Inhaltsverzeichnis für August 2025 in Miniature Wargames

What have we got in issue 508? Conrad Kinch has a take on the Ardennes Offensive and Command Decision has Jon Sutherland start a two-parter with an unusual approach for Omdurman. Army Painter’s Fanatic Historical Paints are applied to some German Infantry from Wargames Atlantic (with whom we also have an interview for all the latest news!); plus we take an unusual rules approach to The Lord of the Rings with another trip to the Wild West with some shootin’! There’s a Cold War outing in the Fulda Gap as well as a Quixotic scratchbuild plus all of the usual reviews and another show trip to Broadside. So – on that basis – and as Bon Scott sang – “Ridin’ down the highway, Goin’ to a show, Stoppin’ on the…

Apal of mine has a pet theory about the Battle of the Bulge. He reckons there are so many games about Hitler’s last throw of the dice in the west because it’s one of the only campaigns on the western front because its where the Americans faced the Germans, who were the team to beat in the Second World War, and did so where there was a decent chance of losing. It probably doesn’t hurt that the Germans also used a lot of their Gucci equipment in the Ardennes so if you want to see Nebelwefers, Royal Tigers and all the rest of the Nazi fashion catwalk, it’s all there. However, checking games in Wargames Geek indicates that the Bulge is a topic of interest to wargamers. I would take…

This is the second of a number of articles where Paul paints some Wargames Atlantic models using the new Army Painter Fanatic Historical boxed sets which are theme appropriate. Ed. THE PREMISE The Editor sent me The Army Painter’s Historical sets to try out, so that I can paint some minis and to offer my thoughts on this release. The figures I used are from Wargames Atlantic’s excellent German WWII Infantry box set. INTRODUCTION The finish I am going for here is what I would term high end tabletop, however I intend to also suggest how you can get good results with this paint set to get your German Blitzkrieg rolling in a more timely fashion. The rules remain the same as with the challenge the Editor set me for the British that I painted…

FREEDOM! The Age of Reason from Wargames Atlantic On page 49 of this issue you’ll see an interview we did with Hudson Adams talking about what to look forward to for the next short while from Wargames Atlantic. Well – as nothing stands still in wargaming – we see that the new AWI/Revolutionary War figures he mentions there are now ready to pre-order. The British Grenadiers (5th Regiment of Foot) are 30 figures to the box for £25. In hard plastic they are armed with the Brown Bess musket, wear the bearskin cap and you can build a mix of advancing, firing, and loading poses from the five standing bodies, all with separate heads and packs (with a location lug in the figure’s backs for those). To fight against them…

A bit of a different approach this time. For this month Mr Sutherland gives us a ‘programmed paragraph’ sort of game suitable for some solo play. Next month we transfer Omdurman to the tabletop! Ed. Our fascination with “what-ifs” is one of the driving forces that makes wargaming so attractive. Constantly, we want to see what might have happened had historical events been somewhat different. The charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman was the last time any British cavalry were involved in a full charge. Eventful enough, but a young lieutenant attached to the unit would later become the British Prime Minister, one Winston Spencer Churchill. The gamebook format gives us the chance to make decisions and then have to react to the new consequences we have created. A…

I saw this game at Hammerhead earlier on in the year and was so impressed that I asked Mr Fletcher if he could tell the readership a little more about it! Ed. INTRODUCTION Nearly five decades ago I was introduced to the world of wargaming through the lunchtime modelling club at my school. I became fascinated by the world of Middle-earth, through reading The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. This breathed life into wargames that emerged from the imaginations of my gaming group, all were avid readers Tolkien’s books. Figure options were limited in the late 1970’s (Miniature Figurines ‘ME’ range spring to mind! Ed.) but surges of new figure ranges lent impetus expanding our collections. Full weekend games at our local club based around the battles of Tolkien’s world…

The Milton Hundred Wargames Club ran their latest show in June of this year and the organising club did another great job. Fighting against a multi-occupancy car park with three other, simultaneous (and unrelated) events, it was superbly managed by the club members. The team – headed by David Mustill (Club Chair and show organiser) got a bigger, busier show than last year. TRADE Last year’s 27 traders and a ‘flea market’ section was 35 traders this year and door numbers were certainly up, even though it was a hot June day. GAMES Last years 31 party and demo games were up to 34 and were split pretty evenly, plus there were painting competitions and crafting areas for young gamers. Games I really liked were the excellent Shepway Wargamers’ Bridge Over…

What with the recent changes at WA and all sorts of other stuff (tariffs and whatnot) I had a long distance chat with the Wargames Atlantic Head Honcho. Ed. So Hudson: these are some questions I’d like to ask that the readership would, I think, like the inside track on: How has the move back to the US from China with your production affected things? Do you think it has enabled you to be more ‘timely’ in your releases? We originally moved production from China to the US at the end of 2021. At the time there were ongoing issues with ocean freight and it was becoming painful. We had always wanted to make our plastic here so it seemed like a good time to rip off the bandaid and go for…