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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Who doesn’t like campaign wargaming? What’s not to like about playing through a series of linked battles and adding in entertaining additional elements to your games, like logistics, character development and herding cats (i.e. your fellow wargamers!). In our theme for this issue we have asked Alan Perry (Perry Miniatures), Joe
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Death from Above In our lead article for this month’s theme, Sub-Editor Wayne takes a personalized journey through what’s on offer. Great War Western Front Expanded Battlefront provide an insight into what to expect from the new, improved version of their Great War rules. Pie in the sky Nick Buxey looks at the more esoteric
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Download 'Great War' pdf Mythbusting the Great War Battlefront’s Phil Yates examines some widely held beliefs regarding the Great War and offers a introductory perspective on life amongst the mud and blood of the conflict. Collecting a Polish Army Roger Murrow of Murawski Miniatures provides information on the importance of the Polish
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Legion Versus Phalanx We kick off this month’s theme content with an introduction to the concept of legion and phalanx warfare. Rules writer Simon MacDowall places both legion and phalanx in their historical context for us, and outlines the challenges of representing them accurately on the tabletop. The Battle of Raymond Don
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Rebels Abandon Vicksburg! Our War Correspondent Paul Leach sets the scene for our theme articles on the fall of the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy” with his overview of the events that led to the vital hammer blow in the West. How the West was Lost Over a decade ago, ACW aficionado Bill Moreno
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The Road to Rome, the Italian campaign 1943-44 Your introductory guide to our Anzio Campaign theme for this issue; orders of battle, maps and all the
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How to Invade a Small Aegean Island Mike Tittensor Mike returned from his summer holiday on the Greek island of Leros with not just sun burn and ouzo but also gaming ideas for the 1943 German invasion of the island. Sudan at Warfare Paul Darnell The Touching History model master takes us on a tour
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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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Man-at-Arms Medieval Rules Gary Chalk Peter Morbey & Dale Rawson’s Napoleonic Peninsular game Photo Feature Battle for the Rio Grande A US-Mexican War mini-campaign Richard Clarke Days of Sorrow, Days of Death, Part II Recreating the lliad using Warhammer Ancient Battles: The Army Lists Nigel Higgins Everything you ever wanted to know about the Cape Wars, but were afraid to ask! Ian Knight In
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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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1812, or “It’s a bit nippy out here!” Skirmish scenario for the Russian campaign Paul Trickett Indian Fights of Texas, Part III The Lost Valley Fight, 12th July 1874 Chris Peers Napoleon didn’t have machine-guns WWII anti-tank fire Don Darden Part one of a look at P.P.S.D Post Purchase Stress Disorders Alex King Wellington in India The French Connection Gary Hughs Fire & Furia Francese Amending
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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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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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‘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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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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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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The Battle of Medellin, 1809 Operation Sea-Lion: Myth or Reality? Part 3: Hitler's Decision The Battle of Prairie Grove, 1862 The Russian Civil War Part 1: An Introduction for thew Wargamer Kreta - A WWII Mini-campaign ‘Blood for the Drums’ Warfare in Ancient China, 700 - 400 BC Revolutionaries & Mutineers / Schuzball's Corner Wargaming the Siege of Acre, 1291 Tsushima Part
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