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How to play 1918: Spring Offensive: Part 2 - Basic units and force organisation
Last week, we explained the basics of how to play 1918: Spring Offensive. A platoon-level simulation of the final months of the First World War, the game - at present! - brings four historically accurate forces to the tabletop: the British Empire, the German Empire, the French Republic and the freshly arrived American Expeditionary Force. This is no power fantasy: every man is roughly as physically capable as another, while your officers aren’t mighty heroes defeating a dozen
warfulcrumgames
Dec 22, 20253 min read


How to play 1918: Spring Offensive: Part 1 - The core concepts
It is 1918. The war of stalemate has ended, and a new mode of warfare is taking shape. The armies that have suffered so long and so brutally during gruelling years of mud, blood and trenches have been thrown into motion with new strategies, advanced technologies and innovative tactics hard won from the long struggle of industrialised warfare. Despite being close to exhaustion, both the Allied Powers and the Central Powers will conduct ambitious new campaigns that cover more g
warfulcrumgames
Dec 15, 20254 min read


Once more unto the breach, dear friends: The British Rifle Section miniatures showcase
Whether you knew them as Tommies, Limeys or les Rosbifs, the humble British rifleman fought and died for his country by the hundreds of thousands. By 1918, the Great War had entered its final phase - the violent shock of the Imperial German ‘Spring Offensive’ catching British forces on the hop. Matters had just about settled into an attritional stalemate of trench warfare when the Germans debuted their new Stormtrooper tactics - elite soldiers trained to punch through and ove
warfulcrumgames
Dec 10, 20253 min read


Imperial German Stormtroopers arrive to press the Spring Offensive
The latest reinforcements for 1918: A First World War Miniatures Game are here to strike fear into the hearts of the Allied Forces: elite Stormtroopers for the German Imperial Army. Hand-picked for their skill, aggression and fearlessness, the Stormtroopers were crack troops wielding the best gear the German army could provide in order to overwhelm the enemy under the press of a sudden shock assault. Often attacking from the flank or the rear, they used infiltration tactics
warfulcrumgames
Dec 5, 20252 min read


Welcome to our new website!
Welcome to www.warfulcrumgames.co.uk , the home of our first miniatures game 1918: A First World War Miniatures Game. We launched 1918 earlier this year and were blown away by the support we received, and felt that the time was right to launch properly. This website will contain all our products, both digital and physical - with any STLs printed and fulfilled by our licensed UK printing partner Feudal Forge Foundry. In the store now, you'll be able to pre-order the 1918: Spri
warfulcrumgames
Nov 14, 20251 min read


1918 Core Rulebook Pre-Orders now live!
With the launch of our website, we are also taking pre-orders for our core rulebook for 1918: A First World War Miniatures game - 1918: Spring Offensive, a 222-page hardback, full colour tome that contains the Core and Advanced Rules for 1918, alongside Force Lists for the American Expeditionary Force Infantry Division (early), British Infantry Division, French Infantry Division (early) and German Intervention Division. You'll find some of the miniatures for our British range
warfulcrumgames
Nov 14, 20251 min read


START COLLECTING: BRITISH EMPIRE
The British Empire - the wall at which the hammerblow of the German Spring Offensive lands. The core of this formation is the British Infantry Division, and in this guide, we’ll cover how to collect a British force for 1918 using the Force Lists and Unit Profiles in the Spring Offensive book. Choosing a Force List and Doctrine Firstly, we’ll need to decide what kind of force we want to field and how it will fight. The Spring Offensive book contains one Force List for the Brit
warfulcrumgames
Nov 13, 20255 min read


START COLLECTING: IMPERIAL GERMANY
So you've chosen to march with the Kaiser’s finest shock troops, the German Intervention Divisions? A good choice mein freund. In this article, we’re going to cover how to start collecting a German force for 1918 using the Force Lists and Unit Profiles in the 1918: Spring Offensive book. Choosing a Force List and Doctrine First off the bat, you need to decide what kind of force you want to field and how it's going to fight. The Spring Offensive book contains one Force List fo
warfulcrumgames
Nov 4, 20255 min read
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