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Trevor A. Dixon, a sculptor with Hinchcliffe Miniatures, left in 1976 to form his own company, Dixon Miniatures. [1] His first products were 54 mm miniatures for use with Napoleonic wargames. The company then started producing 28 mm figures, including a line of Mongols and historical Japanese figures such as samurai, ashigaru, and ninja. [2]
Shogun, designed by Michael Gray, [1] was first released in 1986 by Milton Bradley as part of their Gamemaster series. It was renamed to Samurai Swords in its first re-release (1995) to disambiguate it from other games with the same name (in particular, James Clavell's Shogun, a wargame with a similar theme, released in 1983), and renamed again to Ikusa in its 2011 re-release under Hasbro's ...
Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia.The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.).
54 mm toy soldiers by Imperial Productions of New ZealandA toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier.The term applies to depictions of uniformed military personnel from all eras, and includes knights, cowboys, American Indians, pirates, samurai, and other subjects that involve combat-related themes.
In 1979 Citadel Miniatures was formed by Games Workshop as a miniatures production shop to produce their own figures and to distribute Ral Partha figures in Britain. [4] [5] Citadel Miniatures attempted to establish a U.S. division in 1982 with Ral Partha as the local manufacturer.
Miniatures for Traveller were a line of 15mm miniatures, most of which contained twelve figures per set. [39] Forrest Johnson reviewed Miniatures for Traveller in The Space Gamer No. 32. [39] Johnson commented that "All in all, a B plus effort. Recommended to Traveller fans and SF miniatures gamers in general." [39] Ninja & Samurai Adventurers