Frontline General News: Abril 2007

A edição de Abril de 2007 da Frontline General™ News já está disponível online. Fica também aqui um pequeno apanhado dos números lançados no decorrer de 2007.

April 1, 2007: The Frontline General Play Tester "Core Team" has been selected as described in the "Editor's Notes" section! Incorporating third party miniatures at the tactical level is an optional part of the game. This month's feature article takes a step back from rules previews and historical articles and forward into the world of 15mm miniatures painting and basing at a detailed level. I'll discuss some basic acrylic painting techniques, list the tools you'll need to get started, and then take you "From Bag to Base" using 24 Peter Pig US Infantry miniatures to form two US Tank Hunter Squads in 15mm for use at the Tactical level in the game.

March 1, 2007: "Play Tester Packs" announced in the "Editor's Notes" section. Check out a preview of another unique FG optional rule that links battle results together for groups of Units in the article "Optional Rules for Momentum". This month's feature is considered part I in a series on Anti-tank warfare during World War II from the US and German perspectives. In Part I, you'll read a historical and game intro regarding US Anti-tank Guns and their use in the game. You'll also see how one of my favorite Units works- the US Tank Hunter Squad. Armor-piercing rules and Infantry 'Dig In' rules are briefly introduced. Two examples of Anti-tank combat are provided to tie everything together- A veteran US Tank Hunter Squad ambushes approaching German ground Units and a pair of 57mm Anti-tank Guns take on an approaching Panzer IV.

February 1, 2007: The February 2007 issue of Frontline General News is now available online. With the release of Issue 6 comes a completely new look thanks to the suggestions of several readers! The new and improved style includes a magazine-style cover, smaller article fonts, and more content per page to save paper for those who print out the newsletters.

A lot is happening here at Collins Epic Wargames! Catch up on the latest announcements in the "Editor's Notes" section. Want more information on the Beta release and beyond? Check out "The Future of Frontline General". This month's feature, "Combat Engineers: Defeating Obstacles and Fortifications" is full of photos and historical background information related to Obstacles, Fortifications, and Combat Engineers in World War II (specifically for the US and German armies). The roles of Combat Engineers are examined from both a historical and game-related perspective. To cap off the feature, the working copies of four Frontline General Obstacle Cards are introduced.

January 1, 2007: The January 2007 issue of Frontline General News is now available online. The articles within this month's newsletter introduce some additional rules such as Withdraw and Fog of War and dive deeper into the game's Operational Scale Combat mechanics. In the feature article, the Southern Italy Campaign Map, Unit Markers, Unit Cards, and special illustrations and photos are all used to describe a fictional struggle for the town of Avellino, Italy. Multiple German and US Units battle it out on the ground and in the air for control of the line. Which side will be victorious? Would you use the same tactics? Read on to gain deeper insight into how Frontline General simulates combat. Don't miss this 14-page issue with detailed step-by-step Combat examples and After-Action Reports!

Wings of War Miniatures

A Fantasy Flight Games acabou de publicar no seu site os detalhes sobre as miniaturas de aviões WWI à escala 1:144 para o seu jogo Wings Of War, com a data de lançamento agora alterada para Maio de 2007.

Já disse uma vez e repito: Estes não vou deixar passar.

Wargames Painting & Modelling

Mais uma revista gratuita à distancia de um simples download, desta vez dedicada aos assuntos de pintura e modelismo orientados para a vertente de Wargames.

O primeiro número acabou de ser lançado, basta visitar o WP&M Blog para efectuar o download.

Alguns dos assuntos abordados neste primeiro número:

A great piece by Rodger Williams all about building African Shanty Towns. The quality of this scenery is quite breathtaking and is surprisingly easy to replicate.

There is the first of our WWII camouflage articles. This issue Carl Robson takes us through painting SS peadot camouflage.

Tom Weiss takes the time to explain how he paints faces and the colours he uses on his own miniatures.

Our “Themed Galleries” for this issue are all about Pirates, with plenty of examples of painted cutthroats…

Andrea Miniatures: Novidades Abril 2007

Andrea Miniatures
Novidades Abril 2007

Ultimas novidades e os mais recentes lançamentos da Andrea Miniatures, recebidas através da sua mailinglist:



Informação em formato PDF sobre os lançamentos do mês.

Secrets of the Third Reich

Secrets of the Third Reich
28mm WWII Superscience

A Westwind Productions está em grande mais uma vez, não sei se a minha carteira vai resistir a esta ultima loucura...

SECRETS OF THE THIRD REICH

IN JUNE 1944 HISTORY TOOK A DIFFERENT PATH.

ON JUNE THE 4TH 1944 THE ALLIES INVADED NORTHERN FRANCE. ALL WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN.

ON THE EVENING OF 17TH JULY, BRITISH ARMOURED UNITS PREPARED FOR OPERATION ''GOODWOOD''. THE EASTERN SKY WAS LIT BY FIRE AS ALLIED BOMBS FELL ON THE CITY OF CAEN. LOOKING UP YOU WOULD HAVE BARELY NOTICED THE ARCING TRAILS OF SMOKE CURVING INTO THE NIGHT SKY.

THROUGH OUT THAT NIGHT AND FOR MANY DAYS TO COME THE V3 MISSILES RAINED DOWN ON THE ALLIED BRIDGEHEAD. HIGH EXPLOSIVE WARHEADS WREAKED HAVOC AMONGST THE CONCENTRATED ARMOURED UNITS BUT HIDDEN AMONGST THIS BOMBARDMENT THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE SINISTER. ON THIS DAY THE THIRD GENEVA CONVENTION WAS BROKEN. EVERY TENTH ROCKET SHELL CONTAINED A NERVE AGENT KNOWN AS ''VENGANCE GAS''.

V-GAS WAS UNLIKE ANY GAS WEAPON USED BEFORE, IT CONTAINED AN ACTIVE BIOLOGICAL FACTOR. A BACTERIUM, WHICH WHEN DISSIPATED IN WATER COURSES WOULD MULTIPLY RAPIDLY. AS THE V-BACTERIUM BREAKS DOWN IT CREATES THE V-GAS, A NERVE TOXIN AKIN TO MUSTARD GAS AFFECTING THE LUNGS, EYES AND SKIN. THERE WERE MANY CASUALTIES.

THE BRIDGEHEAD HELD. THE GERMANS HAD MISCALCULATED. V-GAS WAS A WEAPON OF DESPERATION A LAST ROLL OF THE DICE.

V-GAS WAS AN INDISCRIMINATE KILLER AND CASUALTIES WERE ALSO HIGH ON THE GERMAN SIDE. TIME WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE AXIS. AS THE FRONT LINES STABILISED MORE AND MORE GERMAN UNITS FROM THE PAS DE CALAIS MOVED WEST. WHILE IN THE SOUTH THE AMERICANS MET THE UNEXPECTED.

THE ALLIED BREAKOUT.
16TH AUGUST 1944. AS THE AMERICAN DIVISIONS BEGAN THEIR MOVEMENT SOUTH THEY ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED RESISTANCE AND NEW GERMAN WEAPONRY.

ULTRA HAD FAILED. NO HINT OF THESE WEAPONS HAD BEEN REVEALED TO THE ALLIES. MECHANISED WALKING MACHINES THREE STORIES TALL HAMMERED THE ALLIES BACK. JET FIGHTERS CONTESTED THE SKIES WITH SPITFIRES AND TYPHOONS.

Panzer Mecha hardcore!
Algumas imagens dos modelos e figuras disponíveis:

Signs & Portents Wargamer 43

A Mongoose Publishing publicou no final do mês de Março o número 43 da Signs & Portents Wargamer, a sua revista gratuita (formato PDF) sobre wargaming, orientada para a sua linha de produtos, claro.

Este número tem 88 páginas e o seguinte conteúdo:

Tactics for the Frontline
A handy reference for A Call to Arms Armchair Admirals everywhere.
GoMC-1 Event Cards
Just to prove we haven’t forgotten Gangs of Mega-City One, there's not one but two articles this month.
Hyperspace
Matthew Sprange presents experimental rules for shoving your A Call to Arms ships into an alternative dimensational thingy. You know, the place where the laws of physics go all wonky.
Playing with the Geometry of Shadows
Rules for the magical and mysterious Techno Mage Pinnace in A Call to Arms.
Hunting the Beast
Refight this hypothetical 1941 North Atlantic Campaign featuring the Tirpitz and the US navy no less in Victory at Sea.
The Zapasnovan War - Part Two
"Reinforcements have arrived, Commander." The Zapasnovan War takes a new twist when each army commits wave two of their forces. Part two of a series of linked scenarios for Battlefield Evolution.
Scenic Mayhem
Build your own Starship Troopers colony settlement with this handy guide from Ben Rubery. Population supplied separately.
Reinforcements
Even more new ships for A Call to Arms in the shape of the Brakiri Shakara, the ISA Nolo'Tar and the brand new version of the Minbari Troligan.
Death in the Cursed Earth
Another free expansion for your Gangs of Mega-City One Game! Try out this unofficial variant allowing you to fight amongst the desolation of Mankind's world.
Action at Ak’shi’tu
The pak’ma’ra are found just where you would expect in this month’s battle report - fighting over the galactic garbage against the dastardly Dilgar. Ian Barstow and Alex Fennell get down and dirty in deep space.
Kellerman’s Kodiaks
Informative background on this heavyweight exosuit platoon for Starship Troopers. Learn about just what "putting on your 77s" really means!
A Call to Arms 2.0 Preview
Looking to the future for everyone’s favourite space fleet combat game.