PSC Shilka and PT-76 for NorthAG

By Tom Gall

This is a quick mini-review and painting guide for the Plastic Solider Company Shilka and PT-76 10mm models. These are great for Battlegroup: NorthAG, the recently released “what if” WWIII ruleset by the Plastic Soldier Company. They are certainly usable for other rules, Team Yankee in 10mm would surely result in a whole lot more table space and make your battlefield look far less like a crowded shopping mall parking lot.

Let’s start with the that was first introduced approx 1951 and is still in service today. This is one of the treats that Battlegroup NorthAG brings, a much larger collection of hardware to field on the tabletop as compared to WWIII: Team Yankee.

The People Ancient – Native Americans in Raise the Black

A depiction of a North American woodland tribesman, by artist George Catlin

By Tyler Stone

Firelock’s,  Kickstarter has almost unlocked the ‘Native American Warriors’ box. What better time than now, to preview the new Native Factions coming to ?

Firelock first introduced us to the various 17th century Native Factions in . They summarized the Native’s position as “the beginning of the end.” The end of freedom, the end of self-governance, and for many, the end of existence.

With Raise the Black bringing us into the 18th century, this end is upon them. As the European colonial powers tighten their grip on the New World, they choke the life from the ancient world of the Native Americans.

The tribes who stand against this onslaught do so by allying themselves with fickle colonial governments, or forming into confederations. They will not all go gently, and proud warriors rage against the dying of the light with the warclub and bow, tomahawk and musket.

Mythic Americas: Nowhere gets a place

by Troy Hill

In 2015 I sold off four fantasy armies from my time playing Warhammer Fantasy (up to ver 8). Fantasy just didn’t compete with the uber-meta mentality of the 40K crowd in my local area. And I was downsizing, drastically, in living space. Something had to go.

So, with my move to California, and the downsizing that accompanied it, reducing my miniature inventory to fit into a tiny Los Angeles apartment made sense. I wasn’t playing fantasy, and the latest GW fantasy just didn’t interest me. So I stuck with historical minis.

Then Rick Priestley screwed up my plans.

The Marines Have Landed! Shores of Tripoli Reviewed

By Mitch Reed

Kickstarter has been a blessing to the gaming community. So many great games now have a path to our tables from small developers unlike any other time in our hobby. One such game is The Shores of Tripoli by located in Washington DC. Fort Circle is run by avid Nationals fan Kevin Bertram who has a steady social media presence on many gaming threads.

The Shores of Tripoli (SoT) looks at the Barbary Wars fought between the United States and the Barbary Pirates from 1801 until 1805. The game faithfully recreates this conflict with a fun and easy to play game that history buffs and seasoned grognards will both enjoy.

Season of the Soviets: Team Yankee Soviets Reviewed

Not too long ago we came to you with a lot of information about the book from Well, the Soviets are still in the spotlight but now we are looking at their WWIII forces for Team Yankee and this book is one I am very excited about. The Soviets get some great upgrades much as we have seen with the British and the USA and as a Soviet player, I now have some great lists to combat these upgraded NATO forces.

URSS Heavy Assault group for Soviet Bagration book

By Paolo Paglianti

The Bagration Russian book allows the player to choose very different tactics and formations. You can play a strong defense army, sitting on the objectives and valiantly waiting for the enemy to come out of cover and taste some Motherland lead; or you can assault opponents with lots of AT14 guns and cheap but effective artillery.

As for any new book release, Battlefront has a for players who want to start a new Russian Late army: we’ve received one of these boxes, and we can’t wait to see what there is inside and to see what we can do with all this steel from the Motherland.

Saga battle report: Vikings Axes Vs Anglo-Saxon shieldwall

By Paolo Paglianti

is a fast 28mm skirmish game very easy to catch on. Let’s see how it works with a battle report between a Viking raiding party and an Anglo-Saxon army sent to stop the havoc from the Scandinavian invaders. Will you side for the ravaging Axe or roof for the defending levies?

Saga takes a different approach from games like Warhammer – with specific army books for each army, such as Skaven or High Elves. This forces Warhammer players to study a wide variety of books and army lists to know what their opponent can bring to the table during a game.

Saga has a really different concept: all armies can choose between three units – that’s it. Doesn’t matter if you play Dark Age Arabs, Crusaders in the Holy Land, Vikings, or Hannibal’s army crossing the Alps: you can choose between Hearthguard (the elite), Warriors (the average good fighter), and Levies (the guys that will probably flee or die before the end of the day).

Good Old Fashioned Law and Order: A Patriot’s guide to fighting revolutionaries

By Tyler Stone

has launched the highly anticipated next chapter of ‘Blood & Plunder’ with their latest Kickstarter; . NDNG received an exclusive, early preview of some of the factions and units coming to the game. In response to fellow Tales of the Sail caster , I demand law and order, unwavering discipline and bravery. Hence, I present the British Army.

Raise the Black focuses on this “law and order” era of the New World. In the 18th century, European powers sent their professional armies to defend the wealth of their colonies. Our sneak preview included the British Army (from 1690, to 1750) that I will be sharing with you today.

Team YamRonkee – Combining Forces for WhatIf scenarios

Sample of Somali unit stands

By Ron Winkler

With the continued COVID 19 restrictions on gaming opportunities, I decided to try another solo game. This time it would be a modification of Team Yankee to represent a rescue operation in Somalia. For purposes of the game, I selected units and concepts from both Team Yankee and ‘Nam gamebooks. The scenario would be based on Hot LZ with US forces attempting to rescue Western newsmen held captive in a Somalia prison compound.