Creators of Blood and Plunder. A historical tabletop game of high stakes buccaneering on the Spanish Main
First Command Wargames, Our wargaming rules focus on quick and simple mechanics. We want them to be easy to learn and to teach new players.
We think players should be able to focus on the game and not struggle to recall complicated systems for moving troops, combat, or morale. Our rules are written both for the new player, taking control of his first command, or the veteran campaigner seeing his 100th battle.
We currently sell our products through Lulu and Wargames Vault
Flashpoint Miniatures is an Australian wargames and miniatures manufacturing company located in the jungle covered mountains of Northern rivers NSW. We specialise in 15mm scale military figurines and terrain.
We specialise in 15mm scale military figures and terrain.
Flashpoint Miniatures has established the foundation of a constantly evolving range of 15mm miniatures and accessories with a focus on the ‘Vietnam’ War and Ultra-Modern ‘small wars’ conflicts.
We are first and foremost wargamers, with a long collective experience in wargaming, so aim to produce and source good looking , robustly made , best quality, value-for-money wargaming miniatures and accessories that we would want to (and do) use ourselves.
We acquired Flashpoint miniatures in late 2012 when the previous owners of the range had sorta let the range languish, and were not really getting the best out of what we thought were a fantastic range of 15mm Vietnam war miniatures.
Our wargaming interest is in 15mm Vietnam War COIN wargaming (and Ultra Modern period ‘small wars’) and has been since the first decent 15mm Vietnam Wargaming figures appeared in the mid 1990’s .
Long before this we wargamed slightly smaller skirmishes with plastic 20mm figures ; but 15mm allows for larger battles while still retaining some ‘personality’ that 6mm figures can’t offer.
We have played many of the Vietnam war tabletop rules on offer since the 80’s, and enjoy the unique challenge of Vietnam period wargaming for it’s tactical complexity (like lots of hidden movement and concealment) , ‘cold war’ period taste ( like pre satellite era technology, ‘can do’ attitude, and ‘must do’ ideology ) and exotic local flavour ( numbah one ! )
The Future of Flashpoint Miniatures. depends on you !The Flashpoint miniatures design team is developing our products and thinking of new ways to enhance what we offer, often in the light of tabletop experience or research.
We are dedicated to ensuring that our product ranges are kept fresh and are constantly bolstered with new additions to enhance our customers’ tactical disposition , quality satisfaction and inner happiness.
Our customers are our biggest source of inspiration, we welcome feedback as a means of determining our future projects and look to ensure that the products we do produce are good looking , robustly made , best quality, value-for-money wargaming miniatures and accessories, and address areas and subjects that may have been previously neglected or simply not addressed yet.
Flashpoint Miniatures takes pride in the quality of our product.
“We” are a small cottage industry , a small group of wargamers , modellers , designers, innovative thinkers, skilled artisans, production technicians, and office gurus.
We are committed to providing the player with exciting and constant releases, and the consumer with a level of customer service second to none.
Our metal figures are made from a top quality pewter metal which makes small pieces, like the ends of weapons, much stronger. It also provides sharp crisp edges on models which makes painting a breeze and provides great edges that makes dry brushing effective.
Our vehicles are a combination of high quality polyurethane resin and metal components. This combination allows us to provide tough and light-weight high-detailed vehicles with a choice of add-on combinations. We have had unsolicited praise from customers for the degree of detail and simplicity of our M113 range of models, and the design innovation of our LVTP5 and LVTH6 models.
We also supply plastic kit helicopters which are also of high detail and go together quickly and easily, and a developing range of terrain and accessory items adding even more detail to your wargaming table.
Green Pigeon
New South Wales
2474
Australia
Forged in Battle manufactures of miniatures for wargamers.
Our “Battle Ready System” cuts the time from opening the box to playing your first game down to the bare minimum. Resin bodies - All vehicle hulls/bodies plus wheels and/or tracks are cast on a base in a single resin piece. This eliminates many of the problems of traditional white metal kits. - squashing, - tapering, - ovalisation, - mould lines, - flash and - poor fit of parts. We believe our models are the most accurate and best proportioned on the market.
Forged in Battle made for War! Or at least Wargaming. Established in 2007 Forged in Battle (FiB) grew steadily, becoming a major supplier of 15mm WWII tanks and miniatures.
In 2014 we took FiB to Kickstarter, the crowd funding website. This is where we experienced a massive explosion in the growth of the company. Our War & Empire range grew from six armies, to over twenty. Throughout the course of a year we designed, sculpted, moulded and manufactured over half a million miniatures!
Who are we?
Andy Cooper
Head of Design and MD at Forged in Battle. Andy has a whole lot of experience in the miniatures business, having worked within the industry for over thirty years. One of the best commercial sculptors, Andy has worked for many companies over the years and Forged in Battle is the culmination of all his experience. FiB is his baby.
Wendy Cooper
General Manager MD. Wendy runs the business, no small task looking after everything and staying sane.
Andrew Rawling
Straight line Modeller/Sculptor and Chief Mould Maker. Andrew makes our extraordinary tanks and equipment.
Forged in Battle Staff
Martin, Lee, Dave and Chris, without these guys there would be no toys at all.
Unit 201
Waterside Mill
Tanner Business Centre
Greenfield
Oldham
OL3 7NH
The Four Horsemen publishes the miniature wargame rules for Ancient and Medieval Warfare. Devoted to the most challenging and thought provoking set of ancient and medieval wargaming rules available today.
8 Neal Drive
Simsbury
CT 06070
Since 1978, Game Design is the name of the business I started after selling my half of Judges Guild. I then produced a travel related board game called Going Places that I sold 5,000 of before going back to Franklin Travel full time. However I have maintained Game Design as a sideline to sell odds and ends while producing lots of free play aids for favorite games.
Products:
D-Day/Normandy maps in 4 hex scales for platoon, company or battalion-per-stand game scenarios and campaigns
Judges Guild Swag & Wilderlands Maps at CafePress
Judges Guild history books (1st & 2nd edition) at Lulu & new 3rd edition: printed $12.00 and Kindle $4.99 editions (or buy both versions with the Kindle costing just $1.99 more)
Veteran’s memoir, Rupert Macpherson’s From Tot To Trooper about his youth and then time in Patton’s army as a Tank Destroyer battalion officer
Free World War II wargame play aids:
Memory Boxes for WWII Veterans
NUTS! Final Version skirmish level game
Command Decision: Test of Battle
3mm Scale CD (1:600 scale)
3mm Blog
Great Battles of WWII: company-level miniature rule set
General Quarters 3: Naval Miniatures
Board Games list
Free Civil War wargame play aids:
Volley & Bayonet: miniature ruleset for 1700-1850
Tour group designer, as a travel agent since 1972: origination, sales to leaders & organizations, research & planning, costing & pricing, fliers & web bookings, tracking & operation, archive & cloning; 1992 American Express Global Travel Award winner; co-owner of Franklin Travel from 1974-2003. Tour Group LLC group design automation and help planning tour groups from idea, costing, proposal, brochure and booking on line at a responsive site.
Olive grove farmer since 2014, Uruguay.
Wargaming since 1965, I was a founding partner in 1976 of Judges Guild, fantasy play aids publisher for D&D and other game systems. I sold my half of the company in 1978. A fan of the miniature wargame rules, Command Decision, since its 1st edition in 1991, I have made several play aids for CD and another Frank Chadwick game, Volley & Bayonet. Other favorites: Great Battles of World War II, General Quarters 3 and Nuts! I am on CD’s https://store.testofbattle.com/ forum, the Facebook groups: Naval Wargaming, 6mm Wargaming; plus Yahoo groups for the various rule sets that I follow.
I have custom-designed and led wargamers’ battlefield tours. In Europe 1991’s Millennium of Mayhem with James F Dunnigan & Al Nofi, 1997’s Tanks for the Memories, 2003’s Wargame Your Way Across Europe & 2010’s Tour of Battle: France & Belgium Battlefields with Al Nofi, then 2011-2015’s Civil War Train on vintage private train cars to Civil War battlefields.
Game Designers Workshop (GDW) was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.
Volley & BayonetCommand Decision 2nd Edition
Ganesha games, a producer of tabletop wargames, pen-and-paper roleplaying games, and board games. Our games are available directly from us and from many online vendors as printed books or as PDF ebooks.
Block A
Jalan Pju 1a/3
Ara Damansara
47301 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Malaysia
Gangfight Games specializes in fast and fun tabletop battle games, such as Blackwater Gulch and Mechadrome.
GCT Studios is a British games company founded in 2010. We are a group of individuals from a variety of backgrounds with a common love of tabletop gaming. We aim to design and produce games, that are both challenging for the strategist and fun for the casual gamer.
We are gamers at heart and aim to stay true to our gaming roots, all our miniatures and games are designed and produced to the highest standards.