OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at new and forthcoming products, including our ‘Spotted at…’ show feature, which this time looks at items from the Tactica show in Hamburg. THEME: SAMURAI Jonas Svensson of Mura Miniatures introduces us to this month’s theme, telling us what we need to know about gaming with Samurai. TRAVELBATTLE The
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THEME: GREAT REPUTATIONS Neil Smith discusses the nature of reputation and how it is to be gained and lost upon the field of battle and tabletop. HAMELIN 1985 The Flames Of War: Team Yankee crew present details on how to integrate the Afgansty veterans of the VDV into your battles for dominance in
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What is Skirmish? Wargaming In our lead article for this month’s theme, Mike Blake offers a comprehensive overview of this popular style of gaming. Team Yankee An excerpt from the Team Yankee novel to whet the appetite of the Cold War Gone Hot gamer. The Skirmish Wargames Group Mike Blake is back to chart the
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The Jungle is Neutral General Mike Blake Burma 1942-45. A Skirmish Wargames Group 54mm demo game using W.Britains plastic figures. The Road of Broken Spears - Part Two Pike and Shot Gary Hughs The Spanish campaign against the Aztecs. Following last month’s background information, this month we present rules for combat between the invading conquistadors and the
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Salute 07 Report Show Paul Davies Thirteen pages packed full of all the best games from this year’s Salute wargames show at ExCel in London. From the Shores of Tripoli Napoleonic John Pocock America takes on the Barbary Pirates in this scenario based on a 19th century adventure which saw the first overseas operation by the U.S.
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The Making of Mafeking Alan Perry To celebrate the centenary of Lord Baden- Powell’s book Scouting for Boys the BBC enlisted the help of the Perry twins to create a model of Mafeking; the Boer War township and battleground where the Boy Scout movement was born. This is the story of the
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The Battle of Nantwich Pike and Shot David Bickley This scenario looks at a small scale battle during the English Civil War which took place near Nantwich in Cheshire, January 1644. Wargaming the Forgotten Army - Part 2 WW2, WWII, World War Two Nicholas Stock The second in a series of articles looking at the opportunities for
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Wargaming the Forgotten Army - Part 1 WW2, WWII, World War Two Nicholas Stock The first in a series of articles looking at the opportunities for wargaming with the Chindits and the Forgotten Army in the Second World War. This month, the background to the Burma campaign, 1941 - 45. Rebellion! - Part 1 Medieval Ebob The first part of
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The Battle of Udy, Kharkov, Russia, 5th February 1943 Stewart Revelle Hannibal’s Battles, 218-202BC Organised for DBA Chris Jones Paul Trickett & Dean Whitehouse’s Romans & Carthaginians Photo Feature Moabit, April 1945 The Russians advance in Berlin Phil Robinson A Piratical History of Madagascar …easier pickings than the Caribbean Chris Rule March Divided, Fight United The Chindit Campaigns in WWII Burma Rolf Hedges The Battle of
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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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Three Battles of the ‘45 Simple rules & scenarios Stephen Simpson The X-Files Matrix Game Can you out-fox Mulder? Tim Price Hallow Victories. 1: Tarakan Japanese conquests in the Dutch East Indies in World War II Frank Van Den Bergh The Four Musketeers A rapier and a rapier wit needed. The Whitehall Warlords Rules for World War II Naval Games Simple but Salty Stephen
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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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