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Digital Apocalypse
Games Workshop have, as it getting to be the norm now, released their most recent publication, Apocalypse as a digital book for the iPad, a snip at £44.99. The greatest heroes of the age lead...
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The Lizardmen Army Book
Games Workshop have released, as is becoming the norm now, a digital version of their Warhammer Army Book for the Lizardmen. The Lizardmen army book has all the content of the hardback edition, plus...
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How to Paint Citadel Miniatures: Lizardmen
Games Workshop have released one of their digital guides to painting their miniatures, this time on painting the newly released Lizardmen. Brightly coloured scales, tarnished golden weapons and...
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Doctor Who: Spore
As part of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, there are going to be eleven short novels from famous authors covering (as you might have guessed) all eleven Doctors. The eighth books features the...
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Steampunk Soldiers
Really like the idea and concept of this recent publication by Osprey, Steampunk Soldiers, covers a world which might have been. Steampunk Soldiers is a unique pictorial guide to the last great era of...
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Bolt Action on the Kindle
I did not know this. The Bolt Action rules are available for the Kindle as an eBook and in some cases are significantly cheaper than the printed versions. Though I prefer real paper books when playing...
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Illustrated Harry Potter Books
So if you like Harry Potter, you will be pleased to hear that there are now new illustrated versions. All seven books will be made available. Amazon have the Philosopher’s Stone for £15. These...
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Steampunk Soldiers: The American Frontier
Those of you who are regular readers of the blog will know that I have been playing around with Old West figures and games, but have also been adding Steampunk elements to my games, as reflected in...
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SS-GB
Adapted from Len Deighton’s 1978 alternate history novel, and starring Sam Riley and Kate Bosworth, SS-GB premieres on BBC One on the 19th February 2017. Produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd and written...
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Alpha and Omega
I am tempted by the new Harry Turtledove novel, Alpha and Omega. What would happen if the ancient prophecy of the End of Days came true? It is certainly the last thing Eric Katz, a secular...
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A Bridge Too Far
I have been meaning to watch this film again for a while after reading Antony Beevor’s The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II. In the book, Antony Beevor, using often...
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From Crimea with Love: Misadventures in the Making of Sharpe’s Rifles
After rediscovering Sharpe, I also saw that Jason Salkey, who played Private Harris has written a book about his experiences in making the series: From Crimea with Love: Misadventures in the Making of...
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Sharpe’s Command
The next Sharpe book has been published, Sharpe’s Command. “If any man can do the impossible it’s Richard Sharpe . . .” And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do...
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Dead of Night
This spring sees the release of the new Alex Garland film, Civil War. Set in an America which is breaking apart, the film is about a group of journalists travelling across the United States in an ever...
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