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Model Rectifier Corporation Announces Academy’s 1/48 TBM-3 “USS Bunker...

Academy’s 1/48 TBM-3 “USS Bunker Hill” Heading Our Way Model Rectifier Corporation is truly...

GMT Games 1989 Dawn of Freedom Review

1989 Dawn of Freedom Designed by Ted Torgerson & Jason Matthews Available from GMT...

Litko Game Accessories 10th Anniversary Celebration

Litko Game Accessories 10th Anniversary Celebration 10th Anniversary Celebration! Enter to Win 2 FREE...

Victory Point Games King’s Critters New Release

Victory Point Games Announces King’s Critters Designed by Kai Jensen and Chad Jensen MSRP...

MODIPHIUS – Achtung! Cthulhu is Now Available

MODIPHIUS PRESS RELEASE ACHTUNG! CTHULHU ON SALE Achtung! Cthulhu WW2 RPG Setting Launches With...

GMT Games Combat Commander Vol.4–Resistance Review

Combat Commander Vol.4 – Resistance Available from GMT Games This review is about the long-awaited Combat Commander Resistance which is Combat Commander Volume 4. Combat Commander Resistance expands upon Combat Commander Europe and Combat Commander Mediterranean by adding partisans and their war behind the front lines. This fourth volume features special rules and components for fighting with partisan forces against the axis nations of Europe. Combat commander resistance is not a standalone game as Combat Cmdr. Europe and Combat Cmdr. Mediterranean are required to play the game. The contents of Combat Commander Resistance are as follows there are; 3 and back printed 17" x 22" game maps (six total) 6 double sided scenario cards (12 scenarios) one sheet of...
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Lock ‘n Load Publishing Announces Lock ‘n Load: In Defeat, Defiance

Lock ‘n Load Publishing Announces Lock ‘n Load: In Defeat, Defiance Now available for preorder, Lock ‘n Load: In Defeat, Defiance brings the British Expeditionary Force to the battlefield of France 1940. An expansion to the hugely popular Lock ‘n Load: Heroes of the Blitzkrieg, In Defeat, Defiance is the biggest British Lock ‘n Load expansion ever. Included are over 170 counters, and fourteen intriguing scenarios. The 170 counters include Vickers, Cruiser, and Matilda tanks, Bren carriers, 2pdr and 25mm Anti-tank guns, 51mm mortars, Leaders, heroes, snipers, Squads, Bren guns, Boys Anti-tank rifles, and much more. The fourteen scenarios, all designed by Dale Holmstrom (The Swift and the Bold) and Mark Walker, cover everything from British and SS fighting...
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Warlord Games Hail Caesar Army Lists: Biblical & Classical Review

Hail Caesar Army Lists: Biblical and Classical Available from Warlord Games Hail Caesar Miniatures Rules can be purchased here Army lists, Biblical and Classical is the first supplement for Warlord Games’ Hail Caesar miniature rules set. The army lists contain gaming stats that assist players of the Hail Caesar rules to create balanced games. The armies presented in this book take you from the dawn of civilization through the mid-third century AD. The Hail Caesar rule book provides standardized stats for different types of troops that can be used to represent different armies in the ancient or medieval times. The rule book also contains special rules that can be applied to different troops. Many of these special rules come...
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Victory Point Games King’s Critters New Release

Victory Point Games Announces King’s Critters Designed by Kai Jensen and Chad Jensen MSRP $14.95 The second game in our kid’s game line, King’s Critters, is a 2 to 4 player game designed by Kai Jensen and Chad Jensen. For many years, the King’s Royal Zoo has housed an odd collection of exotic Critters from across the kingdom. But one day, a Dragon in a nearby mountain awoke and, intrigued by the King’s menagerie, stole all the Critters from the Zoo and taken them back to its lair! You and your fellow adventurers have answered the King’s call for help and volunteered to enter the Dragon’s lair to rescue the Critters, with the promise of great rewards for your...
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MODIPHIUS – Achtung! Cthulhu is Now Available

MODIPHIUS PRESS RELEASE ACHTUNG! CTHULHU ON SALE Achtung! Cthulhu WW2 RPG Setting Launches With Part 1 Three Kings for Call of Cthulhu Wartime roleplaying… …with tentacles! Achtung! Cthulhu brings you an officially licensed two-fisted World War Two CALL OF CTHULHU setting packed full of fiendish Nazis, terrifying ancient mysteries, legendary war machines, and enough writhing tentacles to fill ten Reichstags! Three Kings is the first in a series of standalone adventure supplements in the globe-spanning Zero Point campaign for Achtung! Cthulhu. Join a band of heroic soldiers, agents, and partisans behind enemy lines on the eve of World War Two, as they discover the unspeakable horrors of Castle Karlstein in occupied Czechoslovakia! Achtung! Cthulhu – Zero Point Part 1...
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Command and Colors Ancients Expansion #5 Epic Ancients II Review

Command and Colors Ancients Expansion #5 Epic Ancients II Available from GMT Games Epic Ancients II allows players to re-fight some of the battles of the Ancient World on an Epic scale. Epic Ancients was first introduced in Expansion 3, where four scenarios were included to be played on a double-width board. This expansion of the Commands & Colors series brings that initial introduction into focus with additional scenarios, a new Command card deck and an updated Rule Book. The box includes; Updated Rulebook A special Command deck of 100 cards, modified for Epic play Two wooden card holders Eight double-sided scenario cards covering larger battles from Marathon in 490 B.C. to Arausio in 105 B.C. Two Player Aide...
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Osprey Publishing’s Men at Arms #480 Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard

Osprey Publishing’s Men at Arms #480 Napoleon’s Dragoons of the Imperial Guard Written by Ronald Pawly Illustrated by Patrice Courcelle This book is number 480 in Osprey Publishing’s “Men-at-Arms” series. This 48 page book contains the history of Napoleon’s legendary Dragoons from its creation, to its establishment, its organization and its long service...

Scale 75 New Release May 2012

Scale 75 New Release May 2012 Praetorian Guard Greco – Roman Accessories Grecco – Roman Accessories

Gen Con 45 Years Event Registration Opens Sunday May 20, 2012

Gen Con 45 Years Event Registration Opens Sunday May 20, 2012 Greetings Gen Con Indy Fans! In today’s newsletter, we have three pieces of information for you, including a useful new feature for Event Registration and an important announcement regarding our newest Gen Con Indy 2012 Guest of Honor. We also want to...

Litko Games Accessories New Releases May 2012

Litko Games Accessories New Releases New Stuff For Board Games & A New Base Shape For Miniatures… Litko held a contest on The Dice Tower Podcast whereby listeners submitted ideas for new products to help upgrade their favorite board games. This newsletter features all four winners ideas, plus some extras! We have...

NoreastCon 2012 Pictures Now In Photo Gallery

NoreastCon 2012 Pictures Now In Photo Gallery NorEastCon 2012 was held the weekend of May 5th and May 6th at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, NY. The event was hosted by the Long Island Scale Model Society. This was the IPMS Region 1 contest for the area and modelers from all the surrounding...

Osprey Publishing’s Campaign 242 Metz 1944 Patton’s Fortified Nemesis

METZ 1944 Patton’s Fortified Nemesis Written by Steven Zaloga Illustrated by Steve Noon This book is number 242 in Osprey Publishing’s “Campaign” series. Metz was one of the most fortified cities in the Moselle region of France. The forts around Metz were built just prior to the Franco-Prussian War and were in service during...

Victory Point Games New Release–In Magnificent Style – #1 in Death or Glory Series

In Magnificent Style from Victory Point Games Death or Glory! #1 The first in the Death or Glory! series, In Magnificent Style is a solitaire game depicting the final desperate Confederate attack on 3 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, popularly known as Pickett’s Charge. As General Longstreet, you must decide how quickly...

Andrea Miniatures New Releases May 2012

Andrea Miniatures New Releases May 2012 The Golden West Series IV – 54mm US Cavalry Officer, 1876 The Vikings SV-06 Two Generations

Andrea Miniatures Black Hawk Toy Soldiers New Releases May 2012

Andrea Miniatures Black Hawk Toy Soldiers New Releases May 2012 FW-0210 54 mm Galloping Buffalo FW-0210 54mm Galloping Chyenne FW-0213 54mm Captured

Matrix Games/Slitherine Bring Conflict of Heroes to Life

Matrix Games Brings Conflict of Heroes to Life Faithful adaptation of award winning boardgame comes to the PC! Arlington, VT, May 8, 2012 – Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com), Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) and Western Civilization Software (www.west-civ.com) along with Uwe Eickert (www.academy-games.com) are excited to announce the release of the tactical turn-based World War II game Conflict...