Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! 250th Anniversary Edition
This awesome battle set gives you everything you need to begin fighting the American War of Independence on your tabletop. Containing 2,097 soldiers (if you factor in everything, including extras), the box gives you a huge force for both the British and their Hessian and Native American allies, and the American Continental Army, including infantry, cavalry, and artillery, as well as famous personalities and ‘generic’ commanders to lead them. Also included is the full-length A5 rulebook to get you playing, flag sheets to decorate your units, an assembly and painting guide, and an MDF watchtower for your troops to fight over!
Packed with so many gorgeous models, Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! is the perfect way to start a mighty collection for this pivotal period in world history. Will you lead the Continental Army to victory and freedom, or deploy the British Regulars to crush the upstart United States?
The Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! battle set contains:
- Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! A5 rulebook
- A high quality print of the cover art to adorn your wargaming room
- Assembly and painting guide leaflets
- A brand new 12 page booklet covering how to paint British, Continental, Hessian, Continental Militia, and Indian War Party miniatures. It also includes guides on applying flags to your regiments and applying basing materials to your Epic unit bases.
- 1 laser-cut MDF watchtower
Enough plastic sprues to make the following (note this is a suggested army composition that can easily be adapted for different sized regiments):
- 8 mounted British Commanders
- 6 British standard line infantry regiments (480 soldiers)
- 1 British small Line Infantry regiment (60 soldiers)
- 2 British standard Militia regiments (160 soldiers)
- 1 British small Light Company regiment skirmishing (15 soldiers)
- 2 British tiny Cavalry regiments (10 cavalry)
- 1 British Artillery battery (3 cannon)
- 2 Hessian standard Musketeer regiments (160 soldiers)
- 1 Hessian large Grenadiers regiment (100 soldiers)
- 1 British large Grenadiers regiment (100 soldiers)
- 1 Indian small regiment skirmishing (15 soldiers)
- 1 Hessian small Jägers regiment skirmishing (15 soldiers)
- 1 Hessian tiny Jägers regiment skirmishing (10 soldiers)
- 8 mounted Continental Commanders
- 1 Continental large Militia regiment (100 soldiers)
- 5 Continental standard Militia regiments (400 soldiers)
- 2 Continental standard Regulars regiments (160 soldiers)
- 1 Continental small Regulars regiment (60 soldiers)
- 1 Continental Artillery battery (3 cannon)
- 2 Continental tiny Cavalry regiments (10 cavalry)
- 2 Continental small Riflemen regiments skirmishing (30 soldiers)
- Plus, plenty of spares (command, skirmishers, cavalry figures) that will allow you to customise your collection
The following Warlord Resin figures:
- Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis
- Colonel Banastre Tarleton
- Sir William Howe
- Baron Friedrich Adolf Riedesel zu Eisenbach
- Major-General Horatio Gates
- Colonel Daniel Morgan
And also:
- Plastic bases
- Two full colour flag sheets, one for the British and Hessians plus their loyalist militia and one for the Continentals and their French allies
- 6 six-sided dice
