All new Tannhauser…

May 27th, 2010 Earthquake Posted in Alternative World War II, Tannhauser Comments Off

I’m very pleased to report that a nice little parcel arrived on my desk this morning, containing the brand new revised rules for Tannhauser from Fantasy Flight Games. Now, Tannhauser is a game that I originally bought well over 12 months ago, but I must admit that despite me purchasing all the subsequent expansions for [...]
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Latest gaming – Incursion

May 25th, 2010 Earthquake Posted in Alternative World War II, Boardgames Comments Off

Last Wednesday night saw me make it down to Scimitar Wargames Group for the first time for a couple of weeks – and I’m glad that I did, as I finally got chance to get Incursion to the table. I played the first scenario – Recon – with Garry. This scenario has two Grunt APEs [...]
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New games that could be worth a look…

May 15th, 2010 Earthquake Posted in Alternative World War II, Boardgames, Napoleonic, Sci-Fi Gaming, World War II Comments Off

There are several games coming out over the next few months that have peaked my interest – here are some of them… First up there is the new game from Pilot – the same people who previously brought us Duel in the Dark, which is a favourite game of mine. Duel of the Giants is [...]
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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 63

May 3rd, 2010 Earthquake Posted in Alternative World War II, Podcast, Shows / Conventions Comments Off

Download Episode 63 Welcome to Episode 63 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast. It’s been a while since my last audio podcast, so I thought I’d put together a quick show, just to let you know that things are still up and running In this episode, I look back at the recent Salute 2010 wargames show, [...]
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Kudos to Fenris Games

February 11th, 2010 Earthquake Posted in Alternative World War II, Painting & Modelling Comments Off

Having bought Incursion at the end of last week, I decided to get hold of some of the resin scenic items that I had featured from Fenris Games. I found these on the Fenris eBay webshop yesterday lunchtime, bought them via ‘Buy it Now’ & Paypal… …and they arrived on my desk this morning. Talk about quick delivery! [...]
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Incursion has landed…

February 6th, 2010 Earthquake Posted in Alternative World War II, Board Wargames, Boardgames with Miniatures, Zombie Gaming Comments Off

Finally, a long awaited game arrived at the end of this week – Incursion – the new boardgame from Grindhouse Games based in the Secrets of the Third Reich universe. We’ve seen this game, along with the figures, in various forms for about a year now, and it’s great that Grindhouse finally decided to officially release [...]
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Incursion – these are nice…

January 19th, 2010 Earthquake Posted in Alternative World War II, Boardgames Comments Off

As I wait patiently (…not) for my pre-order of Incursion to arrive (next week?…hurrah!) I see that Grindhouse are starting to show off other goodies that will go well with the game. These game markers from Fenris Games look very pretty, and should enhance the playing experience – especially since I’ve gone to the trouble of [...]
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