We’re starting a new semi-regular series on the uniforms and accoutrements of various armies. Last week, after our brief look at the French-Indian War, we’re returning to the woodland to show off how easy it is to differentiate your regiments. Painting uniforms can be a daunting task, but often a rewarding one. Having an army…
We’re racing through our series covering how to get started with various Black Powder 2 periods. This week, we’re disappearing into the forests of North America with the French-Indian War. The French-Indian War began in 1754 as tensions between British and French colonists in North America escalated. Fighting raged back and forth across the frontier…
“The Black Powder game is a ‘toy soldiers first’ type of game – we have tailored our rules of play to suit our collections of models. The object of the game rules is to allow us to utilise our armies. Let us not imagine for a moment that the armies are mere tokens in a…
In the final part of his series about the native Indians of North America, Tim Greene concludes the series with a look at those tribes living in the South-east. (view; Part 1 Ohio Valley, Part 2 Great lakes) Part Three: The South-east By Tim Greene South of the Ohio Valley was a region inhabited by…
Following his recent look at the Indian peoples inhabiting the Ohio Valley, Tim Greene examines the Woodland Indians whose territory is around the Great Lakes. Part Two: The Great Lakes By Tim Greene This is the second in a series of three articles that looks at some of the important North American Woodland tribes and…
Covering the Ohio Valley, this is the first three articles by Tim Greene exploring the various native Indian tribes in the Americas. Part One: The Ohio Valley By Tim Greene War In The Forest, a French and Indian War supplement for Chris Peer’s skirmish rules set A Good Day To Die, was released in February…
We’re following up our recent spate of Black Powder releases with a pair of resin Woodland Indian Longhouses – the ideal accessory to adorn your tabletop battlefield whether you fight the battles of the French Indian War, or perhaps the American War of Independence. As mentioned, there are two on offer – a small house,…
After a brief hiatus as it was undergoing a fresh reprint, our Black Powder rulebook is now once again available. For those of you not familiar with Black Powder allow us make the introductions… Set during the horse & musket period of 1700-1900, Black Powder covers the Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War and the…
Warlord Games produce some of the finest wargames miniatures in the world – with vast ranges of meticulously recreated uniforms stretching across the battlefields of time. Our models can be used to represent the vast regimented ranks of the Legions of Rome, the Black Powder smoke-choked battlefields of the Napoleonic era, hordes upon hordes of…
Following on from the Waterloo terrain a couple of weeks ago we have another raft of superb laser-cut terrain from Sarissa Precision which are ideal for fighting Black Powder conflicts during the American War of Independence and the American Civil War as well as the French Indian War: With the usual incredible detail, these laser-cut…
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