This week sees further forces enter the Wars of Religion, with the emergence of the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Janissaries (from the Turkish for ‘new soldier’) were the elite infantry of the Ottoman Empire – and served as the Sultan’s Household troops and bodyguard. The Janissary Corps was founded in 1383 by Sultan Murad I…
It’s your last chance to snaffle our excellent Sizzling Summer System Starter Deals – throughout July, we’ve offered a chance to grab a rule book from any Warlord game system and get a single free, yes FREE, plastic box set of your own choice from that system. But alas – today is the last day of July –…
We were recently contacted by Heiko Sander – a gamer who’s recently been painting our new Landsknecht range and the results were just too good to keep to ourselves! Landsknechts ‘servant of the country’, were raised as an answer to the Swiss mercenary pikemen that had dominated battlefields for decades. They were instigated by the Holy Roman…
We’ve added a heap of new terrain onto the Warlord webstore this week, in the shape of Sarissa Precision’s fantastic new ‘English Timber Framed’ range – ideal for anyone looking for terrain for Black Powder, Pike & Shotte or Bolt Action games! English Timber Framed Manor House View in Store English Timber Framed…
Dan Hoyt – from Redoverblue has been busy at the painting desk again. Stepping away from his usual WWII fare – this past week he showcased some of our Thirty Years War Swedish Infantry! If you’ve not yet delved into the world of Pike & Shotte wargaming, now’s the perfect time – with our recently released ‘The…
HEAD FOR THE TREES! We are now stocking 4grounds lovely new tree packs – high quality trees with individual and collective bases. Woods have often been a major part of so many battlegrounds throughout history. It was the trees that enabled Germanic Warbands to ambush the advancing Romans in the Teutoburg Forest, at La Haye Sainte…
If you have even half an interest in the Thirty Years War you won’t want to miss out on this great value deal. Combining the new Pike & Shotte supplement, The Devil’s Playground with what has become known as ‘the bible for the Thirty Years War’, Eduard Wagner’s European Weapons & Warfare 1618-1648, it gives…
With our new Thirty years War supplement for Pike & Shotte, The Devil’s Playground, proving a hit with many of you we’re further reinforcing your armies! This week we’re bringing you a new Command Group, and more Musketeers in the form of the Veteran Storming Party Musketeers, and Pike & Shotte Veteran Musketeers! These are good…
Today sees the launch of a new range of metal models for Pike & Shotte – the Wars of Religion spanning the years from 1524 to 1648. The 16th Century was a period of conflict and discovery. All across Europe armies were formed to extend Empires and consolidate power. Pike blocks held the balance of…
Armies of the Pike & Shotte era were centred around blocks of Pikemen flanked by detachments of Musketeers. The Musketeers would pour fire onto the enemy from afar, to cut-down as many of the enemy as possible before retreating behind the wall of pike tips or flipping their weapons around and clubbing the enemy when…
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