Extra Impetus 3 arrives in stock at Fighting 15s

Extra Impetus 3

Fighting 15s has taken delivery of Extra Impetus 3, the third supplement for Lorenzo Sartori’s ancients and medievals wargames rules. This full-colour softback comprises 44 pages plus covers and includes 46 army lists that cover four periods: Italy in the 15th century, Europe in the 15th century, the Wars of the Roses, and the Ottoman Empire.

Extra Impetus 3 costs £14.50.

The main rules are now back in stock, along with the first two supplements. All are available in the Fighting 15s shop.

Eureka Miniatures 15mm SF German Stormtroopers

Eureka Miniatures 15mm SF German Stormtroopers

Fighting 15s now has stocks of Eureka Miniatures’ expanded range of 15mm SF German Stormtroopers, and the codes have been uploaded to the Fighting 15s shop.

Repercussions of Walk the Wight

At the finish line

Ian of Fighting 15s and his wife Janet walked the Wight on  Sunday 16 May, raising a total of £545 between them for the walk’s charity, the Earl Mountbatten Hospice. Ian and Janet would like to thank everyone who sponsored them.

They started at 6.42 am and finished at 4.50pm, taking 10 hours 8 minutes to cover the 26.8-mile trek (slightly longer than previously advised, as the route at the end can change a bit).

This morning both of us hurt a bit, and therefore Fighting 15s will not be open today, and there will be a delay in dealing with orders placed at the weekend. Ian will get around to them as soon as possible, and to other orders delayed by the Salute backlog.

Carisbrooke Castle: Ian and Janet reach the halfway mark for Walk the Wight.

Wargames show dates for Fighting 15s

Fighting 15s’ intended wargames show schedule for the rest of 2010 includes Phalanx (St Helens, Merseyside, 19 June), Valhalla (Farnborough, 20 June), Attack (Devizes, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 July), Claymore (Edinburgh, Saturday 7 August), Colours (Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September, Newbury), SELWG (Sunday 17 October, Crystal Palace, London), and Warfare (Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 November, Reading).

Fighting 15s attends most shows in conjunction with Black Hat Miniatures, its partner in Oozlum Games. However, Fighting 15s attends Attack, Claymore and Phalanx on its own and with reduced stock levels. Fighting 15s will also have limited stock at Valhalla.

Fighting 15s will be at no other shows this year.

Fighting 15s gets set to walk the Wight

On 16 May, Ian of Fighting 15s will be taking a gentle stroll across the Isle of Wight, from one end to the other. The 26.5-mile walk  starts in Bembridge in the east, and finishes at the Needles in the west, allowing Ian to collapse gracefully at least fairly near to home.

Ian is doing the walk mainly because he was talked into doing it and, because he is 50 this year, it seemed worth marking this landmark by doing something special. He has spent the last couple of months going for very long walks in preparation.

Walk the Wight is one of the main fundraising events for the Isle of Wight’s Earl Mountbatten Hospice. The hospice – the only one on the Island – cares for over 800 terminally ill patients each year free of charge, and is maintained by charitable donations.

Ian has set up a Just Giving page at www.justgiving.com/ianiow, with the aim of achieving the modest target of £200. Fighting 15s will match this target, if it is hit, with a £200 donation.

Ian’s walker number for the event is 3275.

Oozlum Games: Price cut on Martian Empires rules

Martian Empires, Oozlum Games’ set of Victorian SF rules, has dropped in price from GBP15.00 to GBP10.00. Mike and I have been talking about the price of this set of rules for some time, and as we have virtually covered our printing costs, and because Mike has a whole pile of new releases planned or under way for figures for the game, we have decided the price can drop to stimulate further interest – the Yahoo group already has over 400 members, which is quite healthy, but more are welcome.

I am also still working on putting together the print edition of Huzzah!, which will be Oozlum Games’ next release, probably around the time of Salute 2010. But I have a lot to do to get it to the same standard as Martian Empires on presentation, and to combine the current three volumes into one.

Martian Empires is available direct from Black Hat in the UK and Scale Creep in the US. The price in the US has fallen from USD35.00 to just USD20.00. Martian Empires is also listed in the rules section of the Fighting 15s site.

Oddzial Osmy 1:600: new arrivals at Fighting 15s

Oddzial Osmy 1:600 (3mm): BW-625 MAN 7t milgl truck

We’re pleased to say that our latest consignment of new releases from Oddzial Osmy’s 1:600 ranges of WWII and modern vehicles and aircraft has arrived and the codes are now in the online shop.

Arrivals include:

Moderns:

BW-625 MAN 7t milgl – heavy military 6×6 truck

MN-601 Saab J35F Draken
MN-602 Saab AJ37 Viggen

US-656 M41 Walker Bulldog – US light tank, made to replace M24 Chafee
US-657 PBR Mk II  – Riverine fast patrol boat
US-658 M551 Sheridan

UK-626 Fox armoured car
UK-627 Rapier (tracked)

WWII:

WBR-624 Bofors 40mm and Morris, AA gun with tractor
WBR-625 2pdr portee, AT gun mounted on truck
WBR-626 Daimler Mk I heavy armoured car
WBR-627 British 25pdr field gun
WBR-628 Morris C8 Field Artillery Tractor
WBR-629 British 6pdr AT gun
WBR-630 Loyd Carrier

WWH-663 Sdkfz 11 artillery tractor

Packs cost GBP2.50 inc VAT each and typically include 15 vehicles or 8 aircraft. That’s about GBP2.17 ex VAT, or USD3.50 per pack.

Oddzial Osmy’s first 1:600 releases for the Israeli forces are expected to arrive at Fighting 15s within the next week.

Changing currencies in the Fighting 15s shop

Fighting 15s has just added the US dollar to our Worldpay payment system, which means we can display prices in dollars as well as pounds sterling and euros in the shop. The option to change currency appears at the bottom right of the website, as in the picture above.

Prices displayed will still include VAT at 17.5%, which is removed for US customers in the cart on choosing appropriate tax region. So a displayed price of USD3.72 for a pack of Oddzial Osmy 1:600 vehicles, for example, becomes USD3.17 on removal of tax. And a pack of eight 15mm AB infantry at USD5.70 becomes USD4.85 on removal of tax – just over 60 cents a figure. All based on exchange rates current at the time of writing.

Although prices are displayed in currencies other than pounds sterling, final transactions may be carried out in pounds sterling using the live exchange rate at the time. Final transaction value may vary slightly, therefore, from the total displayed.

A reminder that the Fighting 15s shopping cart charges postage at cost based on the weight of the items sent, in weight bands according to Royal Mail banding for large letter or small packet rate.

Eureka 28mm Napoleon at Arcola set

Napoleon at Arcola 1796

Eureka’s first release for its new Wars of the French Revolution range, the Napoleon at Arcola 1796 set  (100WFR01), has arrived in stock and is now available in the Fighting 15s shop. The price of this set, which includes a resin bridge and five white metal figures, is GBP15.00.

EM-4 Figure Bases Back in Stock

We have just taken delivery of a new consignment of plastic figure bases from EM-4, and all codes in this line are now back in stock – including the very popular 25mm square base. EM-4 bases are available in our online shop.