With the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo just around the corner, we know many of you are preparing to pit British against French for some Napoleonic Black Powder action! Buy 3 get a THIRD OFF the total price! So to celebrate, we are offering a third off when you buy any three of our…
Every order on our webstore during May was entered into the draw to win ‘Farmhouse Assault’ La Haye Sainte Collector’s Edition. This massive battle set contains all the buildings that formed the farmhouse courtyard, as well as 162 models representing the two sides that fought here during the Battle of Waterloo. The lucky winner is Alex Dawson…
Bolt Action writer Alessio Cavatore has kindly provided us with the rules for fielding ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill – the exclusive miniature that comes with the new Germany Strikes! theatre book (when bought direct from the webstore or from our stand at events). Born in Surrey in 1906, Jack Churchill was a many-talented man – amongst other things, he…
Here’s a little something for British players and it’ll be good to cover all forces in all theatres – the Morris CS field tractor. Used by British Tommies from the BEF in France right though to the end of the war (and well beyond!) it is classed as a 15 cwt truck in Bolt Action…
Treadheads, rejoice! To celebrate our growing range of plastic Bolt Action tanks and the retirement of the resin models that they replace, we’re launching a sale! We’re including all the fantastic plastic Bolt Action tank kits shown below – plus one of their resin predecessors – this will be your very last chance to get your hands on…
Alessio: Following the release of Battleground Europe and Ostfront, the “Theatre books” supplements for Bolt Action continue with Germany Strikes! – Early war in Europe. In this article I’m going to explain in a little more detail what you’re going to find in each of the seven sections of this new book. Prelude To War This introduction…
Protect your British and Polish armies from aircraft attack with the new Crusader AA Mk II/III. After the completion of the North African Campaign, the availability of better tanks such as the Sherman and Cromwell relegated the Crusader to secondary duties such as anti-aircraft mounts or gun tractors. In these roles it served for the…
A few weeks ago Alessio was invited as a guest by the Leicester Sabres – the gaming club of the University of Leicester – to take part in the “Falaise Gap” special Tank War big scenario. And it was great fun! Over to Alessio: I brought 1,000 points of my US tanks to the game,…
He’s been at it again! As soon as he saw our recently released M3 White Scout Car, Warlord owner John Stallard just couldn’t help himself… It wasn’t just the American forces that made use of the White Scout Car -the British and Commonwealth forces used hundreds of them for all manner of roles – as…
The Sherman tank was the mainstay of the allied tank forces, made even more potent when they decided to stick a rubber ring around it! The Duplex Drive version of this famous tank was designed to enable the Sherman to traverse short stretches of open water between Landing Craft and the Beach – and would…
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Alessio Cavatore