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The Plastic Solider Company have announced their release of a set of 15mm scale Cromwell tanks.
15mm Cromwell kit – 5 models for £18.95. Each sprue gives an option to build a 95mm howitzer close support variant and has a British commander figure and a Cullen hedgecutter.
Really quite like the idea of these models and they are very cost effective too.
As was rumoured and eagerly anticipated, Games Workshop have announced (for pre-order) their new Apocalypse rules for Warhammer 40K.
Apocalypse is a new way of playing games of Warhammer 40,000. Allowing you to field as many miniatures as you like, in any combination. There really are no limits to what you can do.
There are some new models and re-releases of older models (complete with corresponding price increase of course).
For Chaos there is the huge Khorne Lord of Skulls, which looks ridiculous, unless of course you are a Chaos player and like the bizarre and the weird.
For Necron there is the Tesseract Vault or Obelisk, which I do think is a really interesting and different concept. It’s not a tank or a flyer in the tradition sense, it’s something different.
For the Imperial Guard we have the BaneBlade, though I do think we’ve seen that before… 😉
In addition there are some scenery packs. Though I am not sure if these are new releases or re-releases.
Update yes there is new scenery.
As you might expect, slightly disappointed that there are no releases for the Orks, but you never know what might happen next month…
You may have noticed in Wargames Illustrated and the most recent update to the Flames of War website that Battlefront are venturing into the Far East for Flames of War. In July we will see the release of Japanese tanks.
A bit like I thought about Vietnam I am not sure that this is an era that I would get into. I have always seen Flames of War very much as a tank versus tank game with infantry in support. 15mm scale is ideal for this kind of game. With theaters of action where the main fighting was infantry versus infantry, I have always preferred 28mm (or back in the olden days 20mm). The big difference, was less the scale, much more the models would be individually based.
Both Vietnam, the Pacific theatre and the fighting in China, tanks had their place, but the vast majority of the fighting was done on the ground by the poor infantryman.
What is also interesting is that the initial focus of the release will be the fighting in Manchuria. So if you thought there were going to be Marines, this won’t be happening in the initial releases.
What are your thoughts? Are you going to get the new Japanese tanks?
A three minute clip of World War Z has been released.
Despite the poor reviews and perceptions of this film, I might go and see it, well, wait until it comes out on DVD.
The book is very different to what I have seen of the film, so you might want to get a copy of World War Z
See some photographs from Glasgow where they filmed the above scene.
The preserved Avro Vulcan Bomber flies over the beach at Weston-super-Mare.
Watch the exclusive teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Looking forward to this, I enjoyed the first instalment of the Hobbit.
Games Workshop have released an iOS version of Talisman.
The legend begins with a single-player series of adventures designed to invite both veterans and newcomers to explore the land of Talisman. While multiplayer gameplay will be available in upcoming expansions, Talisman Prologue focuses on creating narrative depth through its single-player campaigns. The story unfolds as the player rolls dice to move around the outer, middle, and inner regions of the board. Each space will require the player to draw a card or resolve a special effect, leading your hero to encounter monsters, discover friendly followers, and gather treasure.
It’s a pity that it is a single player game, as the real fun with Talisman is that it was for multiple players. There are no AI players either. However at £2.99 this is nice and cheap and certainly good value for money.
Get Talisman in the App Store.
I got the original Talisman back in the 1980s, and one expansion that I always enjoyed was the Talisman Timescape which introduced a science fiction (okay science fantasy) element to the game.
Though intrigued by the new version of Talisman from Fantasy Flight Games, I’ve never bought a copy. Even so I am quite interested in their new game, Relic, which is based on the Talisman Game System.
If you look at the board, you will see it seems very familiar to those who have played Talisman.
I think this could be a fun game.
Spartan Games are allowing you to download their fantasy naval rules, Uncharted Seas for free.
Set in an exciting and deadly fantasy realm, the Uncharted Seas is a fast paced naval game that delivers plenty of fun as you game with our stunningly detailed miniatures. In this fantastical realm you will recreate in miniature the exploits of various races, including the Dragon Lords, Iron Dwarves, Imperial Humans, Shroud Mages, Bone Griffons, Orc Raiders, Thaniras Elves, Ralgard and the Sky Pirates.
Spartan Games are also offering 30% of any Uncharted Seas models, including scenery. Thinking that Lighthouse would be ideal for Dystopian Wars!!!
Download the rules and fleet PDFs from here. Update: Link no longer works following demise of Spartan Games.
A computer game version of Space Hulk is coming in 2013. I really do enjoy playing the boardgame, suspect that the computer game will be fun, but nowhere near as good as the boardgame.