Books at On Military Matters
Updated as of 11/14/2024
ABBREVIATIONS: dj-dust jacket, biblio-bibliography, b/w-black and white, illust-illustrations, b/c-book club addition.rct - recent arrival or pending publication, spc - OMM Special Price
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1-2284517
Owen, Mike THE SILVER BAYONET: Third French Unit (Egypt) 28mm Figures
A typical French Unit for use in The Silver Bayonet. You can combine these Soldiers with previously released French Units to create unique units. Figures: Officer, Investigator, Light Cavalryman, Native Scout, Heavy Cavalryman, Occultist, Infantryman, and Sailor. All figures are 28mm sized, made of metal, and supplied unpainted.1 vol, 2 pgs
2024 UK, NORTH STAR | Add to Cart |
1-2284518
Owen, Mike THE SILVER BAYONET: The Third British Unit (Egypt) 28mm Figures
A typical British Unit for use in The Silver Bayonet. You can combine these Soldiers with previously released French Units to create unique units. Figures: : Officer, Junior Officer, Light Infantryman, Supernatural Investigator, Native Scout, Grenadier, Highlander, and Light Cavalrywoman. All figures are 28mm sized, made of metal, and supplied unpainted.1 vol, 2 pgs
2024 UK, NORTH STAR | Add to Cart |
1-VXE002
Victrix MEDIEVAL & FANTASY HEADS, CLOAKS & SHIELDS: Victrix 28mm Plastic Miniatures
Medieval/Fantasy conversion sprue containing heads, cloaks and shields to customize your miniatures. What you get: 62 Heads, 18 Shields, and 12 Cloaks. By combining this set and the Victrix Medieval Knights set you can create, Teutonic Knights, later 13th century Knights, and Fantasy Knights. Helmets include wings, horns, antlers, and plain. Some cloaks trimmed with animal fur collars and some new shields.1 vol, 60 pgs
2024 UK, VICTRIX LTD | Add to Cart |
2-916000
MINIATURE WARGAMES: Sale of More Recent Back Issues: 480, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488 and 489
Sale of More Recent Back Issues: 480, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488 and 489. Normally $9.00-$10.00 each, we're selling them for $4.00 each (plus postage) or any 3 issues for $8.95 (plus postage). If we run out of an issue, we will substitute another issue. If you wanted to sample MW, here's your (greatly discounted) chance.1 vol, 60 pgs
2023 UK, ATLANTIC PUBLISHERS | Add to Cart |
1-73330
Holder, Scott PATRIOTS & LOYALISTS: Rules for the AWI
8.5x11, the rules focus on the the relationship between a unit's morale and its ability to deploy and fight, players operate at Brigade+ level, play aids, scenarios.1 vol, 42 pgs
2003 USA, WARGAMES INC | Add to Cart |
1-44656
Marsh, Richard and Colin Rumford RAPID FIRE RELOADED: The Road to Carentan
This is a 36-page, fully illustrated A5 booklet providing four scenarios for actions involving elements of the American 101st Airborne Division (The Screaming Eagles). It covers the period from D-Day to the initial stages of the battles to capture the vital town of Carentan and thus link up the landings at Omaha and Utah Beaches. The four scenarios were inspired by four of Paul Woodadge's YouTube WW2TV shows. The scenarios are Angoville-au-Plain (D-Day), Vierville (D-Day plus 1), Saint-Come-du-Mont (D-Day plus 1) and Purple Heart Lane Breakout (D-Day plus 4). Focuses on small scale actions that saw improvised US para forces taking on their German counterparts in the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment (The Lions of Carentan) as well as infantry and Ost battalions. Designed to be played on 6x4 foot or 5x4 foot tables using Reloaded rules (or Rapid Fire 2 rules if players prefer). Includes historical backgrounds, full graphic orbats, battle maps, special rules, and a section on troops needed.1 vol, 36 pgs
2024 UK, RAPID FIRE | Add to Cart |
2-44650
Rumford, Colin and Marsh, Richard RAPID FIRE FAST PLAY RULES FOR WWII: 1st Edition
Contains full rules, including point system, playsheets (pages bound into rules for copying), and eight scenarios: Hondeghem (May 27, 1940), Gallabat (Nov 6, 1940), Corinth Canal Bridge (April 27 1941), Hong Kong (Dec 8-25, 1941), Vaagso (Dec 27, 1941), Chebotarevsky (Aug 24, 1942), Barce (Sep 13, 1942), and Safi (Nov 8, 1942).1 vol, 80 pgs
1994 UK, STRATAGEM PUBLICATIONS | Add to Cart |
1-BRIG417
Bunde, Peter 417: AUSTRIAN EMPIRE: Hussar Regiment No. 10 Stipsicz 1809-1815
Another in the terrific series. Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. Descriptions on reverse side.1 vol, 1 pgs
2024 GERMANY, PETER BUNDE | Add to Cart |
1-BRIG418
Bunde, Peter 418: AUSTRIAN EMPIRE: Hussar Regiment No. 5 Radetzky 1809-1815
Another in the terrific series. Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. Descriptions on reverse side.1 vol, 1 pgs
2024 GERMANY, PETER BUNDE | Add to Cart |
1-BRIG419
Bunde, Peter 419: KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA: Infantry Regiment No. 1 1808-1813
Another in the terrific series. Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. Descriptions on reverse side.1 vol, 1 pgs
2024 GERMANY, PETER BUNDE | Add to Cart |
1-246411
Vial, Jean-Louis FRENCH INFANTRY DURING THE SEVEN YEARS WAR 1756-1763: Volume 1 Organization
First volume in a series devoted to the French army during the Seven Years War. Describes the organization and evolution of infantry regiments, the hierarchy of a regiment, recruitment and training of soldiers, officers and their careers, marches, encampment and barracks for troops, payment of honors, a detailed review of uniforms, infantrymen's weapons and equipment, and the organization and uniforms of provincial militias, Grenadiers de France, and coast guard militias. Contains 25 black and white illustrations and 12 pages of color plates.1 vol, 188 pgs
2024 UK, HELION AND COMPANY | Add to Cart |
1-246412
Vial, Jean-Louis FRENCH INFANTRY DURING THE SEVEN YEARS WAR 1756-1763: Volume 2 Regimental Distinctions and Colours
Second volume of French Infantry During the Seven Years War 1756-1763 covers the regiments, and especially their uniforms and distinctions. Comprehensive publication on the state of the French infantry during the Seven Years War, with a complete study of all contemporary sources, such as the Etat militaires from 1754 to 1763, contemporary manuscripts, publications, and artworks. Richly illustrated, this book will be useful to all researchers of the military history of the Seven Years' War, re-enactors, wargamers, and miniature painters. Contains 25 black and white illustrations and 12 pages of color plates.1 vol, 188 pgs
2024 UK, HELION AND COMPANY | Add to Cart |
1-246430
Krawczyk, Lukasz BATTLE OF GROCHOW: 1831 For Our Freedom and Yours (Wargame)
Contents of the box: one colorful A1-size board, 432 die-cut counters, rule book (12 pages), scenario book (4 pages), one players' aid card, and one 10-sided die. Wargame recreates one of the most famous battles in the history of the Polish army. Game mechanics based on random activations. There are three types of weapons: infantry, cavalry, and artillery that act according to the common rules, but each of them has its own characteristics. Game length is 2-7 hours.1 vol, 1 pgs
2017 POLAND, STRATEGEMATA | Add to Cart |
1-246420
Niechwiej, Adam MAIDA 1806: Stuart vs Reynier (Wargame)
Contents of the box: rulebook (12 pages), map (30 x 42 cm), 126 die-cut counters (15 x 15 mm), 7 counters (15 x 30 mm) representing the infantry units in line formation, and 1 ten-sided die. Recreates a small battle of the Napoleonic Wars between the British troops under Sir John Stuart and the French troops of Jean Louis Reynier. Rules focus on infantry tactics. Basic, most commonly used procedures are very simple, but many of the rules describe special situations, for example, a commander participating in bayonet charge. 1 vol, 1 pgs
2015 POLAND, STRATEGEMATA | Add to Cart |
1-246460
Niechwiej, Adam ALBUERA 1811: Beresford vs Soult (Wargame)
Contents of the box: one rulebook (16 pages), one board (68 x 98 cm), 648 die-cut counters (15 x 15 mm), 25 die-cut counters (15 x 30 mm), two scenario cards, and one 10-sided die. Rules concentrate on infantry maneuvers on Napoleonic battlefield. It is important to form battalions into proper array in the right time. Command and control has players select some Activation Chits, place into a common pool, and blind draw one to activate an associated formation. Play time is a minimum of 5 hours.1 vol, 1 pgs
2023 POLAND, STRATEGEMATA | Add to Cart |
1-246470
Pole, Stephen FOURTEEN DAYS IN JUNE: The Waterloo Campaign (Wargame)
Contents of the box: one 68x98 cm game map, 225 die-cut counters and markers of size 15x15 mm, 29 die-cut counters of size 15x30 mm, 26 wooden sleighs, one rulebook (12 pages), one colorful extended example of play (8 pages), two initial order sheets, two fog-of-war screens, four mountings for fog-of-war screens, a sheet of sticky labels, two 6-sided dice: one red and one blue. | Add to Cart |
1-246450
Pole, Stephen HOW THE UNION WAS SAVED: The American Civil War 1861-1865 (Wargame)
Contents of the box: 1 mounted game map, 18 Confederacy and Union Field Army commander marker holders, 1 set of sticky labels, 61 die-cut commander counters (15 x 30 mm), 232 die-cut counters and markers (15 x 15 mm), 2 Fog-of-War screens, 40 Random Event Cards, 2 six-sided dice one blue and one gray, 1 colorful Extended Example of Play (8 pages), 1 rulebook (16 pages). | Add to Cart |
1-246440
Niechwiej, Adam HILL 262: Chambois, 19-21 August 1944 (Wargame)
Contents of the box: two boards of size 420 x 594 mm, 308 die-cut counters, colorful rulebook (8 pages), two cards with scenarios, player's aid card, card with historical sketch. Recreates American, Canadian, and Polish units in six scenarios around the Falaise Pocket. Players will need to supply their own deck of cards. Play time is 1-4 hours.1 vol, 1 pgs
2018 POLAND, STRATEGEMATA | Add to Cart |
1-246480
Niechwiej, Adam CRETE: 20-22nd May 1941 (Wargame)
Contents of the box: 4 boards (594 x 420 mm each), 432 die-cut counters, 4 scenario sheets each of size A4, 8 initial setup cards each of size A5, 2 players aid cards each of size A3, rulebook (8 pages). | Add to Cart |