The Battle of Hanging Rock, 1780 An AWI scenario from the author of ‘Bloodybacks’ Steve Jones The Roman Custer Valens & the Battle of Adrianople, 378 AD Rob Avery In the Heart of the German East Adapting ‘In the Heart of Africa’ for 1914-18 Chris Peers How to beat the Vikings – a how not to! Disguising scenario for 9th
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Wittstock 1636 A DBR scenario Ray Lucas Fleet Action Imminent A 1914 Decisive action in the North Sea, Part 3 Richard Wimpenny The Shield Devices of the Celts Tim Cockrell Strange Characters in the Back of Beyond Ideas for adventure games in 1920s Central Asia Chris Peers The Forlorn Hope The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery at Petersburg Mike Blake External Support (& Interference) In
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An AK47 Ladder Campaign …logically linking a concatenation of contretemps in an African ambit J. Johnson Lands Choked with Adventure Filming ‘the Back of Beyond’ Mark Parkins Vis Bellica Writing a set of Wargame Rules Robert Avery Operation Comet A 1944 Rapid Fire Scenario Stephen Bennett The Armies of German East Africa, 1888-1899 Part 2: Organisation, uniforms, armament & an army list Chris Peers Small
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The End of Autumn Manoeuvres Finns Vs Germans in WWII Alan Padfield Pre-Roman Conflict in Britain Terry Hooper Gabriel Mykaj’s Waterloo revisited Photo Feature Louis XIV’s Army, 1688-1687 Uniforms for a couple of cavalry regiments David Wilson The Failure of Phatt Ghutt Another Vietnam Scenario David Bickley Secession in San Antonio A Brother vs. Brother ACW Scenario Alan Padfield Reviews Making what fields Simple terrain making Kevin Calder Andrew Warner’s
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The Campaign and Battle for Salem Church, 3rd May 1863 Part II: The gaming Ian Wilson The Age of Arthur: Post Roman Britain for the historical gamer. Part 10: Campaign rules. Guy Halsall The Battle of Villers Bocage, 13th June 1944 A Panzer Marsch scenario Graham Birkley Chariot: A Game of Ancient War Rules for Duke’s Egyptians vs Hittites games,
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The Battle of Monte Baldo WWII Italy scenarios Jeff Fletcher The Battle for Dolitz & Probstheyda, 1813 A General de Brigade scenario Dave Brown The Age of Arthur: post-Roman Britain for the wild-eyed historical wargamer, Part 9: Mapless campaign/scenario generator Guy Halsall ‘Brandenburgers’ Scenario ideas for kampfgruppe Eins Steve Winter The Force Publique in action Infamous Belgians in Africa Carl de Roo The Campaign &
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The Affair at Kisii, German East Africa, 12th September 1914 A.M. Sayce Any Port in a Storm. Building a wargames harbour & waterfront Gary Chalk The Drozdovsky under fire. Civil war history of an elite Russian unit. Nic Cornish Pescopennataro, Sangro River, Italy, 21st December 1943. A Rapid Fire WWII skirmish scenario Stewart Revelle Duke Seifried’s Aztec game, part 1 More
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“We will hold this ground or go to Heaven from it!” The defence of Horseshoe Ridge, Chickamauga, Georgia, 20th September 1863 David Bickley The Risorgimento The Unification of Italy, 1815 – 1871 Robert Avery The Derby Wargames Club’s 1859 Franco-Austrian War game Photo Feature The Gentle Art of the Demo Game Do’s & Don’t’s for the Dauntless Demo-er! Ray Lucas Charlies
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‘Running Away Bases’ Simulating flight in the Horse & Musket era Barry Hilton Exchanging spades for rifles A WWII Eastern Front scenario for Rapid Fire Stuart Pearson Air Cover Air power for 15mm modern gamers John Plunkett Bill Gaskin’s Peninsula Napoleonics More of the Maestro’s magic Photo Feature Wargamer’s Notebook En route to Essen the egregious provocateur pens us a paragraph or two Mike
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Death in the Sand Simple rules for wargaming the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, by a man with vast experience of the beach at Eastbourne! Peter Helm The Dillinger super Gang A Gangster Scenario Steve Barber Book Review C. Conneller It’s hot in them thar hills! Simple rules & scenario for U.S cavalry in the Wild West, being
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Fighter Files 1: Justa V: ‘The Greentails’ Mark Base Roaring Twenties Quick Play Ganster Rules Lewis Talbot & Paul Cook An Early Medieval (Dark Ages) List of Warhammer Ancient Battles Phil Yates Taking the Guns A small scale ACW scenario D.R. Justice Fire & Fury for Napoleonics A.N. Other Backing the right Horse Cavalry in Wargames Barry Hilton Pirates in West Africa A game scenario for several players John
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Europe 1756 Early Seven Years War rules Michael Sommers N.O.W. ‘98 Photo Feature Eating People is Wrong! Alternative scenario for Darkest Africa David Bickley Dillinger’s Last Ride Wargaming America’s ‘Gangster Era’ Mike Merva ‘Masters of the Millenium’ A unique (?) wargaming tournament Trevor Halsall The Battle of Plattsburg A small Brother against Brother scenario Alan Rutter A heavy-duty wargames table D-I-Y wargaming when space is tight Dave Lockwood Sci-Fi on
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The Ancient Greeks A Warhammer Ancient Battles Army List Jervis Johnson Skirmishing Wild West movies No.2: The Magnificent Seven (1960) Ian Barstow How to be an Umpire An expert’s view John Staverley The March to the sea. Part 5 ACW PBM Matrix Campaign move 8 Bob Cordery The cannon and victory! Brother against Brother for the Battle of Conception Lance Kizer 1798: The Eagle has
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The Battle of Finchley An alternative ’45 – with rules Alan Rutter Flags of the Eighty Years War Banners that banished the Spanish A.N. Other ‘Into the Blue!’ A World War II Desert Scenario David Bickley The Armchair Strategist Computer Wargamers Don Darden Brandenburg Fortresses on the West African Coast Early colonial expansion - and contraction! Frank Van Den Bergh Reviews Gladiator Games’ Biblicals; WWII Air
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Basing in the Grand Manner Jerry’s tips for figure basing Jerry Miller The March to the Sea, Part 2 ACW PBM Matrix campaign. Bob Cordery A report on the Marston Magna show Good games, good grub John Tuckey Celtic Heroes A game of Chariot warfare Adrian Goldsworthy New lists for Shako – Part 3 Denmark, Wurttemburg, etc Paul Kitcher Starting Wargaming? Part 4 – Scenarios Peter Tanner From
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‘Lion of the North’ Fast Play Thirty Years War rules Michael Peters Barrosa 1811 Penisular War battle Dave Brown Kadesh A game across the terrain – not a refight of the historical encounter The Perry Twin (Photo Feature) Uniforms & Equipment of the Russian Civil War The Volunteer Army N.H. Cornish A review of Piguet Ground breaking rules system from the USA Pat Connor Starting
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“Shout like hell and fight like devils” The Battle of King’s Mountain, 1780 David Bickley The British Army, 1660-1702 Its dress & campaigns. Part one. Mark Allen A look at CROSSFIRE Review of Arty Conliffe’s squad level WWII rules Walter Simon The Last Campaign A Waterloo programmed paragraph game Michael Newbold The Battle of Beersheba 31st Oct 1917 Light horsemen vs the Turks
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The Fighting at Brawner’s Farm A.C.W. Scenario David Bickley On the road to Magnesia A multi-player scenario David Wright Part Three of a look at P.P.S.D Post Purchase Stress Disorder. Alex King Indian Fights of Texas Part IV The Battle of Yellow House Canyon, 1877 Chris Peers U.S Cavalry, 1870’s A painting guide Mark Copplestone Introduction to wargaming with “Shako” Terse illuminations on the lean, but
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‘Operation Oak’ A Mussolini Rescue Craig Rowlings The Drums of Champion Hill A vital A.C.W. clash James Arnold Medieval Naval Warfare Rules Thomas Coveney Part two of a look at P.P.S.D Operation ‘Grief’ in the Battle of the Bulge Alex King Gary Hughs Reviews Readers’ Letters Canadian Victorian Battles Three Nineteenth Century Colonial Battles David A. Smith Mike Siggins Wargamer’s Notebook
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“Another stripe or a coffin!” ACW escapades of Wm. B. Cushing. David Bickley Command muskets, Firelocks, Independent Companies & Cavalry troops, and the other such Fun Stuff. More bunting to adorn your ‘1644’ ECW rules. Thomas E. Shepard The Nordic Bronze Age Thule, Albion & Ierne 1600-600 BC Nigel Stillman Death on the Nile, Part II The French campaign in
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Wars of the Gaedhil with the Gaill The career of Brian Boru Dan Mersey Argonaut’s command and control system Twenty years of research & experimentation condensed into a two-page nugget. Jason Monaghan The Italian Army of 1866 Austria’s back-door opponents Steve Shann ‘Surprising Harry Heth’ The fighting for McPherson’s Ridge, Gettysburg, 1st July 1863. David Bickley Operation Infatuate II The Assault on the
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‘Fire & Fury’ Small Battles Conversion problems & solutions Bill MacDonald Mexican vs. Apache Conflict C. 1870 Notes for a participation game. John French A battle a day… in August. Bob Peyton Hawkeye A French & Indian War participation game. Simon Dixon Operation Catherine Britain’s plans for the Baltic in WWII David Manley Marston Moor, 2nd July 1644 Wargaming the decisive battle of the Great
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MacBeth: Warrior King of Scotland Dan Mersey ‘Saint James and at them!’ Fast play skirmish rules for warfare in colonial Brazil c1500-1700 AD Chris Peers Attack on Nan Bac Vietnam Scenario Mike Merva Von Boltenstern & Principles of War A Franco-Prussian war scenario for the popular 19th Century rules Richard Clarke Fort Fisher, Gibraltar of the South, Part 2 (Continued from
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World War II scenarios for ‘Rapid Fire’ rules 1: Operation Greif Richard Marsh A battle a day…in May Bob Peyton Greek Shield devices of the Fourth Century BC Hoplite Heraldry Tim Cockrell Fort Fisher, Gibraltar of the South A.C.W amphibious ops David Bickley “Steam on and sod the sandbanks!” A.C.W. river rules for amateurs Rob Morgan De Bellis Oceanus Rules for naval conflict within the
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Garibaldi South America, Part 1 Colonial Rio Grande do Sul Paul Parsons Napoleonic Battle Statistics… Napoleonic Paul Hambleton Big Really is Beautiful General The joys & economies (!) of 54mm gaming. Andy Thorpe ‘Out of ammunition – god save the King!’ WW2 A 20mm Arnhem demo game [see last month’s issue for the photos!] Colin Rumford Wargaming the Crimean War, Part 2 Colonial The Battle of Balaclava. Derek
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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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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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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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