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By Paolo Paglianti

If there’s one thing I didn’t like about ETC 2026, the World Team Championship our club organised in Milan last August, it was that many teams brought almost identical lists. That’s understandable: after years of playing and with the meta now well established, it was predictable that we would see plenty of similar lists, from American armies with hordes of Sherman Spearhead Companies to Polish armies with masses of infantry.

A breath of fresh air comes with the Early War lists. Battlefront has finally started publishing the Early War army books, allowing us to explore an entirely new world of list-building, with an unknown meta that is still waiting to be discovered. In addition, with this year’s ETC competitive cycle now over, we can finally move on to the new More Missions published by Battlefront in April, which haven’t been used at major tournaments so far because they weren’t available in time for ETC 2026. Major national tournaments generally adopt the same period and points limits as the following ETC, allowing players to test their armies in preparation for the World Championship.

By Richard Steer

Over the last few months, Battlefront has released a series of free updates for a number of its games. Fate of a Nation, set in the Middle East in the 1960s and 70s, has now had its turn with a free expansion to the Egyptian and Jordanian lists.

This expansion, available as a PDF download and in the Forces of War list-building tool, is the first update to FOAN since its second edition was published in 2018. It brings in a number of the miniatures from Battlefront’s other games that were historically present in the theatre.

By Richard Steer

Once upon a time, back in the days of Flames of War 3rd Edition, I started the process of collecting a Late-War Italian campaign German force. My starting point was Battlefront’s range of ‘HG’ metal figures, and eventually I had built and painted up couple of infantry platoons and a few support weapons. I am, however, terrible at completing projects, and before I had finished the collection, the FOW world had left Italy behind and moved on to V4.

My units did end up seeing some action over the years, playing as “Generic German” infantry, but I have always wanted to eventually finish the project. The re-release of Battlefront’s Italian Campaign range with Liberation of Italy has made the miniatures available again for me to finally do this.

So, given all of the options in the new book, what am I going to build as a list? Let’s work through the process.

By Paolo Paglianti

Twenty-six teams made up of 156 players converged on Milan for four days of Flames of War. Wargaming friends from every corner of the globe came together for dice rolling and good times. For me, it was a dream that finally came true.

By Richard Steer

Before the liberation of Italy, there was the liberation of Sicily – Operation Husky. Sneaking in just ahead of the new Late-War Italian Campaign book for Flames of War, Battlefront has published a set of army lists that cover this campaign in Flames of War.

The release is a set of free PDFs published on their website, so this article won’t tell you anything you can’t already see for yourself. But I’m super excited about it, so I want to talk about it anyway.

By Richard Steer

The Italian Campaign has finally arrived in the 4th Edition of Flames of War with Battlefront’s announcement of Liberation of Italy. Paolo has given us an overview of the book and its historical context, and in this article, I will dive a bit deeper into the book’s British lists.

By Paolo Paglianti

It’s time to liberate the peninsula from the Germans! We have been waiting for it for a very long time, but it has finally arrived. The virtual bridge between Mid and Late War in Flames of War, Liberation of Italy is set roughly between Fortress Europe and the D-Day operations, although the war in Italy continued well beyond the liberation of France.

By Richard Steer

I’ve jumped into the Early-War period of Flames of War, and am in the middle of building the British half of the Dunkirk two-player starter set. I recently took a look at what is in the box, and now I’m painting the infantry.

The purpose of this article is to step through my process for painting FOW infantry, in the hope that this may be of use to players who are just getting into FOW and looking to paint their first figures.

By Paolo Paglianti

In just a few weeks, on March 14–15, the Italian FOW National will take place in Milan. As always, Battlefront Miniatures has been extremely supportive and has already sent us the 2026 Objectives for all 50 expected players. As you can imagine, it’s Early War team-themed.

By Richard Steer

Flames of War has returned to the early period of the Second World War, with the publication of Blitzkrieg, covering the Invasion of France in May and June 1940. A new period is an exciting time for the game, with new nations, new miniatures, and new challenges.

My focus for Early-War in previous editions was the Mediterranean theatre, and I have never played anything from the campaign in France. To get back into playing Early-War while we wait for the North Africa book, I have picked up a copy of the new “Dunkirk” two-player starter set. Over the next few weeks, I’ll use it to assemble, paint, and start playing a new army. First, though, let’s have a look at what’s in the box.