Historicals

“They Shall Not Pass!” the French battlecry adopted after Verdun. This hard plastic set allows you to build up to 35 French infantry equipped for either World War One or World War Two (with enough of each type of rifle and heads for all...

“In this sign, conquer”. The legions underwent significant expansion and changes through Diocletian and Constantine’s reforms but by the late 6th century would become almost unrecognizable. Still, the legionaries fought across the whole...

The 1807 Treaty of Tilsit forced Prussia to constrain their army to no more than 42,000 men. They evaded the restriction by the Krümper System of cycling new recruits through the army to create a reserve of trained men. When Prussia declared war on...

CHOSEN MEN The famous Riflemen of the British army fought from Spain to the final shots of La Haye Sainte on the field of Waterloo. Fighting in pairs and able to accurately aim and fire up to two shots per minute, Wellington’s Rifles were an...

VIVE LA FRANCE! 1940. France is occupied by the Germans and the Vichy government does Hitler’s bidding. In the cities and throughout the countryside, brave bands of French men and women work together to slow the Nazi war machine. Air drops of...

GOTT MIT UNS! The war that would be over by Christmas 1914 drags on. Soldiers on both sides are confronted by the grim reality of modern war: trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas. Still, battles must be fought and won at any cost. This...

FEARSOME OPPONENTS DOWN THE AGES... The “Great Game” between Russia and Britain in the 19th century led to Afghanistan becoming a focal point of European interests. Little were British soldiers prepared for the ferocity and tenacity of these...

FEROCIOUS WARRIORS INSPIRED BY CÚ CHULAINN Descendants of the fierce Celtic people, the Irish engaged in constant warfare between tribes on their island and were famous for their raiders who took treasure and slaves from lands across the sea...