of conflicts around the world, and its armed mutiny against the top leadership of the Russian Federation. Looks at the profession of arms as practiced by mercenaries throughout history, and the emergence of the modern private military company in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, along with the failed Slavonic Corps and Moran Security Group, often mistaken for early incarnations of Wagner. Examines the emergence of the Wagner Group, its connection to the Russian government, security and intelligence services, and its operations in Syria, Libya, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Venezuela as an extension of Russian foreign policy, often displacing Western interests, and as a private organization primarily concerned with securing access to the world's oil and mineral resources for its owners and sponsors. Illustrated with original color photographs showing the Wagner Group's activities and its iconography, along with color artworks highlighting the unusual equipment employed in many of the group's activities. Contains two black-and-white photos, 4 color illustrations, 14 color photos, 21 color profiles, three color maps, and one diagram. $30.00 USD
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AND DON'T FORGET THE MAGAZINES…
Wargames Illustrated Issue #447 with Free Hail Caesar Romans Sprue War
Departments: Observation Post: WWII Bolt Action battles and plastics from Wargames Atlantic; Release Radar: New releases; Quick Fire: WI readers note their hobby projects, news, and observations.; Theme: Alternates: Alternate Agincourts: What if?options to Agincourt; Victory at Vitoria: What if? options to Battle of Vitoria 1813.; Old Enemies New Allies, Old Allies New Enemies: 20,000-point Bolt Action battle between U.S. and German allies against Soviets.; Dead Man's Sword: Wild West gunfight rules Dead Man's Hand uses medieval miniatures.; Features: Caesarian Romans: Britons against a waterborne invasion led by Caesar.; Painting Caesarian Romans; Modelling Bosworth: Battle of Bosworth.; How to Paint Visigoths: Applying Big Child Creatives paints to Visigoth figures by 1898 Miniaturas.; Wargames Illustrated 2024 Readers' Awards winners. $10.00 USD
Miniature Wargames #503
Articles: McPherson's Ridge – American Civil War assault; Paint Yer Wagenburgs: Hussite Wars vehicular conflict; Send Three And Fourpence: Historical accuracy in wargames; Skinwalkers: Werewolves, Skin Walkers, and Loup Garou scenarios – France in 1600 and Arizona in 1870; Command Decision: Gaming WWI Palestine and the Middle East; Bugs, Mr Rico! Zillions of 'em: Part 1 – Ideas for sci-fi ground war and inter-species combat; Flexible Vampire: Using Army Painter Flexible Triad system to paint the Undead; Scratch Build: Converting a cheap MDF Halloween toy into a witches' hovel suitable for the tabletop; Defence in Depth: Figure and rules reviews; Forward Observer: News; Recce: Book reviews. $10.00 USD
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