Take up musket and sabre, and ready your forces for action. There, my lord is your enemy! There are your guns! Attack! The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, immortalised in verse by Lord Tennyson, will forever stand as a shining example of military incompetence and aristocratic blundering. For many people, this single, bloody…
The British Second Division at Inkerman What do you do if you are attacked at dawn, by a force more than triple your strength? Why, if you’re Major-General John Pennefather, you order an advance at once! 5th of November 1854 The Russian Army under General Soymonov launched a heavy assault across the Tchernaya River, with…
“Someone has blunder’d” – Wargaming the Crimean War with Black Powder: Take up musket and sabre, and ready your forces for action. There, my lord is your enemy! There are your guns! Attack! The Complete Crimean War 1853-1856 View Collection in Store “Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All…
Crimean War Russian Line Infantry Includes: 27 Russian Line Infantry View in Store Crimean War Russian infantry Backpacks Includes: 24 metal Russian Infantry backpacks View in Store Crimean War Russian Brigade Expand into the ailing Ottoman Empire with your Russian armies Includes: 81 Russian Line Infantry View in Store Crimean War Russian…
Crimean War British Line Infantry Regiment Includes: 24 metal British Line Infantry View in Store Crimean War British Hussars Includes: 8 Metal British Hussar cavalry View in Store Crimean War British Lancers Includes: 8 Metal British Lancer cavalry View in Store Crimean War British Brigade Maintain the balance of power in Europe,…
The Crimean War Highlanders are ready to jump into the fray against the Russians and their allies… Crimean War Highlanders Command View in Store Inspiring the troops with the whimsical sound of bagpipes, lead the rest of the Highlander forces straight into the heart of the enemy. This blister pack contains 4 metal models, 2…
“The Black Powder game is a ‘toy soldiers first’ type of game – we have tailored our rules of play to suit our collections of models. The object of the game rules is to allow us to utilise our armies. Let us not imagine for a moment that the armies are mere tokens in a…
Warlord Games’s Illustrious leader John Stallard has been presiding over battles at his place with some of the Warlord crew on a Tuesday night, and here one of the brethren brings us tales of glory as they try Black Powder in the Crimean: Doug: After several months of learning the finer points of Black Powder,…
Sarissa Precision has just sent us a whole loads of horse-drawn vehicles. Most of these are from Sarissa’s ‘Gaslamp Alley’ range, and will add a touch of authentic detail to your games – great for games set in WWII, the Wild West and Victorian times, amongst others! Horse Drawn Bus View in Store Horse Drawn…
After a brief hiatus as it was undergoing a fresh reprint, our Black Powder rulebook is now once again available. For those of you not familiar with Black Powder allow us make the introductions… Set during the horse & musket period of 1700-1900, Black Powder covers the Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War and the…
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