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[edyzmedieval]

Struck gold again

Thanks very much BKB.

[edyzmedieval]

ANd the Italian Men at Arms?!

[King of Atlantis]

I finally got my fist books! Vikings and normans are great.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

1000-1300 is great but 1300-1500 is very poor plate wise but info is great in both, if Angus would have done plates in the latter the book would have been superb

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Found out a few new books for early next year aside from the ones aforementioned.

Bronze Age War Chariots (New Vanguard)
Ancient Greek Fortifications 500-336BC (Fortress)
Otturburn 1388 (Campaign)

Weird one Otturburn....the other two were dead certs really. Hope Angus does Otturburn, but it will most likely be Graham Turner. Polish Winged Hussar has also been delayed until next year. Sorry Cegorach.

[edyzmedieval]

Found out a few new books for early next year aside from the ones aforementioned.

Bronze Age War Chariots (New Vanguard)
Ancient Greek Fortifications 500-336BC (Fortress)
Otturburn 1388 (Campaign)

Weird one Otturburn....the other two were dead certs really. Hope Angus does Otturburn, but it will most likely be Graham Turner. Polish Winged Hussar has also been delayed until next year. Sorry Cegorach.

Ahhh Damn!!!!

I really liked that book....

Oh well, planning now to buy Ninja, Sassanians and FMA. But now I really have to convince my dad....

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Sample page is up for The Mycenaeans. I must say it certainly looks like an intriguing title, although I'm hoping for a good battle pic, preferably a Siege of Troy double page spread.

[cegorach]

Polish Winged Hussar has also been delayed until next year. Sorry Cegorach.[/QUOTE]


Well I will wait...

I have just bought the Boyne 1690 - very good choice considering the place I am living and the season of the marches.

I am negotiating 20 % (hopefully) discount in a local bookshop. When I get it I will order 25 more books before I come back to Poland !
I planned to spend a certain amount of money for this so the reduction of the prices means... more Osprey books of course

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I have just bought the Boyne 1690 - very good choice considering the place I am living and the season of the marches.

Just got this today and was disappointed to see only 2 plates, and not very exciting ones either BTW. Still, I bought this one more for the read and it looks pretty good in that respect.

[cegorach]

Yes the plates are rather bad, but there is enough data to make a historical battle from this, I am not sure if for PMTW 2.0 or PMTW2 though

[King of Atlantis]

Hey does anybody here with osprey books from the roman times want to offer some info on units, etc for Imperium Total War. If so please pm me or atheist peace here at the org.

[Atheist_Peace]

KoA means Imperium Total War, but yes if you want to help us with some unit pics, that would be greatly appreciated.

[cegorach]

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/books_likeread.php

This time the choice is very simple

[Steppe Merc]

Not for me. It's all boring gun stuff.

And I'm quite angry, I still haven't gotten my Sassanians!

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Ditto Steppe - those polls are getting worse! Good job they don't really mean much. Glad Easter Rising won last month's though.

[Kraxis]

My dear, those Myceneans really do look rather primitive.

I thought they would look less like stone age people than this. And yet it sort of fits perfectly with my own view of them... I guess they just look a little too much like the warriors of ancient middle east (a good Osprey MAA btw).

Having read the Pirates Ships and the Greek Hoplite I can say thatthe first is not really that interesting as I had hoped, the pirates were simply not equiped with ships that are fun enough. The Black Pearl for instance (just a comparison) is a ship that is about the largest a pirate ever commanded. So many sloops and even canoos. I should have known better!

The Greek Hoplite is good of course, it might be a bit dated now, but I found nothing wrong with it. And it even has a limited proof of the push between formations (a stela of a hoplite leaning into the shield as he advances).

[cegorach]

those polls are getting worse! Good job they don't really mean much. Glad Easter Rising won last month's though.[/QUOTE]

Not to me as long as Warsaw 1920 wins. BTW if the book will be written it is gonna be probably the first one with so good pictures about the battle

[edyzmedieval]

Today is the release day of new books. Can't wait to see what's new, although I have the catalogue.

My books still haven't arrived! :furious4:

[cegorach]

I have selected books I will order today - although only marked with @ are urgently necessary.
Original 25 rised to almost 50, but I won't get it easier and cheaper in Poland anyway

What do you think -

Campaign
Pavia 1525 @
Nagashino 1575
The Armada Campaign 1588 @
Lepanto 1571 @
Kawanakajima 1553–64
Sekigahara 1600
Auldearn 1645 @
Dunbar 1650 @
Poltava 1709
Fornovo 1495 @
Granada 1492 @
Tannenberg 1410
Iwo Jima 1945
Okinawa 1945
Poland 1939
Peleliu 1944
Cassino 1944

Essential Histories
The French Religious Wars 1562–1598
The Thirty Years' War 1618–1648
The French Wars 1667–1714
The Seven Years' War

Men-at-Arms
Samurai Armies 1550–1615
Henry VIII's Army @
The Irish Wars 1485–1603
The English Civil War Armies
The Wild Geese @
New Model Army 1645–60
Louis XIV's Army @
Late Imperial Chinese Armies 1520–1840
Scots Armies of the English Civil Wars @
Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1775–1820
Tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy
The Cossacks
The Swiss at War 1300–1500 @
Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300–1774 @
The Venetian Empire 1200–1670 @
Armies of the German Peasants' War 1524–26 @
Napoleon’s Polish Troops
Ukrainian Armies 1914–55
The Polish Army 1939–45

Warrior
Ironsides @
Ninja AD 1460–1650
Knight Hospitaller (2) @
Landsknecht Soldier 1486–1560 @

Elite
Samurai Commanders (2)
The Janissaries @

Others
Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937–45
Polish Aces of World War 2

Regards Cegorach

[edyzmedieval]

No fair.... Why am I not allowed to order 50 books ?! I only have 3




BTW, the Tannenburg is really good. I have it.

[cegorach]

You see - I will order them today, but get them in the time of couple of months - even I am not so mad to spent almost 400 £ all at once ( I have 20 % discount). Only the marked ones are really important and I need them quickly

Regards Cegorach

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Good selection although a fair few are out of my periods.

Today Acre, Japanese Fortified Monateries, Roman Military Clothing 3 and Samurai Commanders 2 are out. I'll order them from Amazon when they get them in stock soon.

[Kraxis]

Nice broad selection there. Of course many are outside my interest so I would never buy even half. But we can't all be similar.

Oh yeah, I mentioned the books I bought recently. These are the ones I had already:

MAA:
#291 Republican Roman Army 200-104 BC (somewhat interesting, but it lacks Angus' superb drawings)
#150 The Age of Charlemagne (quite good in my mind, with Angus)
#105 The Mongols (very good and Angus shows off again)

Elite:
#3 The Vikings (YES!)
#23 The Samurai (YES! again)
#121 Ancient Siege Warfare (fueled my interest but falls short, good drawings by Adam Hook, take notice of him)
#122 World War II Infantry Tactics, Company and Battalion (really good, a must for anyone interested in WWII)
#124 World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics (also really good, but somewhat more bland, again a must)

From Aviation Elites I have:
Jagdgeschwader 52 The Experten (WOW! That is all I can say, but you have to be interested in this as the drawings are of the planes)

Warrior:
Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603 (fairly good, but the drawings are painfully cartoony with extreme facial expressions by Wayne Reynolds, keep away from him)

Then I have a mottled collection of more unusual Osprey books:
Essential Histories: Rome at War AD 293-696 (good if you know a little but want to know it all a little more)
Fighting Armour of WWII: Panther Variants 1942-1945 (good but nothing spectacular, except you get a big foldout of a Jagdpanther drawing)
Guardians of the Roman Empire (about the Praetorians, quite good in itself with good drawings by Richard Hook)

In all a lucky selection I would say. And I have two more illustrators that can match Angus (Hook seems a good name).

[edyzmedieval]

What's wrong with the Osprey delivery?!

I ordered my books last month, they got the money 15 days ago, and my books haven't arrived!!!!!!!!!

[cegorach]

BTW, the Tannenburg is really good. I have it. [/QUOTE]


It was almost a patriotic duty since the battle ( known as Grunwald) is probably the best known by all Poles - simply if don't know the battle you are not a 'true' Pole

[Kraxis]

I must say that I order my book over Amazon.

It has three advantages. Fast delivery mostly, often cheaper than at Osprey and finally I can get it shipped from Britain which is closer and I won't have to fear taxes (ahhh how I love the EU).

[Steppe Merc]

See, I pre ordered Sassanian Elite Cav, weeks before it was out, and it still hasn't even shipped to me yet. At least it was cheaper...

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

With my monthly order done I now only need 1 more book to complete my entire Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance Osprey collection - Yarmouk, which I order if Amazon had it in stock. Every Campaign, MAA, Elite, Warrior, Fortress, New Vanguard, Essential Histories, everything. Of course I'll get every book they release from this epoch every month, but this is a milestone.

Now I'm moving on to the 17th century!

[edyzmedieval]

With my monthly order done I now only need 1 more book to complete my entire Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance Osprey collection - Yarmouk, which I order if Amazon had it in stock. Every Campaign, MAA, Elite, Warrior, Fortress, New Vanguard, Essential Histories, everything. Of course I'll get every book they release from this epoch every month, but this is a milestone.

Now I'm moving on to the 17th century!

You have a very impressive/huge collection, my friend.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Found out about a new Fortress book illustrated by Graham Turner coming out March next year according to Amazon that sounds very interesting:

Castles and Tower House of the Scottish Clans 1450-1650

Should be good.