01Dec08

Mongoose News

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Mongoose Publishing posted its annual State of the Mongoose. Of most interest to us,

Miniatures Games
We have spent a lot of time in 2008 re-examining the way we approach miniatures, in terms of quality of casting, sculpting and presentation. New quality control procedures are in place at our casting facility, and we will be utilising new talent to manage sculpts and pre-production – these areas were always the ones that caused us the most problem in the past. We will also be starting ‘smaller’, with no ‘grand’ battle game planned until at least 2010.

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01Dec08

Tabletop Gaming News Is Back

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Tabletop Gaming News is back on the air. All, or certainly most, of the old content seems to be there and new stuff as well.

 

27Nov08

Combat Mission: Shock Force - Britsh Forces Announced

Posted by tanker under Computer Wargames, Modern, News and Updates
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Battlefront announced a new upcoming expansion for Combat Mission: Shock Force.

Battlefront.com is thrilled to announce Combat Mission Shock Force - BRITISH FORCES. British Forces is the next Module in Battlefront.com’s Combat Mission Shock Force series of modern warfare tactical simulations.

Britain fields one of the most powerful armed forces in the world today, which Combat Mission fans will soon experience for themselves. The full range of British weaponry is brought to life with the same amazing level of detail found in the previous Combat Mission titles.

Everything from the new version of the L85A2 rifle to the Challenger 2 with all the latest upgrades is included in order to give a full accounting of the capabilities of the modern British Army. Play with them on their own or as part of multi-national joint task forces using any of Shock Forces’ other units. As with the MARINES Module, all new scenarios and a campaign are included for exciting play right out of the box, before digging in and using the powerful editor or sharing scenarios with other Shock Force gamers. New voices (multiple accents), sound effects, and game features round out the game experience. Oh, and of course some great surprises which will be revealed as the release date nears!

 

27Nov08

Tabletop Gaming News Site Down

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The Tabletop Gaming News (www.tabletopgamingnews.com) site is off the air. The ISP basically shut the site down for using too many server resources. There is a notice page posted. Zac, the owner, hopes to have the site back up soon.

 

22Nov08

WeeToySoldiers Closing

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I was very disppointed to hear that WeeToySoldiers.com was closing down. The site will remain up for awhile but the owner is moving on to deal with real life. It was a great site and will be missed. The owner has graciously given permission for anyone to use the contents of the site. We will try and grab some of our favorites over time so that they are still available here once the site goes dark.

 

22Nov08

Babylon 5 Miniatures Available Again

Posted by tanker under Miniature Wargames, News and Updates, Sci-Fi
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IronWind Metals now has the old Mongoose Babylon 5: A Call to Arms miniatures available. They are remastering many of them so only the core units are currently available but they say they will have the entire range available again over time. We have not seen any of them yet so we cannot say how well they look.

See the announcement and the current selection in the IronWind store.

See the original Mongoose Publishing announcement about dropping the line.

 

15Nov08

40K — Large Man Test

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Games Workshop released an…ah…interesting video on their new Citadel Realm of Battle modular plastic gaming board.

 

14Nov08

AT-43 — Cog Army Book Preview

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Rackham, in Cry Havoc Online #111, provided three pages from the upcoming Cog Army Book. The pages show the platoon patterns, heroes, and company equipment.

The Rackham website also has another four-page excerpt that covers the A-Volution troops. Those are the big size three Cog troops in exosuits.

[Updated: 21NOV08]

 

11Nov08

AT-43 Tactics — Review

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AT-43 Tactics

AT-43 Tactics

Rackham recently released AT-43 Tactics: Tactical RPG. Tactics’ physical appearance is typical of the other AT-43 books and is a 64-page, 8 1/2″x11″, soft cover, full-color book. It also includes a page of perforated heavy cardstock counters. Instead of including cards, as some other AT-43 expansions have done, Rackham this time simply included a page with the card art that you will need to photocopy and cut out. Considering none of the cards are actually used as cards in this game but as map overlays (doors and objectives) this works out just fine. (more…)

 

09Nov08

AT-43 — More Cogs

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Cog Sharpshooter

Cog Sharpshooter

Rackham gave us another look at the upcoming Cogs for AT-43. Cry Havoc Issue 109 has a full page of fully painted Cogs. Featured are the Sharpshooters and the Gunslingers.

 

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