I’ll be running a pair of Hail Of Fire sessions at Historicon this year, FRIDAY @ 8pm and SATURDAY @ 11am!
The “Hedgerow Hell” scenario will have players battling across the 12’x4’ French countryside as British and American forces try to take a German controlled village. No experience required, and players are free to join in/drop out as their time allows. Raffle prizes for participants! Come by and say hi!
Things on the release front have been a bit quiet recently while we're working on BKC-III, but Dave's been steadily building a stack of new vehicles on the desk so I thought it was about time to get them released. The news title is a bit misleading though as a lot of these are revamps, with some new vehicles thrown in as well.
For the Brits, we've got some more Sherman revamps, plus two new M3 Stuarts with the early rivet and later turrets. Moving to artillery, we've done a bit of work on the 25pdr and added the earlier version with the muzzle brake.
On the German side, the new Panther models are all ready and released, as well as a rather random Beobachtungspanzer version, of which there was only one produced! So naturally, most folks will need at least 3 of them...!
The Soviets have got a better T-26 model (which I know has changed previously) but we weren't completely happy with it so asked the designer to do a fresh base model to be used for T-26's and Vickers E's further down the line.
And finally we've got a single French release, with the AMC-35 ready to go. This is essentially the same as the Belgian ACG-1 tank, so it'll be of use to a future Belgian range as well.
The revamped models are all in italics, new releases in regular font.
British
Vehicles
BRV14 M4A1 Sherman, 75mm gun, sand skirts £3.00
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BRV18 M4 Sherman, 105mm gun £3.00
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BRV21 M4A4 Sherman V, 75mm gun, camo £3.00
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BRV28 M4A1 Sherman, 75mm, back box, sand skirts £3.00
BRV29 M4A4 Sherman, 75mm, field armour £3.00
BRV30 M4A4 Sherman ‘Firefly’, 17pdr, field armour £3.00
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BRV56 M3 Stuart ‘Honey, mid turret £2.80
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BRV63 M31 Sherman ARV £3.00
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BRV65 Sexton SPG 25pdr £3.00
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BRV101 M3 Stuart ‘Honey’, early turret £2.80
BRV102 M3 Stuart ‘Honey’, late turret £2.80
Artillery
BRA14 25pdr field gun with crew, ammo trailer £2.80
BRA15 25pdr field gun, 8th Army crew, ammo trailer £2.80
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BRA22 25pdr field gun, no muzzle brake, crew, ammo trailer £2.80
BRA23 25pdr field gun, no muzzle brake, 8th Army crew, ammo trailer £2.80
German
Vehicles
GRV22 Tiger 2, Henschel turret, with zimmerit £3.50
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GRV25 Panther A £3.50
GRV26 Panther D £3.50
GRV27 Panther G £3.50
GRV28 Panther A, zimmerit £3.50
GRV29 Panther D, camouflaged £3.50
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GRV31 Jagdpanther £3.50
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GRV109 Beobachtungspanzer Panther £3.50
Soviet
Vehicles
SVV1 T-26 S £2.80
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SVV24 TT-34 Engineer tank £2.80
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SVV38/SCV4 T-26 B £2.80
French
FRE60 Renault AMC-35 £2.80
And some pics:
BRV18 - M4 Sherman, 105mm gun
BRV30 - M4A4 Sherman 'Firefly' 17pdr, field armour
GRV22 - Tiger 2, Henschel turret, with zimmerit
GRV27 - Panther G
SVV38 - T-26 B
FRE60 - AMC-35
We've got some more terrain items to come this week as well, so keep an eye out for those.
July is the month for Combat Patrol. In honour of Buck’s birthday the cost of the core Combat Patrol products has been reduced by 20% until the end of July.
The Combat Patrol Rules Combo is reduced from £28.00 to £22.40
This contains a hardcopy rulebook: A4 Format, full color, premium quality 44 page rulebook. plus 24 card activation deck and two 50 card action decks.
Everything that you need for two players to play Combat Patrol.
Combat Patrol Set A & B Card Decks are reduced from £22.50 to £18.00
This contains four x 50 card action decks plus a 24 card activation deck in a metal presentation tin. This is ideal for club / convention games where each player has their own action deck.
Two new free supplements
Two new free to download PDF supplements have been added, firstly a set of unit and vehicle cards that match the contents of the Bolt Action 2 Band of Brothers Starter Set allowing a gamer to quickly and easily use the miniatures and vehicles in the set with Combat Patrol as well as with Bolt Action. Secondly, a set of Western Skirmish rules have been added as a free download. These allow games set in the old west to be played using Combat Patrol core rules and action decks.
A free introductory rule set is available to download together with free supplements for Napoleonic skirmish, Falklands War and ‘The Winter of Discontent’ (1979/80’s alternative timeline).
Combat Patrol is an exciting set of skirmish rules that allows players to focus on the game instead of the rules.
Combat Patrol is a unique card-based miniatures game. The unique Double Random Activation mechanism provides a leap-ahead method for activating units that provides the friction and drama of card-based systems with none of the drawbacks.
More importantly, Combat Patrol uses a card-based combat resolution mechanism that is exciting and simple while eliminating unsightly chart cards cluttering your beautiful gaming table.
Combat Patrol products and free downloads are available from http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Combat-Patrol
Free rules and supplements can also be downloaded from Buck Surdu’s website
Regards,
Chris Abbey
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New Combat Patrol™: World War II Demonstration Video Posted
I have recently published a new demonstration video for Combat Patrol™: World War II. This one describes the process of resolving grenades and other high explosive attacks. Several examples are presented. The video is posted on the rules’ Web Page and the Combat Patrol Facebook Page. I hope you find the video instructive and interesting.
Where to get Combat Patrol™: World War II:
The decks of cards can be purchased at DriveThruCards.
Get Set A here
Get Set B here
Start sets two Action decks, an Activation deck, and the printed rulebook can be purchases from Sally 4th and On Military Matters.