Old School Miniatures blog
A blog about the Huzzah! Miniatures 30mm Old School Miniatures project now exists to give updates and details about this range of figures. The blog is at: www.oldschoolminiatures.co.uk
Obituary: Gary Gygax, co-creator of D&D
I have published a brief obituary on Gary Gygax, who is reported as having passed away, on my personal blog at:
http://orun.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/gary-gygax-gone-adventuring/
Extra flags for 15mm AB Austrians
We have now overhauled all the Austrian Napoleonic infantry flags in the 15mm Flags for AB range so that sheets now contain nine infantry flags as opposed to six. The price per sheet remains unchanged at GBP3.25 including VAT (or about GBP2.77 ex VAT for customers outside the EU), making the sheets better value for money.
Some sheets changed several months back, but we have only just exhausted all the old stock.
Little Green Men on the Isle of Wight
Further to the Martian invasion of Surrey, we now have little green men of sorts on the Isle of Wight. Orders that are not packed with reused materials are now packed using biodegradable bubble wrap – the green-coloured sort that starts to break down sometime after it has been exposed to light.
We’re pleased to revert to slightly more environmentally friendly packaging for our toy soldiers, having had to give up using the biodegradable packing beads because they would not work with the new slimline boxes. We are aware that the new packing material does not break down in the same way, but it is currently the best solution.
Fighting 15s runs its office equipment on solar and wind power, reuses and recycles packing materials, and uses biodegradable packing materials where possible. Can we claim to be one of the greenest wargames traders?
Martian invaders overwhelm Surrey
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Martian Empires has arrived back from the printers, and Mike now has boxes of the rules overwhelming his office in leafy Surrey. The rules are available to buy from the Black Hat Miniatures website and will also be available at Warfare in Reading.
Mike and Black Hat Miniatures are handling all sales of these rules, which will not be available though the Fighting 15s or Oozlum Games websites.
Huzzah! main rules updated
Book 1 of Huzzah! has been updated and is now at version 1.11. Huzzah! is Oozlum Games’ set of free tactical Napoleonic wargames rules. Book 1 is the main rules book. The update is likely to be the last made to the free edition of these rules.
The updated version is available from the Huzzah! page on the Oozlum Games website at www.oozlumgames.co.uk.
The update includes clarifications on skirmisher superiority (the 5cm increase is not cumulative from turn to turn), and on multiple orders to units and commands (makes it clearer that this is possible). The update also changes the rules about attached officers and orders to units to which they are attached.
15mm flags for Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia
The latest additions to our 15mm Flags for AB range of Napoleonic flags include sheets for Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia. Sheets are GBP3.00 each and they are available now in the online shop.
Codes and contents are as follows:
Baden
CRB-F01 1st to 4th infantry, light dragoon squadron, hussar regiment and Guard du Corps (13 flags)
Hesse-Darmstadt
CRH-F01 1803 pattern Leib-Garde and Leib regiments (8 flags)
CRH-F02 1803 and 1804 pattern Erbprinz regiment, 1770 pattern Leib-Garde Pferde (8 flags)
CRH-F03 1814 pattern infantry regiments (10 flags)
Westphalia
WPH-F01 1808 pattern 1st to 4th infantry (8 flags)
WPH-F02 1808 pattern 5th to 6th infantry, 1808 guard infantry, 1811 jager-carabiniers (7 flags)
WPH-F03 1810 pattern 1st to 5th infantry (11 flags)
WPH-F04 1810 pattern 6th to 9th infantry (9 flags)
WPH-F05 1813 pattern 1st to 4th infantry (8 flags)
WPH-F06 1813 pattern 5th to 8th infantry (8 flags)
WPH-F07 1813 pattern 9th infantry; 1812 pattern guard infantry (7 flags)
WPH-F08 1808 to 1813 line and guard cavalry flags (14 flags)
Forthcoming projects include Switzerland and the Scandinavian nations of Denmark, Finland and Sweden, completion of which will provide good coverage of the flags of major nations and minor states in the Napoleonic wars.
15mm Flags for AB: The Italian Job
Flags for the Kingdom of Italy and Kingdom of Naples are the latest arrivals in our 15mm Napoleonic Flags for AB range. The range covers the 1802, 1809 and 1813 pattern flags for the Kingdom of Italy, and the 1806, 1809 and 1814 pattern flags for the Kingdom of Naples.
The two Italian kingdoms provide some of the best and worst troops in Napoleon’s army, and are great subjects for gamers who just want to build small, entire Napoleonic forces, using easy conversions and paint jobs from 15mm Napoleonic AB Figures and 18mm Eureka Napoleonic French ranges. Flags for AB will make your brave Italians stand out in the heat of battle, and equally brighten the rapid departure from the field of your Neapolitans.
There are 11 sheets of flags in the Kingdom of Italy range, and 7 sheets of flags in the Neapolitan range, and both are now available in the Fighting 15 shop. The Italian Job Lot special offer allows you to buy both ranges of flags for just GBP50.00 – a saving of GBP4.00.
The range in full is:
Kingdom of Italy
ITA-F01 1802 pattern Republican Line Infantry, 1st to 4th regts (8)
ITA-F02 1802 pattern Republican Line Infantry, 5th to 7th regts; Presidential Guard (8)
ITA-F03 1802 pattern, Republican Light Infantry, 1st to 3rd regts; Hussars; Horse Grenadiers (10)
ITA-F04 1809 pattern Line Infantry, 1st to 4th regts (8)
ITA-F05 1809 pattern Line Infantry, 5th to 7th regts; Royal Guard flags 1805-1812 (10)
ITA-F06 1809 patern Light Infantry, 1st to 4th regts (8)
ITA-F07 1809 pattern Artillery & Cavalry (12)
ITA-F08 1813 pattern Line Infantry, 1st to 4th regts (8)
ITA-F09 1813 pattern Line infantry, 5th to 7th regts; Royal Guard (8)
ITA-F10 1813 pattern Light infantry (8)
ITA-F11 1813 pattern Artillery & Cavalry (12)
Kingdom of Naples
NAP-F01 1806 pattern Line Infantry (8)
NAP-F02 1806 pattern Light Infantry, Royal Guard, Cavalry (10)
NAP-F03 1809 pattern Line Infantry, 1st to 4th regts (8)
NAP-F04 1809 pattern Line Infantry, 5th to 8th regts (8)
NAP-F05 1809 pattern Line Infantry, 9th to 12th regts (8)
NAP-F06 1809 pattern Light Infantry, 1st to 4th regts (8)
NAP-F07 1809 pattern Royal Guard, Cavalry; 1814 pattern 5th and 6th infantry (10)
Sheets are GBP3.00, and contain the number of flags indicated in brackets. We regret that pictures are not available on the internet in order to protect copyright on the flags.
Huzzah! Book 3 updated
The latest version of Book 3: Diagrams and FAQs for Huzzah! is now available on the Huzzah! page of the Oozlum Games website.
The diagrams have been updated to eliminate red-green combinations to make them easier to see for gamers who suffer from the commonest form of colour-blindness.
An extra page details formations for the Huzzah! universal basing system (square bases), which allows the same basing to be used for tactical and grand tactical versions of the rules. Book 1 will be updated with the complementary details as soon as possible.
Fighting 15s goes Dutch
We have just added to the range of 15mm Flags for AB with the following Hanoverian, Dutch, and Dutch-Belgian flags:
HAN-F01 Hanoverian Legion, plus Hanoverian infantry 1813-15 (10)
DUT-F01 Kingdom of Holland infantry 1806-10 (8)
DUT-F02 United Provinces infantry 1815 (8)
DUT-F03 United Provinces jagers & militia 1815 (8)
DUT-F04 Holland 1806-10 and United Provinces 1815 cavalry (12)
Flags are GBP3.00 per sheet and contain the number of flags indicated in brackets.
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