WARGAMER'S NEWSLETTER JULY 1979
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20mm HEX EXAMPLE 1 Setting up in secrecy before a table game
Each player has an identical map representing the whole table area as in figure 1. Forces are manoeuvred on each player's gridsheet only until a clash is imminent and then those units involved can be set up on the table. Any troops not visible to the enemy (e.g. behind hill A) o-s can remain concealed by not setting them up on the table. Even during «u 5 g 3 -D the course of the wargame, hidden forces can be left off the table C7.2; Q although their positions will be fixed on the individual player's War- (UtS'E JZ "r: u boards zone. This even enables one player to make covert speculative O 5 2 moves to counter the opponent's probable tactics and this introduces a realistic Ignorance Factor to the game which is easy to operate. qJ a> E -o Ideally, an umpire is present to keep 'an accurate record of both sides' CO "D hidden movements and to rule on precisely when units come into sight. z < Extract from Instruction Booklet m miniatures V 44 Candieriggs, Glasgow G1 ILE Continuing our saga of I5mm figures,we offer some of the very "best figures to come from the hands of Tom Park,As the man say*s,there is more detail in a Tom Park figure than the average 25mm one. So here we go again with the start of something l>ig.
I5mm ARMIES of the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, I52OI Trooper in Kepi,light equipment,advancing, 15204 Trooper in Kepi,full pack,advancing, I5206 Trooper in Kepi,blanket over sholder,advancing, 15208 Trooper in Kepi,Greatcoat,advancing, I52II Trooper in soft hat,blanket over sholder advancing, I5214 Trooper in soft hat,Greatcoat,advancing, I52I6 Union foot command,
15220 Cavalryman in Kepi,sword raised, 15221 Cavalryman in Kepi,carbine at ready, •H • •H 15223 Union Cavalry command. C -H SJ C Pack of 12 foot figures ,,,,,65p Pack of 6 cavalry ,,,,65p ^ Pack of 6 foot command ,,,32p f Pack of 3 cavalry command, ,,,,,32p 3 ( Where not indicated,figures can be used for either > Union or Confederate army, 0 o E 2 e P n3 Pi
SEND A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE FOR OUR SUPER NEW CATALOGUE TRADE ENQUIRES ALLWAYS WELCOME MINIMUM ORDER 60p,PLUS lOf. POST WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE GOODIES FROM WARRIOR,YOU HAV'NT SEEN NOTHING YET! I Specialists in 1/300th scale. Heroics St Ros Figures are manufactured in 1 high quality tin-lead alloy. They are not the same as any other maker's HEROICS and ROS FIGURES tanks. Try some and see the difference! 1/300th SCALE FIGURES 70 pence packs. I IMODERN PERIOD MJCRO-TANKS 12peach. NAPOLEONIC PERIOD RUSSIAN NAPOLEONIC UNITS MA12 Visigothic Infantry SOVIET Su-9(30p) Huey Cobra (30p) 'Bedford MK truck MRN7 Musketeers MFN17 NapCteonic Marshals MA13 HunCavairy T-72 Tank Su-15<50p) ■Bell Iroquols (30pl MRN1 Grenadiers MA14 Gothic Cavalry T-62 Tank MAI 5 Sarmalian Calaphracts Yak-28(SOpI Skyhayyk (30pl . , MRN5 Pavlovski Guard T-55 Tank MRN2 Jagers skirmishing MAI6 Ancient British Chariot Mi-8Hip(50p} F104Starfighterl50pl FRENCH NAPOLEONIC GUARD X jagers »irmisr MAI 7 Ancient British Infantry T-55 dozer UNITS MRN3 Cuirassiers Mi-24 Hind (30p) F4 Phantom (SOpI Harrier GR3IMpl MAI 8 Ancient British Cavalry T-55 mine clearer Su-19(50p) MFNS Grenadiers of the Old Guard MRN9 Hussars MAI 9 Arab Camelry T-10M tank F111E(75p) Buccaneer (50p) MFN20 Chasseurs a Pied of the Guard MRN6 Cossacks (Seleucid-Palmyran) PT-76 Itght tank USA F14A Tomcat (50p) MFN7 Horse Grenadiers MRN8 Horse Artillery MAF1 Gaulish Infantry BMP-76(BfVlP-1)■•D XM-1 F15 Eagle (50p) GERMAN MFN22 Empress Dragoons MRN4 FootAftiiierv MAF2 Gaulish Cavalry BTR-40P with Swatter m60A1 tank A-10 Thunderbolt II (50p) Leopard A1 MFNIt Chasseurs a Chdval of the Guard 8TR-60PB APC^ M60A2tank MFN2 Polish Lancers of the Guard ^ " GREECE BRDM-2 APC r>AMAi>>A LeopardA2 MFN8 Foot Artillery of the Guard eh MAGI Greek City Hoplites M48A2tank CANADA Leopard A4 BRDM-2 with Saggerbagger ,^55, sheridan light Lynx MFN9 Horse AriiMery of the Guard ^"^^2 PolishLancSrs infantry MAG2 Successor Phalanx Leopard 2 MAG7 Phodian Slingers ASU-85SPgun SPANISH NAPOLEONIC UNITS tank MAGS Cretan Archers UAZ-469 jeep M60A1 dozer ISRAEL Marder MICV FRENCH NAPOLEONIC LINE UNITS MSN1 Spanish Musketeers MAG3 Greek Cavalry BM-21 Rocket Super Sherman Gepard SPAA MFN1 Line Grenadiers MSN2 Span.sJGr.nadiers Soce.ssor C.vi ' M113APC MAGS Successor Cavalry Launcher MFN14 Fr Line Fusiliers MSN3 Spanish Muskel.0rssk..m,sh.n9 wj.Elephants . - M113 ♦ recoilless nfte L-33155mm SP Jagdpanzer Rakete 2SU-23-4SPAA missile carrier MFN21 Fr. Light Infantry ^ M113 + T0WAT ZSU-57-2SPAA Jagdpanzer Kanone SP MFN4 Voitiguers skirmishinfl sicoNrwSS?i"wTR' missile SWEDEN GR1 Getmen Intentrv MAGlOMseeiloh.Bh Hspespists D-30 122mm howitzer ^, 53 Vulcan SP AA S-tank AT gun MFN16 Fr Carabiniers GH2 Germah inlentrv Sepoorl MAG11 Threcien Light Ce.alry MFN10 Cuirassiers + crew M730 Chaparral SPAA 1kv-91 light tank SpzH-2APC MFN t9 Line Dragoons Weapons Spz-12-3 APC GR3 German Paratroops nmr-i* »i*- M55 152 mm howitzer missile system Pbv302 APC MFN6 Chasseurs • Chevalof the Line Milan light AT missile GR4 German World War II cavalry + crew M106 mortar carrier VK 155mm SPG MFN 12 Hussars set of three MFN13 Lancersofth Line GR5 Afr.kaKoips "*'"5 Persian Immortals M55 100mm AT gun + Ml 14 recce vehicle BRl British Ihlantry Persian Archers Unimog truck MFN23 Fr. Engineer crew M72B Combat UNITED KINGDOM BR2 British Inlanrrv Support MAP3 Persian Spaari^n Leopard ARV MFN3 Fool Artillery Weapons MAP4 Persian Horse Archers BTR-50APC Engineer Vehicle Chieftain MFNtSFr GunTeams BH3 Bniish Paratroops Mounted Persian Spearmen BMD ParatroopipAPC APC Ml 10 SP howitzer Centurion Luchs 8x8 A/C MFN18Fr Wagons and Teams BR4 8th Army MAP7 Persian Armoured Cavalry BM-14 towed rocket M107 SP howitzer Centurion AVRE ♦ SRI Russian Ihlanrry "AP' P=""" ^ launcher crew:rew M109 SP howifzer FV432 APC BRITISH NAPOLEONIC UNITS SH2 Russian Infantry Suoparr MAPS Persian Scyrherl Chariots GAZ-69]eep Commando armoured FV438 Swingfire FRENCH MBN16 Wellington & Generals Weapons SASSANIDS URAL-375 truck SR4 Russian Wotid War II cavalry i fessamd Levy Spearmen launcher AMX-30 tank MBN1 British Infantry SA-6 Gainful AA missile XR311 High mobility AMX-13 light tank MBN7 British Line Infantry Light Co USR1 United States Infantry Sassanid Archers FV432 + mortar MBN14 British Lightinfanlry USH2 United States Infantry Support Sassanid Clibmarll SA-9 Gaskin AA missile wheeled carrier + TOW ^^433 + Wombat AMX-13*SS11 AT MBN15 British Light infantry skirmishing Weapons MAS4 Sassanid Calaphracts SA-2 Guideline AA M41 Walker Bulldog FV432 +Rarden missiles MBN5 Highlanders MODERN PERIOD MASS Sassanid Light Cavalry missile light tank FV432 + Cymbeline AMX-13*H0T MBN6 Highlanders skirmishing Ml NATO Infantry MASS Sassanid Elephants M1974122mmSPG M42 Ouster SPAA radar missiles MBN4 Riflemen M2 NATO Infantry Support ASU-57SPAT gun M548 tracked carrier FV432 + GPMG turret AMX-13 + 90mm MBN17 Household Cavalry Weapons GAZ-69 * Recoitless Honest John missile on MBN2 Dragoons M3 Warsaw Pack infantry American Civil War Chieftain Bridge Layer AMX-30 ARV M4 Warsaw Pack Infantry Support MACW1 Federal lnfanirInfantry rifle launcher truck MBN6 Scots Grays FROG-7 artillery missile Hawk AA missiles on (20p) AMX-10RC MBN 10 British Hussars Weapons MACW3 Federal lnfantryskirmishInfantr ing Abbot SPG ANCIENT PERIOD MACW4 Federal Cavalry on launcher truck M548 launcher AML H-90 armoured MBN11 Brit Lt Dragoons MACW4 Federal Cavalry Saladin armoured car MBN9 Horse Artillery M577 command car r MACW2 Confederate InfantryIn Saracen APC MBN3 Foot Artillery vehicle EBR-75 armoured car MACW6 Confederate Infantry Fox armoured car MBN12Bri| GunTeams M«2 SSmJ^a'arcC," Conf^a.alnskirmishing ZIL-131 truck Dragon light AT missile •AMX-30 155mm MBN13 Brit Wagons MACW7 Conr'a^^aVciConfederate Cavalry MTU-55 (20p) set of three Ferret armoured car howitzer 152mm SPM1973 Ferret 2/6 AT missile AMX-^0 Roland AA PRUSSIAN NAPOLEONIC UNITS MARS Roman Cavalry MACW5 ArtilleryArtillerv M60 AVLB <20p) M 1970 APC/tractor carrier missile launcher MPN1 Musketeers MAR6 RomanWarEngines MACW8 Zouaves M88ARV Scorpion light tank MPN2 Jagers fklrmiihing MAR7 PraetorianGuord MACW9 Generals i MiG(15p) AMX-10APC MARS Eguites SmgulansGuard Cavalry MACW10 GunTeam$(2) M578 ARV Scimitar light tank AMX-10*H0TAT MPN6 Landwehr MARS Western Auxiliary Archers MACW11 Wagdns MiG-17(15pl Lance Missile Striker light AT missile MPN3 Dragoons missiles MiG-19{30p) XM-723APC carrier MPN6 Prussian Uhlans CARTHAGE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR Jeep with Entac AT Spartan light APC MPN4 ArtiUarv MAC1 Numtdian Cavalry MECWl Musketeers MIG-21 (30p) M35 2Vit missiles Rapier AA missile BYZANTINES MECW2 Pikemen MiG-23{30p) Jeep + RR Milan light AT missile AUSTRIAN NAPOLEONIC UNITS MAB1 Byzantine Heavy Infantry MECW3 DragcnsDragrns on FootFoi MiG-25 Foxbat (75p) M109AI Stalwart truck launcher {set of 3) MANS General Staff MAB2 Byzantine Armoured Cavalry MECW4 Dragoons MouMounted Su-7(30p) LVTP-7 Jaguar(30p) Mirage lllC|30p) MAN1 Musketeers in shakos MAB3 Byzantine Heavy Cavalry MECW5 Dragoon HorsesHorse with MAB4 Byzantine Light Cavalry Horseholder; MAN6 Musketeers in helmets Horseholders TREES: Birch, Poplar, Fir, Scots Pine {all 12pea.). Lime (20p}. MAN2 Grenadiers MASS Byzantine Horse Archers MECW6 Cuirassiers MAN3 Jagers skirmishing ^ MECW7 Royalist CavairCavalry RULES: Battles with Micro-Tanks {WW2) C1.05 post free. MAN4 Cuirassiers > MECW8 Parliamentarian Combat Commander {Modern) E3.50 post free. MAN7 Hussars """Da1!"anlnl.„r„„ncliH,.s "^CWB ParliamenrariarCavalry DICE: Percentage Dice Ipair) 40p; Average Dice {pair) 25p. MANS Artillery la'ai^eVr"""""' MECW9 A,«eTArtillery NEW ITEMS: Napoleonic: MBN18: British Fusiliers; MAN9 Austrian Lancers Ros Micro-AFV's and modern period micro-tanks are ECW: MECW10 Artillery Train, MECWl 1 ECW General Officers. Russian Armoured Sherman DO Spitfire IX (15p) 105mm howitzer all12p except where marked. locomotive (50p) Marmon Hernngton Hurricane II (15p) ♦ crew Armoured wagon with Number Armoured car Mosquito FB VI (15p) 155mm Long Tom Typhoon IB(15p) Heroics Figures In 1/300th scale are 70 pence per T34 turret (30pl Daimler Scout Car + crew pack of 50 Infantry, 20 cavalry or 6 guns. 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T34/76B BIV Funktenpanzer German standing gun T34/76D crew separately (I0p) YakVnlo'i Europe 20%, Surface mail worldwide 20% of value ot order. Marder II T34/85 German kneeling gun , , Airmail US A Er Canada 40%. Australia Er New Zealand 50% P2IV Bridgelayer (20pl KV1 L3-5(15p) crew separately (lOp) Bergepanther ARV separately (lOi KV2 MiG 3ii5pi Telephone: 01-6506517 Panzerjager IV/70 Rommel personality s(set KV85 Mail Order Address: QrC '^BCtory Road, BECKENHAM, Kent HEROICS and ROS FIGURESriCw BR3 1 HA, England. m HINCHLIFFE MODELS LTD. L^iAI 21 STATION STREET, MELTHAM, HUDDERSFIELD HD7 3NX, ENGLAND.
NEW 25mm RELEASES THIS MONTH ANCIENT CARTHAGINIAN (AC) 1FOREMOST RANGE FANTASY CAl Libyan Spearman F Light Horse trotting Fa48 Assassin with knife CA2 Moorish Javelinman p Line Dragoon charging (Horse FaSl Adventures with sword CAS Spanish Scutrii FH7) CA4 Spanish Caetrati p Lancer Firing pistol alongside U.S,A. RETAILERS AND COLLECTORS CAS Citizen Spearman dead horse 45p For many reasons we decided to end our CA6 Infantry Officer manufacturing associations in the U.S.A. We intend CA7 Infantry Standard Bearer to produce Hinchliffe Models ourselves in the U.S. CAS Gallic Infantry bringing to you personally the quality and service of our UK operations. ANCIENT CARTHAGINIAN (CAC) Further details next month. CACl Noble Heavy Cavalry (Horse AH7) CACl Liby Phoenician Heavy Cavalry (Horse AH8) CAC3 Spanish Medium Cavalry (Horse AH7)
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More releases next Early Renaissance Period month including the 75/JB24 Landsknecht Pikeman Mid XVI Century promised gun team — Just 7S/iB25 Guard Cossack Offlcer no room left this month! in Greatcoat 1812 Mail Order address; 28 BROOK STREET WYMESWOLD SKYTREX LTD LEICESTERSHIRE Barclaycard & Access Orders Welcome ACTION 200 - THE IDEAL SCALE Telephone Loughborough 213789 1/200th scale = 9 mm figure height POSTAGE S PACKING UK., BFPO,10% OF ORDER VALUE (Minimum lOp) BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN Crusader 35p Pz 38 (t| 30p BT7 35p E E C. - 10% OF ORDER VALUE Matilda 35p Pz II 35p T34/76 35p (Minimum 20p) Valentine 35p Pz III aus F 35p T34/85 35p OVERSEAS - 30% OF ORDER VALUE Churchill VII 35p Pz III aus N 35p KV1 40p (Minimum SOp) Cromwell 35p Pz IV aus F1 35p KV2 45p Goods will be despatched by the fastest method Sherman Calliope 45p Pz IV aus F2 35p Su76S.P.G. 35p within the money allowed postage. Humber A/car 35p Pz IV aus H 35p Su85S.P.G. 35p AECA/Car 35p Panther 45p SulOOS.P.G. 35p Please send a 15p postal order plus a Bishop S.P.G. 35p Tiger 1 45p Su152S.P.G. 50p stamped self-addressed envelope for our Priests.P.G. 35p Stug III 35p Ba 10m A/Car SOp complete lists. DeaconSpdrS.P.G. 35p Jagd Panther 45p GAZ4 X 6 Truck 30p Archer S.P.G. 35p Jagd Pz IV 35p GAZ4 X 4 Truck SOp Bedford QL Truck 35p Hetzer 35p NEW 1/200th MODELS Bedford Radio Truck 40p Sdkfz222 A/Car 30p Our action 200 range is ideal for Austin 30 cwt Truck 30p Sdkfz250/9A/Car 35p tabletop WW2 and modern action. GERMAN Austin 3 Ton 30p Sdkfz234/1 A/Car 35p Models detailed to large scale Protze Truck 36p Austin Bowser 30p Sdkfz 234/2 Puma 35p standards. Motor Cycle Combination 25p Sdkfz234/4A/Car 35p Daimler Scout Car 30p INFANTRY PACKS Mercedes Staff Car 35p Bren Carrier 20p Sdkfz 250 A.P. C. 30p (10 figures or pieces per Tiger II Porsche Turret 50p OpdrA.T. 20p Sdkfz 250/8 S.P. Mortar 35p pack). 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EDITORIAL It Is not an uncommon practice for those among us who are putting pen to paper puhlish- Ing material dealing with the hohhy to pick up some feature from another magazine and either repuhllsh It or elaborate upon It. So far as I am concerned, 1 often find Interesting Items In the writings of Terry Wise (in Military Modelling) and John Mansfield In.his stimulating little bi-weekly Newsletter SIGNAL which Is ob tainable from 46 Carleton Street, Oromocto, N.B., Canada E2V 208 at six for fil.OOp. In Issue No. "Mi- 149 for May 1979 of Signal there Is a most pro vocative paragraph written by Arnold Hendrlck of Heritage Models, Dallas, Texas. In a section dealing with the fact that Arnold Hendrlck has now taken over all of Heritage's The late Charles Grant, whose life was en publishing operations. Including not only board- riched by wargamlng which he. In turn, enriched games but also miniatures and materials, Arnold by his presence. Is quoted as saying the followlng:- "Miniature figures are outside my department, but 1 am aware of general directions and trends. We will s^op manufacturing and selling Hlnchllffe figures as of June 1st 1979. This Is because the Increase In metal costs, especially tin (which Is Imported), and general Inflation Is destroying the market for 25mm wargame figures. We will continue to produce 25mms, but primarily for role—playing games and small skirmish games. Traditional miniature games with larger armies will be In 15mm only as the newcomer simply cannot afford 25mms. Although this decision Is sure to anger many among the "Old Guard" miniatures gamers, we strongly believe that the good of the hobby. Including all gamers in the long run, will be served by this decision. Naturally we would like to do everything, but space and money are tight here and a difficult decision was made." ^®11> there has been a great deal written recently (even elsewhere In this hssue of Wargamer's Newsletter) and In other journals about the steadily rising price of wargames figures, but this Is the first occasion on which such a drastic and dramatic decision to abandon the most popular scale has been taken. 1 do not know how much 25mm figures cost In U.S.A. but I Imagine their price Is re lative to Incomes and the general standard of living so that wargamers both In America and this country pay ■ the same amount for'their figures, once extraneous factors are considered. So far 1 have not detected any signs over here of a great surge towards the cheaper 15mm or even 6mm wargames figures — It seems that the prevalent theory must be that If a person wants something badly enough they will be prepared to pay for It. This Is a favourite quote of marketing departments who should know their subject, but 1 am Inclined to feel that there must be a limit somewhere and that a digging-ln of heels will take place and the dramatic decision made by Arnold Hendrlck will be justified. 1 shall be Interested to hear from my friends among the model soldier manufacturers just what they think about all this - 1 promise 1 will print anything they send me. It Is with the greatest regret and sorrow that 1 report the death of an old friend and veteran wargamer Charles Grant. Apparently It occurred recently and was very sudden but 1 have no details. Charles was perhaps the most experienced wargamer around, being In the hobby long before I ever be came aware of wargamlng and his contributions to It, both practical and literary, played a major part In the great advance to Its present status. At various stages In-my early acquaintance with war gamlng, 1 had stimulating meetings and wargames with Charles, although In recent years we have not seen much of each other. This knowledgeable and experienced senior statesman of our hobby will be sadly missed and there are many of us who will remember him fondly for years to come. D.F.F.
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Deferring to none in my respect and admira tion for both the enthusiasm and knowledge of American wargamer Doug Johnson, now resident in this country. I spring to his aid in response to recent stimulating comments in SAVAGE AND SOLDIER of October to December 1978. Therein Doug put in a plea for Colonial wargames being fought both in the tactical spirits of the times and with a rea listic conclusion. He outlined the aims and objects as a means of attaining them by Imperial armies and described the different methods of their native opponents. He discussed at length strategic victories in a manner which was both lucid and stimulating yet, to the more cynical among us, seemingly requiring wargamers of much | more charitable spirit than that encountered in other than "parochial' wargames among friends of long-standing. Strategic victories ARE possible under the worse circumstances, providing they are ' controlled by adequate narratives that lay down guiding lines from which deviation is difficult. This question has been recently considered in a Newsletter editorial but is obviously worthy of discussion and greater comment - invitation for articles by subscribers! j
call them by that name! It has always been an axiom of our wargames that to a large extent the in terest in the game and the amount of enjoyment derived from it is proportionate to the number of decisions that have to be made by opposing generals, whenever possible without each other's knowledge. A "strategic victory" type of game involving such factors fought here in the past has been the PUNITIVE EXPEDITION GAME, set on the North-¥est frontier of India (but which could also be set in Ancient Britain during the days of Roman occupation; or Napoleon in Egypt I798-I80I; or the French in the Peninsular I808-I813 - it only requires a bit of imagination and ingenuity!)
The scene is set at any period of British rule in India from say I860 to I9OO when tribes on the North-West Frontier of India had been becoming increasingly troublesome, raiding more peaceful neigh bours, stealing cattle, attacking parties building military roads and even besieging frontier forts. Inevitably, a punitive expedition is sent out to teach the rascals a lesson, by destroying their flocks and burning their villages. Ideally, action against the natives is to be avoided and losses amongst the expeditionary force are to be kept down to a very minimum, although the maximum possible number of villages and mud forts are to be destroyed. The general commanding the expedition has a map marked with all the villages and forts in the area (diagramatic form as shown herewith), each being a specified ;number of game-moves apart (representing time in marching/hours). Before the game begins, the expeditionary force commander decides upon the number of forts/villages he intends destroying - each such feat earning him 15 points minus I point per man killed during each part of the operation. For example, the general may decide to destroy forts and villages numbers A, B, C, and D, which will earn him 60 points; from each set of 15 points for a fort/village he will deduct a number of points equivalent to the difference between the scores of two 20-sided dice. Thus, if fort A gains him 15 points and the dice fall 5:6, he has gained 12 points. Fort B - I5 points minus dice scores of 8 and 9 equals 14 points, and so on. If, at the conclusion of the destruction of the nominated fort/ villages, the expeditionary force commander decides that his points total is insufficiently high, then he may proceed further and attack as many more fort/villages as he wishes. The general may, at his own discretion, decide to split his force and attack two or even three fort/villages simultane ously. This, of course, means that he has a smaller force to cope with any resistance he encounters at the villages - this is represented by doubling the number of casualties 8®sessed by comparing the scores on two 20-sided dice.
Having completed the desired destruction, the expeditionary force now begin their withdrawal to the safety of their base-camp, choosing one or all of the routes shown on the map - their journey back will take up the number of game-moves spent in reaching the forts/villages they have destroyed. Where a force has been split into say two parties then the two parties each marching for four game- moves to reach their objective, then this counts only as I lot of four game-moves when making up the general total.
The natives have massed together and their commander may dispose of them to block any or all of the withdrawal routes - he may make an inspired guess and mass them all on one route or dispose in two or three groups to cover all routes.
The actual wargame is considered to take place on the route chosen by the retreating force who will be engaged by those tribesmen who are covering that route, the battle occupying the number of game-moves that the expeditionary force has taken up in destroying their objectives. In the event of-the tribesmen having distributing parties on the other routes, they may hasten to the scene of the action, taking specified number of game-moves that separate one route from another to arrive. Each casualty Incurred by the expeditionary force counts one point; each gun destroyed or cap tured counts 5 points and the commanding general counts 10 points. Elementary accouhtlng hasrto take place with the expeditionary's forces figures In the credit column being steadily whittled away by losses entered in the debit column. To win the game the expeditionary force must fight out the des.- ignated number of game-moves while their points score still remains In credit, otherwise the natives have won. The necessary pap6r preliminaries are always Interesting, taking place In this area In separate rooms of the house so as to provide a suitable fog-of-war that leaves the opposing commanders characteristically In the dark. It might add spice to the game besides suggesting some fringe Ideas (could be represented by Chance Cards) If we consider a real-life retreat that occurred during the operations of the Tlrah Expeditionary force 1897-8:- Because of the cold, the force was now obliged to evacuate the Tlrah valley and the 34d and 4th Brigades under Brigadier-General Westamacott, proceeding down the Shaloba defile to Dwa Tol down the Bara valley, experienced some of the heaviest rearguard fighting ever encountered In an Indian frontier campaign. Progress was slow for the roads were deep In mud, and, on the morning of 11 December, a thldcmist allowed the Afridis to get in close and pour a heavy fire on to the crowded and helpless transport-animals and followers. As the transport tried to get off the track, it was bogged doim in the fields and nullahs. The enemy attacked the rearguard with great boldness and the fighting continued throughout the day; casualties became so numerous that the fighting-line was seriously weakened by troops having to carry the wounded, for the dhoolie bearers were too terror- stricken to perform their duty. There was no water-supply at that night's camp after a day when over 70 men had become casualties during a relatively short march. The tribesmen only ceased their attacks on the next day, when the Peshawar force was met some four miles from Sawaikot.
CONTINUED NEXT MONTH THE BEST OF THE NEWSLETTER This article, which could well stimulate today's wargamers fighting armoured battles, appeared In Vargamer's Newsletter No.4 July 1962.
A NEW APPROACH TO MODERN VAEGAMES
Anton Maund
(The Rommel Touch) At the first Wargamers Convention held in Southampton, I met Lionel Tarr, a wargamer about whom I had heard much and to whom much of the credit for this system must go. The rules are a 'hotted up',version of Lionels, adapted to suit our needs, and are, at the moment, being used entirely from the tacticians angle of a battle, we hope later to extend it to cover the use of larger tank forces, artillery, infantry and transport.
It requires a group of three - I umpire and two generals, it is played on the table BUT the two commanders are seated upon the floor and obtain their view of the terrain through periscopes, the umpire moving and firing the tanks according to orders from the two commanders who do the actual con trolling of the battle. By using the periscopes, the commanders obtain a model soldier's eye view and reactions to a situation, thus the commanders get a view of the battle based on their own observa tions through periscopes as they sit below the actual terrain. The two commanders have accurate maps (scaled) of the table terrain and plot move and counter- move on the maps. Natural features aid surprise and cover initial movements, thus the commanders get a good idea of the enemy's initial intentions if he uses the obvious start to his operations. New techniques are being continually brought into use by both generals. The scale being used at present is approximately l/96th and weapons are, for the moment, purely armour - British, American and German Denzil Skinner and Peetzy (DBGM) tanks. The restricted view from the periscope and the position of the commanders prevents an all—over picture of the battle and the resultant 'game of chess' which usually results from a wargame played in the normal manner. It gives a "Rommel" touch to the battle - "quick reactions to the situation yielding maximum dividents."
The objectives of the two commanders are off the board, for example, possession and holding of the road that leads to these objectives decides the battle. In one such battle I had lost five of my twelve tanks (l was British, by the way) and my oppon ent, Anthony Cole, had lost only one of his twelve. We resumed fighting the next evening and without using our periscopes I managed by some means (sheer military genius?) to knock him down to two tanks - Tiger Is - which I was unable to knock out. I lost the battle but won on points! Even at the present moment we are developing the game swiftly and hope for even more exciting situations in the near future. The credit for the game does not lie entirely with me, without the help of Anthony Cole and Chris Weeks - the Umpire - it never have got rolling. TALKING WARGAMING ; ^
American Civil War cavalry tried to launch attacks from the flank. Whenever possible, the ground over which a mounted attack was to take place was carefully scouted beforehand, fences cleared away and soft ground noted. Broken ground with fences and ditches made it imposs- ible to charge with unbroken ranks; experience showed that a wild gallop over such rough terrain . ^ ^ was a greater cause of failure than enemy fire. K s THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu; ^
Sun Tzu said; The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat jj and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat i lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy him- ^ self. Thus the good fighter is able to secure M himself against defeat but cannot be sure of de- ^T.,.
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The field of Agincourt looks today much as it must have done in 1A15 and, despite the quiet and peaceful surroundings, it is not difficult to conjure up a mental picture of the battle. Stand on the country road between the villages of Agincourt and Tramecourt and look north across the young wheat. This must be almost exactly on the line held by the English as they waited the onslaught of the enormous French army.
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PROBLEM OF THE MONTH by 3,M. Cronin: Anybody got uniform details for (l) 2nd Bn. Freiwillige Legion Erzherzog Karl and (2) l/5 Bn. Carne Ville Freicorp?
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HINT OF THE MONTH by Bill Monk;
Reading stimulating accounts of battles once had the laborious and costly effects of inducing me to buy and paint armies of the period in question so that I could re—fight them. Suddenly I realised that, providing contemporary tactics and styles of fighting are considered, most battles can be trans ferred to a period for which I have troops. This week we are fighting the American Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek using Napoleonic French and Austrians in Italy in 1797!
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MILITARY QUIZ OF THE MONTH:
Who was the Scot's leader at Falkirk in 1298?
What was a Scutati? 3. At the end of the Persian Wars in 628 AD, it has been said of a Byzantine (East Roman) leader that - "...had he died at this time, his name would be ranked in military history with those of Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar". What was his name?
A. Who commanded the defeated French at Oudenarde on 11 July 1708?
5. Immediately after, on the following day, where did he redeem himself in repulsing the pursu ing allies? 6. Dates of Battles of - (a) Legnano: (b) Mollwitz: (c) Vienna: (d) Third Battle of Gaza and (e) San Jacinto?
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Paddy Griffith
+v,-v, greater "historical realism" in their rules, they may mean one of two + 1 strong and upright citizens, then they will, in fact, he seeking for greater for a^scapegoat^^™' well. In many other cases, however, they may simply he looking his hook "The psychology of military incompetence", Norman Dixon has explained that defeated generals often look for scapegoats, to cover their own mistakes. Napoleon at Waterloo is a fine ex ample of this, as he was ahle to say that Grouchy, D'Erlon, Jerome, Ney, and Soult were each, in their way, responsible for the disaster. To helieve the Bonapartists one almost has to put down Waterloo as a personal triumph- for the Emperor. In wargames, a defeated "general" often has no subordinates to blame; so he tends to turn against tne rules or the umpire. If he can point to some aspect of the game which he thinks was "unrealistic" then he can take the sting out of his defeat. ' This means that a lot of the call for greater realism in wargaraes is motivated by a rather suspect emotion. It is not really a call for greater realism at all, but a call for less painful defeats, ihis in turn means that when wargame rules are changed "to make them more realistic", they are usually changed in one particular direction - that of greater control by the player over the game. Defeat is more painful to a player who has little control over his pieces than to one who has a high degree of control. At first sight this may seem odd, since players with high control have them selves to blame for what happens - they are directly responsible for their own defeat. In fact, how- ever. It IS easier to accept defeat when you are fully responsible for it. It is much harder to accept deieat when some of the game has unrolled outside your control. A car driver who backs into a brick wallwail by accident will accept the damage philosophically, and be more careful next time. A driver who nas another driver crash Intointo him will tend to he outraged and vindictive. That is the difference between high control and low control. ^^ In wargames terms, defeated players always want more control - which is often the opposite to more historical realism. In real battles, generals often have relatively little control over what goes on- they cannot always make their subordinates move in the right direction (e.g. the Charge of the Light Brigade), at the right time (e.g. Ney's delayed flank attack at Bautzen), or in the right formation ie.g. at Waterloo Wellington's orders to form square were contradicted by the Prince of Orange). They do not always know as much about the terrain as they think they do (e.g. the French in 1940 must have thought the umpire had changed the rules" when the German armour came through the Ardennes), and are olten quite astonished by enemies appearing at unexpected places. wanted them to,^ Chess or on game the inmove which he wantedthe player them couldto. Imaginenot guarantee a Chess thatgame hiswhere pieces the kingswould castledmove where diagon he ally, and the knights hopped eight squares at a time - according to a dice throw outside the player's AllA?i lu-this IS unacceptable® Chess togame Chess where players. the colour They of insist the squares on 100^ wascontrol variable, of their and unknowngames, andto dothe notplayers. look for scapegoats when they are defeated. I think that When they call for "greater realism", many wargamers really mean that they want a game which is nearer to Chess, and further from the uncertainties and low level of control of the battlefield. They want to avoid the mental discomfort of relying upon the arbitrary whim of an umpire, or the random chances thrown up by a dice ("Average Dice", for example, have been specifically developed to limit the role of chance in wargaines. For greater realism, actually, someone should develop a M^imum Unpredictability" dicej). Especially important, wargamers want to avoid defeats which are painful - even though in real life defeated generals have found defeat very painful indeed (e.g. The dazed Von Thoma wandering into captivity across the wreckage of his Panzers at Alamein; Ludendorff oaming at the mouth, in his fit after the battle of Amiens, 1918; or the Russian commander at Tannen- berg, who felt so badly about his defeat that he shot himself). It may, perhaps, be less fun for war gamers to have low control over their games - but it would at least be more realistic. The following are areas in which lower levels of control could be introduced into wargaming:- a) Wider variations of results, due to dice throws: i.e. fewer "average dice". b) More active umpires, "interpreting" (or even inventing) the rules as they go along, so that players cannot claim infringements of a stated set of rules. Only the umpire should know the rules. c) More concealment of enemy units, and of terrain, when it is in "dead ground". d) More possibilities for units under a player's command to "disobey orders", or at least to move J. 6. e) Fewer^possibilities for players to make low-level decisions for each and every one of their sub-units. The Army commander should not be responsible for the tactical formation of each battalion- when each skirmish company opens fire, etc., etc. Decisions of that sort usually originate no higher than the Brigade commander. o & f) Longer reaction times and command delays. It is amazing to see the effect on a wargame if there IS Just one turn's delay imposed between the player making a decision, and the action being taken e.g. in Second World War games, try adding a rule that vehicles must take one "slowing down" turn be tween moving at speed and halting to fire. ' g) More possibilities for morale panics to spread, out of control. Also longer rallying times. All these things would deprive the wargamer of some of his "Chess-Player" control over.the game. They would add to the historical realism of the model battle. THE CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE.
A Contemporary Account Relayed by G.Evans fi. "
While engaged in some research through our >. local paper for my history course, I cam across the account helow. When the "Rughy Advertiser" first started it covered International and ' National news as well as local. I
The Rughy Advertiser, November 11th 185tt. BRILLIANT CHARGE OF THE SCOTS GREYS AND ENNISKILLENS 'fefe '
The Times' correspondent writes as follows:- "We saw Brigadier-General Scarlett ride along in front of his massive squadrons. The Russians - evidently corps d'elite - their light blue jackets ^ * embroidered with silver lace were advancing on i their left at an easy gallop, towards the brow of t the hill. A forest of lances glistened in the | ita^afj rear,dragoons and movedseveral up squadronsquickly to ofsupport grey coated them as they ^ ^ i^ ^ moment we should'see the shock of battle beneath ^ our very eyes. Lord Raglan, all his staff and escort, and groups of officers, and bodies of French Zouaves, French Infantry, French Officers and Generals on the heights, were spectators of the scene as though they were looking on the stage from the boxes of a theatre. Nearly every one dis mounted and sat down, and not a word was said. The Prussians advanced down the hill at a slow canter, which they changed to a trot and at last nearly halted. Their first line was at least double the length of ours - it was at least three times as deep. Behind them was a similar line, equally strong and compact. They evidently despised their insignificant-looking enemy, but their time was come. The trumpets rang out again throught the valley, and the Grays and Enniskillens went right at the centre of the Russian cavalry. The space between them was only a few hundred yards, it was scarce enough to let the horses "gather way" nor had the men quite space sufficient for the full play of their sword arms. The Russian line brings forward each wing as our cavalry advance, and threatens to annihilate them as they pass on. Turning a little to their left, so as to meet the Russian right, the Grays rush on with a cheer that thrills to every heart - the wild shout of the Enniskilleners rises through the air at the same instant. As lightening flashes through a cloud the Grays and Enniskilleners pierced through the dark masses of Russians. The shock was but for a moment. There was a clash of steel and a light play of sword blades in the air and then the Grays and the redcoats disappear in the midst of the shaking and quivering columns. In another moment we see them emerging and dashing on with diminished numbers, and in broken order, against the second line, which is advancing against them as fast as it can to retrieve the fortune of the charge.
It was a terrible moment. "God help them! They are lost!" was the exclamation of more than one man, and the thought of many. With unabated fire the noble hearts dashed at their enemy. It was a fight of heroes. Tlie first line of Russians, which had been smashed utterly by our charge, and had fled off at one flank and towards the centre, were coming back to swallow up our handful of men. By sheer steel and sheer courage Enniskilleners and Scots were winning their desparate way right through the enemy's squadrons, and already gray horses and red coats had appeared right at the rear of the second mass, when, with irresistible force, like one bolt from a bow, the 1st Royals, the Ath Dragoon Guards and the 5th Dragoon Guards rushed at the remnants of the first line of the enemy, went through it as though it was pasteboard, and dashing on the second body of Russians as they were still dis ordered by the terrible assault of the Grays and their companions put them to utter rout.
This Russian horse in less than five minutes after it met our dragoons was flying with all its speed before a force certainly not half it's strength. A cheer burst from every lip - in the enthusi asm officers and men took off their caps and shouted with delight, and thus keeping up the scenic character of their position, they clapped their hands again and again. Lord Raglan at once despatched Lieutenant Curzon, Aide-de-camp, to convey his congratulations to Brigadier-General Scarlett and to say "well done". The gallant old officers face beamed with pleasure when he recieved the message "I beg to thank his Lordship very sincerely," was his reply. The cavalry did not long pursue their enemy. ^ Their loss was very slight, about 33 killed and wounded in both affairs. Major Clarke was slight ly wounded and had a narrow escape from a sabre cut at the back of the heat. Lieutenant-Colonel Griffiths retired after the first charge, having been wounded at the back of the Head. Colonel Prendergast was wounded at the back of the leg. There was not more than four or five men killed out right, and our most material loss was from the cannon playing on our heavy dragoons afterwards, when covering the retreat of our Light Cavalry." Stirring patriotic stuff isn't it? I found the Advertiser a gold mine of information. It carries weekly reports on the "conduct of the war", I expect most local papers of the last century are the same. If any reader would want to see the relevant copies of their local paper most libraries have a Local Government/History section close by with the weekly papers bound into large volumes. I think they are available on request - well ours are at least. I could not delve any further back, as the Advertiser only started publication in 1850. > 'A OTHER PEOPLE'S WARGAMES
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Repairing 1 'broken track 2 mechanics or tank crew 3 bounds
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1 Ramp 2 bounds - time halved If a crane Is used.
1 Raft 6 " _ " " " assault boats are used.
1 plank section 12 bounds - time halved If a crane Is used. Bridge layers lay bridges In 3 bounds with 2 engineers direction. Dozers flatten dozer width ruins or earthworks at obstacle speed. A.R.Vs tow wrecks or damaged vehicles at obstacle speed.
Concerning pontoon bridges - 1 bound to unload 1 part - 1 crane and 2 men or 10 men.
General:
Cutting down 1 hardwood tree 1 Pioneer 6 bounds " " 1 fir tree, telegraph 1 Pioneer 2 "
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Building a (2 pontoon) bridge 1 Officer, 10 Pioneers 10 "
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Because It deals with the commercial aspect of making V and selling model soldiers, the following observations are helng considered In this feature rather than as a separate \ article or In my Editorial column. In a recent Issue of ^ A "Military Modelling" Neville Dickinson, Managing Director . of MINIATUBE FIGURINES had a letter published concerning the prices of model soldiers produced by his firm. Therein he justified, by Inflation, Increased cost of materials, higher wages, etc., etc., the current cost of model soldiers, " T IWl stating that economic prices today should he 25p for foot ||.njX^ yW and 60p for cavalry. I would like to think that I speak fc./ PA with some personal knowledge of this because I am a person- (\ al friend of Neville Dickinson and I am extremely familiar with his factory and mode of production. I unequivocally corroborate his high praise for the production staff he ^ employs, and never fall to marvel at the way in which they all heaver around whenever I see them. Neville might not rpjjg latest Hinchliffe have an actual whip hut he certainly has some great person- masterpiece allty control over them that makes them, contrary to the general practice in the working world today, give everything they have got at all times. I am also familiar with the impressive hanks of moulding and casting machines, which I am told are unique in this country £ind capable of turning out far more figures per hour than any others. On a personal note, I am also conscious that while Neville lives as comfortably as he is entitled to, he is by no means a rich man, nor is he ostentatious or in the highest income brackets.
Considering all those facts, I am constrained to gently puzzle over Neville's assertion that his economic prices should be about 40 per cent higher at a time when just about every other manufacturer, both big and small, are also selling at Miniature Figurines current prices. Surely EVERY model soldier manufacturer Is not working at a relative loss, denying himself the true fruits of his labour to provide figures to the wargamlng world at prices far below their economic value? If Miniature Figurines, with all their advantages and controlled by a highly experienced man with a well developed sense of business acumen, are hard-pressed to maintain current prices, then how do all the other small firms - and large firms with comparable overheads - maintain much the same prices?
I do not make these statements in any spirit of spiteful controversy, but purely as observation on what seems to me a most pertinent matter for wargamers. If a leading manufacturer finds it necessary to so raise his prices In the near future then it must either mean that wargamers can and will find the extra cash to pay for their armies, or else they will be denied those armies and the firms making the figures will find their cash flow diminishing - although I suppose there is some small consolation in accepting that they will be receiving the same amount of money although selling less figures, hardly businesslike in these inflation-ridden days. I really cannot see how wargamers, particularly the younger ones who form the bulk of our numbers, can possibly find the sort of money which will cause a normal infantry regiment to cost about £10 or a cavalry squadron £9 - even before the time and expense of painting them. If I were a maker of good class plastic figures - such as Atlantic, Alrfix or Spencer-Smith - I would be rubbing my hands with glee because, despite the habitual wargames objection to light-weight plastic figures as opposed to metal ones - it will not be long before they are forced to use them or have no armies at all! Or, worse for everyone, there will be a great increase in mould-making and pirating of existing models. Incidentally, it will be interesting to know how the new 25mm moulds produced by Prince August Moulds Limited (who advertise in this Newsletter) are selling!
CASTILE MINIATURES of Scotland, who support this magazine with advertising, are another maker going into the colourful and much neglected Medieval period. The June releases include Peasant, open hands for weapons; peasant, open hands swinging weapon; later peasant, open hands for weapon and light infantry, no body armour, helmet or spear. Already existing figures include a Swiss halberdier; Man at Arms with pole axe in plate armour and a hand gun. They also turn out an exciting sounding 13th century range of armies of Eastern Europe with foot figures consisting of Prussian/Polish peasant ftussianinfantry; heavy heavy cavalry infantry in chainand Russian mail corselet peasant bowman.with shield Horsemen and lance; include Russian Lithuanian heavy light cavalry cavalry; with helmet bow for saddle may be fitted) and Kazak light cavalry with helmet, shield, light lance and bow; there isnc alsocn aja Polish knight with a wingedj I,„helm 1 „ CastllB mentlou that all Medieval cavalry have been re- designed. From DORSET (METAL MODEL) SOLDIERS LIMITED who support this magazine with advertising I have received a small catalogue of their new Wargaming Range. Vargames figures are a new departure from their normal "Toy Soldier" style product and they say that their principal aim is to fill the gaps left by other manufacturers or to provide a quality product where they think they can improve on what ^l^®o,dy being offered. With both those points in mind they would be glad to hear wargamers problems, and if there seems a reasonable chance of the items selling they will produce it, especially fits in with their existing ranges. The present items listed in their catalogue were produced to fill requirements as seen locally, thus indicating that wargamer's opinions really do count and they are just not paying lip-service! The catalogue illustrations are rough sketches but they do give a reasonable idea of what each figure is doing so that one can see its potential uses - it has been suggested for example that the Ghaznavid infantry would make a suitable Viking. Proposed items which will be available shortly are - Ghaznavid elephant and 3 crew; Turkish/Hun style light cavalry; various Colonial and Indian types in 24 or I5mm; 2nd Crusade period mounted and foot figures; more VlKlngs; a complete Arthurian army In 25 or 15mm. Other scales will he considered favourable, as well as any period. Giles Brown of DORSET MODEL SOLDIERS emphasising that whilst his library Is fairly large, It Is obviously not complete so If anyone has a figure In mind, send a good drawing, tracing or photostat complete with description and the numbers you are likely to require. This will produce a quick and more favourable response than a vague query. These figures are reasonably prlcqd and the makers claim that they do not use cheap metal; they Intend as far as possible to maintain that position. So far their range includes the following In 25mm scale - Berserker, naked, 2 swords; Viking shock troops; Saxon with sword; Viking raising 2 handed axe; Viking with axe drinking from horned helmet; 2nd Crusade; Frank!shman-at-arms; Ancient heavy horse with fur saddle; Ghaznavld cavalry with bow and sword; Ghaznavid infantry with bow and sword. The foot figures and the mounted figure without the horse are lOp each, the horse Is 15p. Then there Is a small 15mm range which has greatly improved since the last specimen came along to me. In front of me as I write I have a strip of three 15mm Montrose cavalry and also a Command Group. Excellently made and well detailed so that they will paint up admirably. Then there is a strip of five Montrose figures carrying firearms; also available is a strip of five pikemen - each costing 25p a strip; 15mm horses are lOp each. These are nicely made little figures and are for a range hitherto neglected elsewhere.
Elsewhere in this magazine is a fine illustrated article by George Erik of MINIATURE WARFARE concerning the Linka modellers building system. I have not seen this yet but I have read the article and I have in front of me their illustrated catalogue which I find extremely interesting if not exciting. For example, there is a glorious picture of La Haye Sainte complete with soldiers milling around it plus other buildings of a military context which are made with this material in brickwork, stonework and timber. There seems to be a quite unlimited scope in wargaming for this system and I hope in the not too distant future to be able to report further on it after I have personally tested it. But, as I say, all the literature is certainly very exciting and I suggest you write off for the list to the Mail Order Division Miniature Warfare Ltd, 18B The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Readers will be aware that there have been changes at WARRIOR MINIATURES, who now market their figures from SCOTTISH SOLDIERS, hk Candleriggs, Glasgow, where they have a showroom and their design workshop. Sales and manufacture are handled by Mr.J.Holt and the design work is in the capable hands of Tom Park, who also makes figures for JACOBITE MINIATURES and the new manufacturers ci ADVANCE GUARD, both the Napoleonic ranges. It is the intention of the new organisation to design and re-design the Warrior range, covering not only wargames figures but also models in 75 and 80mm scale for the collec tor. They also manufacture for B.Gilpin, the CLYDESIDE range of 1:1200 scale model ships. They will also accept commissions for figures from companies or individuals - so you can see they are pretty busy. From them I have received examples of releases in the WARRIOR 15mm range and I find them most impressive. Even after being subjected to the searching scrutiny of a high-powered magnifying glass, I find these figures immensely impressive, bearing an amazing amount of detail so that, as Warrior say in their advert and I have said before, they are on a par with 25mm scale figures. If the standard of 15mm figures in this (and other ranges) continues at this level, then the problem of the price of 25mm figures will solve itselfj I have before me two Greek hoplites; a collection of Romans, includ ing figures to make up the testudo; and a comprehensive group of American Civil War figures. The infantry selection includes both Federals and Confederates, officers, standard bearers, drummers and other ranks - all in fine action poses and beautifully detailed; cavalry includes troopers for both sides, officers, standard and guidon bearers; the artillery includes a nice little weapon plus a gun crew of four, bearing the usual paraphernalia beloved of gunners. The cavalry horses are as good as any I have seen in this scale, with well emphasised saddle-cloths, pouches, etc. Also from SCOTTISH SOLDIERS is an 80mm kit to make up a Spanish cuirassier cl640. This seems to be a very nice figure that will make a highly colourful completed model, with little to be done in the way of making up except to fix on a sword bearing arm and to put the feet into the base. It has a characteristic stocky appearance rather resembling that of a Benassi figure but of course bearing its own designers characteristics. Finally, the Naval wargamer will appreciate the 1:1200 scale Waterline model war ships of World War Two, marketed under the heading of CLYDESIDE SHIPS, W.fi-.Gilpin, 7 Delbeth Road, Glasgow G32 SPY, at prices that seem to range from £1.50p down to 30p. Further details of all these figures and models reviewed will be found in the WARRIOR MINIATURES advert elsewhere in this issue.
I notice that GREENWOOD AND BALL are putting out new and re-made Napoleonic 25mm figures at l^p for infantry and 31p for cavalry. So far the range includes British line infantry, fusiliers and Highlanders in various positions, plus officers, standard bearers, drummers and light infantry. HINCHLIFFE MODELS LIMITED have some new 25mm releases, including Carthagians, which include Libyans, Moors, Spannish, Gallic infantry, citizen spearmen, officers, nobles and Phoenician and Spanish cavalry and horses. In their FOREMOST range, they are offering a light trotting horse; a charging line dragoon and a lancer firing a pistol. Without really appreciating the implications and lacking c. knowledge of any background, it is interesting to note that Hinchliffe Models Limited are ending their manufacturing associations in U.S.A. intending to produce Hinchliffe Models themselves in that country so as to bring to American collectors and wargamers the quality and service of their United Kingdom operations.
NOTTINGHAM MODEL SOLDIER SHOP are advertising GARRISON Vikings, at 14p foot figures and 21p mounted men. The range includes a chief, standard bearer, horn-blower, spearman, armoured warriors with £ixes and swords, berserkers, archers, armoured warriors with hammers, javelin men and mounted warriors and chiefs. Of course these can also be obtained from GREENWOOD AND BALL.
MICRO MOLD of Station Road, East Preston, West Sussex, turn out the famous BELLONA DIORAMA pieces and their latest ranges in OO/HO for 20/25mm figures and vehicles include an Ancient hill fort; an American Civil War log fort; a British Civil War star fort; river and stream sections; canal wharf set and various links of walling. These are Ideal for the wargamer, being cheap, easily painted and most realistic.
I understand that the lack of items suitable for wargamers in the recent AIRFIX catalogue rises from their new policy of not advertising new releases for the coming year but issuing supplements to the catalogue as and when items become available. So it would seem that things are not quite as bad as and all wargamers will no doubt look forward in eagar anticipation to whatever un heralded delights come out in the near future. My son recently bought a box of their latest HO/OO scale plastic wargames figures of Prussian infantry of the Waterloo period. These are seemingly Landwehr flat-caps and include some really first-class figures and positions. They should paint up excellently and it has been pointed out by more than one person that with very little alteration they could well double for Russian infantry of the 19th century even up to World War One! I am sure there are other types of soldiers whom they also could be converted to represent depending on the well- known ingenuity and far-sightedness of the average wargamer!
MIKES MODELS who support this magazine with advertising, have a fine range of 15mm medieval figures and, in order that various national armies can be created with their diverse arms and armour, are cast separately so that the wargamer, when ordering his figures, simply orders the appro priate number of the required type at no extra cost. The same system applies to standards and as there is a choice of horses, the makers now claim that it is possible to field more than 300 complete ly different 15th century knights. Study their advert for theih qxtensive range of figures for this fascinating period.
FREI KORPS 15 go rapidly ahead and can supply full ranges of figures to fight such interesting actions as Rossbach, Luthen, Minden and Plassey. It may have been noticed that their reguliar tTJO- page advert in the centre of this magazine has been discontinued - this is due to the fact that they received so many orders resulting from it that they became overwhelmed and, in self-defence, have temporary ceased advertising!
PETER LAING, that pioneer of 15mm metal wargaming figures, has some new releases for World War One. A list of these can be seen in his advert in this issue and includes British, French and Germans for the Western Front I916-I9I8; British, Anzacs, Turks and Arabs for Middle East operations. As always, there is a complete range of accessories such as artillery, armoured cars, etc., etc. Peter Laing's attitude and devotion towards our hobby is quite admirable and he deserves every bit of support that he gets. ADVANCE GUARD MINIATURES LIMITED, 11^ Crawford Street, Motherwell, have an interesting list of 15mm wargames figures of the English Civil War - both Parliament and King; Romans 1st Century A.D. infantry and cavalry; Greek infantry and cavalry; Medieval English infantry and cavalry, Scottish infantry and cavalry of the same period.
LEVIATHAN MODELS, 4 Peachfield Road, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 4AR, have available a range of Roman Republic figures in packs of five at 78p of various types of infantry in typical positions; packs of two horses and two riders at the same price include heavy and light cavalrymen with javelins, and then there is a single figure pack at 22p of a centurian, standard bearer or a musician.
Fascinating in its potentialities is a new MODEL METAL, a rei-usable, real metal that becomes molten in hot (70 C) water and can be easily cast without the need for special tools or moulds, as plasticine or silicone rubber can be used. This metal only takes seconds to become molten and to harden after casting so that quick and easy production of prototypes is possible. It can be machined and drilled after casting and is many times re-usable. A pack of metal and instructions is £3.00p including postage and packing and is available from THE MODEL METAL MANUFACTURING CO., 568 Penn Road, Penn, Wolverhampton, Staffs. This type of metal wuich I presume is something like cerrobend is useful to make one-off figures or Special Command figures or something like that but would probably be too expensive to turn out ranges of figures in any numbers.
MODEL FIGURES AND HOBBIES of Northern Ireland who regularly advertise in this magazine, are offer ing Charles Stadden designed 1:72nd scale hard polystyrene British infantry figures 1939-1945* There is a 12 figure infantry section attacking; a 12 piece heavy weapon section at 30p per section post free. These figures were designed some years ago by Stadden for a game and then the surplus came on the market. They are brilliantly designed as is everything by this superb maker and this is a good opportunity to get hold of some unusual figures. The German counterpart are available in metal at Bp each from the same source, and includes paratroops in various positions and Panzer Grenadiers.
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VERY OlAST QUARJ) OLf> (jUAPO OF ALL BOOK REVIEWS j;# ROMtffiL; Battles and Campaigns by Kenneth MacKsey. ^ (lO" X 7^"; 224 pages; lavishly illustrated with photo- graphs and maps and coloured end plates. Arms and Armour
long-standing, we appear to have established a high degree , of rapport. I have not had time to do more than leaf through this book, noting its quite exceptional photographs and first-class maps. But, I have had the opportunity of talking at some length to the author about the subject - and hearing him talk on it after dinner with Club members. It is because of those conversations that I do not wish to re view the book till fully reading it - because it is quite apparent that Ken Macksey sees the great Rommel in a far different light to the conventional and more normally accepted views of him. Un doubtedly this is a unique book showing Rommel as he really was and not as his German publicity machine, or later authors and films have depicted him. Quite clearly. Ken Macksey did not come out of the research and writing of this book with any shining opinions of this well known German commander. So, this is just to whet your appetites, to let you.know this is a quite different book to the others written about this man, and one that could v/ell be read on the strength of what I have alrehdy written - but almost certainly ,should be on every wargamers reading list after my full review next month! JAPANESE ARMY HANDBOOK 1939-1945 by A.J.Barker. (9^" x 6"; 128 pages; over 160 black and white line drawings and photographs; 4 pages full colour artwork. Ian Allan - £5.95p). I do not know how many-wargamers there are with miniature Japanese armies fighting the Far East battles of World War Two, but those who are doing so will find this a compelling book which could well stimulate many others to take up this much neglected sphere of wargaming. Profusely illustrated, the book just about covers everything that is required to be known - its contents list being The Japanese Soldier; Organisation of the Japanese Army; Japanese Infantry Weapons; Armour; Artillery and Mortars; Engineer and Chemical Warfare Units; Special Forces; The Japanese Army in Action and Appen dices - Organisation of Japanese Infantry Divisions, Organisation of Japanese Independent Formations, Organisation of a Japanese Tank Regiment and Japanese Military Terms and Characters. Language prob lems have caused a great shortage of material on the technical aspects of Japanese armament and most of the available information has been extracted from wartime classified publications not generally available to the public. To read this book is to understand a lot more about why the Japanese soldier was such a tough opposition, over and above his readiness to die and his toughness in the field. LUFTWAFFE; An analysis by former Luftwaffe Generals edited by Harold Faber. {9^" x 6i"; 264 pages; 16 pages of photographs. Sidgwick and Jackson -£7.95p). This is the first of a number of books dealing with aircraft that has come out recently (and arrived on my desk for review). While I have no specific interest in aerial warfare, nor is it essential reading for wargamers, there is so much about this book that really makes it fascinating reading. It is a condensation of twelve volumes written by former key officers of the German Air Force for the United States Air Force Historical Division on why the legendary Luftwaffe disinte grated under wartime pressures in World War Two. All the authors with one exception who is an historian, are former Luftwaffe generals who held important staff positions before and during the war. Such books as this are always interesting because they draw the curtain back on the other side of the table, explaining so many things that puzzled us at the time and for which reasons were ob scure. This book certainly fulfills that role and is worth buying if only to read the chapter on the Battle of Britain. The contents of the book are as follows - Part I: Command and Leadership: The Legend of the Luftwaffe; The Command; The Commanders; The Role of Goering; The Deputy; Milch; The Artist; Udet; A Child of His Times; Jeschonnek; The Role of Hitler and Problems of Command. Part II; Seeds of Defeat; Training, the Stepchild; The Chimera of Dive-Bombing; The Neglect of Air Transport; Bomber Decisions; The Wrong Priorities; The Lost Chance - Jets. Part III; The Lost Battles; Baptism of Fire; The Bdttle of Britain; Defeat from Victory - Malta; The Soviet Union; Stalingrad; The Defense of Germany; The Legend Exposed and Index. It would seem that Sidgwick and Jackson are really turning out some highclass illustrated books on the aircraft of World War Two because, in addition to that already mentioned, I have before me three more volumes - JAPANESE AIR- CRAFT OF WORLD WAR II by Basil Collier; GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II by Christopher Shepherd in- troduced by Adolf Galland and BRITISH AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II by John Frayn Turner introduced by Douglas Bader. The first is in hardback, is 10" x 7i"; has 144 pages with at least one photograph per page and a 16 page colour section - priced at £6.95p. The other two are soft covers selling at £3.95p andhave exactly the same number of pages, black and white photographs and 16 page colour sections. The title of each tells their story and if anyone wants an accurate pictorial record with lots of technical detail then they cannot do much better than get hold of these hooks.
Yet another aircraft hook is around - this one I have not seen hut no ahout it because Patrick Stephens are so excited and enthusiastic ahout it that they have sent out a speciment dust-jacket and some details of a hook that does not come out until next September. It is called CARRIER PILOT, by Norman Hanson and is said to he "an unforgettable true story of wartime flying by a man who served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Navy during World War Two." Although this feature this month seems to he a hit cock-eyed (by not reviewing hooks that are seemingly being reviewed) I cannot pursue this aspect too much by reviewing a hook solely on its dust-jacket - so perhaps I shall he able to oblige if and when the final work comes to hand. This is certainly a ships month! FIGHTING SHIPS OF WORLD WAR II by J.N.Westwood (9f" x 7i"; l60 pages; innumerable photographs. Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd - paperback £3.95p). Although having no particular interest in Naval vessels I found this a thoroughly interesting book which occupied me for far longer than intended. The sheer size of the armament, armour thickness and power of Naval vessels together with their astonishing vulnerability, made fascinating reading. I learned many major and minor facts from its pages — I had no idea that in 19^2 an American Naval force, including U.S.S. Washington was sent across the Atlantic, the Admiral commanding waviwashhioverboard in heavy seas and the plane sent to search for him was also lost! Essential if you are a naval ".wargamer, highly interesting if you are not. ITALIAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II by Nico Sgarlato. (ll" x 8-i"; 80 pages; packed with photographs, some in colour; line drawings and plans. Squadron/Signal Publications - 07.95). Chapter and verse about Italian manufactured military aircraft, the details of which lead to a feeling of great comfort that I was not an Italian flyer at that time! Very thorough coverage in every respect. MODEL SOLDIERS IN COLOUR by Roy Dilley and Philip Steams. (7f" x 5i"; 185 pages; 140 coloured plates. Blandford Press - £4.95p). As I personally recommended Roy Dilley to the publishers to do this book it is with great inter est that I report on its thorough and stimulating coverage of its subject. The book has chapters on Historical background; The Golden Age of the toy soldier; Flats or Zinnfiguren; The Connoisseur figure in metal and plastic; Model soldiers today, a review; Guns, vehicles, equipment and display; Conver sion and scratch-building, plus very full descriptions of all the colour plates and appendices on Recommended Reading; Modelling Societies and their Journals and Some Manufacturers of Military Models. Certainly the modeller and probably the wargamer will be immensely stimulated by these beautiful coloured plates showing the highest class of model in all scales of all periods. As always with Blandford books, it is beautifully produced and is undoubtedly a book that should be on the shelf of every man claiming to be a collector of model soldiers. THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BRITAIN by John Kinross. (9t" x 7t"; 128 pages; averaging two photographs and plans per page. David and Charles - £5.95p).
A book such as this has been needed for a long time, although the same author has written small pocket handbooks on "Discovering Battlefields". This is a glossy, beautifully illustrated and well set-out book describing in detail 53 battlefields of English history, relating the course of the battle, its result and the battlefield today plus relevant prints and photographs and a clear map of each. The battles range from Ethandun in 878AD up to Fishguard 1797, and cover most of the best known battles of English military history - although there are some mildly surprising inclusions and some singular omissions such as that of the English Civil War battle of Cheriton which, as it involved about 40,000 men, is on a considerable larger scale than many of the actions described in the book. However, this is perhaps carping and must in no way detract from the undoubted merit of John Kinross's work. There are pleasing pictures of each field and undoubtedly, as he claims, he has actually visit ed all the sites - lucky man! Armed with this book the military enthusiast, collector and wargamer can work out an interesting series of tours to take in a number of fields in one trip, giving an excellent excuse for getting away from home for a reasonable period and not only assuaging his mili tary thirst but also to sample the various ales available in different parts of the country. It is all most stimulating and, aided by an Ordnance Survey large scale map, some fascinating battlefield walking can be undertaken. Personally, I would have preferred to have seen more details of the battle fields today but space is a valuable consideration and enough is said to give adequate leads in the said action. An attractive, interesting and valuable book. If you are a really serious student of history and you want to read some in-depth esoteric articles then take a look at THE INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW put out quarterly put out by the Univer sity of Toronto Press, 5201 Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario, Canada M3H 9Z9. It publishes articles, notes with documents, bibliographies, and reviews, on everything affecting the relations between all states, throughout the world, throughout history. Trade, warfare, communications, theory, imperialism, and diplomacy, will be some of the subjects studied. You can obtain a free sample copy or a full year for 015.00.
The Presidio Press of 1114 Irwin Street, San Rafael, California 94901, U.S.A., has an interesting Spring list of books publishyid in UiS.A., some with rights sold to United Kingdom publishers (and others published in this country which will probably be cheaper anyway). If you are interested in American Military history then you will probably find something here that you will like, such as WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN PHILADELPHIA, the events of 1777/8 written from the British viewpoint. Then there is CULTURES IN COLLISION by William J.Duiker a military history of the Boxer Rebellion. There are numerous other books of American interest, many about the American Civil War.
Most readers will be familiar with the magazine series AFTER THE BATTLE which, in text and letters + subscription to Newsletter has been renewed - it lapsed while I was doine mv
I think I have some answers for Trevor Dark (See Newsletter No.203, p.12):- ins tol iTyLfs "" '"""> "«»
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ooGoo ^ vicious and unprovoked attack on Paddy Griffith's article "Space, Time and eve^vtMn^^rhp?"^'' launching forth, I must get it on record that I have enjoyed It was because® have I foundread bythe himarticle and soon iffirst it isreading not too such backhanded a convincing a compliment analysis tothat him, I wasI want stimulated to say to sort out why on further thought I felt he had got it all wrong. Let me put my conclusion first, so that anyone who wants to can move on without more ado if they find my general thesis to be balderdash. '
and nart^rnmlt^A truth a complex animal: part gamer, part artist, part historian have t?' strands are not always mutually consistent and, indeed, often make him be- +bl!e ® illogically. It is, of course, equally true that different wargamers may wish to have ifatIS at oncrhntronce both so rich and varied"^^^^/^tisfied and at the in samedifferent time toproportions. prone to squabbles This I andsuspect changes L whyof ourdirection ho^ time hehe^r®"" dons Tw"the hat a. anhistorian,secretly particularly as one of ofNey's Waterloo. dashing cavaliers must have nightmares every ' To return to Space, Time andSmoke. This was an excellent argument if one could accept the under- enEafemenr^^P '''as that wargamers see themselves mostly as reproducing a divisional or corps ana has, however, made the fundamental mistake of overdoing the "war" side of wargaming how we paintna t"fh them and then assuming that how we happenintend byto handleconcentrating them will on whatbe militarily we call ourconsistent. units and of a iol^e^wt^e decision options as commander to nil a .Contrary to wnat Paddy suggests, this necessarily must include the possibili- iLie iie a"??aek®S h" "n® °f the battlefield, whilst developing another stratagem else- er whichwhieh theretL must+ be^ scope to!®" respondrepulsed to maybefore have theonly day been is wona feint, or lost. or it Paddymay meanis authenticallypotential disast corr®ct in saying that these issues are outside the ken of the divisional or corps commander, but are what the wargame is all about for the player. , u . axe
fi;.nr-p« therefore, is that the wargamer with the artist part of his soul paints a clump of Jhfrnnirj+rr®" r r ^ battalion or squadron. The romantic in him then invests ases itsexploits unfold.^ character I do notof itssee historicaleither of original,these aspects or developsof the wargamer'sfor it a table-topneeds being personality satisfied h, another part of him, however, the gamer plays with his ten battalions and personalisedL^=®^ battalions: no matter.The gamer needs this perspective, even if inconsistent with painted
vnd^i^®yoBje^ng and unlimberingI answer Paddy'sguns? point1^6 wargamer about theis wargamer'salso historian; absorption as Paddy with says, forming the literaturesquare, musket has a lot to say about battle at the battalion level, so that having manoeuvred his divisionsliterature into thehas a killing zone, he can only anticipate the outcome in battalion terms. Importantly, theions playerinto thecan have confidence in the rules giving a sensible and acceptable outcome - and this is thecrucial player if canhe loses - If they are couched in terms he can comprehend from his own researches. For crucialthe player if he the r the player, the says that the battalion+ ? troops cannot into deployan area allwhere its theycompanies, cannot ordeploy that isthe essentially division cannotthe same deploy whether'onewhether all itsone t deploy all its battalions. In tlmescale terms one should perhaps resolve the engagement in one composite test, somewhat as Boh Clifford suggests elsewhere in the same issue. However, 1 suspect most wargamers want their imaginations to he a trifle more titiLQated than this would give scope for. The details of volley, melee and morale calculation are triggers which set the adrenalin flowing and recall to mind some appropriate gripping piece of historical writing.
The rules planner and writer prohahly has to analyse the various elements 1 have discussed each in isolation, hut the final package must consciously or unconsciously recognise a mix from each - Gamer, Historian, Artist, Romantic."
P.J.Stallahrass of Ingatestone, Essex.
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"Another superb article from Paddy Griffith in May's edition. He has really made a massive con tribution recently to maintaining the Newsletter's reputation as the magazine for thinjting wargamers. What is particularly encouraging for us in the St.Andrews University WargEiming Society is that he so often anticipates or confirms the way our thinking about Napoleonic wargaming has gone in the past year and more. First there was his article stressing the importance of morale in close actions, which encouraged us to devise a set of rules by which the morale effects of being under fire or threatened by a charge are much more serious than the casualty effects. Our method was to adapt the system suggested by John Sandars in his brilliant book An Introduction to Wargaming, whereby units under fire inevitably receive morale markers whatever the casualties they suffer, if any. This dis sociation of morale from casualties enables us to come close to reproducing the extremely light casualty rates indicated in Hughes's Firepower, without making attacks long-drawn-out and indecisive; quite the reverse.
Now comes Paddy Griffith's article on divisional and brigade actions, just as we were beginning to wonder about that annoying habit wargame units have of reacting immediately to any new circum stances - something Brig. Peter Young complained of so many years ago. We have, in fact, already limited the tactical orders possible in our battles; for example, we prevent the voluntary formation of squares (used so often as a parking mode when there are any enemy cavalry on the table) and we put an element of risk into retrograde movement in the face of the enemy. But we now want to see brigades and divisions mean something and we want an end to the independently-active, super-resourceful battal ion or squadron C.A., even in such mundane things as deployment, where so often units adjust themselves to the fact that the player has not left enough room for them to manoeuvre. And we have also come to agree with Mr.Griffith that a central concern is the ability of commanders of brigades and divisions, and, even more signifieant, their morale. Most Napoleonic wargames are fought like battles of attri tion, where the winner is he who can destroy units; we suspect that a more authentic aim would be to destroy the opposing commander-in-chief's will to win and that that means progressively destroying, not so much his fighting units, but the morale of his subordinates, his general officers. The question is how we reproduce this aspect of Napoleonic warfare in a wargame. Some sort of morale or initiative test for general officers seems called for, but several problems then arise. First, when should such a test be applied? Should it be.when elements of the brigade or division suffer adverse morale, so that a general with, say, fifty percent of the units in his command dis ordered must test morale? But in such a case many of the elements of his formation will probably be retreating anyway. Suppose, then, we test morale for a general when his command has performed the tasks originally set it or when the player would like to change those orders without sending his C- in-C figure across the table to do it. The problem here is to define the conditions requiring such a test, given that orders will not be known by an opponent, who will not therefore know whether an initiative test is required or not (an umpire, of course, would sove this difficulty).
Second, what factors should we take into account? Unit morale tests are usually based-on a chance factor, a factor reflecting casualties, several modifications related to the unit's situation and possibly a national characteristic or status (guard, line, militia) factor. If for the last we substitute a personal rating and for casualties we read disordered units under command, can we use the same system for general officers? But what personal factor is significant, initiative or stamina, imagination or the lack of it? And if we do not locate brigade and division morale (if only as a convenient wargaming fiction) in the psyche of the formation C.O., how is the morale of higher forma tions different from that of single units?
Lastly, what should be the results of such morale tests? Unit morale table results run along a continuum from carry on obeying orders through stand to retire or rout in disorder. Does this also cover the appropriate reactions of a division or brigade? Most of us have probably had trouble with opponents who insist on making their units rout in the best possible direction, and perhaps our in— dignation has only been tempered by memories of when we have retired our own units carefully between others so as not to disturb them. Imagine how these problems would multiply when carrying out an enforced brigade retreat, especially if some of its elements are relatively fresh and in good order. What is more, the announcement of the result of a test would surely give your opponent valuable in formation about your future moves, when in real life there might be some delay before we found out what was happening. Meiny generals misinterpreted enemy activity as a retreat and exposed their forces to counter-attack (think of Salamanca), while equally as many have cautiously advanced against an enemy who is no longer there. Is there no method other than the use of an umpire to make such events possible on tbe wargames table?
There must be many readers of the Newsletter who have struggled with questions like these and can supply interesting answers. If Paddy Griffith himself could provide some, 1 am sure we would all be grateful. His articles have been an inspiration, and that includes his piece on campaigning with out maps in March's edition. But might 1 suggest, without starting another argument, that what he describes there is basically what our friends who play Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games have been doing for some time now?" y
Christopher MacLachlan of St Andrews, Fife.
ooOoo c^eoamo to my attention throughthat a numberthe last of few conventions Issues of normally the Newsletter held at andthe otherbeginning wargamlng of the magazines year have It not been on or advertised. The major ommlslons seem to be Southern Mllltalre and Midland Mllltalre. ^irbrh^anot be held +hthis year." ConventionNow the questions being held I askedIn Nottingham myself were this - l)year have It wouldthose peopleseem that who Arenausually will these events lost interest; 2) have wargamers generally lost Interest and 3) has the whole thing now got too expensive? If either of the first two points apply this spells trouble for wargam- and chance^ to meetespecially fellow wargamers as I and buta great also manyto see others first go hand to conventions the multiplicity not only of figuresfor the avallLleatmosphere done other than charging more at the door or choosing smaller venues.
Itself was only one day^ (perhaps a sign of the event,growing the expense?). well run andWhereas Interesting usually Salute I have '79. been which to at least two or three with plans made for a couple more. organisers or some of these and future events would care to comment as I serlouslv years!" danger of losing some of the considerable gains made over the last few
Ian Wilson of Coventry.
ooOoo NEWSLETTER, which are passed on publishingto other Interested their magazine parties. LITTLE On WARS,this, sendtheir copies secretary to WARGAMER'S wrltes;- + IS also another thing for which we should thank you, andreceived that Is, a'letter for having from FrerKo^Ipassed the cL! ?f • !'' Belletln. So we thought of sending you more than one Ushers and an^whn°a! kind enough to show them around, to remind figure makers, experts, pub- In m! rr!ffith^« wargamlng that wargames has really reached Italy, and Act only helps us It ^will ® ?be very difficultAdmittedly, to get here out we of areIt byIn ourselves."a seml-prehlstorlc situation but If no one Gregory Alegl, Acting Secretary, Little Wars, Rome.
ooOoo SOOKS (Continued from page 24-) pictures compares the combat fields of World Wars One and Two with their present situation. 'Now thev have produced a book AIRFIELDS OF THE EIGHTH U.S.ARMY AIR FORCE - THEN AND NOW, packed with photo graphs and with a text by Roger A.Freeman whom I heard speak most Interestingly on this same subtect during a recent visit to the Imperial War Museum's outdoor exhibits at Duxford. Obviously of greater interest, to Americans than to us, nevertheless the hook is packed with illustrated comparison- photographs, a sample of which Is given In the brochure from which I am obtaining this Information. Apparently the volume is 12" x 82" contain over 400 photos and 70 maps and, with an eye on the American market. Is priced at j(23.50 Including airmail postage from Great Britain. Bill Thurbon, that Indefatigable reader from Cambridge, wishes to recommend the following books:- "The Tartar Khan's Englishman" by Gabriel Ronay. The author Is a Transylvanlan who came to England after the crushing of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. The book Is primarily a piece of historical de tection based on a small reference to an Englishman In the service of Ghengls Khan - found In Matthew^ Paris's Chronicle of St.Albans Abbey. It Is a most Intriguing piece of research and reconstruction. It would take far better scholars than me to make a critical assessment of the reconstruction of the Identity of the "Englishman". But there Is a good deal In some chapters about the campaign of Baku Khan and Subotal In Russia and Eastern Europe: only fortune saved Western Europe from falling to the Mongols.
There are details of Mongol discipline, tactics. Intelligence, signalling and mobility. Contrast ing to a still too commonly held view, the Mongol hordes were not so enormous as thought, but they had a pre-Napoleonlc tactic, of moving In detachments, to deceive and scatter enemy forces, and then concentrating at the decisive point - they had very up-to-date engineers eind "artillery" for the time. They overran Russia and all Eastern Europe, and only the death of Ogodor, the son of Ghengls Khan, and the necessity of the clan leaders to return to Karakorum to elect the new Kha Khan saved medieval Europe, and possibly France and England.
There seems to me to be here Ideas for a number of wargames - and possibly to game m,, pet Idea of the English longbowman against the Mongol Horse Archer. Unfortunately the Mongols were at their peak before the English longbowmen had developed.
I think Ghengls Khan must rank among the Great Captains, possibly third behind Alexander and Hannibal - perhaps the greatest Cavalry Captain of History.
The book Is published by Cassells at £6.95p« It seems to have caught on - Heffers here has sold out their first supply and I had to wait until a fresh supply came in. LOOKING AROUND
AVALON HILL GENERAL - March-April 1979* Packed with the usual in-depth information about board wargames, particularly the World War Two game Cross of Iron. Also numerous scenarios for this and other games, which might well be used by miniature wargamers. There is much to be learned about war- games in miniatures from the well organised activities of the board wargamers.
GUIDON - Journal of the Miniature Figure Collectors of America - Vol.36; No.k 1978. Contains articles with illustrations of uniforms, etc., on The Brazilian-Argentinian War 1825-28; Notes on how to handle model soldier auctions; uniforms of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; plus figure reviews and other features.
BOLLETTINO PI LITTLE WARS - February 1979. An enthusiastic amateur publication in Italian written and produced by a fast-growing group of wargamers in Italy.
LONE WARRIOR - Journal of the Solo Wargamer's Association - May 1979. Always enthusiastically produced - contains articles on Solo board wargaming; Solo campaigning; Star Trek; The Battle of Talavera as a wargame; buildingup characters for Solo wargames; a battle situation; plus book reviews and interesting correspondence pages.
MILITARY JOURNAL - Winter 1978/9. Now called THE NEW MILITARY JOURNAL for Military Modelers and Historians available from 218 Beech Street, Bennington VT 05201, U.S.A., ^14.00 for four journals and eight Newsletters per annum. Very full of information and features on the 20th Century military scene, including articles on The Malmedy Massacre of December 1944; World War One Naval Camouflage; Viet Cong Assassination Pistol; B-26 Marauder; North Vietnamese Armour; the Italian 90/53 self- propelled gun; Jack Churchill of the British Commandos; M7 Priest with 9.75 mortar; The Polish Army in the West; NATO's Air Defence; Bataan; North African Campaign; plus many other features, book re views, etc., and Military Journal Special No.l "Messerschmitts over Spain". If you are interested in World Wars One and Two (admittedly with an American slant) then this magazine is for you.
MILITARY MODELLING - June 1979. Perhaps the fattest number of all and packed with information illustrations and colour. Features of interest to wargamers include South Vietnamese uniforms and insignia; Terry Wise's Observation Post; AFV Info; The First Battle of St.Albans 1455; Modelling the German A7V tank of World War One; Military Markings; Boardgame review; Medieval warfare at sea; The Knights of Crecy; Terrain for wargamers by Stuart Asquith; Charles Grant on a Wargame Table Top Teaser; plus all the usual features reviewing the latest books, figures, models, etc., and corres pondence pages. To say nothing of a host of advertisements that keep the wargamer up-to-date with what is available.
SOLDIER MAGAZINE - May 1979. Beautifully illustrated articles on the Royal Green Jackets in Fiji; The Bofors gun; The Gurkha Signals Unit; The South Staffordshire Military Museum; the story of two badge collectors; plus reviews of Military LPs and the latest books.
WAR MONTHLY - May 1979. Very well illustrated articleson the Dieppe Raid; World War One Air Ace Lufbery; Harrier Jump Jet; Passchendaele 1917; Land Mines; and Koniggratz 1866.
A WARGAMER'S DIARY by "Housecarle"
To complete my new set of Garrison Vikings, which I mentioned last month, I bought five of the cavalry, or, if the lists are to be obeyed, mounted infantry. The horseman (shall we call him) is a heavy cavalry warrior with the familiar woolly cummerbund with which many of the infantry range are thoughtfully provided, sitting on an equally woolly saddlecloth, on a distinctly elegant steed of the type much favoured at modern flat-race meetings. He has a long spear, a shield, and set me thinking about Dark Ages horsemen.
The standard Viking view of horses was that they were useful for getting about the countryside, raiding and so forth, before the warrior dismounted for the more serious business of hand-to-hand fighting. In this they seem to have been only a little less conservative than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts by virtue of their attested use of horses in 888 (Montfaucon) or 968 (Sulcoit). To be fair, the terrain of Norway and Sweden is perhaps not conducive to the rearing of bloodstock, even if Denmark is a bit flatter, and transporting the beasts must have been an off-putting thought to the seafaring men of the fjords, pace Duke William (a descendent). Your Anglo-Saxon must, it seems, rely even more on inbred tradition (as I have argued elsewhere) for his stubborn preference for foot-fighting. Perhaps confronting only Viking marauders themselves over a period of three hundred years obviated the necessity of developing tactics of more subtlety. How astounded the stolid Wiltshire fyrdman must have been at Ashdown when the young Atheling Alfred went so far as to attack the Danes in two separate divisions! This sort of military refinement worked wonders (he apparently attacked uphill, too), and if it succeeded, why bother with cavalry envelopment, pincer movements and the like?
Whether Harald Godwinsen had the beating of the Bastard Duke with all his horses we shall never know, but the medieval ascendancy of foot over cavalry had yet to begin. Englishmen, after all, prefer racing horses to fighting on them. That having been said, I do like my Viking horseman to be on a suitably unromantic mount; something like a Shetland pony seems ideal. The evocative illustra tions on "The World of the Vikings" drawn by Svenolov Ehren, will show you when I mean. The steeds are shaggy, squat, and low-slung, their riders ungainly, legs hanging low. These ponies were hardy and, in steeplechasing parlance, lasted for ever. An Arab thoroughbred, while it might have fetched gold in the markets of Miklagard, would be small use to the warrior who had to cross Suffolk by dusk. I am sure Garrison or Hinchliffe do a packhorse that would be just the thing! Now perhaps someone can tell me the tactical value on the table of having 200 mounted infantry, as I face hordes of densely swirling Huns, or immaculately manoeuvringRomans, with my trusty housecarles! NOTICE BOARD
NATIONAL ARMY MUSETIM SIIMMRB CLUB. 1Q79 This extremely popular annual event lor young people between the ages of 7 and 1? takes on a new lormat this year for its four week programme, Mondays to Fridays between 23 July and 17 August. Morning sessions, 10.00 to 13.00, are devoted to a season of famous films, and illustrated talks In which weapons, uniforms and relics may all be examined at close quarters. Afternoon sessions begin at 14.00. Monday afternoons are devoted to more advanced and detailed talks on subjects ranging from Colonial Warfare to Airborne Forces. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons provide a chance for skilled modelmakers to work in plastic under the guidance of renowned experts. Entries for the club's model making competition will be judged and displayed in the last week. Demonstrations and participation in wargames of various periods occur on Thursday and Friday afternoons, and should provide much en joyment for devotees and beginners alike. A special series of quiz sheets on topics as diverse as music and medals, and Gallery Trails following the fortunes of personalities from Cromwell to Kitchener, have been devised to Introduce younger members to the museum's impressive collections. Prizes may be won in the gallery competi tions as well as in the weekly General Military Knowledge Quiz. All activities, except Gallery Trails, take place in the Lecture Theatre. No further space is available because of the extensive building programme now under way. Full programme and membership details are available from - The Education Department, National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4HT. Tel; 01-730 O717 Ext. 28.
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PENINSULAR WAR WATERCOLOURS PURCHASED BY THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM; The National Army museum has bought at Sothebys for £2,750 two watercolours illustrating incidents in the Peninsular War. They are by the Swiss landscape artist Henri L'Eveque, who was travelling in Spain and Portugal during the campaign. The pictures show the British troops landing in Mondego Bay, Portugal under the direction of Capt. Poulteney Malcolm RN early in August 1808 at the start of opera tions, and their first engagement with General de la Borde's French troops a few days later. The French were routed by an attack from the hilltops above the strategically important village of Rolica and forced to withdraw down three narrow passes to Torres Vedras. L'Eveque (1769-I832) brought a series of these watercolour sketches to England about 1813 to publish them as a volume of 19 engravings with accompanying text entitled Campaigns of the British Army in Portugal. His aim, he explained, was to illustrate "the principal events which have added so much to the glory of the British and Portuguese Armies". The apparent reality of these representations of such events is made particularly convincing by L'Eveque's combination of an eye for military detail and an awareness of the atmosphere of the Portuguese landscape.
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This month's Newsletter is being edited in two parts - hasty preliminary work done before leav ing for South Africa to attend Zulu War Centenary Commemorations ceremonies and later work under the stress of extreme fatigue and near exhaustion arising from the quite incomparable and highly-charged fourteen days spent on Boer War and Zulu War battlefields. Fuller details will be given in later issues - the events of the last fourteen days are certainly something that has to be shared with my fellow wargamers! -■ i^l' ■ W i ■
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In order to be able to reproduce armies of various nationalities together with the diverse array of arms and armour In this period we have cast the shields seperately to allow you the choice. Simply order the appropriate number of the required type, at no extra cost. The same applies to standards, and as usual we offer a choice of horses. It Is now possible for an army to field 300+ completely different C15 Knights. Note ALL figs cast without shields. State No. of each shield required. I
C15 Knight in helm with lance MP32 Unarmoured pikeman Barded Horse Charging C15 Knight in helm with sword MP33 Armoured pikeman Saddled horse charging C15 Knight in bascinet with lance MP34 Armoured pikeman with pavaisse (order MS11) Barded horse walking C15 Knight in bascinet with war hammer MP35 Unarmoured billman Saddled horse walking C15 Knight In sallet with lance MP36 Armoured billman Horse with plate armour C15 Knight in sallet with axe MP37 Unarmoured longbowman Almond shield C15 Knight in close helmet with lance MP38 Armoured longbowman Burgundinian convex cav shield C15 Knight in close helmet with mace MP39 Unarmoured crossbowman Italian heart-shaped cav shield C15 Knight in kettle hat with lance MP40 Armoured crossbowman Spanish inf. shield C15 Knight in kettle hat with sword MP41 Unarmoured spearman Large round shield with boss Mounted Lord in frogmouth helm MP42 Armoured spearman Smalt round shield with b^ Mounted man at arms with lance MP43 Unarmoured halberdier Large plain round shield Mounted man at arms with standard (state choice) MP44 Armoured halberdier Small plain round shield Mounted crossbowman MP45 Unarmoured handgunner Squared top kite shield Mounted Archer MP46 Armoured handgunner I Jousting shield with rest Mounted Herald MP46 Drummer Scottish pavaisse Dismounted MP5 with 2 handed sword MP48 Herald : Ordinary medieval shield Dismounted MP7 with sword MP49 Peasant with pitchfork Rectangular banner Dismounted MP9 with spear MP50 Peasant with scythe Standard with round tails Dismounted MP11 with pole axe MP51 Peasant with cudgel Standard with pointed tails Dismounted MP13 with mace MP52 Arquebusier Guidon Man at arms with pole axe Gonofannon Man at arms with spear Man at arms with standard (state choice)
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This remarkable book for wargamers and those Interested in military history describes a novel numerical method for predicting the course and outcome of battles and campaigns. Using historical examples from Waterloo and the American Civil War and the recent Arab-Israel War, the author demonstrates the validity of his theory and concludes that it could be a reliable method of forecasting the outcome of future conflicts. 224 pp £795 M
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