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Two new sets of trench terrain are available now from the Warfulcrum Games webstore: the Redoubt Bundle and the Emplacement Bundle. These are designed as complete sets of terrain, with straights, fortifications and end pieces to create a really dramatic and self-contained fortification for your WW1 gaming. The emplacement has a groove cut in it for a field gun to fire in relative safety, while the emplacement has a Moir pillbox in it - an impregnable fortress for a Vickers he

Trenches are the most enduring visual legacy of the First World War. These defensive field works, which began as muddy rifle-scrapes in 1914, evolved into elaborate multi-layered systems, with dugouts, fire steps and emplacements placed in a zig-zag pattern stretching for miles and miles. By 1918, trenches had withstood almost all of the ferocious tools of war deployed by the warring nations. For truly authentic games of 1918, therefore, you’re going to need some trench terra

If you’re new to 1918 and don’t know where to begin - our Starter Set * is the perfect place to get going. This set includes two half-platoons: one British and one German. It’s enough to learn the rules and find out what the game is about - but there was a lot more to the Great War than a few infantry tussling in a field! The British Army began the First World War as the smallest of the Great Powers, though it was most professionally trained. The highly experienced soldiers o

We’re relaunching the Warfulcrum Games Patreon with an exciting series of ongoing rewards for subscribers. You’ll get at least four exclusive STLs every year, as well as a series of other exciting rewards for fans of 1918 and Warfulcrum Games. Subscribers at the Sergeant or Lieutenant tiers (£4 or £8 per month, respectively) will receive a characterful, high-quality STL every quarter, which we have christened the Collector’s Series. Collector’s Series #1, which is ready to sh

EU customers will have noticed by now that we’re not currently offering shipping to the continent. This is unfortunately totally out of our hands. Recent EU shipping regulation has made it virtually impossible for UK small businesses to ship to the EU - and everyone else is in the same boat. In fact there are basically no orders from small businesses moving into and out of the EU, or between EU members, at the moment, from us or anyone else. Recent noises from the EU Commiss

The First World War was the first industrial war: an endless clash of artillery barrages and unceasing machine-gun fire. 1918: Spring Offensive is a snapshot of the final months of the war, following the final German push as their forces left the safety of their trenches in a doomed attempt to break nearly four years of deadlock. But with nearly the full range of British and German forces active on the Western Front during this period available - from the British Mark IV Tank

It is not often easy to jump into historical wargaming - there are usually so many rules, components and army lists that it’s hard to know where to begin. So after loads of conversations with people at shows - we’ve decided to release the 1918: Starter Set. We’re very excited about this set – it’s a complete introduction to 1918: Spring Offensive in a box. You get two half platoons of Brits and Germans, a rules booklet, and all the order dials and tokens that you need to play

While the Great War wasn’t the first to involve dedicated snipers (that dubious honour goes to the English Civil War, somehow… Imagine trying to get a clear shot using a musket without rifling…) this was the first war in which dedicated sniper units and tactics were formalised. The Germans were the first side to realise the benefit of scoped lenses, and their snipers were one of many new terrors of the first few years of the war. Britain and France slowly came to understand t

With the release of our fully modular 28mm WW1 trench terrain system, James is here to explain how he went about painting his set for the Warfulcrum Games battlefield. If you like what you see, you can buy yours from the Warfulcrum webstore right now, including individual sections (with lots more sections planned and coming soon!) One of my favorite aspects of historical wargaming is the research that goes into a project. So when I got my own set of WW1 trenches, I went strai

Join us at Leicester De Montfort University on the 8th and 9th of August We will be bringing 1918 to Britcon 2026 this August - so come and say hi if you’re attending. We’ll be bringing a ton of stock, particularly British and German forces, so if there are gaps in your forces, let us know and we’ll try and make sure it’s reserved for you. We’re also in the process of putting together a massive display and demo board, showcasing loads of cool (and freshly painted) 1918 miniat

Today we've got a quick interview with WFG co-founder Sam Kelly, who sculpted the British Rifle Platoon, to understand that process and what goes into it. This article originally appeared as part of our Patreon, and we're sharing it here to give people a sense of our processes at Warfulcrum Games. James: Where do you start with sculpting a new line of historical figures? Sam: Research. Lots of it. Fortunately we'd already done a lot of research into the platoon structure and

France and America are about to join the fight! Our next Kickstarter project opens on the 27th of May, bringing hundreds of incredible new miniatures to the battlefields of 1918. Entitled Allies on the Aisne, this new supplement for 1918 introduces two complete nations to the Western Front: the French Republic (“les Poilus”) and the United States (“the Doughboys”). The release will include more than 120 new infantry and support weapon miniatures and at least five new vehicles

Human warfare notched another grim milestone on this day in 1918. For the first time ever, tanks met on the field of battle - opposing squadrons of German and British vehicles clashing near the village of Villers-Bretonneux in northern France, in a battle you can now recreate on the tabletop with this free downloadable scenario PDF. The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux itself might otherwise have been a footnote - another senseless engagement in the Spring Offensive, a las

Known as the Sturmpanzerwagen, the A7V was the only German-designed tank to see combat during the Great War. Introduced in 1918, it weighed a massive 30 tons with a crew of at least 18. Its armour was 30mm thick at the front, with 15mm at the sides and rear - much thicker than even the British Mk IV, and effectively impregnable to small arms fire. It could move at a sprightly 6mph, and sported six MG08 medium machine guns and a 5.7cm Maxim-Nordenfelt Gun. Despite its fearsom

On this date in 1918, the German army began its final offensive of the First World War, the Spring Offensive, which our first release covers. In this article, we give an overview of the Spring Offensive, how the German Army fought it and how you can recreate the German tactics used in 1918: A First World War Miniatures Game. By 1918, the war had stretched both Allied and Central powers to the breaking point. The morale of the allied powers had dropped significantly after the

Introduced in 1904, the Ordnance QF 18-pound Field Gun was rapidly installed as the standard field gun of the British army. This impressive piece of kit could lob a variety of ammunition types with an 84mm calibre to ranges of up to 10,000 metres. By the time of the Armistice, over 3,000 18pdrs were in service on the Western Front, and between them they had used nearly 100 million rounds of ammunition, mostly shrapnel and HE. The 18pdr would remain in service through the int

We’ve released enough miniatures over the last few months to build up a complete army of British or German troops - and we’ve got an entire game system to play with them. But your games of 1918: Spring Offensive have been missing one crucial component: trenches. Until now. We’re incredibly proud to open the pre-orders for the first wave of our massive new system of modular trenches. Each piece is designed to fit together with every other piece, with the potential to build a h

The battlefields of the Great War were largely the backdrop to indiscriminate killing, men killed in their dozens by explosive shells fired from distant artillery batteries miles behind the front lines, or cut down by relentless bursts of machine gun fire. But these were far from the only menace on the Western Front. The German Army were early adopters of sniping techniques, quickly recognising the value of sharpshooters in trench warfare - useful for killing off junior offic

The latest incredible set-piece miniature for 1918: Spring Offensive has arrived - and it’s huge. The German Army entered the war with the Feldkanone 96, an effective, fast-firing 7.7cm field gun unleashed in 1896. This weapon fired on a largely flat trajectory and, though ill-suited to the siege warfare of the trenches, proved very effective against troops in the open. By 1918, many of these weapons had been replaced or upgraded with the 1916 version, which swapped the field

The German Army was the first to develop and test the flammenwerfer - the flamethrower - for combat during the great war. First employed near Verdun in 1915 to help clear trenches, the results were spectacular; no enemy soldier would willingly hold their ground with liquid flames spilling over the parapet. Those who were caught in the blast would die an agonising death. By 1918, the 3rd Guard Pioneer Battalion specialised in the use of flamethrowers, while most Stormtrooper b