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by Dick Bryant

Anchor of Faith is a new Piquet supplement covering seventeenth century warfare. In addition to the rules for the standard regimental size units, there is a section covering smaller actions with company units. Available for $30 including sequence card decks from Piquet, Inc, 8995 S. Edgewood Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130, tel: (303) 470-5727, web: www.Piquet.com

Banana Wars figures formerly produced by Pass of the North (25 mm US Infantry and Moros) have been re-released by Monday Knight Productions, 534 SE Oak Street, Portland, OR 97214, tel: (503) 288-4805, web: www.geohex.com/MKPIndex.htm.

Battles of the Middle Ages Scenarios is a collection of twenty scenarios by Terry Gore with maps and orders of battle for Medieval Warfare, DBM (provided by Tom Adamson), DBA and Big Battle DBA. The 80 page booklet is available for $25 from Saga Publishing, 890 Janes Rd, Rochester, NY 14612, web: www.saga-publishing.com

Bicorne has released a new line of 25 mm ECW figures sculpted by Nick Collier. First out are armored musketeers, armored and unarmored pikemen, each in a choice of four poses. Available from J and T Miniatures, web: www.jandtminiatures.com.

Black Tree Design has added to their 25 mm WWII line with German SdKfz 250, SdKfz 221, Protz truck, and Waffen SS riflemen, MG42, MP44, MP40, panzerschrek, communications, and officers. There is a Russian T-70, US squad pack and infantry characters, and some British Vickers Teams. A Gatling gun and crew has been added to the Zulu line, and the Ancients line has new Egyptian palace guards, chariots, swordsmen, spearmen, and marine archers, Celtic light chariots and casualties, Pict warriors and slingers, Greek archers, slingers, javelins, and civilians, with Spartan and Athenian cavalry, and Spartan armored heroes. Black Tree Design Ltd., 10 Larch Close, Welbeck Estate, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6BD, UK, available in the US from Miniatures Service Center, 1386 Portofino Drive, Yuba City, CA 95993, tel: (530) 673-5169, email: MSC1D@aol.com, web: www.miniatureservicecenter.com..

Calpe offers the first cavalry in its 25 mm Prussian Napoleonic series. These Dragoons are provided in half a dozen poses, plus regimental and squadron officers, trumpeters, flankers with carbine, and casualties. The horses are supplied in several poses in both walking or galloping gaits. Available from the Miniatures Service Center.

Cannon Fodder Miniatures has released some 15mm US Delta force figures, supplied in packs of assorted poses and weapons. Similar packs of African clan militia and African mortar teams are available as opposition. More African types and some Afghan militia are promised. P.O. Box 786, Bendigo, Victoria 3550, Australia, email: gregoryblake@bigpond.com, web: http://canfodmins.com.

Castaway Arts has a new line of 28 mm Franco-Prussian figures. The first releases include half a dozen line infantry on each side, plus officers and standard bearers. PO Box 7599, Cairns 4870, Australia, web:www.castawayarts.com.au.

Combined Arms has added two packs of 28 mm S.W.A.T. troops. PO Box 2057 Warminster, Pa 18974, tel: (888) 654-4450email: combined_arms@yahoo.com.

Copplestone Castings expects to have the first figures in their new 28mm ‘Back of Beyond’ series for adventurers of the 1920’s out by the time this gets to you. There are three character packs - armed archaeologists, Bolshevik commissars, and Chinese officers - as well as larger packs of Bolshevik infantry and elite infantry, with Chinese infantry, infantry in fur caps, and field gun with crew. All packs have an assortment of figures. PO Box 9298, Birmingham B14 7PN, UK, web: www.geocities.com/gisby.geo/copplestone.htm.

Corvus Belli has some new Early Imperial Roman cavalry and archers, Celtic peasants, Queen Boudicca in chariot, and a set of cows, all in 15mm. They also are starting a line of 28 mm War of the Roses figures, with three sets of mounted men-at-arms, archers, crossbowmen, three sets of billmen/pikemen, and some handgunners. C/ Seixo 13, 36940 Cangas do Morrazo, Pontevedra, Spain, web: http://www.corvusbelli.com

CRUSADER29 is producing 28 mm resin vehicles for WWII Armor. The May releases include M4A1 and M4A3 Shermans, some American tank accessories (tracks sections, bed rolls, crates), Pzkw IV H, Tiger I, and some German tank Accessories. 1180 Horizon Drive Suite G, Fairfield, CA 94533, tel: (707) 426-5479, email: Miniatures@Crusader29.com, web: www.crusader29.com.

Face of Battle WW2 Skirmish rules have a new Commonwealth expansion pack with new rules, 12 scenarios, mini-campaign games set in Normandy, Dieppe and Crete, vehicle and equipment lists, TO&E, new cards, and new events. Meramic Enterprises, Inc, 778 Rolling River Cr, Gloucester, Ontario, Canada, K1V 1M2, tel: 1.613.822.0089, web:www.thefaceofbattle.com

Foundry is producing a range of Medieval Swiss which they say are are made to be compatible with their earlier Medieval ranges in size, so are much shorter than some of their recent releases. These include command, halberdiers, crossbowmen, handgunners, and four types of pikemen. 24-34 St Marks Street, Nottingham, NG3 1DE, United Kingdom, web:www.wargamesfoundry.com.

Front Rank has been adding to their extensive 25 mm Napoleonic line with Spanish infantry in round hat or shako, light infantry in Tarleton, gun crews in bicorns, round hat, or shako, and a selection of officers. The Portuguese are rounded out with gunners in Barretina or stovepipe cap, cavalry in helmet or shako, and a variety of generals and staff. Available from Miniatures Service Center.

Gå På - Wargame Rules For The Age of Marlborough and Charles XII by Thomas Årnfelt are for gaming the period from 1700 to 1725, including both the War of the Spanish Succession and the Great Northern War. Units are battalions and squadrons, with units classed by historical performance. The focus of the game is intended to be on command and control. The rules include basic army lists; a booklet of more detailed lists is available. $20.00 from Dan Schorr, 85 Tolman Road, Harrison, Maine 04040, web: www.megalink.net/~dschorr/Book%20Store.html

Gettysburg scenarios covering Witmer Farm to The Peach Orchard at regimental level suitable for JRIII are collected in a book produced by Scot Mingus and Ivor Janci. The full color scenario book includes pictures of games, dioramas, and the modern battlefield, and some colorized period line art. Volume 2, covering the battle from Cemetery Ridge to Falling Waters should be out soon, followed by one on Antietam, now in playtesting. Available for $30 from Marek/Janci Design, 725 Ranch Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187-3656, email: zouave@owc.net.

Grand Piquet, 2nd Edition, aimed at large Napoleonic games, has been released. Written for 6mm and 15mm figures, the 108 page rule set includes a sequence card deck. Available for $30 from Piquet, Inc.

Magweb.com has instituted a one-week access plan for $9.95 to allow a trial use of the service, or access for a specific project. They now have 100 magazine titles in their online archive for military history, the latest addition being the Pakistan at War newsletter. www.magweb.com.

Megablitz is a set of twentieth century rules, mainly aimed at WW2. Each base is battalion or regiment, players command at least a division, and ground scale is roughly 1cm = 2-4 km. Published by Stratagem, available from Caliver Books, 816-818 London Rd, Leigh on Sea SS9 3NH, United Kingdom, web: www.caliverbooks.com.

Pulp Figures is a new line of 28 mm figures sculpted by Bob Murch and intended for a forthcoming game to be set in the early 20th century, emphasizing “fun and personality” rather than historical accuracy. The first out of the molds are U.S. Naval officers/NCOs, gunboat Sailors, sailors on shore leave (including a rickshaw), and shore party advancing; German Seebattalion officers, NCOs, advancing, and firing, and several packs of Yangtzee gang figures. PO. Box 28037, Preston Postal Outlet, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, N3H 5M2, web: www.pulpfigures.com.

Quality Castings Inc has been sold to Nineteenth Century Miniatures, who can be contacted at 300 Watson St, Coopersville, MI 49404, tel: (616) 837-7045, web:www.qualitycast.com.

Redoubt has begun releasing the first numbers in a line of 28 mm French and Indian/Seven Years War line. These include a scouting party of Seneca, or Huron tribesmen armed with muskets, bare chested or in hunting shirts, and a portage party of three Senecas, Hurons or Wyandots carrying a canoe. They have also issued the first cavalry in their Victorian range with several mounted cossacks and Russian officers. Available from the Miniatures Service Center.

Renaissance Ink has started producing a series of kidney-shaped resin bases for trees in a variety of sizes. 335 Torrance Ave, Vestal, NY 13850, tel: (607) 748-4665, web: www.renaissanceink.net.

Reviresco has a new 28mm pack train, British 3.95” mountain gun with crew, some Mexican bandits, and a selection of Chinese Tong warriors. John McEwan, 1119 San Francisco Ave NE, Olympia, WA 98506, tel: (360) 754-9591, web:www.tin-soldier.com.

Thoroughbred Figures has added the CSS Nashville, a sidewheel ironclad ram, to their line of 1/600 ACW ships. Other recent releases include the Maury class gunboats and a Union sidewheel timberclad. 4106 Timberland Dr, Portsmouth, VA 23703, tel: (757) 686-1048, web: www.thoroughbredmodels.com.

Vaubanner Graphics has newly released flag sets in 15 mm and 28 mm. These include German and American Regimental Standards for the American Revolution and Brunswick, French “Horse” Regimental Standards, and conjectural Legion Britannique Colours for the Seven Years War. B. Homenick Graphics, 7 Jewett Bay, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada, R3R-2M9, web: www.mts.net/~homenic1/vaubanner/vaubandex.html

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