REVIEW: Konflikt 47: Invasion Amerika - Warlord Games

Release Date: 05/08/26
Publisher: Warlord Games

SYNOPSIS:

It is 1947. Breaches in reality known as Rifts have provided the means for the warring nations to unleash unspeakable horrors upon one another in pursuit of victory. On the island fortress of Iwo Jima, away from prying eyes, the Empire of Japan has developed secret new technologies.

Whilst fixated on the threat of the Axis in Europe, the Pan-Atlantic Alliance fights a holding war in the Far East and Pacific. However, the Empire is poised to irrevocably alter the trajectory of the Rift War on a global scale.

The First Paragon: Slammer Samuals

Invasion Amerika is the second in a series of supplements for Konflikt ’47 detailing the background, history, and characters of the Rift War. This volume turns its attention to the Empire of Japan's expansionist ambitions, and their unprecedented attack against the heartland of the United States of America.

Within its full-colour pages, rife with glorious photography, artwork, and illustrations, you’ll find timelines, short stories, game scenarios, and more.

Special Miniature

When you order this book, you’ll also receive the exclusive ‘T2 Prototype Heavy Armour’ special miniature. Under attack in the heart of the United States, the US will make use of any weapons they can, ready or not!

Miniature sculpted by Marco Sano. Studio miniature painted by Kirsten Williams.

REVIEW:

First of all, I have to let you know that you need to have already purchased the Konflikt 47: Rule Book in order to be able to utilise the content within this title we're reviewing, and, whilst you don't necessarily need it, Book One of the Rift War which is Konflikt '47: Festung Europa which also gives you rich history to delve into alongside scenario's for battlefields to be fought over. 

What this book brings to the table, is solid writing, that helps fill out some of the blanks that fans have in regard to the history of the Empire of Japan, it gives you heroes, it gives you scenario's and with crisp stories written into the text, you get to feel the world and not just battle within it with your choice of army.  

Its well written, the stories crisp and exciting and each one also gives you a layer to add to the world in which the forces live, you get creeds you get struggles and of course, you get to see what happens with the technology as its developed allowing the Japanese to further their own goals for the glory of the Emperor.

Add to this top secret reports, blueprints and of course artwork that just steps off the page and all round its a fabulous book to add to your Konflikt 47 collection.  I can't wait to see if we can expect some additional fictional novels to help expand the world and of course, to see how the world changes throughout each of the interactions within and to see how each scenario will playout alongside how the results will shape the future.

ROUND UP NEWS: July 6th - 12th July 2026 - Various

Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Luck Gods Math Rocks,

To make sure we carry as much as we can, at the end of each week we have a weekly round up for people to find out about other items that haven't made a main article on the site, here is this weeks...

In Malediction news:

"A growing Malediction community needs more than one kind of table. Local stores give players a place to return. Conventions give them a stage, a meeting point, and a chance to test what they have built in front of a wider scene.

At Lone Star Open 2026, Herald Allen Stelly is helping bring Malediction into one of those spaces.

“Players can expect four games of exciting Seeker on Seeker carnage! Everyone will walk away with some form or prize; no one goes home empty-handed. Being a Herald is exciting; while I enjoy the game itself, the community is why I am a Herald - I love meeting new people, and being a Herald enables me to do that”, said Allen.

Events like LSO give Malediction a public place to be discovered, played, and tested. Every organized event becomes a chance for players to meet, learn, compete, and carry the world of Selejia into a new room.

Join us at Lone Star Open and put your warband on the table. Or, if you want to help create more opportunities like this in your own community, become a Herald and help bring Malediction to new players, stores, and events.

The event will feature a Malediction Standard Mode 1V1 Tournament using the published organized play ruleset. Players will bring their warbands, decks, and side decks, with painted miniatures and 3D terrain encouraged but not required. The format is built to keep the tournament organized while making the path into competitive play clear for players ready to put their warbands on the table.

For Allen, the work of a Herald goes beyond running matches. It means helping players gather, learn, compete, and find a community around the game.

Across the events recorded at Mana Vault, 16 Malediction sessions have already been held, with Heralds including Jason Norman, Migual Mahr, and Patrick helping bring the game to the table. Together, they show what happens when a local store becomes a true community anchor: demos become free play, free play becomes players, and players become the foundation of a scene.

That relationship matters. Stores give players a reliable place to gather. Heralds bring the timing, teaching, and table presence needed to make those gatherings repeatable. When both sides work together, Malediction gains something stronger than a single event. It gains a local home.

For Jeffrey Ackerman, owner and operator of Mana Vault Game Shop, Malediction fits naturally into the kind of community his store is building.

“As an avid tabletop and TCG player, I’m always looking for games that bring players together in fresh ways. Malediction felt like the perfect evolution for our shop, blending strategy, creativity, and community in a way that fits exactly what we’re building at Mana Vault.”

Want to help build a strong Malediction community at your local game store, just like our Heralds and the Mana Vault team are doing in Utah? Become a Herald and help bring more players to the table where you live.

Missed the IronAndy Learn-to-Play?

IronAndy Studios recently brought Malediction to Twitch with Herald Matt, also known as Nergil, helping guide a live learn-to-play using the Two Player Starter Box. If you missed it live, the replay is a clear way to see how new players enter the game, how the starter experience flows, and how Heralds help their community to grow.

The timing is also perfect for anyone ready to start playing. The Two Player Starter Boxes are part of the current Loot Studios Anniversary deals, making this a good moment to watch the game taught, choose your side, and bring your first match to the table.  (Go here to watch how it unfolds.)

Lore Update

Finally for Malediction you can go here to see the latest news on Lore Updates.

This one here is for The Seven Rites, and this other one is for The Rite of Honour.

In a new update from Dwarven Forge:

"The Pledge Manager for Caverns Reforged is live, and will be running through August 19th! Whether you backed the campaign or not, you can grab anything in the collection and take advantage of Stretch Pay to split it up into fourth monthly installments with no interest or fees.

We've added a few things based on our backer feedback: new compositions for the Caverns Risers and Short LED Walls, as well as offering the Mine Entrance Door and Cave-In Rubble Wall as individual pieces. We also included some out-of-stock store sets like the Natural Bridge and Dock Pack.

We're over the moon with how well the campaign performed, and it's wonderful to see our Caverns line so fully-featured thanks to your support. If you've been pondering dipping a toe into this biome, we hope you'll join us!

As always, if you have any questions you can reach out to us on social media, or join the conversation on the forums or discord."

More news as we get it

Today, we're proud to bring an unpate from our friends at Converge Games for their kickstarter for "The Mad Kings Ire" which has now hit over 250% of its funding goal.  They had this to say:

"We are so grateful for everyone's support so far, and to you all for following along on our adventure!

We are also about to unlock our next Stretch Goal Premium Token Trays - make your game that much easier to get playing with this game organiser upgrade. This stretch goal was voted for by our backer community.

Our current stretch goal vote is still going but will close soon, and helps us determine our final stretch goal order!

We've had so much fun running our community story vote system and you can back now to get involved!"

More news as we get it,

ThunderMouser

WeirdCo went crazy at Anime Expo demoing Cyberpunk TCG to more than 2500 people, and speaking to thousands more. If you want to catch up with them and learn the fab game before its Worldwide Release on 6th November 2026, you can catch them at the following Conventions:

Japan Expo 2026 - Paris - 9-12 July

Gen Con Indianapolis - Indiana - 30 July - 2 August

Spiel Essen- Essen, Germany - 22-25 October

In other news from Cyberpunk TCG:

"We’re approaching an important Kickstarter milestone. On July 17th, all Backerkit surveys will be locked and charged. This means that you’ll no longer be able to make changes to your address or order after this date. We will also no longer be able to issue refunds.

Regarding addresses, if you are set to receive products as part of our first fulfillment wave, please plan for this to arrive during the first two weeks of September. So, if your address is going to change between now and then, you will need to provide us with your new expected address via Backerkit before July 17th.

If your survey is still incomplete when it locks on July 17th, you will forfeit express wave one shipping, and your entire order will be shipped as part of our second fulfillment wave, provided that you complete your survey before the wave two deadline.

If you have not received your Backerkit survey by email yet, please reach out to our team through Kickstarter so that we can help you fill in your details before July 17th."

In addition to this, Cree "Kawa" Gunning and Paweł Burza in this weeks podcast are looking at the latest card reveals head at what you can expect at the Anime Expo and whats next for the demo decks.  You can view this here.

For more information join the Official Discord and have the latest sent to your implants.

Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Luck Gods Math Rocks,

Warlord Games Konflikt 47 has put up a post in regard to the future releases coming for the Game in particular which mini's are going to move from metal/resin to plastic for the rest of 2026.

To read more about this please go here.

More news as we get it,

ThunderMouser

Once again, we wanted to thank Ramona, the designer of the beautiful page break we've been using.  You can follow her here on Bluesky and enjoy many of her art pieces or here is her website where you can also request commissions.

NEWS: Konflikt 47 British Commonwealth Plastic Mini's and Wigan Shops Grand Opening - Warlord Games

Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Luck Gods Math Rocks,

Today see's the launch of brand new plastic Konflikt 47 British Commonwealth miniatures.   

And let us just say that they're fab.  You'll see in our basic unboxing unbagging vid, that the sprues are beautiful, sharp clean lines with each piece of each mini for the Mk1 Automated Infantry and the Mk2 Heavy Infantry is easy to see what goes where, are even easier to put together and fits together an absolute dream.  

Painting wise, we really wanted to let the automaton through so we kept our scheme pretty basic, a spray of Army Painter Black Primer with a dry brushing of Vallejo Aged Metal Base, a highlight of Nihilakh Oxide Technical paint with a dab of Vallejo's Scarlet Blood for the Eye Lens with a small addition of some of Vallejo's black dipping wash (although we painted rather than dipped to get it more precise.  As to the bases, well thats, Vallejo's Thick Mud with Gamers Grass Heather Tufts and Army Painters Swamp Tufts.

Now part of the reason we wanted to keep these simple was that we wanted to be able to do something that you can quickly get on the tabletop to game with, no having a field of grey plastic waiting to trudge across the ground, no half done mini's that need a ton more work so that you've given up and of course something, that if you have all your mini's in a row, can be knocked out in one night for a full box of Mk1's and Mk2's.

For details please see our YT Video (this has sadly been delayed due to the unusual British heat but will be completed over the next couple of days.)

In regard to the updates on the British Commonwealth with how to field them and the changes please go here.

Finally for all you lucky people in Wigan, Warlord's new shop (and first outside Nottingham) will be having its official Grand Opening (its already open if you want to pop by) on Saturday 4th July 2026, with a whole heap of fun lined up.  For more details please read their post here.

The key details are:

19 Hallgate

Wigan

WN1 1LR

Opening Hours (For Grand Opening):

1100-1800

Talk Times:

Alessio Cavatore: 1145-1230

Dan Hewitson: 1245-1315

Kirsten Williams (Slayer Sword Winner, Painting Tips and Recipes)

All the best,

ThunderMouser

NEWS ROUND UP: 14 June 2026 - 21st June 2026 - Various

Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Luck Gods Math Rocks,

To make sure we carry as much as we can, at the end of each week we have a weekly round up for people to find out about other items that haven't made a main article on the site, here is this weeks...

What Ho, my good chaps, 

Coming from Konflikt 47 new plastic Automated Platoons for the British Commonwealth.  

First up is the Mk IIC Automated Director. This is a new leader for your British Commonwealth Platoons, and really what makes the new Automated Platoon work as a whole. It functions as a Platoon Commander and can issue Snap to Action! orders, though it doesn’t give a Morale bonus to friendly troops – not a problem for Automated Infantry who all have the Fearless rule. Like the Mk IIs, it removes the First off the Line rule from nearby units that have it, so long as both units have an Active Rift Die. They’ve taken the opportunity to streamline this rule, which they’re now calling Data Transmission, and put it on the Mk II unit profiles because it’s clearer, and also allows us to combine with other rules more easily.

To read more about changes for the British Commonwealth please go to the full article here.  In addition to this, if you want some of these new plastic mini's, please go here where your pre-order will be dispatched next week.  We have been lucky enough to get our mits on some ahead of schedule and have to say, that they go together easily and look fab.  We'll be showing our 5 Mk 1 Automated Infantry, and our 2 Mk2 Heavy Infantry, that look fab with their simple paint work.  We will also be featuring our own Konflikt 47 Force over the next few weeks as we get them together and ready for action.

Cubicle Seven continues its June Deals.  With these fab offers of 20% off some of their books here.

In other news, The Sylvania Setting Guide is coming soon to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.  

I will tell you for nothing — stay away from Sylvania. If you are fool enough to go, then you have to be prepared. Take guards, and a guide who knows the province. The roads are worse than anywhere civilised, so be prepared for slow going when the weather gets bad. The coaching inns are havens in that blighted land, but even there, things aren’t always quite right.

You don’t want to find out what the forest and fens hold in the darkness. You see strange ruins in the day and lights at night, but those who look to explore them do not always return. The main routes, water and land, are at least reasonably well travelled and the traders and merchants you meet are usually friendly, if wary. But even then…

Don’t laugh… but you cannot even trust the dead to stay dead — I have seen dead soldiers clamber from the murky waters of the Stir, board a barge, and tear a man to pieces, I swear by Sigmar.

I’ll say it again — stay away from Sylvania.’

—Klaus Klopp, Former Holder of the Vanhaldenschlosse Trade Warrant

More news as we get it.

Once again, we wanted to thank Ramona, the designer of the beautiful page break we've been using.  You can follow her here on Bluesky and enjoy many of her art pieces or here is her website where you can also request commissions.

NEWS ROUND UP: 6th June - 12 June 2026 - Various

Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Luck Gods Math Rocks,

To make sure we carry as much as we can, at the end of each week we have a weekly round up for people to find out about other items that haven't made a main article on the site, here is this weeks...

Warlord Games have let us know this:

15% off Naval Ranges (on their own web store) 

June is a massive month for naval battles - Midway, Philippine Sea, and of course the Glorious 1st of June, so to celebrate we’re giving you 15% off Black Seas, Victory at Sea, and Cruel Seas*.

Grab a bargain, expand your fleets, or set sail into a brand new game!  Enter the code JUNE2026 at checkout for the deal.

Invasion Amerika pre-orders are live, (book is also available separetly) and strange signals presage the arrival of a terrifying new threat to the United States.

The Empire of Japan is coming, with new plastic Ghost Warriors and the legendary Scourge of the Spirit Realm in the vanguard.

Can Slammer Samuels and the desperate defenders of America hold them back, or will the Emperor’s ultimate gambit pay off?

Finally, we're getting ready to paint up some of the brand new British Mk1 Automated Infantry (5), and our British Mk2 Heavy Automated Infantry (2).  SO keep your eyes glued for more developments.  There's also going to be some "monstrous" things to come from ourselves in the future too. 

Crippled God Foundry have asked us to let you know more about the new release of The Dread Torch.  Here's what they had to say...

We always wanted to create our own tabletop game that will be fun and easy to play.  Along with the miniatures, terrain and props we have created all these years, we want to bring everything together into our own unique fantasy universe and lore.

Our love for dungeon Crawl games inspired us to create the Dread Torch Dungeon Crawl Game System!

We have been working on Dread Torch for some time and we are happy to bring you an early version of this game!

Dread Torch is a fast-paced dungeon crawling game designed for:

🎲 Solo play

🎲 Cooperative play

🎲 Fast setup and brutal gameplay

🎲 Old-school dark fantasy atmosphere

Heroes descend into forgotten crypts, cursed halls, ancient ruins, and monster-infested dungeons searching for gold, relics, and survival itself.

But the deeper you go… the darker the dungeon becomes.

At the center of the game is the Torch mechanic — a shared resource representing light, hope, and time itself.  As the Torch fades, the dungeon grows more dangerous!

Core Rules ae available here.

We created a new Welcome Pack that will serve as a “starter bundle” to play your first Dread Torch adventures!

In addition to the Core Rules and the Weeping Crypt introductory scenario, you will also find miniatures, dungeon props and 3D printable Tokens and character sheets for an immersive gaming exprience!  (Editor - Whilst not available as physical media directly from CGF on their website, in the future this will hopefully be an option.)

 

Steamforged Games, have sent out a special mail in regard to some forthcoming releases.  Here's what they had to say:

We couldn’t keep the Final Hunt at bay any longer. This vengeful Dusk cadre are just dying to get back into the fray alongside Fane of Nyrro, and who are we to stand in their way? 

From today, the Final Hunt cadre return to Dusk Fane of Nyrro, fuelled by new rules befitting their eldritch alliance that are free to download in the Warmachine app (along with all the rest of the rules for Warmachine). 

We know you’ll have questions, so we grabbed Fraser McFetridge of the Warmachine dev team to share all the gory details: 

We do review the win rates and play rates of models as shown on Longshanks. However, this is only one aspect of data we review to inform changes. 

The Warmachine team remains committed to regularly playing games at clubs, events, and on our own kitchen tables. Between our own experiences, the incredibly valuable feedback of our playtesters, and available public data, we strive to be as well-equipped as possible to make judgement calls for the good of Warmachine.

For information and to read the full article please go here.

Loot Studio's has announced that they are changing their subscriptions (STL files.)  Here's what they had to say...

A single subscription now takes you on ANY adventure. Yes, that’s true, you won’t have to pick between Fantasy or Sci-Fi. With Loot’s new subscription plans, the limit is your imagination.

Dinosaurs invading Panshaw, cyberspace vampires, pirates in the casino? It doesn’t matter, it’s all your choice!

This is how they work:

- Single Loot: Monthly, pick any bundle, Fantasy or Sci-Fi, ever released by Loot.

- Double Loot: The same as Single Loot, with 2 bundles instead!

We don’t have a chocolate factory, but here comes the Golden Ticket…

If you subscribe to the annual plan, you can get 20% off any subscription you opt into. Believe it or not, that’s not the only great thing about this choice.

By joining Loot's annual plan until July 5th, you will receive the amazing Loot Adventure GM Screen as a GIFT, bringing your gaming experience to a whole new level. Subscribe to Loot now and become the master your party deserves!

Unlock your adventure today.

Cast n' Play have let us know that pre-registration for their forthcoming The Endless Castle (STL's that allow you to create your perfect strongholds with countless layouts and combo's.  

Cubicle Seven continues its June Deals.  This time for digital downloads and VTT's.  Here is what they told us in their own words...

Heroes, wanderers and storytellers,

​The road ahead is filled with forgotten ruins, dark conspiracies, epic journeys, and tales waiting to be told. This June, take 20% off PDFs and Foundry VTT Titles and expand your collection with some of our most beloved roleplaying games.

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Set out on unforgettable expeditions with Uncharted Journeys. Explore themes of memory, legacy, and the lives we leave behind in A Life Well Lived. Unravel the mysteries of a world coming apart at the seams in Broken Weave. Or venture into the perilous World of Legend in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.

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Whether you're preparing your next campaign, searching for fresh inspiration, or bringing your table online, there's never been a better time to stock your library.

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Save 20% throughout June.

Excludes products on preorder & recently releasesd.  To order yours please go here.

Chooms, the latest news from Weird Co has them dropping new cards and some of the originals with fixes to make them more playable and clearer in their meanings.  (Card Data Base is here.)   

With a brand new, how to play video (here), you get to keep up with all the new rule changes and all.  Also you can join in discussions with other Cyberpunk TCG fans on their discord here.

There is also the latest of their fabulous podcast here (on YT) where Cree "Kawa" Gunning and Paweł Burza, chat through UKGE and the new developments with LD and Clark in the marketing team. 

Once again, we wanted to thank Ramona, the designer of the beautiful page break we've been using.  You can follow her here on Bluesky and enjoy many of her art pieces or here is her website where you can also request commissions.