The theme for this issue is End of Empire and we have seven articles which relate to this very board topic. We begin by dealing with wargaming the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations around the Mediterranean and head all the way through to the French Indo-China War in 1954, with several stops along the way including Adrianople, Aztecs, the First Balkan War and the Downfall of the Third Reich. Other articles this month include modeling a monument for Ghost Archipelago, a look at a forthcoming Rick Priestley game: The Red Book of the Elf King, wargaming the Second Indo-Pakistan War and more besides. OBSERVATION POST We take a look at the horde of new releases available at Salute 2018. THEME: THE SHIPS OF THE ENEMY HAVE COME Pete Brown kicks off our theme by taking us to the Bronze Age and outlines how to create a Campaign system around the ‘Collapse of Empire’. DESIGNER’S NOTES: BURROWS AND BADGERS Michael Lovejoy explains the process behind the creation of the rules for his range of anthropomorphic animal fantasy miniatures, coming soon from Osprey. THEME: WARGAMING ADRIANOPLE Simon MacDowall tells the story of this catastrophic defeat of the Roman army by the Goths in AD 378. GRAVEYARD OF TANKS The Battle of Asal Uttar, the Second Indo-Pakistan War, 1965. Steve Blease presents an ambush that took place during a war whose events still have repercussions today. THEME: THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA Pete Brown discusses the wargaming potential of the collapse of the Aztec and other Meso-American Empires. STEVE, RICK & THE ELF KING We had the opportunity to chat with top sculptor Steve Saleh and manager Joe Saleh of Lucid Eye Publishing, plus gaming guru extraordinaire Rick Priestley about the upcoming The Red Book of the Elf King skirmish game. THEME: OTTOMAN TWILIGHT Colonel (Retired) Bill Gray takes a look at the 1st Balkan War, 1912 - 13, which was instrumental in hastening the collapse of the Sick Man Of Europe’s imperial pretensions. DESIGNER’S NOTES: OUTREMER: FAITH AND BLOOD Jamie Gordon discusses his new rules for skirmish level gaming during the Crusades era and offers some exclusive rules for one of our latest Giants in Miniature figures. THEME: SCENES FROM THE DOWNFALL OF THE REICH Matt Moran charts the wartime career of an unusual German General and his role during the last days of the Third Reich. GODSLAYER: FIGHTING WITHDRAWAL David Saunders of Megalith Games presents a scenario designed for use with his Godslayer rules system, based upon a slice of history. THEME: WARGAMING THE FRENCH INDO-CHINA WAR 1954 From Dien Bien Phu to the Street Without Joy and how they got there, Jim Graham discusses wargaming the French Indochina War 1946
