Iron Wind Metals have announced several new “web only” releases that have been added to their online store.

From their website:

Our newest web-only Battletech and Aerotech mechs and ships are available. There are four new Aerotech ships: the Aegis, Bugeye, Cameron, and Essex. There are also three new mechs: Argus, a Thunderbolt variant, and a Jade Hawk. A Prowler tank rounds out the offering.

Ad Astra Games have announced that they have exceeded their pre-order goals for the Attack Vector: Tactical and Voidstriker miniatures.

From their announcement:

A last-minute surge of pre-orders not only took the second wave of Attack Vector: Tactical miniatures and the first boxed set of Voidstriker miniatures past their revised goal of 130 orders, but broke past the original goal of 150. Yep, they went all the way to 153 pre-orders (counting each boxed set as three orders). The prototypes will start running in the 3-D digital printer by the 19th; when those are done they go off to the caster. That starts the process of mold-making, and then production.

For the moment, pre-orders remain open, but get them in quickly if you want to take advantage of the free shipping offer (reduced shipping for international customers).

Fantasy Flight Games have updated their Anima Tactics website and it now includes 360 degree panoramas of the Anima Tactics figures.

Black Scorpion Miniatures have announced that the pirate miniatures intended for release after Salute 2008 are now available from their online store. In addition they now have an Alien section where you can view their 28mm Alien figures.

From their website:

We have 6 new Pirate releases. They are: Navy Captain, Governors Daughter, Able seamen, Navy marines 2, Pirate girls 2 and Pirate weapon sprues.

We’ve finally added some ore Alien figures to create the start of a small range. We’ll gradually add more bit by bit. Yes, we’ll think up some names for them soon

The Monsterpocalypse website has three photos taken during a recent playtest session for the game.

Blue Moon Manufacturing have announced the release of the PDF version of their Chaos On Cronos rule set.

From their announcement:

The Chaos On Cronos PDF is now available through our two online vendors, Wargame Downloads and Saber’s Edge. The PDF retails for $9.95. For those who haven’t heard, here’s the story on Cronos:

Rocket into the far future with Chaos on Cronos, the Goalsystem tabletop miniature game of Pulp Science Fiction. Chaos on Cronos is a skirmish game designed for heroic scale 28mm miniatures, and uses designs and characters from Blue Moon Manufacturing’s excellent line of Spacemen and Aliens. Cronos works great with as few as 5 figures per side, and using the Goalsystem’s innovative Robot Legion rules, can accommodate as many as 20-30 figures per side. All you need to play are these rules, a handful of six-sided dice, and some Blue Moon miniatures. Cronos also features complete model creation rules so you can stat up your favorite Pulp sci-fi heroes, villains, and soldiers for battle.

Bell of Lost Souls have posted rumoured details of the Apocalypse Reload book.

Mega Minis have announced new robot miniatures as well as several other sci-fi figures and sets.

From their announcement:

Robots x 20 $24.99 for the set $1.50 single Robots

• Cleaning Robot
• Robot with Tentacles
• Tool Robot
• Small Robot
• Robot Danger!
• Robot Builder
• Robot Dancer
• Robot Cop
• Robot Salesman
• Robot Butler
• Robot Delivery
• Robot Riot Control
• Robot Janitor
• Robot Heavy Lifter
• Robot Guard
• Robot Peace Keeper
• Robot Servant
• Robot Worker
• Robot Repair

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The MonsterInsider blog has some details of the Planet Eaters faction from the upcoming Monsterpocalypse CMG.

From their website:

The Planet Eaters came to Earth in a comet that split and crashed in six locations around the globe. One hit actually destroyed some of Chicago and altered the outline of Lake Michigan. Since then, these creatures have been “hoggin’ down” on the unlimited buffet that is Earth.

Wizards has posted their second Star Wars Miniatures Strategy Showcase, this week featuring a tactical puzzle titled Sith Showdown.

From their website:

The Star Wars universe has created some truly vile dark side villains. Have you ever wondered what would happen if the most powerful Sith Lords duked it out for supremacy of the galaxy? We’ll try to answer that question in “Sith Showdown!”

Ad Astra Games is reporting that it has almost reached the pre-order limit to put their Attack Vector miniatures into production.

From their announcement:

A single pre-order is all that stands between the latest miniatures from Ad Astra Games and production. This batch includes the second wave of miniatures for Attack Vector: Tactical and the first boxed set for Voidstriker. Be the one to put them over the top.

See our website for information on pre-ordering the miniatures (There are pretty pictures on the page). Pre-orders for accessories, including the magnetic adapters needed to use the miniatures with Attack Vector: Tactical’s full 3-D system are explained at the bottom of the page.

Apologist has posted photos of several new Micro Art Studios Iron Brethren miniatures including a new tracked model. No word on a release date or pricing for these figures.

Dark Nebula Games have announced a series of demo events showcasing their Cyprian Rift: Warships game at GenCon Indy.

From their announcement:

Cyprian Rift: Warships is an action packed starship miniatures game. As commander you take charge of your task force of warships to run covert shadow missions thru the Cyprian Rift. You must battle your way through enemy ships intent on your destruction while traversing a bizarre and unpredictable maze of conduits filled with incomprehensible galactic events, obstacles, and obstructions that will challenge your tactical genius every step of the way.

This year at GenCon Dark Nebula Games will be running the following sessions

• NMN00013 Cyprian Rift: Warships - Matter Not 8/14/08 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
• NMN00014 Cyprian Rift: Warships –Fair Well 8/14/08 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• NMN00011 Cyprian Rift: Warships – Grudge Match 8/15/08 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• NMN00038 Cyprian Rift: Warships - Field of Play 8/15/08 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• NMN00012 Cyprian Rift: Warships –In Harm’s Way 8/16/08 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Ad Astra Games have announced an agreement with Sci-Fi SkunkWerks which will see the creation of new Attack Vector spacecraft miniatures.

From their announcement:

Sci-Fi SkunkWerks, producers of high quality resin starship models and mecha miniatures, is pleased to announce an agreement with Ad Astra Games to produce large scale (1:1500) resin castings of the iconic ships of the Ten Worlds universe, the setting for the award-winning Attack Vector: Tactical game engine.

David Mihail, Sci-Fi SkunkWerks’ president and chief of production, says, “I’m really pleased to have gotten this deal; I’ve always loved the hard science fiction look of the Ten Worlds spaceships—they’re very clearly designed for the space environment, and their ‘form follows function’ aesthetic appeals to me from my time as a ‘Nuke’ mechanic in the Navy.”

“I chose 1:1500 because it’ll allow me to really obsess with the detailing, and there’s nothing else on the market like these ships. While the detail Ken and Charles were able to get on those 1:3,000 pewter minis is impressive, there’s more detail implicit in the game sheets than shows up in the pewter figures. Plus, cast in resin, these should be workable with the Ninja Magic flight adapters for people who want a visually impressive game.”

Check out their website for more information about this agreement.

3D Miniatures have posted a preview of the 28mm sci-fi weapons accessory pack that they will soon be producing.

From their website:

These are sized for ~28mm figs, they’re in proportion with modern weapons, these are not over-exagerrated sf weapons, but should work well as conversion bits for near-future figures.

Wizards has posted a new Star Wars Miniatures scenario, Empire vs. Empire: Disloyalty, for use with the recently released Legacy of the Force expansion.

From their website:

It is another time of civil war. The Empire had wrested control of the galaxy from the disintegrating Galactic Alliance when their Sith allies suddenly deposed Emperor Fel by force and proclaimed Darth Krayt the new Emperor. However, Fel escaped and spent the next few years gathering whatever forces remained loyal to him, leading them against the usurpers.

This scenario depicts the earliest days of the new Sith-controlled Empire. Each side regards the other as disloyal, either for failing to support the man or for failing to support the throne. In the days following the Sith takeover, word reaches the upper levels of command that an Imperial military unit loyal to Fel is preparing to escape Coruscant. The Sith must move quickly to stop them — and make an example of them.

Reaper Miniatures have posted PDFs of six new CAV 2 scenarios intended for use at ReaperCon 08. The scenarios are:

• A Killer Storm
• Beans and Bullets
• Operation Guillotine
• Operation Star Fall
• Raid
• Run For The Border

Wizards has posted Jedi Counseling 110. This week it deals with Star Wars Miniatures discusses the Muun Tactics Broker and the Emplacement ability.

Bell of Lost Souls have posted photos of the upcoming limited edition versions of the 40K 5th Edition rulebook.

Dark Realm Miniatures have posted a few photos, and some comments, from the Salute 2008 event. There are two pages to the report and the second page has details on a contest to name the upcoming 6mm alien race that Dark Realm is releasing.

Dark Age Games have posted a PDF with details of the backstory for the Leisa Chitin miniature.

From their announcement:

We promised we would give you the whole scoop on Leisa, the Chitin and here it is. All her background information, the new painted miniature and even her unique Unit Card all in one pretty article (PDF link).

“The red sandy dunes deepened to a ruddy burgundy as the twilight faded. No artificial structures marred the stark serene emptiness of the Wasteland, which seemed to stretch out forever under the inky black canopy of night. Only the fluttering glow of a gigantic bonfire in the distant valley and the faint wafting echo of incessant, insistent music would warn any unfortunately desert traveller of the rare ritual taking place mere miles away. Approaching, one would find the scene of dark passion, death, and a rite of sacred passage.”

Coming soon:

• Skarrd Toxic Father Curwen, the standard miniature.
• Groundwerks Base Inserts - Lava Slab
• Skarrd Toxic Cult Faction Card Pack

Precis Intermedia has made a new version of the New World Disorder skirmish rules.

From their announcement:

Precis Intermedia has released a new edition of New World Disorder, a 25-28mm miniatures skirmish game, originally created and published by Game Werks. This affordably-priced and easy-to-learn game gives you the tools to play out character-driven scenarios in a world gone wrong.

Set in a very near and very dystopian future, players create deadly crews of murderous characters that improve as they accumulate experience from their firefights. An extensive list of modern and near-future weapons may just save their lives. Pit gangs of urban warriors against each other, as corporate mercenaries, mob hitmen, cannibals, and who-knows-what-else fight for survival on the streets.

New World Disorder is available in PDF format or as a Printed Starter Set. Both formats include over 30 Disposable Heroes(R) Paper Miniatures, condition counters, and area-effect templates. While easy to learn, the rules are also comprehensive and flexible, providing hours of entertainment as you pit crews of your own creation against one another. The included scenarios help get you started, but are easily supplemented with your own ideas.

New World Disorder is also available in PDF format at RPGNow/DriveThruRPGand Your Games Now

Dream Pod 9 has announced that they are now accepting pre-orders for the printed version of the Heavy Gear Blitz! Locked & Loaded rulebook.

From their website:

The Heavy Gear Blitz! Locked & Loaded - Rulebook (200 pages including 10 color pages) is now available to Pre-Order on the HG Blitz Online Store. Locked & Loaded will now be available in 3 formats a Softcover ($34.95), a Hardcover ($49.95) and a Hardcover Deluxe Edition ($89.95). These will start shipping on May 23rd. If you purchased the e-book version of Locked & Loaded already we have a special where you get $10 Off the purchase of one of these 3 books from our online store.

You need to mark your e-book order # (this should be stamped at the bottom of each page of your e-book), name and email address in the comments of the Cashout Page, we need this info to confirm that you purchased the e-book. We’ll then remove $10 from the order before your credit card is charged, if your paying with Paypal you will have to pay the full amount and we will send you a $10 refund within 24 hours. Please get your orders in for the Hardcover Deluxe Edition as soon as possible, so we know how many we need to get printed.

Olleys Armies have announced a decrease in the price of their recently announced Scrunt Elite miniatures and Scrunt Commandos.

From their announcement:

As a result of comments online and by email regards the price of our new 15 Scrunt Elite Guard, we have decided to reduce the price to £2 a mini for 5 or £1.75 a mini for all 15. The same price reduction has been applied to the earlier set of Elite Guard and also on the Scrunt Commandos. Also we are still offering free postage for orders over £25.

As everyone knows the metal prices have all been going up lately, infact the metal we have our minis cast in now costs the same as silver did a couple of years ago. We needed to increase our prices to keep our profit margin, but what with all the other increasing costs in life we perfectly understand why gamers don’t want to pay more for their minis. So instead we have kept our prices as low as makes sense to us, but because of the smaller profit margin will not be supplying shops anymore but only selling direct from our website.

Killer B Games have announced the release of several new 28mm sci-fi pulp figures in their GAFDOZ range.

• GAFDOZ 9: Magma-Cron Fire Druid £2
• GAFDOZ 11: Magma-Crons (4 Figures,4 Poses.) £7.50
• GAFDOZ 14:Space Phantom with Fear rifle £2
• GAFDOZ 15:Space Phantom with Fear Pistol £2
• GAFDOZ 19:Harvestman £5
• GAFDOZ 22:Hydrus Advancing £5
• GAFDOZ 23:Hydrus Alpha £6
• GAFDOZ 24:Hydrus Warrior(Standing) £5
• GAFDOZ 26:Hydrus Firing £5

Bell of Lost Souls is reporting details of a rumoured 40K 5th edition Gamer’s Edition similar to the Apocalypse Gamers Edition that was recently produced.

Aberrant Games have added a Rezolution Tournament pack PDF file to their Downloads page.

From their website:

The Rezolution Tournament Packet is now available on the download page. This guide gives you everything you need to know to run an official Rezolution Tournament at a store, convention or your local gaming club.

Fantasy Flight Games have posted a PDF version of the Mutant Chronicles CMG rules (PDF link).

From their website:

You’ve seen the huge figures with their detailed sculpts and awesome paint jobs, but how does the game play? It’ll only take a read of the rules to find out. The rulebook for the Mutant Chronicles Collectible Miniatures Game has been posted on the game’s support page.

The official Monsterpocalypse website has an updated Gallery page with photos of three miniatures from the Terrasaurs faction.

Majestic Twelve Games have announced the release of the Hammer & Claw expansion for Starmada.

From their announcement:
Majestic Twelve Games is proud to announce the release of Hammer & Claw, the newest supplement for Starmada: The Universal Game of Starship Combat.

The claw, bloodied, represents war. On seven occasions the Grumm have encountered those that are not Grumm, and three times they have parted in peace. Four times Grumm have died, and those who mourned have called for the Assemblage, claws unsheathed. Before, the enemy was excised, without pity or hate. The Grumm are the children of war, but they take no joy from killing. It is a tool, applied as all others are applied, to secure tomorrow. Those who threatened the future died, whether in their ships or on the ground, until they posed no threat. They were reduced so that, as under the Law, the Grumm need not fear them for the span of ten thousand litters.
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