New Tide of Iron Expansions
Fantasy Flight Games announced two new upcoming expansions for their WW2 tactical combat board wargame Tide of Iron. First is Normandy: Operation Overlord Expansion that adds the battle for the beaches to the ToI system. Second is Tide of Iron: Designer Series, which is a hardcover scenario pack that provides 20 historical scenarios including one epic scenario that requires two copies of ToI.
It is good to see FFG expand ToI more in the european theatre before taking it off to other fronts. Both expansions should be available in late 2008.
Victory at Sea — Additional Material
Mongoose Publishing has done a good job supporting its WW2 naval miniatures game Victory at Sea. Besides the initial expansion, Order of Battle, they regularly publish new material in their free PDF magazine Signs & Portents. Below are the VaS articles from the latest issues. Read the rest of this entry »
Heroes of Stalingrad — Video
Matrix Games posted some videos of the upcoming computer wargame Heroes of Stalingrad based on Lock ‘n Load Games’ Lock n Load WW2 board wargame. Overall the game looks interesting and appears to be even more of a direct port of the board wargame than we initially thought. Hopefully the AI will be good enough for a challenge.
Apocalypse Reload — Review
The gents over at Bell of Lost Souls have a very nice review of Apocalypse Reload, Games Workshop’s latest expansion for Apocalypse.
Overall if you liked Apocalyse you will want to get Apocalypse Reload. If you did not there is really nothing in it that will change your mind.
This Week in Wargaming — WH40K 5th Edition Review
The This Week in Wargaming podcast has a good show that covers Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition. It features, amoung others, Jon “Brimstone” from Warseer.com. The show is a good overview of what is new in 5th edition and the impact of the changes. Also interesting are the opinions on the impact of the changes on tournament play as well as the recent FAQ updates to the various codices. If you wish to skip right to the 40K material forward to about 30 minutes into the show.
Also check out the D6 Generation 40K show.
This Week in Wargaming — AT-43 Review
This Week in Wargaming did a podcast with a nice overview/review of AT-43. It covers the game and the various factions pretty well. The audio is good but one of the guests has a lower volume than the others that can be somewhat annoying especially if you are listening while driving. If you would like to skip right to the AT-43 material forward to about 40 minutes into the show.
Warhammer 40,000 — Videos
YouTube is loaded with Warhammer 40,000 related videos. Here are a few of the better ones.
Warhammer 40K: Rhino — A real Rhino crushed a car.
Warhammer 40K: Space Hulk — If you remember the classic game you’ll enjoy this one.
Warhammer 40K: Stop Motion Movie Pt 4 — The previous parts are not that interesting but the final battle is well done.
Warhammer 40K: Dreadnought — A great example of what computer animation can do.
Dawn of War Intro — The amazing classic.
Dawn of War 2 Intro — The latest Dawn of War 2 intro introducing the Tyranids.
[Updated: 11FEB09]
AT-43 Dotch Yaga — Preview
Rackham, in Cry Havoc Online #99, released some AT-43 preview images of the upcoming, and long awaited, Red Blok Dotch Yaga strider. They provided a 3D rendering and two different sketches (sketch1, sketch2). The Dotch Yago is somewhat reminiscent of the WW2 German 88mm Flak gun.
Also see more images.
[Updated: 18MAR09]
Games Workshop Design Studio Podcast
Games Workshop has a new irregularly scheduled podcast. Up first is a 46-minute episode on design philosophy,
In our first episode, Studio veteran Jervis Johnson and Warhammer 40,000 rules designer Alessio Cavatore talk about the changes that were made to the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, focusing on the new rules and their impact on the game.
It is an interesting podcast but the audio quality is not the best and the various accents can be a bit tough to understand. You can subscribe directly.
They now have part two available, Design Philosophy II: 40K Rulebook Background Section.
[Updated: 31JUL08]
AT-43 Cogs and More
Rackham, in Cry Havoc Online #97, released some preview images of upcoming AT-43 minis. There are a few Cog figures that all look a bit too skinny to be threatening. Hopefully the other Cog troops look a bit more scary.
There are also two new figures (troop and TacArm) for the O.N.I. Corps. I have not heard of this faction before and do not know if it is a new playable army or a portion of the U.N.A. Army. Certainly the weapons and use of the name TacArm seem to indicate U.N.A. origins.
They also showed a Therian Golgoth concept image (image1 and image2) created by a player that looks very nice indeed.
Cry Havoc Online #98 has some better looking Cogs.
Cry Havoc Online #99 has a Cog in what looks like an exoskeleton (or maybe powered armor) with missile launchers. Image1, Image2, Image3.
Cry Havoc Online #100 has a number of new AT-43 images. First is a nice size comparison shot of the Cogs. They are big indeed! There is the Fire Crawler lieutenant card. Perhaps most interesting, and very menacing, is the final MRX Golgoth conversion (image1, image2, image3, image4).
Cry Havoc #105 has some more great shots of painted Cogs.
Also see AT-43 Previews.
See more Cog news.
[Updated: 1MAY09]
The View from the Turret 
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