Flames of War Newsletter May 7, 2009

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Hi Everybody,

As you may have noticed the site is undergoing some changes at the moment. We are widening the site and putting the article list up the side where it is easier to see. We are also changing the Online Store and this has had the first of its changes applied. This new pop-up menu gives you all the main Online Store categories at a glance. More changes are on-going and these will appear over the next few weeks (such as how the products are displayed inside the Online Store).

This week we prepare for next week’s new releases with Product Spotlights on three releases and Design Notes on River Of Heroes, the last book in our series on Operation Bagration.

We also look at the first three books of the May batch of Osprey’s new releases.

As promised when Scott Elaurant’s article on Major Robert Kästner first went up we now have Warrior rules and an Intelligence Briefing for Kampfgruppe Kästner.   

Two Intelligence Briefing also move to the Official section of the Briefings. These are the Panzerpionierkompanies and the Sicherung & Walküre Intelligence Briefings.

Finally we have two new Events.
News

The new Feldgendarmerie miniatures for the Sicherungskompanie will be available soon. This week we take a look at what you will get.

Feldgendarmerie Miniatures… 

UK Customer Service & Warehouse Opportunities
The UK office needs you!  –  Opportunities to join the Battlefront family…

UK Customer Service & Warehouse Opportunities… 

Website Assistant New Zealand Opportunity
The NZ office needs you!  –  Opportunities to join the Battlefront family…

Website Assistant Opportunity…

Wargames Illustrated Subscriptions
Subscribe to Wargames Illustrated for 12 months and receive FREE miniatures.

Wargames Illustrated Subscriptions…

Flames Of War in other languages…

River Of Heroes River of Heroes Design Notes
Ken takes a look at what is inside River Of Heroes. Find out about new rules, companies, warriors and weapons.   

River of Heroes Design Notes… 

Kampfgruppe Kästner, Korsun Pocket
Scott Elaurant takes a look at Major Robert Kästner an important German field commander during the Korsun Pocket breakout. We also introduce a Intelligence Briefing for field Kästner and his Kampfgruppe.   

Kampfgruppe Kästner, Korsun Pocket… 

Kampfgruppe Kästner
Panzerpionierkompanies
Panzerpionierkompanies go Official
Thanks for all your feedback. The combat engineers of the Panzerpionierkompanie are heavily-armed assault specialists.    

Panzerpionierkompanies…

Sicherung and Walküre go Official
Thnaks for all the feedback. The German Sicherungs and Walküre troops played an important part in the blocking forces and kampfgruppes formed to stop the Red Army’s advance during Operation Bagration. Learn how to field them in Flames Of War.   

Sicherung and Walküre… 

Sicherung and Walküre
SBX13 Engineer-Sapper Battalion (SBX13)
The Soviet Assault Engineer-Sapper battalions were formed to capture or destroy enemy strongpoints and fortifications.   

Engineer-Sapper Battalion (SBX13)… 

Flame-thrower Company (SU804)
Flames-throwers are ideal for pinning down the enemy before your assault sappers go in for the assault.   

Flame-thrower Company (SU804)… 

SU804
Von Saucken (GE888)
Von Saucken (GE888)
General Der Panzertruppen Dietrich Von Saucken, one of the German Warriors from Hammer and Sickle.   

Von Saucken (GE888)… 

Osprey New Releases May 09
The team from Osprey have been kind enough to send us a copy of their latest releases to have a look at. We review the first three.   

Osprey New Releases May 09… 

Chindit 1942-45…

Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruisers…

British Battleships 1939–45 (1)… 

British Battleships 1939–45 (1)
Destroyed Crusader Take That Ground
For the month of May our US team have retailers in the US and Canada offering an objective modelling competition for their customers.   

Take That Ground… 


Tournament News   

Panzerschreck 09
Manawatu Duellists Society is once again holding the worlds longest run Flames Of War tournament. This year is is over the weekend of 11-12 July at the Massey University Events Centre in Palmerston North New Zealand.

Panzerschreck 09…

Heat of Battle III
21-23 August at the The National WWii Museum, New Orleans, USA.   

Heat of Battle III…

Fall Recruits 09
Market Garden 65 is the Fall Recruits 09 Flames Of War tournament. It is themed to the Market Garden battle in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the event.

Fall Recruits 09…

2nd European Championship IWF
The 2nd European Championship IWF – Rome 2009 (9-12 of July 2009).

2nd European Championship IWF…

SouthCon 2009
Flames Of War Mid War less than 1500pts. Venue: Macandrew Intermediate School, 213 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin.   

SouthCon 2009…

UK Games Expo 2009
Following on from the last 3 years successful tournaments there will be another large Battlefront UK Flames Of War Tournament this year the UK Games Expo held on Sunday 7 June.

UK Games Expo 2009…  

NZ Mid War Tournament
Battlefront Miniatures Presents New Zealand’s Mid War Grand Tournament. A two-day event on Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 June 2009.

NZ Mid War Tournament…

For More Events…

 


US Nationals event noticesBattlefront USA Events…   

 

 


Recent Articles:    
The Fourth Strategic Offensive…    

16. Luftwaffe Felddivision…

German Pionierkompanie… 

Conquest 2009 Report… 

Tournament Report, Szczecin, Poland…

33rd New Zealand NatCon Report… 

Schwere Panzerregiment Bäke… 

Objective: Festung Crimea…   

Guards Cossacks… 

1st Polish Armoured Division… 

Soviet Guards Heavy Tank Regiments…

Kampgruppe von Saucken Scenario…

51st Highland Division… 

15th Scottish Division…

Osprey New Releases…    

Road to the Mid War GT (4)…

Finding Your Way! Scenario…

Sicherungs and Walküre Kompanies… 

Road to the Mid War GT (3)… 

Point Of The Spear Scenario…

April’s New Releases    

In Shops 11 April
GBX29 FlaK Bunkers 
SU402 Ford JPA (Amphibious) Jeep (x3) 
SU104 M10 Lend Lease 
SU543 85mm obr 1939 gun 
SU747 Spetsnaz Platoon  

In Shops 27 April
SBX12 Heavy Assault Gun Company 
GBX27 8.8cm PaK43 Platoon (Cruciform, 2 guns) 
GE101 Hetzer tank-hunter 
GE275 Maultier (resin, x2) 
GE723 Panzergrenadier Platoon (late)

 

 

May’s New Releases    

In Shops 16 May
FW210 River Of Heroes 
SBX13 Engineer-Sapper Battalion 
SU804 Engineer-Sapper Flamethrower Platoon 
GE888 General von Sauken  

In Shops 30 May
GBX30 Konigstiger Platoon 
SU883 Komissar M A Dedov 
SU884 Kapitan V I Nevsky

 

 

Wayne & Mike

Editor@battlefront.co.nz 

For product enquiries: 

customerservice@battlefront.co.nz 

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ForgeWorld Newsletter #212

Check out the latest newsletter from ForgeWorld. There’s lots of great new releases and content for all your ForgeWorld needs.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 Forge World Newsletter #212
 
  01/05/09 
   
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi There, 

It`s been a little while since our last newsletter and we have lots to tell you; first off we have three great releases which have already been previewed at our open day: The Blight Drone, The Blood Slaughterer and The Khorne Daemon Prince and Herald. We also have news about our Warhound Titan range, upcoming events and the announcement that our new catalogue is ready!

Thanks
Alan Bligh

Blood Slaughterer
A murderous daemon-engine crafted by the servants of the Blood God Khorne, the Slaughterer is a spider-like and heavily armoured war machine larger than a dreadnought. Designed for furious close assault, where it is able to butcher swathes of enemy infantry as well as smash its way through barricades and armoured vehicles with ease. 

This wonderfully vicious looking model designed by Phil Stutcinskas is covered in fantastic detail as you can see here from its ornate armour to the trapped victims and the ritual daemon-bindings on its chassis. A 360 degree view is also available here.

Full rules for the Blood Slaughterer can be found in our forthcoming book Imperial Armour Volume Seven, the Siege of Vraks Part Three.

The Blood Slaughterer is available to pre-order now for release the week commencing the 26th of May.

 

Blight Drone
Another new daemon-engine, this time in the service of Nurgle, Chaos God of decay and corruption is the Blight Drone. A bizarre fusion of daemon, machine and insect this deadly blasphemy of occult science is a skimmer armed with nightmarish toxic weapons. 

This striking model, designed by Darren Parrwood, has some great details which depict the Blight Drone’s rusted and decay-pitted armour and bloated organic structure. You can see the Blight Drone Here as well as a great Blight Drone diorama by Mark Bedford. A 360 degree view is also availablehere.

Full rules for the Blight Drone can be found in our forthcoming book Imperial Armour Volume Seven, the Siege of Vraks Part Three.

The Blight Drone is available to pre-order now for release the week commencing the 26th of May.

A New Way to Purchase Your Warhound Titans
In response to popular demand, we will now be selling all of our existing Warhound titans, including the Mars, Chaos, Wolf and Jackal patterns have been split up so that the titan main bodies and their weapon arms are separate.

As a result our Warhound Titans will now be sold much like our Dreadnought range is with separate weapon options. This will enable us to expand our range more easily in future and help out our many customers who have asked to buy different weapons more freely.

However please note that the existing weapon arms for both the Mars and Chaos pattern Warhounds are ‘sided’ left and right and so may require some cosmetic conversion to use as a pair of the same weapon.

  Khorne Daemon Prince and Herald 
The third of our new releases is our amazing Daemon Prince and Herald of Khorne. Designed by Simon Egan and Will Hayes, the Daemon Prince model stands 3 ¾ inches (9 ½ CM) tall. This brutal beast would be perfectly usable as a Daemon Prince or Greater Daemon either for Warhammer Fantasy Battle or Warhammer 40,000, as can the Herald which is a characterful and (not to mention gore-splattered) large and armoured Bloodletter in form and can be seen HereA 360 degree view is also available here. 

Full rules for this Daemon Prince and his Herald as a special character can be found in our forthcoming book Imperial Armour Volume Seven, the Siege of Vraks Part Three.

The Khorne Daemon Prince and Herald is available to pre-order now for release the week commencing the 26th of May.

 

Forge World Catalogue 2009
The new Forge World 2009 catalogue is now available and contains all of our recent releases. If you would like a free copy of the catalogue, which we will send out at no cost to anywhere in the world, you can either send an email with your full name and address details toforgeworldcatreq@games-workshop.co.uk or give a ring on:
0115 916 8177 and we will take your address details and get you one sent out as soon as we can.

 

 

  

Events Information

Forge World will be attending Games Day Baltimore on the 9th of May. Unfortunately the date for reservation orders has now past, but we will have an excellent selection of our stock at the show, including our new Games Day only model the Death Rider Commissar. We will also have Owen Branham from our Studio on hand to answer your questions and preview what we have in store for the future.

Forge World will be attending Games Day Spain on the 31st of May. If you would like to place a reservation order for this show, your reservation should reach us by the 8th of May.

Forge World will also be attending Games Day Canada on the 20th of June. If you would like to place a reservation order for this show, your reservation order should reach us by the 22nd of May.

You can place a reservation order to pick up and pay for on the day, either by giving us a ring or sending us an email to fwreservations@games-workshop.co.uk clearly labelling the order with your name and the show you would like to attend.

 

 

 

 


 

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War at Sea: Flank Speed Update Set Delayed Until September 2009

 War at Sea: Flank Speed, the third set to War at Sea, has been delayed again.  A moderator on the official Wizards of the Coast message boards has announced that Flank Speed is officially delayed until September 2009.  This marks the second time in as many months that the second expansion has been delayed.  We reported the first delay in War at Sea: Flank Speed Update Set Delayed Until August 2009.

Mr. Richard Baker, lead game designer for War at Sea, blamed the sales and marketing people at Wizards for its initial delay to August 25, 2009.  We can only assume this is the case for this new delay.

Of the first delay Mr. Baker said:

We designed the set on time, and we were ready to launch on the original schedule, but the folks on the sales and marketing end had to make some changes to the company’s release schedule. I’m only looking at one release at a time, but in a typical month Wizards of the Coast might have four or five different products releasing in various categories, and sometimes the “master schedule” requires individual products to move back in line a bit or hurry up to the front.

Although War at Sea is not the money maker for Wizards that Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and Star Wars Miniatures are it is important for Wizards to maintain some semblance of order to Axis & Allies Minis and War at Sea minis releases.  Gamers will only put up with so much tinkering of release schedules before they get fed up.

This delay allows more time for all of us to be comfortable with the February 2009 Rules Update and a new style of play…50 pt games.  More on 50 pt games and Litko Aerosystems War at Sea tokens soon.

CWF Game Cast Available in German, French, Spanish and More

 Although we are a blog dedicated to New England gaming we are accessed from across the globe.  I looked in Woopra today at the stats and everything seemed in order.  We have almost 30,000 unique visits since Woopra was installed but I stumbled across something really surprising.

Woopra lists the languages used by visitors and English, of course, is the most popularly used.  Coming in at #2 is German with almost 4% of visitors speaking German.  Below is a list of the top 10 languages used by visitors and their percentages.

 

  1. English 75.4%
  2. German 3.57%
  3. Unknown 3.46%
  4. French 3.2%
  5. Spanish 2.63%
  6. Polish 1.91%
  7. Italian 1.87%
  8. Dutch 1.35%
  9. Portuguese 1%
  10. Russian .78%

This says that almost 20% of visitors do not speak English as their first language and may have some difficulty fully using the blog.  To combat that I decided to translate this blog into each of those languages.  This is now a NEW FEATURE.

Visitors to the blog can automatically translate any post, page, etc on this blog into another language.  The sidebar on the right has a widget titled TRANSLATOR.  The visitor need only click the flag representing the language they wish to use and the blog will automatically be translated.  It may take a moment of two for the translation to complete so please be patient.

Visitors can also use some short cuts that will work for some of the languages.

In addition to the above languages visitors can also choose from the following

  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Arabic
  • Catalan
  • Filipino (for my friend Paul)
  • Hebrew

When we see more visitors using other languages we will activate them as well.

 

Lastly, we have purchased another domain name.  Visitors can access us using the shorter URL of WarAtSea.net.  It automatically redirects to WarGamingForums.com for your pleasure.

Swine Flu Prevention: 6 Good Health Gamer Practices

 With the Swine Flu pandemic, now called H1N1 to protect those in the swine industry, floating around the globe and rearing its head in Massachusetts it is important to remember some basic health etiquette To Do’s for Gamers.

Gamers get a bad wrap for cleanliness as evidenced by DorkTower 4 Gamer Hygiene.  But, by following the below steps recommended by the CDC we can each continue to game in public, be healthy, and prevent the spread of Swine and other types of Flu.

 

6 Good Health Gamer Practices

  1. Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
  2. Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
  3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
  4. Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
  5. Don’t use other people’s dice, models, rulebooks, supplements, or gaming materials. (This comes from me)
  6. If you get sick with influenza, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.  (I think you should also seek medical help from your doctor but inform them before you appear in person that you suspect you have the flu so they can take necessary precautions to prevent its spread).

These are all good hygiene practices that we should observe every day.  No matter how well we take care of ourselves we can always use a kind reminder.  You can find out more information from the CDC about Swine Flu by clicking the big graphic of a bar of soap below.  It will also tell you how many reported cases of Swine Flu exist in your state.  There’s a lot of hype about Swine Flu, more than it deserves in my opinion, but there is no need to panic.  We should all continue to go out in public, shop, and most importantly GAME at your Friendly Local Game Store.  Don’t let the hysteria over H1N1 prevent you from attending your usual D&D game, Star Wars Minis event, War at Sea gathering, Friday Night Magic, or 40k league.

Use common sense and follow the 6 Good Health Gamer Practices.  It will all be safe.  This has been a public service announcement brought to you courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control.

 

Wash your hands with soap and clean running water. Visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1 for more information.