Buy this in Print FROM THE EDITOR I stand corrected, after chiding Richard Clarke of Too Fat Ladies for giving the characters in his games “silly names”, Rich rebuked with a well reasoned and constructed article on why it’s never a bad idea to give the heroes in your games monikers like
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FROM THE EDITOR Well, I’m worn out! Having contributed a ‘personal best’ number of articles to this month’s magazine (two) I deserve a lie-down. Having said that there’s no time for lying down at the moment as the show season has well and truly kicked off. We’ve already ‘done’ Vapnartak, Hammerhead
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It’s interesting how much wargaming potential there is ‘between the wars’. This month’s theme looks at conflicts that took place after World War One ended and before World War Two began and without even straying into the fertile ‘what if’ territory of A Very British Civil War or Pulp, we
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We have a bonus eight pages again for you this month. Our article submissions are on a real roll at the moment and as the print deadline for each magazine looms nearer we are struggling to fit all the articles we have into the magazine. Having said that, always bear
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Wars that Never Were Gary Mitchell explains the concept behind this month’s theme and provides his top suggestions for ‘Wars that Never Were’. Ice cold in Berlin In connection with their latest ruleset Team Yankee, Battlefront provide us with an account of Cold War operations in Germany by ex-British Intelligence Operative and
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The Armies and Battles of Alexander the Great Ask almost anyone to name the greatest generals of all time and it is fairly reasonable to assume that Alexander the Great’s name will be near the top of their list. Simon MacDowell kicks off this month’s Alexander four article theme with this
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Free Figures! A look at this year’s give-away show figures from Wargames Illustrated (one of which is seen down there on the left!) Waterloo Obsession In our lead article for this month’s theme, Gary Kitching discusses how he, along with many other wargamers, became obsessed with ‘The Battle’. The Reich’s Last Stand The Battlefront
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Civil Wars In our lead article for this month’s theme, Neil Smith provides a definition of what a ‘civil war’ actually is and presents examples that could be translated into tabletop action. Endgame on the Elbe Mike Haught provides a preview of some of the new Flames Of War digital content for Nachtjäger
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The Battle of Smolensk An Early War Battle Report from Wayne Turner and Casey Davies of the Battlefront Design Team. These are dark days for the Soviet Union as the seemingly unstoppable forces of the Third Reich push ever deeper into the Motherland. “With the Black Flags Hanging over US” Author of
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Whatever Happened to 20mm Moderns? Having asked this question, Sub-Editor Wayne Bollands enlists the assistance of the LeicesterPhat Cats Gaming Club for a day of Modern gaming at WIHQ in a quest to answer it. The Soviet Barbarossa Surprise As a precursor to the upcoming release of Barbarossa, Wayne Turner of
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Battles in Literature: Wargaming as Inspiration Simon Scarrow, author of the bestselling Eagle Series, tells us how wargaming has influenced his storytelling. The Boyne Avenged Barry Hilton provides us with a wealth of Williamite ‘What if’s’, in this follow up to last month’s Ireland’s Bloodiest Day article. Render unto Caesar A scenario based upon the
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Godwine’s Great Gamble Our multi-period theme content begins in the Dark Ages with some Saxon-on-Saxon longship raiding, pillaging and burning action, from the pen (or rather keyboard) of Early Medieval expert Dr. Ryan Lavelle. Welcome to the world of Dust In an alternative 1940s reality, alien technology fuels gigantic machines of war
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Divide and Conquer In this, the first of two theme articles for this month, Mike Haught discusses the theory behind ‘divide and conquer’, then brings the theory to the wargames table in the form of battles set in the “pockets” resulting from the practice, with a focus on pocket battles in
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Last post for the Toy Soldier General Close friends of Don Featherstone, Chris Scott and Duke Siefried, pay tribute to the Godfather of Wargaming, who sadly passed away in September. Ah, Les Brave Gens Franco-Prussian War advocate Gerard Miller introduces us the this month’s theme and tells us a little about FPW weapons,
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Winning hearts & minds Regular contributor Neil Smith takes us on a journey from Boston in 1775 to Philadelphia in 1777, tracing the steps of two armies at odds with each other in many ways. This sets the scene for our other theme articles. Roadblocks The Roadblock mission was one of those
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Where’s my Kampfgruppe? When Flames Of War games designer Mike Haught wrote the Market Garden books; Hell’s Highway and A Bridge Too Far, he created a battlegroup that could cover as many possible angles in one company diagram as possible, in this article Mike gets more specific, highlighting various battlegroups
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A Crimean War primer WI favorite Barry Hilton introduces this month’s theme content with a wargamers guide to the Crimean War, in which he covers the background, the main protagonists and some of the design philosophy behind his own new set of rules for
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The Road to Revolution We open our theme content for this issue with a look at the diffi cult times in North America following the French & Indian Wars. With new garrisons remaining to protect British land, and increased taxes designed to pay
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Tigers in the mud Mike Haught kicks off our theme coverage with some background information and Flames Of War characteristics for Otto Carius - Tiger Ace and adventurer on the Eastern Front, 1942 - 44. Marengo, 1800 General de Brigade author Dave Brown presents a scenario
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The Vikings in Ireland Your introductory guide to the Viking invasions of Ireland; the tribes they battled with for supremacy, and the history of their
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Prince Rupert : The Devil on Horseback We kick off this month’s theme content with a look at the character who threads the whole thing together;
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Lions and Leopards Medieval Chris Brown Scotland, England and the Wars of Independence 1296 - 1342. The Irish Guards at Vieux-Berquin WW1, WWI, World War One Chris Peers A First World War scenario inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s book - The Irish Guards in the Great War. Modelling Olympus Modelling Herb Gundt Herb talks us through a modelling project he has been
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Warhammer Historical Event October 2006 Show All the lowdown on the latest WAB event held at Warhammer World in Nottingham. Napoleonic Warmaster Part 3 Napoleonic Sam Peters Following on from our rules for converting Warhammer Historical’s Warmaster rules for the Napoleonic period (WI229-30); we present army lists for the British, Prussians, Russians and Austrians. Operation Castor Modern Rhys Cadle A
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Brandywine: Knyphausen’s battle, 11th September 1777 AWI action ‘Eclaireur’ Napoleon’s Campaigns in Italy, 1796-1800 6: Battle of Rivoli, 1797 A.Michael Sayce On the Tabletop with A Man Called Horse Silly European Noblemen in War on the Plains Tim Greene Run of the Arrow A game based on the Native American’s endurance test for prisoners Mike Blake The Value of Reconnaissance Thoughts on rules. Jeff
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Playing with the Big Boys Part one of the paean to the 54mm Mike Blake Slideshow in Central Africa Baker, Gordon & the Bari Wars Chris Peers Fall Ikarus Hitler’s Iceland Expedition David Manley A View from the Trenches 20 Ray Lucas Groundhog Day Part 1 WWII Eastern Front scenarios Barry Hilton Meddle not again in the affairs of Wizards Kevin Dallimore Death on Pirate Island A
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‘Tis to Glory We Steer’ Napoleonic Naval Small Action Rules John Kersey ‘They Came on in a Very Gallant Style’ The Battle of Crysler’s Farm, 1813 David Bickley Hondeghem, 1940 WWII scenarios Richard Clarke Mush A snowy scenario for ‘Back and Beyond’ Gary Hughs Meddle Not in the Affairs of Wizards Painting said denizens of the LotR universe Kevin Dallimore The Death of Gustavus Adolphus Lutzen,
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Strongbow’s Eldorado Gaming the Normans in Ireland Anthony Clipsom Tanks from the skies Operation Mallard, 1944 Steve Cox The Armies of the German East Africa, 1888-1899 The Kaiser’s colonial forces Chris Peers Operation Martlet: The fight for Fontenay A Panzer Marsch scenario Graham Birkley Russian “Graffiti” Russian WW2 patriotic slogans on AFV’s Rob Rowell Fwee Bwian! Wargaming Monty Python’s Life of Brian (…seriously!) Sean Sweeney Amazing Adventures: The
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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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In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse, part 3 Lance Kizer & Herb Gunbt Der Tommy Kommt 2 WWII Rapid Fire Scenario Phil Robinson 1776 and all that… The continental Army in the AWI Brendan Morrisey Cross of Iron Wargaming the film, WWII skirmish Mike Roberts ‘Here be Lions’ Colonial wargaming in 16th/17th Century Africa Chris Peers Warhammer Early Renaissance Rules Some WAB adaptations for the
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The Land of El Dorado: 16th Century Conquistador Campaign Part 2: The Army Lists Chris Peers Clash at Hanover, 30th June 1863 ACW cavalry skirmish, with a side bar by the editor on an ACW “tank” Tom Marshall Writing Wargames Scenarios With examples from the SYW & FPW Jeff Fletcher In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse, part 2 Further adventures
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