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#288 "Warriors To War, The Battle of Maldon 991, Ghost Planes of the Sahara, The Rise and Fall of Persia"

By: Stratagem Publications

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Wargames Illustrated Magazine #251 - #300

MSRP old price: $8.50


Product Info

Title
#288 "Warriors To War, The Battle of Maldon 991, Ghost Planes of the Sahara, The Rise and Fall of Persia"
Category
Sub-category
Publish Year
2011
Pages
120
Dimensions
8.5x11.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147458064
MFG. Part #
BFMWI288
Type
Magazine

Description

The upcoming issue of Wargames Illustrated contains the following content:

Warriors to War. Battle of Maldon, 991

Rick Priestley joined us for some Hail Caesar action on Gripping Beast’s Battle of Maldon demo table from Salute 2011, and this article gives you an account of the re-fight.

The Challenge of Dark Age Gaming

Is it possible to replicate realistic Dark Age warfare on the tabletop? Warhammer Ancient Battles II author Martin Gibbins explores this question and discusses how different rule sets deal with ‘the shieldwall’.

Oh Lord, Deliver us from the Fury of the Northmen!

Rick’s back for a second helping this issue, this time he takes on Gripping Beast’s Darren Harding at a game of SAGA - their new Dark Age skirmish game. All the lowdown on the battle and the rules here.

The Young British Soldier

Andy Hoare presents a quick history of the Second Afghan War, along with a Black Powder scenario for the Battle of Ahmed Khel.

Ghost Planes of the Sahara

Using the classic movie Flight of the Phoenix as his inspiration, and factual accounts of ‘ghost planes’ in the Sahara as a guide, Mike Haught has designed three cracking Flames Of War scenarios.

The Alternative Battle of Worcester, 1651

When we spied this award winning game at Salute 2011 we knew we had to take a closer look. Andy and Neil from The Crewe Wargames Club were only too happy to take us on a tour of this splendid layout.

The Rise and Fall of Persia

We wanted to give the new Clash of Empires supplement, The Rise and Fall of Persia, a run out, so we invited CoE author Stuart McCorquodale and CoE fan Tim Haslam down to the studio for a Greeks versus Persians battle. Read the report here.

Brighton, Brentford and Barham

It started with a casual “I have a cracking scenario for an early WWI game” line from one of the members of the ‘Like a Stonewall Wargames Group’ and spiraled into a whole project based around the RNAS on the Western Front. Nick Buxey takes up the story.

The Halls of Montezuma - Part Two

We pick up Derek Coleman’s tale of the US-Mexican War with a look at the campaign of General Zachary Taylor in northern Mexico.

PLUS we also take a look at Dr Ryan Lavelle’s Saxon Tents, Justin McConnell talks about a great school program, we have loads of photos from our trip to HISTORICON (USA), and you can find our October Reviews online.