wargames

Battles Systems’ latest Gamefound campaign is approaching its final week.

Wargames Atlantic and Helion bring us ‘Heiho: The Art of War’, a collaboration bringing nearly a thousand 10mm hard plastic figures to your tabletop for recreating the massive battles of Sengoku-era Japan. The box set includes 988 miniatures across eight frames of Ashigaru, four of Samurai, and two of Command units, alongside bases, dice, tokens, and the complete rulebook. Designed by Pauli Kidd - a 20-year student of Katori Shinto Ryu (sword fighting to you and me) and author of numerous works on Japanese history and culture and big name RPGs - the rules accommodate armies ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 warriors and support famous engagements like Kawanakajima and Sekigahara.

Bolt Action is, without questions, Warlord Games' biggest seller. With the third edition of what they describe as 'the world’s best WWII wargame' on the horizon, they're pushing it hard right now.

The latest insight into the forthcoming edition (as published on their Warlord Community page) focuses on their updated vehicle rules. Damage against armoured vehicles has been refined and split into two categories ('superficial' and 'full') and the rules for unarmoured and armoured transports tweaked. Lastly, the points costs on armoured vehicles have been scaled down to make bigger, more imposing armour more affordable. This last tweak is particularly good news for the game, making it more feasible to bring bigger, more impressive armour (such as the Tiger II shown in the article) to the table. This is a real win for gamers, hobbyists and WWII wargaming enthusiasts alike!

See the full article for more details.

A new edition of The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game is imminent.

As revealed yesterday by Games Workshop, this new edition of their popular wargame will feature updated rules and new editions of the Armies of The Lord of the Rings and Armies of The Hobbit. As with the outgoing edition, these will be based on Peter Jackson's respective movie trilogies. These new editions are said to include updated rules and revised profiles for all of Games Workshop's range of models.

Whilst the announcement was pretty light on details, Games Workshop have promised a lot more information and previews 'in the coming weeks'. Needless to say, we'll bring you all the latest news here on Tabletop Sentinel.