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Russell Phillips

Biography

Russell Phillips writes military history and RPG books. Born and brought up in a mining village in South Yorkshire, they have lived and worked in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Staffordshire. Russell has always had a deep interest in history and conflicts all over the world, and enjoys sharing their knowledge with others through clear, factual accounts which shine a light on events of the past.

Their articles have been published in Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated, The Wargames Website, and the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers' Journal. They have been interviewed on WW2TV, BBC Radio Stoke, The WW2 Podcast, and Cold War Conversations. They currently live in Stoke-on-Trent with their wife and two children.

Where to find Russell Phillips online

Website: https://RussellPhillips.uk/

Series

RPG Books by
The Newspaper: A SHGGFTAWSGDSSFDF Delivery
Price: Free!
The Epiphany Club and the Great Library of Alexandria: A Steampunk campaign for RISUS: The Anything RPG
Price: $4.99 USD.
Setting Europe Ablaze: The SOE Sourcebook
Price: $9.99 USD.
Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact by
Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact
Price: $4.99 USD.
Combat Engineering Equipment of the Warsaw Pact
Price: $3.99 USD.
Artillery of the Warsaw Pact
Price: $3.99 USD.
Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact: Volume One
Price: $8.99 USD.

Books

Setting Europe Ablaze: The SOE Sourcebook by
Series: RPG Books, Book 3. Pre-release—available April 25, 2024. Price: $9.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Entertainment » Games, puzzles, & brain twisters » Role Playing & Fantasy, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II
Setting Europe Ablaze: The SOE Sourcebook gives you all the tools you need to GM or play in an SOE campaign. With no rigid military ranks or limiting rules to follow, the SOE offers the perfect opportunity to play an RPG set in the Second World War where almost anything can happen. This user-friendly sourcebook is system-neutral, so you are free to use whatever rules you and your players prefer.
The Epiphany Club and the Great Library of Alexandria: A Steampunk campaign for RISUS: The Anything RPG by
Series: RPG Books, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 11,020. Language: English. Published: January 30, 2023 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Entertainment » Games, puzzles, & brain twisters » Role Playing & Fantasy
In this exciting steampunk campaign, you will play a member of the Epiphany Club, travelling across Europe and Africa to find the Great Library of Alexandria. But with so many people desperate to get their hands on the knowledge contained within the library's hidden walls, your mission will be far from smooth sailing.
The Newspaper: A SHGGFTAWSGDSSFDF Delivery by
Series: RPG Books. Price: Free! Words: 1,960. Language: English. Originally Published: February 1, 2022 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Entertainment » Games, puzzles, & brain twisters » Role Playing & Fantasy
During the Second World War, information was one of the most precious currencies there was. And in this light-hearted and humorous one-shot adventure, delivering a simple newspaper could be the one thing which stops an entire village being erased from the history books and forgotten forever.
A Strange Campaign: The Battle for Madagascar by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 30,540. Language: English. Originally Published: May 5, 2021 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Africa » Eastern region, Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / France, Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / Great Britain, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II
Foreword by Peter Caddick-Adams. Madagascar provided the stunning backdrop for one of the strangest conflicts of the Second World War — when Britain went head to head against one of its closest allies. When British forces landed on the island in 1942, the enemy they faced wasn't German, Japanese or even Italian, this time the opposing forces were French. Concerned that Japan might use...
Combat Engineering Equipment of the Warsaw Pact by
Series: Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 19,850. Language: English. Originally Published: November 7, 2017 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » War, Nonfiction » History » Military, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
The ability to advance rapidly over sometimes difficult terrain was a key part of the Warsaw Pact's strategy. The Eastern European nations which formed this historic alliance wanted to be able to move quickly and effectively so they didn't give their enemies an advantage. The vital tools which helped the Warsaw Pact overcome the challenges it faced included a whole range of combat engineering...
The Bear's Claws: A Novel of World War III by &
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 104,800. Language: English. Originally Published: January 11, 2021 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
It's 1982 but not as we know it. The Cold War has lost its chill and World War III has arrived, threatening to send the whole planet into meltdown. Vladislav Rakovich is a young, idealistic communist. He dreams of being an officer, leading his soldiers on a mission to free the world from capitalism. But as the Soviet armies roll west, he gains his first bitter taste of command and reality hits...
The Bear Marches West: 12 Scenarios for 1980s NATO vs Warsaw Pact Wargames by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,240. Language: English. Originally Published: January 26, 2015 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Entertainment » Games, puzzles, & brain twisters » Board, Nonfiction » Entertainment » Games, puzzles, & brain twisters » Role Playing & Fantasy, Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Crafts & Hobbies » Miniatures, Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Crafts & Hobbies » Models
NATO kept the Warsaw Pact behind the Berlin Wall until its dissolution - but what if it hadn't? The Bear Marches West contains 12 wargame scenarios set during a fictional Warsaw Pact invasion of West Germany in the 1980s. All the scenarios are based on battles depicted in well-known novels, and are designed to be used with whatever rules the players wish. Each scenario includes the battle's...
This We'll Defend: The Weapons & Equipment of the U.S. Army by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,790. Language: English. Originally Published: January 26, 2015 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Iraq War (2003-), Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Afghan War (2001-)
The U.S. Army is the best-equipped force in military history, from the simple bayonet to multi-million-dollar technological marvels like the M1 Abrams tank and Apache Longbow helicopter. This We'll Defend outlines the most important weapons and equipment the Army currently uses. All facts, figures and images in this ebook are direct from publicly available Army sources, edited and annotated to...
Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact: Volume One by
Series: Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, 3.5. Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 76,030. Language: English. Originally Published: October 10, 2018 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / Eastern, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
What exactly would NATO's troops have faced if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot?
A Damn Close-Run Thing: A Brief History of the Falklands War by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,930. Language: English. Originally Published: January 23, 2015 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » South American, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Naval, Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century
In 1982, the average Briton didn't know the Falkland Islands existed, let alone their status as a disputed British territory just off the coast of Argentina. That changed when the Argentinians invaded the islands and overwhelmed the small defending force. Both nations claimed the islands were theirs, but now Argentina thought the British would give them up without a fight. They were wrong...
Operation Nimrod: The Iranian Embassy Siege by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 28,500. Language: English. Originally Published: October 5, 2015 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / Great Britain, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Special Forces, Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century
The truth behind the SAS' most famous mission. Drawing on extensive research, Operation Nimrod dispels the myths and reveals the truth of those six long days, and the dramatic rescue that thrust the SAS into the public eye. On 29th April 1980, British police assured Iran that their embassy was secure. The very next day, terrorists stormed the embassy and took twenty-six hostages. With the...
A Fleet in Being: Austro-Hungarian Warships of WWI by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,050. Language: English. Originally Published: December 10, 2011 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War I, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Naval, Nonfiction » History » Europe / Austria & Hungary
The Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine -- The Austro-Hungarian Navy -- was in at the beginning of World War I when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie lay in state aboard its flagship, and at the end when it dissolved along with the empire that commanded it. During the war, this small but powerful "fleet in being" forced the Allies to maintain a blockade of the Otranto Straits...
A Ray of Light: Reinhard Heydrich, Lidice, and the North Staffordshire Miners by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,080. Language: English. Originally Published: July 17, 2016 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Terrorism, Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / Eastern, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II, Nonfiction » Social Science » Political science
Arnold Bennett Prize finalist. How North Staffordshire miners saved a Czech village during WWII. Lidice was a peaceful and vibrant community in Czechoslovakia with a rich mining heritage. But an act of Nazi revenge saw this village wiped from existence in a horrifying chapter of European history. Disaster struck for Lidice in 1942 when the prominent Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich was...
AFV Alphabet by
Price: Free! Words: 5,240. Language: English. Originally Published: November 28, 2022 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Persian Gulf War (1991), Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II, Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century
Russell Phillips wrote an "A to Z" series of blog posts around the theme of AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles). They have been edited and collated into this ebook.
Artillery of the Warsaw Pact by
Series: Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 24,190. Language: English. Originally Published: August 22, 2018 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Russian, Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / Eastern, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons, Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century
Considered to be "the god of modern war" by the Soviet army, artillery played a vital role in the Cold War period. The armies of the Warsaw Pact made artillery a cornerstone of their military strategies. And the importance they placed on this type of weaponry saw them use their technology and expertise to develop a wide range of munitions including mortars, rocket launchers, missiles and large...
Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact by
Series: Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 32,170. Language: English. Originally Published: August 22, 2017 by Shilka Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » History » War, Nonfiction » History » Russian, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
When East and West survived on a knife-edge between peace and war, both sides were busy preparing themselves for military action. But what exactly would NATO's troops have faced if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot? Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact is a fascinating reference book looking at the wide variety of combat vehicles which were poised and ready for action throughout the...

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