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Last Year

Miniature Wargames  Latest Issue 28/12/05
Wargames Illustrated  Latest Issue 28/12/05
English Computer Wargames  A change of address 04/12/05
Editorial  An update from the Webmaster 24/11/05
Monolith Designs  Some excellent 28mm Dark Age villagers, and no, the third one along is not the Web Director ! 09/11/05
Modeller's Attic   some very useful 28mm Accessories 09/11/05
Ainsty Castings  Exciting new Castings from Ainstey 07/11/05
Miniature Wargames  Latest Issue 06/11/05
Wargames Illustrated  Latest Issue 18/10/05

 Summer '05

Old Glory  More New 10mm Ancients from Old Glory 0206/05
Cossacks 2 The latest version of the PC classic reviewed 02/6/05
Painter 80 Vene Vidi Vici help you tidy you painting table

02/6/05

Creeks Steve Crofts helps you find realistic rivers for your tables

02/6/05

Crete  Andy Callan checks out the Osprey volume.

02/6/05

Book Review  Martin Robson points out a useful volume on Hitler's Navy

02/6/05

Gods Warriors  Kingdom of Heaven, the Osprey way

02/6/05

Greenhill New releases

02/6/05

Mega Minis Some tasty US morsels for your delight

02/6/05

A Walk in the Woods (Part 1) The spark that started the Seven Years War!

02/6/05

Poem A vivid reminder of the true cost of war.

02/6/05

SS Two Osprey releases checked out

02/6/05

Otto the Fowler A novel for your bookshelves?

02/6/05

AWI Infantry The Continental Infantryman from Osprey.

02/6/05

April & May

Santa Wars  Ho ho ho and pass the flamethrower! 8/04/05
Western Front  Osprey's latest 8/04/05
Thunderbolt Steve Croft's checks out these little beauties 8/04/05
Miniature Wargames Latest Issue 8/04/05
Rampage Important announcement regarding the Team Championships 8/04/05
Wargames Illustrated  Latest Issue 8/04/05
Andy Dumelow  On the move 8/04/05
Not to Be Missed Check those diaries 7/04/05

 

High Quality Painting from Martin Robson - see Commissioned Ranks below

Old Glory  The Old Glory Shipyard and new releases from many other  ranges 28/2/05
Alexander  Triumph or Tragedy? 17/2/05
HCH Painted figures to go, reviewed 17/2/05
Dadi.Com The editor goes continental 17/2/05
Gaming Weekend Your chance to get away from it all! 17/2/05
Constantinople  Osprey Fortress review 17/2/05
Hinds Figures painted units in all scales, a review 17/2/05
Antenotceti's Workshop   The final touch? 17/2/05
Guam  Osprey review 17/2/05
Painting Guide  Let an expert guide your brush! 17/2/05
GW Ogre Tyrant  painting report from the Snake's lair 17/2/05
Front Rank  Latest releases 17/2/05
The Courier News of this great gaming Journal 17/2/05
Dadi & Piombo Latest issue 17/2/05
Highly Recommended!  A book for your library 17/1/05
Virus warning  Beware! 17/1/05
SAS Brookes's Miniatures Counter Terrorist team checked out 17/1/05
Editorial The Editor sounds off again! 28/12/04
Osprey Looks at Napoleon's Imperial Headquarters 28/12/04
Chiltern Miniatures Steve checks out a couple of modern ranges 28/12/04
Time Commanders You have seen the series, now read the book! 28/12/04
Dungeon Dudes Latest news 28/12/04
Codename Panzers Superb PC game checked out 28/12/04
Games Day Readers comment 28/12/04
Outland Games New contact details 28/12/04
Davis Chandler  A personal obituary 28/12/04
Peninisular War  Brassey's Latest 28/12/04
SOA Battle day  Get the details here 28/12/04
Trafalgar  Well it tickled my fancy........ 28/12/04
Your Wish  .....is My command 28/12/04
Toutatis  A site to view! 28/12/04
Frothers Unite  A double review for your pleasure plus a great offer 28/12/04
Magic Bullet  John Ramscar studies some heavy military theory 28/12/04
The Ogres are here!  the latest horrors from the GW Empire 28/12/04
1901  A Novel with big wargames potential 28/12/04
Anti tank guns The Osprey edition is critically assessed by historian Ian Daglish 28/12/04
Poem In Memoriam - submitted by a reader

28/12/04

Gettysburg  Now Updated - to include Orders of battle and timeline for arrivals

29/11/04

Warneford  Or how to win a Victoria Cross 29/11/04
Continental Infantry Osprey look at the American Revolution 29/11/04
Lancashire Games  The second part of the Marlborough's wars review 29/11/04
Glasgow Wargames Note the new contact details 29/11/04
Pendraken Their big boys, Elizabethan chappies! 29/11/04
Games Day Steve Crofts is lost in fantasy land 29/11/04
First Empire Looking to spend a weekend in France come the spring? 29/11/04
Black Hat  A new company on the market 29/11/04
Elite Miniatures  Latest releases 29/11/04
Gettysburg  The MAD Boys go for the Big One!

10/11/04

Arena Wars  Action for your PC. 10/11/04
Front Rank  Marlborough's wars recorded in pewter, and checked out by Crofts 10/11/04
Dungeon Dudes  More from the dark dank places 10/11/04
Newbold World  More top notch fantasy checked out by Andy Saunders 10/11/04
Final Combat  Rules Review 10/11/04
Not 2 be missed!  Shows, displays, and so much more! 10/11/04
Solo Wargames The Association for the player without an opponent 10/11/04
Guam  The Pacific Campaign given the osprey treatment 10/11/04
South Africa  They are at it again, busy busy! 10/11/04
MLRS - Tank Corps  A very rare volume is reissued, and reviewed by Andy Callan 10/11/04
Vexillia  Got a penny to spare? Then check this out 10/11/04
Blooding the Bull The full story behind one of 2004's best display games 21/10/04
Battlegroup South Graeme Spencer invades the South Coast and plays a quiz 21/10/04
Disability Access A response 21/10/04
Pellenor Fields GW's rules reviewed 21/10/04
Corgi AFVs  Steve Crofts checks out these collector's vehicles, with a wargames eye 1/10/04
Russo -Japanese War  Osprey go East! 1/10/04
Blitzkrieg Commander Andy Saunders reviews a new rules set 1/10/04
Newbold World More superb fantasy from a distant galaxy 1/10/04
Austrian Commanders  Osprey look at some unluck (?) chaps! 1/10/04
Renegade  A Forum reader's view! 1/10/04
Buffalo Soldiers  More from Osprey 1/10/04
Vexillia  Now stocked in the UK 1/10/04
South African News Are they getting ready to conquer the wargaming World? 1/10/04
Home Defences Osprey study Britain's answer to Seelowe 1/10/04
Amazon  Change of contact details for the miniatures co! 8/9/04
Dunbar  Osprey's coverage of Cromwell's victory 8/9/04
Front Rank  Spanish Succession Cavalry now available 8/9/04
Hussites  Medieval excellence from Osprey 8/9/04
Miniature Wargames  October issue Out Now 8/9/04
Napoleon's Allies Osprey turn their eyes to the Balkans 1/09/04

 

Gentlemen? Bob Crumpton reckons that wargamers are the last ones left. 1/09/04
Mumak of Harad This GW monster gets the Crofts' once over! 1/09/04
The Arditi  Andy Callan reviews the Osprey edition on the Italian Stormtroops 1/09/04
Fantassin 15mm Napoleonics checked out by Andy Saunders 1/09/04
World War 1  Osprey cover the Austro-Hungarians 1/09/04
Free Scenarios  Something for nothing for those looking for something different! 1/09/04
Naval landings   Steve Barbers Napoleonic naval range reviewed 1/09/04
D-Day Companion The great day given the Osprey treatment 1/09/04
Wargames Illustrated The UK's most popular wargames magazine, latest issue 1/09/04
Battles for the West

Scenarios for WW 2 gamers from Partizan Press

16/08/04
Chivalry

WAB's Armies of Chivalry supplement reviewed

16/08/04
Wargaming Weekend Your invitation to a Heavenly gaming experience 16/08/04
History Channel Great news for satellite viewers 16/08/04
Shows  Not to be missed? 16/08/04
*Warning*  If you sell on the Bring and Buy read this! 16/08/04
Osprey  French Revolutionary Infantry 16/08/04
SOA Games Day  Your views and ideas invited 16/08/04
Competition Results

Who won the CDV's Burning Horizons?

15/08/04
Siege of Gondor GW's LOTR rule supplement given the Crofts' treatment 15/08/04
Robin Hood A Historical fantasy? An investigation from Bob Crumpton 15/08/04
North and South 15mm ACW reviewed by Andy Saunders 15/08/04
Inuit MY Miniatures with something really really different! 15/08/04
Hirst Arts Steve Crofts again checking out a source of historical buildings 15/08/04
Army of the Dead GW's Pellenor Fields fearsome surprise 15/08/04
Babylon's   Burning! Or is it, that may depend on these rules from Hertzerdog 15/08/04
July 2004
Events Page

The Events page has been repaired, sorry for the considerable delay

25/07/04
Big Battalions

Reinforcements have arrived! The latest news!

13/7/04
Vendel

Steve Crofts checks out the Persian Allies 

11/7/04
Dadi & Piombo Italy's premier gaming mag 11/7/04
TableTop Games  All change, the details are here 11/7/04
Storm of Chaos Games Workshop show us the dark side 11/7/04
Napoleonic Naval Ospreys take to the waves 11/7/04
Partizan The Newark show is given the Croft's treatment 11/7/04
Sabretooth

The latest Lord of the Rings releases

11/7/04
Warscape

High quality terrain modules

11/7/04
Not to be Missed?

Shows and events

11/7/04
Editorial

Do you want to know what is going to change in the Forum?

4/7/04
Boxers

No not pugilists but the latest 15mm colonials from Lancashire Games

4/7/04
Competition

Your chance to win a copy of Burning Horizon!

2/7/04
Bloody Albuera A battle report from the guys at Mossborough! 29/6/04
Terrain Tips A new publication from Games Workshop 29/6/04
Battle of Delium Lessons for Wargaming from Bob Crumpton 29/6/04
Hexon II A new terrain concept from Kallistra 29/6/04
Spanish Guerillas A new release from Osprey reviewed 29/6/04
Salute 2004 The London show, and UK showpiece visited by a Northern Lad! 29/6/04
Ainsty Check out the graveyard shift! 29/6/04
TROUPES LEGERES 1680-1763 Nosworthys Tactical Studies series reviewed 29/6/04
June 2004
Robin Hood

His Amazing Adventures by Moif

15/6/04
Miniature Wargames

The latest issue detailed

12/06/04
  Not to be missed?

Updated!

12/06/04
 De Bellis Airfixus Something new from Old Master, Phil Barker... not quite! 08/06/04
  Waiting in the Wings  An unfinished poem for D Day 04/06/04
  Burning Horizons  Review of the World War 2 PC game from CDV 04/06/04
  Triples 2004  Picture report of the Sheffield games fest! 04/06/04
  Operation Goodwood  Book Review of Pen and Swords latest 04/06/04
  Artizan  The latest releases 04/06/04
  Amazon  News 04/06/04
  Players wanted  At Origins 04/06/04
  Painting Guide  For Morons!!!!! 04/06/04
  Mirliton  latest news from the UK stockist 04/06/04
  News from Charon The quality case for your wargames figures 04/06/04
  Air Wargames Society Interested in helping start one? 04/06/04

 

May 2004

from Homer's Illiad An extract from the story of Troy; Homer's Illiad 27/05/04
Wargames Illustrated The new super-duper, all colour, new style magazine. Check it out 27/05/04
Not to be missed So much more to do! 21/05/04
Troy What did we think of the blockbuster movie? 21/05/04
Society of Ancients Battle day report 21/05/04
Harlem Heights An AWI scenario from MAD gamers 21/05/04
TFT Update with stacks of new models for you lucky people 21/05/04
Norman Castles Osprey study these fortifications in detail 21/05/04
Figures in Comfort Packaging & Storage designed for the Wargamer, and much more 18/05/04
Front Rank New War of Spanish Succession Range on their new Website 18/05/04
Dixon Miniatures All the familiar Dixon Ranges on a new Website 18/05/04
An Age of Warfare New Working downloadable demo versions of ECW software 12/05/04
Miniature Wargames The latest bumper issue 11/5/04
Mongol Warriors Dave Lanchester checks out the Osprey release 11/5/04
Chelgames  Stockists of high quality figure cases and much much more 11/5/04
Random Shots Bob Crumpton discusses the problems posed by rules to the  Phalanx 11/5/04
Tumbling Dice Full figure lists from TD, Aircraft and Ships top follow... 10/5/04
Big Battalions Ready painted wargame units to grace your battlefield 10/5/04
Cogs News of this popular show 9/5/04
Heavenly Bodies Steve Crofts checks out Chiltern Miniatures Olympians 9/5/04
Kaisers Warlords  Osprey publications study the German generals of World War 1 9/5/04
Charon Productions Highest quality figure carrying cases 9/5/04
Not to be missed  Look here for the gen on a host of Wargaming events Worldwide! 8/5/04
Waterloo   Details of anniversary celebrations (have a French dictionary handy) 8/5/04
Wargames Illustrated  Latest Issue details 7/5/04

April 2004

Dadi & Piombo latest issue details 22/4/04
Rus Steve has been busy busy busy, this time with Navigator's Dark Age range 14/4/04
Bolt Action  Painting report on this new range 14/4/04
Advanced Basing  Steve Crofts spills more beans in Random shots 14/4/04
Babylon's Burning  A post apocalypse warriors from Hertzerdog 14/4/04
Book Reviews  A bumper crop of reviews from the fall of Berlin to the fall of the Alamo 14/4/04
Mordor Troll  Steve Crofts goes to town on this GW heavyweight 14/4/04
South Africa Triumphant   International Competition report 14/4/04
Players Wanted!  Refight the battle of Zorndorf 14/4/04
Random Shots  The Origins of Games Workshop's Chaos examined 12/4/04
Miniature Wargames  The May issue out now! 12/4/04
Figures in Comfort Price update...  the price quoted originally was incorrect, now amended 2/4/04
Wargames Illustrated  Issue 199 available now! 2/4/04
Mirliton  U.K. stockist! 2/4/04
Dungeon Dudes  Latest Update 2/4/04
Charon Figure Case  Transport your armies in style with Chelgames 2/4/04
Gent's Selection XXX rated models from GZG reviewed! 2/04/04
Napoleonic Pics At the Napoleonic Gallery 2/4/04
South Africa news!  Gauteng Competition report 2/4/04
Fighting 15s Now stocks Eureka! 2/4/04
Book Review  The Pendulum of Battle - Operation Goodwood 2/4/04
Heroes of the West LOTR release from Games Workshop 2/4/02

MARCH 2004

Fiasco/Phalanx 03  Sorry for the late reports 31/03/04
Combat Hex  LOTR from Sabretooth, the games checked out! 31/03/04
Figures in Comfort  Transport your armies in safety 31/03/04
Tumbling Dice Superb miniature aircraft 31/03/04
Urgent - Stolen Problems at Alumwell 15/3/04
Sabretooth Games  Latest releases revealed 14/3/04
The Square  Resin cast scenery reviewed 14/3/04
Overlord 2004 Short report on this years Abingdon show 14/3/04
Basing Your Figures  Steve Crofts secret recipes revealed 12/03/04
Front Rank Latest news! 12/03/04
Fraser McLean Reporting a sad loss to the hobby 12/03/04
Fantasy Partizan Show Report 12/03/04
Desert Rats PC game 12/03/04
Britcon *Important announcement* 12/03/04
Special Forces Book review, Brassey's Publishing 12/03/04
Vapnartak Show report 12/03/04
Albuera MAD Wargamers get ready for the Triples 12/03/04
Fiasco and Phalanx Show reports 12/03/04
Dungeon Dudes Latest News 12/03/04
News from Artizan Latest News 12/03/04
Miniature Wargames The latest issue and contents 09/03/04
Tumbling Dice  Hundreds of 20mm figures, including the Old Contemptibles and more

08/03/04

10mm from Old Glory  three extensive New ranges of exquisitely detailed 10mm figures...

05/03/04

Skytrex   Introducing the vast Skytrex Ranges to Wargames Forum

01/03/04

 

 

February 2004 

Editorial - Such wise words, a lesson to us all!

The Age of Marlborough - Steve paints up the new releases from Lancashire Games

Vis Bellica - The latest lists now available!

Warfare - The Editor visits this popular show 

The Square - The finishing touches for your townscapes

The Society of Ancients - A day of exciting gaming

New Poem - this one by special request

TFT- The latest news from this prolific company 

Ospreynew releases from this prodigious publisher Napoleonics, ACW and Modern

Pratzen Heights - Our Heritage under threat?

Peter Pig - Mike Andress casts his eye over the WW2 range

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Games Workshop Brettonians

News From Artizan

S.A.S. - New releases from Brooks Miniatures

Greenhill Books - Napoleonic releases

Random Shorts - Holiday pics for the ACW fan

Big Greeks - Steve Crofts checks out ancients from Irregular

Jenesis Fantasy - Have you seen these dungeon explorers?

Mordor Orcs - Steve at it again, this man never lets his paintbrush dry, this time with Games Workshop's LOTR offerings

Not to be Missed - A host of shows and events going to hit the circuit soon!

January Update