Bagration German: Win on the tabletop, but still lose the war

By Tom Gall

The Flames of War Late War series continues with the latest book Bagration German. This is force is the mirror to the . Battlefront has slated the book, command cards, unit cards are more for a January release. Already if you look at the Battlefront site, you’ll see a .

Will this book make up for the Russian advances contained in the Bagration Soviet book? Is there a new meta ahead?  Will Hetzers Hetz? What surprises await? Let’s dive and see what Bagration German offers for you!

Battlefront Product Review: My Game Is In (City) Ruins

By Mitch Reed

Recently sent me some of their brand-new and I got around to finishing them just in time to make sure that they land on your holiday wish list. I usually do not collect too much terrain in 15mm however after recently getting a mat that looks like a torn-up battlefield, I decided to take this project on. Past buildings from Battlefront were usually one to three-story affairs made of resin and came pre-painted, these plastic kits are huge and very well done with five floors to expand your table upwards.

Painting & Basing Infantry Teams for Battlegroup NorthAG

by Tom Gall

In this article we’re going to focus on infantry for Battlegroup NorthAG by the Plastic Soldier Company. How should we paint and base them?

Painting British

Let’s start out with British infantry, as their camo pattern uniform is a bit more complicated. For the models, I’m using the Plastic Soldier Company 10mm Ultracast, mechanized infantry box.

Starting with a base coat, I primed my British black. Starting with Helmets 888  as the initial coat of Vallejo, followed by a dry brush of 886 Green Grey Vallejo.

Fix Bayonets! A ‘Blood & Plunder’ preview & Bat-Rep

By Tyler Stone

Well, the is a wrap and the pledge manager is on the horizon (possibly even available, by the time you’re reading this) and it’s time to start thinking about what boxes you’d like to add to that Admiral pledge. But what if you’re done deciding, and that decision was Soldiers? Well, you’re in luck, because I’ve got a battle report with the French Army list that Mike sent out us to preview. So charge your muskets and fix bayonets, let’s dive into some new material.

Dishdash Games Ultracombat Moderns: Modern Russian Army Review

By Kreighton Long

Following a successful campaign, is due to release additions to their in the coming months. These additions include a variety of US and Russian miniatures including nine-man fire teams for both nations.

The metal models come in a healthy variety of poses as they shoot, move, and communicate around the battlefield. This month we’ll take a look at the Russian miniatures.

Building Bolt Action Pin Markers

By Kreighton Long

Gamers have a variety of means of marking progress and mechanics in their games. The means of doing so range as wildly as the reasons we need to track them. Whether the game calls it stress, fatigue, or pins, we can use tokens, dice, or counters.

Players of Bolt Action deal with pins, a game concept that functions against a unit’s morale.

Marking pins on the table can be as simple or fancy as the player wants it to be. For my games, I decided that I wanted to create a way of tracking pins that would blend into the table and compliment the aesthetic as much as possible.

After some digging around I came across appropriate casualty markers from .

For this project specifically, I used a . The core idea here was to create a scenic looking marker combining a casualty model with a slot where a 9mm D6 can be turned to represent the number of pins on a unit. After completing the test piece shown below I’m committing to working on a set for personal use with my WWII German armies.

Occupation Museum – Aarhus Denmark

By Robert Kelly

I had been to the in Aarhus, Denmark on a previous visit, but when I found out that they had spent about $1.5 million dollars on a refurbishment, I figured it was time to check it out again. The most striking thing about the museum is that it is housed in the former Gestapo Headquarters. The Germans invaded Denmark on 9 April, 1940 and by the end of the day, Denmark had capitulated. You first had to reserve a spot in the museum (its very small) and then pay just under $12 USD on entry.

Star Wars Legion 800pts Empire vs Rebels

By Chris Masucci

It is time again to revisit the lands of the far future, to a land of galactic civil war. Star Wars legion has been growing at a rapid rate in my area, its small but tight squadron based combat offers a reprieve from the mass amounts of figures of Warhammer and other micro-scale games. Repurposing a lot of mechanics from Fantasy Flight’s other games such as X-wing, any players familiar with the more ship-based star wars offering will be able to jump into legion without much issue.