The Lion of the North and the Thirty Years War "Gott mit uns!" was the battle cry which heralded the charge of King Gustavus Adolphus and his cavalry into combat, and with this article we charge into our Thirty Years War theme content. We introduce you to the Swedish warrior monarch, lay down his wargame-able credentials, and set the scene for this month’s other theme articles. Hell at Cassino With the release of the new Cassino book for Flames Of War the Battlefront studio team launched into an ‘Infantry Aces’ campaign in which they put this new way of playing FOW to the tabletop-test. This report records part one of their battles for Monte Cassino. Learning to win: Sweden against Poland As a prelude to the Thirty Years War, Gustavus Adolphus cut his teeth in the wars against the Poles in the early part of the 17th Century. This article introduces us to his formative actions and concludes with a scenario for pitting the Swedes against the Poles. Scipios against the Barcas: Part 2 Last month we reviewed the campaigns of brothers Publius and Cnaeus Scipio, ending with the their deaths in 211 BC at the hands of Hasdrubal and Mago Barca. This second installment highlights the brilliant Spanish campaigns of Publius Scipio Africanus, son of the deceased Publius Scipio. The Lion strikes: The Battle of Breitenfeld, 1631 This was the battle that established Gustavus Adolphus as the hero of the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years War and showed all of Europe that the Swedish leader was a masterful battlefield general. Focusing on a crucial juncture in the battle, we present a wargaming scenario for Gustavus' charge against the Imperial guns. How Wargaming solved some Historical Mysteries from Waterloo Barry van Danzig uses wargaming to challenge many of the accepted views of the Battle of Waterloo. In this article Barry introduces us to several of his key points and concludes with a wargaming puzzle in which gamers can test out some of his ideas on the tabletop. Thirty years’ war figures WI team member Rob Townsend investigates the various ranges of Thirty Years War figures which are available, and sees how they measure up. Touring the lone pine table When we saw our fantastic Lone Pine table (featured heavily in our last issue) we just knew we had to talk more to it's creator, Dave Bodley. See some of Dave's step-bystep photos of the mammoth process he went through to deliver the goods. Death
