By Paolo Paglianti

Since arrived, we’ve seen four new books coming in place of the “old” (still valid) ones. Every new book has some sort of new equipment (as the BMP3 for the Soviets or the Warrior for the British), maybe some new formations (like the Gebirgsjager Brigade for Germans). But the new leading stars are definitely the new super heavy tanks. Each of the four new books has a new super-tank we can field, with armor so strong they can face almost any unfriendly attention without worrying to be killed. Are they worth their price?

By Troy A Hill

One of the joys and pitfalls of moving into a new area, and joining a new gaming group is that many of the local players in the new area already have their army builds done. When I lived in Southern California, there were a mix of players and armies. In my regular gaming group, no one was playing British, so I picked it up to compliment my US and my German Armies.

But, when I returned to North East Indiana in the States, and looked up the local crew, the most popular nation to play in the new local gaming group is… yep, British of one flavour or another.

What was I to do? Americans are the vanilla “easy mode” according to the Juggernauts. In my 15mm WWII wargaming days, I began with Americans and soon tired of them. Germans are definitely challenging. And with my grandmothers coming from lineages of Kaiser and Sigsbee surnames on one side, and Bechtel on the other side of the family, the German army seems like a good fit for me. So far, though, my interest in all things German seems limited to the DAK.

Well, when I played Warhammer Fantasy, I loved the horde armies of the goblins. Guess I should look at… The Soviets?

We are back with the Final 4 games of our contest. Part one can be found

by David Garvin

Sometime back in the mid 1980s, I went to my friend Stephen’s house for the weekend. He was one of the first people who had a personal computer. On it he had a game called War in Russia. It covered the Eastern Front in its entirety, and between the two of us, we spent hours on it, using its now quite-dated graphics. We were not strangers to games on this level; however, the designer, Gary Grigsby, found a way to have the battles resolved down to the lowest levels.

By Howard West

The next new army book for has made it to our bunker in West Virginia and it is called WWIII West Germans, which will upgrade your FRG force to the same V2 standard we saw for the US, USSR, and the British. WWIII West Germans provides you with a single sourcebook for all of the West German forces in Team Yankee, this combines the inaugural book Leopard and Panzertruppen booklet with six new exciting formations. The book also provides some tweaks to the majority of the legacy formations and their respective units in them. If you have been waiting for the next Generation of Leopard-2 tanks and Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles you will not be disappointed.

By Kreighton Long

The backbone of the World War Two Romanian army was the humble riflemen. Romania lacked the quality and quantity in armor of their German or Soviet peers and the heavy artillery that rained destruction on their victims on the Eastern Front was sorely lacking in Romanian arsenals. Without powerful armor formations or heavy guns the Romanian military was forced to rely on manpower rather than firepower.

The average Romanian rifleman was equipped in fairly simple, but functional, gear. Color photographs of Romanians from the war are hard to come by but illustrations from Osprey Publishing and photographs of contemporary reenactors helped to guide my color choices. The Romanian soldier wore a cotton tunic during the summer which bleached in the sun. During the winter the Romanian soldier wore woolen tunics which retained their darker khaki color. Woolen trousers were worn year round and maintained their color like the woolen tunic.

The “Tails-men” are back with another great podcast dedicated to

By Richard Steer

Battlefront has released an update to the Missions Packs for Flames of War and Team Yankee. This update, available as a free download (located here and here), adds a number of new missions including some that were first published in the D-Day series of books, and introduces an expanded version of the Battle Plans mission selector.

By Richard Steer

2021 is shaping up to be a big year for with the release of the remaining books in the Bagration series, and a return to the Western Front for Bulge. To celebrate some of our favorite units returning to the game, I’m considering organizing a multiplayer event for our club. I ran something similar in 2019 for the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings, and I’ve been looking back over my notes from that day, reflecting on what worked and what could be improved for next time.