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D-Day Action Some images of the Gentlemans' Wargames Parlour 2007 Big Game action. |
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German Tank Units on the Russian Front
1941 to 1942 Richard has updated and added to his original 'Real Units' booklet. Now with full colour graphic orbats by Colin (and lots of photos to illustrate the units). 38 pages and only available in pdf format. The Download is available to buy via our 'bookshop' page. Check out a sample page. |
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23/03/2008 |
The Battle for Rots |
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Secrets of the Bulge Book Model Shots |
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New VG and Aircraft Charts Hungarian/Romanian VG and Aircraft charts added to download from the rules page. |
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22/12/2007 |
Rapid Rule Responses Richard has produced a list of rule queries received since RF2 was published and our 'official' interpretations. The list is a pdf which can be downloaded and printed. We will add to the list from time to time. |
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07/12/2007 |
Battle of the Bulge Our latest (and full colour) book is now available. 72 pages packed with scenarios and information on the famous campaign. ‘A guide with games' to the great German offensive: the winter battle that pitched elite panzers and semi-trained volksgrenadiers against an unsuspecting American front-line. How was the mysterious Panzer Brigade 150 organised? What were ‘ Berry's Bastard Tanks' and the ‘Black Panthers'? Could Kampfgruppe Peiper have reached the Meuse? Find out in RAPID FIRE! Battle of the Bulge. |
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28/10/2007 |
Holiday Rental in Arromanches |
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20/08/2007  |
Normandy Road Signs/Advertisements An A4 sheet of French roadsigns to download and print off. Various designs by Chris Woffenden and others c/o Valiant Miniatures. It's a large (2.7 MB) pdf file of print quality. It is free to use for personal purposes but it is copyright and must not be used for commercial purposes without the express permision of Rapid Fire Publications Limited. |
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08/08/2007 |
Japanese aircraft added to the Rules page. | |
01/08/2007 |
Operation Hands Up The 4th Brittany Campaign scenario from David Bickley. This time something a little different - a 'what if' game based on a planned assault landing. A pdf download. |
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12/07/2007 |
Painting a 1944 German Infantryman A pdf painting guide download. Colin demonstrates a basic method of painting a new Valiant Miniatures hard plastic late war German rifleman with Humbrol acrylics. |
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23/06/2007 |
The Battle for Villers Bocage Michael Witmann's famous action against the British 7th Armoured Division (Normandy - June 1944) by Mark Piper |
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The Brest Defences (September 1944) - David Bickley devises something a little different - Fallschirmjager v Churchill Crocodiles. | |
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Hill 103 (August/September 1944) - David Bickley's second scenario from the Brittany Campaign. (A pdf download) | |
08/11/2006 |
Hill 154 (August 1944) - A scenario by David Bickley - the first of a series based on the American campaign to liberate Brittany. | |
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For those new to wargaming - RAPID FIRE! for Rookies - a basic set of rules has been added to the site. A free download - just print and have a go! | |
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The Battle for Budapest Part 1 (December 1944) The Battle for Budapest Part 2 (January 1945) The Battle for Budapest Part 3 (February 1945) Three Eastern Front scenarios kindly donated by Darren Makepeace (tweaked by Richard). pdf downloads. |
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The Roadblock at Taukkyan (March 1942). A Burma scenario by Vip Klykoom. | |
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Away All Boats - images of the completed Pacific Island from the Elvington Show. | |
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Geilenkirchen - The British Attack Details of the Siegrfried Line (November 1944) game staged by the Sherwood Wargames Group at Triples 2006. | |
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Corinth Canal (April 1941). The German airborne seizure of the important canal crossing in southern Greece. Mark Piper updates the scenario from the original Rapid Fire rulebook (a pdf download). | |
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Japanese VG Charts and an article on constructing a Pacific Island. |
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Painting Plastic Figures III - Richard continues his guide with a trip to the Pacific and focuses on the excellent Revell US Marines. (and updates the Pegasus Germans as well!) | |
14/02/2006 |
Maleme Airfield - a scenario for the German airborne assault on the island of Crete (May 1941) by Mark Piper. | |
22/01/2006 |
VG Charts for the Spanish Civil War.
John Bruce of Force of Arms has kindly provided four VG Charts for the equipment used Pre-War Army and Para Military Forces Nationalists and Insurrectionists Republican and Government Improvised and Unusual Vehicles |
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01/12/2005 |
Richard Marsh takes a Russian Front demonstration game along to Antics model shop. | |
22/11/2005 |
Operation Roast a 1945 British Commando action at Lake Commanchio in Italy by Mark Piper. | |
07/11/2005 |
Italian aircraft added to the Rapid Fire! rules page. | |
21/10/2005 |
Richard takes the Aegean to Exeter for a recent outing of Operation Nostalgia | |
23/09/2005 |
Mark Piper's Bretteville scenario as the Canadian's continue to battle with 12SS Panzer on 8th June 1944. | |
08/08/2005 |
Richard's reports on his second games day at Antics' model shop in Plymouth. | |
08/08/2005 |
Richard Marsh takes Rapid Fire out and about in the South West in his Sunshine Tour 2005. | |
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Italian vehicle and gun chart added to the Rapid Fire! rules page. | |
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A new Normandy scenario (D-Day + 1 The Canadian Push on Carpiquet Airfield) added (pdf download) and an errata pdf page added to the Rapid Fire! rules page. | |
26/04/2005 |
Richard has produced a second painting plastic figures article showing how he produced a cost effective British infantry battalion which features in the new rule book. | |
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The new Rapid Fire! rules page added to the site with lots of vehicle, weapon and other inforation to compliment the new rules book. | |
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The new immiment arrival of the new Rapid Fire! rules book is announced. | |
01/11/2004 |
A new entry on the links page to Elheim 20mm a site dedicated to all things 20mm. | |
01/09/2004 |
Richard provides a step by step guide for preparing and painting soft plastic figures. | |
22/08/2004 |
Richard has written up The Battle for Ville Beurre Foss a hypothetical scenario to try out our new scaled down divisional organisations. A revamped Buildings for Sale page featuring some new models and all new photos. | |
27/06/2004 |
An page explaining when hedges are classed as cover in response to a frequently asked question from players. | |
01/06/2004 |
A modelling article on how to convert the HaT Armourfast Sherman tank to a swimming DD tank for the Normandy landings. | |
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Photos of the Gold Beach and Wake Island games at the Elvington show on 15/16th May. | |
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A photo feature and write up on the Vernon demo game at Fisticuffs on 1st May. | |
15/05/2004 |
Gold Beach, Czech hedgehog, and Casemate construction features are completed. | |
13/04/2004 |
More photos from Dave Andrew's superb collection added to the Guest Photos page. A new link to MMS Models | |
29/03/2004 |
A new Cafe Gondree (of Pegasus Bridge/D-Day fame) and a farmhouse added to the buildings for sale page. | |
23/03/2004 |
Richard Marsh's NW Europe 1944/45 scenario book publication on 5th April | |
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A new email link to Raventhorpe Miniatures added to the links page. | |
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Phase 2 of the Gold Beach project and reduced postal charges on the the painted building range. | |
12/03/2004 |
A Gold Beach project under construction for the Elvington Show 2004/60th anniversary of D-Day) | |
23/02/2004 |
PayPal facility added to the site for the purchase of books and painted buildings
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10/02/2004 |
More photos of Dave Andrew's stuff added to the Omaha Beach page. | |
08/02/2004 |
The photo gallery page has been revised and lots more pictures added. | |
03/02/2004 |
A D-Day photo page added to complement the new supplement featuring some more images used to play the scenarios. | |
01/02/2004 |
More photos for the Russian Front photo page | |
29/01/2004 |
A Normandy sea front strongpoint (and other pieces) added to the buildings for sale page. Designed to complement the D-Day book this model can easily be adapted for use on all the British and Canadian scenarios. |
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