Out today are Thureophoroi Peltasts, and Thureophoroi Peltast command for Greek, Macedonian and Hellenstic armies. Mercenary troops formed a significant role in Hellenistic armies and hired soldiers often served as garrison troops or wherever a permanent military presence was needed. During the third century BC these troops are often referred to simply as mercenaries, but when they are called…
Out today for Beyond the Gates of Antares, we have reinforcements for the Algoryn Prosperate – the Armoured Infantry squad as well as X-Launcher and Plasma Cannon teams, and Targeter Probes: The Algoryn are a proud warrior race confronted on all sides by merciless and powerful enemies. Every aspect of their society is geared towards…
Out today for Napoleonic British armies we have two King’s German Legion 2nd Light Battalion packs – one armed with muskets and the other with rifles: View in Store View in Store The King’s German Legion (KGL) was a British Army unit of expatriate German personnel, known for its excellent discipline and fighting ability. The Legion was formed within months of the…
Available now – our latest supplement for Black Powder – Blood on the Nile charts the Mahdist revolt in the Sudan, the long march of the British to relieve the besieged city of Khartoum, and the campaign to reconquer the country. View in Store The Mahdi had emerged from the wilderness to lead a rebellion…
Available now! Our latest plastic kit for Bolt Action – the Puma Sd.Kfz 234/2 Armoured Car. View in Store The Puma is, arguably, one of the best-looking armoured cars of WWII. A variant of the Sdkfz 234 it boasted a fully enclosed turret with a 5cm gun and thicker armour than other variants. Despite this additional…
New for our Beyond the Gates of Antares science-fiction game – Boromite reinforcements! This week, they receive three new sets – the Work Gang, Lavamites and Mag Light Support team: Boromite Work Gangs are armed with Mass Compactors, which are extremely powerful at short ranges and, given that they are used for asteroid mining, they easily…
New in from Perry Miniatures, a great plastic set containing English Archers and Men-at-Arms for the Hundred Years War. View in Store The figures in this box represent the English Army at the height of the Hundred Years War, when the English bowmen dominated the field of battle in France. Specifically the figures cover the…
With ‘Tank War’ rolling out worldwide, and the sound of gunfire sounding out from tabletop battlefields across the world, something wicked this way comes – the OT-130, as fielded by the Soviet, Finnish and German forces – the latter renaming it Flammwerfer Panzerkampfwagen T-26B 739(r). View in Store The OT-130 was based upon the tried-and-tested T-26…
This week sees the release of the Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi – the Imperial Japanese Navy’s first amphibious tank. As the subject matter is rather different to the regular armoured fighting vehicles we’ve had some fun with it and can offer it in three forms – the standard on-land vehicle, on-land with pontoons attached, and a…
Deploy heavy artillery for your Finnish armies in the form of the mighty 105 H/33 howitzer. 105 H/33 was the Finnish designation for the German 10.5 cm leFH 18 – the standard field howitzer used by the Wehrmacht, with a range of over 10km. Finland purchased 53 howitzers from Germany, naming them the 105 H/33. All of these new…
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