The Crimea D.B.A.’d Dominic Skelton “By Sword and the Compass” Fast play rules for the 16th Century naval warfare. Chris Peers ‘Operation Tusler’ A 1944 skirmish scenario D.R. Justice The Battle of St. Neots, 1648 ‘The great victory obtained by Colonel Scroope’. Dan Mersey Habakkuk: Bergship aircraft carrier A World War II ‘Funny’. M.W. Williams Wargaming the Crimean War, Part One Battle of the Alma. Derek
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De Bellis Horribilis World War I rules à la DBA David Manley ‘Stand to!’ 1994 Games at the Carton-le-Willows show. Photo Feature Strandhögg A small Viking raid scenario. D.K. Hunt Men against Fruit A pre-Featherstonian skirmish game suitable for Xmas (when you should have plenty of terrain available!) Paddy Griffith Long-haired Rebels. The Taiping Army, 1851-66. Part 2: Dress & Weapons Ian Heath Exit Horatio
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Long-Haired Rebels -The Taipang Army 1851-66. Part I: Organisation and Composition Ian Heath Dutch Ensigns of Foot, c.1572-1574 Flags for the Eighty Years War. Stephen Ede-Borrett ‘A Savage & Romantic War’. Spain 1833-1840 Part 5: The Battle of Oriamendi. Concludes Conrad’s Carlist series Conrad Cairns Eye-deep in Polystyrene Trench systems on the Western Front, 1915-1918 David Kelsall Moby Dick - the Wargame A set
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Demo Game of the Month The League of Augsburg’s game at Warcon ‘95 Photo Feature Alsop’s (Or Harris’s) Farm, 19th May 1864 A.C.W. action Paul Stevenson Buffalo Running A Plains Indian hunting game Mike Bell & Mike Blake Viva La Muerta Spanish Civil War Matrix Game Bob Cordery Review of Redoubt’s 25mm E.C.W. Range Mark Allen Readers Letters The Battle of Zbroski, 1807 Napoleonic French vs
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Saxon Colours of the Napoleonic Wars (See colour illustrations on back & inside back cover) David Love Terrain on a shoe-string budget, Part 3 Mick concludes his series on cheap, but cheerful terrain Mick Sayce ‘The fight will necessarily be desperate’ The Battle of Oxhill, 1st September 1862 David Bickley The Battle of Ocracoke Inlet Blackbeard’s Last Stand Rowlings A djebel
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Debugging Marlborough Nosworthy-inspired amendments for cavalry actions using ‘Warfare in the Age of reason’ rules Alan & Elaine Daniels Duke Seifried, fourth Jack Scruby Award winner Hail to the Duke! Terrain on a shoe-string budget. Part II. Mick looks East-in 6mm Mick Sayce ‘Wheel to Wheel’ Divisional scale 1915-1918 Trench Warfare rules David Kelsall ‘Operation Saturn’ A Mediterranean World War II scenario Steve
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Breakout! Kiev Pocket 1941 A small Eastern Front scenario Richard Marsh Red Banner Modern Naval Rules Russ Philips C3 Command, Control and Communications in Wargames R.J. Oliver The Battle of Blore Heath, 1459 A.D. Early Wars of the Roses action Gary Hughes The Cossacks A short military study Graham Lewis Imjin Ridge, 1951 Korean War action Pete Brown The Legion du Midi A brief history of the Napoleonic unit Richard
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Hastings in the Dining Room Amending the D.B.A. to the needs of this battle Anthony Clipsom “It is settled: The Negro will fight!” The African-American soldier in the Civil War David Bickley A visit to Bucharest Military Museum Nick Cornish ‘A most villainous-looking cavalcade’ The Afghan Regular Army in the 19th Century, Part 1B Ian Heath A Russian Front scenario for
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The meaning of (wargaming) life David Lockwood Refighting in the Battle of Quatre Bras (6mm style) The author’s demo game at last year’s Thornton le Dale show Robbie Rodiss The Battle of Ticonderoga, 1758: Part I. French and Indian Wars scenario Steve Bruce ‘A most villainous-looking cavalcade’ Part I. The Afghan Regular Army in the 19th Century Ian Heath Banana Republics A
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‘Fire & Fury’ Points System Add on to the popular American Civil War rules D.J. Hynds 1866 and all that Part V: Aschaffenburg Richard Clarke ‘God created Hell, added flies and called it Mesopotamia!’ The Battle of Ctesiphon and the Road to Kut, 1914-15 Colin Ashton After Narvik The Hunt for the British Evacuation Convoys as a Mini-Campaign Richard Marsh One Brain
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Battle of Plataea 479 BC The Eastbourne club’s 1995 demo game Eric Cruttenden “Attack at Dawn” The First Battle of Narvick, Part II Graham Hockley Additional (and unofficial) Army Lists for ‘Age of Reason Michael Manning Randolph’s Command ACW Skirmish, Coldharbor style Ian Weekley 1866 and all that Part IV: Frohnhofen Richard Clarke Readers Letters The Thousand Bomber Raid Tim Price
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‘Death from the Skies’ German invasion of Malta Geoff Beswick An officer classification system for W.R.G. 1925-2000 Chris Peers ‘Attack at Dawn’ The First Battle of Narvik, Part One Graham Hockley 1643 An English Civil War Campaign Game John Davis Readers Letters ‘Savage and Romantic War’ Spain 1833-1840 Part 3B: The Carlist Army of the North (Cavalry, Artillery, etc) Conrad Cairns The Battle of New Market,
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D-Day – 6th June 1944 Sword Beach/Pegasus Bridge Scenario Colin Rumford 1866 and all that… Part III: Bad Kissingen Richard Clarke “A savage and Romantic War” – Spain 1833 – 1840 Part 3A: The Carlist Army of the North (Infantry) Conrad Cairns Dracula Pete Brown stakes his claim to a Wallachian army Pete Brown New rules that hit the mark Review of ‘Clear
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The Struggle for Stettin, April 1945 Staging a public participation game The Warlords of Loyne (Lancaster) The Battle of Mcdowell, 8th May 1862 Steamer Wars Coastal, Lake and river warfare in the Great War period Robert Morgan Replying to Mr. Tanner Readers Letters Wargames – more signs of decline (He’s reloaded – and he’s shooting again) Peter Tanner The Soviet Air
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“Storm Regiment” The Battle for Crete, 1941 A scenario for ‘Operation Mercury’ Graham Lewis Solo Colonial II Three scenarios for 19th. Century Colonial games Mark Elwen Late Roman Army List Ancient games using ‘Warhammer’ rules Jervis Johnson of Games Workshop Wargames Shows & the Hobby’s missed opportunities One man’s thoughts on conventions Peter Tanner Winter War Wargaming A.C.W. snowball fights… Andy Callan 1866… and all
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JFK and the PT109 Incident Anthony R. Tucker Tactics in the Franco-Prussian War Part III: From Reality to Rules Mike Johnson Napoleon’s Last Victory, The Battle of Ligny, 16th June 1815 The Myth & the Reality, Part III Peter Hofschröer Forcing Fox’s Gap, 14th September 1862 A small A.C.W. scenario Paul Stevenson ‘Bursting to shell…’ David Bickley & Philip Robinson “A Savage and
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‘Have cow… will travel’ Another off beat & intriguing game for Jersey Wargames Society Edward Rodhouse The Battle of South Mills A.C.W. action in North Carolina Paul Eaton Skirmish in the Ardennes WWII action, 1940 Garry Lister Tactics in the Franco-Prussian War Part II: Prussian tactics doctrine Mike Johnson ‘A Savage and Romantic War’ Spain 1833-1840 Part 1: the course of the First
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“Achtung Schpitfeuer” WWII Air warfare gaming suggestions Jon Latimer Programmed Leaders for D.B.A. Campaigns Another add-on for the ‘Love ’em or hate ‘em’ rules P.J. Raper The Attack and Defence of Fort Stedman The struggle for Petersburg, 25th March 1865 David Bickley Variations on a theme… D.B.A.cf.D.B.M. & refight for issus, 333BC M.J. Nichol Tactics on the Franco-Prussian War Part 1: French Tactical
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Cavalry clash at Kelly’s Ford, 17th March 1862 A.C.W. Scenario Paul Stevenson The Mitrailleuse in the Franco-Prussian War Steve Shann I.T.M.A. Interchangeable Terrain with Multiple Applications David Bickley Rules for wargaming sieges in the Twelfth Century Stephen Simpson 1866…and all that The western theatre in the Six Weeks War Richard Clarke Multi-Activity Wargaming, Part 2 Continues from last month. [M.A.W. to it than meets
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Anarchy! 1140-1142 AD A medieval game based on the Stephen-Matilda civil war Stephen Simpson The Fimo Kid rides again! The star of ‘Baking saddles’ in the sequel Peter Dennis Peninsular Campaigns Insights into Iberian actions Tim Price The Merovingian Franks Part 4C: Tactics Guy Halsall ‘A night on the town’ Scenario for the night action on the Eastern Front, 1944 Bernard Garaty Multi-Activity Wargaming More experimental
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‘Baking Saddles’ Guns, Fun & Fimo – make your own Western gunfight Peter Dennis S.W.A.B. 2 The scuppers are again awash with blood: naval boarding actions John Bartlett “All is lost save honour” The Battle of Pavia, 24th February 1525 Martin Jones The Merovingian Franks Part 4B: Strategy Guy Halsall Boardgames Rules O.K. Experimental rules & rule mechanisms for board & map games R.J.
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Operation “Knight’s Move” The Raid on Tito’s H.Q., 25th May 1944 Steve Shann Bring & Buy (The article you don’t have to queue an hour to read) John Elwen “The Enemy made a great mistake in not taking possession of the sounds.” North Carolina coastal operations, 1861-62 David Bickley Improving Matrix Games A.H. lodges some new ideas for an old
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“It was our first real fight” Yorktown & Williamsburg, April-May 1862 David Bickley Kurovitsy, 30th August 1941 Another small scale action on the Eastern Front Chris Peers “This foolish game” Simple rules for Anglo-French naval battles, 1867-1873 Chris Peers Skinning the cat The attack on Eben Emael, Part 3 Tim Price More Imitation Foreign Devils Other disciplined Chinese units of the Taiping era Ian
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Steel Bonnets Skirmish rules for 16th Century Border Reivers Michael Manning Medieval Skirmish Games Andrew Cannon Skinning the Cat The attack on Eben Emael, Part 2B Tim Price The Balkan Wars Rules for the First & Second Balkan Wars Bob Cordery Grand Fleet in danger A “Jutland” 1915 scenario P.Dunn “The Mad Baron” The Mongolian campaign of Baron von Ungern-Sternberg, 1920-1921 Chris Peers Sherman’s North Carolina Campaign “It
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The Army of Louis XIV, The Maison du Roi, Part III: Musketeers & Grenadiers à Cheval Mark Allen S.A.S. – Daring to Win Wargaming the Battle of Mirbat, 19 July 1972 Ted Brown Retreat from Kaunas WWII Eastern Front scenario Simon Stokes Skinning the Cat The attack on Eban Emael, Part 2A, Another WWII scenario Tim Price Two Ancient Battles for D.B.A. 2:
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English Civil War Siege Or: Bolingbroke? Never heard of it! Graham Cummings The Battle of Raymond, 12 May 1863 A.C.W. scenario in Mississippi Paul Stevenson Two Ancient Battles for D.B.A. 1: Trebbia, 218 B.C Dave Holland & Mick Nichol Some Random Thoughts from Colours ‘93 Or, What did you do at Armageddon, Daddy? Andrew J. Smith Book + Rules = Action! A Modern(-ish!)
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Rules for mid-eighteenth century Stephen Simpson Franco-Prussian War scenarios G.J. Kennerley ‘Operation Nostalgia’, Part II Campaign rules & two sample games Richard Marsh Death, Disease and Disability in Pre-Industrial Warfare Guy Halsall ‘My Right Hand Got Tired’ The Indian Corps in 1914 (Western Front) David Bickley Three Norman battles, 1066-1157AD 3: The Battle of Hastings, 1066 Stephen Simpson Battalion, Eagles & Flags Part III: Of Spain,
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The Mountain Man Era, 1825-1840 By a man who’s been there! (Albeit 150 years later) Lance Kizer Building a Wargames Army: Part One Thirty Years War inspires the author Mark Allen ‘Loose Files and American Scramble’ Reprinted by popular demand from issue one Andy Callan Emden Supplement To ‘The Germans who never lost’ Tim Price (Very) Simple WWI Colonial Skirmish Rules Inspired by
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The Seven Years War, W.R.G. style Paul Stevenson Three Norman battle, 1066-1157AD 1: The battle of Coleshill, 1157 Stephen Simpson Wargames – a visual retrospective The old lion still roars Ian Weekley Oliver’s incomplete A to Z of WWII James Oliver Confrontation A wargames scenario for the Borneo campaign, 1963 – 66 Mark Willis Sin-bins and Stragglers (A second experimental games mechanism) James Oliver “It was
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The Capture of Bagamoyo German East Africa, 15 August 1915 Colin Rumford Debacle at Kalach A WWII Eastern Front scenario Peter P.H. Heath “Fire & Fury” Small Battles 4: Second Day at Luka John Watts The Rus – a thunderbolt from Heaven, Part Three Martin Jones De Ballis Navalis DBA Disciples (like ducks?) can now take to the water Neil Patterson Third Time Lucky ‘Invicta’
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