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Warfare Christmas Cracker 2017
Oh, Oh! (or is that Ho Ho?) It's that dodgy bloke from the mall again..So what do we have in store (literally) for Christmas.Well there is the £100.00 GNW BrigadeIt contains: 4 x 20 model battalions...
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Feature- Russian Commanders
Shermetev, Menshikov, RepninFrom existing paintings it is difficult to definitively decide exactly how a particular historical figure looked. Statuesque and heroic or pox faced and pot bellied? Hardly...
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The War of Three Kings - "So what took you so long?"
If you are a regular visitor, you know that for the last eighteen months Barry and I have been working on the third edition of Beneath the Lily Banners. I know that seems like forever, but again...
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A novel new offer - Mounted Officer and Cornet packs
Cornet from WLOA40 with a new right arm! (As Adam Murray)Over the years I have done many special deals for customers which have involved splitting packs to get various figures out. I have accumulated...
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The War of Three Kings - "What's up with the name?"
The game is still Beneath the Lily Banners. When we started developing the new rules, we wanted to streamline as many things as possible without loosing the feel of the game. Some of this came in the...
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A fascinating detour part 1 - New Characters for the campaign
Dutch Parliament building - Den HaagAs we are now regulars on the Newcastle-Ijmuiden run we like to visit new places on the way to/from Antwerp and Hamburg, the homes of Crisis and Tactica...
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The War of Three Kings - "How is this game different?"
Before talking about what's new, let's look at some things that stayed the same...Unit OrganizationFor the most part, units are organized in the same manner they've always been - three stands for a...
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Guest post -Swedish artillery
Some wonderful work by William Nguyen Tan Ho from France on Swedish artillery from the Great Northern War.William has done a super job on these chaps and the basing just sets it off nicely. I was very...
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A Fascinating detour Part 2 - Brielle
Gateway in Brielle's inner defensive rampartsPanel beyond the outer works explaining Brielle's position and historyThe moat between out ramparts and the Molenbolwerk - can you see its cannon?Whilst in...
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Christmas Game - Harrison's Meadow VA June 1861
Longstreets's Brigade march to Harrison's MeadowI do have other interests apart from 1660-1721 and so for the Christmas game this year I thought I'd surprise Toggy with an ACW encounter from the very...
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!A few weeks ago, Barry and I hooked up with Rob Rhodes on the History to Wargames podcast to talk about Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, and the League of Augsburg...History to...
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New product news from Warfare Miniatures
Set 1 - Lobster helmet, armour and swordsECW/TYW CavalryThese three codes will be released sometime in January 2018. It has taken them a long time to reach the market having been sculpted bout five or...
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More Donnybrook Dark
Clarence Harrison - Right! My painting in 2017 was not up to my normal production. That is going to change in 2018.I started this second force for my Donnybrook Dark project (you can see my Scandavians...
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GNW Swedish cavalry - gallop back to the field
CHARGING CODE 1A wee update for those interested in the disappearing and now reappearing Swedish GNW cavalry. These have taken about 9 months longer to appear than we originally anticipated but in my...
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Warfare Miniatures Zombies!
Clarence Harrison - When I started working on my concept for Donnybrook Dark, something I knew I needed immediately were zombies. There are several manufacturers who make pirate zombies, but these...
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Poltava part 2 - the terrain
Jon and Diane used artificial grass for the terrain and the manual paint job was very effective. The playing surface is very robust and would take a fair bit of punishment if unfortunate enough to...
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ECW /TYW Cavalry released
I am very pleased to announce that the three codes of ECW/TYW troopers are available in the shop.Price is our usual for cavalry £8.50 per set of three horses and riders.And, Here they are in all their...
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Donnybrook in Sleepy Hollow, Part 1 - Converting Bokkenrijders
Cat Reddington-Wilde: Several of us at the Boston Trained Bands gaming club have been working on a big Donnybrook convention scenario to bring to Huzzah! in Portland Maine this May. And I have...
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Donnybrook in Sleepy Hollow, Part 2 - Converting Bokkenrijders
Cat Reddington-Wilde: This time we'll look at the foot sloggers.Foot Mob #1 received head masks with twisted cloth goat horns, in the style of those worn by the mob in the TV series. Some horns are...
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Kurpfalz Feldherren Wargame Club, Germany
We meet up with the guys from Kurpfalz Feldherren at Tactica, Hamburg, Crisis, Antwerp and even at Partizan. They do wonderful games at least two of which have been featured on the blog before. Lovely...
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