Epic Battles is a unique wargaming experience that covers battles from over five thousand years of history. The game incorporates the development of tactics and weaponry throughout history, making it a perfect choice for both beginners and veterans. The game is designed to challenge players’ tactical abilities, as the winner is the one who can coordinate their troops, move them effectively, and handle the chaos of battle.

The first box set includes everything needed to play four battles from the Italian Wars during the Renaissance period. The scenarios include the battles of Fornovo 1495, Agnadello 1509, Pavia 1525, and Ceresole D’Alba 1544. The box set includes a rulebook, a scenario booklet, a full-color modular battlefield map, terrain tiles, counters, plastic stands, summary tables, and dice.

One of the unique features of Epic Battles is the scalable battlefield board. The game map consists of a 24×18 hexes grid, which can be expanded when future expansions are released. The players will place configuration tiles on the map to define the terrain features where the battle was fought.

The cardboard counters are printed on both sides, one side represents the front of the combat unit while the other is its back, making it easy to identify the front and rear of each unit. The plastic stands also serve as information markers, indicating the current status of combat units and the cohesion points of combat groups.

The game is played by leading an army to victory by forcing the opponent’s army to withdraw. Combat units are differentiated according to their tactical purpose, strength, combat value, morale, armor, and maneuverability. They are organized into groups led by generals, who control them hierarchically or directly. The game’s clock marks the historical time passing during the battle, with each game turn covering 15 minutes of real-time.

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The 28mm white metal figures have been sculpted by Paul Hicks and feature maximum character with extra passion. The figures cover British airborne troops, and the research has taken into account all evidence on equipment and uniforms, as well as historic details and stories regarding the personalities. This has resulted in the best portrayal of the Arnhem Heroes.

The figures have been designed to fit into other existing collections, making them a must-have for collectors. The range has been organized into three separate deals, which will unlock as stretch goals are reached. Deal 1 includes a special miniature of Captain James G. Ogilvie, while Deals 2 and 3 consist of unlocked stretch goals.

Empress Miniatures and Paul Hicks have also included a special thank you for backers who pledge at the Bugler level. They will receive a special edition Bugler miniature as a token of appreciation.

The Kickstarter campaign for Arnhem Heroes has been a huge success, and if this continues, future Kickstarters will cover the operation, including German and Polish troops and much more.

Empress Miniatures and Paul Hicks have shown all the deals upfront, allowing backers to make their pledge accordingly. The stretch goals are lined up and ready to go, and when they are reached, the packs will become unlocked and added to the campaign at the value shown.

The Arnhem Heroes range is not expected to be offered to retail customers in the foreseeable future, making it essential for those interested to back the Kickstarter campaign.

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The starter set – Push of Pike – is massive and contains 1,288 figures and 12 artillery pieces, giving players the perfect way to dive right into the era. The set includes fantastically elaborate flags of the period for belligerents of both the Thirty Years’ War in Europe and the English Civil Wars, and a laser-cut MDF kit of an iconic fortified manor house of the period.

The Infantry Battalia box and Cavalry boxed set are a great way to expand your forces. The Infantry Battalia box gives you three regiments of combined pikemen and musketeers, while the Cavalry boxed set includes horsemen, commanders, infantry, and artillery, allowing you to add the all-important horsemen to your army, as well as the big guns of the ordnance and the versatile mounted infantry capabilities of the dragoons.

Casualty markers are a vital part of Pike & Shotte, and the new range includes 18 assorted casualty markers, ideal for tracking the damage your units take as the battle progresses and lending a touch of extra realism to your tabletop battlefields.

Finally, there are two MDF scenery packs to decorate your gaming tables – the Thatched Hamlet and the Village – which are ideal for both the Thirty Years’ War and English Civil Wars. These kits make the perfect objectives to fight over and offer a touch of realism to the battlefield.

The revised A5 rulebook perfectly sized for any general’s saddlebag contains all you need to get playing, with specific flavorings that will cement your battles in the battles of the English Civil Wars and the Thirty Years’ War.

The new range is a great addition to the Epic Battles series and is sure to be a hit with history enthusiasts and war-gamers alike. So rally your troops and raise the Royal Standard – Pike & Shotte: Epic Battles is coming!

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From the article:

We’ve been hard at work perfecting Warlord Resin, and we’re incredibly excited to reveal the fruits of our labours – Warlord Resin Plus! This new formulation differs from the current Warlord Resin in a number of ways and we’re so satisfied with it that for the first time we will be producing miniatures for our most popular games system, Bolt Action, in Warlord Resin Plus (WLR+).

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From the article:

Out Now! Hail Caesar New Edition

With Hail Caesar, you can raise an army of ancient warriors and take them into battle against your friends, recreating some of the most famous and legendary battles ever fought. In addition to gorgeous new layouts, diagrams and artwork, the new edition refines and enhances the existing rules whilst expanding the timeline into the later Medieval period.

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From the article:

Warlord Games is delighted to have signed a license with the National Museum of the Royal Navy for the Black Seas version of HMS Victory. Licensing is an important part of the NMRN’s fundraising campaign to restore HMS Victory and to fund research into our naval heritage.

Paul Sawyer, Warlord Games’ Head of Product Development and Design, had this to say. “As a company built on the foundations of thousands of years of military history we are delighted to be able to contribute to the maintenance of one of this country’s most treasured historical vessels. HMS Victory is a key part of our Black Seas game range and we are proud to be an official licensee and to be able to use the HMS Victory Logo on our packaging for this great ship”.

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From the campaign:

WARSURGE is a universal miniature war game system, where you can use any miniatures in your collection to play. Your old miniatures can find new purpose, or fight against a broader range of opponents! You can also design unit profiles and customize your army with the WARSURGE App.

WARSURGE supports battles and skirmishes, competitive play, cooperative and single player. You can use miniatures from sci-fi, fantasy or any genre of your choosing and fight any opponent.

The campaign’s up and over its funding goal (being fair, they weren’t asking for a lot) with 56 days left to go (yeah, you have some time to save up your nickels for this one).

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This article is a set of guidelines about writing scenarios for Bolt Action. This advice has been derived from my own personal experience of writing many many scenarios for different purposes within the Bolt Action game system over the years.

From that experience I have to say that there is a huge difference between writing balanced ‘battle scenarios’ and more uneven ‘historical’ scenarios. The first are aimed at being playable in competitive events like tournaments, with both players having equal chances of winning. The latter are more for fun and aimed at capturing the flavour of a particular historical engagement or campaign/sector of the war. And they are, in my opinion, very different beasts!

As the historical ones are those that are far more commonly designed by players all over the world, this article will concentrate on them. Players that are interested in ‘balanced’ tournament scenarios are more normally happy to use the existing ones in the rulebook, or simple tweaks thereof to adapt them to their needs and likes.

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From the article:

This set of experimental rules comes from way back in the origins of the designing process for Bolt Action. As with any wargames system things get modified perhaps because of limitations on time, design brief, or we felt they needed more work. Treat these ‘rules’ as entirely optional and an experimental alternative to the main rules for aircraft in Bolt Action & have a little fun.

Essentially these experimental Warplanes rules would replace the Forward Air Observer rules. In terms of army selection, instead of including an Air Observer, each Platoon can include a Warplane chosen from the appropriate list at the end of this article. 

Warplanes are rare and expensive units, and remain on the table for a limited amount of time. Because of the scale of our game, we will concern ourselves only with tactical air power: fighters, fighter-bombers and dive bombers, either strafing or attacking ground targets directly. We feel that strategic attack by high altitude level bombers is satisfactorily covered by the rules for artillery barrages.

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About the book:

Background on the Finnish, Hungarian, and Romanian Armies during the epic battles for the Eatern Front in 1944 and 1945.

 Instructions on how to build a Finnish T-26 Armoured Company, Sturmi Assault Gun Company and Infantry Company, or a Hungarian Panther Tank Company, Tiger Tank Company, Turán Tank Company, Panzer IV Tank Company, Zrinyi Assault Gun Company, StuG Assault Gun Company, Hetzer Assault Gun Company and Rifle Company, or a Romanian R-2 Light Tank Company, T-4 Medium Tank Company, TA Assault Gun Company, and Motorised Rifle Company.

 Painting and Basing guides.

 Three new Bagration themed Missions.

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