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MPAl Command pack: Macedonian, Greek or Thracian Mounted General & 2 Sub-Generals MPA2 Command pack: Macedonian, Greek or Thracian Foot Officers & Trumpeters THRACIANS: MPA3 Peltast with Rhomphaia & 15mm shield Each pac k includes 8 infantry, 6 Command, 4 MPA4 Pellast, javelin & shield or 3 Mounted Command for $2, 19 per MPA5 Javelinmen (Ass. poses) EARLY AND LATER pack, MPA6 Heavy cavalry ACHAEMENID PERSIANS VIKINGS MPA7 Light cavalry MPA48 General & driver in two horse Code MACEDONIAN, GREEK or THRACIAN: light chariot ($2.49) VA 1 Command Pack: MPA8 Slinger MPA49 Mounted command Mounted General, MPA9 Archer firing MPA50 Persian H.C. Uav) Mounted Sub-General, MPA10 Archer loading MPA50a Mounted Noble Persian or Median H.C. with jav VA2 Command Pack: Two & bow MACEDONIANS: MPA51 standard bearerl?, three MPAll Heavy cavalry with javelins Companions heavy cavalry MPA51a assorted chieftains, one MPA12 Command pack: Companions Heavy cavalry javelins & bow Ulfhednar (wolfskin one) Officer/Std. bearer MPA52 Extra heavy cav., with javelins VA3 Huscarls (assorted MPA13 Prodromoi light cavalry MPA53 Foot Command (3 Officers, 3 poses) MPA14 Thessalian medium cavalry Std . bearers) VA4 Bondi spearmen MPA15 Thessalian light cavalry MPA54 Immortals (assorted) MPA16 Skythian horse archer MPA55 Persian or Median in!. jav & sh . VA5 Bondi axemen (assorted) MPA17 Hippakontistai light cavalry VA6 Bondi archers firing MPA56 Persian or Median inf., jav & bow MPA18 Phalangites firing VA7 Bondi archers (assorted) MPA19 Hypaspists VAS Berserks (assorted) MPA57 Persian or Median in!. , jav., MPA20 Agranian javelinman bow., sh . VA9 Mounted Huscarles MPA21 Cretian archer MPA58 Paphlagonian javelin man (assorted) MPA22 Stall slinger MPA59 Phoenician marine jav & sh . VA10 Mounted Bondi MEPA23 Elephant with driver and (assorted) MPA60 Kardakes, bow, sh . raised jav. pikeman-$3.49 MPA61 LATER FRANKISH MEPA24 Kardakes, bow, sh ., jav. at the Elephant with driver & howdah ready OR NORMAN with two javelinmen-$3.99 MPA62 NA 1 Command Pack: Kardakes, bow, sh ., throwing jav. MPA63 Later Persian archers Mounted General, MPA64 Mounted standard Later Persian sl ingers MPA65 bearer, Mounted Noble Later Persian Javelinmen Franks MEPA66 Four horse scythed chariot with NA2 Medium infantry driver ($3.49) NA3 Heavy infantry (NOTE: For Archosian light cav., use MPA17) NA4 Medium cavalry with horse NA5 Heavy cavalry with horse Lombards NA6 Heavy cavalry with horse ARAB CONQUEST/ARAB EMPIRE NA7 Medium cavalry with AEAl Mounted General horse AEA2 Heavy cavalry NAB Light archer (assorted) HOPLITESample GREEK: file AEA3 Medium/Heavy cav. Bretons AEA4 Light cavalry NA9 Mounted Knight with M-PA25 Hoplites (Ass. helmets) MPA26 Spartan Hoplites Pilos helr:let AEA5 Horse archer horse AEA6 Khorasanian horse archer NA10 Light cavalry with horse MPA27 Theban Hoplites Boitian helmet MPA28 Heavy Hoplites AEA7 Camel rider with bow Nonnans AEA8 Camel rider, lance & shield NA 11 Mounted Knight with MPA29 Peltasts (Ass. poses) MPA30 Javelinmen (Ass. poses) AEA9 Foot command Officers & Std . horse bearers NA12 Dismounted Knight MPA32 Light cavalry MPA33 Getic horse archer AEA10 Spearmen or javelinmen NA13 Heavy spearman advancing NA14 Medium spearman MPA34 Bactrian or Sogidan light cav., jav & bow AEA11 Spearmen at the ready NA15 Crossbowman AEA12 Archers firing NA 16 Archer (assorted poses) AEA13 Hadjis/two handed swordsmen NA 17 Swabian two handed AEA14 Javelinmen swordsman AEA15 Slingers NA 18 Command Pack: 3 AEA16 Berber javelinmen/Ghulams Officers, 3 standard AEA17 Sudaness Ghulam spearmen bearers AEA18 Sudanese Ghulam archers INDIAN: MEPt\35 General & driver mounted on BACTRIAN GREEK (Part) elephant-$3.9,9 MPA67 Bodyguard heavy cavalry MEPA36 General in howdah with MPA68 Heavy cavalry umberella holder mounted on CATHAGINIAN MPA68a Extra heavy cavalry elephant with driver-$3.99 MPA72 Poeni heavy cav. jav. & MPA34 Light cavalry Elephant with driver & two •• MEPA38 shield MPA69 Phalanx pikemen archers-$3.49 MPA70 Peltast MEPA38 Elephant with driver & two MPA73 Campanian med. cav. jav. & sh . (Use MPA 17 for Arachosian light cav.) javelinmen-$3.49 (Use MPA16 for Saka horse archers) MEPA39 Two hors e chari ot with dri\'e' , MPA74 Spanish med/light cav. archer & javelinman-$2 .iI -l MPA75 Numidian light cav. MEPMO Four horse ch arl ol with twe; MPA76 Poeni citizen spearman drivers , two ar chers & two med/heavy javelinmen-3.99 MPA77 Medium Libyan spearman MPA41 Medium cavalry MPA78 Heavy Libyan spearman MPA4 2 Heavy cavalry MPA42a Extra heavy cavalry MPA79 Libyan javelinman MPA43 Foot archers (Ass. poses) MPA80 Command pack: Officer/ MPA44 Medium javelinmen Std . bearer MPA45 Heavy javelin men MEPABl Libyan or Carthaginian 4 MPA46 Maiden guards horse chariot with driver MPA47 Light javelinman throwing & 2 javelin men - $3.99 ACW17 Cavalry in slouch charging CAMEL CORPS/CAL VARY with drawn sword ACW18 Dismounted cavalry in Command: Mtd . firing OC5 ACW19 Dismounted cavalry in kepi inflStaff Officers kneeling OC9 Mounted camel corps ACW20 Dismounted cavalry in kepi OC10 Command: 2 Camel Corps advancing Officers, ACW21 Dismounted cavalry slouch hat 1 Mounted Bugler firing OCll Dismounted camel corps ACW22 Dismounted cavalry slouch hat OC12 Command: 4 Camel Corps kneeling firing Officers, ACW23 Dismounted cavalry slouch hat 2 Dism . Buglers advancing Kneeling camel (3 per pack) ACW24 Command Pack: 3 Dismounted OC13 NOTE: All figures are in campaign dress horse holders 3 horses OC14 21 st lancers, charging and are suitable for both Union and • ACW24a Command Pack: 6 horses for OC15 Command: 2 lancer Officers, Confederate. Some of the Regiments and use with horse holders 1 Bugler, charging the Zouarves are named, but are suitable ACW25 Command Pack: 3 Dismounted OC16 Artillery crew (6 figs) for other Regiments. Officersl3 Dismounted Standard OC17 Gattling gun crew bearers advancing OC17a Gattling gun navy crew ACW1 Infantry in kepi & tunic firing ACW26 Zouarve in kepi firing () ACW1a Infantry in kepi & shell jacket ACW27 Zouarve in kepi advancing OC17b Gattling gun Navy crew firing ACW28 Zouarve in firing, 5th N.V. (naval ) ACW2 Infantry in slouch hat & Tunic Pen . firing ACW29 Zouarve in fez advancing, ACW2a Infantry in slouch hat & shell Volunteers jacket firing ACW30 Zouarve in stocking hat firing , ACW3 Infantry in fock coat & kepi 9th N.V. firing ACW31 Zouarve stocking hat ACW4 Infantry in frock coat & slouch advancing, Louisiana hat firing (Iron Brigade) ACW32 Zouarve in firing , ACW5 Infantry in kepi & tunic Zouarves advancing ACW33 Zouarve in turban advancing ACW5a Infantry in kepi & shell jacket ACW34 Command Pack: 3 Zouarve MAHDISTS: advancing Officers/3 Zouarve std. bearers ACW6 Infantry in frock coat & kepi • ACW34a Command Pack: Zouarve advancing Officers We have designed the Mahdist figures to ACWl Infantry in slouch hat & tunic ACW34b Command Pack: Zouarve give the greatest variety possible . advancing Standard bearers Mounted figures have two variants. and ACWla Infantry in slouch hat & shell ACW35 Command Pack: Assorted foot figures have an average of three. jacket advancing Artillerymen Therefore, you can command an army of ACW8 Infantry in frock coat & slouch ACWE1 2 cannon per pack fanatics which look true to life ...... ! hat advancing (Iron Brigade) ACW9a Command Pack: Infantry Officer ANSAR: in kepi ACW9b Cammand Pack: Standard bearer in kepi OC18 Mounted camels (sword) ACW9c Command Pack: Infantry Officer Sample file OC19 Mounted camels (spear) in slouch hat OC20 Horsemen ACW9d Command Pack: Standard OC2l Spearmen bearer in slouch hat OC22 Spearmen attacking ACWge Command Pack: 3 Infantry OC23 Spearmen throwing Officersl3 Standard bearers in Riflemen kepi OC24 ACW9f Command Pack: 3 Infantry COLONIAL-SUDAN OC25 Command: Leaders & Officersl3 Standard bearers Std. bearers) slouch hat BRITISH INFANTARY OC26 Command: Gun crew ACW10 Cavalry holding carbine in kepi (use cannon OCE 1) ACW11 Cavalry in kepi firing carbine OCl Firing (Puttees) ACW11a Cavalry in kepi firing shotgun OC2 At the ready (Puttees) FUZZIE WUZZIES: ACW12 Cavalry in slouch hat firing OC3 At the ready (trousers) carbine OC4 Foot command: 2 Officers, 2 ACW12a Cavalry in slouch hat firing OC27 Spearmen Sergeants, 2 Buglers shotgun OC28 Spearmen attacking ACW13 Mounted Command: Officer in OC29 Swordsmen kepi , drawn sword SCOTS: (Kilt) OC30 Riflemen ACW13a Mounted Command: Standard DEALEB.1NQUIRIES INVITED bearer in kepi (This figure can OC6 Firing Mail orders add $2:00 shipping and be used for Rush's Lancers) ACW14 OC7 At ease handling charges to all orders under Mounted Command: Officer $25. 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THE CRIMEAN WAR; TWIXT COSSACKS AND CANNON DAVID L. RA YBIN reviews that war and its armies ...... • .....•...... •...... •...... 5

THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA FRANK CHADWICK describes the least known army of the war ...... • ...... 15

FORLORN HOPE - ASSAULT OF A FORTRESS IN THE GUNPOWDER ERA HOWARD WHITEHOUSE with a playable set of siege rules ...... •...... 17

THE BA ITLE OF MOLLIERE'S FARM LARR Y BROM with a battle report using his Franco-Prussian War rules ...... •...... 23

STEVE CURTIS MEMORIAL TROPHY MIKE BLAKE describes the Western Gunfight game at Armageddon . ... •...... •. . .. •...... 31

1/285-1/300 SCALE MINIATURES FOR MODERN GAMING BILL RUTHERFORD with a survey of available vehicle models ...... • ...... •...... 47

THE AIT ACK ON THE SON TE SPECIAL FORCES CAMP MAX RA Y with a modern pe riod battle report ...... 49

FOG OF WAR, NAPOLEONIC SKIRMISH AT GETTYSBURG CARL WEST with a method for recreating the for of war in games ...... • ...... • ...... •...... 61

NAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGNING AT THE US MILITARY ACADEMY CADET K. MacWATERS and MAJOR RHA Y describe a campaign game ...... • ...... 63

TACTICAL HINTS FOR USING WRG 7TH EDITION TERRY GORE with observations for beginners and experts alike ...... 67

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE BASING OF ELEMENTS K.G. MADISON on basing wargames figures for WRG 7th and Sampleothers ...... • . . ...file. . .. . •...... 69 DEPARTMENTS

SAPPER'S REPORT Larry Brom and making Table Top Towns ...... • ...... 29

THE REVIEWING STAND with Jay Hadley ...... • ...... 39

THE COURIER DISPATCH News of the Hobby ...... •.... .• ...... 53

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VOLLEY FIRE What you like (or hate) about THE COURIER ...... 72 COVER: The Charge of the Light Brigade; the original hangs in the Havannah Officer's Mess and is reprinted by permission of the Commandant and Officers of the School of Electrical & Mechanical at Bordon, H England.

3 m:br ~I)u·tt.i-t·tt THE MANAGING EDITOR: Richard L. Bryant VANGUARD BUSINESS MANAGER: Leo Cronin ART DIRECTOR: Joseph Miceli ADVERTISING MANAGER: Bruce Milligan THEME EDITOR: NAPOLEON THE LITTLE EDITOR'S NOTES Pat Condray CONTRIBUTING EDITORS William Abrams; Jim Arnold; Ken Bunger; Robert Beattie; Lynn Bodin; Rodman Burr; Steve Carpenter; Pat Condray; Todd Fisher; Bill Greenwald; Jay Hadley; Ian Knight; Paul Koch; Doug Johnson; Robert Mosca; Nick Nascati; Kruse Smith; Walter Simon. STAFF CARTOONISTS: THE NEW THEME YEAR Brian Lum Jose Niera STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: Over 500 ballots were received with readers' choices for the next theme year. Many sent them Pat Condray Tom Desmond in without bothering to fill in the rest of Volley Fire ... folks, Volley Fire isjustas important to the contents you will see in The Courier as is the vote for the theme year. THE COURIER DISPATCH: Hal Thinglum ST AFF ILLUSTRATORS I weighted the vote as follows: If a theme received a first place vote it rated a 3, a second place Alan Archambault, AI Karasa, John Thull, vote a 2, and a third place vote a 1. The highest sum was the winner. Joe Matthews, Larry Schuman, Terry Manton, Bill Greenwald The winning theme is The French and Indian War with 620 " points"; second was (su rprise) The TYPESETTING: Steve Brown WWI colonial period with 462 points; third was The Dark Ages with 381 .

PRINTING: Quantum Printing Bill Protz has agreed to be Theme Editor and has already lined up a very impressive list of THE COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. authors and articles for the series. Of course we will continue to cover all the main periods and Richard L. Bryant, President have some very interesting rule sets to present later on .. . such as a set of Ancient Rules based on DIRECTORS On to Richmond! Richard Brya nt, Leo Cronin, Joseph Miceli Let me take this opportunity to thank Pat Condray for the fine job he did in opening our eyes to THE COURIER is published approximately bi-monthly the Franco-Prussian War as an interesting gaming period. at Brockton, MA 02401 USA. SUBSCRIPTIONS HERE WE GO AGAIN! USA - $16.00; & S. AMERICA, surface rate - $19.00. It has come to my attention that a major US Miniature Wargame distributor is in the process of & EUROPE write to: Ahketon, suing a major US Miniature Manufacturer for alleged restraint of trade and slander to the tune UK, Unit 12A Olds Approach, Tolpitts Lane, Watford, Sampleof $1 .6 million! Yup! file MILLION!! Herts, England. write to: Essex Miniatures Pty., Ltd., 40 I suppose a counter suit will come about as well. I would not be surprised if, before it's over, Railway Parade, Lakemba, NSW 2195 . other manufacturers, distributors, and perhaps even gaming personalities will be drawn into BACK ISSUES the vortex. Whatever the facts, whoever the wronged party, wherever lies the justice in the Recent back issues are available for $4 .00, USA; $4.50 case, the sure losers will be the Hobby and the average miniature warga mer. Canada & Foreign surface; $5.50 Foreign airmail. See last page of issue for listing. Monies in US funds Two major suppliers to the hobby will now expend most of their energies in trying to gut one drawn on US banks or I nternational Postal Money another rather than getting out that new line or importing the latest reference book. Their Order. Subscriptions start with NEXT published issue suppliers will probably experience a slowdown in payments as the economies of the warring after receipt of payment powers are geared to the battle. The ripple effect in such a small hobby ca n be tremendous.

No responsibility is assumed for statements of fad or I remember the hurt experienced in the FRP hobby when TSR and GAMA fell out (a schism opinion made by the authors. No responsibility is thankfully repaired with TSR sponsoring Origins 88) and I am afraid of what can happen here. assumed for unsolicited manuscripts, but all sub­ missions are welcome, no query necessary. All sub­ I ask these parties to consider whether the righting of the wrong they was done to them is missi ons should contain a self-addressed STAMPED worth the damage that will be done to the hobby that is both their livelihood and their envelope large enough to return the submission. avocation. This magazine and other publications ofThe Courier Publishing Company are sold with the understanding that every reasonable attempt is made to deliver QUOTABLE WARGAME QUOTES them safely through the mails. The Courier Publishing Company is not responsible for items lost in the " Can my WRG Ancient Army unit field part of its men with mails. Replacements will be provided at their usual cost right-handed shields so that they always count shielded? " All DOMESTIC DEALER INQUIRIES, ADVERTISING - Noel Conley Jr. quoted by Chris Parker. COpy AND INQUIRIES, DOMESTIC SUBSCRIP­ " The rules can't be accurate - I just lost." TIONS AND ARTICLES to THE COURIER, Box 1878, Brockton, MA 02403. - Bruce Miller quoted by Paul Koch Entire Contents Copyright © 1987 by The Courier "I'll roll first; Guards never rout." Publishing Company, Inc. - Dick Bryant, Quatre Bras 1969

VOl. VII, NO. 6 4 The Charge of the Heavv Brigade from a Lithograph bv w. ~m~son. courtesy of The British Muesum. london The recent interest in the era of Napoleon III has been primarily devoted often been perceived as nothing more than the desires of Napoleon III to to what Pat Condray has called the " play-offs": the Franco-Prussian War strengthen his own position by military victories. For a multitude of of 1870 in which Prussia defeated . While the 1870 conflictSample is reasons file France and England - historical enemies - found themselves as certainly the end of the era, the Crimean War unquestionably marks the allies against the Russian Empire. beginning. Indeed, France became a world power as a result of the Crimean War. But the story of the war is not just of the rise of France - it Modern warfare concerns itself to a great extent with control of the marks a major event in the history of the Russian Empire. means of transportation of troops. In 1854 naval superiority was very much a concern because of the proximity of the Russian invasion to the Since the days of Peter the Great the Czars have sought to expand the Black Sea. By its control of the Black Sea, the Russians could directly southern boundaries of Russia at the expense of the Ottoman Empire and support a land invasion which could conceivably conquer Constantinople. its neighbors. Indeed, the relatively recent invasion of Afghanistan and To thwart the Russian conquest of Turkey both France and England the potential threats to Iran are but extensions of the same philosophy. perceived that their objective would be the naval base at Sebastopol on The Crimean War of 1853-1856 was a major effort on behalf of England the Crimean peninsula. The destruction of the Russian fleet and the and France to contain yet another Russian expansion into Turkey. capture of this base would enable the allies to counter the Russian drive However, what was originally perceived as nothing more than a "colonial into Turkey. As a practical matter,' this was the only real "exposed" expedition" turned into a larger conflict which threatened to involve position since an allied invasion the Baltic to capture St. Petersburg would most of the major countries of Europe. be extremely difficult due to the strong Russian fortifications there.

In 1853 Czar Nicholas I of Russia precipitated a diplomatic incident with To begin the relief of Turkey, the French and English troops sailed to the Turkey as a pretext for hostilities. Notwithstanding the protests of England Black Sea and established themselves at Scutari which is adjacent to and France the Russians occupied the Turkish controlled provinces of Constantinople. From there a large force was sent to Varna on the east Moldavia and Wallachia located on the east coast of the Black Sea. As a result, Turkey declared war on October 5, 1853. The Russians were well aware of the intentions The Russians' invasion of Turkey began with an assault on the Turkish of the allies since almost every move of the lines on the Danube River and a siege of Silistria. Next, the Russian fleet in the Black Sea destroyed a Turkish squadron at Sinope. In addition, the English fleet was reported on the front pages of Russians began preparation for an invasion of the Caucasus border region the London Times. located on the western shore of the Black Sea. A diplomatic resolution of these matters proved impossible, and France and England declared war coast of the Black Sea. This latter move was originally intended to assist the on Russia in March, 1854. Turks who were defending the Danube line. But because the Turks successfully held back the Russians, the allied troops were now free to The reasons for the French and British intervention are certainly complex. mount an invasion of the Crimea across the Black Sea to take Sebastopol. In general, however, England thought the Russian invasion of Turkey as something of a threat to . From a more practical standpoint, the In September, 1854, the allied expeditionary force landed in the Crimea at English public became aroused by the Russians' failure to heed the Eupatoria about 25 miles north of Sebastopol. After several days of direction of the government not to invade Turkey. The French motive has 5 "organization", the allied army began its march south. Even at this early