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This week I have taken over the update a little as I have a selection of new projects that we have been working on in secret. Rather than have a single article covering all of this I have broken it down into the following three articles. 1. Flames Of War Vietnam – The Battle for Ia Drang... 2. War Paint and how to prepare yourself for battle! 3. Kit Bag’s and why every good soldier needs one!

Despite the articles from me this week the guys have not taken the opportunity to have a break with content but have instead provided the usual selection of new material for your enjoyment making this week a very bumper update. On a final note from me today marks the celebration of the Gunpowder Conspiracy of 1605, as it was then known, (also known as The Powder Treason or The Gunpowder Plot). It was a failed assassination attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics against King James I of England. The plot intended to kill the King and most of the Protestant aristocracy by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening on 5 November 1605. Having been caught in the act the conspirators were then tried and then hung, drawn and quartered, a particularly gruesome death saved only for the highest crimes against the crown or state.

This day is marked, primarily in the UK, but also around the world in its former colonies, by Guy Fawkes Night where you make a “Guy” to represent Mr Fawkes (one of the conspirators), build a huge bonfire and then throw him on the top and watch him burn. This burning is also accompanied by a fireworks display and is the time of the year in the UK you are grateful to be stood near a huge pile of burning wood. This only is worth mentioning as every year here in NZ we also get together to celebrate this as well but tonight we will be on a beach burning and exploding things after enjoying a BBQ in what still seems to be very pleasant but unseasonable weather for me (we are just going into our summer) after all those years of freezing may butt off in the UK. Next week I will give you an update on our longer-term plans and what books and models are in the works for Flames Of War. John-Paul In addition to John-Paul’s news we have more of Mike’s series on the Warsaw Uprising, a new Mid-war Tiger Intelligence Briefing, the IS-85 Late-war Intelligence Briefing goes official and we have a excellent report on Heat Of Battle II tournament and show. New Releases Out 7 Saturday 2009 GBX34 Fallshirmjägerkompanie UBX16 Airborne Anti-tank Platoon GE764 Fallschirmjäger Machine-gun Platoon TD026 Fallschirmjäger Gaming Set

Sicherungs in Warsaw For the German side we put together a very generic Sicherungs list with a different set of support than the usual one. In fact the only major change to the existing Sicherungs list is a complete overhaul of the support options. Sicherungs in Warsaw... Project Warsaw Index...

Tunisian Tigers Mid-war Intelligence Briefing for a German Schwere Panzerkompanie in Tunisia. We only had room in North Africa for the one Tiger battalion, so we went with the Tigers fighting in Sicily. The following Intelligence Briefing covers the Tigers that fought in Tunisia. Tunisian Tigers...

IS-85 Guards Heavy Tank Regiment goes Official The IS-85 has already featured in Mid-war Monsters as an experimental tank, but it saw actual service during the first half of 1944. We have created a Soviet Heavy Tank Intelligence Briefing allowing you to field a Late-war Flames Of War force with these early IS tanks. IS-85 Guards Heavy Tank Regiment...

Heat Of Battle III Report By Heath Alexander, Photographs by Becky Alexander. Tucked away in the center of New Orleans is the National World War II Museum, a sprawling monument to the men, women, and equipment that helped the Allies prevail in arguably the greatest conflict ever fought by mankind. It is amongst these nostalgic relics that the museum hosts an annual war gaming convention, Heat of Battle. Heat Of Battle III Report...

Tournament News Flames of War at Jornades Alpha 2009 Flames of War is featuring at Jornades Alpha 2009 being held on 14th-15th November in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Flames of War at Jornades Alpha 2009... Flames Of War at Warfare 2009 Flames Of War is featuring at Warfare 2009 being held on 21st-22nd November in Reading, UK. Flames Of War at Warfare 2009... Flames Of War at Roll Call 2009 Flames Of War is featuring at Roll Call 2009 being held on the 24th-25th October in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire UK. Flames Of War at Roll Call 2009... Flames Of War at Leadbelt Wargames 2009 Flames Of War is featuring at Leadbelt Wargames being held on the 14th-15th November in Nottingham, UK. Flames Of War at Leadbelt Wargames 2009... Mid-War Flames Of War Tournmanet Hosted by Games Of War Games Of War is hosting a Mid-War Flames Of War Tournament on the 31st of October in Seaham, County Durham, UK. Mid-War Flames Of War Tournmanet Hosted by Games Of War... Flames Of War at AdeptiCon 2010 Flames Of War will feature at AdeptiCon 2010 held on 26th-28th 2010 in Lombard, Illinois, USA Flames Of War at AdeptiCon 2010... Challenge 2009 The Launceston Gaming Club present Challenge '09 held on the 31 October-1 November 2009 in Launceston, Tasmania Challenge 2009... For More Events near you... Flames Of War in other languages...   Official Battlefront Event notices Battlefront USA Events...

Recent Articles:
New Zealand Late War Grand Tournament... HammarFOW 2009... Modelling an Armia Krajowa Army... Project Warsaw: Design Notes... Armia Krajowa: The Polish Home Army... Operation MOAB Part 6... Peredovoye Otryad... Tournament Report from Szczecin, Poland... Road to the GT: Mike Haught... Road to the GT: Wayne Turner... US Nationals 2009 Model Gallery…	Nate Feyma's Schwere Panzerregiment Bäke Panzerkompanie… Bruce Oberst's 2nd Armored Division Tank Company… 4th Canadian Armoured Division goes Official… Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Sicily… Brigade Piron… Major Hans von Luck… The Taking of Longstop Hill... IS-85 Guards Heavy Tank Regiment... MOAB 2009: Winners and Results... Iron Cross Painting Competition... US National Tournament...	Operation MOAB: Part 5 - The Race to the Finish... 654. Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung... Witzig’s Pioneers in Tunisia... Hell’s Highway Battle Report... Finns in the Lapin Sota goes Official... Osprey's The Spanish Armada... Jwai's visit to the Battlefront Studio... Operation MOAB: Part 4... The 542nd Parachute Infantry Battalion... The Battle of St. Joseph’s Farm... Hell’s Highway Design Notes... OPERATION: MOAB: Part 3…

October's New Releases In Shops 3 October FW212 Hell's Highway BR043 A30 Challenger BR885 Colonel Vandeleur & Forward Observer TD023 Irish Guards Gaming Set TD027 British Guards Gaming Set   In Shops 17 October UBX18 Parachute Rifle Company UBX15 Parachute Field Artillery Battery US545 Airborne Anti-aircraft Platoon   BB108 Sandbag Emplacement TD024 82nd Airborne Gaming Set USO113 Para Pathfinder team USO114 Para Snipers USO115 Turner Turnbull USO116 Para Supply Cart In Shops 31 October BBX12 Cromwell Platoon (new stowage) GBX10 Panzer IV H Platoon (new stowage) BR812 Guards Rifle Platoon US729 Airborne Bazooka teams BSO104 Guards Rifle Command (2 teams) BSO189 Guards Head Sprue (x3) BSO105 Guards Rifle PIAT (x3)

November's New Releases In Shops 7 November GBX34 Fallshirmjägerkompanie UBX16 Airborne Anti-tank Platoon GE764 Fallschirmjäger Machine-gun Platoon TD026 Fallschirmjäger Gaming Set In Shops 21 November UBX17 Airborne Recon Platoon GBX33 Fallschirmjäger Anti-tank Gun Platoon (PaK40) US726 Airborne Engineer Platoon  GE773 Von der Heydte's Fallschirmjäger tank-hunter teams

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