The Assault Group

Grand Ambition ready for download

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Grand Ambition is another set of rules that uses the AB One system.

Having covered the Thirty Years War period and the English Civil War with previous versions, I wanted to finish off the seventeenth century by covering the wars of James II, Louis XIV and William III.

This later period saw the rise of the standing army: regular troops, funded by the state and employed all year round. This period also saw significant developments in weaponry and tactics and it is these changes that I hope are reflected in the rules. Included in the Grand Ambition rule book are sections detailing with the organisation of troops and the type of formations and tactics deployed.

Last few day of Modern Give-away

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Thorough out the calendar month of February, we here at TAG are giving away one freebie miniatures for every pack of our hugely successful Ultra-Modern miniatures that is purchased.

The full details of the offer can be seen here

The offer is due to end at mid-night on the 28th of this month, so that makes this weekend your last chance grab one of these these exclusive freebies.

First Italians released

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Welcome to the first release of Italians for our Spanish Century range of 16th Century miniatures.

These Italians are for the period 1495 - 1525, the start of the Great Italian War and could be of any of the main-land states or colonials fighting Turks in the Adriatic.

These are the full details;

REN327 Italian Pikemen advancing with pike/pole-weapon at 60 degrees
REN328 Italian Pikemen advancing with pike/pole-weapon at 45 degrees
REN329 Italians standing with arquebus at port
REN330 Italians advancing with arquebus at port
REN331 Italian/Swiss Papal Guards with Halberds

Ultra-Modern Freebie Extravaganza!

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Its been a year since we launched our new web-site, and through out that time we have been giving away large numbers of free miniatures. Initially we gave away Chechens, and following on from that Vietnamese, World War two and recently Renaissance and Asian miniatures.

The time has finally come for us ton add the Ultra-Modern miniatures to this list, and for the month of February we will be giving away anyone one freebie miniature of your choice, for every full priced pack of TAG super 28mm Ultra-Modern minis that you purchase.

Spanish Infantry final release

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Hello, and welcome to the first full release this year from The Assault Group

These six packs of 28mm miniatures represent the last of the Spanish Infantry we are making for the start of the Great Italian War.

The pack details are as follows;

REN321 Spanish/Conquistador wardogs and handlers
REN322 Neapolitan/Spanish with swords and bucklers I
REN323 Neapolitan/Spanish with swords and bucklers II
REN324 Neapolitan/Spanish firing arquebus
REN325 Neapolitan/Spanish marching with arquebus shouldered
REN326 Neapolitan/Spanish artillery crew

Research on French Clothing of the TYW

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Cossack Labourers and much, much more released

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Welcome back to TAG in 2010, and thank you to everybody that made 2009 a record year for us.

This release, the first of the New Year, is a lot of tidying up from last year, all these items shown as listed on our shopping cart today are items that have been specifically requested by TAG customers which i had promised to add to the cart before Christmas, so this is us catching up and clearing the decks before the next full Spanish Century release.

These are the new items;

Neapolitan Arquebusiers.

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Quite why I've taken so long to get the pictures of these latest greens on the workbench is anybodies guess, but it has been ages since we collected these miniatures from our sculptor Nick Collier, and only really my tardiness has stopped me showing them off earlier.

These are the final two packs of Neapolitan Spanish Arquebusier for the period leading up to 1525, s you can see we have gone for miniatures in marching and firing poses, to complement the standing and loading ones we already have on sale.

Neapolitan swordsmen and Artillery crew on the Workbench

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

This evening I am very pleased to be able finally to get round to showing off these latest miniatures in our ongoing Spanish Century Renaissance range.

These new additions are the sword and buckler troops for the Continental Spanish armies and are slightly different to our Conquistador sword and buckler men that are already released. These being much more heavily armoured than the ones designed for the new World

Massive Medieval and Renaissance give-away

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

All year long we have been promoting our new web-site by giving away large numbers of our limited edition Freebie Miniatures.

So far we have included the minis from our Skirmish type periods; Ultra-Moderns, Vietnam and World War Two, where we have large numbers of minis to offer in proportion to the packs we have available, unfortunately this is less so with our more Army based periods, The Renaissance and the Medieval Asian.

Massive Mediaval and Renaissance give-away

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Bloody Kingdom - Ready to download

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Bloody Kingdom is a set of wargames rules designed for the Civil Wars of Britain, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Bloody Kingdom uses the same game mechanics as Father Tilly - although with several important differences.

Players can fight battles at two different scales, either large battles with numerous regiments per side or smaller lower scale engagements where each unit represents a company rather than a regiment.

For the Fallen

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

All Clear!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I'm pleased to say that we are now back to working completely normally with our mail order service.

There had been delays over the lasts few weeks, due mainly to an increase in volume of orders; October was a record Sales month for us, and an increase in workload negotiating around the UK Postal Service Workers industrial action.

Order Status!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There is a certain amount of concern at present about the state of Mail-Orders as regards industrial action by British Postal workers. This has lead to an increase in emails and phone calls to HQ.

We do currently have a small backlog of mail orders waiting to be dispatched; we have been working hard all week to cast literally thousands of blisters to fulfil all the orders we have.

If you would like to discuss this or any other issues involving the Postal action and our mail order service, please do so here on our web-forum.

Italian Infantry on the Workbench

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

So far, in our Spanish Century extension to our Renaissance range, of 28mm miniatures, we have concentrated on the Spaniards themselves, Conquistadors for the New World and the Neapolitans, for Continental Europe.

Today we can start to show-off what we have planned for the first of the 'armies and enemies', the Italians.

Cossack labourers

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Cortes, Artillery and more Pike-men released

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Its been quite a while since i have been able to say that i have added new miniatures to our shopping cart, but today i am delighted to say that i have done so.

The packs that are new are;

REN317 Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro and Conquistador Command group
REN318 Spanish/Conquistador artillery crew
REN319 Early 16th Century small ordinance piece
REN329 Neapolitan/Spanish standing with pike/pole-weapon at 30 degrees

War on the Eastern Frontier - Released

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

War on the Eastern Frontier is the most recent gaming supplement in the Father Tilly series.

As the title suggests, this supplement looks at warfare on the eastern borders of Europe, from the "Time of Troubles" to "The Deluge" and provides a detailed look at the Ottoman, Polish and Muscovite armies. This booklet provides army lists which focus on the troop types, tactics, weaponry and deployment of these new opponents but also looks at the way western armies had to adapt to face these fast moving and ferocious enemies.

Free Generals with the Complete Father Tilly

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

The Complete Father Tilly Rule System

Includes the Father Till core rules, all four army list supplements and a *FREE* general pack of your choice. Everything needed to get started in the Thirty Years War, with these period specific rule-set and army lists.

To purchase this complete Rule set, surf to this web link. at this specially reduced price off £29.50.