JFK and the PT109 Incident Anthony R. Tucker Tactics in the Franco-Prussian War Part III: From Reality to Rules Mike Johnson Napoleon’s Last Victory, The Battle of Ligny, 16th June 1815 The Myth & the Reality, Part III Peter Hofschröer Forcing Fox’s Gap, 14th September 1862 A small A.C.W. scenario Paul Stevenson ‘Bursting to shell…’ David Bickley & Philip Robinson “A Savage and
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‘Have cow… will travel’ Another off beat & intriguing game for Jersey Wargames Society Edward Rodhouse The Battle of South Mills A.C.W. action in North Carolina Paul Eaton Skirmish in the Ardennes WWII action, 1940 Garry Lister Tactics in the Franco-Prussian War Part II: Prussian tactics doctrine Mike Johnson ‘A Savage and Romantic War’ Spain 1833-1840 Part 1: the course of the First
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“Achtung Schpitfeuer” WWII Air warfare gaming suggestions Jon Latimer Programmed Leaders for D.B.A. Campaigns Another add-on for the ‘Love ’em or hate ‘em’ rules P.J. Raper The Attack and Defence of Fort Stedman The struggle for Petersburg, 25th March 1865 David Bickley Variations on a theme… D.B.A.cf.D.B.M. & refight for issus, 333BC M.J. Nichol Tactics on the Franco-Prussian War Part 1: French Tactical
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Cavalry clash at Kelly’s Ford, 17th March 1862 A.C.W. Scenario Paul Stevenson The Mitrailleuse in the Franco-Prussian War Steve Shann I.T.M.A. Interchangeable Terrain with Multiple Applications David Bickley Rules for wargaming sieges in the Twelfth Century Stephen Simpson 1866…and all that The western theatre in the Six Weeks War Richard Clarke Multi-Activity Wargaming, Part 2 Continues from last month. [M.A.W. to it than meets
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Anarchy! 1140-1142 AD A medieval game based on the Stephen-Matilda civil war Stephen Simpson The Fimo Kid rides again! The star of ‘Baking saddles’ in the sequel Peter Dennis Peninsular Campaigns Insights into Iberian actions Tim Price The Merovingian Franks Part 4C: Tactics Guy Halsall ‘A night on the town’ Scenario for the night action on the Eastern Front, 1944 Bernard Garaty Multi-Activity Wargaming More experimental
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‘Baking Saddles’ Guns, Fun & Fimo – make your own Western gunfight Peter Dennis S.W.A.B. 2 The scuppers are again awash with blood: naval boarding actions John Bartlett “All is lost save honour” The Battle of Pavia, 24th February 1525 Martin Jones The Merovingian Franks Part 4B: Strategy Guy Halsall Boardgames Rules O.K. Experimental rules & rule mechanisms for board & map games R.J.
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Operation “Knight’s Move” The Raid on Tito’s H.Q., 25th May 1944 Steve Shann Bring & Buy (The article you don’t have to queue an hour to read) John Elwen “The Enemy made a great mistake in not taking possession of the sounds.” North Carolina coastal operations, 1861-62 David Bickley Improving Matrix Games A.H. lodges some new ideas for an old
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“It was our first real fight” Yorktown & Williamsburg, April-May 1862 David Bickley Kurovitsy, 30th August 1941 Another small scale action on the Eastern Front Chris Peers “This foolish game” Simple rules for Anglo-French naval battles, 1867-1873 Chris Peers Skinning the cat The attack on Eben Emael, Part 3 Tim Price More Imitation Foreign Devils Other disciplined Chinese units of the Taiping era Ian
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Steel Bonnets Skirmish rules for 16th Century Border Reivers Michael Manning Medieval Skirmish Games Andrew Cannon Skinning the Cat The attack on Eben Emael, Part 2B Tim Price The Balkan Wars Rules for the First & Second Balkan Wars Bob Cordery Grand Fleet in danger A “Jutland” 1915 scenario P.Dunn “The Mad Baron” The Mongolian campaign of Baron von Ungern-Sternberg, 1920-1921 Chris Peers Sherman’s North Carolina Campaign “It
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The Army of Louis XIV, The Maison du Roi, Part III: Musketeers & Grenadiers à Cheval Mark Allen S.A.S. – Daring to Win Wargaming the Battle of Mirbat, 19 July 1972 Ted Brown Retreat from Kaunas WWII Eastern Front scenario Simon Stokes Skinning the Cat The attack on Eban Emael, Part 2A, Another WWII scenario Tim Price Two Ancient Battles for D.B.A. 2:
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English Civil War Siege Or: Bolingbroke? Never heard of it! Graham Cummings The Battle of Raymond, 12 May 1863 A.C.W. scenario in Mississippi Paul Stevenson Two Ancient Battles for D.B.A. 1: Trebbia, 218 B.C Dave Holland & Mick Nichol Some Random Thoughts from Colours ‘93 Or, What did you do at Armageddon, Daddy? Andrew J. Smith Book + Rules = Action! A Modern(-ish!)
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Rules for mid-eighteenth century Stephen Simpson Franco-Prussian War scenarios G.J. Kennerley ‘Operation Nostalgia’, Part II Campaign rules & two sample games Richard Marsh Death, Disease and Disability in Pre-Industrial Warfare Guy Halsall ‘My Right Hand Got Tired’ The Indian Corps in 1914 (Western Front) David Bickley Three Norman battles, 1066-1157AD 3: The Battle of Hastings, 1066 Stephen Simpson Battalion, Eagles & Flags Part III: Of Spain,
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The Mountain Man Era, 1825-1840 By a man who’s been there! (Albeit 150 years later) Lance Kizer Building a Wargames Army: Part One Thirty Years War inspires the author Mark Allen ‘Loose Files and American Scramble’ Reprinted by popular demand from issue one Andy Callan Emden Supplement To ‘The Germans who never lost’ Tim Price (Very) Simple WWI Colonial Skirmish Rules Inspired by
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The Seven Years War, W.R.G. style Paul Stevenson Three Norman battle, 1066-1157AD 1: The battle of Coleshill, 1157 Stephen Simpson Wargames – a visual retrospective The old lion still roars Ian Weekley Oliver’s incomplete A to Z of WWII James Oliver Confrontation A wargames scenario for the Borneo campaign, 1963 – 66 Mark Willis Sin-bins and Stragglers (A second experimental games mechanism) James Oliver “It was
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The Capture of Bagamoyo German East Africa, 15 August 1915 Colin Rumford Debacle at Kalach A WWII Eastern Front scenario Peter P.H. Heath “Fire & Fury” Small Battles 4: Second Day at Luka John Watts The Rus – a thunderbolt from Heaven, Part Three Martin Jones De Ballis Navalis DBA Disciples (like ducks?) can now take to the water Neil Patterson Third Time Lucky ‘Invicta’
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Knights of the Air Great War Air Wargaming Ted Brown ‘Fire & Fury’ Small Battles #3: Jackson at Antietam John Watts The Rus – a thunderbolt from heaven Pt. II. Martin Jones Fire for Effect Casualty determination without tears “The chief thing is to keep the guns going.” ‘L Battery, R.H.A. at Nery, 1st September 1914 David Bickley Renaissance D.B.A. revisited Short Rules
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‘None of that Knee-to-Knee stuff” Cavalry actions at Elouges & Moncel, September 1914 David Bickley Some Late Sixteenth Century Colours Dazzling Danish Drapeaux Steve Ede-Borrett British Armies of the Seven Years War WRG author offers addenda to his SYW lists Don McHugh ‘Fire & Fury’ small battles Number 2 – Beaver Dam Creek John Watts The Italian Navy in WWII The 10th Light
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The Diamond Will be Trumps Again, the Battle of the Diamond, 1st September 1795 James S. Kane ‘Fire & Fury’ Small Battles 1: (Part of!) First Bull Run L.J. Watts Some notes on the French in Ireland, 1798 A follow up to Phil Ingram’s article in WI64 Ede-Borett The Malayan Emergency Several scenarios for jungle skirmishes Paul Elliot U-Boat Rules for
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The Army of Louis XIV during the wars of the Grand Alliance and the Spanish Succession (1688-1715) The Maison du Roi: Part Two, The Garde du Corps and the Gendarmes and Chevauleger of the Guard Mark Allen International Seeding of Players Embryo “charts” from the I.W.F. Colin Webster The Wembley Factor “Swiss” or Knock-out systems: which
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Campaign Recruiting A matrix game for recruiting for D.B.A. Campaigns Tim Price Rout or Retreat? Rearguard and pursuit additions for D.B.A. Ed White Cannons and Columns Napoleonic D.B.A. Mark Emms On casualties, the “wider context” and the increasing lethality of wargames magazine articles Chris Peers Dahomey 1892 (Teenage Amazon Women in the Jungle) Tim Price (Again) Plugging the gap to Calais The battle of Gheluvelt,
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Orange Plank/Brock Road Intersection, Battle of the Wilderness, 5 May 1864 Paul Stevenson The Myth of the Chinese Mixed Infantry Units Chris Peers The Changing Face of Samurai Warfare, 1100-1575AD Martin Jones The 48 Hours War The Gwalior Campaign, 1843 Colin Ashton The Balkan League Rules for a matrix game campaign set at the time of the First and Second
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The Battle of Quebec, 1759 The climax of the French & Indian Wars Paul Stevenson ‘Caesar at the Gates of Quebec’ D.B.A. adaptations for the French & Indian Wars Ed White S.W.A.B. – The Scuppers Were Awash with Blood Simple Napoleonic Naval Rules – don’t belay, play straight away! Tim Price Casualties, History & the ‘Benefits of War’ Part
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S.C.R.U.D Simple combat Resolution Using Dice Tim McCoy Price Grim Visaged War Rules for Late Medieval wargames Pete Duckworth Erin Go Bragh! The French Invasion of Ireland 1798 Phil Ingram Casualties, History & the ‘Benefits of War’ Part 1 A reply to Chris Peers (WI57, p23) Guy Halsall Matrix Games Bob eggs us on to try this system Bob Cordery Progeny of D.B.A (How about a
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Back to Basics V: Writing scenarios Richard Clarke St. Jerome A Franco-Prussian battle by phone Te Riri Pakeha: The White Man’s Anger Maori War rules Clive Clapson The Merovingian Franks 4A: Concepts of war & raising armies Guy Halsall The Germans that never lost Part 4: Long Range Gunnery Rules T.McCoy Price Figure Range Review Polly Oliver 15mm ACW figures Paul Stevenson Confessions of a Battlefield Tour
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The Death of Quetzalcoatl Fall of the Aztec Empire Pete Duckworth War of the Grand Alliance, Part 11 French infantry update, Part 1 Mark Allen Napoleon DBA’d Another variant on WRGs popular rules Andrew Thomas The Germans who never lost, Part 3 Weapons & Equipment Guy Halsall Computer Game Review Ian Soulsby V.M.S Fair preview Wargame Rules for 2mm scale micro-tanks and figures Andrew Thomas Home thoughts
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War of the grand Alliance, Part X French Infantry, Uniforms & Equipment Part 6 Mark Allen Saudi Arabia and ‘Desert Storm’ Anthony Tucker Kursk, 7 – 14 July 1943, Part 3 Continued from WI57 Martin S. Pike The Germans who never lost, Part 2 Strategic Rules Timothy McCoy Price The Hadrian’s Wall Experience Tread in the caligae – steps of the Legions Paul
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Modern Musketeers Rules of modern firefights M. Bishop Back to Basics III: Artillery Getting the most from your tabletop guns Richard Clarke “My God – Maiwand!” Afghanistan – never a good country to invade! Paul Stevenson Artillery of the Sung Dynasty An unsung arm of the Sung army? Chris Peers Rules for the Wars of the Roses Time for a good hack! John Bartlett The
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War of the Grand Alliance, Part IX French Infantry Colours & Uniforms, Part V Mark Allen The Earl of Peterborough’s Campaigns in Spain, 1705-1706 England’s earlier Peninsular War David Bickley Off the Beaten Track A late WWII wargame scenario Bernard Garaty Further notes on 1/200th scale aircraft Supplement to Chris Peers’ article in WI53 C.G. Sayer Computer game reviews Napoleonic & submarine
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The Market at Bhowelpore The mini-master-builder presents more carpentry for the Carnatic Ian Weekley Marlburian Rules From the genial host of the Wargames Holiday Centre Mike Ingham John Hawkwood – the English Condottiere ‘Gazza’ will not be the first Englishman to star in the Italian First Division! J.H. Aird Back to Basics. Part II: Cavalry Continuing the series on tactics
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Saxon Palisade Fort Ian logs his progress in constructing a Dark Age fort Ian Weekley The Battle of Zenta, 1697 Ottoman come-uppance at the hands of the Sun King’s most famous cast-off M.J. Nichol Scenarios for Wargamers Multi-period ploys to bring more interest to your gaming Geoff Curran A historical perspective on casualty removal To take them off or not
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