Epic Battles
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Fought over the first three days of July in 1863, the battle for Gettysburg proved to be the high tide of the Confederacy and the turning point of the American Civil War. The Confederate army of North Virginia, under General Lee, and fresh from...
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The 17th century saw the recruitment of vast armies across Europe that clashed against each other in bloody wars that decided ultimate temporal and divine authority. The Thirty Years’ War was one of the longest and most destructive wars in European history. Ostensibly about...
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The Covenanters were those in Scotland who had signed the National Covenant in 1638 which opposed King Charles I’s interference in religious matters. The Covenanters were well equipped and motivated, led by officers who had served in the Thirty Years War, and were an...
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After Napoleon entered Paris and started the Hundred Days campaign, King William II of Prussia recalled Blücher from his retirement in Silesia and set him the task of facing down the upstart Frenchman. He was placed in command of the Army of the Lower...
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Sunday, 18 June 1815; on an unassuming rain-soaked field in Belgium; two great generals of the age finally met in battle. The climactic clash of the Hundred Days campaign wrought the end of around twenty years of continuous warfare on the continent, and with...
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Sunday, 18 June 1815; on an unassuming rain-soaked field in Belgium; two great generals of the age finally met in battle; ending fifteen years of continuous warfare on the continent, and bringing to an end the reign of Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo, arguable...
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In 1861, the Southern States saw Abraham Lincoln’s election to President of the fledgling United States of America as a direct threat to their states' rights and way of life. America was united no more, the Union split as a new Confederate States of...
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The Royalist Scots army of Montrose has always been a favourite with wargamers. A small force almost entirely dependent on its infantry, this army was usually outnumbered, but rarely outfought on the battlefield. The Irish Brigade and Highland clans give the army its unique...
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This scenery pack contains the strategically vital farmhouse at Hougoumont. The importance of the walled chateau at Hougoumont was underlined by the elite troops the Duke of Wellington placed in its defence. These troops were garrisoned just before their French enemy also sought to...
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The wars of the 17th century ranged across the whole of Northern Europe, ravaging the countryside. Whether it was the Thirty Years’ War of the Holy Roman Empire against the Protestant Alliance, or the English Civil Wars of the Parliamentarian ‘Roundheads’ against the Royalist...
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‘Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or...
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Can you succeed where Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army failed? Can you capture the farm at Papelotte from the Allied garrison before the Prussians enter the field during the battle of Waterloo, or will your valiant Nassau defenders see off the savage assaults of Les...
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The wars of the 17th century ranged across the whole of Northern Europe, ravaging the countryside. Whether it was the Thirty Years’ War of the Holy Roman Empire against the Protestant Alliance, or the English Civil Wars of the Parliamentarian ‘Roundheads’ against the Royalist...
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The wars of the 17th century ranged across the whole of Northern Europe, ravaging the countryside. Whether it was the Thirty Years’ War of the Holy Roman Empire against the Protestant Alliance, or the English Civil Wars of the Parliamentarian ‘Roundheads’ against the Royalist...
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The wars of the 17th century ranged across the whole of Northern Europe, ravaging the countryside. Whether it was the Thirty Years’ War of the Holy Roman Empire against the Protestant Alliance, or the English Civil Wars of the Parliamentarian ‘Roundheads’ against the Royalist...
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This scenery pack provides one of the most famous buildings in military history - the farmhouse at La Haye Sainte. An anchor to the Allied army's left flank and vital communication line to his Prussian allies, the epic struggle at La Haye Sainte is...
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This custom selected paint set produced by our very own studio team will arm you with the bespoke colours needed to dress for battle both your Union and Confederate forces in either 28mm or Epic Battle Scale. Containing 9 high pigment paints, a wash...
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The Covenanters were those in Scotland who had signed the National Covenant in 1638 which opposed King Charles I’s interference in religious matters when he attempted to impose changes on the Scottish Church. Although siding with Parliament in the Civil Wars, it was never...
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The most basic infantry building block was the infantry regiment (referred to as a “battalion” in Hardee’s drill manual, which was used by both sides). In both North and South the infantry regiments were organised on similar lines. A regiment typically comprised ten companies,...
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Resplendent in their stylish coloured uniforms the zouave light infantry were involved in all major battles of the American Civil War. Arguably the most renowned of Confederate zouave regiment being the Louisiana Tigers. Fighting on horseback and armed with pistol, sabre and carbine, the...