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 Diamond Will be Trumps Again, the Battle of the Diamond, 1st September 1795 James S. Kane ‘Fire & Fury’ Small Battles 1: (Part of!) First Bull Run L.J. Watts Some notes on the French in Ireland, 1798 A follow up to Phil Ingram’s article in WI64 Ede-Borett The Malayan Emergency Several scenarios for jungle skirmishes Paul Elliot U-Boat Rules for
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The Army of Louis XIV during the wars of the Grand Alliance and the Spanish Succession (1688-1715) The Maison du Roi: Part Two, The Garde du Corps and the Gendarmes and Chevauleger of the Guard Mark Allen International Seeding of Players Embryo “charts” from the I.W.F. Colin Webster The Wembley Factor “Swiss” or Knock-out systems: which
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Campaign Recruiting A matrix game for recruiting for D.B.A. Campaigns Tim Price Rout or Retreat? Rearguard and pursuit additions for D.B.A. Ed White Cannons and Columns Napoleonic D.B.A. Mark Emms On casualties, the “wider context” and the increasing lethality of wargames magazine articles Chris Peers Dahomey 1892 (Teenage Amazon Women in the Jungle) Tim Price (Again) Plugging the gap to Calais The battle of Gheluvelt,
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Orange Plank/Brock Road Intersection, Battle of the Wilderness, 5 May 1864 Paul Stevenson The Myth of the Chinese Mixed Infantry Units Chris Peers The Changing Face of Samurai Warfare, 1100-1575AD Martin Jones The 48 Hours War The Gwalior Campaign, 1843 Colin Ashton The Balkan League Rules for a matrix game campaign set at the time of the First and Second
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Back to Basics V: Writing scenarios Richard Clarke St. Jerome A Franco-Prussian battle by phone Te Riri Pakeha: The White Man’s Anger Maori War rules Clive Clapson The Merovingian Franks 4A: Concepts of war & raising armies Guy Halsall The Germans that never lost Part 4: Long Range Gunnery Rules T.McCoy Price Figure Range Review Polly Oliver 15mm ACW figures Paul Stevenson Confessions of a Battlefield Tour
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Modern Musketeers Rules of modern firefights M. Bishop Back to Basics III: Artillery Getting the most from your tabletop guns Richard Clarke “My God – Maiwand!” Afghanistan – never a good country to invade! Paul Stevenson Artillery of the Sung Dynasty An unsung arm of the Sung army? Chris Peers Rules for the Wars of the Roses Time for a good hack! John Bartlett The
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The Market at Bhowelpore The mini-master-builder presents more carpentry for the Carnatic Ian Weekley Marlburian Rules From the genial host of the Wargames Holiday Centre Mike Ingham John Hawkwood – the English Condottiere ‘Gazza’ will not be the first Englishman to star in the Italian First Division! J.H. Aird Back to Basics. Part II: Cavalry Continuing the series on tactics
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Wargaming the Battle of Mhlatuze Shaka Zulu’s greatest battle Ian Knight Kursk 7 – 17 July 1943 Part I Scenario-based on the actions involving XL VIII Panzer Corps Martin S. Pike Stratagems & Circumstances Tactical sophistication for Wars of the Roses commanders Richard Crawley ‘Hurting Herman’ A Battle of Britain scenario Peter P.H. Heath A Peter the Great Pot-Pourri More notes on the
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Cobras in Vietnam Combat rules for the Bell Huey Cobra helicopter Paul Elliot ‘Ginsling’ A WWII Far-Eastern skirmish for 20mm figures Colin Rumford “A useful piece of rascality” The conquest of Sind, 1843 Colin Ashton ‘Incoming Rounds’ ‘The Rampant Parrott’ Livonia: A great Northern War mini-campaign (While the cat’s away, the Bear will play!) Angus Konstam V.M.S. Fair report Convention Scene The Great War on the
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THE GENTLEMEN IN KHAKI A Wargamer’s Guide to Anglo-Boer War Fact & Myth THE GREAT WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1914-1918 Part 2: The Imperial German Army AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SINO-JAPANESE 1931-1945 A RULE-WRITER'S DILEMMA Realism vs. Playability in simulating air combat WARBANDS OF ANCIENT DAYS British tribes in the Celtic era NARVA - THE RUSSIAN SIDE OF
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SOME THOUGHTS ON PROMOTING THE HOBBY Melody Clark has put t’cat among t’pigeons THE PAIN OF GIVING ORDERS A movement system for ACW (& other games) DARK AGE WARRIORS Part Two: Armour, weapons, chariots & Celts THE BATTLE OF MAGNESIA (190 BC) Reconstructed for, and refought using, De Bellis Antiquitatis ORDAIN THEM JACKETS OF MY LIVERY Part One: Armies
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ORGANISATION AND COMBAT DOCTRINE OF THE TIMURID ARMY LOOSE FILES AND AN AMERICAN SCRAMBLE REVISITED THE MEROVINGIAN FRANKS Part One THE AUSTRO-SERBIAN CONFLICT August-December 1914 COLOURS 1991 PREVIEW A WARGAMER'S GUIDE TO INDIAN MUTINY UNIFORMS A RUSSIAN COUNTRY CHURCH 1812 NO YELLOW CARRIER BAG: NO COMMENT! An Outsider's view of Salute 1991 D-DAY: A DUTCH WARGAMES CONVENTION Leidshendam, 18th May 1991 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
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"SMALL BOERS" Rules for 6mm Boer War actions CONVENTION REPORT Partizan 1991 THE WAR OF HEAVENLY PEACE The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-1865 Part Two: The Armies THE GREAT RICHEMONT WILD BOAR CHASE 30th January 1841 An unusual light cavalry skirmish! JOHN COMPNY'S CLASH WITH THE KHALSA Wargaming the Anglo-Sikh Wars 1845-1849 THE BATTLE OF NARVA 20th November 1700 Charles XII’s debut vs. the Russians. THE GREAT
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A SMALL GAMES COMPETITION Quick ’n’ Easy in the finest Featherstonian tradition. SPRING AND AUTUMN A chariot skirmish game presented at the Ancient Chinese Wargames Day, 1991 BATTLE OF SHILOH A ‘Fire and Fury’ Scenario IT WILL BE ALRIGHT ON THE DAY Convention report by a first-time organiser NASEBY, 1645 A battlefield visit THE GREAT PARAGUAYAN WAR, 1864-1870 Part Two, Continued
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The Principles of Concentration (- or getting there fastest with the mostest!) A Question of Focus ‘Graingerizing’ D.B.A. in the U.S.A. French Panzers German use of French tanks and vehicles Nunda, Eater of Men A small scenario from the twilight of the Empire Crossing the Ebro A Spanish Civil War scenario Home thoughts from Abroad Part 2: Hedgerows, their effect on
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Resolving a Mélée The Lancaster Battle War of the Grand Alliance Part 4 Reviews The Anglo-Irish War, 1919 - 1922 The Siege of Paris 885-886 AD Home thoughts from Abroad A Wargamer's observation of battlefield features Very Little Wars Weapons and Tactics on the Western Front 1915 - 1918 The Massacre of Talavera The Road of Isandlwana Travels & Adventures through the Zulu
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O Cangaceiro Lampiao, Bandit King of Brazil Part 3 Use your initiative! An alternative system for Zulu War games Scimitar’s Refight of Chotusitz 17th May 1742 Battle of Gallabat-Metemma 1940 "Christians and Spices" The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, 1499-1602 Part 2: Ships, Men and Weapons The Battle of Groveton Virginia, 28th August 1862 Battle of The Hydaspes June 323 B.C. Battle of
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The Battle of river Indus 1221 A.D Mongols vs. Moslems O Cangaceiro Part 2: Lampiao, Bandit King of Brazil rides again The Burning of Panama Buccaneering in the seventeenth century Caribbean In The Grand Manner: Gettysburg Part 1: A.C.W. refight at the W.H.C "Christians & Spices" The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, 1499 – 1601 Part 1: The Portuguese Space
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"Enemy on Island - Issue in Doubt" The Japanese landing on the American outpost of Wake Island 23rd December 1941 A WW2 Wake Island Scenario, rules & demo The French Campaign in Egypt 1798-1801 Part 3: The Standards and Colours of the French Army A Dark Age Campaign Background for you to build a Kingdom in
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Destroy Mirus A WW2 scenario Four demo games at Partizan ‘90 Photo feature AA Man saves Marlborough at Blenheim!! A Wargames Holiday Centre report The Great White Fleet An early 20th Century Naval Scenario The French campaign in Egypt, 1798-1801 Part 2: The Uniforms of the French Army We are the boys from Isandlwana! Wargame rules for the Anglo-Zulu War of
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Figure Review of Dixon Miniatures' American Civil War Range Trevor’s troops get an expert eyeballing Cheap and Nasty Indian Mutiny Skirmish Rules At £1.40 for the mag, these rules have cost you 31/2p Battle Honours Open Day at Shoebury: a report The B.H Road Show starts to roll A Castle Dovecote I.W takes us on another flight
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The Age of Motte and Bailey Photos: scratch-built model by Michael Perry A Case for ‘Elements’ A modern Morschauser system Large Scale Sea Battles in the Peloponnesian War Rules for maritime mayhem with ‘wooden walls’ A Poem for Conventions Organisers …with a couple of ‘Dormouse’ cartoons Paris to Dakar: Operation ‘Menace’ The Anglo-French Action against Dakar, September 1940 Kambula 1879 A
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Barbed Wire A master modeller solves a prickly problem Sir Marmaduke Rawdon A Royalist commander of the English Civil War Blaauwberg Revisited Britain acquires South Africa Battles along the Soar The engagements of Mountsorrel and Cotes Bridge 14-18 March 1644 Death of a Corps The first day at Gettysburg Naval Warfare in Ancient and Medieval China Bamboo ships and iron men Three
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Three Norman Battles, 1141-1143 Part 2: Oxford "Armed Mobs" Armies in the American Civil War Hitting ’em with the Heavy Metal German Artillery 1939-45 Night of the Assegais Nelson’s Navy against the Zulus? Well, almost... The Battle of Jaxartes River Alexander the Great vs. the Scythians Matapan Part 2 - The Night Action WW2 clash of the British and Italian navies "Man’s
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Matapan, Part 1 - The Cruiser Action WW2 Naval Scenario Rivers & Streams Terrain features by the woodworking wonder Three Norman Battles, 1141-1143 Part 1: Lincoln Ligny: The Last Victory Part 5: Thoughts on Rules Conclusion of this Napoleonic series The First Victory: The Red Army at Yelna August to September 1941 Russia’s first victory in WW2 Rowton Heath 1645 King Charles’ Last
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Ligny, The Last Victory Part 4: The Wargame Marlburian 1704 Campaign at the Wargames Holiday Centre Part 1: A new period makes its debut at the Centre The Battle of Bladensburg, 24th August 1814 Tactical and Roleplay suggestions ‘The Prince and the General’ A Bronze Age encounter The Irresistible Force & The Immovable Object Wargaming the Anglo-Boer war, 1899-1902 The
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Leauthen at 1/300th scale The Great Ian on the Great Frederick’s triumph Butcher and Bolt Wargame rules for the North-West Frontier of India, c.1875 – 1897 The War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97 Part 1: The king of figure conversion on the troops of the late 17th century Book Reviews The debonair habitué of Doncaster's most famous
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Of Mines and Men A Scenario for USMC in Vietnam The Battle of Schleiz Napoleonic action The Battle of Tugela, 1838 Zulus triumphant The Mexican-American War 1846 - 48 Part 1: An Introduction to the War Red Sun Rising A Guide to the Armies of the Russo-Japanese War, Part 1: The Japanese Army Global Conflict by Land and Sea Part 4:
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The Russian Civil War Part 4: Wargaming the Period "The Great Brilliance: Military Campaigns of the Ming Dynasty" Part 3: Military Technology Bavarian Cuirassiers in the Spanish Succession War Marche ou Crevè! Or what was it really like to march or die under the blazing Saharan sun? East of Chosin A Command Decision mini-campaign game for the Korean
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