On March 11-12 Battlefront ran a live blog all weekend, with updates from our offices in NZ, the UK and the US, as well as reports from participating stores, hobby and history articles and videos, competitions and a video battle report.

	UK Office - Saturday

8:00PM Saturday 11

It's the UK team's turn at Flames in the Desert

Welcome to the UK offices. After months of exciting 4th Edition is finally with us! We are going to be bringing you some great content today, and will be bringing you the best of all the events happening in Europe.

9:25PM Saturday 11

Germans in the desert are great

Adam here! The Germans are undoubtably the best force to begin 4th Edition with, fact. Panzers are the best tank, and we start off with Panzer 3s AND Panzer 4s. Me and Anders had a chat about why our German armies are the best choice for Desert War. Germans are the best!

9:25PM Saturday 11

Tanks in the flesh

Matt S and Adam took a trip to London and the Imperial War Museum to see what they could find to do with El Alamein. Click here to see some Tanks

9:55PM Saturday 11

A Newbies Guide To British (part 1) Which Army To Collect

After Adams innaccurate rant about the Germans being the "best" army for fourth edition, Jonathan takes a look at why the Desert Rats are in fact the greatest force to begin 4th Edition, and it's not just because we have lots of tea (though that helps). Here's why.... No, Brits are the best!

10:35PM Saturday 11

Wargames Illustrated look at the new Desert Books

Our friends over at WI have taken a look at the new Desert Rats and Afrika Corp books. Have a look at their thoughts and for a few sneaky previews.

11:05PM Saturday 11

A Newbies Guide To British (part 2) Choosing An Army

Jonathan (one of our new Customer Service guys) has never played Flames of War before, here he takes you through collecting your first force. Collecting Desert Rats...

12:00PM Saturday 11

Quick Panzer painting

Not to be outdone, Anders Johansson takes you through a quick step by step guide on painting up your Panzers ready for some desert warfare. How to paint Afrika Corps

12:50AM Sunday 12

Interview with our sculptor Tim

Tim Adcock is the designer behind all of the tanks in El Alamein, he sat down with Adam to discuss what goes into making these amazing sculpts.

1:20AM Sunday 12

Crusaders are great! The Tank not the guys with swords.

Matt Sulley has started a massed crusader list that is going to be outflanking all the Germans he meets in the Desert, he has taken some time to tell us why Crusaders are his tank of choice. Crusaders are great, and cheap!

2:15AM Sunday 12

Boots on the Ground

Matt V and Adam played a game of El Alamein and this video gives you a very different view to normal

2:45AM Sunday 12

A Newbies Guide To British (part 3) Painting the Army

In the third part of his article series Jonathan dives in an shows you how easy it is to paint up your army and get it on the table. Painting an Army...

3:30AM Sunday 12

Flames in the Desert. UK Battle Report!

3:45AM Saturday 11

Thanks from the guys in the UK

That's it for us guys. We are going to hand you over to the US office now!