The Moots of Erehwon are on the march! Swarms of halflings advance across the land to defend their homes from the forces of evil, available from TTCombat right now! Our Halfling list takes up the theme of the wee people of folklore and – inevitably – those that have emerged from the pages of…
With the Battle of France fully underway, we’re taking a look at the lesser-known Alpine theatre and the Italian Alpini units that fought in this inhospitable environment. Death in the Alps! While Hitler’s panzers ploughed across northern France, elite French and Italian mountain troops battled for control of their alpine border. Spurred on by…
Grab your lances and ride for the sunny shores of Southern Italy with a host of Normans, including the future King of England! Our modern conception (speaking as an English person) of the Normans is rooted in the conquest of 1066 and the subsequent campaigns to pacify the British Isles. The army of William the…
Pinned down by strafing fighters and shrieking dive bombers, several divisions of Allied troops must be rescued from the Dunkirk beaches! With the release of Close Quarters, designer John Lambshead has provided a system for embarking and disembarking troops during a game of Cruel Seas. We’re using these rules to recreate the daring rescue…
The British army is in full retreat! Save the BEF from disaster with a linked Bolt Action scenario set on the Dunkirk perimeter! The Retreat to Dunkirk With Boulogne fallen and Calais about to fall into German hands, the plan to sweep up to the Channel Ports and draw a line bisecting the Allied defenders…
We’re focusing on a key battle from the American War of Independence – climb Bunker Hill and help secure Boston Harbour for the Crown! The rebel army surrounding Boston pre-empted General Gage’s plan to seize the Charlestown peninsula. Waking on the 16th of June to the ominous sight of fortifications being constructed atop Breed’s and…
This week, we take a look at one of the great generals of the Thirty Years War – the fanatically religious Father Tilly! Johann Tserclaes was born in February 1559 to a devoutly Catholic Walloon family at Castle Tilly, Spanish Netherlands, in what is now Belgium. In his youth, he was raised with a deep-seated…
With the addition of the Me 262 jet fighter to Blood Red Skies, Tom takes a look at some of the tactics you can use to outfox the Allies! How Jets Work Providing no enemy aircraft are within 9″ of a jet, it immediately gains an Advantage level on activation. Combined with a high speed,…
Close Quarters is packed full of new rules to spice up your games of Cruel Seas. This week, we’re taking a look at some German glide bombs – the Fritz X and Hs 293. Precision Guidance Luftwaffe pilots and analysts recognised the difficulty of accurately bombing moving ships during the Spanish Civil War. Tactics at…
We dive back into the weird world of Erehwon with a look at a few of the magic swords knocking around Rick’s multiverse! From Sting and Glamdring to Excaliber and Mjolnir, fantasy fiction is packed full of magical weapons. Without them, our heroes would be powerless to vanquish their foes. Warlords of Erehwon has been…