WW1 Early War Russian Cossacks from Kallistra

A preview of the master figures - WW1 Early War Russian Cossacks, both mounted and dismounted plus the horse holder and mount - to be released shortly.

WW1 Early War Russian Cossacks

Kallistra Ltd

The Australians In South Africa: Letters From The Front (Second Boer War)

A Matomaton military history reference book.

The Australians In South Africa: Letters From The Front (Second Boer War), A collection of articles written by A.G. Hales, the special war correspondent of the Daily News, following the involvement of Australian troops in the Second Boer War and also offering comment on the combatants and people of South Africa. 

Details

The PDF contains:

-- Four pages for the cover, title page, the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text) and a short biography of the author.

-- Twenty-six articles covering the Australian troops, the Boer peoples and various actions.

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This is a companion to The British In Africa and The Great Boer War.   There are also map, illustration and photograph collections along with a collectable cards collection.

About A.G. Hales

Alfred Arthur Greenwood "Smiler" Hales was born in Adelaide in 1860.  His first book detailed his adventures travelling around Australia working as a farm hand and lead him to travel in England and America before returning to found a number of publications in his homeland.   Later Hales joined the Daily News as a war correspondent and covered the Second Boer War in a manner often critical of the British.   He was wounded and captured by the Boers and was only released at the end of the conflict.    Despite his experiences he went on to work as a war correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War and First World War.

Please Note

Please be aware that the text of this PDF was written in an age when sensibilities were somewhat less delicate and attitudes to peoples not of the British Isles were considerably less enlightened.

About Matomaton

I've long been fascinated by military history and over the years have gathered a collection of reference books and images like those included in this PDF. Now I've been encouraged to make them available to other wargamers and roleplayers for reference and to add period detail to related games.

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These PDF files may not be resold or redistributed. If you are interested in using copies of the individual images for use in commercial projects, please contact me via my website.

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Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria, This special bundle product contains the following titles:

The British In Afghanistan: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book. A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British actions in Afghanistan during the reign of Queen Victoria. This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world. Details The PDF contains: -- Four pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text). -- Fourteen articles describing and discussing particular actions, campaigns and wars fought by the British Army in Afghanistan. -- Each of the two major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject. Also Available (or Coming Soon) Thi...

The British In Africa: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book. A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British actions in Africa during the reign of Queen Victoria. This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world. Details The PDF contains: -- Five pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text). -- Fifteen articles describing and discussing particular actions, campaigns and wars fought by the British Army and Navy in Abyssinia, Ashanti and South Africa up to the First Boer War. -- Each of the eleven major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate ...

The British In China: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book. A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British actions in China during the reign of Queen Victoria. This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world. Details The PDF contains: -- Four pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text). -- Fifteen articles describing and discussing particular actions, campaigns and wars fought by the British Army and Navy in China. -- Each of the four major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject. Also Available (or Coming Soon) This s...

The British In Egypt: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book. A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British actions in Egypt and the Sudan during the reign of Queen Victoria. This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world. Details The PDF contains: -- Four pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text). -- Twelve articles describing and discussing particular actions, campaigns and wars fought by the British Army and Navy in Egypt and North Africa. -- Each of the three major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject. Also Avai...

The British In India: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book. A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British actions in India during the reign of Queen Victoria. This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world. Details The PDF contains: -- Five pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text). -- Eighteen articles describing and discussing particular actions, campaigns and wars fought by the British Army in India. -- Each of the five major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject. Also Available (or Coming Soon) This series in...

The British In The Arctic: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book. A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British explorations of the Arctic during the reign of Queen Victoria. This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world. Details The PDF contains: -- Four pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text). -- Ten articles describing and discussing the British Navy's expeditions to the Arctic. -- Each of the three major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject. Also Available (or Coming Soon) This series includes PDFs covering war...

The British In The Crimea: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book. A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British actions in the Crimea during the reign of Queen Victoria. This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world. Details The PDF contains: -- Five pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text). -- Thirty-two articles describing and discussing particular actions, campaigns and wars fought by the British Army and Navy in the Crimea. -- Both of the two major sections are preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject. Also Available (or Coming S...

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The British In The Arctic: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria

A Matomaton military history reference book.

The British In The Arctic: Gallant Deeds In The Reign Of Queen Victoria, A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British explorations of the Arctic during the reign of Queen Victoria.

This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world.

Details

The PDF contains:

-- Four pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text).

-- Ten articles describing and discussing the British Navy's expeditions to the Arctic.

-- Each of the three major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject.

Also Available (or Coming Soon)

This series includes PDFs covering wars and campaigns fought in Afghanistan, Africa, China, the Crimea, Egypt and the Indian subcontinent, as well as British exploration of the Arctic.

There are also accompanying maps collections covering the key battles and campaigns described in this series.

Please Note

Please be aware that the text of this PDF was written in an age when sensibilities were somewhat less delicate and attitudes to peoples not of the British Isles were considerably less enlightened.

About WHG Kingston

Though most famous as a writer of adventure stories and historical fiction, William Henry Giles Kingston also wrote a number of factual accounts of travel, discovery and military exploits. His lifelong love of the sea was the source of much of his work and began when he travelled to and from Portugal as a child. He would later receive a Portuguese knighthood, his earlier writings having proven influential in the Anglo-Portuguese treaty of 1842.

About Matomaton

I've long been fascinated by military history and over the years have gathered a collection of reference books and images like those included in this PDF. This series of books covers a period of British history that I find particularly interesting and will be returning to in future texts.

Legal

These PDF files may not be resold or redistributed. If you are interested in using copies of the individual images for use in commercial projects, please contact me via my website.

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Insurrection

Insurrection is a scenario supplement for Third Edition Starfire, based upon the novel "Insurrection" written by David Weber and Steve White. After the Fourth Interstellar War, the Terran corporate worlds had gained a concentration of political, economic, and social power compared to the fringe worlds. Corporate world politicians invited the Khanate of Orion to a political union in order to dilute the political power of the fringe and the fringe responded by withdrawing from the Terran Federation and starting a civil war. This supplement includes new technologies for HT14 and HT15.

Insurrection requires the 3rd Edition Tactical Rulebook to play out the scenarios that are included as part of the story line.

Find out more about Starfire at  or on our Facebook page

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Battalion: North Africa '40 - '43 BETA

Battalion: North Africa '40 - '43 BETA,   THIS IS A BETA!

This game is:

unfinshed
broken
in development
incomplete
subject to changes, minor and radical
a work in progress
unillustrated
Buying this BETA does notget you the finished version of the game!

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME UNLESS YOU WANT TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO ITS DEVELOPMENT.

NOT READY FOR REVIEW.

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Round of Fire - Core Rules

Round of Fire is a skirmish game that simulates the dynamics of battle through a unique activation system. The game rules are tailored around the Wheel, a solution to break from the concept of turns and to consider the battle as a continuous flow of actions.

Players must make decisions at every point in the fight to effectively coordinate and maneuver their troops. Miniatures of many styles and scales can be used with the system, with players controlling anywhere between a handful to two dozen figures each. Figures and weapons are profiled through statistics that affect their use in the game and on the Wheel.

The 94 pages of the Core Rules allow games in virtually any setting, covering mechanics for firefights and close combat encounters.

The manual also offers profiles for near-future battles, covering five factions representing tropes that span countless settings from highly trained elite troops to desperate scavengers, fictional militias to insurgents, or even swarms of mindless robots, with 14 customizable types of troops presented and over 30 weapon types. There are nine playable scenarios in the manual as well, both symmetric and asymmetric, to provide competitive setups and more story-driven encounters. Example profiles for medieval and renaissance units and weapons are also proposed.

Cards are also provided to keep track of units and weapons statistics during the game, and tokens to be printed and cut for the wheel.

Find more on the Round of Fire group on Facebook!

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