Our four Marshals have been burning the candle at both ends to get their armies ready for battle. This week, we’re taking a look at their generals, and generalship in Black Powder! Generals & Generalship Black Powder’s unique command and control system is one of the things that sets it apart from other wargames. Players…
Exiles from a huge variety of European nations bolstered the British Army’s ranks during the Napoleonic Wars. This week, we’re looking at the King’s German Legion! In the spring of 1803, Napoleon’s war machine swept across continental Europe, sweeping aside any organised opposition. The Electorate of Hanover surrendered without a fight and its army was…
We’re kicking off a brand new series, chronicling the journey of four new Black Powder players as they take up their marshals batons! The King’s Shilling Warlord HQ is always a hive of hobby-related activity. This week, we’ve corralled four staff members together to take the King’s Shilling and start a new Black Powder army…
Take part in the world’s largest wargame! This summer, Warlord Games will be involved in the largest tabletop wargame ever, as part of the Waterloo Replayed project. Collecting together over 20,000 28mm miniatures, the event seeks to recreate Napoleon’s final battle using our excellent Black Powder ruleset. THE GREAT GAME – WATERLOO REPLAYED This is…
The chariot brought unprecedented mobility to the Bronze Age battlefield, revolutionising warfare in the Near East! Chariot Units The basic chariot unit was the chariot team itself consisting of the chariot, the span of horses, the charioteer who drove the vehicle, the chariot warrior, and one or more chariot runners who were supporting light infantry….
During the siege of Budapest, the Hungarian Army was re-equipped with several models of German tank to bolster their armoured units against the encroaching Soviets! Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer The Royal Hungarian Army received 101 Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer tank hunters in 1944–45. Some 75 of this number were imported from Germany to equip Hungary’s new Assault…
Trample your enemies under iron-shod hooves with the Knightly Retinues in Warlords of Erehwon! These paragons of chivalry are foes to be reckoned with! Here we have a list of chivalry and high romance, of brave knights and sturdy yeoman, faithful retainers, the devout and the good. Like the majority of our lists, it is…
We’ve got some new arrivals stepping off the dropship this week, onto the Strontium Dog tabletops – introducing the Kreelers, and the New Mutant Army! In 2167, the teenage Johnny Alpha fled his childhood home, escaping the clutches of his genocidal father Nelson Bunker Kreelman. Following the cataclysmic war of 2150, Kreelman masterminded multiple draconian…
A new era dawns in the ancient middle east. Civilizations will rise and fall as bronze weapons and armour change the face of warfare. The Age of Bronze has begun! This is an age of myth and heroes – where real history and campfire tale intertwine to create fantastic stories that seem implausible to the…
John’s mates at the Friends of General Haig wargames club have played another fantastic Pike & Shotte game for us. Batten down the hatches, the reavers are coming! Somewhere in the Lowlands of North England, circa the 1660s on the great road towards York, the English had wind of a Scottish Force heading towards their…