WARGAMER's NEWSLETTER NO 200 35 P NOVEMBER 1978

WARGAMER'S NEWSLETTER NO 200 35 p NOVEMBER 1978

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A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT BATTLES WITH MODEL SOLDIERS

BY WARGAMERS- FOR WARGAMERS! MINIATURE FIGURINES LTD. 1-5 GRAHAM RD., SOUTHAMPTON. Tel: 20855 The Best Name in Wargames

THE NEW COLOURED COVER CATALOGUE FOR 1978-79 IS NOW AVAILABLE. U.K. --£1.15 postage paid. Overseas — £1.25 (printed paper), £2.25 (airmail). HINCHLIFFE MODELS LTD. MELTHAM, HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND HD7 3NX MANUFACTURERS OF FINE CAST MODELS LICENSED MANUFACTURERS OF: HERITAGE U.S.A. DER KRIEGSPIELER U.S.A. BUGLE & GUIDON U.S.A. VALIANT U.S.A., SOLE IMPORTERS LABAYEN. It's all happening this month! There's so much to tell you we hardly know where to start —

9501 Uniform White Linen Buff 9527 French Blue 9502 Confederate Grey Colonial Khaki 9528 Sterling Silver 9503 German Field Grey Rebel Butternut 9529 Gunmetal 9504 Panzer Grey Military Leather 9530 Brass Button 9505 Boot Black Deep Brown 9531 Dragon Gold 9506 Royal Purple Chestnut Brown 9532 Ancient Bronze 9507 Roman Violet Gunstock Brown 9533 Ruddy Flesh 9508 Polish Crimson Medium Green 9509 British Crimson American Drab 9510 Insignia Red Woodsman Green 9511 British Scarlet Russian Green Price 22p per 9512 Facing Orange Sky Blue 9513 Cavalry Yellow Bavarian Blue Vzoz Jar

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We wanted to add coloured brushing paints to our highly Introductory OFFER — A detailed painting hints and tips guide successful spray white primer and spray finishing varnish. including — Layer painting techniques — shading and highlighting — stain painting — Wash technique — facial feature painting — BUT they had to do what we wanted them to do. wipe technique — Dry brushing and Black lining. Yours FREE We wanted — with every order of 6 jars of paint — any colour. 1. A set of paints that would be exactly the shades required with Brushes — We wanted the Best and we got them. little or no mixing, designed in family groups to shade and • Pure Sable for smaller sizes — oxhair for the coating highlight figures. brushes * NGN-Rust ferrules 2. Quick drying paints and a limited, manageable range. # FINE TIP POINTING * Hairs that do not moult like the proverbial cat! 3. Screw caps and unbreakable jars. 0 Pure Sable black handle 60p 3 Pure Sable black handle 75p 4. Metallics to look realistic like on chain mail, to be worn and 1 Pure Sable black handle 65p 4 Oxhair maroon handle 30p weatherbeaten — not a sparkling chrome finishi 2 Pure Sable black handle 65p 5Oxhair maroon handle 35p 5. A primer paint and a protective coat to bond together so it did PAINTS AND BRUSHES DIRECT MAIL ORDER ONLY. not chip, fiake or rub off with use. N.B. Our new fully stocked Australian Agents — It took a while — But we got it! Battlefield, 50 Ciissoid Place, Campsle, N.S.W.

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15mm Scenics promised last month for your 15mm set up or N gauge railway lay out. 15mm Scenic Accessories MORE S€VEN YEARS WAR Blue Pack 65p 15/812 Small trees (10) Austrian Infantry(SYA) 15/S1 Narrow Road, canal or stream section - 15/313 Small bushes (14) SYA? Hungarian musketeer attacking SYACS Dragoon officer straight (12) 15/814 Large and small Poplar trees (8) SYA8 Hungarian gfenadier marcti attacking SYAC7 Dragoon itrummar 15/S2 Wide road, canal or stream section- Green Pack 32p straight (6) SYA9 Hungarian officer advancing SYAIM Dragoon standard bearer 15/815 Narrow road junctions and crossroads (5) SYA10 Hungarian musketeer drummer SYAfS Horse grenadier trooper 15/S3 Narrow road, canal or strram section - 15/816 Various wide and wide to narrow road curved (12} junctions and crossroads (5) SYA11 Hungarian standard bearer OPCAS Hussar trooper 1S/S4 Wide road, canal or stream section - 15/817 Various wide and wide to narrow road $YA12 Hungarian grenadier drummer DPfMI Hussar officer curved (8) junctions and crossroad with shell and mine 0P(% Hussar trumpater 1S/S5 Lowbuttressed stone wall (16) craters (4) Austrian Cavairy(SYAC) SYtatlO Hussar standard bearer 15/S6 Low hedge (161 15/818 Narrow road jimctions and crossroads with SYACS Dragoon trooper OPC43 Mounted Grenre trooper 15/S7 Wide road single arch stone bridge (1) shelf and mine craters (5) 15/S8 High buttressed stone wall(B) tS/819 Narrow road single arch stone bridge (1) 15/89 High hedge (B) 15/820 Mar^ symbols (2)) Well — that's it for this month — hope you enjoy the paints 15/810 Barred fencing widi gates (17) 15/821 Com stoisks (20) and brushes and don't forget NORTHERN MILITAIRE 15/811 Solid fencing with gates (17) 15/822 ^1 or bomb bursts and craters (18) November 4 and 5th, 1978.

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Cav.** VFW.19 Armoured Woodlouse 3 VFW.61 Skeleton Attacking with Spear 27 Nimidian Archer MC5 Camel War Drummer 35p VFW.20 Giant Rat (Running) 7 VFW,62 Skeleton Attacking with Sword 28 Nimidian Infantryman MC6 Khan** VFW.21 Giant Spider with Hairy Legs 7 VFW.63 Skeleton in Cloak Throwing Spear 29 Nimidian Royal Guard MC7 Sangmiau Crossbow Cavalry*' VFW.22 Evil Witch of the North 4 VFW.64 Skeleton with Fire Beacon 30 Nimidian Standard Bearer MC8 Sangmiau Spear Cavalry** VFW.23 Mother Sulphur 4 VFW.65 Skeleton with Trumpet 31M NimidianKnight with Spear** VFW.24 Tree with Arms and Face 7 VFW.66 Skeleton with Horse Skull Drum 32M NimidianGuard with Spear** VFW.25 Witches Kitchen Fireplace (2 pcs) 7 VFW.67 Skeleton Horse Rider with Spear 33M Nimidian Standard Bearer** VFW.26 Witches Cauldron Stood Over Fire 2 VFW.68 Skeleton Horse Rider with Sword 34 Corinthian Infantryman VFW,27 Magic Circle with Skull and Jugs 0 VFW,69 Skeleton Horse Rider with Scythe 35M Hyrkan Horse Archer** VFW.28 Wise Old Man of the Woods 4 VFW.70 Skeleton Driver of Carts 36 Pict Infantryman Sung Chinese(11-12th C.) VFW.29 Old Witch Holding a Rat 37M Hyrkanian Horse Archer** C1 Infantry Officer VFW.30 Gondemar King of the Dwarfs 38 Shemite Archer C2 Standard Bearer VFW.31 Gondemarlan Dwarf with Fire Beacon 0 VFW.32 Cannon Firing Spears(2 pcs) 7 PRICES 39 Stygian Infantry with Pike C3 Armoured Spearman 0- 12p 40 Stygian Archer C4 Armoured Spearman attacking 3-30p 41 Stygian Standard Bearer 1 - 18p 4-35p ICS Light Spearman 2-20p 42 Tarun Immortal ICS Light Archer 7 - 66p 44 Tarun Archer IC7 Light Crossbowmon 45 Tarun Standard Bearer ICC1 Cavalry Officer** RULES ft PUBLICATIONS 46M Tarun Heavy Cavalry** ICC2 Cavalry Standard Bearer** 47M Tarun Horse Archer** Army Lists for the Ancient Rules ICC3 Heavy Cavalryman** 70p Armies of the Crusades (Osprey) £2.25 48M Tarun Standard Bearer** ICC4 Light Cavalryman** Armies & Enemies of Ancient English Civil War (Airfix Guide) . 49 Vanha Infantry with Pike ICS1 Dart Firing Catapult £1.60 50 Vanha Archer (with Pack (Garnet) £1.20 Egypt & Assyria £2.85 Napoleonic lAirfix Guide) £1.60 51 Vanha Guard with Spear ICS2 Rocket Launcher Armies & Enemies of Ancient China ..£3.50 The UK Wargamer 52 Vanha StandardBearer £2.00 (with Pack Cameir£1.20 Armies of the Greek Et Persian Wars ,. £2.85 White Dwarf No. 1 to 6 ..50p 53 Order of the Pale Hand ICS3 Supply Cart £1.20 54 Wizard of the Dark Ring ICS4 Pack Camel 35p Armies of the Macedonian Et White Dwarf No. 7 and 8 ..60p 55 Druid (Suitable for all periods) Punic Wars £1.80 Trollcrusher(D Et D) 56 Priest of the Matri ..60p 57 Follower of Set Armies Et Enemies of Imperial Rome . .£2.85 Afeiv Publication from W.R.G. 58M Barbarian Hero** Arir.:~"s of the Dark Ages £3.50 Armies of the Crusades £4.00 59 Queen with Tiger 30p Armies of FeuUai Europe 1066-1300... £4.00 Renaissance (1490-1660) Rules. 60M Mounted King** Startroopers £1.30 61 Enchantress Wargames Campaigns £1.85 Renaissance Army Lists(W.R.G.) 90p STSl Trooper in Powered Battle 62 Royal Attendantwith Fan Avaion Hiil General — £ l .25 Reaper Fantasy Rules £2.25 63 Royal Attendant with Vase Armour 30p 64 Nude FemaleTemple Dancer ST2 Trooper in Personal Armour 65 Griffon40p Kneeling 66 Centaur30p ST3 Unarmoured Trooper 67M Hykan Cavalry with Glaive** ST4 Star Raider (Alien) 68M Vanha MountedSwordsman** ST5 Humanoid Alien Warrior NOW AVAILABLE THESE SUPERB 69M Queen mounted on Tiger** STS6 Arachold Warrior 30p 70 Tree Spirit — Ent 40p ST7 Cyborg Warrior 71 Ore Chief with Standard STS8 Robot Fighting MachineBOp Fantasy Figures 72 Armoured Ore with Glaive' ST9 Black Starlord 73 Armoured Ore with Mace ST10 White Starknight 74 Armoured Frost G iant 30p ST11 Young Hero ES 2 Super Hero, with axe, on Super ES21 Elf Princess 20p 76 Female Centaur with Bow30p ST12 Humanoid Robot Heavy Horse 50p ES23 Shield Maiden 20p 77 Man Ore, Armoured Bearing Axe ST13 Robot ES 4 Deric with staff 20p ES24 Foregum, bare chested Super Hero 2)p ST14 Space Pirate Captain ES 5 Winged Gremlin 30p ES31 Dwarf Lord 20p 78 ManOrc. 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ACTION 200 AIRWARGAMES Conquest 25mm ACTION 200 GOES MODERN AIR BATTLES IN MINIATURE 1939 - 45 (1/200th SCALE = 9mm figure height) WW2 Fantasy Figures by M. Spick (hardback) £4.95 NO MIDDLE EARTH ARMY IS COMPLETE MANY WARGAMERS AND COLLECTORS HAVE ADMIRED OUR 1/200th RUSSIAN WITHOUT MOUNTED FOflCES ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES AT EXHIBITIONS OVER THE LAST FEW The above book is a must for any wargamer Involved with aircraft. It includes .ND THE T34/76 Goblin Cavalry YEARS BUT UNTIL NOW WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO EXPAND THE sections on combat, performance, air campaigning, night fighting and is des AJ15 Gobltn Lanceron War Wolf 45p RANGE TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. IT IS AN IDEAL SKIRMISH SCALE:ale asAS tm/85 igned for 1/300th aircraft. AJ16 Goblin General on War Well 60p EASILY, Kv2 Our AIR 300 RANGE is ideal in detail and size. AJ17 GoblinSlandardBearer onWarW lit 60p THE INFANTRY ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO SEE AND HANDLE EASILY, Dwarf Cavalry kNDTHE SUSS P38 Lightning Me 109 La 5 AJ30 Dwarf Crosstxjwman on War Boar 45p THE MODELS ARE DETAILED TO 1/76th SCALE STANDARDS AND THE 162 Sturmovik SulOO Fw190 A3 Me 110 AJ31 Dwarf General on War Boar 60p Ju88 FIRING DISTANCES LOOK REALISTIC ON THE TABLETOP. SU152 Spitfire V Me 410 AJ32 DwarfStandardBeareronWarSoar 60p Ju 188-E-1 BalOM A/Car Spitfire iX Ju87B Stuka Do 17z Elven Cavalry BRITISH U.S.S.R. 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NEW Sdkfz 251/16 Fokker Elll SE5A ISp MANY MORE 1/300th SCALE DAVCO MODELS THIS Flamethrower 35p Fokker Triplane Sopwith Camel ISp MAGIC £2.95 Elven Army AJ41 Elf Armoured Spearman ISp MONTH INCLUDING THE FIRST OF A NEW RANGE OF NEW Sdkfz 251 with Fokker DVIi Sopwith Triplane ISp This volume completes the Bifrost 280mm Rockets 35p Sopwith 1 >4 Strutter ISp AJ42 Elf Bowman 1Sp MAGNIFICENT OCEAN LINERS. THIS SERIES WILL Fokker EV Trilogy and includes sections in AJ43 Elf Leader 20p Sdkfz 250/1 30p L.F.E. Roland Dll SpadVll ISp mounted combat, stealth and AJ44 EifHirowingJavelin 15p INCLUDE LINERS FROM MOST MAJOR SHIPPING LINES U.S.A. Sdkfz 250/9 A/car 30p Hannover CLIII Nieuport27 ISp tracking as well as extensive rules OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Stuart 30p NEW Sdkfz 250/8 with Pfalz Scout DH4 ISp on the use and practice of Magic FANTASY SPECIALS 80mm Mortar 30p Halberstadt CM Sherman asp in Fantasy Campaigns. 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N® 200 NOVEMBER 1978

EDITORIAL

Arising from my Editorial the July J .'M issue, I.R.Wilson of the Conventry Wargames ^ M (' Cluh wrote an article which appeared in last month's Newsletter "AN UPPER CRUST OF WARGAMERS" In a hack-handed complimentary manner, Mr.Wilson / TvySEBB puts forward as a potential "upper crust" such I well known wargamers as Tony Bath, Charles Grant, v- John Tunstill, Boh O'Brien, Phil Barker and myself, mentioning in passing that some say that \ . we have "made our money and got out while the X'^Ulp^ going is good and are no longer interested". \^ M This may he the case with one of those names, ^ hut the rest of us cantfeasonahly classified as professionals who are currently (as we have mlB \« always done in the past) attempting to huild-up Wt the literature of the hohhy because, after all, g H ' v\ it is from reading of the experiences of others ^ H that the novice learns. Personally, I think that 9 Br most of those names have given far more to war- ' ■ f gaming than they have received and, if they are ^ / to he called the "upper crust" then that lahel / J > J can really only he affixed to them on the grounds ^ of seniority and length of service. In a sense my last paragraph in the July issue remark ahout the upper crust^Seeply thinking wargamer/historians is fallacious because, in any spUere, there can only he gurus if they have followers - and the general run of wargamers have never been noted as faithful followers who spend their money on the literary efforts of those who write. Perhaps it is the nature of the hohhy that attracts so many young people who want "instant" wargaming and whose available cash is spent on figures rather than on hooks to learn how to authentically perform with those little soldiers. I admit that some of the wargamers named in Mr.Wilson's article have gone all parochial, retired from the general scene and carry out their table-top battles in the privacy of their own homes with a select group of personal friends in an atmosphere that completely lacks acrimony and argument. After all, surely that is a natural trend in any walk of life? As one garners experience then one tends to pick the best out of what is available and pursue it, rather than flogging away at it and with heedless or even seemingly ungrateful members of the pursuit in question. The very nature of wargaming causes it to he highly sectionalised because of the vast diversity of armies and the periods of military history from which a choice can he made, hut above all, the quite incredible selection of available rules, both home-made and commercial. Perhaps it says something for the independence of the human spirit that every wargamer should choose to fight with rules of his own compiling so that schisms are formed of devotees to a particular set who will not only refuse to fight with others (including commercial) rules but also are voluble in their condemnation of them. This does not seem to be the case with board wargamers who cheerfully buy boxed games of all types and (so far as 1 can ascertain) play them strictly to the rules that come with the game - and yet in many cases they are the same people who can never resist altering every set of rules they encounter that control table-top games with model soldiersi Mr.Wilson's final plea for the "upper crust" of wargamers to pool their knowledge to further the hobby is rather irrelevant because surely most of the best known wargamers (whom I presume could be termed the "upper crust") are known simply because they write - and yet their output rarely receives its just financial reward by being purchased by the people at whom it is directed. You cannot forcibly educate or teach anyone, and whatever knowledge was pooled by "the upper crust" it could only be percolated to them through writing or word-of-mouth at conventions - and wargamers do not support them very well eitherl

DON FEATHERSTONE.

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Derek Bolton Chairman, Leicester Wargames Socle^

Having been a reader of Wargames Newsletter for some time now It appears that I am In agreement with you on what I consider an Important part of wargamlng. I am referring to the convention type of wargamlng that exists at cluh level which I feel ruins the spirit of the hohhy.

At the Leicester Wargames Society the Napoleonic section have Introduced a system which really makes the old grey matter work. It consists of a card Index system with a number of sections each denoting either types of armies, terrain, etc.

Each player picks a terrain card which shows him the natural features, buildings, etc., on his own side of the table. The complete table Is made up of both players cards, this way different com binations of terrains appear. In defending armies there Is provision for a section of walling of a given length to be placed at the discretion of the player prior to the displacement of troops.

Each player selects a card from the armies section which Is divided as follows -

E.. for Encounter armies. A.. for attacking armies. D.. for Defensive armies. S.. for Small armies (players with small amount of troops). M.. For Multlplay games.

The armies, based on 15mm scale, are not necessarily even but may comprise of troops of A to E class, complete or Incomplete units.

Example:- 1 Supply waggon per move. 1 Battery heavy field artillery 4 guns 2 limbers only 1 Guard Infantry battalion 20 men A class. 1 Grenadier " 30 " B " 1 Line Infantry " 30 " C " 2 " " " 25 " C " 3 " " " 30 " D " 24 Light Cavalry (may be split Into 2 equal units) C Class.

Reserves - Pick reserve force card Move 4 If required.

X Factor - Move 3. A series of such cards suitably varied produces some excellent games. The reserve force may be taken If desired at the given time by choosing a card, the nature of the reserves therefore Is an un known quantity. Examples:- 1. Your reserve force has deserted you and Joined the enemy, tell your opponent to pick a reserve card. 2. Lost! 3. 3 Line Infantry battalions 30 men E.Class. 16 Light cavalry (not Lancers) E class. Point of entry 12" from extreme right flank at end of move 5. 4. 1 Battery light horse artillery 2 guns (2 rounds cannlster only). 16 Light cavalry (not Lancers) D class. 1 Grenadier battalion 2u men B class. 2 Line Infantry battalion 30 men C class. Point of entry extreme right flank at end of move 5. At last comes the X factor, that little something extra that adds that spice to the game. On the appropriate move each player chooses his X factor card after the orders have been written but before movement takes places. Sample cards:- 1. A stray shot strikes a limber which explodes killing the horses plus throw 1 average dice to determine the number of Figures killed on the artillery crew Immediate Effect. 2. Your brigade several miles away makes a successful advance routing the enemy to his front. Present this card to your opponent whose E class troops will promptly rout and D Class lose 25^ desertion IMMEDIATE EFFECT. 3. Local town has raised mllltla unit to aid you 1 Battalion Infantry E class 40 men. 4. A leading unit finds an enemy deserter who In exchange for his life, money and a liberal supply of wine discloses the dispositions of the enemy. Present this card to your opponent who must give the location, type and class of all concealed units Including the baggage train. and my favourite, 5. All units within 20" of you (Your general figure) mistake the action of you removing your hat as the signal "General Advance". All units must advance the next move (Artillery to limber up without firing and do so) and advance until personally visited by the general who must remain with each unit for one move. IMMEDIATE EFFECT. Units In base to base contact with each other count as one unit. CONTINUED ON PAGE ^4 A'"DOCTRINAL" BATTLE IN l!300 SCALE

This hattle was fought as somewhat of a "rigged" affair. Severe con straints were put on especially the Soviet player hy the umpire, In order to attempt to simulate the uncertainty of warfare and the ever present effect VV: of doctrinal thinking. All too often .la ■/ In wargames one sees comparatively junior commanders exercising a quite Incredible degree of Initiative and knowledge. N < O The Soviet commander was given the objective of breaking through the line of the autobahn and seizing the BAHNHOF. This had to be accomplished with all speed. Oddly enough, his boundaries ran along the edges of the table and his axis coincided with the East-West line of the E17.

At his disposal, the Soviet had a motor rifle battalion (of 33 BNP-I MICVs), a troop of 4 T72 from the regi mental tank battalion and 3 BRDM scout cars armed with SAGGER missiles. The German commander's brief was that he had arrived at this location 30 minutes before at 0530, and that surveillance Indicated that a strong concentration of Soviet forces had established Itself during the night In a large forest about 1000m East of ALTHADS. ^ /ap Scf, jtc ^ tyco Bundeswehr forces consisted of a company group from a Panzer-Grenadier battalion of 12 MARDER MICV, 5 LEOPARD IA4 MBT and attached recce of 5 KRAKA SUNDESWEHE DISPOSITIONS 0600 30087 vehicles with TDW missiles. The Soviet player was given a 2l/c who was very knowledgeable about the Soviet armed forces, as technical advisor. Both sides were warned of the possibility of EW causing a breakdown in communica tions during the action. In order to overcome this (he hoped) the Soviet commander decided to leave his 21/c with his F echelon at the FUP off-table. The Soviets advanced in the classic (and correct) echelon of companies with two companies on the North of the small stream and one on the South. They encountered resistance both at LINKSWALD and RECHTWALD losing three BMP on the left and one on the right to long-range missile fire. Doctrine was followed and the first echelon on the Soviet right drove straight fOr the town, leaving the mopplng-up of LINKSWALD to J^^®^°"*pe§hTWALD anr^ssaultedleft the two Ihrwoodfremaining platoonsclearing ofIt andSoviet destroying Infantry allImmediately German forces debussed there within except 50 formetres two ^KRAKA RECHTWALD vehicles which made good their escape to the West. As the Soviet second echelon started their assault on LINKSWALD, all radio communications on the battlefield became subject to jamming, causing some confusion. The Soviet assault on LINKSWALD was entirely successful, the Germans being able to salvage only the sSe ?alk therfSLC-Sged out" to the South, only to be destroyed by a TOW fired by one of their own KRAKAs from RECHTWALD. (Quote: "Hello 14C this Is 14 large green tank heading South from LINKSWALD engage over"). The Soviet 2l/c was still In touch with his regimental commander, who at this stage Inforaed him iSrSnatei;that there was thea fire2i/c missioncould notavailable contact ofhis 6 122mmCO, who howitzers, was up In andthe wouldfront heline, please so workhe went out aheadhis DF?and called In the fire on the crossroads In the town Meanwhile the Soviet first echelon was fighting Its way through the town, having been forced to dismount by th4 presence of German tanks (which had destroyed 3 T72 before their presence was suspected. As the first Soviet platoon stormed across the crossroads with brave shouts and patriotic cries the coLeSLatef fire of a battery of 122mm howitzers landed squarely on top of them, reducing the crossroads to rubble and wiping out the Soviet platoon to the last man. dentlst^sThe Germanap^ntLnt at this soLwhere, point had astwo he tanksleft andthe battlefieldthree APCs leftwith andall obviouslyspeed leaving remembered the Soviets an urgent the undisputed victors. trooZletllZtLWith communications Soviet nowcommander restored and the his discussion 2l/c was fascinatingof the rights to andlisten wrongs to, ofas shellingwere the mutterlngs CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 TALKING WARGAMING

Lacking the colour, glamour and short-lived moments of high excitement present on the battle field, sieges by their protracted and continuous exertions amid privation, disease, famine and death in every ugly shape, bring out the best and worst in Man. It has always been in the defence or attack of his great gregarious strongholds that Man has revealed, through evident differences in reason and instinct, his vast but debatable super iority over lower animals.

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SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR '

You may advance and be absolutely irresist ible if you make for the enemy's weak points; you may retire and be safe from pursuit if your move ments are more rapid that those of the enemy. If we wish to fight the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is to attack some place that he will be obliged to relieve.

HINT OF THE MONTH by Julian A.Skinner;

After thinking about the "Realism in Wargaming" article in the June Newsletter it struck me that Philip Haythornthwaite's ideas could be taken further. The half-inch matchsticks could be mounted on a base of roughly a \ inch width. This area would represent, in boardgame terms, half a battalion's zone of control. Therefore, when the bases of two opposing battalions come into contact combat would be resolved. Perhaps a few diagrams would simplify things. Representing A TTj |I| I I Representing battalion (actu- t two opposing The point of this system is, of course, so that al size) with ' battalions cavalry may be used, the whole strip representing half it's zone of W-4--J '' I i ' combat, zone of control. control. \

I have one slight improvement to make on Andy Callan's matchstick Base Acrual zone ECW armies. The Pike units look almost as good, and are made much more simply by gluing a piece of card 7" high on to the front of the matchsticks. This can be painted brown overall and then black vertical lines drawn on it with a black ball-point pen.

ooOoo FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM D'ORDEL'S MANUAL "TACTICS AND MILITARY TRAINING" (London 1902). When the pretended advantage of the rifle in the matter of range proves so doubtful it is time to look for such points as the extreme complication and confusion of the mechanism constituting it as com pared with the strength and simplicity of the musket, the difficulty of cleaning the bore produced by the rifle, and the neat and sober appearance of the senior weapon. But this question of the rival merits of the "rifle" and the musket can be decided by time alone, and it is that tribunal which will decide whether our Army will or will not revert to the weapon to which it owes its triumphs in the past. There is no doubt whatsoever that this and all the other remarkable assertions, coming from the authoritlve pen of a senior and experienced officer, will bear heavily with wargamers when they com pletely revise their rules for Horse and Musket warfare as. In the light of such vital information, they must surely do.

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PROBLEM OF THE MONTH by A.Banks; In the second half of the 19th Century should Lli^'it Infantry (i.e. riflemen, Jagers, chasseurs-a- pied, etc.,) be used in any different manner to ordinary Line infantry?

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1. Who owned, and when, the first British Regimental Band? 2. What military artifact was patented by Rev.Alexander Forsyth, in 180?^ 3. When was the Brown Bess Musket introduced into the British Army? k. Between whom was the Battle of Lake Trasimenus fought? 5. Dates of Battles of (a) Stamford Bridge; (b) Dorylaeum (Eskisehir); (c) Crecy; (d) Breitenfeld and (e) Kenesaw Mountain?

ANSWERS ON PAGE A THOUGHT ON CASUALTIES

Paul FitzRerald

What It does mean, is that it has not been as complete a victory/success as planned, as future plans for a campaign may have to be modified, or even cancelled, in consideration of the fewer troops remaining.

Some Suggestions for Wargamers; As an added consideration, especially when playing the 'one off game, where there is a tendency for Players to be prepared to 'lose all', in terms of casualties, in order to gain the rout or des truction of the enemy; the following suggestions are made:- a) That the Umpire sets out the victory conditions for the Players, some indications of which, might be known to both Players. OR b) After setting out the armies on the battlefield, that each Player, or the Umpire, write down his estimate of what he feels can be expended in order to obtain the objectives. e.g. - to remove the enemy from the battlefield, or to hold the ground for 'x' number of Periods. OR c) That each Player might throw a dice in private, prior to the game, in order to obtain the number of casualties that he will be allowed to lose. Each dot representing 5 or 10 percent, as desired. A second pair of dice may be thrown to determine the length of time (number of periods) the battle should last.

It can be seen that this will allow a much smaller force to have an even chance of victory in terms of conditions laid out. For example, the large force may be given the following conditions:-

1. To remove the enemy from the battlefield in 10 Periods, in particular to secure the bridge over the river. 2. Own casualties must not exceed 15^, of which cavalry must not exceed 5$ in order that the campaign might continue successfully. 3. Each battery may only fire for up to A Turns (i.e. 2 hours firing under my own rules) as the supply train is too far to the rear to be able to re-supply ammunition for the duration of the battle. The smaller force, which may be only i the size of the larger, but in a good position, might have the following objectives;- 1. To hold the bridge from the enemy for at least 10 Periods (reinforcements might be due at this time, or dusk is due at this time). 2. The force must do this at 'all costs' i.e. casualties do not matter (Mind you, the troops might not agree with this attitude, and the morale rules should cater for this). 3. The full allowance of ammunition is available and batteries may fire up to 8 rounds before re- supplying from the rear. 1 hope that these ideas might be of some inspiration to 'gamers who are discouraged by the 'one- off battles, but have not the time, resources or friends to participate in a full campaign where most of these considerations would be intrinsic to the campaign. Further suggestions with regard to determining victory, the effects of limiting ammunition and supply, on the battlefield are dealt with in a basic form in my "Great Secession" A.C.W. Rules and "First Empire" Napoleonic Rules available at £1.00p per set (including post, overseas add 50P) from 1 Ashburnham Place, Hailsham, Sussex, BN27 3AX.

ANSWERS TO MILITARY QUIZ - On Page ><

1. Royal Artillery, in 1762. 2. The Principle of percussion cap ignition. 3. 1705. A., Hannibal's Carthaginians defeated Consul Flaminius's Romans in 219 B.C. 5. (a) 25 September 1066: (b) 1 July 1097: (c) 25 August 13A6: (d) 15 September 1631 and (e) 27 June 186A. PROVIDENCE STILL FAVOURS THE AMERICANS! (Part 3 of the War of the Lastwin Concessions, approx. 1904) US fl f^LLlBS

Harold Gerry It will he remembered that the Americans had been able to conceal their superior strength In the Initial battle of the war at R-P Island because of poor visibility, enabling them to cripple the German cruiser strength. A sudden Improvement In weather a few days later ruined a daring raid by a German armoured cruiser Into the bay at Katsung, a main American base on the West coast, resulting In the loss of the cruiser. The same pattern continued during the rest of the first order period. Aei The only satisfaction for the unlucky Germans was that at least they were doing the attacking, keeping as many ships as they could over on the West (American) coast. One of these days they were bound to find one of the American supply conyoys. Since this was assumed to be a West Pacific sltua- tion, both sides had to bring In one collier at least every seven days In order to keep ships at sea. But at the end of the campaign we found that the Americans had successfully managed to bring In colliers quite safely by doing short hops along the coast from port to port, staying In harbour by day and leaving at dusk. So the Germans never met any. Typical American Ingenuity. The heavier German warships remained at Lastwin, their main base. My, Russians were at port H down in the Southeast corner - or rather a few destroyers and troop transports were, as the main Russian fleet of eight battleships and three light cruisers spent most of the war over In the American half of the sea. Towards the end of the first order period, two Russian transport landed six battalions of troops West and East of Flatsung, very nervously as there was no knowledge of enemy dispositions what soever. For all we knew, the town was strongly held. For all we knew, the good anchorage provided by the wide estuary at A about 100 miles along the coast might shelter large American warships. Here again the Allies had the bad luck to have visibility drop from about 10 miles to 2 just when they wanted to look carefully Into these two harbours. This caused much delay. (it occurred to me that wargamers should perhaps allow weather to play a greater part than they usually do In their land campaigns. 1913 Is the best example of a weather-dominated campaign I can think of offhand, a wet Summer allowing brute force to get the better of good musketry. Since a main object of these articles Is to put forwsrd campaign Ideas rather than have a series of detailed battle reports, I should admit that our weather rules had one defect. We had forgotten to make weather changes gradual. Clearances can happen literally within minutes, but weather always takes half an hour or so to "come down" for the worse.)

ana■ liatsungrate was occupied.the Russian Thegamble Russians came wereoff. notIt aimingturned atout a thatmajor no Invasion enemy ships of conquest. were off theThe SWmain coast aim was to tempt the Americans to send down perhaps a quarter or a third of their major warships to beat up the Russian transports or at least have a look at what the Russian fleet was like. (it will be re membered from Part 1 that both sides knew the enemy strength only very roughly. It was of great Im- portance, for example, to find out quickly whether your enemy would be using old 14-knot or new 19-knot battleships). j " But the Americans did not send down any detachment, sticking Instead to a policy of going to sea only when they had a large number of ships ready. Elaborate Russian cruiser and destroyer screens spread out to lure an Inferior squadron Into a battleship trap found nothing at sea at all. therefore started. The Germans were Interested In having a coaling base on the West coast. The Russians were under orders to push on to the estuary at A and send a battalion up to the next port at Wu. Surely that would goad the Americans Into retaliating. The Russian fleet would wait lor them in A estuary, behind elaborate minefields....

judged• ^ ^erlcanfirst strategy order allperiod through finished the firstwithout half a shot of the being war. fired For In Instance, the South-West. with about In half fact the we mis German fleet out of action being repaired, we thought the Americans might attempt an army landing in the North of the German colony. The estuary at NO seemed Isolated, difficult for the Germans to support because of the two rivers Intervening. So for the second order period I switched some Russian battal ions up there to reinforce the Germans. we decided to have a period of defensive Inaction, The Germans would continue repairs the Russian battle fleet would wait at A for the time being. Towards the end of the second order ' period. If no Americans came South, the Russians would move up to base B and land a small force nearby to tempt the ships In B bay to come out. As our warship strength still seaworthy was down to some 800 points against 1,150 or so American, our best hope still lay In trying to catch an Isolated squadron. It adds spice to a campaign set about the beginning of the century that wireless was so primitive. A range of 20-60 miles meant that once ships left your own shores they were out of touch with you. In the campaign, this required much careful placing of fast light craft Intended for keeping fleets at sea in touch with shore bases. For Instance, the Russians had a 24-knot cruiser In the bay marked S for a couple of weeks when the battlefleet was over on the far coast, in case the big ships had to be recalled (juicKiy• (Another point on basic campaign mechanisms. It Is convenient to allow the general strategic orders to be changed only Infrequently. After all, the staff Is slow to change Its collective Slnd. communications are slow, etc. So we had a system whereby orders could be changed radically only after a set nunil)er of days in the month. It was only gradually that we realised that we should not have known In advance how long each order spell would he. We all hegan to plan to allow for the fact that it was advantageous to do certain things towards the end of a period, to see how the enemy reacted whilst you still had the chance to change orders, and other things just after the start of a new period, since the enemy at that stage could not change his strategy for many days to come.) But, as far as could he judged, the campaign was not only hugely enjoyable in its far-ranging operations hut was also satisfyingly realistic in some ways. On the enemy side, the uneventful hut expensive patrols which met nothing off their North coasts. On our side, the movement of troops to guard against landings which never came, and careful shepherding of transports and colliers over long distance with expensive warship squadrons which never saw an enemy. All very much like what goes on in th° real thing.

To continue with the summary, however. The second order period started quietly. Russian infantry took the port at WU, which again was undefended. So all the large US army must he in or around the two Northern hases, which would make these virtually unattackahle. Suddenly American ship movements started in a cluster from their coast, and most came over towards the German coast. Again the weather favoured them. It was not to he an invasion, hut an even more daring raid than their first one, this time directed at the German main hase, Lastwin. Because of the minefields and coastal batteries, we did not expect a frontal attack on a main hase. Lastwin was not all that heavily fortified, hut with decent weather the shore guns would have done even better than in fact they did in the game which followed.

The crucial feature was that during the final evening of the Americans' voyage the weather had worsened, with poor visibility, and this lasted during the hours from O6OO to 09OO when their ships were in Lastwin Bay and approaching the small estuary in which the German naval hase was situated. So the shore gunners and the guard ship (a dreadful old ^-knot battleship) were caught by surprise.

Bombardment of Lastwin V m(vv\ Under the rules, only a proportion of the German ships i Vvtt tc - would have some steam up and capable of moving in three or il four game moves (12-15 min.) and some would take nearly half an hour to collect crews, etc. (15 moves). Consequently, only the guard ship and some coastal guns were able to fire in the vital first fifteen minutes or so, and the Americans |( (Sver>> itn 0' were able to move to within a mile or so of the estuary S, vvv U, - . mouth before suffering any serious damage, even at slow mine- Cv-a-f fc , . - sweeping speed. Given good weather, they would have had to f\ have swept slowly for the whole of the 5 miles (about 90 cm of table-top) of mineable waters off Lastwin, giving the ^ Cci.sral /X shore guns alone about 10 game moves in which to sink the V I' minesweeping destroyers.

The us fleet was in two groups of armoured cruisers, each preceded by 2 destroyers and followed by 1 destroyer as reserve. It looked as if they were going to come in along an arc, bombarding as they went. But when the 2 groups drew near the entrance, the smaller one turned boldly into the estuary itself, full of German ships now getting up steam and/or edging out from the ahchorages. Besides the old guardship, the Germans had a powerful Kaiser class battleship, an old Siegfried coastal battleship, and some damaged cruisers being repaired or awaiting repair. Plus some torpedo gunboats and armed tugs. All of these attacked the US ships, but piecemeal because of the surprise, and the four coastal batteries in fact caused about as much damage as all the ships, being more difficult to deal with. (guns in concrete/stone emplacements are only silenced gradually, whereas ship guns can be knocked out). The larger American group seemed to be heading for the East minefield, and when one of their sweeping destroyers was sunk at this stage by the Germans, there was jubilation as we anticipated the Americans turning out to sea right through the minefield once they had shelled the German ships. But the US player came to the conclusion (rightly) that there were likely to be less mines in the central area, and turned his group it to circle past the estuary again, to our great regret. Greatly outnumbered, the Germans ordered their seagoing warships out to sea to the East. They would have been destroyed had the Americans continued to engage them closely with their main group, but, as indicated, this had just decided to turn back to avoid mines. So the German ships, including badly damaged cruisers from earlier battles, hung about and poured in shells from a distance, causing a lot of minor damage which would make the Americans spend a long time in dock. But the smaller US group steamed slowly up the estuary, broadsiding everything in sight. "The German repair dock and workshops were almost completely destroyed. Some colliers and a liner disabled, and the two guardships lost most of their guns and were reduced to erratic firing through minor damage accumulating. But an American destroyer was sunk in the estuary, and the shore guns got another as the attackers steamed away. The whole attack had lasted about li hours campaign time. No major ships were sunk, but both sides were left with something like a hundred days of repair work to do. The German repair facilities could not be used for months, so, as soon as it was seen that the American bombardment was not the prelude to an invasion, the Germans began distributing the lightly damaged ships over the minor harbours down the coast, for repair, and sent the seriously hit slowly down to the Russian naval base at H. The Germans were relieved not to have lost any ships outright. The Americans were delighted at having now reduced the German fleet to under half strength, and in fact all the remaining German ships were con siderably damaged. TO BE CONTINUED. THE RAID ON ANSE DU FOULON Birit/J'4 Harold Thomas (Of New York, U.S.A.) rnis Skirmish was the most enjoy 9 . Q Q) able wargame I have ever had. The wargame took place almost 10 years ago. It was a solo game using Don Feather- stone's rules for "close wars" for the French and Indian war. Each side was composed of 33 Regulars and 10 Light Infantry who move 3" faster (New England Rangers for the British and Canadian Militia for the French). Movement was 3" longer on trails or roads and it took one full move to go up or down the I high hank. It took 3 moves to cross >\ the stream on the heach during which troops could not fire.

Five different strategies of attack and defence were drawn up and C\ ' I were picked at random. However, in all \ I the scenarios the majority of the French had to start in their camp and could not react until they received word of fT/rA*H 1 I I the attack. The object of the battle was for the British to cut loose 3 floating batteries. The figures used were 30mm Jal Highlanders and French which were in 9 different poses. Prior i i to the game ^ or 5 books on French and ' ! Indian war skirmishes were read to give Js § the flavour of the period.

The first firing occurred in the centre where 3 Canadian Militia spotted a body of Highlanders moving down the road. After firing, hitting 1 High lander the Canadians moved back to the camp, which was alerted by the firing.

But as the Canadians were climbing the - gorge 2 of the 3 men were shot.

The battle soon developed out on the French right, where the mass of the British were committed. Three British were hit but the French recoiled from the superior numbers. They fell back into the clearing and headed for the strip of woods just above the beach. They suffered sorely in their retreat losing h men. On the French left the British reached the edge of the woods /-r/fAjcJi halted and fired on the French who lost 3 men and fell back out of range. In the centre the French sent 10 men across the gorge supported by more French in the camp. The French succeeded in driving the enemy back down the road. More French moved to join the troops moving to the strip of woods over the beach.

On the right the British moved rapidly in the clearing but lost many troops to the firing from the wood strip. When they finally reached it they drove the enemy back to the beach in vicious hand- to-hand fighting. Then from the cover of the woods they poured volley after volley into the exposed French. The rangers charged down into melee finishing off the French and cutting loose 2 floating batteries with their hatchets.

In the centre both sides stood behind cover and fired at one another. On the left the Highlanders advanced down to the beach to exchange volleys but made no attempt to cross the stream. The game was then declared a British victory.

In retrospect the simplicity of the rules gave a fast, exciting battle lacking in more complex rules which get bogged down in charts and long lists of morale factors. The research into the period, such as first hand reports of skirmishes with Indians and raids by Rogers Rangers helped to build excitement for the battle. Since that time I have re-fought the battle using Colonial Skirmish rules which also gives a good game but need at least 8 people to handle- all the figures and it takes a lot longer. "Just to report to you that the Napoleonic Symposium on Saturday was a tremendous success, in terms of having a full and stimulating day. The audience certainly enjoyed it, and pressed us to hold another similar event. Those who did not come along on Saturday should really kick themselves! From talking to people at the Symposium, and quite a discussion, we have already come up with several ideas as to how to undertake a future, similar event and are therefore not at all downhearted but already looking ahead to Napoleonic Symposiiun 3« Several of the audience, by the way, mentioned learning about the event from reading about it in Wargamer's Newsletter. Thanks!" j. . -n " Lionel Leventhal of Arms and Armour Press. SEVEN YEARS WAR

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OR HOW THE AUSTRIAN ARMY

LOST BOTH AN ALLY AND

MANY BRAVE BATTALIONS STWtri'Mti A 7 YEARS WAR GAME

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Dave Tuck

This battle took place dur ing a special meeting of our Club on a Saturday in June. As we own our own premises (perhaps the only Club in the country to do so?) there was no problem about time and the game lasted 6-8 hours.

The scenario was similar to ~ that facing the Austrians at the ^ start of the Seven Years War, a . larp garrison of Saxons command- 6r»Tt=tvC» Ci^Ji... /^ ;+fec i'i- L ed by Richard Mash, was halted c/wA..^yC S•«) with Pyrna, a well modelled "star fort^^ * hv a larse Pimssian* British force commanded by Messrs Mike Barnett, "Tez-Kreft" and Steve Mercer. The task of rolievinnrolievinn; our Ally was left to Andy Hamilton and myself. The terrain was forced upon us by the layout of the tables available, two 8' x 4' tables, parallel with each other joined by a loose table to provide a U-shape, drawn above. It was decided that if the Austrians failed to reach the garrison it would surrender within ^.8 hours, hence the Prussian task was to stop the relief column, while the Saxon objective was to keep as many Prussian battalions in play as possible to ease the difficult task set for the ..ustrians. Andy and myself decided on a three-pronged attack to draw as many Prussian units into the fray as ve could, realising the importance of the stream and commanding hills. The battle began with a brisk cavalry affray between the English Lifeguards and Light oragoons and a contingent of Austrian heavies for possession of Hill 'A' and ideal site for our After a stoic defence the British were driven off and our assault on the stream began. The possession of the mill changed hands three times, and a gallant band of Prussian riflemen sent a niggling lire in to the grenadier battalions commanded by the Austrian C-in-C Count Daun. On both sides also the artillery began to take its toll, as heavy columns of troops advanced into the fray. Eventually, the Prussian left and centre began to falter and a large division of Austrian cavalry poured into the gap to be countered by Prussian cuirassiers, these were strong enough, with the aid ol the terrain combined with some tremendous shooting from a battalion in the central village to stem the Austrian tide. Feverishly, I looked around for more reinforcements to throw in, but all except rally ing and composite battalions shattered in both strength and morale, were committed. The Austrians it seemed had run out of punches. To add to our disgrace the Prussians had managed, by some good fortune, to storm the town and despite a brave show by our Saxon Ally it was the gleeful chuckle of "Barnett the besieger which held sway at Pyrna on that fateful day. Congratulations Messrs Barnett, Mercer and Kreft and commiserations to my two gallant allies Messrs Hamilton and MaBh. I hope this account has brought out some of the enjoyment we all experienced and has helped to spread the benefits of the 7 Years War as a wargaming period.

ooOoo Amity World Travel Limited of 417A Bitterne Road, Bitterne, Southampton S02 5EE (South^pton J14^76A) are organising a series of tours which might well be of interest to wargamers and military enthusiasts. The first (whichmight be too soon for readers of this magazine) is a No passport week end 60th Anniversary of the Armistice tour to the Somme Battlefield, conducted by Anthony Kemp B. ., military author and lecturer in History at the Adult Education Department of Southampton University. The tour leaves Southampton Docks at 2300 hours on Friday, 10th November and arrives back at 0700 hours on Monday, 13th November. The itinerary covers a visit to the Somme battlefields taking in the most important sites and then a trip to Compiegne where stands the railway coach in which World War One armistice was signed and in which Hitler signed peace terms with the French in 19^0. The cost which includes transport throughout including reclining seat on the night ferry, accommodation in a hotel on Saturday night, bed and breakfast, dinner on Saturday evening, services of Tour Manager and guest lecturer is £42.45p. Then there is an ambitious seven-day study tour to Gibraltar from the bth to 13th April 1979 which will include business and social events, including visits to the Gibraltar Fortifications, with ample free time to explore Gibraltar and an opportunity to visit North Africa. The tour leaves by charter flight from London or Gatwick Airport at 0800 hours on Friday bth April 1979 and arrives back at 1620 hours on Friday, 13th April and, subject to type of hotel room, costs about £125.OOp. This tour is being conducted under the joint auspices of the Fortress Study Group and the British Commission for Military History. The same firm have run a no passport weekend tour to Normandy, including a visit to St.Malo and a trip along the Normandy beaches but this was in late October and by the time you read this will be but a memory. MUST LIST

It Is with the greatest pleasure that I begin this month's review of new items by talking of our old friends SKIRMISH WARGAMES (Mike and Paul Blake; Ian and Linda Colwill and Garth Rose) of 2k Mill Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 IHN, who have just brought out their latest publication THE OLD WEST PART TWO, a companion volume to the Old West Part One which has already been reviewed in these pages and enjoyed by hundreds of wargamers. I say that because Skirmish Wargaming is almost an art form with a charm all its own so that, if our conventional style of wargaming had never been devised, then this type of table-top combat would quite justifiably be able to hold its head up in any company. I am always very proud to think that I have written what I suppose constitutes a text book on Skirmish Wargames although I never forget that it is but a supplementary (or comple mentary) effort to the sterling work done by my mates mentioned above and I say with considerable regret and affection, the late Steve Curtis. One could review this almost at as much length as the booklet itself. Written in that easy-to-read, free-and-easy personal style that is the trade mark of this group, the contents of this latest book are - Rules, Extras and Improvements; The Fastest Gun —Show:downs in the High Noon tradition; On and in the water; The Iron Horse; Roping and whipping; Animals out West; Creating characters; Frontier Towns; Campaigns - Or how to get the most out of your games; Solo Games - orthodox and unorthodox. The line illustrations are great, amusing and always to the point, owing much to the deep devotion for it by the authors for the Old West. This book not only gives you rules, new rules, variations on old rules, ideas and general stimulus plus hints on narrative backgrounds but goes deeply into the practical aspects of Skirmish Wargaming, detailing to a fine degree how to convert and adapt the most commonplace and cheap 5^mm plastic figures and - Mike Blake's delight - the construction of buildings and Wild West towns. Finally the lonely wargamer (and the one with a bit more time than most of us) will find the chapter on Solo Wargaming of inestimable value, dealing as it does with the essential narrative background and methods of playing (and probably cheating) yourself. It is debatable whether wargamers can afford MOT to own this book because it typifies the very spirit of the hobby and is written by wargamers I am proud to call friends whose devotion has done much to smooth the path for so many wargamers who probably don't even know of their existence! Part Two THE OLD WEST is available from Skirmish Wargames at £2.00p per copy which includes 20p postage and packing. Both Part One and Part Two can be purchased together for the special price of £3.50p including postage and packing.

I usually obtain my review figures from MINIATURE FIGURINES direct from the proud hands of Neville Dickinson of that firm when we meet at the monthly dinner of the Wessex Military Dining Club. That dinner will be held in two nights time and I regret to say that the delay has enabled his arch- rivals KINCHLIFFE MODELS LIMITED to get their monthly pack of review figures in first! Anyway, I am sure that both Neville Dickinson, Frank and John Hinchliffe and others connected with these two organisations are aware that I endeavour to give both of them a fair and equal crack of the whip and to review the figures they kindly send me for this purpose with impartiality - if not always basic know-how! Starting from the wargaming point of view, this month's HINCHLIFFE 25mm figures cover the Seven Years War (which is an ideal wargaming period and not half as popular as it should be). The infantry are all Austrians and are as follows - German musketeer advancing; German grenadier advancing; German officer waving hat; German standard bearer; German musketeer drummer; German grenadier drummer; Grenze infantry advancing; Grenze infantry officer; Grenze infantry firing; Jaeger firing and German infantry officer advancing.

It may be cheating a bit but I put these figures under a magnifying glass and it is not unfair to say that they are so beautifully designed and so fully detailed that one could be looking at a high priced 5kvm collector's figure. The faces are those of the period with curly moustaches and the right sort of eyes, the hats rest correctly £n the head and the straps and belts are around the figure and not etched into him. When I began reviewing these infantry figures I intended to say that the German advancing musketeer was quite superb, then I picked up the advancing grenadier and found that was probably even better and so on - the only one with whom I have any quarrel is the German officer waving his hat who appears to be a rather anatomical monstrosity as the arm waving the sword, if lowered, would probably extend to below his knees! Do I detect a different designer for this figure to the others? It is difficult to pick any figure out but if I had to then I am inclined to favour the German standard bearer.

The Austrian cavalry that accompany the Seven Years War infantry are as follows - Cuirassier trooper; Cuirassier or carabinier officer; Cuirassier standard bearer; Cuirassier or carabinier trumpeter; Carabinier trooper and German mounted officer. The two marked with a star are one-piece figures and are nice pieces but, looked at under the microscope the first figure of a Cuirassier trooper has the face that almost frightened me! Painted up they will look quite superb. Of course, as always, flags are provided with the figures - there are-.Austrian infantry regimental and national standards and cuirassier standard, complete with full painting instructions.

The 15mm Heritage Napoleonics continue to pour out and this month's offerings are Russian - Grenadiers charging; Grenadiers attacking; Grenadiers defending; Grenadiers firing; Musketeers/Jaegers charging; Musketeers/Jaegers attacking; Musketeers/jaegers defending and Musketeers/Jaegers firing. Again, using my magnifying glass, I find that these figures are beautifully detailed and will no doubt paint up brilliantly but to me they have nothing of the charm of the 25mm figures reviewed above. How ever, one most not detract from excellent small-scale workmanship, and it should be pointed out that this range is increasing so fast as to preclude one saying that fully comprehensive armies cannot be built up. And remember, you can get more of them on the table, probably make a more authentic battle - and they are cheaper!

Included in the package are a number of 25mm Heritage Fantasy figures and as always I find myself wondering what to say about them at the same time as I admire the workmanship that goes into them. I suppose there are wargamers who will view this group with the same admiration that I did the 25mm figures earlier - to them I offer this list for information - Elves with bow and sword (6); Elves with spear, sword and shield (6); Great Goblins with spear and shield (s); Der Kriegspieler Fantasy; Dwarves of strong visage - Dwarves marching with mattocks (s); Trolls of Evil Disposition - Cave Trolls (6) and Mountain Goblins - Goblins with axes and spears (8).

I really hope that some of you reading this are not only wargamers but collectors who actually buy and paint larger scale models such as the two designed by Julian Benassi in 75mm that are in front of me. I always feel terribly guilty at receiving these figures and attempting in my own inadequate way to review them (always conscious that what the designer/artist has done is so far beyond my ability to initially design or to competently paint)that my sole consolation lies in the hope that some of you who read this will be sufficiently inspired to go out and buy them! The detail on the Prussian Dragoon 1815 is immensely impressive and, as I have remarked before, it never fails to astonish me that the artist seems to be able to attain a sort of "National" appearance so that the faces look like the Frenchmen, or British, or German or whatever nationality they are supposed to represent. The second Benassi figure of the month is French cantiniere of the Napoleonic period and I can well imagine that a military collector who wants a temporary change from putting together and painting model soldiers could well be attracted to this fine quasi-military character although seemingly she is designed to stand by and complement Benassi's mounted Dragoon number 75/JBC9 (which 1 believe has been reviewed in these pages at" an earlier date). I notice in the adverts the number of female figures and 1 suppose that there could be a specialist collection of them - although, by the sound of the adverts, some of them might have to be kept out of the way of the children! Anyway, this cantiniere or vivandiere is an extremely well made and pleasing figure with the lines of the skirt and the general appearance of dress of the highest order - although I got the sort of feeling that she looked too well dressed and respectable for a woman following round behind an army but then maybe 1 get mixed up with what French words mean! Then there is another Julian Benassi masterpiece in 80mm scale - a Corporal of the 1st Royal Dragoons in the Waterloo period. 1 have not made this up but I put it together on its stand to see what it looked like and was even more impressed than usual to find that the head is separate from the front and the shako is again a separate item and has to be perched on top of the head! As always the lines are superb and quite obviously the work of a talented sculptor. Personally, 1 have so little regard for my painting ability that I would be chary of even attempting to start this model - and I didn't have to pay for it! As one can tell from old paintings of horses, it was a. long time before Man could paint or model horses realistically, the heads always seemed too small or (in the case of paintings) the feet were all off the ground at the same time! None of these things applies with this model which is a perfect miniature representation of the real thing and I Imagine painted up will be a work of art. Finally, as I look at it now I first felt that the rider was out of scale to the horse but then I stood him by the side of this steed (which must be about 17 hands 1 suppose) and found that he is correct, yet on the horse he looks too small. This brings me to a personal feeling I have always had about wargames figure designers - that they design their cavalrymen so that they are too large for the horses, consequently most of our table-top cavalry look like men on donkeys! When 1 used to muck around trying to make my own figures- and even now when I buy the horses from one firm and the figures from another to make up some esoteric army of Boers or the like, I invariably buy 30mm scale horses and mount upon them 25mm riders - they look much more realistic, try and see! Finally comes a selec tion of their HOBBY PAINTS, with screw-on metal lids and transparent plastic "bottles". I have cavalry yellow; French blue; Royal purple; deep brown; linen buff and woodsman green but I imagine that they must have been well tested Ijefore coming on the market and subsequently have no hesitation in recommend ing them. I am afriad I have no indication of their price at present but no doubt this will be mention ed in their advertisement.

Not really pertaining to wargaming but of military interest is a recent list received from Robert Andrew (Oldham) Limited, 3A Manchester Street, Oldham OLl ILE, Lanes, who offers miniature medals for every British Campaign since 1900. Replicas of the full size medals they can be obtained in sets mounted in correct order or they can be obtained individually each with a length of ribbon. 1 imagine that such a set of medals for World War One for example, suitably framed, could form a pleasing decora tion for a study or wargames room. I notice it is possible to obtain miniatures of Gallantry Awards such as the Victoria Cross, D.S.O. and D.C.M. (and kindred awards for Air Force and Navy), Military Cross and medal, etc., - a framed selection of such miniatures awarded for bravery must surely have a certain emotional appeal to wargamers.

premises and various hold-ups but gradually making progress. j. However the shop is fine now p. '' and much appreciated by our | customers. As anticipated, * ; : • with display facilities turn- T over has increased consider- K'Sfe'" ably and we have benefited from the "tourist" trade al- - ■■ - : ■ though we missed the early part of the season. .. '!;J

A HINCHLIFFE MODELS KIT ASSEMBLED AND PAINTED BY MINIATURE WARFARE LTD. should launch our first wargames sessions before Christmas, and we shall be very happy if you could come along and make a "personal appearance" sometime. 'ATLANTIC continues to sell well, but we have now been informed that supplies are liable to "dry up" until the next delivery from Italy which is scheduled for AFTER Christmas!!! **+**)!! Our stock's of the standard priced range is already low but we are holding a few of the big packs for the Christmas trade."

The following critical review of a board wargame came from the RHINE CONFEDERATION WAR GAMES SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, September 1978 - "AGINCOURT (GDW: ^5). How do you say Banzai! in French? While the rules meet the inovative standards set by RAPHIA (See May NL) the situation just isn't up to it. The French army lumbers forward and dies under a hail of English arrows. In an inherently unbalanced situation like this, I wonder why neither GDW or SPI tried a solitaire version of the battle. Next month I'll have some detailed commentary on SPI's "WAR IN THE PACIFIC", which really isn't worth unless you have a computer to do the book keeping. Like all American wargamers, I have a tendancy to get involved intoo many different things, and I would like some help to bring more than one man's opinion about the Society to people."

I do not usually go into much detail about wargaraes but I think we cannot resist the temptation to talk about the new Simulations Publications latest release "TO THE GREEN FIELDS 3EY0IJD" the Battle of Cambrai 1917. The enlightened will probably realise that this is because its title is taken from the Royal Tank Regiment Colours of brown, red and green which signifies "Through mud and blood to the green fields beyond" representing what occurred at Cambrai in 1917 when, during the first everi large-scale tank battle, every available armoured fighting vehicle was led forward by General Elles with a tank bearing a brown, red and green pennant to push through the mud, cross the trenches and eventually emerge some six miles deep into the green fields beyond the battle site. Capable of ending the war within a few months, this great effort was almost totally wasted within the next ten days through lack of reserves and eventually the German counter-attack regained almost all the lost ground. Cambrai Day November 20th each year is the Regimental Day of the Royal Tank Regiment and I can well remember many of our celebrations. This game claims to authentically simulate OUR battle on a 3A" by 22" map-sheet with comprehensive rules and three scenarios - the British breakthrough, the Battle for Bourlon and the German counter-attack, plus a campaign game which covers all seventeen days of the battle. Said to be excellent for solo playing, this could well be a most interesting boardgame. Its price is £6.85p boxed, £6.35p unboxed and can be obtained from Simulations Publications U.K., Free Post, Crown Passages, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 6BR.

As you will see from the 'IIiCNLIFFE MODELS LIMITED advert this month they have brought out their 15mm Scenic Accessories. Their advert also includes fuller details of the paints and brushes mentioned earlier in this feature.

If you are interested in Naval wargaming take a look at the Xmas "STARTER" Packs offered by NAVWAH PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, which range from Ancient Greek naval, through Napoleonic, American Civil War, Coastal, Russo-Japanese War, Pre-Dreadnoughts, World War One and World War Two including the Battle of the River Plate. There are also Eastern and Western Front tank packs.

In this issue you will find a large two-page advert from FREIKORPS 15 of 30 Cromwell Road, Belfast 7, Northern Ireland. This literally came out of trie blue because, not only was there no advance warn ing that the5' were going to take this space but I had never heard of the firm in question! I hasten to bring them to your notice and to suggest that, if 15mm scale is your wargaming style, that you get hold of some of these figures at once and see for yourself. Claimed to be "15mm scale - 15mm price - 25mm quality and the finest available" the packs consist of 10 infantry or 5 cavalry for A5p; Command packs of 5 infantry or 3 cavalry for 25p and, as you will see from the advert, their list is literally enormous! They also can supply rules for Seven Years War period, especially designed for 15mm but suitable for other scales. It is claimed that these rules employ new concepts and cope easily with the complex and very large-scale encounters possible with 15mm figures. They cost £1.20p per set post free. One of the reasons this magazine is able to keep going is because of the support given to it by its advertisers - it is up to the readers to support the advertisers in return.

Hew to me are CASTILE MINIATURES of 20 Rankin Street, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who offer a small but interesting range of Medieval I3OO-I50O foot figures including English longbowmen, Swiss pikemen, French crossbowmen, etc., and a series of Feudal IO66-I3OO foot and cavalry which includes a spearman, archers. Lowland spearmen, knights, sergeants, etc,, and separate horses. In 25mm scale foot and rider figures cost 13p each, horses cost 18p each. Please add 10^ for postage (overseas 50%). As I say, I do not know this maker and I have not seen the figures but if you are into the Medieval scene then they will add to the variety of your armies. Chosen for the National Wargames Championships 1978 are the NEWBURY Rules which can be obtained at prices shown (plus 20p per copy for postage and packing) or on their stand at the National War- games Championships finals on l6th and 17th September at the Top Rank Suite, Reading. The available rules are Napoleonic (with play-sheets) £1.30p; American Civil War (with play-sheets) £1.30p; Colonial Wars £1.20p; Cambrai to Sinai 1917-1967 (Leicester Micro Models) £1.40p. Also available are Junior Napoleonics 25p; Last Sea Battles World War One Naval 45p; Naval 1939-1945 75p; and Micro- tank Warfare (5th edition) 75p.

When writing my book WARGAMING PIKE AND SHOT PERIOD I became quite fascinated with the wargames potential of the Battle of Flodden 1513 between (you've guessed it) England and Scotland. DIXON MINIATURES obviously feel the same because they have put out an exciting new range of 25mm figures for this period. Like most Dixon figures they are on the chunky side and include 5 Scottish - mailed axeman, pikeman, advancing infantry with drawn sword, mailed firing archer, and a pikeman with pavise; available English consist of archers and billmen. There is also two border horsemen, one being a mounted crossbowman. There are more to come so do not feel that you are going to be left high and dry in the air in this period if youUi^ythe relatively small selection so far available. LEICESTER MICRO MODELS LIMITED of 50 Walcot Walk, Peterborough PE3 6QF, announce the latest addition to their vast range of 1:300 scale Micro-tank models - all from World War Two they include a Rolls Royce armoured car, a Henschel turreted Tiger II, a Dukw with tarpaulin cover, a Gaz truck and armoured car, an AEC Matador, a Katyusha rocket launcher, a Krupp 6x4 truck, a Striker with Swing fire and a BTR with Swatter. I think that the selection extends rather further than World War Two - and apparently there are other new models available. LETTERS "Fy wargaming Is now concentrated in the World War II era where I am in the process of an ambi tious pi-oject of re-fighting the European War from 1939-^45, with possibly some campaign in N.Africa leading into the Italian campaign. The map work, which I may add is scaled down considerably is not yet completed. I have used such books as "Tank Battles in Miniature", "Western Desert" and your other iDook on the Mediterranean. I found both books a great insight into tank warfare of the time and I have also used a splendid series of books titled "Mechanised Warfare in Colour".

Despite all the beaverish activity I have run into problems - not surprisingly. The main one being the lack of models in 1:76 scale for the Blitzkrieg area. I have been able to simulate the British and German forces but the French and Italians are not available as regards A.F.V's. I wonder could you possibly suggest anything at all, to obtaining such models, and secondly how one attains membership of the Miniature Armoured Fighting Vehicles Association as I am interested in Eric Clarks military models?"

John Webster of Newport-on-Tay, Fife.

ooOoo "I have been reading Andy Callan's article in Wargamer's Newsletter No.197 August '78, "Realism in the Medieval Game" and see he mentions Andrew Wilson's book "The Bomb and the Computer". This has been republished by Pelican books as "Wargaming" recently.

I have been involved, at Stirling University during an Open University Summer School, in a campaign designed to illustrate problems in communications and power, decision making and so on, using as a scenario the Bosnian Crisis of 1909. The game took two days with each "game day" lasting about forty minutes. The game was played in eight different rooms and the players had roles of the appropriate kind for the country represented by their room. I was Czar Nikolai II of Russia with nine ministers and a Civil Service of two other players.

Having been given the start of the period of crisis, Bulow's letter (ultimatum really) of 21st March, we were on our own - with history to make - apart from a room full of O.U. tutors who played "God" (control). History began to be changed almost immediately as we struggled to get our navy thro' the Dardanelles and mobilise our million + troops. We countered moves by Austria/Hungary to annex Serbia. This had interesting repercussions in that Franz Joseph of Austria was assassinated by a group in the A/H room of Hungarian Nationalists who applied to me (the Czar) for support and military help in secret. Later my Foreign Minister, Izvolski was discovered by my Civil Service to be plotting my assassination.

Italy broke from the Triple Alliance and invaded everyone within reach! and at lunch people were heard saying "I'm the Prime Minister of Serbia - who are you?" This went on - in a devious search for useful information.- until another person answered with "Oh really - so am I!"

We were given maps and back-up statistics - main exports and imports - what to whom. The size of our forces and time needed to mobilise them. Never have two days gone so quickly.

The main thing learned, I think, was that as crisis mounts more and more messages are generated by anxious administrations and eventually the communications system becomes clogged so that vital messages are missed altogether - (as happened before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour during World War Two, in reality).

My interest in campaigns as opposed to battles has been sharpened considerably and the detailed attention needing to be paid to logistics. I had the good luck to see a letter this afternoon from General Wolfe of Quebec written just before the battle showing scrupulous care over small details whilst remaining couched in the style of the day:- "I am sure you will do all that is proper to be done in this matter" and so on. This was in a country house near here (I am in Scotland on holiday) Archattan Priory. In the library is a portrait of one of Wellington's Generals, Sir Robt.MacFarlane by Hoppner and he wears hussar trousers with Hessian boots, a sash and red short jacket, with very strange bullion epaulettes and in his hand a feather bonnet. Although his uniform is a bit of a mystery he was Lt.Colonel of 72nd Highlanders and commeinded the kth Brigade at Copenhagen. Perhaps "the Duke" had intimated that he did not care how his troops dressed, as long as they fought well.

I once worked out, with the aid of Chris Duffy's book, how many field-bakeries I should need to provide my Frederick the Great Prussian Army with bread! Even scaled down to 20 or 33 to one the size of table needed to take such a train would be bigger than my bookroom I use for wargames. To include bridging and pontoon trains besides commisBsiiat impedimenta and the Austro Hungarian army would find no room on the table to oppose them.

However the "new" W.G.R. 1685-18A5 rules do not give any significance to wagons in their game. I have just bought these rules and am still res'^ing twem through. I am rather slow at interpreting rules into wargames situations to a new set of rules takes me a long while to feel happy about. I have used the Tony Bath rules for years and sometimes the ones Brig.Young sets out in "Charge". The first rules I ever used were frem your own book "Wargames" which I bought in 1965. At a Brownies jumble sale today (what next!) I wandered into, amongst the books were two pamphlets one "The Battle of Britain" HMSO 19A1 and the other "Home Guard, Southern Railway in Pictures" 19A0. What a wargame one could have with the old Home Guard - armed with ancient rifles - Browning automatic rifles - Spigot mortars and 75mm field guns and later the old Sten gun eind the Northover Projector for firing "Molotov cocktails" or No.36 or 68 grenades."

David Barnes of Basingstoke.

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AIRFIX ANNUAL FOR MILITARY MODELLERS edited toy Bruce Quarrle. (9i" x 7t"; 100 pages; 150 photos; 73 drawings and 18 colour plates. Patrick Stephens - £2.95p). As always, a well produced and colourful project. Of particular interest to wargamers are modell ing and wargaming Congreve rockets; Terry Wise converts a Forward Command Post; and idea for an un usual Napoleonic game - the Assault on Maltoorgetto tolockhouse; Paddy Griffiths on Wargaming aspects of Napoleonic brigade tactics. Other illustrated articles include 1:76 scale tank model of the Conqueror; Uniforms of the 17th Lancers 1829-1832; Early Soviet heavy tanks; the German Leopard tank; figure conversions; Hungarian artillery 1939-19^5; Modelling the Mack NO in 1:76 scale; Modelling the war with Japan, plus interesting details and photographs of dioramas. AIRFIX ANNUAL FOR AIRCRAFT MODELLERS edited toy Bruce Quarrie. (92-" x 7i"; 100 pages; 18^1 photos; 28 drawings and 26 colour plates. Patrick Stephens - £2.95p)- Although not of specific interest to wargamers this is, like the previous toook, a well produced soft covered toook packed with photographs, plans and drawings - several in full colour - that will appeal to aircraft modellers of all ages and tastes. PA^'ZER COLORS II - Markings of the German Army Panzer Forces 1939-^5 l)y Bruce Culver. (II" x 8^"; 96 pages; 2/3 photographs per page, 16 pages in full colour. Squadron/Signal Putolications U.S.A. - ^7.95). This soft covered toook is ototainatole in Great Britain from Almark or Hersant - which is a good thing for the Modern wargamer toecause it is a toeautifully produced and extremely valuable publication so far as he is concerned. Packed with photographs taken from real-life, almost certainly from German sources as they are of combat vehicles in Poland 1939, France and the Low Countries, Russia and North Africa, every conceivable armoured vehicle is shown with many in colour so that the wargamer can obtain assistance when making his models look right and to have the correct National insignia. Command Pennants, Turret numbers, etc., etc., - toecause all are shown in authentic colours. The book is a modeller's Bible also toecause the photographs show vehicles from all angles, tooth in photographs and drawings. Also from Squadron/Signal Putolications are two books of perhaps more than passing interest to the wargamer - one is B-25 MITCFELL IN ACTION toy Ernest R.McDowell which is No.3^ in their AIRCRAFT SERIES. This famous medium bomber was a very familiar sight in World War Two and was almost certainly flown in every theatre of war. As always with this series, the photographs are interesting and unique, while the coloured section shows every conceivable camouflage and colour scheme. I am not an aircraft buff, tout I found it interesting. It sells in America for ^3.95. Even more interesting was the third Squadron/Signal Publication USAF AIRCRAFT OF TODAY toy Nico Sgarlato. This is another soft covered II" x toook with 103 pages most of which contain first-class photographs while there are many pages of plans and line drawings. Looking at this toook immediately after the last one drove home very forcibly that about the only resemblance between the aircraft of World War Two and those of today is that" they tooth get up in the airl This toook contains fighters and bombers, transport, trainers, electronics and communications aircraft, second line aircraft and heli copters. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to look over Concord and felt very proud that Man was capetole of such remarkable engineering feats, I imagine I will feel much the same if I saw at close hand the aircraft depicted in this toook. The text is first-class and fully details fighter and bomber development up to the mid-50s; the USAF in the sixties and seventies besides considering in text and photographs with fine detailed line drawings and plans, all the aircraft that form the mainspring of NATO - and our defence. A very useful toook if only to keep us up-to-date.

I have always been delighted to publicise the non-commercial literary efforts of R.D.Pengel whose fine informative booklets on the Seven Years War period must toe a blessing to wargamers whilst indica ting the devotion and background knowledge possessed toy the writer. The latest is UNIFORMS OF SWEDISH AND GERMAN STATES. LINE AND CANNON IN THE SEVEN YEARS WAR. It is Ilf" x 8i"; 58 pages of text; 22 pages of illustrations. Includes uniform and organisational systems of (a) Bavarian, Saxon and Imperial Army Infantry, artillery and light troops; (to) Hanoverian, Brunswick and Hessen Cassel Infantry, artillery and light troops; (c) Swedish and Hanseatic Infantry, artillery and light troops and (d) German Regiments in the French Service. Illustrations are schematic and cover the whole range of text. Cost will toe £I.50p including postage and packing. This is the latest addition to l.the following book lets published previously - Flags of the French Infantry during the Seven Years War - 'tOp; Supplement ary edition to the above - 20p; French Infantry Uniforms - 60p; Russian Infantry Flags of the Seven Years War - Ôp; Russian Infantry Uniforms of the Seven Years War - 60p and Prussian and Austro- Hungarian Flags of the Seven Years war - Ôp. Due to toe published at any time now is another booklet on Prussian Drummers with schematic illustrations and covers all the regimental drummers of the period. R.D.Pengel and his associates are a non-commercial enterprise with a personal touch and always prepared to send their booklets if readers want to toe put on the mailing list. They cannot afford to advertise and rely entirely on reviewing and enthusiête passing the news af pheii; publications on to clubs, organisations and other wargamers. They keep prices down to a minimum and as printing and postage come out of their personal salaries, this is a most commendable project. They include postage and packing in the price tout this does not apply outside the United Kingdom and readers abroad should send an addition 50^ or so to pay for the additional postage. Catalogue M3 has been received from KEN TROTMAN ARMS BOOKS of 2-6 Heimpstead High Street, London NW3 IQQ. The books are on militaria and the catalogue covers recent and forthcoming books; Uniforms; Orders and Decorations; Miscellaneous; Wargames and Modelling. All books are new and cover a very wide and comprehensive field. It is atosoIut;ely certain that something in this toook will interest you and it is strongly suggested that you write for it. This is an advance notice tout it may well toe that the books mentioned are named in an advertisement elsewhere In this issue. BRIDGE BOOKS (a Division of David and Charles) are publishing two hooks which seem to he of immense interest to wargamers - the first ' is CAVALRY hy John Ellis which is a history of mounted warfare (296 x 210mm; 117 illustrations including colour; 192 pages at £6.95p); the second is ASSAULT FROM •THE SKY hy John Weeks (296 X 210mm; 24 colour and 130 h/t illustrations; 192 pages at £6.95p). It is hoped to review hoth these hooks shortly in our pages.

From EDITIONS ■ COPERNIC, 13 Rue Charles %8 yft Lecocq, 75015 Paris, France, I have received a large brochure, much of it in very attractive colour, advertising a new hook NAPOLEON LA CAMPAGNE D'ESPAGNE 1808-1814 hy Jean Tranie and J.C.Carmigniani from notes and documents hy Commandant Henry Lachouque (who wrote ANATOMY OF GLORY). Apparently, the hook has dozens of fine coloured and black-and-white illustrations - herewith one showing the 10th and 18th Hussars under Lord Paget against the Chasseurs de la Garde commanded by Lefehvee-Desnouettes at Benavente during the retreat to Corunna in December 1808. Of course, the brochure and the hook itself are in French hut the illustrations are universal and it is not difficult to gain an understanding from the French text. The hook is 240 pages long; 270 x 250mm in size and has 400 illustrations in colour and black-and-white. It certainly looks like a really enticing prospect for the Napoleonic fan although, hy English standards, it is not cheap. If you buy it before the 30th November it will cost you 175 francs which is about £20 or after that date 195 francs (about £23). On reading further into the brochure I gather that there are 17 coloured plates of uniforms and flags of the armies of the Peninsular War painted by Louis de Beaufort who is apparently a French military painter of consider able reputation.

From the WEAPONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, P.O.Box 2128, Tucson, Arizona 85702, U.S.A., I have received a copy of a booklet TUITILLERY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Emil Franzi. Soft covered, it is 210 x 140mm in size, has 63 pages and costs 05.95. In his Preface the author gives credit to the extensive tech nical works of such as Ian Hogg, Peter Chamberlain and Terry Gander but claims there is a sad lack of a single small concise reference manual containing the principle specifications of World War Two artillery in a manner that is easy to assimilate by the weapons enthusiast and the wargamer. The book's subjects consist of Notes of the artillery of each Nation; Weapons listed by Nationalities - A. Explanation of Weapons Tables, B. Weapons in Service by Nation, C. Weapons Tables and D. Germany - Weapons in Service; then there are listing of Self-propelled guns, tank guns, anti-tank guns and a Bibliography. The extensive Weapon table contained in the book detail type of gun; designation; year of introduction; number produced; length of piece; weight in action; weight in transit; depression and traverse; range; projectile weight; muzzle velocity; rounds fired per minute; trail trype or firing platform; breechblock type; transportation method; comments such as whether the gun is capable of being airborne, etc. It must have taken a lot of research and considerable amount of know-how - I am in no position to guarantee its accuracy but this is the field where experts cannot always agree!

A NEW WARGAMING SYSTEM - Continued from Page'

These cards are designed to test the ability of the wargamer to adapt to various situations and takes away the false effect of choosing the strongest possible army on a points system as in my ex perience leads to stalemate. By making the army cards 'unbalanced' the win at all costs attitude which I deplore is neutralised.

There are several sets of these cards at the Leicester Club and the many variations of ideas make our games more enjoyable and this is what wargames is all about isn't it?

A "DOCTRINAL" BATTLE - Continued from Page lO of the German, who was certain that his men could tell a T72 from a LEOPARD at 1,000 metres. Altogether a fascinating game, albeit with the action somewhat "channelled" by the umpire, but ex pressing, I felt, the reasons for having a set way of doing things. "The only occasions when commanders attempted to use their initiative and "eye in the sky" knowledge in an unrealistic way were when they found themselves killing their own men.)

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"Did you notice a landmark in the August Newsletter? The First Mention Of Philosophy In a Wargam- ing Magazine! Two quotations from Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations", no less."

H.J.C.Gerry of St. Albans, Herts. LOOKING AROUND

subscription, BATTLEFLEET to the- SeptemberN.W.S. Inclusive 1978. Journalof Battlefleet of the Naval per six Wargames Issues SocietyU.K. Ld published EuroprsrySn everv elchtU S A weeksan^ overseas ^6.00. Secretary W.E.McKenzle, l6 Hugo Road, London N19 5EU. ContSns'^LtiJes'oS'B^^iding model ships from scratch; A Profile of the Naval Warg^mes Society; Organising tL running df NaVa^ Campaigns plus numerous letters containing Information and other features Including books, models, etc.

Box 311, ..averford.~ Pa. 19041,Published U.S.A. Containsquarterly extensive by the Miniature reviews Figureof the 37thCollectors Annual ofExhibition America. P.O.with reviewsreviews^of^latp"t of latest figures (mainly Soldiers54s and (consideredlarger sizes) at plus length correspondence, In Wargamer's etc. Newsletter July Issue); , military MODELLING - October 1978. (From bookstalls - 45p). A larger Issue as It now Incornor- in^MlllLiv^Mod'^Tv^®^ battle magazine. Although the wargames content of the late magazine Is promised var^mis^tL a n issue is more or less entirely for the modeller and contains details of loe^fa interesting illustrated article on the Northumbrian and Wessex Campaigns of T^nnhlci f unusual wargames period); modelling bricks and mortar; scratch-building the latest figures. Very little for the wargamer''•5 British I'm afraid,howitzer; Old Military Prints; plus reviews of the |2LDIEEM|£az^ - October 1978. (Bookstalls - 20p). A fine cover picture of a martial-looking Prince of Wales, this issue is split into two containing a separate 'newspaper "Soldier News" which somebody put out+ a wargamlng magazinelatest In this on format!).the Modern TheArmy magazine(it would proper certainly contains be aarticles great Idea on If NATO signals; The history of 200 years of Highland Regiments; the new "Blowpipe" weapon; Military Museum of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps; Reviews of the latest military records, books, X € u "C G X* S ^ 6 v0 . ^AR MONTHLY - Issue 56. (Bookstalls - 60p). Contains Interesting, well written and nicely on Point 133 Tunisia; The Red Baron von Rlchthofen; a Torpedo that had a big in the Baltic+ - World War One.Battle A veryof NovaraInteresting 1849; IssueAir to with Ground something fighters of 1944; everything. Royal Naval Submarines NOTICE BOARD Rates for classified advertisements on this page are 2p (5c) per word. Send cash and advert to TRADITION, 5a (k 5B Shepherd Street, London W.l.

oeOeo BACK NUMBERS OF WARGAMER'S NEWSLETTER can be obtained from the Editor. The following are avail able :'^ljovenrberT'95FJ~TiayTW3^^FebruaiyT97 4 Inclusive 30p each Including postage. MTTtb; Api-il j Jiilj August; September^^^^De'C^^ber 1974. January March; May; Jju«e; July; August; September.;* November; Decgmb^r 1975.^«4anuary-De(^eiBi>«i"''T976. oikQuary-Sep^ewB'^ 19"?^- all at 40p ^giiir^'iffiSl^lng postage.^JPtHen all months f^^ Oat^b'^ 1977 to date 45^»..^pe=iirdlng pnsta Obtainable from TRADITION, 5A Shepherd Street, London W.l. are the following back Issues:- Nos. 144-155 (1974); 165; 168-177; 178-180; 183-189 (1977). Each 10 copies of your choice cost e3.20p (Including postage); ten 1977 Issues for e3.50p; single Issues at 40p. Single Issues of 1978 45p.

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UNIVERSITY WARGAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS 1979 Following our success at the 1978 Championships held at Sussex University, It Is the responsibil ity of Exeter University to host the 1979 Competition. Because of our extreme geographical location and doubts about the availability of facilities. It was decided that potential entries would be so few that a limited competition would result. Accordingly, with no other Information available, we decline our option to be hosts and offer the position as open. Any University or College Interested In being hosts for the 1979 Championships should write to - D.W.Kay, 73 Laburnum Drive, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9NT. All applications received by the end of November will be considered.

We would also be very pleased to hear from anybody connected with the Wargames Societies at Sussex University (1978 Hosts), and Bradford University (1977 Winners) with reference to the trophy which has gone missing, or rather has not appeared, since the winning team would like to see It before they all graduate!

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1979 NATIONAL WARGAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS

Organised by the Notts Wargames Association, these Championships will be held In Nottingham on Saturday and Sunday, 22nd and 23rd September 1979, at the Victoria Leisure Centre, Bath Street, Nottingham. Details can be obtained from M. Raymond, 19 St.Thomas Close, St.Annes, Nottingham. The Championships are divided Into Senior and Junior Sections (Junior age limit under 18 on the 1st of September 1979) and will Include contests In the following periods under the named rules - Ancient (W.R.G. 5th Edition); Medieval (Lance - tabletop games); l6th Century (Terclo - tabletop games); American Civil War (Sheffield); Napoleonic (Newbury); World War Two (W.R.G. 1925-1950 Micro-Tank rules). Entry fee for each class Is ei.OOp (excluding the rules) and entries close at the end of March 1979. •T« cape format paperback, with approx 100 photographs in black PANZER MAGAZINE - we are the sole distributors of aerial combat can be simulated on an ordinary wargames and white plus detailed drawings and full colour camouflage for this sensational new magazine from JAPAN, each table from a Battle of Britain dogfight to a multi-bomber schemes, plus large colour poster. £1.95 issue has hundreds of detailed illustrations and drawings raid. 160p ill. £4-96 THE ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902. A superb large format STURMARTILLERIE. Big new book from Motorbuch Verlag covering tanks from all over the world. English captions. pictorial history from Macdonald and Jane's. Authentic of Germany. Detailed history of all types used, 1939-45, Fold-out with colour drawings and large scale plan or contemporary photographs are complimented by fine drawings applications, units and personalities. Over 200 photographs — ahost view of a major battle tank. Excellent value. battle shots. Divisional Commanders, etc., etc. — plus approx £2.25 each by war correspondents and artists of the day. Every effort has been made to present events as seen from both sides and to 25 maps and diagrams of campaigns. 348 large pages. £16.00 PANZER Magazine issues concentrate on the following give a balanced visual as well as verbal account of the war. CAMERA AT SEA. A unique collection of the very best tanks: 392 illustrations, 192 pages. £5.95 photographs of the Second World War at sea. Gathered 12/76 German 38ton Self Propelled Guns, Medium Tank Two new titles in the Jane's Pocket Book Series, Designed from official, commercial, and private sources, many of the M 47 Patten photographs have never been published. All illustrations are 1/77 British Churchill Tank, Medium Battle Tanks of the to meet the needs of those who require a readily portable produced large — 250 b/w plus 16 pages of colour. 192 World today digest of information on the subject covered these very popular books are of average 200 page content and provide detailed pages. £12.00 2/77 Japanese Navy Type 2 Amnphibious Tank, US m 48 descriptions and specifications as well as photographs and BONAPARTE. Corelli Barnett. Presents a powerful, original Tank Series and convincing portrait of one of the crucial figures of modern 3/77 British Cruiser Tanks. German Leopard Combat drawings where applicable and represent very good value at a price per volume of £3.50. No 19 Heavy Automatic Weapons history both as politician and commander in the field. Tank I Detailed, vigorous and compellingly interesting to read. 224 4/77 US Main Battle Tank M60 A2, Jagdpanzer — No 20 helicopters. THE IRON FIST. Leo Kessler. An extraordinary and gripping pages (16 in colour) 100 b/w illus. £7.50 "JAGDTIGER" Two more titles in the Vanguard Series from Osprey. Usual 5/77 French Tanks in WW2, German Leopard Combat story, the first complete account of Hitler's SS Panzer Divisions, by the man who wrote the bestselling series of 40 pages softbound format, packed with photo's and colour Tank II & IIA drawings of uniforms, vehicles, weapons, etc. This series has 6/77 Panzerspaehwagen II Luchs, US Self propelled Guns novels about SS Assault Regiment Woltan. A paperback reprint by Futura. 205pp illus. 75p become extremely popular with modellers for their fine detail. 7/77 British Cruiser Tank, Swedish Tank Destroyer US 1st INFANTRY DIVISION 1939-45, FALLSCHIRM- 8/77 Russian Main Battle-Tank T62 & T64, US Army ROMMEL. Charles Douglas-Home. Also from Futura and described by The Spectator as 'Quite simply the best account PANZERDIVISION 'HERMANN GORING'- Price each £2.25 AFV's yet written' this biography looks anew at the tactical genius of LIFE AT WAR. Here preserved in Life's photographs and 9/77 British Chieftan, Today's Transporters illustrations, which themselves made history, are ail the mom 10/77 British Self-Propelled Abbott, Kamfpanzer Leopard Rommel. 143 page paperback, illustrated. 60p ARMIES OF THE WORLD 1854-1914. David Woodward. entous happenings of a tumultuous world . . . tragedies and 1-A4 Examines in turn all the major armies of the world, as they achievements, disasters and triumphs, good times and bad. 11 /77 Vickers Mk 1 & Mk 3, Japanese Type 61 A massive 12y4"x 101^" book, slip-cased, with literally hun 12/77 Armies of Arab Countries, Sherman in Action prepared to meet the new challenges of warfare in the second half of the nineteenth century. Describes their main engage dreds of photographs in black/white and colour (many full 1/78 JGSDF; Italian Tanks WW2: French Wheeled plate) in its 306 pages. £12.95 Armoured Cars, etc. ments, fighting qualities, statistcial information and organization and the text is illustrated with 150 superb and memorable HITLER'S GENERALS AND THEIR BATTLES. In M,000 2/78 Fr Light Tank AMX13; German SPG Nashorn & photographs. 189 pages. £7.95 words this volume describes the generals who fought in the Hummel, etc. GERMAN RAIDERS OF WORLD WAR II. Muggenthaler. The West, the East, the Mediterranean and against Nazism in 3/78 Ger APC Marder; Lt Tank M3/M5; AFV's of Germany itself. Over 250 colour and black/white photos. Swedish Army, etc. first complete history of Germany's merchant raiders which captured or destroyed nearly 100,000 tons of Allied shipping. 248 pages indexed. £5.95 4/78 Japanese Type 74(1); German Sd kfz211; Russian DAS BUCH DER FALLSCHIRMJAGER. The book of the T72, etc. Manv maps, drawings and never-before-seen photographs. £6.80 German Paratroopers from 1956 to the present. All photo AIRFIX ANNUAL FOR AIRCRAFT MODELLERS. Bruce Quarrie. content in colour and black/white — many full plate pictures. We have imported a quite unique series of publications from 176 pages. £14.50 Poland. These are 18 page profile booklets covering specific a book no real aircraft enthusiast can afford to be without. Packed with photographs, plans, drawings and full-colour KOKU-FAN TANKS OF WORLD WAR 2 SERIES - this is subjects on which, to date, there has been little or no the best illustrated tank series we carry — each with hun information available In the West. Each has photographs, illustrations — essential features for the modeller. 100pp. £2.95 dreds of good photos, many in colour, plans, drawings. drawings, diagrams, cutaways, etc. in both colour and black Verygoodquatity Most have English text. £4.95each and white and, where applicable to the subject covered, such AIRFIX ANNUAL FOR MILITARY MODELLERS. Bruce Quarrie. Covers a multitude of aspects relating to the field of military JapaneseTanks Panzer IV details as camouflage and marking colours, hitherto unavailable German Tank Destroyers Panzer VI Tiger information for the modeller. Priced at 75p per copy, the modelling — tanks, guns, uniforms, warships, model soldiers, wargaming, etc. 100 pages over 300 illustrations. £2.95 German Assault Tanks Panzer VI Koenigstiger following titles are available: German tanks of World German Military Vehicles of No 15 T-54 Tank - No 24 BRDM Armoured Personnel War 2 World War 2 Carrier — No 28 Batory - the Polish blockade runner — No 34 Six new titles are advised as due for publication during October by PSL Ltd. 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Details the colourful and decorative Money Back: If you are not entirely satisfied with your colour drawings of paratroopers, their uniforms and equipment, uniforms of military bands throughout the world, from the book(s). you will receive your money back if you return your and their aircraft. 224pp, 270 illus. £6.95 seventeenth century to the present time. 156 pages with book(s) within 7days All orders should be accompaned by payment and sent INVASION NORTH AFRICA 1942. A vivid account of over 150 illustrations, most in full colour £6.95 to Modelbooks, Bercourt Houses. York Road. Brentford, 'Operation Torch', the joint Anglo-American landings on the WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE VICTORIAN SOLDIER. North African coast in 1942. 112 pages fully illustrated. Middx TW8 (XIP, England Cheques and postal orders Donald Featherstone. Contains over 70 carefully researched should Cte made payable to Albion Scott Limited. £6.95 line drawings and some 40 original photographs and engravings WORLD TANKS IN WW2. Latest in the excellent Japanese Overseas Customers We are delighted to receive your acquired from the National Army Museum and private orders' Please send payment in British currency by inter Tanks of World War 2 Series. 166 pages with literally hundreds collections plus informative and authoritative text. 144 of photographs and detailed drawings in black/whit'» and pages. £5.96 national money order or bank draft. Your books will be sent colour, many full page. English captions throughout, only by surface mail, but we will quote airmail costs if so re UNIFORMS OF THE PENINSULAR WAR. Philip Haythorn- quired 12 pages of Japanese text. £4.95 waite. Illustrates in full colour over 150 uniforms plus more in INFANTERIE GESTERN UND HEUTE. Infantry Yesterday and black and white. Both ornate and at times bizarre these Please enclose 25p postage for orders up to £1. 50p up to £2 and 75p thereafter Today. New from German publishers Podzun Verlag is this uniforms are a fund of material to the modeller and wargamer 176 page ^.ictorial report of the former 3rd Infantry Division as well as to the historian. 200 pages, 64 in colour. £3.96 Callers welcome Open 9 30 to 5 30 Mon.-Fri We are covering the period 1920 to 1945 and its successor Jager- TANKS AND OTHER TRACKED VEHICLES IN SERVICE. next door to the Brentford Nylons Tower, Great West Road bataillon 41 for the period 1957 to 1978. All-picture content; B.T.' White. Describes and illustrates many of the tracked * Telephone and Mail * several hundred photo's, drawings and maps. Captions in fighting vehicles in use today. Ranging from main battle tanks German throughout. £9.95 like the British Chieftain, German Leopard, French AMX-30, Orders accepted on Access, Barclaycard HANDGUNS 1870-1978. 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