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New At Colonel Bills

Tuesday, 27 July 2021 08:34
Written by Mike
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Where did it all start for you? For me it was the new Minifigs 25mm Ancients range bought from the 'Wargamers Den' in Durham City back in the early 70's. The Colonel insists that he taught a chap called HG Wells to play something called 'Little Wars' - nobody here at the Depot believes him! I guess for many these days it all started with a Warhammer army bought from their local Games Workshop store. If that is the case then it may be worth looking (for nostalgic reasons of course) at what is new in our webstore - A complete, painted, Warhammer 'Empire' army. We believe that most, if not all of these mainly plastic figures, are now out of production - which is a real shame.

Our offerings have been painted to a wargames standard - mainly block painted. In fact they are crying out for a few washes etc to bring out a little more detail - it would be so easy to really make something of them! As a bonus many are also suitable for use as historical figures in the Italian Wars.

You can find them HERE

New 15mm AWI At Colonel Bills

Tuesday, 06 July 2021 13:51
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15mm American War of Independence has been the order of the day at the Depot today. We have uploaded 37 different lots to our eshop including Hessians, Brits and US Continentals & Militia. All these are Minifigs and painted to a basic standard but they are priced accordingly. We suspect from the basing and organisation that their previous General was using them for 'Tricorn' - the American Revolution version of the Command & Colors 'board' game. However we do feel that they would make a good start for anyone who fancies dabbling in the period.

You can find them HERE

New From The Depot Battalion

Thursday, 01 July 2021 11:07
Written by Mike
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We offer a large and comprehensive selection of, mainly historical, wargaming items. There are our own ranges - Depot Battalion, D'Arlo Figurines & Belt Fed Gaming, a growing number of other ranges of figures, board games, terrain and accessories that we retail from leading wargames companies; and of course, our ever-changing stock of pre-loved and used items in all scales both painted and unpainted. Please feel free to browse and enjoy……

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More Stock At Colonel Bills

Thursday, 24 June 2021 08:47
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Several 'small' painted ancient armies now available on our eshop. These are 10mm scale and all from the superb Pendraken Miniatures ranges. We have two punic wars armies - Republican Roman and Carthaginian, including 4 lovely elephants; then we also have two Late Roman armies including Cataphracts, Legionaires etc. Of course these could be combined into one decent sized army. Finally we also have 4 new items in the 15mm painted Napoleonic category, all Battle Honors we think - some camel mounted Egypt campaign French troops, some Vistula Legion Polish lancers; and two pro painted cavalry units - Early period French Carabiniers a Cheval in bearskins, and a unit of Mamelukes of the Guard.

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New At Colonel Bills

Saturday, 12 June 2021 09:27
Written by Mike
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A new, and free, downloadable set of skirmish rules for the later Border Reivers period now available in our eshop:
By 1685 the borders between England and Scotland were the most lawless part of either kingdom. National boundaries meant nothing and loyalty was to family first and last. Reiving (raiding or plundering) was an accepted way of life that the authorities, such as they were, could do little to stop; and feuds were commonplace.
This is your chance to enhance your reputation as a Reiver 'Heidsman' and lead your band of hard bitten Borderers in raids to capture hostages or steal livestock. Perhaps you need to extract some revenge by burning a Bastle House, or lead a 'hot trod' to retrieve some stolen cattle. The scenarios are as endless as the mists over the border hills...
Invictus Maneo is set of wargames rules written by Graham Cookson that are designed for games that use 6 - 12 figures per side and last 60 - 90 minutes. They are fast paced, use random activation, and minimal record keeping. The winner of the game is the one who gains the best - or worst - reputation!
Will you be caught and hanged as a reiver, or will future generations sing ballads of your exploits?
You will find the downloadable rules HERE

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