Mongoose Publishing has posted a PDF based preview of their upcoming Battlefield Evolution: Modern Combat rules.

PicoArmor have announced the opening of a new online store for gaming rules focusing on WWII and modern gaming.

From their announcement:

PicoArmor is pleased to announce that it has opened its rules store. The following rule sets and modules are in stock and available for sale:

Blitzkrieg Commander
Blitzkrieg Commander is an exciting wargame that allows you to re-create battles of the Second World War and Spanish Civil War using miniatures on a tabletop. Command anything from a company right up to a division and get a result in 2-3 hours without becoming bogged-down in detail. Suitable for any scale miniatures from 2mm right up to and no re-basing required.

Cold War Commander
Cold War Commander is an exciting wargame that allows you to re-create battles from the First Indo-China War right up to the present day using miniatures on a tabletop. Command anything from a company right up to a division and get a result in 2-3 hours without becoming bogged-down in detail. Suitable for any scale miniatures from 2mm right up to 28mm and no re-basing required.

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Mongoose Publishing is now taking pre-orders for their Battlefield Evolution: Modern Combat rulebook.

From their website:

Battlefield Evolution: Modern Combat is an ultra-modern miniatures game played with the most advanced military equipment currently in the inventories of the world’s nations as well as new systems that are currently being developed.

Full army lists are included for:

• The British Army
• The People’s Liberation Army
• The United States Army
• The United States Marine Corps
• The Middle Eastern Alliance
• The German Heer
• The Russian Army

Battlefi eld Evolution: Modern Combat allows players to fight future wars anywhere in the world, be it rolling plain or humid jungle. From small skirmishes to full scale engagements, the armies of the world clash using the very latest technology and equipment.

RAFM have posted a short preview of the additions that will be included in the full version of their USX rulebook.

From their website:

July will see the official release of the USX rulebook. Designed to compliment RAFM’s USX and Cthulhu range of figures the 32-page rulebook offers players a fun and fast game system.

Printed in full color the book fills in areas that were hinted at in the Basic set with rules for:

• Vehicles
  Rules for vehicles enhance the game play of USX by making cars and trucks more than just terrain pieces to hide behind, although they are still great cover! Damage, speed and handling all play a part in how your vehicle performs with a skid table, collisions and Hollywood type explosions all covered.
• Armor
  Armor is handled through a simple yet effective modifier system that can be applied to vehicles and special units within the game.
• Mythos creatures
  RAFM’s Cthuhlu range of miniatures adds an element of horror to the game and allows players to face off against Mythos creatures. The use of a unique Horror check system compliments the Cthulhu element of the USX rules.
• Spells
  You’ll need some extra juju to deal with those horrors from beyond so we have included a few basic spells to help the budding cultist or investigator.

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Vulcain have added new 15mm Roman walls to their online store.

15mm.co.uk have announced a price increase as well as releasing new 15mm sci-fi aliens as well as updating their Potomac ACW range with photos.

From their website:

We have had to raise our prices with much regret. While this increase does not apply to any of our rulebooks or paper products it does apply to all of our metal miniature ranges. Please refer to each section of interest to see full details of our re-pricing. Our postal rates remain as they were.

The Flesharons are Here

These aliens are part of a Hive Mind and are suitable for any 15mm science fiction game system such as Alien Squad Leader. There are five different codes and a value pack.

Choose from two different Drones, a Warrior , a Breeder and a Master.

• SIL01 Flesharon Drone
• SIL02 Flesharon Drone II
• SIL03 Flesharon Warrior
• SIL04 Flesharon Breeder
• SIL05 Flesharon Master

LB029 Flesharon Value Pack (save over 15%)

Warmodelling have announced the release of a new packs of 1:72nd scale WWII British Paratroopers.

From their announcement:

Warmodelling has released New 20mm-1/72 British Paratroopers miniatures. These metal miniatures are for Collectors, Dioramas and Wargamers.

Small Packs:

• WWUKP-01 Infantry Squad Attacking (6 figures)
• WWUKP-02 Infantry Squad Skirmishing (6 figures)
• WWUKP-03 2″ Mortar Crew + PIAT Team (4 figures)
• WWUKP-04 Vickers MMG + Crew (3 figures+ 1 weapon)
• WWUKP-05 3″ Mortar + Crew (3 figures+ 1 weapon)
• WWUKP-06 AT Gun Crew (4 figures)
• WWUKP-07 Officers & Radio Operators (4 figures)

Also available in a 23 figure + 2 weapon WW24 British Paratroopers (ARNHEM) boxed set.

Sally White from Hasslefree Miniatures writes:

Its that time again folks. Long-standing regular HF customers will know that HF run two ‘bonus’ times each year. One in July to celebrate mine and Megs birthdays and one at the beginning of December.

Usually our summer sale runs mid-July until the end of July but this year we have brought it forward for two reasons:

1: So that it doesn’t clash with the children’s summer holidays.
2: The production schedule is all over the place due to my illness and this will give me a bit of breathing space to try and get it back on schedule.

This means this year it will run from Tuesday 1st July until Monday 21st July.

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Sash and Sabre have added a new pack of 40mm Norman Medium Infantry with spears to their online store. The pack of 20 figures is available for $40.00 US.

A quick update from the Musketeer Miniatures website regarding some upcoming 28mm miniatures from them.

From their website:

Paul Hicks has just sent me the next two packs for our Irish War of Independence range which are Royal Irish Constabulary and a pack of Flying Column with shotguns. Lovely stuff as usual and these should be available at ATTACK 08 in Devises if they come back from the mould makers in time.

The Assault Group has added several new 28mm figures to their online store and also posted details on how to get some free miniatures from them when you order.

Renaissance

• REN075 Russian Streltzi Horse-holders
• REN098 Polish horse-holders
• REN099 Ottoman Tufecis horse holders

Napoleonic

• NAU004 German Fusilier marching (Shako)
• NAU006 German Fusilier Command (Shako)

Crusader Miniatures is having a one week special on their 28mm WWII Soviet platoon pack. From now until July 27th 2008 it is available for £20.00. The pack contains 4 commanders, 4 LMGs, 8 SMGs and 16 Riflemen

Acheson Creations have announced a large number of new terrain and miniature releases.

From their website:

Added three new items to the Fortress Pacific category:

• FP5-”Japanese Log & Earth Tank Redoubt”
• FP8-”Coconut Straight Seawall Section w/o Palm Stumps”
• FP12-”Coconut Seawall O/S Corner 15 Degree Angle”

Added one new item to the Meso-American category:

• MA24-”Aztec Telpochalli kneeling firing bow (4/pack)”

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Baccus have announced that their Polemos ACW rules are off to the printers and that they are taking pre-orders.

From their website:

For many of you out there, the long wait will shortly be over. The Polemos ACW rules are now at the printers and I expect to be able to supply them some time in the middle of the month. To that end. I am very pleased to announce that they are now available for pre-order.

This is a pre-order only. Credit cards will not be charged, nor will PayPal invoice be issued until the rules are ready to be sent out to you.

If you are wondering what all the fuss is about or want to get flavour of the rules, I’ve just posted information about the rules in the Polemos section. It looks very much like the unofficial launch of these rules will be on the Baccus Open Day on July 19th. There is still a place available for the morning session, so if you want to come along, please get in contact asap.

Staying with things 19th Century, there are some new releases for the Franco Prussian Wars. The Prussians now get a 12 pdr smoothbore, the Bavarians a Zoller smoothbore and the French a 4 pdr.

Check out their website for links and more information

QRF have announced the release of a new modern 15mm APC miniature.

From their announcement:

QRF announces the release of the South African Casspir APC in 15mm. Used throughout South Africa, and exported to several other countries, this strange looking vehicle has been carefully designed to protect the crew and passengers from land mines.

The Casspir originally entered service in about 1980. Casspirs are operated by South Africa, India, Indonesia, Namibia, Nepal, Peru and Djibouti.

Warlord Games have announced the release of more 28mm Celt and Roman figures.

From their announcement:

With our 28mm hard plastic Celtic Warriors and Imperial Roman Legionaries selling like hotcakes we’ve been spending a lot of time reinforcing all you Roman Legates and Celtic Chieftains with fresh troops.

Our acclaimed plastic models now have a lot more metal back-up… There are a horde of releases for both ranges and still more to come over the next few days and weeks.

We’re already well down the road on our next ranges but don’t worry - we still have big plans for the Romans and Celts so keep an eye on our site or even better sign up for our newsletter and be the first to hear about developments.

Kerr & King have announced the release of several new 15mm WWII vehicles as well as posting some news about their next terrain set.

From their website:

We’ve been working on a new moulding technique that will produce vastly more accurate roofs for our buildings with absolutely no gaps. Using this new technique we have completed our latest ‘City in a Box set’ Northern France: Les Verrieres. They buildings are being moulded as we speak and we are hoping to have limited quantities for the Albanich show in Dumfries this weekend so if you want to be the absolute first to get your hands on one come along to the show, but come early as we’re not sure how many we’ll have available.

Also today we have more vehicles for you KK-219 a British Quad, KK-222 German Kfz15 staff car, KK-223 German Kfz70 transport, KK-224 British Indian Pattern Carrier, KK-225 German SdKfz7 8-ton Half-track, KK-226 Kubelwagen and finally KK-227 an Opel Blitz 3-ton truck.

Chieftain Models have announced an upcoming 1:56 scale Japanese Chi Ha Medium tank.

From their website:

The Chi Ha Medium tank will be released mid to late July in conjunction with the resin Company B one, which is made from the same master. So if you live in the US, Canada, or Australia, Company B’s postage may be more advantageous.

Splintered Light Miniatures is offering a deal on their 15mm Romano-British range in response to their recent Origins Award win.

From their announcement:

In honor of our Romano-British winning the Historical Miniatures Line of the Year Origins award, Splintered Light Miniatures would like to offer a special deal for our customers as thanks for their support.

From now through the end of July, anyone who buys 5 packs of Romano-British will get a pack free (ROBR01 does not count towards the 5 pack count) or anyone who buys the Romano-British DBA deal 1 will get the DBA deal 2. Since this will not be reflected in the shopping cart, please include your free pack choices in the message portion of the paypal shopping cart.

Also, special thanks and congratulations go to Rodrick Campbell, who sculpted the Romano-British figures. Thanks also go to Mike Demana for his help and support at the show, which I was unable to attend. These are 15mm figures. Thanks again to all who voted and please email me if you have any questions.

Renegade Miniatures is running a Great War special offer as well as a deal on their WWII range from now until July 17th 2008. In addition they have announced some upcoming new releases.

From their website:

WW1 Great War Offer
All WW1 single blister packs only £6.50 each until 17th July.

WW2 Offer
All WW2 blister packs are also under an introductory offer, until 17th July, of £6.50 each!

The adjustment won’t show up on your shopping cart, but don’t panic. It will be fixed before you are charged.

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PaperTerrain have added a new WWII paper terrain kit depicting St Mere Eglise Church.

From their announcement:

The church in St Mere Eglise is probably the most famous church of the Second World War. Now you can have it on your wargame table. PaperTerrain is adding this highly detailed model to its large selection of wargames buildings. The model comes with over 70 pieces (and fully-illustrated instructions) and is available in 10/12mm, 15mm, 20mm and 25/28mm scale (6mm coming soon!) See our website for more details including the size of the finished model.

Gripping Beast have added two new packs of 28mm Norman Pueri Light Cavalry.

From their website:

Two new packs of Pueri Light Cavalry are available now. These packs are available with either kite shields or round shields. Have a look here at the packs (there is no ‘group’ shot for NMC07 - it is temporarily ‘misplaced.’ There are individual shots of each of the figures in that pack though.) A Pueri unit deal is available on this page here.

Raiden Miniatures have announced the release of two new 1:285h scale aircraft battlesets.

From their website:

We now have two new Battlesets available, a Midway set & Battle of Britain 1946 set. Full details of them can be found in the Battlsets section.

Each set is available for £20.

GHQ have updated their website only specials as well as announcing a set of new 1:285th and 1:1200 scale releases.

New Releases

• SUN-6 CA Maxim Gorkiy
• GWS-5 DD Cassin Class
• GWS-6 BB-22 Minnesota
• N-523 M1117 Guardian ASV
• TMB-68 Log Home
• TMB-69 Barracks
• TMB-70 Bombed Mid East House
• TMB-71 Bombed Mid East Home
• TMB-72 Bombed Mid East Shop
• TMB-73 Bombed Mid East Store
• TMB-74 Bombed Mid East Sheds
• TMB-76 Single Span Truss Bridge
• TMB-77 Triple Span Truss Bridge

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Company B have updated their News page with a photo of their upcoming 1:56 scale Chi-Ha Japanese Medium Tank. The tank, including three variants, will be released in late July or early August 2008.

ACE Model have released a new 1:72 scale plastic Soviet 76mm Regimental Gun.

The Flames of War website has two new articles and several spotlights related to their rebranded and remastered paint sets. The two articles look at the US Infantry divisions that fought in the Normandy Campaign as well as Kurt Meyer, Panzergrenadier commander in the 12. SS-Panzerdivision in Normandy.

Battlefront have also reworked their paint products.

From their website:

This is our new range of paint sets. We’ve taken the opportunity to reorganise our paint sets as well as re-brand them with the Flames Of War logo on the bottles. Don’t worry they are still the same excellent Vallejo paints you all know. Jeremy, our head painter, has taken the chance to re-examine our initial choices in our original sets and has made a few changes as well as organising some new sets. We also introduce some addition products to aid your painting.

The new sets are:

• Quartermasters Paint Set
• Utility Set
• North Africa Paint Set
• British Paint Set
• US Paint Set
• German Infantry Paint Set
• German Armour Paint Set

Fantasy Flight Games have posted details of the Tide of Iron: Designer Series scenarios that will be released for use with their Tide of Iron board game.

From their website:

Compiled by conflict historian Dana Lombardy (Streets of Stralingrad) and featuring today’s most famous wargame designers, this hard cover collection of scenarios will be an incredible addition to the Tide of Iron base game. The new scenarios will vary from short skirmishes to epic battles with several of the scenarios incorporating elements from the Days of the Fox expansion.

Rebel Minis have are now stocking new Ambush Alley boxed sets.

From their announcement:
In conjunction with Ambush Alley Games, Rebel Minis is releasing the first in our line of AA 15mm Battle Boxes: Operation Dark Star. The campaign consists of three interlocking scenarios revolving around a Task Force Black mission that begins as a simple hostage rescue and culminates in a desperate battle to prevent the release of a biological agent in Baghdad’s Green Zone.

A note on Shipping: Rebel Minis charges a Flat $5.00 shipping, no matter how much you order.

eBob has announced a special offer on the Welsh Archer miniatures from his Rebellion range.

From his announcement:

Buy a single pack of 9 archers and get a free English Knight Miniature (worth £2.00). Buy 18 archers and you not only get the free Knight, but you also get £2.00 off the price.

Offer while current stocks last.