The Emperor’s Choice Games and Miniatures Corp. is having a "metal" sale on all in-house made miniatures (Arduin – fantasy line miniatures). These will be on sale at 50% off until they post a notice otherwise on their site. To get the discount, put the word "meta" in the discount manager during checkout. See their site for more details.
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BattleTech Starter Sets Release May 18
The Classic BattleTech web site announced that Iron Wind Metals is releasing two BattleForce-scale miniatures starter boxes on May 18. BattleForce is the lightning-fast combat BattleTech game that ramps up the classic BattleTech rule set to make for a fast-playing system.
The two sets Iron Wind Metals is releasing include 10-048 BattleForce-scale Starter Box 1 – Inner Sphere and 10-049 BattleForce-scale Starter Box 2 – Clan set. Starter Box 1 features 12 mechs, including the Atlas, Barghest, BattleMaster, Dervish, Emperor, Gallowglass, Legionnaire, Mad Cat MK II, Nexus II, Rifleman, Starslayer, and Wolfhound. Starter Box 2 features 10 mechs, including Hellion Prime, Vixen, Cougar, Jenner IIC, Fenris, Grendel, Shadow Cat, Nova Cat, Mad Cat, and Kodiak.
Category: Miniatures, Miniatures Games | Tags: battleforce, battletech, Iron Wind Metals, Miniatures
Chapterhouse Doomseer Iyanar Released
Chapterhouse Studios, which specializes in custom sculpts and bits for Warhammer 40,000 and fantasy games, has released its first full metal miniature – Doomseer Iyanar-Duanna. The piece, pictured here, will be sold for $13.50 and is in 28mm scale with a 25mm base. Each one will come with a sword arm, spear arm, spell casting arm, and pointing arm.
Baccus 6mm Releases Napoleonic Russians
The Baccus 6mm web site announced the release of more Napoleonic Russians miniatures. Set NRU30 features several mounted generals. NRU16 features limber and team. Hussars wearing kiwers and the Pavlovski Grenadiers as well. See their web site for more information.
Grenadier Productions Miniatures Released
Grenadier Productions has posted information about several new wargames miniatures products for April 2011, including Chile Generals, Chile Infantry, Royalist Generals, Cavalry, and some variants of these.
Category: Miniatures | Tags: Grenadier Productions
Miniatures Games News–April 26, 2011
- Aberrant Games and Miniatures has released two new Warlands Vehicle Accessory Packs (#2 and #3) as updating their Factory Floor preview page.
- All the King’s Men Toy Soldiers has added a new line of Napoleonic Wars (1812-1815) miniatures to their catalog.
- Alternative Armies has released a slew of new miniatures in time for convention season, including Undead Engineers, The Hob-Goblins of Taffsea, French Werewolf Artillery, and more.
- Ambush Alley Games is looking to establish its Pointman program to develop a fan-based demo team for conventions, game stores, and other events.
- Catalyst Game Labs has been nominated for several Origins Awards in 2011.
- Chapterhouse Studios, makers of "custom sculpts and bits for Warhammer 40,000 and fantasy" has added many new products to their catalog recently.
- Cipher Studios has added lots of new Hell Dorado miniatures.
- The Classic Battletech web site is offering a free dropship to those who pre-order Hexpack: Cities and Roads.
- Comfy Chair Games has upgraded the MechSpiders for their W.I.L.Dfire line.
- Crocodile Games posted a preview of their upcoming King Agamemnon miniature.
- Dark Age Games will create a custom miniature of the player who wins their Immortal Tournament at Gen Con 2011.
- Dark Realm Miniatures announced that their Seeds of War miniatures are available now.
- Darkson Designs is working with Valiant Enterprises in Wisconsin to cast some of their miniatures.
- Dream Pod 9 announced that the Heavy Gear Blitz! Field Manual is available to order.
- Hamster Press is working on Jump The Shark, a game about writing really bad B-Movies.
- Black Orc Games has released Rocky, Lava, Slate Tile, and Wood bases in 25mm scale for miniatures.
- Until May 2, Mantic Games is continuing to offer its Show Specials on miniatures. This includes Dwarf, Undead, and Elf miniatures.
- Majestic Twelve Games has released Starmada: Fleet Ops, a starship and fleet space combat game.
- Mongoose Publishing has released A Call to Arms: Noble Armada Rulebook, a Noble Armada Megadeal package, and several other new items.
- Red Shirt Games will be at Gen Con and Origins in 2011. They’re also running a new space combat game with their own rule system, and are selling miniatures they bought from a now-defunct space game to use with their rules.
- SSDC is offering the complete collection of Battlelords books in print and PDF versions for 20% off.
- A rulebook is now available for gaming in David Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers universe. Called The Crucible, it’s officially endorsed by Drake.
- The Virtual Armchair General site announced the release of Corner Kick!, a miniatures game based on soccer.
- Too Fat Lardies has added So Far from God and A la Baionette rules to their product line.
- Unified Theory Games has released Vortex, free basic rules for a customizable skirmish game that can be used with any miniature in any setting.
Category: Game Deals, Miniatures, Miniatures Games | Tags: game news, Miniatures, Miniatures Games, miniatures wargaming
Ogre Mk. V 3D Counter Previewed
Steve Jackson Games’ site posted an image of a new Ogre Mk. V 3D counter compared to the older 2D counters used in older editions of the game. The preview is intended to show the differences between the components of the newer edition versus the older one. They say they’re still aiming for a 2011 release. In the meantime, you may want to check out John Fleisher’s Ogre Miniatures Blog. He’s done some great stuff with the miniatures and terrain.
New Dark Age Minis
Dark Age Games posted the above pictures of two of their new miniatures, which will soon be available for sale at http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/dark-age-games
ConQuest Miniatures Releases–April 2011
ConQuest Miniatures announced that their new releases are now in stock. All of the Regulars (British and French) as well as the Zindians are available to order. The restock of the Last of the Mohicans pack isn’t available yet, but should be available in 2-3 weeks. The "This Very Ground" rulebook from Ivan Games is also back in stock.
Category: Miniatures, Miniatures Games | Tags: British, ConQuest Miniatures, French, Ivan Games, Regulars, This Very Ground, Zindians
Miniatures News – 07/22/2010
Today’s Miniatures News:
- BattleScape Military Books and Miniatures has added two new products, FSSF Garand Rifleman and FSSF NCOs and LMG.
- Corvus Belli has added an Infinity Tournament Pack to its online catalog.
- Critical Mass Games has released the final infantry miniatures for the Kaamados Dominion and 3 new Mercenary packs.
- Crusader Miniatures posted a pre-release for some of its WW2 Russian miniatures, and some books about the Austro-Hungarian Army and the Austrian Army.
- Curtey’s Miniatures has added new packs of minis, including Archers in Aketon/Gambeson 1, Crossbowmen in Mail 1, and Archers in Mail 1.
- Ebbles’s Miniatures (paper miniatures) has added the “extra large” Folding Unit Structure, a workshop/warehouse sized building for miniature gaming.
- Eolith Miniatures has its 28mm Zombies and Spyglass Classics packs up for pre-order.
- Fenryll has its “Naheulbeuk the Thief” mini and some others on sale.
- First Legon Ltd. has added 54mm Crusades minis to their product line.
- Foxhole Terrain has added new “Thing-a-ma-Blobs” miniatures to their product line.
- Hasslefree Miniatures has posed its Summer Bonus Time 2010 offer, good for two weeks from July 19.
- Hat Industrie has added a large number of new miniatures. Most of the minis listed on this page are new.
- Hirst Arts has added Machinery Building Instructions to their web site.
- I-94 Enterprises has posted the first pictures of their new 6mm terrain.
- Ironclad Miniatures has added new Evil Henchmen, Policemen, and Prussian Stormtroopers miniatures to their product line.
- Irregular Miniatures has added pictures to their 20mm “A very British civil war” page.
- Little Big Men Studios has finished two more War of the Roses Banner sheets and some livery badges.
- Magister Militum has added new Prussian Hussars, Prussian or Saxon Dragoons, and other miniatures.
- Mal’Ja’Zar has added a “Storage Unit” terrain piece to their product line. This unit is 3″ in diameter and 2″ tall.
- Malifaux/Wyrd Miniatures has posted information about their GenCon plans and new releases, and information about pre-orders for a Malifaux miniature carrying bag from Battlefoam.
- Miniature Building Authority has added terrain pieces including “Machinatio Deorum“, Pup Tents and Corner Tower to their line.
- Miniature Figures Production published some images of the greens for Matchlock Miniatures’ War of 1812 28mm minis.
- Naloomi’s Workshop has added new Gothic Dungeon terrain pieces including Small Cell, Short Pillar Hallway, Peeked Hall, Stair Room, Cellar of Fear, and Demons Shrine.
- Paper Make iT has released its Cargo Containers 1.6 product.
- Reaper Miniatures announced that it’s selling Precision Model Designs’ Terrain products online now.
- Recreational Conflict has added Wargames Factory’s Hammer Gods of the Dark Ages’ Viking Huscarls to their line. War Rockets products are also available.
- Redstar Miniatures has a “fantastic line of Russian vehicles made to high quality standard by HLBS” available from their online shop.
- Scarab Miniatures is showing several new products, including French Dragoon command, French dragoons, Wehrwolf II, Power Armour Soldat/Panzerschreck, Captains Generals and Characters, and Rommel and Staff.
- Terragnosis has posted an update to its work-in-progress photo gallery, showing ite new 32-34mm line of Ruination figures.
- Verlinden Productions added 1:35 Bombed Out Church, 1:35 British Inf. WWII Bren Team, Bullet Hole decals for glass, Bunker Interior Crew Quarters, Burnt Rubber Sherman M4 roadwheels, and more.
- Victory Force Miniatures has added four new groups of minis to their product line, including Ashigaru spearmen, Retainers, Monks, and SF Crew Sitting.
- Westwind Productions is having a “40% off Berlin or Bust 28mm WWII Mega Sale” now.
- The Miniatures Page says that Tengu Models has released new Gray Aliens minis, Great War Miniatures has released Crimean Guards, and more. (BTW, I see TMP as the premier site for miniatures news. They do it far better than I do, but I often find stories they miss, so we’re more complementary than competitive to me…)
Category: Game Deals, Miniatures |
Miniatures and Miniatures Games News – 07/16/2010
Today’s Miniatures and Miniatures Games News:
- Battlescape Military Books and Miniatures’ web site lists a bunch of new products for July, including a variety of tank miniatures.
- Black Cat Bases lists some new dark blue, purple, orangel, red, light green, dark green, black, yellow, and clear bases for sale.
- Byzantium Models lists three new small houses in their German range, all with lift-off roofs and a white metal chimney.
- Conteco is offering a Flying Zulu miniature and base collection, a Rome Winter Games, and Civil War miniatures.
- CP Models Miniatures is listing three new “War Hog” fantasy miniatures.
- Curtey’s Miniatures is listing four new products for July, including Crossbowmen in mail, Archers in mail, Archers in Aketon/Gambeson, and Command 2 figures.
- Ebbles Miniatures has released a large M3619 FUSS (Folding Unit Structure System) paper model.
- Elhiem Figures has added some new miniatures to their catalog, including some Operation Iraqi Freedom miniatures.
- Empress Miniatures has added five new head-sets to their Spanish Civil War range.
- Essex Miniatures has added some new 15mm Northern and Southern Dynasties Chinese miniatures.
- Fiddlers Green paper models is offering a free 60-year storage folder subscription, and bonus bucks for subscribing to Magic Keys.
- First Legion says that its Gordon Highlander, Continental Militia, Soviet 45mm AT Gun and crew, and Panzer III Ausf J (Late) minis are in stock.
- Forge World has added the Ork Kommando Conversion Set and Raven Guard Transfer Sheet products to its web site.
- Foundry Miniatures has added news items about Early Napoleonic Russians, Medieval Longbowmen, Fantasy Regiments, and War Orc Regiments.
- Four A Miniatures lists new Sea Demon Hag and Sea Demon Warrior 1 miniatures on the site.
- GrayHawk Studios lists new miniatures, including: Heavy Hover Tank “Four Aces”, Heavy Hover Tank “Fray Bentos”, Light Grav Tank, and Sci-Fi Heavy Assault Vehicle.
- Irregular Miniatures says it’s finished off its 15mm Crimean Russian range. They’re listing several minis, including infantry, riflemen, and more.
- Khurasan Miniatures added Lhurgg alien tribesmen to their 15mm Sci-Fi range.
- Knuckleduster provided a link to this model train site with inexpensive 40mm plastic buildings.
- Little Big Men Studios now offers a sheet of Celtic transfers for the 15mm Xyston miniatures.
- Long Range Logistics has posted information and images comprising a Workbench Preview of the 15mm Norman Plank Bailey Series of terrain pieces.
- Magister Militum added a 10mm wooly rhino miniature, Battles of Napoleon gaming system, and Napoleon’s War – The Hundred Days board game to their product line.
- Micro Art Studio has added six new Canal sets to their Battlefield Hardfoam Terrain series.
- MIG Productions has added a 1/72 Russian T-28 Tank, Africa Korps figures, US 5 gallon steel jerry can, and other miniatures.
- Mirliton has added Saladin Army, Ayyubid Egyptian, and Seljuk – Turk miniatures to its product list.
- Mithril Miniatures has added the Unexpected Party Vignette miniature product to its site.
- P.T. Dockyard has added some new miniatures including a Small armed tug, “Kakston” Bolshevik Dvina gunboat, White armored monitor, “Volga Volunteer” Bolshevik Diesel tug, and some others to their line.
- Pico Armor added five new plane miniatures to their line, including the Fulmar, Kfir, Folgore, Swordfish Mk. I, and Skua.
- Redoubt Enterprises has new releases in its Napoleonic, Engineers, and Pontoon and Wagon ranges.
- Rolljordan Miniatures has added a Chaos Minotaur to its product line.
- Scibor Miniatures has added a 28mm Celtic SF Warrior, 28/30mm War Bear, and 28mm Templar SF Knight to its product line.
- Soda Pop Miniatures is looking for bloggers and web site pros to help them get the word out about their products.
- Studio Bergstrom has added Future Frontier Models, SST Earth Fleet, and The Retroverse miniature lines to its catalog.
- Deal Alert: TinMan Miniatures is having a clearance sale, with all of their minis at 30-50% off normal prices.
- Vexilia Limited says their 15mm Medieval Polish range and Mirliton Muslim Range are ready for advance order.
- Wargames South is listing three new products: SMS Seydlitz, HMS Lion, and BL10 Home Guard.
- Wyrd Games has posted information about its plans for GenCon and its upcoming August 2010 releases.
Miniatures Rules News:
- ZombieSmith has released a completely new skirmish ruleset based on Flying Lead by Ganesha Games called “Songs of Our Ancestors”.
- Two Hour Wargames has released NUTS! Clash of Titans (Eastern Front 1941-1945), an Eastern Front sourcebook.
- Emperor’s Choice Games and Miniatures has added Arduin Eternal Cultural Influences in a PDF to their site. They’ve also added Beasts/Monsters and Items for use while the Beastiary is being completed.
- Hawgleg Publishing has released the Final Showdowns and Shootouts Adventure, “Judge, Jury, and Executioner“.
- Mongoose Publishing says that its Mongoose Living Campaigns covering Traveller and Glorantha, are live and available for download.
- TooFatLardies has added two titles “Surf’s Up” and “Charlie Don’t Surf” to the site.
Miniatures and Miniatures Games News – 07/13/2010
Today’s News:
- Ninja Magic is taking orders for several new releases including the long-awaited fighter drones. There are also accessories such as Multi-use Flight Stands and a line of Counters and Markers.
- Alternative Armies announced the release of “VLE09 Foul Mouth Freddy” a very limited edition miniature pack.
- Baccus 6mm has been working on Polemos English Civil War rules and a resculpted Ancient Celts range. Baccus Open Day will be Saturday July 17, 2010.
- Privateer Press relased information and an image for an upcoming miniature, Captain Gunnbjorn, a member of the Cygnaran military.
- Games Workshop posted images and information about some advance order items, including the Daemon Prince, Changeling, and more.
- Mongoose Publishing posted information about “a very special book hitting the shelves of your local gaming store this week – Sex, Dice and Gamer Chicks“. It reportedly “casts an introspective and irreverent eye onto gamers themselves”.
- Rackham Studio has posted Aarklash rules in Spanish and Italian.
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Miniatures and Miniatures Games News – 07/12/2010
Today’s news:
- Emperor’s Choice Games and Miniatures says that the Arduin Eternal Culture and Index book is shipping tomorrow.
- Battlescape Military Books and Miniatures is showing a bunch of new German tank miniatures, Mitsubishi Zero miniatures, and a few others.
- Copplestone Castings has added two new Future Wars minis and four new High Adventure minis.
- Corvus Belli is showing several new miniatures for Infinity on their site.
- Heroics and Ros posted a notice indicating that they do take Paypal now.
- Ironwind Metals says that they’ve put three new Battletech releases on their web store today. These include the Blood Asp Prime RE Mech, Bear Cub Mech, and Danai Support Vehicle.
- Wyrd Miniatures has listed its July 2010 releases and posted pictures of them. They all appear to be for Malifaux.
- Mick Yarrow Miniatures has added some new 1/4800 scale ships, including Italian and Japanese ships.
- Naloomi’s Workshop is showing three new terrain items: Med Lab Interior, Coffin Set – Mixed, and Dungeon Accessory Kit – Small.
- Paper Make It, a site offering free printable paper models, added “Pillboxes and Corridors” to the line today.
- Pendraken Miniatures announced a price increase effective August 1 and the release of DNP1 – Full Dungeon Pack containing 5 rooms and corridors (along with 17 pieces of furniture, 30 monsters, 5 heroes, and some free rules).
- Pulp Figures has released four new sets of minis. These include Stahlmask’s Doom Squad, Arrogant Gestapo Officers, Impassive Gestapo Officers, and The Boys of the Bowery Gang.
- Red Box Games shows two new minis for July: Svjanostroir the Seeker and Svjanna the Sinister.
- RollJordan Miniatures added two limited edition miniatures to their product line Friday, including “Dholpin’s Shield 2010” and “Tilean Team Cup 2010“.
- Triangle Miniatures has listed some new arrivals, including Spanish Napoleonic Line Light Infantry from Elite Miniatures and Portuguese miniatures from Victrix Limited.
- Wargames Supply Dump has added some sci-fi themed terrain pieces that look pretty interesting.
- Wargames South anounced it will be closing for business on July 15 due to personal circumstances and will reopen on September 1.
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Game News – 07/08/2010
Today’s board game news:
- Cactus Game Design is publishing a new product for 2010, “Bible Taboo”. This is a Christian version of the Hasbro title.
- Fantasy Flight Games is offering players a chance to try a new Warhammer adventure “Journey to Black Fire Pass” at a number of participating stores (link may not work properly if you use Firefox). They’ve also published “The Lurker at the Threshold” expansion for Arkham Horror.
- Mark Steere Games has published a new board game, Fractal. This two-player print-and-play game, which can’t end in a draw, requires players to form a path of cells of their own color connecting the two border regions of their color.
Card Games news:
- Interaction Point Games has added a Wild West fighting card game “Knock Down, Drag Out” to its online store. They’re offering free shipping in the US, probably through July 11, though the web site says June 11…
Miniatures and Miniatures Games news:
- The Arcane Legions web site announced that they’ve updated the special ability list for the game.
- Comfy Chair Games has added two packs of miniatures to their site, the “pig whisperer” pack and the “wild dog pack”.
- The Flames of War web site was updated with information about upcoming conventions, some Early-war tips, and more.
- Games Workshop posted some information related to the Warhammer launch day, including modeling advice.
- Mongoose Publishing has added three new books to their line: RuneQuest II: Empires, Traveller LBB 3: Scout, and Judge Dredd Mega-City Archives 3: Lawbreakers.
- Rackham Studio has begun testing Aarklash Warpack in beta, a skirmish game set in the world of Aarklash.
- Taban Miniatures has added 5 new post-apocalyptic fighter miniatures to their product line.
PC and Online Games news:
- CCP Games, the makers of EVE Online, plan to be at Gen Con Indy in August.
- Electronic Arts is accepting pre-orders for Dead Space 2, expected to release on January 25, 2011. An announcement about the game was posted today. FIFA 11 is expected to release on September 28, 2010. Dragon Age 2 is in development at BioWare’s Edmonton-based studio.
- The Firaxis site says that Civilization V won the Best Strategy Game of E3 award.
- Gamersgate is now offering “The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom” downloadable content pack 1 for $3.49.
- Longbow Games posted its Origins 2010 article yesterday.
- Matrix Games announced yesterday that Close Combat – Last Stand Arnhem is now available, and that there is a “Blitzkrieg Sale” on all Close Combat titles to celebrate the Last Stand Arnhem release. Titles in the line are 10-35% off according to the post (sale priced $19.99 to $35.99).
- Paradox Interactive and Kerberos Productions released a trailer for Sword of Stars 2. More information and a link to the trailer appear on the page linked here.
That’s all for today. I’ll try to get RPG and Wargame news to you tomorrow.
Game Deals and Retailer News – 07/07/2010
The HobbyGames web site shows what I think is an unintentional typo:
In other game deal and retailer news:
- Troll and Toad posted an article about the Magic: The Gathering 2011 Core Series update. They are also reportedly offering random Mythic Rares for only $0.99.
- Mega Miniatures has added a number of fantasy scenery miniatures today, including chairs, baskets, marble column, and tables.
- Mutineer Miniatures says they’re offering free shipping for the rest of July.
- Noble Knight Games has added a lot of new items to their web store, including the boxed game “War Between the States”, the ziplock of “Beyond the Urals – The Final Campaign in Russia, 1942″, Strategy & Tactics issue 239, Warhammer Fantasy Core Rules (8th Edition), and more.
- North Star Figures has added some new items, including WGB-WM-110 – Sdkfz 251/1D Half Track – Boxed Set, CRIMCD – The British Army of the Crimean War, 1854-1856, FIW-024 – French Marines in Canoe, and NSA1015 – Matabele Characters.
- RPGShop has added three new games: Martini – The Game, Smart Darts, and Star Fleet Battles: Module R12 Unusual Ships.
- Stafford Games has added two new products for July: Brummbär Assault Tank Platoon and 21cm NW42 Rocket Launcher
- Wargamesminis.com has added several new products in the Veteran Warriors and Hordes product lines.
- Warpath Games has added some new products to their list today as well. Click the link to see them.
- Warweb.com has added some military history books to their catalog, including books about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Erwin Rommel, Julis Caesar, General George S. Patton, Erich Von Manstein, and Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Zenit Miniatures (warning: artwork on this page is not safe for work environments or other places where nudity might be objectionable) has published information about its first July miniature release, Graft.
Game Deals – 07/05/2010
Stafford Games in the UK has cut the price on Battlefront’s IT113 Semoventa 105/25 tank miniature from GBP 6.50 to 5.85.
Wargames Miniatures, a US distributor for Baueda, Britannia, Essex, FAA, and other miniatures, is offering a variety of miniatures at 5% off. These include (but aren’t limited to) Essex’s DD37 “Orc with sword and shield”, DD38a “Assorted Orcs”, and DD38 “Orc Chieftain”.
Miniatures and Miniatures Games News 07-04-2010
The following miniatures and miniatures games news was unearthed today:
- Reaper Miniatures has posted an image of their Savage North poster and announced that the game itself Warlord: Savage North has been sent to the printer. It reportedly contains everything you need to play 8 new factions for the Warlord Second Edition game.
- The Quantum Gothic Wars web site has announced summer shipping delays, saying that orders placed after July 15, 2010, may be delayed before shipping. Orders placed during August 2010 will be shipped starting the first week in September.
- Rackham Studio’s blog has announced the Aarklash Warpack. The post contains a small amount of detail about the addition to the game.
- Catalyst Game Labs announced that it won four awards at Origins 2010. They won Best Card Game for “Poo”, Best Roleplaying Game for “Eclipse Phase”, Best Miniature Rules for “BattleTech Strategic Operations”, and Best Game-Related Book for “BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction”. Congratulations, Catalyst!
Dragonblood Miniatures 20% Off Sale
The Dragonblood Miniatures web site has announced a “Summer 20/20 Sale” where orders over $20 USD receive 20% off. The sale will reportedly last until August 10, 2009. See the Dragonblood Miniatures web site for details and product information.
