Sarissa Precision - World War Europe 15mm review We review a range of new 15mm MDF from Sarissa and James constructs a ruined townhouse. 15mm is a scale that is extremely well suited to mixing the practicalities of gaming with the dramatic sweep of a terrain-heavy board. The only real downside is that at the dinkier scale, it can be tough to imbue your terrain builds with the same detail as a 28mm offering. Thank goodness, then, for Sarissa’s comprehensive and growing World War Europe 15mm range! These varied buildings are perfect for WWII action but also versatile enough to be used in a variety of other conflicts. Townhouses Some of the range’s standout structures are the assorted European residences, such as the great-looking Townhouses. Each comes with variations in design features, from different styled entrances and archways to flat or standard roofs (see below). These will be perfect for so many of the Second World War’s battles in Europe that it would take more than this article’s word count to list them all! Each comes on a compact footprint of around 12cm square, so you can easily place them together to make villages and towns. Not all buildings escape war unscathed and, should you be willing to pay a little more (the destroyed version of the Flat Roof Townhouse costs £2.50 more) you’ll get a version that can be split up into multiple ruined sections and shows battle damage (seen below). See Hobby Corner later on for more on James’ time building this kit! Non-civilian structures It’s not all about residential buildings. The range is packed with other options to add more areas of interest and objectives to your tabletop. If you want to fight it out in the European lowlands, how about the Canal Bridge (seen below)? This dual cantilever kit comes on just one sheet of MDF and you’ll be able to quickly construct it and have fun with its counterbalanced tilt action. There are Dutch-styled houses that will be a good match for this set too. The Border Checkpoint set (seen below) will be useful for all kinds of gaming. The main checkpoint barrier and buildings are perfect for hit-and-run or breakthrough games, perhaps with asymmetric forces, while the 45 Dragons’ Teeth included will force any vehicles on the tabletop into tactical considerations as they try to traverse them. Instead of making a huge load of separate Teeth (which could have proved rather frustrating to build), there’s a block of 25, two blocks of four, two of two, and eight singles. While it may not be particularly fancy, the Chain Home system, built by the RAF during the war, was an essential early warning system and
