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The News Stand: 17/07/2026

You can tell it’s summer as this week’s post is missing many of the big names (who I assume are taking a well-needed break). However, there are still plenty of exciting things to talk about, with releases, previews and more! Read on for all the details!

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The News Stand: 28/04/2024

29/04/2024

This week, the news returns with a vengeance – new releases from Empress, Kickstarters, previews and more! Read on for more! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Empress Miniatures Releases Ultramodern Ukrainian Civilian Militia Slightly sooner than expected (Partisan isn’t for another few weeks), we have the release on the Empress Miniatures website of the Ukrainian Militia figures shown off a Salute a few weeks…
SITREP: A Matter of Scale

25/04/2024

I’ve been into Ultramodern Wargaming for almost 10 years at this point, from the first figures ordered in a Dundee student flat to running this blog and spending a lot of time talking, writing, painting, playing and thinking about wargaming. That’s a lot of time to gather a lot of rules, a lot of scenery and a lot of figures. And if there are two things I’ve learn over that time: Ah ha! You thought this post was just going to be about figure scales based on the header, didn’t you? Nope, it’s a double hit. We get to talk…
The News Stand: 22/04/2024

22/04/2024

New updates this week from across the spectrum of Ultramodern Wargaming. Scenarios from Spectre, Vehicles from Miska, Cool Operators from Combat Octopus and Scenery from Urban Scatter Gaming. What’s not to like? As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Releases New Rules Content and Previews A Pile of LTVs Spectre Miniatures this week has been going hard on releasing new rules updates for Spectre…
Combat Geometry

21/04/2024

Listen, I am on record of disliking Combat Geometry. Combat Geometry is the feature of rank and flank games, the clashing of big blocks of troops that slowly trudge forwards, where players spend time humming and ahhing over specific degrees before rolling a mountain of dice. I prefer a little more cut and thrust, a quicker move as play goes back and forth drawing me towards skirmish games. My time in Rank and Flank is usually only from demo games at clubs or ending up in a games room in Darlington under the watchful eye of 3D printing sensei/Creative Regular…
The News Stand: 15/04/2024

15/04/2024

Hey so remember how last week was an absolutely massive bumper edition? Well, it seems like it may have affected the tides of content because this week is much quieter! With the fewest items I’ve had for a while, I had to include the same company twice in the header image! Anyway, on with the news! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Previews…
SITREP: Stumbling Through Blender

15/04/2024

As you may have seen, I have a 3D printer (I’ve talked a little bit about it). Since I got my first printer back in December 2020, I’ve been printing with STL files produced by other people – something glorious about having the printer at the beck and call is the fact there are so many creators online producing a wide variety of figures, vehicles and more. I dread to think how much resin I’ve used since 2020, but if the stack of filament I’ve used since I got the Neptune 4 is a clue, it’s not a small amount.…
The News Stand: 08/04/2024

08/04/2024

April has well and truly begun, complete with our first April showers (I’m writing this as a storm pelts the window). But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a pile of new updates from the world of Ultramodern Gaming – as well as a few other things that had to be included. It appears to be Kickstarter Season! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre…
The News Stand: 01/04/2024

01/04/2024

As much as I wanted to start this week’s News Stand with an April Fools, Warlord Games frankly went over the top with the sheer number of them. Instead, I can promise you a post without a single fake entry, instead bringing you a pile of new releases, previews and more! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Deploys Starter Set and Reinforcements for…