Operation Lüttich with Memoir ’44
The latest battle between myself and The Halfing Hickman saw us say face-to-face across the Memoir ’44 board, with Dave’s plucky Americans facing the might of [...]
Board Wargames
It’s 40K, but not as we know it
A the start of June this year, Devil Pig Games made an announcement which may have come as something of a surprise – they were going to produce a new game based on [...]
Commands & Colors: Tricorne is launched on Kickstarter
There had been news floating around that the next conflict to get the ‘Commands & Colors’ treatment would be the American Revolution (or the American War of [...]
Kickstarter Round-up – 23rd September 2016
There are new Kickstarter projects starting every day – these are the ones that have caught my eye this week: Miniatures Greenskin Wars This Kickstarter project is [...]
Out with the old? Not at all! (Well, not most of it anyway)
As I write this, GenCon 2016 is in full swing, and with it comes a whole host of new releases. The tabletop gaming hobby, and most especially boardgames, seem to rely more [...]
The Great War – 25% off until 8th December at PSC
Due to an error at Plastic Soldier Company, The Great War was not included in their Black Friday sale. To make up for this, they have reduced the price by 25% until the 8th [...]
The Great War Tank! expansion into it’s last 48 hours
The Tank! expansion for the Great War game is into it’s last 48 hours. Backing this KS at this point is now certainly worth it, as you get four extra tanks (1 Male, 1 [...]
The Great War – the tanks are coming!
Following the successful launch of The Great War boardgame earlier this year, PSC Games are now launching the first expansion for the game, again via Kickstarter. The Great [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 152 – The Great War
Download Episode 152 Welcome to Episode 152 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck and Dave Luff review The Great War, the World War I [...]
Waterloo refight 2015…
…or how a poor scenario can ruin your evening If you follow me on Twitter (@mandmpodcast) you would have seen that Dave Luff and I refought Waterloo last night using [...]
The Great War – New Kickstarter from Plastic Soldier Company
This has just appeared on Kickstarter! The Plastic Soldier Company are producing their first boardgame: The Great War. The is designed by Richard Borg, with PSC providing all [...]
Battleground: Historical Warfare returns with a Kickstarter project
Back in 2005, Your Move Games came up with the idea of creating a tabletop miniatures wargame, without the miniatures: Battleground: Fantasy Warfare. The whole idea was to [...]
Fantasy Flight Games announce a new edition of Battlelore
Do you remember Battlelore? Originally published in 2006, this game is one of the Commands & Colours series of games designed by Richard Borg (Others including, [...]
Heroes of Normandie Kickstarter breaks through £100,000 pledge funding
Many congratulations to Devil Pig Games and all the backers of the Heroes of Normandie Kickstarter project – iit has reached it’s £100,000 with over 48 hours [...]
Heroes of Normandie – a glimpse at the artwork
I have just published episode 107 of the Meeples & Miniatures podcast in which I talk with Clement Seurat of Devil Pig Games about their Heroes of Normandie Kickstarter [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 107 – Heroes of Normandie & Chain of Command Part II
Download Episode 107 Welcome to Episode 107 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show I talk with Clement Seurat of Devil Pig Games about their current Kickstarter [...]
Samurai Battles expansion announced from Zvezda
You may remember that last year, Zvezda (the Russian plastic miniature manufacturer) released Samurai Battles, a game for their Art of Tactic rules, which also included a [...]
Samurai Battles reaches the UK (almost)
Samurai Battles – the new game from Zvezda, is just about to reach the UK. I’ve been eargerly anticipating this game ever since it was first announced earlier in [...]
Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012 – “We’re going to need a bigger goat”
Back at the end of March, I went to the Society of Ancients Battle Day in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes, UK. The aim of the day was to re-fight the battle of Plataea (479 [...]
Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012
Saturday 31st March 2012 is the ninth annual Society of Ancients Battle Day. This years sees a refight of the battle of Plataea from 479 BC – ‘The day the Greeks [...]
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