I always get a bit nervy when our theme content doesn’t include the wargaming ‘big three’ of Ancients, Napoleonics and World War Two, and in truth we could have crowbarred articles on all of these subjects into our ‘Bush Wars’ theme, but we decided to embrace the eclectic in the form of The Ten Years War in Cuba, The American-Philippino War, The Third Ashanti War, The Malayan Emergency and The Second Chimurenga, as well as our lead article in which we discuss wargaming with ‘hearts and minds’. In this, and last month’s issue, we have featured ‘Designer’s Showcase’ articles - a cunning combination of our regular ‘Designer’s Notes’ and ‘Rules Showcase’ features - in which the designer of the game (or in this month’s case supplement) has showcaseed their rules for us. For this issue we invited Roger Gerrish down to WIHQ to play though a game of his Bolt Action Western Desert supplement, highlighting some of the new rules therein. If you are viewing the Interactive version of this magazine you can also see an interview with Roger in which you will hear his thoughts in technicolour (...?). OBSERVATION POST A look at what we ‘Spotted At’ The Other Partizan, plus special focus on Anno Domini 1666. THEME: WINNING HEARTSAND MINDS Pete Brown provides some thoughts on adding rule mechanics for winning hearts and minds to your Bush Wars games and campaigns. DESIGNER’S SHOWCASE: WESTERN DESERT Author of the new Bolt Action: Western Desert Campaign book, Roger Gerrish, joins us to play through a game and tell us all about the supplement. THEME: MACHETE! Glen Clarke takes us through his research into the little known mid-19th Century Ten Years War in Cuba. RULES SHOWCASE: MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN We take a closer look at these ‘large scale skirmish’ rules for the colonial period in the company of author Jon Sutherland and publisher Dave Ryan. THEME: “ALL SIR GARNET!” Led by that ‘Very Model of a Modern Major General’, this Bush Wars campaign showed Sir Garnet Wolseley at his fighting best and paved the way for others to emulate him in the future. RAID ON ZEEBRUGGE Simon Stokes takes us through the background to the Naval Wargames Society’s Salute 2018 participation game. THEME: “THE LIVELIEST ENGAGEMENT OF THE WAR” Robert Giglio tells us about one of the most vicious battles of the Philippine-American War of 1899 – 1902. HISTORICON PAINTING COMPETITION 2018 A photo round-up of all the winning entries in this year’s painting comp, sponsored by Wargames Illustrated. THEME: BRITAIN’S VIETNAM Steve Blease takes a wargamer’s look at the Malayan Emergency, a Bush War that began towards the begining of the ‘Imperial Retreat’ period. REIMAGINING THE CRUSADES PART THREE
