Newsletter Launched

One of the questions we regularly get asked is what is the best way to keep up to date with what is happening on Lard Island, from new products just launched, what is in the pipeline and any events that we are either running or attending. To make this easy we have launched the TooFatLardies newsletter which can be accessed by clinking “What's New” on the left hand side of the page. We'll be updating this on a month by month basis so don't forget to check here regularly.

The Compleat

Fondler

This superb Sharp Practice scenario supplement follows the career of Richard Fondler from his time as an enlisted man in India in 1799 through to Waterloo where he is a Lieutenant Colonel. In between he has an exciting and illustrious career in the Peninsula with the 95^th Rifles and the Light Company of the West Sussex Regiment. Here we present eighteen scenarios, each with an introductory story, briefings for both sides and umpire's notes with a full colour map. The games are designed for between 30 and 100 or so figures per side, and are rip-roaring exciting games, packed with derring-do, larger than life characters and, best of all, real gaming challenges and fun. The scenarios included are as follows.

Fondler's Battle, Fondler's Enemy, Fondler's Rifles, Fondler's Allies, Fondler's Captain, Fondler's Pirate, Fondler's Colonel, Fondler's Gold, Fondler's Trap, Fondler's Escape, Fondler's Surprise, Fondler's Honour, Fondler's Siege, Fondler's Lady, Fondler's Triumph, Fondler's Breech, Fondler's Duke, and Fondler's Waterloo. All draw on the rich heritage of literary heroes and villains. All this can be had for just £7 in easy print PDF format, which is a trifling 39p per scenario.

B'Maso! Arives

From the Mau Mau in Kenya in the 1950's to South West Africa in the 1980's, B'Maso is our latest supplement for BOTH I Ain't Been Shot Mum and Troops Weapons & Tactics covering the Winds of Change wars in Africa.

Containing full rule amendments, a history of counter-insurgency warfare in Africa, a look at all the major conflicts, along with data on organising your forces and gaming this interesting peried. B'Maso! Covers the Mau Mau in Kenya in the 1950s, Katanga and the Congo in the 1960s, Biafra and Nigeria, Rhodesia, the Portuguese Wars in Mozambique, Guinea Bissau and Angola, and the border war in South West Africa.

One hundred and thirty four pages long this supplement also contains full colour maps, scenarios and everything you need to get started gaming in Africa. This fantastic pdf product can be your for just £7 by email.

Rock the Casbah

T.W.&T. In the Lebanon

Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Peacekeeping Operations, the PLO, IDF, Syria, Christian Phalange, all are there in this superb supplement for Troops, Weapons & Tactics by Chris Stoesen. Ninety four pages long, this supplement covers an overview of the conflict in the Lebanon, looking at several sample battles from the early 1980s, including the siege of Beirut. TO&E and force generation systems are there for all of the main participants along with scenarios for some of the conflict's most high profile battles. Fancy taking on the IDF with Syrian tank hunter teams, defend your home with the Christian militias, fight the invaders with a mad mullah, it's all there in this fantastic new supplement. Available for just £6 in pdf format this is a superb guide that provides a great backdrop for any modern peacekeeping or counter-insurgency operation, from Iraq to Afghanistan, from Sierra Leone to Chechenya.

2008 Summer Special

Now Available

Absolutely jammed full of the superb articles and scenarios that make it one of the hobby's best reads.

Here's a list of what's in store for you this summer.

Up Your TW&T - A Spanish Civil War supplement crossing Up Your Cara al Sol with TW&T
Kriegsspiel 1866 - An 1862 rule variant for the Austro-Prussian War with details for Austrian forces to field against your Prussians.
Algy Flies East - Chapter Three. More aerial adventures in Revolutionary as Algy takes on a Red armoured train.
The Battle of Espinosa - a Le Feu Sacre double scenario for the 200th Anniversary
Bag the Jedi - We blast into space with this fun Bag the Hun variant for space travellers everywhere
Holding the Line - WWII German defensive tactics on the Eastern Front examined in this in-depth article
Algernon Flies South - A spectacular Great War southern front supplement for Algernon Pulls it Off from Chris Stoesen with previously unpublished data on this theatre and a campaign system to boot.
The Battle for the Annaberg - Freikorps clash with Poles in this Triumph of the Will scenario in Lower Silesia, 1921.
Les Attaques - A photo article as we visit a 1940 battlefield just outside Calais.
Remember Nelson - A Kiss Me Hardy scenario for the battle of Lissa 1811
Everybody Wants an Ace, Part II. Joe Legan covers minor WWII airforces for Bag the Hun
Cholm 1942 - IABSM and TW&T scenarios for this siege on the Eastern Front
A Full Nelson – historical Sharp Practice scenario ideas as Nelson storms Vera Cruz
The Return of the Melon Smuggler's Daughter - Kriegsspiel at Salute, scenario and analysis
To Serve Spain - A Republican tank is the target of the Moors in a scenario for Up Your TW&T.
Algy Flies East - Chapter Four. An old enemy returns to haunt Algy and the men of 47 Squadron in South Russia, 1919
The Hand of Capitaine Danjou – An 1863 French Foreign Legion in Mexico scenario for Sharp Practice
Fellatio on the Beach - The launch of Sharp Practice, scenario and photos
Grand Designs - Building beautiful and robust buildings on a budget, by Sidney "Lifter" Roundwood.
Crosses in the Kuban - Cross of Iron scenarios for IABSM and TW&T
Smoke on the Water - AN 1866 Kriegsspiel introductory scenario

And the great news is that we are still staying with our 2004 price of £5 for this huge e-magazine to be sent straight to your email address.

Sharp Practice

Looking to play large scale skirmish games that focus on the key characters rather than worrying is Private Smith has his bayonet fixed? Looking for a set of rules that allows you to recreate the exploits of your literary heroes? Looking for a set of rules that allows you to add just the amount of colour and character that you want, from a swashbuckling adventure with thirty figures to a small battle with 120 men? Looking for a set of rules that presents an easy to follow section on Napoleonic Drill? If so then Sharp Practice, the latest rules to be added to the Lardy stable, are for you.

With sixty eight pages of text and diagrams and a one page playsheet these rules have been described as groundbreaking in their seamless blending of role playing ideas into the traditional wargame giving games full of period character.

These may be had for only £12 plus postage and packing or £7 as a pdf file. Click on “Buy Stuff” to see postal rates and place your order.

Looking to Buy Krieggspiel?

With the 1862 Rules and the Koniggratz Map now available and fantastic feedback after our participation games at Salute you may be here for our great range of Kriegsspiel products.

Click Here to Go Straight to our Kriegsspiel Products

Click below for a pdf of the Kriegsspiel Blocks and the rulers designed for the game. You may download this for European A4 size paper or North American letter size.

European A4 Pdf

North American Letter Pdf

Or why not check out some of the products from our own lardy stable – with over thirty items to choose from we have something for everyone – from scenarios and articles to rule sets and supplements

Click Here to view our complete range of Products

Something Special?

Looking for our famous Christmas and Summer Specials? Click HERE to see exactly what we have available in this ever growing list that includes free rule systems and expansion sets for our existing products. These have been described as some of the best value publications in the hobby, who are we to argue.