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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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1-249510 ANNO DOMINI 1666: 28mm Core Set A swashbuckling board game of intrigue and mystery set in alternative reality of 17th century Europe. Take command of a band of rogues and heroes and face your opponent in dynamic and challenging scenarios. Explore the dark alleys of Vienna. Fight using amazing fencing skills and dirty tricks. Negotiate, convince, intimidate. Hire mercenaries and buy equipment. Pray for God's help. or pact with demons. Do not let the city guard catch you! Never surrender!

Contents:
* 27 highly detailed plastic miniatures
* 3 two-sided boards
* Over 250 cards
* 1 rulebook
* 1 playbook
* 2 faction cards
* 2 player aid sheets
* 1 Archenemy sheet
* 24 plastic rings, 24 plastic door stands, and over 200 markers and tokens1 vol, 27 pgs 2020 POLAND, BY FIRE AND SWORD
NEW-box, available mid July 2025 ......$120.00 DISCOUNT:10% rct

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1-2495102 ANNO DOMINI 1666: Swords of Light and Darkness Expansion to Anno Domini 1666. Introduces new characters and a series of scenarios that make up a campaign. Focuses on the Imperial Election, and players will try to convince the Elector of Brandenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm, to vote for their candidate. Implements new Alarm rules, an achievement system, and rules for solo play. Note: You need the Anno Domini 1666 core set to use this expansion. The 3-4 Player Scenario expansion is required to play two acts of the campaign.

Contents:
* 11 plastic miniatures
* 19 character cards
* 1 demon card
* 38 item cards
* 1 spell book, the Lemegeton
* 1 alchemy book, the Opera Omnia
* 1 alarm mini-board
* 20 achievement cards
* 1 rulebook with Swords of Light and Darkness campaign and new rules
* Book of Light and Book of Darkness (rulebooks with stories for both sides of campaign)
* Rules and scenarios for Automaton (solo mode)
* 1 Automaton board
* 35 Automaton characters cards1 vol, 11 pgs 2020 POLAND, BY FIRE AND SWORD
NEW-box, available mid July 2025 ......$85.00 DISCOUNT:10% rct

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1-2495103 ANNO DOMINI 1666: Order of the Broken Cross 28mm Faction Set Contains 7 highly detailed plastic miniatures, 7 character cards, 23 item cards, and 1 faction card. You will need a copy of Anno Domini 1666 to use the contents of this box. Miniatures are pre-assembled and unpainted.1 vol, 7 pgs 2020 POLAND, BY FIRE AND SWORD
NEW-box, available mid July 2025 ......$40.00 DISCOUNT:10% rct

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1-2495104 ANNO DOMINI 1666: Veterans of the Tercios 28mm Faction Set Contains 7 highly detailed plastic miniatures, 7 character cards, 17 item cards, and 1 faction card. You will need a copy of Anno Domini 1666 to use the contents of this box. Miniatures are pre-assembled and unpainted.1 vol, 7 pgs 2020 POLAND, BY FIRE AND SWORD
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1-2495105 ANNO DOMINI 1666: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza 28mm Character Set Contains 2 highly detailed plastic miniatures, 2 character cards, and 6 item cards. You will need a copy of Anno Domini 1666 and Veterans of the Tercio Faction Set to use the contents of this box. Miniatures are pre-assembled and unpainted.1 vol, 2 pgs 2020 POLAND, BY FIRE AND SWORD
NEW-box, available mid July 2025 ......$15.00 DISCOUNT:10% rct

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1-2495106 ANNO DOMINI 1666: Horrors of Vienna 28mm Expansion Set Contains 2 highly detailed plastic miniatures (The Basilisk and The Lindwurm), 6 character cards, 5 item cards, and 1 ruleset with 2 new scenarios. You will need a copy of Anno Domini 1666 to use the contents of this box. Miniatures are pre-assembled and unpainted.1 vol, 2 pgs 2020 POLAND, BY FIRE AND SWORD
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1-249530 WORLD OF TANKS: Starter Set 15mm Tanks Contains everything needed to play World of Tanks.

Contents:
* 4 assembled and painted plastic tanks (Centurion MK.1, Maus, T-29, IS-3)
* 1 rulebook
* 6 dice
* 4 Tank Cards
* 30 Crew, Module, and Equipment Cards
* 32 Critical Damage Cards
* 2 Terrain and Token Sheets1 vol, 4 pgs 2020 UK, BATTLEFRONT USA
NEW-box, available mid July 2025 ......$50.00 DISCOUNT:10% rct

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1-249540 CLASH OF STEEL: War of Unification, Soviet vs British This Starter Set contains everything you need to get started, including rules, miniatures, dice, tokens and much more. Models require assembly and painting.

Contents:
* 19 highly-detailed plastic model tanks
* 24 Tank Commanders
* Decals, complete rulebook
* Quick Start rules
* 20 dice
* 2 Force Booklets
* 25 Unit Cards
* 34 tokens
* 3 Objective Markers
* 2 Victory Point Dials
* 26 Tactics Cards
* 6 Mission Setup Cards
* 9 Mission Rule Cards
* 22 Objective Cards1 vol, 19 pgs 2024 UK, BATTLEFRONT USA
NEW-box, available mid July 2025 ......$80.00 DISCOUNT:10% rct

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1-241180 Copestake, Andy and James Main KHALSA! A Guide to Wargaming the Anglo-Sikh Wars 1845-1846 and 1848-1849 This book details the two wars fought by the British-Indian Army against the Sikh Empire of Northern India in the middle of the 19th century, resulting in the addition of the Punjab to the territories of British India and the introduction of the famous Sikh regiments to the British-Indian army. Also provides detailed information on the organization and uniforms of both armies, how to create armies of model soldiers, and rules are suitable to bring these battles to the wargames table. Also contains detailed orders of battle and scenarios. Contains 65 color photos, six color illustrations, nine b/w illustrations, 10 b/w maps, and six tables.1 vol, 182 pgs 2023 UK, HELION AND COMPANY
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1-916507 various MINIATURE WARGAMES #507 Articles Include:
* Command Decision: The Forgotten War: Russia versus Japan 1939
* Send Three And Fourpence: Interviews with Too Fat Lardies about Chain of Command 2
* Carantan: Band of Brothers' Call of Duty with some scenery by the Retired Wargamers Reloaded
* Jackson in the Valley: Old-school inspirational ACW homage to Don Featherstone
* Winchesters are Plentiful: Tales of Derring Do new wild west rules supplement
* Smock Troops: Painting Wargames Atlantic WWII Brits with the new Army Painter Fanatic historical range
* Partizan: Photographic trip and comments about the show
* Scratch Build: An eclectic sci-fi mix to scatter on your table
* Last Word: From the author of the To the Strongest rules
* Defence in Depth: Figure and rules reviews
* Forward Observer: News
* Recce: Book reviews1 vol, 96 pgs 2025 UK, WARNER PUBLICATIONS
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1-2495101 ANNO DOMINI 1666: Scenarios for 3-4 Players This expansion introduces new rules and scenarios for 3-4 players. Most of the scenarios can also be played with just two players, increasing its playability. Note: You need the Anno Domini 1666 core set and 1 or 2 additional faction sets to use this expansion. Contains 2 double-sided boards, 2 card decks, 24 base rings, and addition rules and scenarios.1 vol, 1 pgs 2020 POLAND, BY FIRE AND SWORD
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1-249550 Fratt, Steve MOLON LABE: Come and Take Them! -- A Battle Manual: Ancients Hex Game Using Individual Leadership Abilities Ancients ruleset based on leadership abilities that focuses on the Persian Wars: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Plataea. Can be adapted for any scale. Focuses on gameplay through Command Chits and eight-sided dice. Details unit types, rule modifiers, background of the battles, and orders of battle for each army. Contains copyable unit cards and labels that are in color.1 vol, 67 pgs 2025 US, ON MILITARY MATTERS
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3-84220 Yates, Phil FLAMES OF WAR: Fourth Edition Rulebook World War II game played with tanks and soldiers. Take command of a company or battalion of soldiers and pit yourself against cunning opponents on the field of battle. You will see for yourself whether the American 'Sherman' tank has the measure of the German panzers, and if you have the guts to stop a massed charge of light tanks or the coldblooded ruthlessness to launch one! Contains complete rules with informative diagrams, quick start rules, missions, and nation specific rules for American, British, German, and Soviet Forces.1 vol, 116 pgs 2019 US, BATTLEFRONT USA
NEW-hardcover, available mid July 2025 ......$34.00 DISCOUNT:10% rct

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1-227950 Shaw. Jeffrey THE ETHIOPIAN-ADAL WAR 1529-1543: The Conquest of Abyssinia In 1529, an army from the Sultanate of Adal in modern-day Somalia invaded neighboring Ethiopia. For the next fourteen years, the conflict ravaged Ethiopia, planting the seeds of enmity and mistrust in the Horn of Africa that resonate to this day.

The Ethiopian-Adal War: The Conquest of Abyssinia brings sixteenth-century Arab, Portuguese, and Ethiopian primary source material from this conflict to contemporary readers for the first time in the English language in a single volume. Situating the conflict into the wider struggle for maritime supremacy between the Portuguese and Ottoman Empires, readers will have the chance to learn about a little-known conflict which nearly resulted in the subjugation of Christian Ethiopia at the hands of Imam Gurey, the Sultan of Adal. Included are maps of the conflict's major battles, never before seen in any publication. Photographs of the Ethiopian landscape and a range of other illustrations complete the account of this epic conflict.1 vol, 146 pgs 2021 UK, HELION & COMPANY
NEW-pb, available late September 2021 ......$35.00 DISCOUNT:15% rct

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1-230030 Abram, Andrew THE ENGLISH GARRISON OF TANGIER: Charles II's Colonial Venture in the Mediterranean, 1661-1684 Assesses the raising, equipping, and composition of the standing army of Charles II and the role played by the garrison of Tangier between 1661 and 1684 as well as the wider military, political, and strategic context of expansionism and warfare in Europe. Includes 43 b/w illustrations, four b/w photos, nine maps, and 53 tables.

When Charles landed in Dover in 1660 he inherited two regular armies, both owing him allegiance. First, the New Model (by then regular or standing army) was in England under Monck. Second was a force of exiled royalists in Flanders and Dunkirk. Neither army was in particularly bad health, although being much in arrears of pay. On paper, the New Model Army was an effective power, but its morale was broken by the events leading to the Restoration.

The exile army (Charles II's 'Forgotten Army') was a body of Irish, Scottish, and English soldiers fighting with the Spanish and habituated to periods of hardship and privation. The acquisition of the Moroccan city of Tangier via the marriage agreement between Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, daughter of John IV of Portugal, in May 1661 brought about a period of English occupation, which lasted until 1684. England garrisoned and fortified the city against hostile Barbary forces. 1 vol, 382 pgs 2022 UK, HELION AND COMPANY
NEW-pb, available late March 2022 ......$65.00 DISCOUNT:15% rct

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1-231360 Burns, Alexander THE CHANGING FACE OLD REGIME WARFARE: Essays in Honour of Christopher Duffy To honor Prof Christopher Duffy, the book collects 16 essays by scholars covering cavalry tactics, divisional organization, the rise of light forces, and the effects of war-making on society. Although centered on 18th-century warfare, this book also includes chapters which address the Napoleonic conflicts, and First World War.

The first section, Backgrounds and Retrospectives, explores the state of historical writing on 18th-century warfare, as well as Professor Duffy's contribution to it. The second section, Commanders and their Armies, explores the field of traditional military history. It provides coverage of tactical analyses, campaign narratives, and organizational and doctrinal changes for the armies fighting in the Old Regime. The third section, Voices from the Past, provides translations and analyses of military sources which have been previously unavailable to the public. The fourth and final section, New Perspectives, demonstrates the varied picture which methods such as archaeology, cultural history, and colonial history tell us about the imperial history of European states at war.1 vol, 344 pgs 2022 UK, HELION AND COMPANY
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1-231392 Esposito, Gabriele ARMIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Part 2 - Great Britain and her Allies, 1775 - 1783 This pictorial history shows the uniforms, arms, and organization of the British forces that fought in the American Revolution, including regular British forces, American allies, native warriors, and mercenary units. 1 vol, 175 pgs 2022 US, WINGED HUSSAR PUBLISHING
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1-248910 Sullivan, David and James Worsham THE LIFE OF SAMUEL H. WALKER Samuel H. Walker, a carpenter turned soldier, fought in the Seminole War, Mier Expedition, and Mexican-American War, where he died heroically leading a charge against Santa Ana's forces. Based upon archival materials including Walker's own letters, this is the first in-depth biography of Walker. Contains over 150 photographs and illustrations.

Samuel H. Walker was an apprentice carpenter in Washington, D.C. when the second Seminole War broke out in 1838. He enlisted in a Washington militia unit and went to Florida, eventually ending up in Texas and joined the Texas Rangers. When war broke between the United States and Mexico in 1846, he joined the 1st Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifle Volunteers before, at the request of General Zachary Taylor, forming his own company of scouts. Eventually was commissioned as a captain in the U.S. Mounted Rifles and journeyed north to recruit his company. During this time, he met Samuel Colt, and this eventually resulted in the Walker Colt pistol. His company filled, Walker returned to Mexico and the scene of battle. There, in 1847, Walker led a furious charge against the remnants of Santa Ana's army, in which he was mortally wounded by a Mexican sniper.1 vol, 506 pgs 2025 US, CASEMATE
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2-196010 Duckers, Peter THE CRIMEAN WAR AT SEA: The Naval Campaigns Against Russia 1854-56 Analyzes the wider war waged at sea by the British and French navies against the Russians. The allied navies aimed to strike at Russian interests anywhere in the world where naval force could be brought to bear, and as a result, campaigns were waged in the Baltic, the Black Sea, the White Sea, on the Russian Pacific coast, and in the Sea of Azoff. Seeks to set the record straight by showing how these neglected naval campaigns were remarkably successful, in contrast to the wretched failures that beset the British army on land. Allied warships ranged across Russian waters sinking shipping, disrupting trade, raiding ports, bombarding fortresses, destroying vast quantities of stores, and shelling coastal towns. Contains 30 illustrations.1 vol, 240 pgs 2025 UK, PEN & SWORD
NEW-pb edition, available late June 2025 ......$30.00 DISCOUNT:15% rct

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1-249450 Holstein, Christina VERDUN 1914: The Opening Moves An expert-led guide to early WWI battles around Verdun, combining rich narrative, battlefield tours, and detailed mapping. Focuses on the little-known fighting in the Verdun area in the first weeks of the First World War and the German attempts to overcome the entrenched camp without a frontal attack. Beginning with the devastating Battle of the Frontiers, follows the French retreat to the Marne, where their desperate resistance in the Revigny Gap and at Vaux-Marie Farm prevented a breakthrough. Then details how the Germans captured the important town of St Mihiel and established a bridgehead on the River Meuse. Contains 200 mono illustrations.1 vol, 304 pgs 2025 UK, PEN & SWORD
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1-249310 Degtev, Dmitry HITLER'S COLLAPSE IN THE EAST: A New Analysis of the Catastrophic Campaigns of 1944 An analysis of the Eastern Front in 1944, where Soviet triumphs and German disasters reshaped the war. Details how Germany held vast swathes of Russian territory, but that did not stop the Soviets from launching massive counteroffensives, leading to Operation Bagration. Examines how the disaster that the German army experienced was on a scale never seen before in warfare, as more than 70 percent of the divisions engaged were defeated, destroyed, or captured, while also noting the heavy casualties the Soviets suffered. Contains 16 mono illustrations.1 vol, 256 pgs 2025 UK, FRONTLINE BOOKS
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