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The News Stand: 05/06/2026

It’s the start of June, and soon we shall be entering Summer proper. But no matter the weather, we have all the latest news from the Ultramodern Wargaming World. Zombies, 2D Structures, SAS Operators and more! Read on for all the details!

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The News Stand: 09/01/2026

09/01/2026

New Year, New Time slot and plenty of things to cover! There were quite a few releases during my holiday/SPOTREP writing break, so we’ll get caught up on that and see what has come out since we flipped the calendar.
Actions On For 2026

08/01/2026

Welcome to 2026! The New Year was brought in with a new tradition (a momentary pause from hanging out on Discord with my friends) and now I’m back to work, both at the day job and on the hobby table. So let’s talk about the plans for that hobby table. Also, by happy coincidence, this post is coming out on my birthday! Looking Back How did 2025 go? Well, the good news was that I managed to be pretty consistent with getting the blog’s main post, “The News Stand”, out each week. I hit 100 editions of the post and,…
CoC’ing It Up – A Return To France with Version 2

03/01/2026

So I have a slight embarrassing confession to make – before last weekend, I hadn’t actually managed to get Chain of Command 2 (released in May last year) onto the board to play despite the fact I was genuinely excited for. The reason for this is pretty simple – last year was a poor one for getting games on the table, especially games that didn’t have “Necromunda” or “Old World” in the name. However, with the Christmas season upon us, and a hankering for some WW2 action amongst our group, we decided to get a game in. As this was…
SPOTREP – Winter 2025 Is Out!

31/12/2025

Just a little update note – the first edition of SPOTREP (my series of articles looking at the current state of the Ultramodern wargaming space) is now out. It’s taken me way too long to get my ideas together and written down (the original post was planned to be released in October) but I’ve finally managed to make a good follow up to the original post back in 2022. Due to the amount of work needed and the time taken, SPOTREP posts (both the Quarterly Update and the Company Profiles that will be coming soon) will be available for the…
The News Stand: 10/12/2025

11/12/2025

It’s time for the final edition of The News Stand for 2025 as the Christmas season begins. That doesn’t mean that this edition is anything less than usual – there are plenty of previews and upcoming releases to get the Ultramodern wargamer excited. Even some stompy robots!
The News Stand: 02/12/2025

02/12/2025

Black Friday is done, December is here, which means only one thing – there are only three more editions of The News Stand before Christmas! Read on for this week’s updates – and yep, that’s a lot of Patreon updates.
The News Stand: 26/11/2025

27/11/2025

With a little delay for technical reasons (and also because of the multiple bits of news I noticed were dropping today), it’s time for the Black Friday edition of The News Stand! This edition is packed full of new releases, previews, Kickstarters and more!
The News Stand: 18/11/2025

18/11/2025

New week, new edition of The News Stand. I managed to peel myself away from rounds of Breakthrough in Battlefield 6 to grab this week’s collection of previews, Kickstarter updates and more from all corners of the Ultramodern Wargaming World. Read on for more!