The latest issue of Miniature Wargames arrived on Saturday, and I have just finished reading it.
The articles included in this issue are:
The stand-out article for me was Conrad Kinch's Send three and fourpence: Ruritanian Holiday ... and not just because he used my PORTABLE WARGAME rules! I have been a sucker for Anthony Hope's Ruritanian stories ever since I saw the 1937 version of the film PRISONER OF ZENDA on our old black and white TV, and any wargame that has Ruritania as its setting is always going to get my vote. In addition to this, the article was illustrated with photographs of some of Julian Spilsbury's collection of wonderfully painted, semi-flat figures, which are so evocative of the toy soldiers that were on sale when the books were written and set.
On a personal note, a very favourable review of LA ULTIMA CRUZADA appeared in the Recce section of this issue, but it is too early to see if it has stimulate any additional sales.
This issue was accompanied by a copy of the SALUTE 2018 wargames show guide ...
... which I also read with considerable interest as I hope to go again this year.
The articles included in this issue are:
- Welcome (i.e. the editorial) by John Treadaway
- Forward observer
- Send three and fourpence: Ruritanian Holiday – A tale of three games by Conrad Kinch, with photographs by the author and John Treadaway
- Hell by daylight: 20th Century skirmish rules: Part 3 by Jim Webster
- Pyrenees: July 1813: A conundrum to contemplate by Jon Sutherland, with photographs by Diane Sutherland
- A Call to Arms: A scenario and other add-ons for Outremer: Faith and Blood by Jamie Gordon
- Darker Horizons
- Fantasy Facts
- Look out Jason: The evolution of a participation game by Peter Merritt
- The Victorio Campaign: 1870-1886: Part Two: Navajo and Pueblo: Mexicans and Texas Ranger by Robert Watt, with photographs by the author and Kevin Dallimore
- Recce
- Dusty Tracks: The continuing tales of a wargames widow by Diane Sutherland
- Show Report: Vapnartak by John Treadaway
- Club Directory
The stand-out article for me was Conrad Kinch's Send three and fourpence: Ruritanian Holiday ... and not just because he used my PORTABLE WARGAME rules! I have been a sucker for Anthony Hope's Ruritanian stories ever since I saw the 1937 version of the film PRISONER OF ZENDA on our old black and white TV, and any wargame that has Ruritania as its setting is always going to get my vote. In addition to this, the article was illustrated with photographs of some of Julian Spilsbury's collection of wonderfully painted, semi-flat figures, which are so evocative of the toy soldiers that were on sale when the books were written and set.
On a personal note, a very favourable review of LA ULTIMA CRUZADA appeared in the Recce section of this issue, but it is too early to see if it has stimulate any additional sales.
This issue was accompanied by a copy of the SALUTE 2018 wargames show guide ...
... which I also read with considerable interest as I hope to go again this year.
I have to say I find the Wargames Magazines are much of a muchness these days with very little that interests me or is new.
ReplyDeleteSimon Jones,
DeleteAfter a period of hiatus, I have now taken out subscriptions to MW and WSS. The former seems to have developed a revised style of its own under its new editor, and features articles by writers whose work I like; the latter is more of a curate's egg, but as I have an e-subscription, the cost of the occasional issue which does not cover topics that are if great interest to me, is acceptable.
All the best,
Bob