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Carronade, Falkirk

We will be attending Carronade this weekend in Falkirk. If you are looking to pick up anything in particular drop us an e-mail through our contacts page and we'll put stock aside. For details of the show follow the link below.

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Poland Campaign 1939. Operation Fall Weiss - German OOB

We have just uploaded the second of our Poland Campaign Orders of Battle to the Downloads section of our website. This OOB gives details of a German Infantry platoon. This will be followed by the Soviet Order of Battle. Click on the title above to go to the Poland Campaign Orders of Battle Page.

Battle for the Bridgehead - Beyond Omaha

The PDF is now availiable from our online store, click on the following LINK to go to the store.

We have just finished our first scenario book, Battle for the Bridgehead - Beyond Omaha. The Beyond Omaha campaign follows the first hours and days of the 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalion’s and 29th Infantry Division’s combat experience during the invasion of Normandy. Click on the title above to have a look at the preview for the PDF. This is the first PDF that we have released for sale. The PDF presents 9 scenarios that can be played alone or as part of two interlinking campaigns: Rudder’s Rangers and Blue & Gray, each scenario gives a detailed separate brief for both the Axis and Allied players. The PDF is 58 pages long and costs £5.

Errata Sheet

We have updated our errata sheet. This update includes clarification for Discipline tests and Fallback options. It also includes new rules for Mouse Holing and Bomb Dogs. Click on the title above to go to the Errata page.

Tree Making Guide.

We have had several people asking if we could create our Tree making guide as a PDF so that it would be easier to download and print. Well here you go, follow the link in the title to go to the hobby downloads page.

Soviet Order of Battle.

As you will be aware we recently released our Eastern Front sourcebook, Operation Bagration to the Fall of the Reich. We have updated the free Soviet Infantry Order of Battle in our Late War Order of Battles downloads section to reflect the one in the book. Follow the link in the title to get a taste of the Soviet forces featured in the Bagration book. Other forces featured in the book include Finns, Slovaks, Hungarians, Romanians, Partisans, Ruckkampfer, Waffen SS, Volkssturm and Partisans as well as Soviet Under Strength and Motorised platoons.

Soviet Anti-tank Teams.

We have just added Soviet Anti-tank teams to our Soviet range. Follow the link in the title to have a look.

Waffen SS Anti-Tank Teams

We have just added Waffen SS Anti-tank Teams to our online store. This is the second addition to our Waffen SS range. Follow the link in the title to go to the online store.

Soviet Infantry painting guide

We've added a quick and simple painting guide for Soviet Infantry covering summer and winter uniforms. Just click on either the image or header above to go to the painting guide.

German Low Grade Order of Battle

This Order of Battle is designed to allow players to use rear echelon troops thrown together as front line infantry. It may be used to represent scratch construction units, kriegsmarine, “ear and stomach” platoons or under-equipped Luftwaffe field formations. Click on the title above to go to the downloads page and have a look.

The Soviets are here.

Following the release of our Eastern Front supplement, Operation Bagration to the Fall of the Reich we have released our first packs of Soviet Miniatures. Initial release includes Soviet platoon, Soviet Command, Soviet Rifle Squad, Soviet HMG team and Soviet Mortar Team all these miniatures can be found in our online store. We have also added a new Soviet Infantry Paint set so you can get all the colours you need to paint your new force.

Operation Bagration to the Fall of the Reich

Have a look at the preview of our recently released Eastern Front source book. This book covers the same time period as the Orders of Battle in our rule book and deals with the Eastern Front.

Waffen SS Mortar Team

We have just added Waffen SS Mortar Team to our online store. This is the first addition to our Waffen SS range, we will be adding the new Panzerjaegers very soon. Follow the link in the title to go to the online store.

Great Escape Games on tour.

Below is an updated list of the events that we will be attending this year. We have included all the events that we have confirmed a place at and will update the list as and when we add more. Why not come along to one in your area and have a chat?

Wargames Journal review.

Want to know more about how Rules of Engagement plays? Follow the link in the title above to read the review by Rich Jones from Wargames Journal. Rich has also written a battle report which can be found by visiting the Wargames Journal site, follow the link below.

http://www.wargamesjournal.com/home/index.asp

Retail Stockists.

There are now are now quite a few retail stockists through out the UK who sel Rules of Engagement and our other products, follow the link to see where you can buy Great Escape Games products from.

If you have a retail store and are interested in stocking Great Escpae Games products then drop us an e-mail or letter and we can get all the details out to you.

Drop us an e-mail to : info@greatescapegames.co.uk

Or our postal address is: Great Escape Games, 6 Spring Field, Kegworth, Derby, DE74 2DP