The Battle of Smolensk An Early War Battle Report from Wayne Turner and Casey Davies of the Battlefront Design Team. These are dark days for the Soviet Union as the seemingly unstoppable forces of the Third Reich push ever deeper into the Motherland. “With the Black Flags Hanging over US” Author of Osprey Publishing’s On the Seven Seas, Chris Peers, elaborates on his rules for pirate boarding actions in the game, and painter and photographer Kevin Dallimore accompanies his words with some great pictures. Otto Carius: The Legend Begins Otto Carius’ rise from a rejected recruit to tank ace was meteoric but ultimately forged in the white heat of battle. Mike Haught of Battlefront presents an account of this rise and provides some rules for Carius to be used in both Early and Mid War German forces. How to make... A Civil War Ironclad Model-making maestro Paul Davies returns with a guide to constructing a large scale American Civil War Ironclad. The end of the Beginning The release of Barbarossa for Flames Of War brings to an end the series of Early War Intelligence Handbooks from Battlefront. Writer Wayne Turner of the Battlefront Design Team looks at the whole range of Early War products which are now available. Himera 480BC A mega-wargame of the Battle of Himera, in which a combined Greek army dealt a crushing blow to the invading Carthaginians. The time Travelling table One convention, one table, four games. Kyle Gibson of the Triangle Simulation Society, tells us how his group put on multiple participation games at shows. The Action at Ben Dibanana We gave the recently released Bolt Action supplement Tank War a spin in the Western Desert using Perry Miniatures collection of figures and with Bolt Action co-author Rick Priestley at the wheel. Here Rick highlights some of the action from the game. Historicon 2014 Painting Competition For the second year running WI sponsored the painting competition at HISTORICON in Fredricksburg. Again the standard was very high. In this article we look at some of the best entries from the show. Modelling Tricks and Tips: Little bits of Green Hell The first in a new series of articles in which hobbyists share some of there “modelling tricks and tips”. This month Nick Buxey talks about the difficulty of representing a crowded jungle on the tabletop, and his approach to creating tropical flora for wargames. Flames of War: Fate of a Nation As a prelude to the eagerly awaited full intelligence briefing for Flames Of War, author Phil Yates takes us through the different forces available for each of the factions who took part in the
