An English firm, Stratagem, offers 25mm figures for two previously untouched "Colonial" Wars; the Maori Wars and the early African campaigns of exploration. Sculpting, detail and anatomy are at best adequate. What the figures lack in quality, however, is more than made up for in subject matter. The Maori range includes a variety of natives armed with stone clubs or double- barrelled shotguns (the Maoris' two favorite weapons). The British include officers and regular infantry as well as New Zealand volunteers. The nicest piece is a Royal Navy rocket battery complete with Boatswain in top hat and tail coat! The 16th Century Africa range includes an assortment of natives with various weapons. Most are rather briefly clad, but a few are quite interesting. The "quaintest" figures include a chief in European coat and wig(!) and an archer with a strange feat her-bedecked wooden(?) bowl-shaped hat. Weapons are very thin and subject to rough treatment in the mails, so I suggest ordering extra figures to compensate for breakage. The address is Stratagem, 18 Lovers Lane, Newark, Notts., NG24 1HZ, England. More Reviews Falcon Miniatures 25mm Seven Years War Ral Partha Colonial Release Strategem 25mm Maori Wars and 16th C. Africa Gallia 15mm Northwest Frontier Stone Mountain 15mm British Colonials and Natives Frontier Miniatures 15mm Boxer Rebellion Lancashire Game 15mm Boxer Rebellion RSM Ltd. 20mm Colonials Ahketon 20mm Spanish Civil War Zocchihedron 100-sided Dice Dwarven Stonecutter Hard Cover Buildings Funken Napoleonic Painting Guides Wargaming the 13th C. Baltic Crusades Battlefleet Naval Miniature Rules 1890-1918 Imperialism Victorian Era Rules Osprey German Medieval Armies 1300-1500 Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. VII #1 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1986 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com