With MacDuff Erratta
In the last issue we gave an erroneous e-mail address for the MacDuff Rules and Wargames page. The correct one is:http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/kcrane/macduff.htm
Product News
Battlefront / Military Miniatures produces resin and metal models and figures in 15 mm for WWII. Recent releases include German Jagdtiger, Elephant, Krupp Protz truck, and horse drawn artillery limber; Russian BA-64 armored car, 152 mm howitzer, 122 mm gun, and horse drawn limber; and an American 57mm anti-tank gun. Available from A.T.A.K. Miniatures, 38 Shady Lane, Mercerville NJ 08619, tel: (609)890-2550, email: atak@nerc.com, web: www.nerc.com/~atak.
With Such Men as These is a 51-page scenario book for the American War of Independence, intended to provide games with moderate figure and space requirements and no more than four players. They are meant to be useful with your favorite set of AWI rules. $11.95 from Stenhouse Game Productions. web: www.homestead.com/StenhouseGameProductions/home.html.
Outland Games has been busy resculpting figures in their 15mm Outcast Figures line. They have French for Africa 1940 (with and without Greatcoat), Italians for Europe and the Russian Front, some of the Rumanians, and German Panzergrenadiers '42-43 ready to go. 1061 Bertram Ave, Dayton, OH 45406, tel: (937) 276-2336, email: Outland@w-n-s. com, web: www.w-n-s.com/shops/Outland /outcast.htm
Reviresco has released several new historic vehicle kits in 1/72 metal, including a W.W.I German 1/2 track, Jeffery Quad ammunition truck, horse car for their Colonial Train, and a British 18 lb field gun and limber, and 6 versions of the French Laffly Truck for early WWII. There are also some new 25 mm German Schutztruppe (East African Askaris). For those who like their airplanes in 1/144, there is a new Hansa Brandenburg W-29 and a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. c/o John McEwan, 1119 San Francisco Ave. NE, Olympia, WA 98506, tel: (360) 754-9591, email: shamrock@halcyon.com, web:www.halcyon.com/shamrock
Old Glory's latest 25mm releases include additions to the Mongols in Europe line: dismounted Mongol cavalry, Mongol engineers and ballistae; Teutonic mounted sergeants; Hungarian and Polish mounted command; and 12th century infantry and crossbowmen. Boxer Rebellion releases include four bags of Boxers plus artillery crews and casualties, Tartar cavalry, US Marines, British Marines, German Sea Battalion, French Marines and sailors, Russian infantry, cossacks, and artillery, Japanese infantry, cavalry, and artillery, Italian and Austrian sailors, European civilian volunteers, and naval artillery crews. A new line of Spanish-American War figures is out, with half a dozen bags of infantry, plus cavalry, sailors, and artillery for each side, along with bags of generals and personalities, Cuban rebels, and Moro tribesmen. In the Ancient realm, there are Hittite archers, slingers, guradsmen, and Anatolian spearmen; Parthian Camelry; Imperial Roman Auxilliary light and medium cavalry, 2d Century Legionnaires, ballista and stone thrower. In 15 mm, there are nine bags of Gaulic warriors, including cavalry and chariots, Marian Legionaries and cavalry, Numidian light cavalry, Cretan archers and Balearic slingers. The WWII releases are even more extensive, including a British M16 Quad AA halftrack, Airborne jeep, Matilda Mk II, Valentine Mk VIII, Crusaders MK I, II and III, Crussader I with 40 mm and 2 20 mm AA, seated halftrack and lorry crews and troops, jeep crews, five packs of 1940 troops, five of Desert Rats, and some Eighth Army riflemen. The French get the Char B1, Somua S35, 25 mm, 45 mm , and 75 mm AT guns, 105/155 mm gun/howitzer, plus tank and artillery crews. For the Germans, there are an Sdkfz 251/9C 75mm SPG, Panzer 1A, Panzer Jager, Panzer 1 Sig 33 150mm SP, 20mm Quad Flak 38 AA, Sdkfz 250/10 (also parts for 250/7, 1), Sdkfz 250/8 (also parts for 250/9 ), Sdkfz 250/10 SP AA, 75 mm infantry gun, Sig 33 150 mm infantry gun, Schwimmwagen, soft skin vehicle crews, five bags of Afrika Korps troops, five of 1940 troops, plus infantry and paratroopers in foxholes. There are five bags of Desert War Italians, while the Russians have a new BA-64 armored car and GAZ 67 jeep, along with truck, jeep and small vehicle crews. BP Cast has a batch of new stuff in 20 mm resin for WWII, including a Renault FT17 with MG or 37 mm, Rolls Royce 1940 armored car with Boys ATR, Lancia 3RO troop truck, Chi-Ha tank, Chi-Ha Shinhoto, SA-TO 20 mm AA Tupe 98 with crew, T-70 tank, ZIS 22 Halftrack, M8 Greyhound armored car, and M4A3 76 mm Sherman. They are also producing WWI items including a German A7V, Rolls Royce 1914 armored car with MG, 75 mm Puteaux field gun M1897 with crew, 155 mm Schneider C 17S with crew, US 155 mm howitzer M-1917 with crew. Available from: RLBSP, 4827 Treeview Terrace, Rockford, IL 61109, tel: (815) 874-5351.email: rlbpsb@earthlink.net, web: home.earthlink.net/~rlbpsb/ Battle Honors is now turning out Japanese 25 mm WWII figures. They have bags of riflemen, heavy weapons, sampan with crew, mule train with troops, Special Troops, Chi-Ha, Type 97 Te Ke, Type 95, Ho-No Self Propelled Gun, Chi-No, and a new US M3 A1 (Early War "Stuart"). Available from Grandiosity, Inc. P.O. Box 750992, Dayton, OH 45475-0992, tel: (937) 439-2488, email: grandio@erinet.com, web: www.erinet.com/bp.
C&Q Equipment has some new 20 mm resin Colonial buildings and accessories including a church, barracks, command post, wireless building, lookout tower, small hut, long hut, large hut, stone wall, M.G.position , gun position. 11521 S.W. 60th Ter, Miami, FL 33173, tel: (305) 598-1007, email: scq@ix.netcom.com, web: http://pw2.netcom.com/~scq/cqfigs.htm. CinC has lost its production staff, and has gone into a hiatus from which it intends to emerge sometime in Nov-Feb, reconfigured as a mail-order entity, with only a couple of retail stores supplied. They expect to be able to greatly increase the number of new designs they produce, and will be returning to the conventions.
Computer Strategies produces a line of computer-assisted miniatures rules which contain land and naval tactical modules, a campaign module, and a solo module (!). Running under DOS 3.3 or better, there are games for the Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, ECW to pre-Napoleonic, Napoleonic, ACW, 19th Century Europe, and 19th Century Colonial periods. The games are now distributed in the US by Game Figures Inc, 538 Olathe St .Unit E, Aurora, CO 80011. tel: (303) 361-6465.
Napoleon Books is a new company formed by Jim Arnold, formerly Napoleonic editor for these pages. Its aim is to provide publishing opportunities for Napoleonic authors. Preview the company's first release, and Arnold's newest book, Marengo and Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power, at: www.napoleonbooks.com. E-mail: burrostn@cfw.com. Address: 616 Little Dry Hollow, Lexington, VA 24450.
FAA continues to expand their 20 mm WWII line with Polish 508 Staff Car, TKS tankette with MG or 20mm ATR, and TK3 tankette; German Pz.Kpfw 35(t), Pz.Kpfw IIIE, and Pz.Kpfw IVD; and a Soviet T28. New figures include 3 packs each of German Mountain troops and 1945 Panzergrenadiers. Merrimack Miniatures has two new 15 mm Norman cogs in resin with crew by Galditor, along with sail and flag sheets. They have also released the first three elements of their 15mm ACW coastal fortifications: single- and double-gun positions and a revetment/bombproof. 1524 Lois Dr, Shoreview, MN 55126, tel: (612) 786-1526, email: Miniatureships@yahoo.com.
MicroCampaigns is a collection of 3-game campaigns based on Hannut, Belgium 1940; Smolensk, USSR 1941; Demyansk, USSR 1942; Matanikau River, Guadalcanal 1942; San Fratello, Sicily 1943; Bourguebus, France 1944; and Stolberg, Germany 1944. The games are set up for platoon level games and a Command Decision 3 translation page is provided. The mechanism is that players act as divisional commanders in the campaign, deciding which units will be committed and which will be in support, then act as battalion commanders to fight the battles. $8 from Tac Publications 22 Mead Way, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 2BJ, UK, or from the author, Scott Fisher, in the US. email: sfisher@psrw.com.
Navwar has a batch of new British warships in 1/1200, including the Royal Charles (100 guns, 1673), Brittania (100, 1682), Sandwich (90, 1679), Torbay (80, 1693), Northumberland (70, 1719), Elizabeth (70, 1679), Kingston (60, 1697), Swallow, 60, 1719), Mary Galley (40, 1721), Blandford (20, 1720), and Hazard (10, 1743). Napoleonic releases include the Archer (12, 1801), Royal George (100, 1756), pallas (32, 1805), Enterprize (28, 1775), and Coventry (28, 1757), and a lone French 16, the Frederick, a privateer of 1757. They also continue to expand their 1/300 WWII line, adding German flamethowers, Flakvierling, and 37 mm Flak; Hungarian Bofors 15 cm howitzer; and Rumanian R-35, R-2, T-60A, and M-43 75 mm. New aircraft in the same scale include German JU-287 46 jet bomber, HE 59 seaplane, and JU188; British AVRO Anson, Barracuda, Skua, Vickers Virginia, Handley Page Heyford, and Westland Wapiti; Rumanina IAR 80, and Japanese J1N1-C "Irving," J7W1 "Shindon," DGN "Jill," Ki57-II "Topsy," Ki671 Hinyu "Peggy,' Ka-1 Autogyro, H6K4 "Mavis," Ku-8 glider, Ki-46 "Dinah," E14Y "Glen," Ki-32 "Mary," and Ki-49 Donryu "Helen". Avaialble from Scale Specialties, P.O. Box 1117, Fullerton, CA 92632-8117, tel: (714) 535-7486, Email: sms@ss-sms.com, web: www.ss-sms.com.
Osprey's more recent books in the Men-at-Arms series are: Austrian Army 1836-1866 (2) Cavalry, German Army 1939-45 (4) Eastern Front, US Marine Corps in World War One, and Emigre Troops in British Service: 1792-1803 (1). In the Vanguard series, there are M47/48 Patton tank (Revised) and The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945. The Aircraft series now includes Thunderbolt & Mustang Aces/ Pacific, BF110 Aces of WW2, Mosquito Photo Reconnaissance Units of WW2, and Hallifax Squadrons of WW 2.
Quality Castings continues a steady stream of new releases for WWII in 15mm. Newest are the German RSO tracked carrier for PAK 40 7.5cm AT gun and RSO tracked truck & prime mover with canvas top. The Matilda II and IICS have been resculpted, there is a US LCM landing craft in resin with a coxswain, and a log and earth bunker with removable top. The new sculptor has turned out a batch of figures: Russian scouts and snipers, 120mm mortar crews, and casualties; French 75/105 mm and 155 mm gun crews; and German 12 cm mortar crews. PO Box 11714, Alexandria, VA 22312, tel: (703) 354-0610, email: qc@qualitycast.com, web: www.qualitycast.com.
Rank and File have new Ottoman Turks of 1850-1880 in 15mm. Infantry are available in tunic and fez or waistcoat and fez, advancing or firing. Cavalry come in traditional uniform with fez or kalpak and in Western uniform with kalapk. There is also a bag of smoothbore artillery, containing 12 guns and 48 crew. Available from Grandiosity.
The Sword and the Flame has been republished in an expanded version 20 years after its original release. This edition of the classic Colonial ruleset includes a new variant allowing for gaming African Explorations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And That's the Way It Was Publishing. email: loribrom@thewayitwas.com, web: www.thewayitwas.com.
Veni Vidi Vici have released two 25mm Praetorian Guard transfers (decals) in 25 mm, with 15 mm versions to be ready soon. Roman Legionary and Auxillia are available in both scales, with 25mm Samurai scheduled next. Photos avaiable on the web at www.3vwargames.co.uk.
Magazines
Battlefleet is the journal of the Naval Wargames Society. In the Spring 99 issue are a game investigating what might have happened if Pye had sent the Saratoga to relieve Wake Island instead of recalling her, accounts of visits to the Washington Navy Yard and naval sites of interest in Northern Europe, an article on IJN flak armored cruisers, a history of the Second Schleswig War of 1864, a scenario fo the Battle of Cap de la Hague, 1940, news, reviews, amd letters. 32 pp, $25 / 4 issues from Paul Schindler, Naval Gazette, PO Box 1594, Brookfield, WI 53008-1594.
Lone Warrior is devoted to solo gaming. Its core function is to share rules and methods of solo play, and 126 continues the tradition with two sets of ECW rules, the second of two parts of a campaign system and a tactical ruleset. There is also an ACW cavalry expedition, a random army generator used in a Viking PBM game, some scenarios for a computer Age of Sail game, battle reports, and letters. 40 pp, $20 / 4 issues from Solo Wargamers Association, 1707 Ridge Rd, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
Potomac Wargamer's Review exists to explore rule design from the point of view of Wally Simon. Each issue has a description of several rulesets of Mr. Simon's devising and a game played with each (no rule seems to survive longer than one game) with bountiful commentary on methods, results, and reasons. Published rulesets occasionally cross the sights of the editor, generally suffering the same fate. In the April issue a test game is played with a Napoleonics variant of DBx published in the June Wargames Illustrated, and the rules are found to be lacking in many respects. A set of Mr. Simon's Napoleonic rules are also described and tested, with similar conclusions. There are also ECW and WWII games. Always entertaining, sometimes thought-provoking. 20 pp, $18 / 12 issues from Walter Simon, 12905 Layhill Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20906.
The Zouave is a four-color effort covering the ACW. Issue 49 has scenarios for battles at Turner's Gap and Fox's Gap at South Mountain using Fire and Fury, and the background for a scenario at McLemore's Cove in Sept 1863. There is a variant of Brother Against Brother for fighting the battles of the Sioux Uprising, and a scenario of the Aug 1862 battle at Redwood Ferry in which to use them. There are figure reviews with large colored photos, and a review of Smoke on the Water ACW naval rules. 42 pp, $24 / 4 issues from Marek/Janci Design, 725 Ranch Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187-3656, email: mjdesign@eagle.ais.net
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