I'm going to review both magazines side by side, section by section. At the end of each section I'll write a brief paragraph about the section and then give it two scores out of 10. One score will be for usefulness, the second will be for …
We take a look at the MERCS miniature games CCC faction box set. It currently includes 6 miniatures, cards and dice.
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Here again is Mark (the official Dystopian Legions Guy for the blog ) this time he is looking at some bikes….Some STEAM bikes. Back again courtesy of the Bear, with another Dystopian Legions EOTBS ‘What’s in the box’ review. This time it …
What I can say, is that it was a great day, and my thanks to the guys there for making me and my kids very welcome for the duration of our stay! My kids loved it, as did I and I managed to get myself a few choice bits off my shopping list (more about […
Couldn’t find a suitable drainage ditch for 15mm until now…check out the review:
I collect all the Warhammer 40,000 Codices. I buy them as soon as they are released. I've been really really impressed by the sixth edition hardback books. The productions values are really high with embossing and spot uv (glossy areas). It jus…
Following on from the Autumn basing kit review time to do the kit that really caught my eye in the Steampunk basing kit As before this kit lets your imagination run wild making unique bases without the usual need for resin bases or if you just enjoy ba…
Each workshop comes with brushes and tools over time. The question is how to control them. How to store them conveniently. Finally, I found the answer to those questions.W każdym warsztacie z czasem przybywa pędzli oraz narzędzi. Pytanie brzmi jak n…
Recently I started collecting PAVN force for Flames of War/ Tour of Duty. After getting a mix of Peter Pig and Battlefront stuff I also spotted Flashpoint miniatures during my internet searching. Soon after I received couple of blisters courtesy … Continue reading →
Hi, I just finished the review of the nice plastic 20mm T-26 A & B Light Tank boxed set of the Spanish company Minairons Miniatures and was again pleased by the quality and fast to build qualities of this boxed set. For those unaware of who…
The Devil’s Pay by Dave Gross is one of three eBooks released by Privateer Press through their new publishing arm Skull Island eXpeditions (hope I have the spelling down now!). The Devil’s Pay is great fun, an action-packed romp through th…
I saw this book several weeks ago and decided to buy it primarily because I had read other works by this author and knew it would be a good read. Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in Military History at the University of Padua and is a scholar of G…
Amongst many miniatures I brought home from last Salute show was latest release from Scheltrum miniatures. It’s always good to see stuff released for more niche ranges. We got three sets of Polish POW militia ( POW stands for Polska … Continue reading →
THE WARLOCK SAGAS: INSTRUMENTS OF WAR
This was my first read from the new offerings from Skull Island Expeditions the publishing imprint for Privateer Press and written by Larry Correia. I have really enjoyed the background of the Iron Ki…
New month, new White Dwarf, new releases. This issues main release is the High Elves for Warhammer Fantasy and after the last issue I can’t say I had high hopes for this one, but was actually a little surprised in a positive way this month, continue re…
Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari – a television script-writer who has not written a book for Black Library before – is a strange, strange novel. Some things should be stated up-front. Fire Caste certainly isn’t much of a Tau novel, and f…
It has been a while since I have done a review so to get back into the swing of things here is, A Call to Arms: Star Fleet (miniature star trekking battles). Produced by Mongoose Publishing, it is as you can probably gather based on big space ships sho…
My copy of Wargames Soldiers and Strategy arrived in the post yesterday and I’ve had a quick scan through its pages. I’m kicking myself now for not going digital when I resubscribed a couple of months ago. Its great to get the magazine in the post but …
Henry Hyde Editor of Miniature Wargames now with Battlegames. Henry Hyde reveals lots of amazing news to the Wargaming Recon audience before anyone else! Editor Henry Hyde is back to discuss the upcoming release to his book, the Wargaming Compendium, a…
My British battle group gets 15 minutes of ’80s betatastic entertainment from Wargame Airland Battle:
This month's White Dwarf magazine is a 152 pages and features the High Elves. Read on for the Tale of Painter's in depth review of the publication.
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I have been waiting to add Mi-6 Hook to my Soviet paras for a long time. After disastrous purchase from Skytrex ages ago (review of that model is somewhere on this blog) I kept hearing that H&R meant to release … Continue reading →
In a bit of a departure from the normal wargaming stuff, I have a bit of new reading material in the form of a belated Christmas present, the Iron Kingdom Roleplay Game Core Rulebook. A review is probably in order. But first an admission. I do not do roleplay games anymore, and I haven’t for [...]
I’ve got to spread a little kudos about this great little bookshop in Tunbridge Wells. It’s an eclectic mix, part games, part gifts, part second hand book store and with an old fashioned sweetshop inside as well. There are several aisles of booksh…
Back in February I backed Games & Gears Kickstarter for their ‘Pro Studio’ brush set and true to their promise they delivered in April, a set of new double-ended brushes arriving in the post a few days back. Although I missed the ‘…