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I wasgreatlysaddened on Sunday25thNovemberto receivea meaurcl5onFonWaSrer,
t Ih a t8&tutr,lE63
phone call from Dave Thomastelling me that Peter cilder had 26 ChisPe€rs Rhino!
diedearlierthatevening.AlthoughPeterhadbeenill for overa A "ewnWor"Seraio
yearhis final passingawaystill cameas a shock. 3l Psulcarson Fireonthelake
Peterprobablydid more than anyoneto shapeanddevelop AnA.W.l-NdalSkimi\h
the short history of our Hobby. He was a perconalfriend for 38 Steveshonn TheDrttle ofl,utzen
'lr th. Gturd MtunT' Bode
twentyyeals, Repqr
Justa weekearlier,at the "Warfare"conventionin Readins. 4s MikeBel Ocrnsaccim
I hadbeenapproached byJohnTuckey.who d justpickedup 6s Lanpioo,
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issuesof early WrrgamersNewslertersfrom the Bring,and,Buy. 53 Classif€dArls
In the March 1963editionDon Featherstone had publisheda
letter from Peter hisfirst contactwith the wareames wo d at Front coverphoto: To cfeate this Neapouht Guard Chevaux
large.in whichhe enthusrasncally relatedhis discoveryot lhe IEger Kettled mmef Doug MasoDtook a Connoisseu Rus-
Hobby through an article of Don's and gavesomedetails of an siat Cuinssie\ filed it down to a basicshape,and then built it
A.C.W. campaignuponwhichhehadaheadyembarkedwith a back up wiah solder. me frgure is now in the colection of
coupleof friends. That enthusiasmnever desertedhim; indeed London wargamer"Jed" Crcnin.
he passed on hisenthusiasm to countlessothersandmademany Back coverpainting: Colonel and Musketeer of the Bavariat
convertsto our Hobby. Leib RegimenL Warcf SpankhSuccession.By Gabiiel Mykaj,
I first met Peter in 1970when I went to work in Hull. I had after Hotrnant.
gone into Ron Jewitt\ shop to buy an elephantfor my
Achaemenids. Ron had no elephants in stock.Petercameinto
the shopjust asI wasexpressing my disappointmenr. ',I canlet
you have an elephant" rverehis first wods to me. He lived just Elnter6r6phon€(0304 .noo38 enrng3 a wkonds onry
around the comer, and ten minuteslater I had one model Hrshq!.rrty 5mm w!rsh.. lrtu6
elephanlin my possession.After severaloffers of paymenthad
beenrefusedI put my moneybackin my pocket-His generosiry
alwaysmatchedhis enthusiasm.
By that time Peter was alreadya "name" in the Hobby,
havingbeenone of the pioneersof the FeatherstoneEra, when
Britain's small band of wargamen rhoughr little of driving a
coupleof hundrcdmilesfor a game.In 1970the Hobby was
about to boom and Peter, having teamed up with Frank
Hinchliffe to fonn Hinchliffe Models, was in the forefronr of
that glowth. The fact that rhe wargamefigures Peter designed
for Hinchliffe were superior to whar had gone before was
important; but morc important was the way they wete
presentedto the wargamingpublic. Throughout the Seventies
the Hinchliffe stand appearedat showslarge and smatlup and
downthe countrywith displaycasespackedwith hundredsof G.J.M.FIGURINES
superbly painted figures - and Peter was alwaysthere, freely Wargm€s F,gu,6 pai €d to @ttecro|sslandafti.
snn ro 3omm.snE samprefi€€ wrh s,qEor S lFCs.
giving advice on painting and conve$ion to anyonewho cared Forsample15mmliau6 &d ristss6nde195 or f2.9s
to ask. Many of today's collector-wargamen whose figures lor 25mms€mpleliguE, paysbt€to cdard Conin,
24 ChelsreldM€rs, SradonCtose,ODinqton.
appear in the photos in this nagazine owe their start in the K€nl,BRs4FN Not€nc* bt.ohoie nuDb€r
Hobby to the inspiration of that display and the hints and tips 5mmasp€iality. Tolephon.r06098201t5{24h.)
whichP€terdisp€nsed so liberally.
He was also instrumental in b.inging the Hobby to a wider
public. Colour photographsof his coltectionappearedin several SlrPSCnRhlPflO[S lor 12 issu- ot Wargim-estusrrated
books during the Seventies;he was a technical advisor for the
film 'Callan' .starring Edwad Woodward, providing all the Europe
& restofWoidsurface:
€21. RestofWoidaimait:!35.
figures and terrain for the wargame scenesiand in 197 he BACr 'aUIBERS A issuestrom t'4 aresti aveitabte
at
provided most of the expertiseand modelsfor the Tyne-Tees !l.70eachlosloaid
Televisionseries'Battlegound',in whichsix major battlesof Backnuhbersol ouroccasional specialextraoublicalion
wargamesWorldareatsostittavditabte:
history were refought as wargamesfor the small screen. Nos.2. 3,4: C2.40
poslpaid.No.s! l.70 oostDaid.
Whilst eaming a fulftime living from the Hoibby Petergavea BIflDERJ for Wargames tjlustrated
(capacity.t
2 issues).
lot back to it. He wasfor severalyearson the commifteeof the NEW!Brnders forWargames Wo d alsonowavailable, Same
So€ietyofAncients, hardly,if ever,missingameetinginspiteof sameprice,PostpardDrices:
capacity,
a tbur hundred mile round,trip. He also won the Society UK:e5.00Europe:t5.50 Restbf Wortd:!6.50.
WargmesChampionship for two or threeyears.He wasvery F]o|ttr STiATAGEI PUlLlCA"tO[s rTD,,
activ€on our club committee,thoughwhenhe assuredus the It loy.rr l.r., Lrri|r, Xcatr, XH2a tHZ.

tdnd: Dmtu Macfdt re. Plbnrh.d br Sftbgm plbtsrion! trd., t3 b(E j\orts. NG),t tHZ
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club could win the National Championshipsin 1976and thus

eam the dght to stagethe 1977FinalsI donl think any of us
really believedhim. After all we'd never entercd the Nationals
before, and apan from Ancients we weren't a mmpetitive club.
But, we entered anyway and Pete was proved right!
pintnn punt $igure*'"
Peter always remained first and foremost a wargamer. He Caraviig oa !h. Trodrto,
usually attended the Hull club meetings on Saturday after- M..ufacru,pd& D,itritur.d Und.r L'..ns.
noons,and stagedwalgamesat homefor a smallcircleof friends
on two eveningseachweek. At first thesegameswere put on in 20nnr NAPOLEONICS
thehouse,but laterhehada specialwargames roombuilt in the S O L T JI N D I \ T I I ) U L L Y O r J I S P E C I I B I I L I ( P R I ' I ' S ! I I
back garden. (I can still rememberPeter'swife, Doreen, cureii Availabihy Lhr& Prcj4l€dSelelioi Catalos USDI
I
jubilantly reclaining her dining rooml) An eveningin "the $t0I)0
ScDdBrnk Drrft ot lloncy Ord.r in l,SDolhn to I
bunker" was alwaysa wargamingfeast to Iook forward tol i l a n c n r . r r r n c v P . Ol.n ) \ 5 l 0 l / l l r k . r . l , l o r i d . 3 4 6 7 4 - 5 1 0 1 . r r .AS!
AIso eagerly awaited were the large multi-player gaines
which Peterorganisedandstagedat the North Hull Community
Centre. Waterloo, Borodino, Leipzig and others were all
fought out over week-endsthere, and whilst our own club
provided manyof the players,otherscamefrom further afield - ART OF WAR
notably from the Grimsby club - including suchpersonalitiesas wa is an e6lablish€d pofessionalligu€ painiingssrvicsspecialising
An of
BruceOuanie and John Braithwaite. in c€aling supedly painledamies bolh for club or pnvalewa.ga'ning
Theselasttwo strands- the custom-builtwargamesroom and
the multi-player game- cametogetherand took Peter in a new All wolk undsnakenis tully rEearch€dlo yourneedsprcvidingligus
yor Mnl in a vdiev ol scaies, similady, you €n send us your
direction for the Eighties when he started the Wargames -cdoaEn-wsafi vsl€ans for tiat sD€ial M oi wet linish.
Holiday Centre. During th€ Centre'searly daysin Thomton-le- Wrtleip€ €n@In providing minialu€ahies rorcus|om€rsIn EutoP€,
Dale he worked phenomenally hard to get the idea off the Us,A,Ausrralia6 well as th€ UK,{hatever you equn€,th€ €mphasisis
muchon pbvidinga QIJALITY s€toi€ at ealislic,@mp€titive pdces.
ground. The very first week was a Napoleonic week and Peter @ry Ar Ad ol War yo! will alsays lind a Liendly,polil€and businesslike
had just tryo guests.Bi[ Smart went up from the Hull club so s€flice. This meansihal whglhs| you want to add monthlyto your
they could play two-a-side.The secondweek wasAncients and @lt€.tonorpr€lera one-ofiamy lor a luluremeling, se de dghtlor you.
hadonly one guest.I took a coupleof daysoff work andwent up Tty us, alte. all, w€ mt]stb€ doinqsomelhingngft - so marrysalisfred
clislomsrs€nt all be wongll
to provide different opposition for him, as Peter thought five For a ffiple ot ou wuk, pleae wite with dalarlsaidosng t1.s0 to:
dayswith just the two of themmight get a bit bodng!But the
N.C, I|ULLIS, 5 Gllson W5y, Klnghurst, Blmlryham Biv 6BG,
eigh.eenhoul days Peter put in soon paid otr and the Centre lsLPhore 021-7t0 30'15
beganto havernanyweeksfullybooked.(Notableamong€arly
guestsattheCentrewereDannyBorehamandDaveBetts,who
went on to startBatdeHonours.)Later, the moveto Folkton extent that Peter sold the Holiday Centre in order to
concentrate his energiesupon designand production.
brought a biggerwargamesroom, with capacityfor 14players.
Having the Centre off his handsalso gavehim more time for
In 1981Ileft Hull andwentto livein Newark,havinglandeda
job as manager at Citadel Miniatuies. The Model Engrneer his own wargaming, and he rapidly built up a collection for the
Exhibition in January 1982found me on the Citadel stand and Sudan in the 1880's, organising a campaignwhich h€ *rote up in
"next a seriesof articlesin WargrmesWor.ld.It is an indication of the
Peter door" on the Hinchliffe stand.A businessman,
interestand enthusiasm that he generatedin othersthaathar
Stanley Gee, who had a keen interest in the PeninsularWar
series of articles producedmorecommentthananyotheranicle
came to meet Peter at the Exhibition to find out sonething
glossywargamemagazinesI've produced
about wargaming. Several years earlier Model & Allied or featurein all the 93
Publicationshad dhcontinred their title Batalefor wargame$
He also retumed to his first wargaming interest - the
andall the wargamesmanufacturershad to adve.tiseinr\rrr-rarl
Modetlirg. ln this chat with Stanley, Peter said that what the Aorerican Civil War - and in May, 1990 oryanised a big,
Hobby neededwasa mag^zineof its own. It was a throw-away multi-player refrght of Gettysburg for a group of his hiends.
-
remark but one of Stanley'sbusinesseswas a printing house, Although by that time his illnesswas severelyhamperinghis
picked "You wargames movementhe still tumed out asa cheerfulumpire- occasionally
so the idea was up. could edit a
magazine, couldn'tyou," Petesaidto me. (I'd beena librarian sneakingin a few tacti€al tips with his rule clarifications! The
gamewas very enjoyable, and we were all looking fo ard to
in HUI and alwaysgot roped into anlthing involving "litera-
ture"l) "Yes," I said,not realising just whereit would lead. refighting Chancellorsvilleunder Peter's auspices.Sadly now
will not take place.
Between January and August there were flurries of phone that
convenationsin betweenlong silences.Finally the three of us Over thepastyearPeter'sson,Chris,hasbegunto takea real
got together and decidedto go ahead.We formed a company interest in the Hobby andin the business- designingfiguresand
producing somevery nice terrain pieceswhich haveappearedin
specificallytb publish the maqazilleand Miniature wargames
in February 1983. The first two some of our photographs.Hopefully ConnoisseurFigureslvill
number one finally appeared
continue to flourish under his guidan€e.
issueswere illustrated solely with figures from Peter's collec-
tion. Inevitablyw€ hadto diversifyandincludeotherpeople's It is unlikely that our Hobby wil produce another Peter
figures, but Pet€rh collection featured in virtualy ev€ry issue Gilder. His contribution has been tremendous.He will be
missed. Perhaps the best tribute wecanpayhim isto continueto
until the owners finally lost control of the magazinein Apil
wargame"in the Gnnd Manner"whi€hhe inspircd.
1987.
About a year after starting MI,y, and after a coupleof years
lay-off from figure designing, Peter started Connoisseur
Figures.The rcst ftom scalpel,file and solderingiron had done
him good and the figureswere better than his last designedfor
Hinchliffe Models, imnediately becomingpopular with many
wargamers.Eventually the Connoisseu Rangegrew to suchan
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iNO PASARAN!
Wargaming the Spanish Civil War
by Paul Carpenter

INTRODUCTION
lnterest in the SpanishCivil War has been on the increase
recently, as those readerswho have been to this yeart
conventions will havenoted.This is rightlyso, sincethis area
hasnot receivedwidespreadattention from wargamersto date,
I'll very bdeflysunmerisethe originsofthe SCWfor thosenot
acquainted with it, followedby suggestionsfor wargamingthe
war, including a complete skirmish scenarioby way of
introductionto the Deriod.

ORIGINS OF TI{E SPANISHCIVIL WAR

The issuesat stakein the SpanishCivil War werenumerous,
varied and complex, and it is difficult to explain them briefly
without simplifyingto the point of inaccumcy-Essentially,in
July 1936,Spain had been a Republicfor five years-The
Republic had been fraught with internal wranglingsand
inefficiency,andtherehad beena growingdissatisfacrion and
threatfrom the Right wing and the Nationalists. On the 16rh
July 1936a right'wingNationalistrebellionbeganin Spanish
Morocco, qui€kly spreadingto the mainland under the
leadership ofFranco.The Nationalists established their power
basein northemand south-westem mainlandSpaininitially,
while the Republicanswere strong in the south and west,
[Im Nationalist TerritoryJuly1936
includingthe keycitiesof MadridandBarcelona. The situation
wasinitially chaotic,and further confusedby the diversityof Sl Nationalist
cainsby October1937
politicalandregionalgroups,eachwith theirownindependent
objectives;Basqueand Catalan nationalists,the anarchist E Nationalist
Gainsby July1938
LibertarianMovement,the pro-monarchyCarlisrsand the
Anarcho-Syndicalist TradesUnionists,makingit in someways
a multi-sidedwar. it tore the country apart. In January1939Barcelonafell without
Rising with the Nationalist rebelslvere most officers of the resistance, andaFascist govemmentunderFrancowasinstalled
regulararmyandcivil guard, nost regulararmyRegiments, and in Spain.
significantly, Franco'seliteveleran'Army of Africa', consisting
of Moorish and SpanishForeigfl L€gion units. They were
poorerintermsofnatural resources,butwerefar sup€riorin the WARGAMINC TI{E SPANISHCI\IL WAR
way of manpower,armamentsand well trainedsoldiels. SowhatdoestheSCWofferthewaqamer?Itcertainlyprovides
Bycontrast,theleft-wingRepublicanswere characterised by an interestingdiversionfrom the mainstream modemwarfare
a direshortage oftrainedandequippedsoldiers,andhadto rely theatres.There h sufficient depth and variety to keep the most
heavilyon poorly trainedmilitia and volunteen.Both sides demandingenthusiastbusy. There are many varied and
depended on resources donatedby friendlyforeignpowers.For colourfultrooptypesnot usuallyencountered togetherinother
the Nationalists this took the fonn of significant quantiriesof contemporary wars: exotic Moroccan Regularer and the
men and armaments from sympathetic Nazi cerman and SpanishForeign Legion; German and Italian regulars,fighting
Fascist ltaly: The Republicans suffered badly from many sideby side;Militia from the popularpoliticalmovements, and
nationsnon-intervention policies,andtheclosingoftheFrench Iniemalional Brigade volunteersfrom all over the world.
boder. They attracted numerousvolunteersfrom Communist Actions werefought at everylevel from skinnishingstreerfighrs
andantiFascistsympathiserfroma overtheworld- including to fu]I scaledivisional level battles in every environmentfrom
over2,000volunteerc from Britain-butwere alwaysdesperate, North AJrica,to the Pyrenees, to the streetsof Madrid.
ly shortof supplies,and continuallysplit by internaldivisions
andlackof concretepoliticalsupportabroad.Thisstranglehold Colour pic opposire:Spanish Ctuil wat Nationalistslrcn
took itstoll; the Nationalistsgraduallygot the upperhand,and M.L.R. Figurcs(seetheit ad. on page 49). Thesewercpaintedbl
a bitterdefeatfor the Republicansbecameinevitable. TheSCW Gtinsby h,aryaner Mick Setrell, and now rcsidein the editor's
has often been viewed as a prelude to World War Two in co ection(-inactive until I getsomeRepublicans!)Theb ildings
Europ€,andmanyex-Republicans arguethathadFascism been were "scratched" by Pete A en, thespidn & architect par
defeatedin Spain,World War Two mayneverhavehappened.
CivilwarsareoftenthebiueresLandSpain swarnoeNeption Morc S.C.W. afticles & photos arc in the pipeline.
 AVAILABILITY OF FIGURES, cansaboutAlbacosis itsmayor,SenorSegurado. A RePublican
RIJLESAND INFORMATION patrol hasbeensent to Segurado's houseon the outskinsof
Albacos. to contact him. However, at the same time a
Rangesof SCW figures are readily available.Both sides, Nationalistunit hasslippedthroughthe front line, travelling
paricularl) lhe Republican..were plagued$hh logistical house,with a similar
behindRepublicanlines to Segurado's
;roblemsthroushoulthe war. and for thi\ rearonth€ official Eachbavetheir own designson Segurado.
objective.
iniformsoftenJouldnot be adheredto.Literallyanyweapons,
vehiclesandequipmentavaitable,manyarchaicorfromforeig! A. The R€publicans
sources, wereused,irrespective of tlPe Manyunitswereeven A twelve-manpatrol from the British Battalionof th€ XVth
forcedto dresspartiallyor cornpletely in dvilian clothing.Th€ IntemationalBrigade.All are volunteersfrom Britain- many
armedTrade Union militia actuallyPreferredto retain their are Communists, othersare more moderateand havesimply
ov€ralls! Therefore almost any contemporary figures ot come to Spain to fight the Fascists-The l€aderof the patrol,a
vehicles.etc, can be used or easily converted. Lieutenant. is a veteran ofthe Great War oneoftheveryfew
There are literallythousandsof bookson the subject,and IntemationalBrigadenwho hasevenexperienced anymilitary
there are sets of purpose written wargame rules available, life beforevolunteering,let aloneseenactionbefore Most of
thoughanysetof contemporary (e.g.WWII) wargameruleswi[ the goup haveonly just arrivedin Spain,but the Lieutenant
suffice. and his two NCO'S have been in the Civil War sincethe
beginning,and hadsomefightingexperience duringthe initial
battlefor Madrid.Their nen\ trainingis almostnon-existant,
.iNO PASAR,INI'' _ TIIE SCENARIO sone literallyhavingtheir weaponsthrustinto their handsjust
"iNoPasaren!" theyshallnot pass-wasthecryof the British beforegoingintobattle.weaponsandequipmentarepoor,and
Battalionof the XVth InternationalBrigade,a Republican all aredressed in amotleyvarietyof surplusuniforms,andhave
no radio or support. Despiteall this, all arevery deternined,
volunteerunit. It is 2ndFebruary1937.TheCivil War hasbeen
fought in eamest for six months now, since the outbreak of and morale is high.
hostilitiesin Moroccolast July. The Nationalistarmy under Your objectiveis to locateSegurado, who will be at hishouse
Franco. with its backboneof hardenedtroops from the outsidethe village.He is a Republicansympathiserwhose
Moroc.an'ArmyofAfrica', hasseizedthe Spanishcoloniesin contactsand influenceextend far, andhe willhaveinformation
North Afriia, andmuchof northem aod south-westem SPain. for you in an envelope which he will grveto you. It concems
The Republican strongholds of Madrid and Barcelona continue Nationalist trooD movemenls, and is vital to the coming
to defyFranco,andheisadamantthatthe capital,Madrid,must offensive.You mustobtainit by any meansavailableto you.
be takenby Spring. Lieutenant:Veteran, I x revolver, 1x hand grenade,
The front line in this region runssouthfrom Madrid along the combat knife.
Aranjuezroad, and both sides are poisedto attack. Rumours Sergeant: Average,1 x SMG, 2 x handgrenades, sharpened
aboundof an imminentoffensiveby Franco;possibly an assault
north-eastwardsacrossthe river Jaramato cut the Republicans' Corooral:Averaee,1 x SMG, combatkrife.
vital road southto Valencia. 7 x'So.idados:eaih 1 x bolt action rifle with bavonet All are
The little (fictitious) village of Albacos, is 40km south of Novices.
Madrid,andjust 8kmbehindtheRepublican front lides.Itis an 2 x So.ldrdas:I x Maxim gun betweenthem. Both are novices'
unimportantplacein itself; smalland of little strategicvalue. 1 x rcvolvereach.
However. what is imDortant to both Nationalistsand Republi- The Datrol has a Iour-ton truck lor transport.
 THE BATTLE OF JARAMA, FEBRUARY1937 supportedthe Nationalistcause.All rhe teamo{ Leqionnaires
are ac(uallySpanish.though the Legiondoesconiainsome
foreigners - mostly Fascist sympathisersand fugitives from

The mayor of Albacos, a man named Segurado,is a

Nationalist sympathiser,and has imponant information which
will be essential
to the comingassaulton rhe Jaramain a few
days time. He is a reliableagent, and you have infiltrated
behind Republicanlines to locate him at his house near
Albacos,to taketheenvelope hegivesyou,andretum.You are
to use any mean necessaryto a€hiev€this.
Captain:Veteran,1 x SMG, 1x revolver.
Sergeant:Vete{an,1 x SMG, 3 handgrenades.
4 x l,egionnaires:All Veterans, I x bolt action rifle each.
2 x Legionnaires: Both Veterans,1 x SMG each.
All havecombatknivesor bayonets.
C. Aftrcho-Syndicalist Militia
The nititia are led by the mayor of Albacos, Hermano
Segurado.His position and influen€e in the surounding area
give him considerable ability to gatherinfomation, and for
sometime now he hassecretlybeen a double agent, supplying
bothNationalistandRepublican leaderswith information at a
price,naturally.He hasmadequite a bit of moneydoingrhis,
but hasbeenwalkinga dangeroustightrope,and he'sfinally
Front Line 5th Feb. '37 slipped up. His informen have arranged meetingswith both
sideson thesameday,andit'stoo lateto cancel.At a timewhen
B. The Nationalists atrocitieshavebecomealmostcommonplace, if anyonediscov,
A hand-picked team of Spanish Foreign l-€gionnaires from erswhathehasbeendoing,hewill belynched.Hehasmobilised
GeneralFranco\ Army of Alrica, the troopswho havecome the localworkels'militia. a mi{ture of Anarchistand Trades
backfrom MoroccotoSpainto supportthe updsingagainstthe Union armedmilitiamen,dressedin their customaryoveralls
Republic.All are hardenedveteransof Spain'scolonialwars, andblueberets.They havebeenincensedby hisspeechabout
andrevelin the Legion'sferociousreputationforruthlessness,howthereis goingto be a majorassaultsoon,andbeiievetheir
exceeded only by the atrocitiesof Franco'sMoroccans.
When villagewill be devastated again.They'veboughtSegurado's lies
the Nationalistcoupwasinstigated,almostthe entire Legion becausethey respectand believein him. They loathe the

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 15

Nationalists.anddislike the CommunistReDublicansalmostas

much, so it waseasyto persuadethem to scatterthe villagen to
the safetyof the countryside,ands€tup a def€nceat Seguado's
Battlements
house againstall-comersof either side (which suits Segurado Tie Old Anchor of Hope
perfectly). Seguado has the two envelopes(now incrimating, Lamtnas,Nonrtch, Norfot&liRlo sAF
but still poteotially valuable) of information secretedon his
person.If the situation looks desperate,he will mak€ a break Ian We€&ley and Jascs Matn
for it; but if he doesso, the militia will probably tum on him. are no longer designersfor
The militia are of mixed quality: somehave extensivefighting Batdegrolld Ltd.
experience,while a few are little better than hastily-armedfarm and have no financial arragements
with that company
Segurado: Novice,2 x revolvers. "one-oll'
Vasquez(militia leader): Veteran. I x SMG, 2 x hand We do continue to make excellent
grenades,combat knife. model buildings and terrain in the usual scales
Corporal:Veteran,I x SMG and combatknife. Lbt&fqEsr€l Tel:060546708
Corporal Average,1x SMG, I x handgrenade.
2 x Militiamen: Both Average,1 x bolt actionrifle andbayonet
rc toqfl LoiDo|| wElnt! ttlElt
4 x Militiamen: All Novices,I )<shotgunor hunting dfle each,
and knife.
3 x Militiamen: All Novices,1 x revolver each,andimprovised
meleeweaponor knife.
The Militia may place up to 15 metres of imFovised
waist-high banicades around Segurado'shouse pnor to the
gamestart.

IJMPIRE'S NOTES
The details of the 3 sideshave been deliberately left bdef, so
theycanbe adaptedto whicheversetof rulesis beingused.Each
sidewill be allowedto readits own briefing(above),but should
not be told of the other two sides'obj ectives.Ther€ wasa lot of
antipathy between the Communists and Anarchists, even
though they were both Republicao. lt rarely led to bloodshed,
but the scenario is plausible. If player C does opt to have Solurdoy
20thof April,loomtillspm
Seguradoflee with the information (or reveal himself to be a Kensinglonfown Hdll, Homton Sl-London
double agent) he will lose control of the militia. Each militit
figure will then either surrender, or punue and try to kil TheWarlords arctwentyyearsoldthisyearandwe have
Segurado,at the umpire's disdetion. The three sides' initial beenrunningour openday- Sarure- sincethe verylirst
locationson the table arc given in the diagram. Those figurcs year.We striveto giveyouthe bestand Sararte9t will be
initially concealed(i.e. invisibleinside buildings,in under- noexceplion - aroundeightygamesandlraders,a painling
growth or laing behind barricades)need not be placedon the compelition,
barandbutfetrallinacentralLondonlocalion.
table until rhey becomevisible. Victory points are calculated Sowalchthegamingpresslor details:we'llseeyouthere.
when the agreedgametime ends,or the gamereachesa logical
€onclusion. Wlrcn opposing figures come within shouting DON'TMISSIT!WATCHOUTFONFUNTHER
dhtance,playen may negotiateif theywish.Any alliancesor ANNOUNCEi,|ENTS,
OUEUESUSTERBADGES
ETC!
ageements are permitted, provided they do not directly clash cola.l fh. SourhLondonw. ord.,16 G.lndorougftSqulr.
with players'objectives(umpire'sdiscretion). Cr@t Log B.rl.yh..lh Kdl OA56BU

VICTORYCONDITIONS
Republicanand Nationalisa HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE
Obtain your information from Segurado(any means): 15
The BattleofJaramaactuallytook placeon the momingof the
Po'nrs. 6th February 1937,a few daysafter the eventsof the preceding
Preventotherside(i.e. RepublicanNationalist) from obtaining
(fictitiout sc€nario,and if you want to know what happened,it
their information:10 points.
Each(opposingside)figurekilled: 2 points. is well documented in manyworkson the SpanishCivil War.
Each militia figur€ killed: I point. Today there are less than two hundred surviving British
veteransof that emotiveSpanishwar, and it is to them this
Anercho-SFdirilisl Militia articleis dedicated.
S€guradostill aliveand in controlof houseat the end of the
game:20 points.
Segurado escapes aliveoff table: 15 points.
Passon informationto Nationalistside:6 points.
Passon info.mationto Republicanside:6 points.
EachNationalistor Republicanfigurekilled: 2 points.
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A Report on the
OSPREYWORTDCHAMPIONSHIPS
'lwitcher"
by Roy Good,

Thisshow,likemanycurrentconvenlions, is a spin-offfromthe Thecompetitionwasplayedin the two largehalls.Thelarger

Nationals.Sin€ethenit hasgonefroma nationalcompetitionto of ltie roomshadsixrowsof ten tablesendto end.Apan from
a world' evenl, though even with the world title the vast the gamesthe hall containedtradestandsroundthe walls.The
majorityof competitorsstill cone from the U.K. second hallhadonlywarg.rme' Lomperilion. Themainenrrance
In the eyesof manyplayers,this eventhastakenoverfrom and corridorcontainedthe restof the tradeand a Iew display
theNationalsasthepremierwargames competitionoftbe year. games.
This. andothercompetitions suchas Roll Call andihe Triples I mustsayfrom a personalpoint of viewthat I preferredthe
havethe advantage ofbeing run at a regularvenueby the same layoutofthe roomwhenit wasusedfor the Nationals.Thenit
clubeachyear.Thisgivesanycompetitionthecontinuitythatis hadfewercompetitiontablesandmoredisplaygamesin better
neededto esrablish a goodreputation,supportedby anefficienr locations.This anangement gavea far betterbalancebetween
organization. Both thesehavebeenlackingfrom the Nationals display,tradeand competition,givingthe casualwargamera
for the lastfew ycars. morevariedandinteresting day.I knowmanypeoplesaythisis
TheDerby.howFoneofrhefewI wouldhdteto mi'salany just a wargamer'sevent. but with a litde more thoughtand
time.Its locationat lhe AssemblyRooms in Derbyis oneofthe minimalcostthenewcomercould be madeto feelmorewanted.
bestvenuesfor anyconventionin the country.The convention After all is not one of the reasonsfor runninganyshow,be it
is rur by the DerbyWargames Associares andis sponsored by wargames or anyolherhobby.to encourage new bloodlo take
OspreyBooks. up the hobby?
Thereare two mainatrractions for me at thisshow:firstlyall All the abovesaid,I rvill still be goingback next year and
myfriendsfrom clubsall overlhe countryatlend.so it'sagteat hopeI andmyfriendswillhavemoreto see.How abouthaving
chanceto all meetat the sametime. Secondlyit hasoneofthe more play offs prior to the show and giving rnore room to
biggestandbestcollectionsof tradestandsof anyshowin the displaygames,perhapsmixingbothdisplayandcompetitionin
country,soit is a goodbuyeis show.Comingat the endofthe both halls?
holidayseasonmanypeoplecometo the showjust to spend.
Whenmeetingfriendswe useboththebarandcafeatthehall.
bothoflvhichprovidegoodfoodanddrink but arefar too small
for the numberofpeopleattendingthe show.Manytimesyou
haveto sit on stepsor in the corridorin orderto eat.However
lbereisa largeseatedbalcony overlookingthernainhall,where
STRATAGEM
you car eat in peaceand watchthe rat-raceunfoldbelow.
Talking about the trade one complaintfrom a numberof
18Lovers
Lane,
Newark,
tradersaboutthisandsomeothershowsisthat theyhavegreat Notts.
NG241HZ
difficultyin gettinginto the evenr.This andmanyorhershows Pengel& Hurl seneso' oookels ol rheorqdnsaror.
Lnr'ornsa.o
are undoubtedly over subscribed,makingit almostimpossible llagso' lte a'miesol ll'e SevenYeas Wa Al oooketsare8. 2.
for any new traderto get a foot in the door. Havingbeento sraoledfrilh odpe.covplsard blackbrndrrqsllp. Pice mdcares
lrrckness.t amoLflof llJsr:rior. ralrlq I or 20 to -00 pag.s
Derbyeachyearsinceit startedonethingyoucanbecertainofis wrthuo to 509"rluslralon
thai manyof the sametraderswill be in the sameplaceeach PH 1 AustianDraqoonsand Cuirassiers t3.50
year. Havingseenconventionsas an organiserand punter I PH 2 Auslro.Hunoanan Hussa's&Arllefr !2.95
know this problemis hard to overcome.Newer tradershelp PH 3 Austro.HlnOananlnl.nl.y !s.95
PH 4 Bavaria, Saxony&lhe Paarinate t5.95
man)ot rhe'mullerconvention. ro.rartandsunive.asmany PH 5 FrenchCavarvandOraooons - t5.95
smallerand new tradersare more willingto give a new small PH 6 F€nchMaisoiduFoi 13.50
PH 7 FrenchTouoesLeoeres !2.95
PH I Fren.hlnfantto
Fed_imenrs
As I havealreadysaid.thisis one of the few eventsI would PHIo P.ussianDra!-ooniand
CuiEssie.s €4.95
PH11 PrussianHus-sarReomenls $.50
not mi\\. Ho{eter. it is !ery mucha sargamerr con!enlion. PHl2 PrussianInlanlryRe-oiments
' e5.95
offennglittle|oencourage newgamerstothehobby.As a large PHl3 Bussiancavalti E3.75
competition showit worksveryweU,with aboutfilty tradersand t3.25
PH15TheBeichsamee e5.95
about one hundred and twenty bbles full of competition PHlT SwedishArmvir Pomerania !3.50
players.I counledat the nost a dozendisplayor panicipation PH18PrussianFlatis(includes swordknotsanddrun
borderslorPtussianAmy) !1.95
gamespushedout of the way in backroomsand odd corners, !5.95
thesetendedtolookliketheywereputin asanafterthoughtand PH20Swedish andGerman SlaresCavalrv t3.50
did not evenget a namedmentionon the floor plan.This is a PH21SwedishandGermanSlaleslnlanirv&Anilbrv t5.95
PH22 FrenchForeign Reqimenls 13.95
shameastherehavebeensomevery gooddisplaysputon over
Post& Packlng
the years.My favouritethis yearwasa 25mmACw Battleof UKBFPO:I0oZ(minimum 35p)
Gettysburg. Ovelseas:Sudace 25% (minnume1).Anmail50%
Theeislittle ornothingfor thenewcomerornonwargamer to (minimum 12.)
Cheques/PGpayableto Slfatagemplease.
latchon to. The informationsheethandedout at the doorwas Overseascuslomerspleaseremii in slerling.
gearedto the knowingwargamer,There lvas no way for a Personalcallersby appoinimentonly,
newcomerto identifyanyonefrom the organizinggroup and
little in the way of hobbyinformationaboutin the hall.
 l9

NORTHERNMILITAIRE
Reportedby Roy Good

-THOSE WERE THE DAYS" were the wordsmost often ModellingSociety,and wiffal ModellingClub. One display
spokenat this year'sshow-Whilsttalkingto both friendsand thatI regularlylook forwardto seeingisthatof.he BritishFlats
tradeysalikethesewordskeptcroppingup.I mustsayI tended Society:this yearas in the past,I wasnor disappointed. The
to agreewith them. What happenedat NorthernMilitaire? paintingoftheirflat{igures hasto be seentobe believed,it must
I can still well rememberwhen l, alongwith a numberof fall into the fine art category!Other sid€sof the hobbywere
friends.visitedtheveryfirstshow.I wasj ustout of school,sowe coveredby a displayof board gamesftom the Manchester
wentallthewayto Manchester by trainandthenon to the show Boardwargamersanda displayput on bysomemembersof an
by bus.Therewasa greatdealofexcitementatthe prospectof EnglishCivil war re-enactment societywho had a smallliving
visitingthe show. At the time N.M. startedthere was no historydisplaysetup betweenthe halls.An exhibitionof work
regular,majorconvention in thenorth.ln factthemainshowof wasdisplayedby the Manchester HeraldicSociety.
the year was the Finals of the National warganes Cham- The baflle of Brand!ryine,llth September1777,from the
pionshipsand, like today, this had no regularvenue,being Americanrevolutionwas displayedby the R€dcoatSociety.
movedcontinuallyfrom pillar to post- Thebattlewasvisuallyone ofthe bestseenin theperiodat any
Evenbytoday'sstandardsthe firstfewsho*swereverygood, showso far. Anothergane using25mn figureswasput on by
havinga well balancedshowwith trade,displayandpanicipa- the AccringtonWargamesAssociation.But €ven with some
tion games,wargames compelition,andmodellingexhibitions. very gooddhplaygarnesone wasstill left with the impression
It waseasyto find and wasneara Iargecar park. that they werejust put in as token exhibits.This showis still
The show has Ilow moved lo a new venue at Salford primarilya tradeshow.
Polytechnic. This is the fourth venuesinceit firsl started.The So what hasgonewrongwith the show?Why are so many
changewas mentioDedin th€ adveru for the show,but the peoplestayingaway?
directionsgiven werea b;t off. Like manyshows thedirectional when the showfirst startedit hada captiveclientele;it was
signswere sadly lacking in numbers.positioningand s;ze. the only regulareventin the north andthe biggestshowin the
Havingsigns lessthanonefoot square,placedon the groundat country,alwaysone to look forwardto. Over the yearsil has
the foot of a few lamp postsis no greathelpto anybody. becom€virtually a trade show. failing to keep pace with
I wentoverto the showon Sunday,arrivingshortlyafterthe wargam€rs cunent needs.It is within easytravellingrangeof
doorsopenedat 10.00.wheneverI havegonein the pastatthis threeofthe Nonhs(€venthecountryt) bestshows:the worlds
time I havehadto loin a longqueueto enterandthenfighi my at Derby, the Triplesat Sheffield,andFIASCO at Leeds.All
way round the stands.This yearI wasableto walk straightin have better trade, display, participationand competition
andvisit anylrader at leisure.This wasa novelexpedence for games,cateringbetterfor todays wargamers. In the pastthe
one usedto the madcrushof previousshows.I wastold by a thousandswho visit theseconventionswould have gone to
numberof disappointedtradersthat the aitendanceon the Manchester.
Saturdaywaswell down as well. If lhi'.ho$ i. to get backrL\Iormerr(alusa<a premiere
NorthernMilitaire hasalwayshad a largerrangeof rraders wargames showit will haveto pull its socksup! I {or onewill nol
than most other wargamesshow, with standssellingplastic be goingagainuntil.here is a greatimprovement.I wouldbe
models,larges€alefigures,etc. This yearthereseemedto be sorryto seethisshowfail asit hassomeverygoodmemoriesfor
fewerofalltypesoftraders- As I havenevercounted thetraders meandmanyothergamers- Bu1no showcanlive in thepastand
thiswasjust the impression I had,perhapsbecause for the first IiketheNationalsthisshowneedsoverhauling ifit is not to fade
time I did not haveaowait to look at anystall.This bulk of the from the eventscolumnsoI the wargames mags.
tradewasplacedin thesportshallandthisyeartherewasplenty
ofspacero walk betweenthe standsat the aisleswerea decent
width. There were a few tradersin the corridorbetweenthe
main hall and the roomswere the displaygameswere being
played.
When this show first started there was a good balance
betweentrade,displaygamesandevena competition.Overthe
yealsthisbalancehasswungin favourof thetrade,with firstthe
competitionbeingdroppedandthenthe displayandparricipa-
tion gamesbeinggraduallyreducedto a nominalnumber. SPENCER MINIATURES
SMITH
(Metaland Planic 25llomm scale)
The displayganeswerelocatedin two rooms,oneof which
wasthecanteen!Atleastonethinghasnot changed: the Mailed RanBe includes:
a amei.an Civil War p!5 sp<ir bes,nn$
besinn$ pa.ka3.,
pa.[a
FislWargames Groupweretherewith theirexcellent Kamakazi h.udine tues
incudiis
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and demo same:1r:l/0 bor,66.Jv!kr,
same:t:l/0 bor.66.Jv!
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participation gane.Thisgamefirstsawthelight of dayat oneof
a ^meriran war ol IndeEnd€n.e/s€v.nY.au w.t
theveryfirstNonhem Militaireshowsandwasaspopularthen
asit is now.Thisalwayshasbeenoneofthe bestgames around Pric6 M.lnl Planic
and goesto showhow a well run gamecan appealto a new Iniantry 2ro
CavJry 4tp 20p
generation ofwargamers. The gamehasbeenseenat FIASCO
this year.whereit wasjust aspopular. SJmDlerpr.k lmeralor plini.l- 11.95
One good point aboutthis showis its acknowledgement of Plede send5AE .r derJ'l\ 'o
otheraspects ofthe militaryhobby.This yearwasnoexception P.rer lohnton€,5 Saiiorga|€ n@d, Chitwi.r,
London,w4 4Qx, Unit€d xingdom
wilh a number of very good modellingdisplaysfron such PAINTINCSERVICE AVAIIAAIE
notablesasM.A.F.V.A., the HazelGroveandDistrictMilitary
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GLORY
ON FORTWACNER,
f,]E ArTACKS ','Th &,'8}h JULY,'1853
by Paul Stevenson

HISTORICAL BACKGROTJND
Tkoughout the American Civil War, Charleston, South
Carolina, wasa long term obj ectiveofthe Union's war aims- on

1. Its imponanceasa port: alongwith Wilmington,

North Carolina, it proved to be accessibleto
blockaderunners.Between1861and1865,87%of
all steamersand 81% of aI sailing vesselsavoided
captureby Federalblockadingforceswhenentering
or leaving theseports,
2. Its symbolic significance:Charlestonwas at the
heart of the Rebellion for it was here that the fiIst
shotsof the war were fired on Fort Sumter. then
occupiedby a Federal garrison.
Attempts by the Union Navy to capture Charleston were
inpeded by the stiff rcsistance of the foft and batteries
coveringits approaches,(seenap). It wasdecidedin Washing-
totr to attempt accessfrom the landwardfrom whencebatteries
could be establishedwith which to reduceSumterby prclonged
bombardment. The strategy called for troops under Major
General Quincy Adams Gillmore to move from their positions
oo Folly Island, crossthe narrow LighthouseInlet and land on
the beachat the southemend of Monis Island (seemap). From
this position they would advance up its four mile length,
overwhelmFor Wagner and Battery Greggat its no(hem end
and place batteries on that shore to bombard Fort Sumter (a
distance of 2,600 yards). Thus deprived of its key fortress,
Charleston would be open to the attack of Rear Admiral
Dablsren\ fleet.

roth JULY, 1863

At daybrealon the loth July, Gillmore'sUnior batterieson
Foly Islandbegana two hour bombardmentof the Crnfederate
defenseson the southem end bf Mords ldand. Then three
regim€nts of Bngadier General Strong's brigade, under
covering fire ftom four monitors (ureted ironclads) crossed
Lighthouse lnlet under a hot fire from eleven Rebel guns and
beached then rowing boats on Moris Island. Deploying
skirmishen, the Union soldiers worked their way round the
flanks of the shore batteries forcing the gunnersto relinquish
their posts. Ilaving brushed aside two companiesof the 7th
SouthCarolina Battalion sent to supportthe batteries,Strong's
skirmishers were, by 9.00 am within musket shot of Forr
Wagner, but the intense heat of the day called an end to
u/ereinstructednot to pauseto reload their guns,but to charge
with fixed bayonets.As daybreak arrived the 7th begantheir
advancein silence,but before they hadgonefar the gunsof Fort
Wagner commenceda deadly barrage. The Connecticutmer
rarseda yell and chargedup to the fort, throug: the moat, only
to be stoppeddead on the parapet.Here, at its basethe
attacken found shelter.
The supporting troops were now called upon lo chargebut,
pinned down by canister and small arms fire, the 76th and 9th
refused.For the 7th, it meant a long, hot day sweatingout time
till duskunder the parapetof the fort andrisking capture.Many
choseto run for the safetyof their own lines.The 7th losthalf its
str€ngthin this assaultfor absolutelyno gain. The attackerslost
49 menkiled, 123menwoundedand 167capturedfor only 12
Rebel casualties.

llth JULY, 1E63

Gilllnore ordercd Strongto rcnew the afta€kat dawn.The 7th
C-onnecticutwasin the van, followed by the 76th Pennsylvania
and supportedby the 9th MaiDe.Becauseof the nanownessof
th€ beach(100feet) the assaulthad to be madein closecolumn
of companiesand heavy casualtieswere anticipated. The 7th
18thJULY 1863
By now Gillmore had establishedforty onegtlnsand mortan in
a position to bombardand, aidedby the fire of siI monitors and
6ve gun boals, an awesom€delugeoffire wasdeliveredon Fort
Wagnerwhosegunssoonfell silent andremainedso throughout
22

the aftemoon as their gunners sought shelter in the bomb-

proofs. The land batterieswere fiing at a rangeof 1300to 1900
yards,with the monarslobbingshellsoverthe fort'sparapets
andthe rifledgunstrainedon thefort'sguns.Fiveoftheseguns
weredamagedby 900shotand shellin elevenhours.
This time a lwilight assaultwasorderedso that, shouldthe
attackbe unsuccessful, the assaulttroopscouldescapeunder
coverof darkness.It was also hopedthat the stormingpany
would remain undetectedin their approach.In overall
commandof the assaultwasBrigadierTrumanSeymour- an
offrcerwho hadbeenwith the originalgarrisonof Fort Sumter
when it fell to the Confederat€s in 1861.Seymourselected
SEong'sbrigadeto leadtheattack,Putnam'sbrigadeassupport
and Stevenson's bdgadeas a reserve.
To spearheadthe charge,Strong chosea newly arrived
regiment the 54thMassachuseits, whichwasunusualasit was
composed of black soldiers. ln fact, apart from a minor
skirmish,this wasthe first time that colouredtroopshadbeen
usedin combat.Many thoughtthat theywouldnot makegood
soldiers.Theywerewrong.h waspreciselyfor thisreasonthat
th; regimentwasto perform well. Their colonel, Robert Gould
Shaw,told the 54th,'I wantyouro proveyounelves.The eyes
of thousands will look on what you do tonight."Drawinghis
sword,Shawledhisnegroesforwardin columnofcompaniesup
the narrow beachtowards Fort WaEner,
Almostassoonastheyhadstartedthe 54thcameunderfire
from Fort Sumterandthe Rebelbatterieson JamesIslandand
Sullivan\ hland. Whenthe assaultcolumnreacheda Dointso
n;ar to Fort wagnerlhar the fire of the ,upporrrngUnionguns
hadto be suspended for fearof hittingtheirownmen,a deadly
6re was opened from Fort Wagner too as the Rebels
re-occupied theirposts.It wasobviousnowthatthetremendous
bombardment haddonelittle to reduceits strength.Neverthe-
l€ssthe columnpressedon, taking heavycasualties- As the
regimentnearedthe parapetone ofthe menremembered that
". . . the shot grape,canisterand hand grenades - camein
sholven,andthe columnswerelevell€d."On top of the fort's
parapetthe Union soldiersfought manfully.Shawwas shot
throughthe heart and toppled headlonginto the fort. Both
colourbeareEwent down. The stateflag wasrippedfrom its
staff by a Rebel, but the nationalflag was savedby Private
WiIiam Camey,who thoughtwicewounded,pickedit up and
draggedit away. For his braveryCamey was awardedthe
Coneressional Medal of Honour - the first black to be so

Vols. (keystoneZouaves).
Private,76thPennsylvania

A5 the 54th strearnedto the rear in disorder,the bulk of

KEC TORPEDO Made from beer kegs with wooden cone grapplinghand-to-hand
stabilisenattachedfor usein water.
KETCHUM'S GRENADE - A fin stabilised percussion
hand Hagoodarrivedfrom JamesIslandwith the 32ndCeorgiaand
$enade usedextensively in siegewarfarc
HANE'S GRENADE - percussion hand
gr€nade; dargerous to use and less
popular
Strong'sbigade cameup to the assault.The 6rh Connecticut
and the 48th New York managedto gain possession of the
south-eastbastionand somemen were aropthe bombproof,
with the defenders.Furtherdownrhe
bea€h,Strong led forward the 76th Pennsylvania, but was
almostimnmediatelystruck in the hip by shrapnel.Finally,
Putnam'sfour reginentswere committedto the attackand,
reachingthefo , theyopenedfire on their o*n meninsidethe
fort whomtheymistookfordefenders. About thistime General
oustedthe Federals.
The assaultwasa disaster,Putnamwaskilled, Seymourand
Strong were woundedalongwith manyof thei officers.The
Federals who had not slipped away in the nighr found
themselves prisonersthe next moming.The Federalshad lost
246 kiled,880 woundedand 389 captured,a toral of 1.515.
Confederate losses*ere just 174kiled and wounded.
 AFTER TIIE BATTLE 2nd Brigad€: Col. H.C. Putnam
7th New Hampshire
The Federals never did carry Fon Wagner by assaultor by
100thNew York
bombardnent. It was finally evacuatedduring the eveningof
62nd Ohio
the 16th September,1863as the Federalsby then had reduced
67th Ohio
Fort Sumterto a pile of rubble, capableof mounting only one
field piece. During the bombardmentof Sumter some of t}e Field Artllery: Lt. Col. R.W. Jackson
Federal batteries were placed as close as 800 yards to Fort Bratton's Battery: g 3d Rhode Island; 6 x 3 inch Rjfles
wagner. Fort Sumter held out throughout the winter, with a Mynck's Battery: E/ 3rd United States;4 x 12 pdr Napoleons
token garrison of infantry. The Naly tried to possessit by a SiegeArtilery: Capt. L.L. Langdon
landing party of sailors,but failed. A continuousbombardment Battery Weed: 5 x 10 ioch mortars
was maintaioed for months againstit in order to prevent the Battery Reynolds: 5 x 8 inch mona$
Rebelsmounting hea\ryguns there. The city of Charlestontoo Naval Battery: 2 x 80 pdr ffiitwonhs; 2 x itrch Parous
8
came under the fire of Gillmore's guns. During nine days in Battery Bro*n: 2 x I inch Pa.rotts
January,18641,500shelsfell on it. Battery Rosecrans:3 x 100pdr Panotts
The city of Charleston and her defences werc finally Battery Meade: 2 x 100pdr Parrotts
evacuatedon 17th February on the approachof G€neral W.T. Battery Keamey: 1 x Wiard
Field Gun; 3 x 30 pdr Parrotts;3 x
Shermant arrny, marchingup from Georgia.
Coehom Mortan; 1 x R€qua Battery Gun
Surf Battery: 2 x Field Howitzers
FORCESAT FORTWAGNER
OPPOSING CONFEDERATE FORCES
UNION FORCES
Garrilotr Ttoops: Brig. Gen. w.B. TaliaJerro
lst Division:Brig. Gen. T. Seymour 32nd Georgia
lst Brigade Brig. Gen. G-C. Strong 31stNorth Carclina
6th Connecticut 51stNorth Carolina
7th Connecticut CharlestonBattalion
9ft Maine 7th South Carolina Battalion
54th Massuchesetts Artillery: Lt. col. J.c. simkins
3rd New Hampshte Bucknerand Dixon s Baneriesol6jrd Ceorgia
48th New York Tatom's and AdamJ Batteries of lst South Carolina Regulars
76thPennsylvania De Pass'sSouth Carolina Battery

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FORT WAGNER - llth & rtrh JIJLY, 1863

ARMAMENT OF FORT WAGNER assault at least,Iwouldsuspect thata greatmanyofthesemines
I x 12 pdr Field Howitzer had beenexplodedduringthe artillerybarage precedingthe
3x 8 inch Nary Guns attack.Anothertypeofweapon rarelycateredfor in ACW rules
2x t0 inch Columbiads is thehandgrenade.Whendefendinga batteryat closequa(ers
3x 32 pdr Arny Guns anillerymen would often hurl shelh on short fuses or throw
I x 42 pdr Rifled Gun someother pdmitive type o{ grenade,(seedrawidgs).Again
1x 8 inch SiegeHowitzer someruleswill haveto be devisedto coverthisweapon,but asa
guidetheywouldbenomoreeffectivethana 6 poundershellat
5x Caronades
I x 8 inch (Old English) Brass Mortar a rangeof up to 20 yards.
1x SeaCoastMortar Fort Wagnerwasa tought little nut to crack. The apparently
I x RequaBatteryGun Iormidable Fon Sumter and earlier Fon Pulaski demonstrated
to the world that the age of the brick fort in the face of high
STRENGTHOF FORCES velocityprojectilesfired from rifled artillery,wasover. Of far
greater strength was th€ earth fort of sand bags and tinber
Exclusiveof Stevenson's Brigade,the Union assaultforces revetments. The sanddefences of Fort Wagnercouldbe easily
totalled 5,000 men. The 7th connecricut and 54rh Mas- replacedwhen displaced,whilst the structureabsorbedthe
sachusettseachhad 600men, leavingan averageof 422for the sho€kof a projectileand deadenedits explosion.Thus the
strengthof the other regiments.Regimentalstrengthsare likely wargameFort Wagner does not have to be anything grand or
to have rangedhom 30Oto 500 men. imposing.Itwas merelyalow eafthworksuroundedby a ditch
The Confederateforces werc between 1500 to 1600 rnen. filled with water. The parapetscan be constructedfrom picture
Probably 200 of this number were artillerymen, leaving the framingor cardfoldedasa right angledtrianglein sectionand
infantryregimentsto averageout at 350and the battalionsaa coveredwith tetrionandsand-Forextradetailthesand-bagged
175men apiece. walhandtop canbe represented, perhapsmodelled in Milliput.
Inside the fort was a bombproof which could comfortably
accommodate 750men. Therewere alsoa few smallerbomb
WARGAMING TIIE ACTIONS proofsin whichthe fo('s magazines werestored.Most of the
Threescenarios canbe playedout. The first, andperhapsthe garrisonappeaNto havefound somesheltereither insideor
most unusualfor a Civil War game,is Strong'sboat assault outsidethe fort during the bombardment.The fort was800feet
acrossLighthouseInlet- I'm not certainhow manyboatswere longandstretchedrightacrossthe island.To scale,thewargame
used,but theywerethe longrowingboatt'?e andhe probably fort is about two feet long and one foot wide at its widest point.
neededat least a dozenper regimentto get his three units Thebombproofwas 5 feetabovethefloor ofthe fort, soto scale
across.It appearsthat the Confedemtes did not sink any of just a little shortof the heightof the figuresin use.Also on the
these craft on the way across. Perhaps the fire from the tabletop diagramaresectionsofditch setwith pikes;thesecan
supportingUnion gunskept their headsdown. C€rtainly, there be madeby pushingpins throughlengthsof balsawood.
wasactionon the beaches. The Confederate gunnersworked Gamerswho usea oneinchto 10yardscalewill find that no
three8inchguns,one24pdr rifledgun,one320pdrrifle,one12 modificationneedsto be madeto unit sizesor frontages. Most
pdr Whitworth and three 10 inch mortars. Suchhealy artillery mlesallowa frontageof 15mmfor 25mn figuresor7%mm for
wasineffective againstskirmishers andthetwocompaniesof the lsrnm (whi€hh alwaysa squeeze giventheactuall8mrnsizeof
7th SouthCarolinacould only cover the withdrawalof the most so called 15nm figuret. ln 25mm 3 to 5 figuresare
gunnersto Fort Wagner. requiredto represent a companyandtwicethisamountin 15mm
The secondand third scenarios involvethe assauks on Fort
Wagneron the llthand l8thJuly.I haveincluded a diagramof In boththe first andsecondscenarios the Unionforceent€rs
how the table top should look for the wargameassaults.This the tableat the neckof beachmarked'E' on the diasram-The
needssomeexplanation.Firstly the scale:I have assumed a jumpingoff point for rhe a<sauhcolumnswasover100yards
table top of 6 x 4 feet - a faidy usualsizefor most gamesand a from the fo(, whichputsthispos;tionjust offtable. In the first
groundscaleof oneinchrepresents tenyards.Thenanowneck scenario the Union side may use the 7th Connecticut (two
of the bea€hbetweenthe oceanand the marshshouldbe no companies of whichwerearmedwith breechloaders), the76th
wider than four incheson the gamestable.This meansthat a Pennsylvania (a zouaveregiment)and the 9th Maine. The
companyof wargamesfigurcs must be basedon a frontage no Confederate forceis as listed,exceptfor the 32ndGeorgia.
greater than foul inches. Indeed a 100 man strong cornpany Forthe secondscenario,all unitslistednay be used,except
deployedin two ranks would require 30 yards frontage. Thus for the 7th Connecticuton the Union side.All troopsare of
the terrain determines the formation in which the attackers goodmorale,but perhapsPutnam'sbrigadeshouldbe down-
mustdeploy.ln the severalaccountsI havereadof the battle gmded a little in this respect. As for infantry armament, all
there is no referenceto troops sossing the marsh.On the troops were equippedwith muzzle-loadingrifles exceptfor th€
contemporary U.S. Army maptwo kindsof marshare noted. 7th New Hampshireand two companiesof the 6th Connecticut
Obviouslythe sectionofmalsh markedIMPASSABLEshould who were armed with breech-loaders.The amount of artillery
be treatedas suchin the wargame.The INTERMEDIATE capableof being deployedby the Rebels should also b€
sectionof marshmay be just passable, thoughunlikelyto be reduced.As the bombardment damaged5 gunsout ofa total of
traveffedin the dark. All w.rgamerulescaterfor reductionof 19 then each waryame piece should be diced for using a
movementin suchtenain,but ifnot I wouldsuggest halfspeed. per€entage dice- Roll once for each gun before the assault
As can be seenfrom the di.gram the beachis sownwith troops are deployed;scoresof 25% or lessindicate that the gun
torpedoes (landminet ; thesewereof twovarieties - castor keg hasbeendamagedandmaynot takepart in th€ scenario.One
mines,usedin water, andthe shelltype (see drawings).To all modelshouldrepresenttwo to four a€tualgunsand thesecanbe
intentsand purposestheseshouldhavea similareffectin the mounted anwhere in the fon.
wargame.MostACW rulesdo noi caterfor minelields(butsee The assault in the first scenario poses no problems, but
my ACW AJmy Lists, Newbury Rules, 1986for suggestions) simulatingthe increasingdarknessin the secondmay be rather
andsosomemethodof decidingcasualties from mineswill have diflicult. Perhapsafter a couple of moves visibility could be
to be devisedin keeDinewith the rulesused.For the second reducedto 7a, then %, andin the fourth movea yadhtancewith
 25

an equivalentreductionof movement.It could be ruled alsothat

Putnam'sunits must fire one move into Strons'sunits to
simulatethe confusion,
VILLACE GREEN
ResinCastBuildings and Sunics

ABOUTTHE 54thMASSACIIUSETTS
As canbe gleanedfrom the title of thisaiicle thereleaseof the
film G.loryservedasa spurto my writing thispiece.Living in the l',l,ll,l,lilBlc 3q1965a+"t2,.;'
118.88
culturalbackwaterthat I do, I havenot yet hadthe pleasureof l:ltli,l' ffi*ld rr'rceae
seeingthis movie. From the stills andtrailers I haveseenit does
look like somethingspecial. {:i}."1i:;:EXTEN--stoNsg5--991.s.--p1
The54thMassachusetts InfantryRegimentwasraised,along 9'5cm
with its sister regiment, the 55th Massachusetts,ftom free VILLAGE GREEN
34 Moo.ganh Av€nue,Mount Vale,York YO2 zDP
blacks.Bearin mindthat90%of thecolourcdpopulationofthe Tet Ptao"e.(090a16 29062
Stateswasstill in slaveryat this time. Also bearin mind that
although anti-slaveryseniiment was growing in lhe North, the
war was fundamentallyabout the restomtion of the Union for
the North and States'rights to secedefor the South. At fint it MONARCH& MAGNOLIA?
seemedunthinkable to allow negroesto fight, as by so doing
they would be put on a similar socialfooting aswhites- which NO. DUSKYPEACH& LUPINI
was an especiallytouchy subject in the slave-owdng border
states.Yes, the Negro could servehis country, but with a shovel
nther than a gun in his hand. Many whites felt that a Negro
rebellionwould be the consequence of arming coloureds.
Nevertheless by late 1861,Abolitionistswere callingfor the
recruitmentofblacksoldieN.Itwasnotuntil January,1863 that
Lincoln, with the border statesfiImly securedin the Union, felt
that he wasin a positionto authorisethe enlistmentof black
soldiers.
Although a few contrabandNegro regimentshad beenraised
by Union forcesin occupiedSouthem tenitories, the 54th \vas GAMERS IN EXILE
tbe first regiment of free coloured troops to be organised.
Commandof the regimentwasgivento Roben Gould Shaw,
sonofan ardentabolitionistfanily. All of Shaw'sofficem,like
hirnseff,werewhite.(It wasnot until very latein the war thata
few Negroeswerecommissioned.) In May 1863th€ regiment,
El t.]n
1,000strong,paradedthrough Boston en rour€ for South r-r.oo-"rr-_-l[-l:
Carolina.After a minor skirmishon JamesIslandon the 16th Tue-Sat 10.00-5.15 |
July, the regimentwent into its fust seriousaction. l-€ading the
secondassaulton Fort Wagnertwo dayslater with over 600men 283 PENTONVILLE NOAD
it left over 250of them on the beachand ramparts- Shawwas LONDONNl gNP
one of thosekilled. Whenthe Federalsaskedfo. his body the TeleDhone:071-8:|3rt971
ConfederateGeneralHagood replied that he had alreadybeen WARGAMES FANTASYGAMES
"buried$ith his niggers."The Confederates at first took the ESSEX & DIXON T.S.R.
attitude that captured blacks would be sold into slavery and & PLATOON
FREIKORPS AVALON HILL
their officers executed. Washington threatened retaliatory MLR& HOTSPUR STANDARD
action if suchmeasureswere enforcedand so the ConJederates w.R,G. PORTAGE
retracted. Fort Wagner proved to Federal and Confederate PAINNNA SERVICE
Tom Hardman,Christeason & olh€r qualitvbrushmen
alike that Negro soldien could fight just aswef aswhite ones.

Pftctical Waryamerout early nen year.)

WARGAMESFIGTJRES
There are now many manufacturerswho do lines of American
Civil War figures, and most of these are very good too. The MAIN REFERENCES
scenariosbestsuit 15mmor 25mmfigures. Negrofigurescanbe Beauregard,G.T. me Defenseof Charleston and
found in the StoneMountainand Frei Korpsrangesin 15mm Gillmore, Q.A. 'The Army Before Charlestonin 1863'in
andin the Dixon rangein 25mm,but theremaybe othersI do Battles & Leade$ of the Civil WaL Vol.IX, C-astle,1983Edn.
not know about, Negro troops wear the sameuniforms as the Chaitin, P.M. The Coastal War: The Civil War seies,
white troops, and at Fort Wagner the 54th were attircd in Times-Life Books, 1984.
rcgulationsackcoats- WhenpaintingNegoskintonesIfind the Cowles,C.O. Adas to Acconpary the Otfrcial RecotdsoI the
best resultsare obtained by a washof dark blue over a reddish Union & Confedeftte Amie, 186t-1865,Faidax Press,1983
brown basecolour. The only other distinctiveunit at Fort Edn.
Wagnerwasthe76thPennsylvania, the Keystone uaves(see
illustration). Their uniform consistedof dark blue, tasseledfez,
dark bluezouavej acket,trimmed with red, andwith a gr€yfalse
vest attached,sky blue zoavepants,dark brcwn jambieresand
white gaiters.(Seemy forthcoming article on Union Zou.ves in
26

RHIilO! A "GREET WARS"SCETANIO

by Chris Peers

In the last year or so it has begun to look as though the combatthe poachers,but others,suchasKenyaandZimbabwe,
traditional scenariosfor tuture wals - World War III on the decidedto resistthe daughterof a valuablenationalasset,
Nato Central Front for example- are becomingless and less l€adingto the deploynent of troops and a seriesof firefights in
rclevant to political and military reality. As the monolithic which hu rcds have been killed over th€ last few years.The
Communist empires ftagment, and the rest of the world fighting hasbeen particularly savagein Zimbabwe, where elite
beclmes either too dch !o gain hom any conceivablemajor paratroops have been used to track down udts of the South
coDflictor too poor to undertakeone, decisivebaitles are being AJrican-backedMNR, a guenilla arny in Mozambiquewhich
rcplaced by relatively long-dlan-out, but low-intensity, vio- hasbeen augmentingits tunds by cross-borderpoachineraids.
tencelike that in CentralAmerica,kbanon or Azerbaijan,in The govemmert of North Yemen hasmeanwhilebeen making
which the distinction between warfare. Dolice actions and progressin banning the tlade and eliminating the demandfor
nomal civiliaD lile becomesincreasingly blurred. To some hom, but although the poaching may eventua[y begin to
extent this may be a retum to the situationprevailingbefore the declineit is likely that the{ewill alwaysbe an illegal market, and
rise of organisedarmies, in which violence was often a ritual asscarcitypushesthe price still higher (there were about 30,000
designedto reinforce the statusof the participantsandreligious rhinosi Airica in 1975,comparedto 3,000today) someonewill
or ethnic differenceswe.e more an excusefor fighting than a find it worthwhile to risk his life to satisfyit. The following game
reason,but it s€emslikely that in the future military operations is therefore set "somewherein south€m Africa" in about 1992.
will come to centre amund disputes over the protection or It is the dry season,when the animalscongregatearcund the
exploitationof scarceresources,includingthe scarcestof all, the waterholes,and a patrol ofgovemment troops hasfollowed the
oaturalenvircnmentitself - hencethe "Green Wars" of the trail of a ganginto an areaof thick bushwherethey in their tum
title. So, having disposedof the future history of the world in are stalkingrhinos.Thh leadsto an extra pelil for both sides,for
haf a paragraph,it might be interesting to considerwhat this over the last few decadesthe animah have adapted to being
view meansfor the modem wargamer,who will probablytake a huntedin their own way,becominglargelynoctumal,leaming
bit of convin€ingbeforc he meltsdown his yiooscaleChallengen to hide in densevegetation,and becomingmore aggressive.[f
to make20mmGreenfreaceinflatables.Of coune someof these humaDsg€t too close they may charge, and of coune they
"Green Wars" are happeningright now, one of which, inspired cannotdiscriminatebetweenmenwho are after their homs and
mainiy by televisioncoverageo[ anri.poaching campaigns in ihose who want to protect them. The following information
Africa, foms the basisofthis scenario.For the skirmish,gamer shouldbe availableto both sides:
it offers not just a glimpse of futur€ possibilities, but some
unusualterrain, a chanceto eiplore the potential (or lack of it) TERRAIN AND GENERAL CONDITIONS
of armedcivilians aswell asmore regular troops, and a number
of rnilitary objectiveswhich, unlike the Fulda Gap, move across The areayou are enteringis coveredwith bush,either very
the table in random directions! densethorn bushesor slighdymoreopenvegetation,andhasa
numb€r of animal trails running through it. These show
nun€rous rhinocerosprints, suggestingthat severalanimalsare
BACKGROUND:TEE RHINO WARS rcsidentin the area.Movementon the trails is easy,in the open
WhenNonh Yemen struck it rich throughoil in the 1960sit was bush less so, as well as being noisy becauseof the dry twigs
very bad newsfor the Aiican black rhinoceros.Yemeni men underfoot;andihe thickthom bushis impenetrable to humans,
weardaggerswhosefittings are an important statussymbol,and though not to rhinos. The ground is dry and hard and you will
whenthey becamewealthyenoughto import exoticmaterialsto not leave a trail visible to an enemy, although of coursespent
decoratethem a fashionfor rhino-horn ha.ndlesarcse.This was cafiidges, clipsetc. arc anothermatter. The sunis stil high and
uDfo.tunateb€causethe fiino was aheaE a scarceanimal and visibilityis limited only by line of sight,exceptin thick bush,
usually protected by law in the countrieswhere it lived, which . whereit extendsone metre in from the edges.What you should
formed a huge arc across Africa fiom Chad, via Ethiopia, know about the rhino is asfollows: it is about 12feet long and 6
Kenya and Tanzada, through Zimbabwe to Namibia. To meet feet high, i.e. a man-sizedtarget when seen from the ftont,
the demanda lucrative poachingbusinessgr€w up, run by the about three times man-sizefrom the side. Its skin is not bullet
Africans themselves,andthe rhitro wasquickly wipedout in the proof atrd it can be kiled by a singleshot or burst of automatic
more acaessibleparts of its range. As its numb€n dwindled the tue, althoughthis is by no meanscertain. It weighsvrell over a
price of the increasinglysc.arcehorn rose ever higher, until in ton atrdhasa front hom about 3 feet tong and very sharp;very
1986 a single hom could be valued at $50,000 not only a closeacquaintancewith the animalis rhereforelik€ly to be fatal.
fortune to moatAfticans but enoughto make it wo(hwhile for It is knolr'I| to be dangercusandunpredictableat closequarte6,
guerilla armiesin variouscountriesto tum to poachingto raise but usually runs away if it gets enough vraming. Its s€nseof
moneyfor arms.Soonit wasno longer a matter of a few villagers smell and hearing are very acute,but it cannotseea stationary
with ancienthmting dies, but organisedgangswith far better man at much beyond 30 metres,althoughit will seehim if he is
equipm€nt than that of the game wardem opposedto them; moving. It canrun at twice the speedof a man, is not slowedby
automatic rioes, explosivesand Eucks have becomecommon, the thickest bush, and will not be stoppedunlessit receivesan
al1d a couple of yea$ ago a gang lalded in an East African immediatelyfatal lround. If it is shot, the hom canbe removed
res€rveby aircraft and pinned down the wardenswith heary in about a minute and is light enough to b€ caried without
automaticfte wtLilethey killed the rhinos, cut off the homs and
took off again unscathed. Some of the countries involv€d,
Ethiopia and the Crntral African Republic for example,have
enormous ditfrculty in €xerring govemmental authority over 1ICTORY CON'DITIONS
most of theL territory at the best of times and could do litde to Both sidesshould also know each other's victory conditions:
Govemm€ntTroops
Eachpoacherkilled
Eachpoachercapturedalive
I point
2 points
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Enemyendthegameinretreat 6 points Tama6ideSchool
omclAl MNlnGs sToct(sT
Eachrhinohom heldattheend 8 points WFdonorFav€m.nvshowsforlh. n€xlf€wFonthssowhynorviriro,r
ehooor us€ou. mailordor sfrice?Ourdoclsarcdmonostthsmori
The gameendswhenone sidehasleft the table.The poachen c o m D ' e h e n s v e , n t h e b u s i nFeos'sf u l l d e l 6 ' lsse n da n s a e o r 2 r F C s
iotho abovo.dd@ss, n.tng, ifpo$ibl€, your.re. ol imeresi.
cando thisvoluntarilyat anytime;the govemmenttroopsonly Figora
if forcedto by a moraletest. MinidturcFiourines:All 15mmand mos125mmranoes& RalParlha
Heroie & Fos fiqu'es& RourdwayMi.i.tur.r - ail figue r.nq€s
DjxonsMiniatur€s Alllsmm &25mm Ens6, MLR seecledrang€s
T'fo., Oav.o& Fneliahr- s€lided .dnqes.
Nawar & Naismilh- selecledranges,
CAME SET-UPANDUMPIRE.CONTROLLED Boo*. & Rules
FACTORS W6rsadesFesearch GroupjTableiopGames;NewburyBulesj
Ospr€VM.n.rAms: Elir€;Vanguard& Campaio_Sari€sjBdid.',
The accompanyingmap givesan exampleof the sort of terain M.O.D.Gdmes;Anschluss; Acl ve SeryicePres;
plusselec,ted tnbs from manyorherpublisheG.
requirediit canof coursebe modifiedaccording to tle umpire's T.slie - Anci.d W.rg.m6 Rul6 f12.95. T.ciid Suppt.m.nt
preferenceor what te(ain piecesare available, as long as the Aoo* 1 C6,95,Tlctia + SuDol.m.Dt €19,00
overallimpression of densecoveris maintained.The poachers Ltrlin & Mod.l Buildinos
Inlesrdller€'r; K&M Trees,Hovels{'es'n),MarnlvM'lkrv (rcs'nl;
Inaydeployantrhere in passableterrain to the southof the Iine Hard@ver D* qn l€dl. D.aperMod€lrll5mnN6poleonicca'd bu'ld'nssl
A-A. The govemmenttroopsenterfrom the sideB-8. Before ShopopenTues-Sat(10.00am6.00pm). vtSAan.tACCESSA@epted
the gamebeginsthe umpirethrowstwo normaldice,the first
givingthenumberofrhinosonthetable,rhesecond thenumber
of other large animals;theseare then deployedat random
accordingto whatevermethodhe prefers.Iftheytum out to be
in the open,movethem into the nearestpatchof cover.The
otheranimalsareonly thereto createconfusionandcanbe of
Y2 @
any tlpe they need not even be placedon the table although
they do addto ahevisualeffect. No animalsare actuallyon table
until theyare detected,sothei positionsshoDldbe markedon
the umpire'smap. The scenariowouldbe suitablefor the full
"concealed movement" treatment, with
each side having a
separate tableon whichthe terrainh movedto represent what
they seeasthey movethrough the area,but this is nor absolutely a-rt-
necessaryas I find that with this amount of vegetation on lhe

9
table no-one can work out wbat is going on an'ryay, and
oo
camouflagedfigures are very easyto miss.
The players control their men according to whatever rules
you are using,but the animalsare moved by the umpire,
althoughas they are restingin the aftemoon heat they will not
move unlessthey see,hear or smell humans.They can be
assumed to seeall round,subjecttoline of sight,andiftheydo
seesomeonetheywillmove inlo thenearestpatchofthickbush,
if not alreadyin one,andhide.lf the mendo not seethem and o\
they have to move the player will be rold that he can hear
somethingmovingin the bushin such,and-sucha direcrion. The
rhino is a morestealthyanimalthanmightbe supposed, andit
will not be possibleto tell from the soundwhetherit is a man,
rhino or other animal. Animals will hear men moving through
(>
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bushorshoutingorders at60metres,singleshotsat 3m metres
and automatic fire or explosionsat any distance; any animal
except a rhino will stay put if ir thick bush and nor within 60
<by
metresof gunfireor explosions,otherwiseit will moveaway
from the noisefor three boundsat 80 metresper bound, then go
into the nearestthickbushandhide.A rhinowill do the sameif
originally nore than 60 metresfrom the soundor if a 3 or lessis
ihro*n on a normal die, othenvisechargedirecdy towardsthe
28

ScottBoudenI The Simplified

lorfaster
Emperor's ploy.
Headquarters
a nounce
therelease No changein
of theirnew mounting ecessary.
Napoleofiic
MifliatureWargame Graphically
Simulation
Rules. enhanced
and
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sourceof the noise. It charges80 metres per bound and is not Spentcartridges
andothertracesareseenon a 5 or betterby
slowedby alryterrain,Whenit contactsa manit stopsfor that menpassingwithin 10rnetres,or a 3 or betterifa trackeris with
boundandtosses himwith its hom, inflictingdamageon him as the group
if he wasin the inner zofieor kill radiusof a high explosive
grenade;he is assumedto scream,counting as a shout for the Movemena
purposeof beingheard.lf not disturbedtherhinowill finishhim Done accordingto the normalrules,except:All movementin
off nextbound.but ifhe detectsotherhumanswithin60 metres bushis variable,whetheror not in a combatzone.However,if
or shootingat him he will reactto them,with a 50:50chanceof not under firc all men in a group moving through bush and
chargingor runningaway.Men mayalsobesmeltby all aoinals vrithin5 metresof eachothermayelectto moveat the paceof
within 100metresand 45' of dire€tly downwiod, with the same the slowest.
resultsasif theywereheard;theplayenshouldbetold thewind Everyonerunningawayfrom a chargingrhinocerosusesa
diection (choserat nndom) beforethe startof the game. variablemove,countingas motivation3. This move mustbe
directlyawayhom a visibleanimalto th€ full extentof the
move.If ittakesthemanintothickbushhegetscaughtuponthe
SPECIAL RULFJ thomsand tales the wholeofthe next boundto hee himself.
These,like the figure classificationsbelow, are designedfor Jim
Websrer'sHe BJ Dayligh, rules, but canobviouslybe adapted Shooting
to your own favourite set if necessary.There is no need for the Also asnomal, with the followingexceptions: A rhino being
umpireto disclosetheserulesto the playen beforethey corne shot at from any angle ex€eptwithin 45' of directly aheador
into operation. behindhastwicethe normalchanceof beinghit.It cancountas
in cover,but neverasprone.It dicesasusualfor effectofhits,
visibility but ignoreslightwounds.A seriouswoundwill kill it after3 full
Canbeassumed to beautomaticifa lineof sightexists,exceptin bounds,duing which it carrieson as nomal but leavesan
thefollowingcases: (all scoresrequiredon a D6, dicingonceper obviousbloodtrail. Shotguns cannotharmrhinos;all RPG hits
bound,per figure).Aninals within 1 metreof the edgeof thick kil them.A manfiringat a chargingrhino,rvhetherthe targetis
bushareseenon a4or better.Stationarymen beyondl0metres himsellor a friend. countras beins underfire
in openbushareseenon a 5 or better;ifthey fire theymustbe
"in position"to avoid automaticdetection,not just "halted".
Note thatifa playercomesunderfirc but doesnot seethe firer THE FORCES
he may retum fire unaimed,if the Fire ProbabilityTable Govemment patrols would probably be of a fairly standard
comDosition thefactthatthisscenaiois not intendedto
desDite
 29

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Simulationof the ScottBowden's
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representa specificarmy,but poachinggangswouldvarywildly l-eadership Points.

in strength, skill and motivation. I will therefore give one Hunter, Untrained2, Boh-actiondfle.
government list and three for the poachers, representing Hunter, Untrained1, Carbine.
differentpossibilities.
The umpirecanthenchooseoneof these Hunter, UntrainedI, Shotgun.
at random so that the govemment side cannot be certain what Youth, Untrained3, Boltaction rifle. Countas sniper.
type of opposition it will meet: Youth, Untrained2, Shotgun.
) Youth, Untrained2, Bolt-actionrifle.
The GovernmentTroops Youth, Untrained1, Shotgun.
Officer,Vet 2, SLR. 24 I-eadershipPoints. Youth, Untrained2, Spear.(+1 in handto-hand).
NCO, Vet 2, SLR. 15 l-eadershipPoints.
Tracker,Vet 1, Bolt-actionhuntingrifle- The ProfessionalPoachiry cang
Gunner,NoIm 2, GPMG. Iaader,Vetz, AK47,2 anti-personnel grenades.20Leadenhip
No 2, Norm 2, SLR. Points.
Pdvare,Norm 3, SLR, 2 anti-personnel grenades. Second-in-Command, grenades.
Vet 2, AK47, 2 anti-personnel
Pdva.e,Norm 2, SLR, 2 anti-personnel grenades. 20 LeadershipPoints.
kivate, Green2, SLR, 2 anti-personnel grenades. Tracker,Untrained3, Bolt-actionrifle.
Pdvate,Green2, SLR, 2 anti-penonnelgrenades. Tracker,Untrained2, Shotgun.
RadioOperator,Norm 2, StertingSMG, radio. Poacher,Vet 3, AK47, 2 anti,personnel grenades.
Poacher,Norm 1, AK47.
It would of coursebe possibleto useSoviet equipmentinstead Poacher,Green2, Shotgun.
of British if that is what your figureshave.Conversely,although Poacher,Green2, Home-madeSMG (autonaticfire only).
the poachersare list€das Soviet-equipped, they couldjust as Poacher,Green2, Bolt-actionrifle.
easily be South African-backed guerrillas with westem Poacher,Untrained2, Bolt-actionrifle.
weaponry. Poacher,Untrained1, Home-made SMG(auotmatic6re only),
2 anti-pemonnel grenades.
The Tribal Hunting Band
Leader,Untrained3, Sholgun.18 LeadershipPoints. The Guerrila Army
Tracker.Unrrained3. Boh-acnonrifle. Countas sniper. Officer, Vet 3, AI(4?, 2 anti-personnelgrenades.24l-€adenhip
Tracker,Untrained2, Shotgun. points.
Ex-soldier,Vet 2, AK47. 16 LeadershipPoints. NCO, Vet 2, AK47, 2 anti-personnel genades.16l€adership
Hunter. Untrained2. Bolfaction rifle. +1 in hand-to-hand.
8 Points.
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Rangessuchasthosein 20nm by Platoon20 wil provide a[ the The]{odheast's
ownWargames
Convenlion
figures you need for both sides. Regadless of the exact
nationality, AJrican troops are Iikely to wear various combina- A d u l t s1 1 . 0 O Children E O-A.P'S 50P
tions of khaki and camouflagegearwith peakedcapsor berets,
and the guerrillasandprofessionalpoacherswould probablybe
equippedalongsimilar lines, althoughwith lessuniformit. For
the tribal hunterscivilian clotheswould be better. but this need
involve no more than a "paint convenion". Ifiegular Minia-
tures make a range of 25mm wild animals including Africatr
speciessuchaselephants,lions and giraffes, and althoughthey
are on the srnall side for 25mm they fit very well with 20mm
figures. Unfortunately the star of the show, the rhinoceros
itseff, doesnot appearin the range at the moment, leavingthe
DURHAMWARGAMES GROUP
prosp€ctivegameorganiserwith three options: he cantake the OPEN DAY
coward'sway out and substituteelephants;he can usesomeof SEhad,aV l5th JurE l99l
the cheapplastic onessometimesfound in toyshops(usuallyof lO:00 to 4:30
different or indeterminatespecies,but how many of your club
membersare zoologists?);or he can try making them out of
Miliput or similar, which is probably not asdifficult asit sounds
asthey are pretty shapeless-looking beasts,roughly resembling
a barrel with a pillar at eachcomer. It shouldbe pointed out that
despite its name the "black" rhino is the samecolour as the
"white" variety,i.e. light grey. For the terrain you will need
plenty of Iichento scatteraround for the open bush, and a felv
rock ouiqops madeof bark or cork will addto the visual effec1.
For the thick bushI userubberisedhorsehairtom into irregular
chunks; it can either be sprayed green or left in its original
colour to simulatedried-out thom scnb, andmodeltreescanbe
stuckinto it atrandom inte als.A sand-colouredcloth or table
surfacewould probably be most suitable, as exposedearth in
tropical Africa is generally a reddish colour.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
M. Penny, RAiaosr EndangeredSpecies,Christopher Helm,
1987.Good backgound information plus lots of picturesfor the
Cil.{.t CoEEuDittA!.o.,
fiino-modeller.
J. Webstet, He by DaJligrt, AnschlussPublishing.A rule s€t
designed specifically for count€r-insurgency operations,
emphasisestraining and motivation and brings out quite well
the atmosDhereof fear and uncertaintv.
 31

Fire on the lake

An AWINaval Skirmish
by Paul Carson and the StainesWargamers

Asobscurebattles go,thenavalengagement off valcourIsland, to minimisethe difficultiesin explainingasetof sailingruleswe

LakeChamplinin 176 duringthe Americanwar oflndepend- decidedto handlethis aspectof the gameon a computer.we
encemustsurelycause afew headstobe scratched. Featudnga ultinatelysuppliedthe playenwith a menuofavailableorders
polygotcollectionof sail and oar drivenvessels and mounting suchas'straightahead','increase or decrcase sail',twn to any
miscellaneous ordanceof availablenavalgunsand 'borrowed' of the eightcompass pointsetc, and one of our club members
field pieces,the few references
that mentionedthe activitesof wrotea computerprogram whichtook thisdataandgaveout on
two ad hocandvery unusualnavalforcesseemedto screamout screenmoveand tum informationin yaphases.The program
"WARGAME". Those cries were heard by the'Staines did all the hard work of taking into accountvarying wind
Wargamers'at a meetingto decidethe contentof our 1990 directionsrelativeto the bearingof the ship, rnodifyingthe
pa(icipationgameandwedeteminedtoexamine thehistorical speedwith regardto the manoeuvreodered andfactoringin
situationasbestwecouldto seeifitfitted in with ourconcepts of any mast or hull damage.In addition the programwould
a !iablepre.enlarion for a wargames convention. calculatealternativebearingsto turn to ifa particularshipwas
orderedto point clearerto the wind thanwe wouldallow.This
facilityprovedto be a realboon asit allowedanyoneto sailhis
GAME CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPMENTS ship in a realisricmannerwilhout hav'ngany previous
As a club who haveput on gamesfor a numberof yearsat the knowledge ofsailing.It alsoreducedthe possibilityoferrorsin
major shows we have establishedboth by accidentand moving the modelsand allowedus to includea wholeloadof
exDeriencethat certain criteria need to be fulfilled to achievea complicated factorsto maintain realismwithout sacrificing
gooopresenraalon, playability.Although it would have been a simple task to
First the scaleof the actionneedsto be at skirmishlevelor includethe combatmechanisms on computer,we considered
depicta numberofrelatedsmallactionsto keepthe gametime that the game might become too clinical.We thoughtplayers
down. Many would-beparticipantscan be put off if they would Drefer to rol their own di€e for combatresolutionrather
'blackbox'.
perceivea time commitmentof two hoursor moreout oftheir thanrelyonthe very precisebut impersonal Quick
day. The gamemechanisms also need1o b€ simpleto allow andeasymechanisms werecalledfor hereif wewerenot to lose
assimilation by the playerwithin a minuteor two. The gane the fast play advantages of the €omputercontrolledmove
howeverneedsto have somereal tactical 'meat' to it. as a phase. we d€cided in the end to usesomedicewith different
straightforward 'point-and-shoof contestwill hold limited colouredsides. we bought some blankdiceandstuckcoloured
intercst for the public - and probably no interest for the dots on. (Three red, two blue, one yellow).The colourseach
prcsentingteam,whohavetorepeattheexercisemanytimesin had somesignificance dependingon the reasonfor throwing.
thecourseof a year.Theimportance of anenthusiastic umpiring We accountedfor the various factorsby increasingor reducing
t€am in creatingthe necessary ambiencefor the playe$ and the numberof dice thro\rn and the result wasbasedon the
spectatorsshouldnot be under estimated.Sincea wargame numberof facesof the requiredcolourshowing.
generallymakesa poor spectatoreventa good yardstickfor Variationin the gamewas promotedby the very effective
assessinga demo or panicipation game is by observing how idea of having each vesselcomprisea ce(ain number of
manypeople arepreparedtostandandwat€h for halfanhouror standard nodules.ThelargeststiipshavingT-l0andthesmaler
gunboats2 or 3. A nodule couldcontaina heavy,mediumor
Thefigurescalealsoneedsto belargeenoughto allowpeople light gun, a marine squad,or nothing at all. Playersdrew
to idenlibwhos qho andwhaiswhat,andtharin our opinion speciallymarkedcardsfrom a pack to determinethe fighting
means25mmgenerallyfor land actions.Finally if the period or complementof their ship, and tacticsfor the fleet wouldthen
scenariodepictedlooks a litde different it is nice if it prevents dependuponhowtheshipswerethusequipped.A vesselwith a
the avenge wargamer from walking past without a second bit of firepower up Iront or having a decent broadsidecould
glancemutteringabout just anotherNapoleonicor ww2 engageat a distance,whiht anothership with a higherthan
bash'. averagemarine complementcould try to manoeuvrefor a
So bow doesthe Battleof Val€ourIslandlook whenDlaced boardingaction.Wilh a lake 125mileslong, varyingin width
under \uch scrutiny?The level of acrion looked righr. the between400 yards and 14 rniles, scenariovariation€ould
Americans possessingsix schoonersand row galleysand nine inctudeputtingcoastlines down one or both sidesof the table
smalervessels, whilstthemorepowerfulBritishsquadron hada with the occasional island or rock loimation to prcsent
sloop-of-war, two largeschooners andabouttwenty gunboats. navigational hazards, We opted to constructa smallfort for our
Sincethe actionitselfwasa bit onesidedandconsidering thatit large islafld which wasdesignedto take three modules,usually
developedinto a sedesof smallengagements betweenvarious gunsandcoulddeclarefor eitherside-Oftencontrolledby one
vessels it wasimmediatelydecidedto limit thetabletopscenario of the umpiringteamthisfeaturewhenusedformeda tangrble
to five of the main shipsper side and to depict a seriesof t'?ical objectivein severalgames.
actionson Lake Champlingenerallyrather than a specific To createsomefeel for the period andprovide a light hearted
reconstruction. We envisagedat this eady stagethat a game elementwe built into the combatrulesa seriesof specialevents
might commencewith as few asthree or four participantswith that were affe€tedby certain dice colours coming up. Usually
additionalplayelsfed in asrequired. Shipscouldeasilydrop out writter with an explanatory sentenceor two tailored to the
of the action when playershad had enough,or could be periodand scenario,theseceated someamusement for those
commandeeredby a waiting player. To ensurea fast gameand invotved.(Seemainrulesfor tul iisting).Thecrucialdecisionin
tuming the gameidea into reality wasin agreeingon model lookingfairly ungainly,measured 5" x 3.5".Thislattercraftwas
scale.Sincetheplayingpiecervastheindividualshipwefelt that made up from som€ old style fibre rawl plugs from our
we could afford to clew the vesselwith a smallerthan our ideal resourceful modeller'sDIYbox. (Ifanyoneknowswhereto get
25mmchapwithoutlosingeffect.Indeedwhensone prelimin- them thesedays,pleaselet us know!)
ary calculations weremadeon the anticipated sizesof the ships We alsoincorporateda fort which we anticipat€din a number
in variousscalesit lookedlike 6mn miglt be forceduponus in of scenarios. Thiswasa simpleassembly of thoselatelamented
orderto keeptheshipsandtabletopdimensions to a reasonable mwl plugs and cocktail sticks to produce a stockade tlpe
limit. Sincethis s.ale of figure was not acceptable to us we constru€tion.To break up the azure btue intensityof the
decidedto tacklethe problemfrom anotherangle.Working baseboard we thoughta largeisland(about12"x 12")mightbe
from the other end we thought a maxirnumtable sizeof 8ft. x useful. This was carvedfrom polystyrcne sheet and had a flat
5ft. wasfeasible, giventhe spaceallocationat conventions, and areato accomodate thefort ifwished.We built in a sandybeach
this would allow ship modelsto be around l0' long for the at oneend as a potentiallandingareawhichwasto featurein
largest,downto 4" to 5" for the smallgunboats.For modelsof somedesperatecombinedoperationsagainstthe fort in future
thesedimensionsit was perceivedthal, with certainliberties games.Polystyrene alsoprovidedthe materialfor somethin
takenin construction, we coulda€comodatea 15mmscalecrew stripsof coastline,whichwe tumed out in 18"lengthswith a
without distortingthingstoo much. Although certaindetaih meanwidthof about4".Thesewerecafledto slopedownto the
had to be checkedby initial play-testingwith cut out piecesof water'sedgeandmountedon hardboardfor protection.As with
cardboard,we wereableto confirn that the largervessels had the island,the terain pieceswere choppedarounda bit and
roomto manoeuvre adequately withoutrunningoff thetable-lt painted over with a textured paint nonnally used for ceilirys.
lookedasif we hadgot a gameon our handsat last,but with a This givesa nice appearancewithout being too lumpy to alow
committeddebut plannedfor 'Salute90' (a little over three figures to stand on it. Paintedsand colour with a heaq
monthsaway)we neededto work fastandget it basicallyright dry-brushof greenandwith somescattermaterialthrownon in
fint time. placesfor goodmeasure, theyrverefinishedoff by paintingin a
white water effe€tat lake level. Being a naturaldelineation
mark thistook the eyeawayfrom the join betweenthe baseof
THE MODELS the terrainpieceand the playingsurface.Finallywe madeup
Our decisionto dispense with a recognis€dshipmodelscaleand some rocky outcrops on hardboard basesto allow various
to go for a representation of thevessel,whilstmakingit suitable navigational hazardsor to combine rvith the island to form a
for a 15mmscale,meantscratchbuilding. We listedthoseships natural harbouringarea. The lable top itself was a simple
we wantedto depict and put some provisionaldimensions constructionof hardboardbackedwith battening. Sincea[ the
againstthem.A swiJttour of the localmodelshopsfollowed, tenain and shipswereon their own bases,paintedwith white
*ith a few ideasdevelopedfrom a look at thei merchandise. water effects,we were sparedthe difficult businessof trying to
Luckilywe havenot too far awaya shopwhich,thanksto its createthiseffectoverahe full playingareawhichamountedto 7'
owner's own interests,boastsa large naritime mode ing x 5' in threesections. We couldthuspaintit withasinglecolour
section.Herewestruckgold!Findingsomeresinandplasticrow (agreen-tinged bluefromtheDuluxrange)in severalthincoats.
boat hulls, which were intended as accessoriesfor much larger Thepaintgavea reasonably highgloss,soinsteadofvamishing
scalemodels,we enquiredat the counterif any othe$ were we finishedit off with T-cut car body rub and a wax polish.
available-We were showna selection,amongstwhichwerea Meanwhile,otherwo(hy handswerehardat work painting
coupleof sizeswhich roughlyequatedto the dimensionswe the figures,which were aUfrom the Frei CorpsAWI range.
wereafter.With a bit ofwork thesehullsformedthebasisofthe Thesefigureswerechosenbecause they are a 'small'lsmm -
of the gundilloes we wanted.Puttingour cardson the tabte(it but donl drop'em unlessyou wantplentyof proneposeswith
realy paysto ask!)we wereallowedto scourthe contentsofa broken ankles!The figures,plus the guns on a variety of
cabinet of accessoes which yielded various sizesbrasstumed commerciallypurchasednaval cariages,plus some scratch-
gunbariels,lengths ofsteps,ship'swheelsandallthe odd bits built examples,were mountedon 1" squarebasesto fit the
andpieceswhich,althoughscratch-building, lookedmuchnicer cut-outs;n the ship'sdecks.The largestbarrelswere deemed
than cannibalising15mm equipment as was our odginal heavy guns with a three man crew, others were medium with
intention.The snagwasthat theseitemsare not cheapbut, as two and the rest lightswith a sinelefigure. Marine goups
thebulk of the shipswereto be scratch-buila andtheterrainwas comprised fourinfantrymenon abase.The tull inventorycame
unlikely to costmuch, we decidedthat the final effe€twould be out al: 8 eachof heavyand mediumguns, 12 lights,8 each
worth it. That still left the Galleysand the Sloop.Here our British and Arnericanrnarinegroupsand 22 'blanks'.These
residentmodelleron theseoccasions tookthehelm.sotosDeak. were plain deck sections,some containingpowder barrels,
and went olf vith an armloadot modellingwood and laying stacksofroundshot,timberdebris,woundedfiguresetc.Their
down a solidbaseand solid carvedfo'c'sleand ouarterdeck. usewill becomeapparentlater.As we hadafew oddsandends
rimbered in lhesideswith rhinsrripsot$ood. He (irenplaced a left over we made a few rnoduteswith somesparcgunson
deck and built up setsof mastswith heavilyvarnishedtissue shatteredcariagesto replacethoselostin action.A sparehull
paperfor saih. Oarsweremadewith thin doweland to avoid wasalsodepictedasseverelysunkwith a choppedoff bow and
damagein the game,the shipsweremountedon a chamfered stem sectionvisible.After all, the look of the thing shouldbe
baseandaheoarsweregluedin ihe'water'. The deckshadan
overlaymadewith l"squarescut out for the €rewmodulesand
thesewere scoredto rcpresentplanking.A similar process
occuredwith the gundilloes, whichonly neededoarsandupper HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
worksmodelled.Eachship had a duplicateset of mastswith Beforeproceedingwith a detailedreviewof the gamerulesit
furledsailsandsomeextraonesweremadeto depictthosein a rnight be a good idea to put the naval operationson Lake
damaged condition.With acoatofpaintandsomefinedetailing Champlaininto somehistoricalpenpective.The lakeis a long,
on the larger ships we were presented at our first serious thin fiflger of water stretchingfron Quebecthrough New York
play-testwith two really splendidfighting squadrons.The state and Vermont to Lake George in the heart of New
dimensions we finally built to were:sloop10.5"x 3.5",galleys England.ltformsanaturalinvasionrouteeithersouthintoNew
7-9"x 3.5", gundilloes4-5" x l.75" and the raft, deliberately York or northinto Brit;shCanada.ItwastheBritishwho.soon
 afterthewarwasdeclared, plannedto usethelakeasa meansof
movinga strongfor€e to threatenthe valley of the Hudson
River and linking up with the army of GeneralHowe, which
would marchout of New York city and thus split the rebel
coloniesin two. The AmericaDcommander, BenedictArnold,
gottowork with hismeagre resources to createafleetthatcould
opposean invasion.Despitemajorlogistical difficultiesAmold
assembled afleetof3 row galleys,2schoone$,acapturedsloop
and a cutter and 8 row gunboatsknown as gundilloes.The
TheLittleBigHornRange
Britishon the otherhandhadsomeslightlydifferentproblems USCAVAUY{oniool)
to contendwith. Shallowsandrapidsprevenredthe fleet from 84p USil LlColCueteffing pRol 42P
sailingdirectlyfrom the St Lawrenceinto Lake Champlainiso 15P US12 Offerwilh eword&pinol l4p
15P l4p
theycalmlydhmantled thelargervessels, hauledthemoverland US4 Regtstaidad be{er 76P 3.4p
and rebuili them at the No hem end ofthe lake.The British U55 Bugler 16p U915 suglersunding r4f
underGoverner'General Sir Guy Carletonalsoconstructed a U515 Standingfnng6dine l2P
number of gunboats,(about 23 in all) to augmentthe 2 US17 Standingnloadingodine l2P
schooners and largesloopnow reassembled. U51E Kn€€lingfnng6dine l2P
A typicalspecification for the Americanrow galleyswould A[ PflCISII{CIUDE HONSE'
have been about 70ft. long by 20ft. beam with two masts AlloavallableAme cn PlainsIndiansonf@t andmounted Dlus manvmore
carryinga lateenstylerig. Armamentvariedconsiderably, but U5Civalry
figurc5indudingGatling cunsaid wagoniInf?ctwe€n supply
something on thelinesof2x 1spdrs,2x12pdn,2x9pdrsand4x eveDlhingyouneedfor tou. nextexpedition intothe BlackHilk.
4pdrson the broadsidewouldhavebeentypical. oUEsHOrnY: USCavalry on foot leadingtheir hoEs, pl!5 Anjlleryand
ln addition8 or9swivelgunsmuld havebeenmountedon the Umbe6 andmorclndianr.
quarterdeck,with a heavygun in the bow. The gundilloesof send60pin stAlIPs+ LARGE SAEFORFULIUTANDtqMPLEFooTFIGURE
bothsideswouldhavebeensimilarin appearance, beingabout AlsoavaihblerAimea,Napol€onic, Andenls,Coloniah etc andourns 20mm
40-50ft.long, 15ft.in the beamandsquare-rigged with a single
mast as well as beingequippedwith oars. Armamentwould P& PUK12%% of orderminimum 30p
havebeenno morethan a 12pdrin the bow, with a coupleof O!€Rs Aimail 50%of od€r minimumf2.50
lighterpieces amidships- Oftenan adllery pie€ecompletewith OveR6suda@ 13%of odd miiimum$1.50
carnagewould have been used,lashedto the timbers.The UKORDEFs OVER f2OPOST FREE
Britishsloopcanied 18x 12pdrsand the schooners 14x 6pdff
and7 x 9pdrsrespectively. The Britisbgundilloesako seemto
havecamiedbutone gun apie€e,varyingbetween9 and24pdr.
In firepowertermsthe Britishwereby far the supeiorhavinga
broadsideweight estimatedat 1300lbsto the 700lbsof the GAME RT'LES
Sincethe sailingruleswe useare on a computerprogramas
On Oct 4th 1776the British fleet sailedsouthup rhe lake. explainedearlier,thosepresented herearea €ompilation of the
Arnold in the meantimehad hiddenhis fleet in an anchoraee roughsetusedin our earlyplay-teslsbeforethe programwas
betweenValcourLland and rhe mrinlandOn the l2rh the written. and relevantsectionsof old navalwarsamebooksbv
British approachedthis positionunawareand when Arnold Featerstone. Dunn et€.
salliedout to engage,the prevailingwind preventedCarelton
from turningabout. Only one schoonerby luck and the row
gunboatswere able to engagethe Americansand a furious SHIP SPECIIICATIONS
gunneryduelbrokeout with muchdamageto bolh sides.After
5 hourstheotherlargeBritishshipswereableto enterthefight, Sail MameuvrcDanag€
but duskwasfallingand, afterwreakingterribledamagewith Nane Nal. TIT€ Modules Rig It stsorrs Rsle Poinb
their powerfulbroadsides,the Brilish pulled back leavinga .lnr{€:ribie Br Sloop 10 square 3 no poor l0
cordonof gunboatsto guard the exit from the American\ Matia Br Gundillo 3 lateen I yes ave t5
anchorage. With remarkablepresence Arnold wasableto dip Ca lon Br Gundillo 3 lugg I yes ave 15
betweenthelastgunboatandtheshoredudngthenightwith his Loyal
much reducedsquadron.The next day the Brirish, realising Cotre Br Gundillo 2 rugg l yes poor 10
what had happenedgavechaseonly to turn backafter a few Thundererk Gundillo 2 ave i0
'7
milesbecauseCarletonrcmemberedhe had left his ground WarfingronUS Galley lat€en 2 yes ave 25
troopsstrandedat ValcourlAmoldalsohadhisproblemswitha Cong.$r US Galley 5 laleen 2 yes good 20
few of hisgundilloesnearto sinking.Scuttliflgthe cripplesrbe Roston US Gundillo 3 lugg r yes poor l7
nine remainingAmerican shipspreparedto re,engagethe NewYotk US Gundillo 2 lugg r yes poor l0
Bdtish, now in view. Th€ resultwas a foregoneconclusion. Providence US Raft 3 lug I no poor 5
Thoughthe Americansput up a mostgallantfight againstthe Fon S/BrStockade 3 '" 15
odds,theyeventuallybeachedandfired theirshipsandretired
to Fort Ticonderoga at the southernendofthe lake-A tactical Thedamage,pointscolumnreferstothenumberof hitsthrough
defeatfor the Americans,but BenedictAmold, by delaying firing or othereffectsthat a vesselmay absorbbeforesinking.
significantlythe British operations,causedCarletonto post, The manoeuwerate affectshow quicklya vesselmaytum and
ponehis invasionuntil the Spring.The delaywasusedto good asfar asthe majorityof shipsareconcemed, thesearearbitrary
effectby the Americansandlhe re,ulrrngnmetor preparalions selecdons by us to eventhingsout. They couldbe dicedfor if
was instrumentalin securinglheir victory at Saratogathe wkhed,but thesloopandraft shouldgenerallyberelativetyless
followinsvear- manoeuvmblethan the other ships.Similarlya[ the Bdtish
gundilloescould have either lugg or lateen rigs, but the
Americansusedluggsailson theirs.
 After selectinga ship (by dice or unpire allocation),each
captainnow drawsfrom a packof speciallypreparedcardsto
seewhatcrewandordnanceit is to be equippedwith.We used
someblankplayingcardswhich are convenientto handleand
havethe necessary durability,but any cut up cardwill do, or
even overv,,riteplaying cardswith felt tip. A card is dra*n for
eachvacantmodulepositionon the ship and the appropriate
pieceplacedon the modelasdesired.The drawncardsareput
asideto avoidcallingon moduletypesthat havebeenusedup.
The tull complement of cardsh:
5 marked"British heavygun (3 crew)nodule".
2 marked"British mediumgun (2 crew)module".
5 marked"British light sun (r crew)nodule"
7 narked "British marinemodule".
5 marked"British blank"-
3 marked"Am€ricanheaiy gun (3 crew)nodule".
4 marked"Americanmediumgun (2 crew) module".
6 marked"Americanlight gun (1 crew) module".
7 marked"Americanmarinemodule".
4 narked "Americanblank".
The cardsare dividedinto two packswith eachside drawing
ftom their own. Shoulda 'blank' comeuDthen useoneof the
plain deck sectionsor one embeltishedwith nauricalirn-
pedimenta.Commonsenseshouldprevailwhenselecringfor
the 2 or 3 modulevessels. Only oneblankpervesselshouldbe
permitied,anyothersbeingredrawn.Similarlywhendeclaring
the fort in play the r€spectiveplayer should considerthe
viabilityofit iI all marinemodulesaredrawn.I believeat leasr
onegunshouldbe guaianteed, possiblytwo, the otherposition
beingasdrawn.ln our conventiongamesthe umpiresusually
controlledthe fort andwe alwaysmadesuretherewasat least
somethingnastyinside!
must be usedwhilst under sail. Rowingat fast rate is for a
maximumof threeconsecutive movesandneedsto be followed
by thrce movesat normaliate or under sail.
WII{D DIRECTION
Generallyit blew either due north of due south, with a
crosswindon occasion.For game variety dice from which
compasspoint it blows,possiblyweightingthe throwto favour
TURNING
GOOD 60 degper move Pointingto wind:
AVE 45 deg per move Squareriglugg sail 45 deg
POOR 30 degper move Lateenrig 30 deg
The procedureis to move14distance,tum, thencompletethe
move.No tackingis allowed,but vessels maywearawayfrom
the wind making approximately270 deg tums to zig-zagalong
on a meanbearingintothewind.Whenmakingthismanoeuvre
theshipremainsin position,swivellingatdouble tum allowance
until the requiredheadingis achieved.
Any gun modulewithin a shipmay turn 90 degper move,but
may not move from its starting location- Fonxard firing bow
gunsmay tum to fire on the broadside,but quarterdeckguns
may not fire forward.No firing is allowedby nodulesmoving
thus. Marine modulesmay turn as aboveand move to any
adjacentfreeor blankpositiongivingup the rightto fire if they

PHASESEQUENCE FIRING
Move ship model All modulesmay fire once per move unlessmoving or are
Wite sailingordersfor nextmove rnarinesfighting in a boarding action. Arcs of fire are assumed
Firingtuammingresolution to be from the centreof the back edgeof a module through the
Boardingactions front corne^ (approx45 deg).
Damagecontrolfuefloatingfrom agroundetc-
Firing Chart Rarye
Module Type 3,0cm 80cm r3{hrl
MOVEMENT
Heavygun (3 crew) 3 3 2
Mov€ment Sail Oars Med. sun (2 crew) 3 2 1
(nortr'/fast) Light gun (1 crew) 2 |
Sloop 12 Marines(s/A)
Gundillo/
Raft 6 I3I12 Thefigurerefersto the numberofdiceto be rolledpernodule
Galley 9 8l12 firing. BLUE requiredfor a hit.

DamageResolution:
Modiff€dnove ltilh r€spectto vind Roll one diceper hit achieved.
.
RED spot meansone damagepoint inflicted.
xl xl ^-
BLUEspot meansa specialeffectconesinroplay.Roll a black

\+ ',' andawhiteD6 to givenumbersbetween

chart.
11and66andreferto

YELLOW spot meansa moduledestroyed.Dice for which.

x2 --* ft>><,--notalowed
-tY *.-
x3
,,' I \", RAMMING
Take yacurrent speedin cm and conven it to the nearestwhole
number. Roll this number of dice with YELLOW sDots
The nodified moveonly applieswhensailsare usedand is a indicatinga damagepoint off the rammedship.The ramming
mulriplierof the basicdistance.Speedmay be increasedor shipdoesthesamebut useshalfthenumberof diceroundedup
decreased by 3crnper move,but a minimun of % naxirnun to determineanv damaee.
 35
BOARDINGACTIONS
Meleesmay only be foughtout with marinesand an assumed WILDGEESEMINIATURES
navalcrew(not r€presented) on the defendingside.Eachship NEW 15mm ANCIENTS
throwsa numberof dice as follows: MINIATUREUNDSCAPES
British Marines 3 dice per module. D,A,A.TEFMIN SETS
T1 Tibetan cataphEct, tully
American Marines 2 di€e per module. 'l'ibelan Ssr 1
Ships Cr€w I dice per ship. T2 cataph€cl, hall 1 Slraiqht Stream
T3 Tibetan Noble
Note that eligible marinemodulesare thoseadjacentto rhe ship T4 Tib€tan Noble shoolino bow 1 Gully
to be boarded.Extramodulesmaybe movedvia emptyspaces 15 Tib€tan Nomad shooliio bow
T6 NoDal€seArcher runnin-o
1 SindleHill
T7 NeiraleseArchef shoolii's bow
s€t 2
Padnians
ln additionaldiceare awardedfor: P1 Padniancataphract
Marinesdefendingship (not crew) +l dice P2 Padhie lioht cavalrvwilh bow Gully
P3 padnianlqihlcavalrysnh sword SinsleHill
Marinesdid not fire this move +1 dice P4 Cataphracr camols S€i 3
Won lastroundof melee+1 dice. All ngures are sold in packs ol: 1 Slraight Road

Rcsult: 4 - Cavalfu Alloachscost95o

The winneris the sidewith the most YELLOW spots. 3 - Camela 1 SingleHill
a) Equalor no YELLOW spors- DIaw continuenext move. !e! 1
b) Differenceofonespot Winnergainsaccess 1 6 S H C , 3H
2 C , I L C . 2L M t . ! 1 5 . 0 0
to enemyshipor
boardersrepelled. 2 Plain
24SHC,36 LC.6 EHCm. !15.0o
c)Differenceof two spots- As above,but one enemymodute 1 SingleHill
AI Sets 27.50 inc D A D
d) Differenceofthreespots-Asabove,but twoenemymodutes P & P: U.K. B.trP.O.10% Min 20p Mar 1.50.Europe20%
Resl ol World50Y; rsnmsilr
For cataloguesend S.A.E.(For sanples and cataloguesen.t tl) to:

DAMAGECONTROL WILDGEESEMINIATURES.
Fire 35 CrossSileet,Upton,Pontetract
WFg1EU
-A boaton fire mayafiemptto extinguish theflames,requiring
ret 0977 647647
a5 or 6on a D6, adjustedby adding1to theroll for eachmarine
moduleassignedto fighttheblaze.For eachmovethefirc bums
the boat will receive a number of damagepoints equal to the SPECIAL EFFECTS
total numberofmovesthat the fire hasbeenburnins.A vessel
Whena BLUE spot on the fidng dice is rolled throw 2 x Do.
mayhrvemorerhanonefrreburnina at onceanda r;Ls made Designateonetensand the otherunitsandreferto the special
for each,but a marinemodutemay6nlybe assigned to onefire effectlistedbelow.

Holed Badly
- Theshipneedsurgentcarpentrywork.A 6on a D6is required 11.A hit on the riggingdropsdebis on the gundeck.Gunsmay
not fire next move.
to completethe repair and one damagepoint is rcceivedfor
12.A roundshotdamages the rudder.Turn at halfratefor rest
eachmovethis is not accomDlished_ of game.
Rundng A$ound 13.A largeplumeoI spraythrownup by a nearmissdepositsa
- Damagerecordedasperrammingvessels. If theshiphasoars hugesalmonon deck.The Captainand firsr Lieutenantargue
onemoveisspentindroppingsail(ifraised)beforebackingoars overto whomit belongs.No orderchanges or liring nexrmove.
at hafspeedto clear.If not an oaredshipa YELLOW spotis 14.Roundshotupsetsa brazier,deposiring hot coalsondecks.
neededto run free and manoeuvreas normal. If the wind
Ship on fire.
directiondoesnot permitthe requireddirectionchangethenthe 15.Hearyfire springsa coupleofplanksforward.Holedbadly.
(No effecton raft).
16. Shotpenetrates hull and finds a maststepping.One mast
completelylost. Proralareductionon maxspeed.Siflglemasted
OPTIONAL RIJLES shipsnay only row or drift.
1) Whena hit is achieved ftom gunfireroll anotherdice,a blue 21. Hit in magazine.2D6 damagepoints.
meaninga hit on mastsor rigging.Lose1cmfrom max.speedfor 22. A cannonis struckanddismountedfrom its caffiage.One
eachhit.Thisisin additiontothe othereffectdicewhichshould designated gun modutenay not fire for 2 moves.
be rolled asno.nal. 23.TheCaptainis shotby Indianson shore,usinglongrifle.No
2) A modifiedtum sequence cangive an interestingif slightly ordersfor one move.
24. Ball shatterson impact.No effect.
a) write orders 25.Powderpreparedfor firing explodes.% D6 damagepoints
b) movehalf and roll for eachmodule.YELLOW destroys.
c) maketums if any 26. A padng shot stunsthe GunneryofJicer.No firing next
d) any shipnot tuming may fire
e) nove znd half 31. Ball ricochetsoff mastanddownthroughdecks.2 damage
f) any ship not fired previously may do so ponts.
g) resolverammingand melees 32. By workinglikemenpossessed, the carpenter's
mateshave
h) damagecontrol succeeded in uprightinga dismountedpiece.One previously
lost gun nodule may be replaced.
36
33. Roundshot smashes severallarternson the quarterdeck, maybeswiveled90or 180deerees, just like thoseor theships.
spreadingoil over the dry tirnbels.Shipon fire. Add a largerv€sselto the attackingside and counterwith a
34. Chainshotbisectsthe Gunneryofficer.The individualgun coupleof decentlyarmedshipson the other. When on land
captainstakeoveruntil anotherofficerisassigned andtheyare allowa marinemoduleabout2" movement-Possiblyaddsome
betterthanthe officers.Add I extradiceper gun next move. modulesoflndians to supportthe fort andyou havea fight on
35.The Captainis struckby splintersandis horsde combatfor your handsl
one move.No orden next move. 3) Set up a fleet action on a table libera y sprinkledwith
36. Boat hits sandbank and is stopped.No movementuntil a hazardous rocks.With a lot ofshipsmanoeuvring for position.
BLUE is thrown. ThoseCaptainsbestableto think a moveor two aheadwill most
41. A shotentersthe galleyanddemolishes lhe stove.Shipon likely end up afloatat the end of the day.
trre. 4) An approximationof the Valcour Islandbattle could be
42. Ball smashes into weak timbersin the sternjaring loose attemptedwith the wind runningdo\rn the long side of the
severalsupponingspars.3 damagepoints. table.The islandshouldbe arrangedin conjunctionrvith the
43. Ball hitsthe figureheadand is deflectedinto the lake. No rock formationsasinthe mapbelowto form an anchoragewith
effect. oneexitin thesamedirectionasthewind.TheBdtishshouldall
44. Shotcarries€oloursaway.The Captainordersa ceasefire be under sail and wil experienc€somedifiicultiesin tuming
while a new set of coloun are hoisted.No firing next move. about, as they did historically.The Americans,altemating
45. Shot hits a preparedpowdercharge€ausinga secondary betweensail and oar, could nip in and out, making a right
explosion.3 damagepoints. nuisanceof themselves whilstthe British struggleto bear.
46.Aroundshotricochetsoffthe maststeppingandsmashesthe
keel. 1D6 damagepoints.
51. A ball smashes into the rowing€rewand causesmayhem
amongstthe oarsmen.Boatmuststoprowingfor a moveandis
no Iongercapableof fast rowingspeed.
52. Ball dcochetsoff capstan/figurehead. No effect.
53. Ball hits above waterlinedamaginginternal bracing.2
damagepoints. Beach i^
54.Boathitssandbank andis stuckfast.No firing nextmove,a - -.
YELLOW mustbe rolled to breakftee. (onceper move). \ rr--
5s.Waterlinehit stavesin a planktowardsthe beak-2 damage
points.
-rorr
€ q17
) tl
56. A ball entersthe Captain'scabin and reduceshis gran.
piano to matchwood.Determinedro ger his revengehe
personally aimsthenextshotofone ofhispieces.Add oneextra
l*
Rocks
diceto one gun on its nextfidng.
61. Dislodgedtirnbersforceotherweakenedbeamsfrom their
positions.3 damagepoints.
62. A shot hits a weakareaof plankingand smashes it open.
Holed badly.(No effe€ton raft).
63. A shot enters the rope locker, spreadingfrayed rope
everywhere. Shipon fire.
64. Ball frees ballastchaineddown inrernally,which shifts
€ausingdamageto the boat'sstructurc.2 damagepoints-
65.A roundshotdecapitates
Scenario2 (DeleteRocks)
a drummerboy belovedby all the
boat'smarines,who are mightyangry.Marinesget a bonusin Scenario3 (Delete Fort)
their next boardingaction.
66. A pigeoncrapson the end of the Captain'srelescope.
Thinkinghe is blindedhe panicsandcallsfor help. No orders

SCENARIO NOTES
Althougha straightforward 'line'ernup andshoot'gamecanbe
quite good fun, especiallyas a meansof leamingthe rules,
something a bit moresubtleis requiredformaintaininginterest.
The followingnotesmay be of assistance in settingup games.
1)Threeorfour Britishgunboats attackingan AmedcanGalley
anda gunboatcangiveagoodbalance.moduleselectionbeing
an averagespreadofcourse. Additionalshipscanbe fed in ar 5
moveintervalson thesidegettjngthe worstofir anda gamethus
organisedcansee-saw bothwaysfor sometime.This is, in fact,
how we kick off mostof our conventiongameswhereplayers
appearin dibs and drabs.
2) Placethe fort abouthaff way alongthe tableand closeto a
long edge.Give the other side a coupleof gundilloeswith a
weightedchanceof a de€entmarinecomplement andlauncha
seabomeassaulton the idand. Rememberthat the fort quns
 USEFULFURTHERREADING SHIPOF THELINEPAINTINGSERVICE
Asstared earlierthereisn t reallyvery
muchtogoon. Wefound Napoleonic1:1200 ships painted. & based
someusefulinfo.mationir,CasselsBiognphicalDictionar!of Send SAE for details to:
the Ameican War of Independence. By coincidencc. in the John faing,
\ery monihwe firstpresented thegarnc.rheApril 1990issueof 70 Harcourt Stre€t,
Militar! Histort, caftied an extensivc account of the Valcoul Newark,Notts.NG24lRF
Islandbaule and conrainedseveraliUustrations of the ships. or T€leDhon€ 0636701439
with afcw referencesources lisledaswell.Published too lateto
be of dnr assistance we weregreatlyrelievedto find that our Tvo
shotsof the'Fircon theLake Batne,takenearl),on Sundd),
intepretrtionsofthe shipsand$e generallookofourgamewas noming
at Watcon I back t,l August.Thegdne wttsfutry
aboutright.
subsnibeda week.end andour photographer hadto rulh nlese
Solhereyouhaveit. all in alla rnostchallengingand satisfying picturesas h)ouLdbe
project \\ell receivedby many of our friends around the matelotsbegan to queue up. Wu{on has
quick\ establislrcda reputuion Jot stugingsone gaod quali!)
convention circuit.Now it\ up to !'outo takeyourcommrssion.patticipation
ganes,asdo theStai,lesWaryanes. La,gnaf bath
provisionyour \'esseland bring to bearsone FIRE ON THE
LAKE.
38

THE BATTI,EOF TUTZEN by SteveShann

Like nany of us, I have long been enviousof those lucky Bluche.
wargamersfortunateenoughto have their own permanent TheBluchercomnandfigure wasworthanadditional+ 1onthe
wargames table.The ability to leavea renseand hard-fought moraleof all Prussiantroops.
game,rsr?zuntilit canbefinishedopensup a wholenewareaof
our hobby.Therestrictionsofathreehourpunch-up atthe lo€al
club leave little scope for leisurelyenjoymenr.let alone VICTORYCONDITIONS
planning,in the franticsearchfor a satisfactory conclusion. So In designingthe garneI expectedthat after 20'oddmovesit
when I had the opportunityto convertan otherwiseuseless would be prerty clear who had won. Nevertheless in the
cellar, I jumped at the chance.After many hours spentin briefingsI gaveto eachsideI stressedthat shouldthegame still
getting it ready, the "Bunker", (its subteraoeanpolition be in the balance.certainfacton wouldbe considered. These
justifiesthe name), was ready for its first encounrer.This were
the following:
inaugumlbashformsthe subjectof the presentarticle. Duringthe1813campaignthe Frenchweredesperately short
I chos€the battle of Lutzen (May 2nd, 1813)becauseit ofcavalry.Ifthereforemorethan25%werelost,thiswouldgo
offeredthekind ofgamewellsuitedto apermanentset-up.As a againstthem in the post gameresum6.Equallyshouldmore
wargameit presentsa constantlychangingand challenging than257oof the Guardbecomecasualties thiswouldalsocount
scenariofor bothsides.asnewforcesarrive to alterthebalance againslthern. For theAllies,undulyheavylosses in the Russian
ofplay, requiringthe playersto re-assess the tacticalsituation. Guard Corps would also be penalisedto reflect the Tsarh
Time beingno problemwe $ere alsoableto standbackand reluclanceto commitit to action.
viewwhatwasan impressive spectacle, with over3.000figures As alreadymcntionedthe numberof troopsavailablewas
involved.As it turnedout the gamewasto provea hard,fought considerable. Below are ihe Ordersof Battle used:
and enjoyablecontest.
I do not proposeto go into anydetailregardingrhe historical
battle.Sufficeit to saythat afterlhe Frenchgol overthe initial FRENCH
surpriseof the allied altack, Napoleon\ typically flexible III corps (Ney)
dispositions allowedthernto recoverand force the enemyto 6 x 36 lst Class 6p& FootBallery(3 x 6pdrs+ Howitzer)
quit the field, albeitin good o.der. 9 x 362ndClass LightCavalryRegiment (a x 6)
Due to spacerestrictionsthe game was designedfor six 30Sknmishers
peoplcaswell as myself,who actedas umpireand occasional
waitcr.Thefightingbeganon a Saturdaymorningandfollowing Iv corps lBertrand)
a hard day's play was concludedon the following two 3 x 36 lst Class 8pdrFootBanery(3x Spdrs+ Howitzer)
Wednesday -
evenings a total of 12 hours playing 3 x 362nd Class
time.
12Sknmishen
YI corps (Marmont)
THE RULES 4 x 36 1stClass 6pdrFootBaltery(3 x 6pdrs+ Hovitzer)
We have afwaysused Peter Gilder's les In The Cran.l 4 r 362ndClass LighrCavalry
Regiment (4x 6)
Mamel. Althoughnot everyone'scup of tea, we havealways l8 Skinnishe^
foundthemenjoyableto use,with the largeunit sizesgivinga xI Corps(l'{adonald)
goodvisualinpressionofmassedNapoleonicformations.They 2 x 36Veterans 6pdrFootBattery(3 x 6pdrs+ Ho$'itzer)
also allow very large numbersof troops to be used- which 2 x 36 lst Class
coflsidcingthe gamefeaturedsome70 batlalionsand 60,odd 4 x 362ndClass
squadrons is just aswelll As wargamerswill, we havetinkered 18Skirmishers
somewhat with the 'ttandard set,andin addirionI employed
severalspecialrulesfor this one-offgarne.For thosefamiliar I CavahyCo.ps(Lstour-Maubou4)
with the rulesit might be of int€resr1olist them: Cuirassier DragoonReginenl(.tx 8)
Regiment (4 x 8)
LightCavalry 4pdrHorseBattery(3 x 4pdrs)
His presence
gavean additional+1 to unitswithin 12inches.In Regimenl (4 x 6)
additionanyunit in rout or retreatwouldrally automatically
if IMPERIALGUARD(Napoleon)
Napoleonspenta full period with ir. Whilsr rallyinga unir, 2 x 40 OldGuard 12pdrFoolBattery(3 x l2pdrs+ Howitzet
however,he couldnot counthismoralebonusforanyoneehe- 4 x 32YoungGuard GuardLighiCavalry (2 x 10)
(EIites) GuardHeavycavalry(2 x 10)
The Old Guard 12Skirmishers GuardLancers(2 x 10)
To r€flectthe awesome fightingreputationofthesetroops,th€
following amendments were made. Firstly any Allied units
chargedby the Old Guard would sufferan addirional-1 on ALLIES
theirmorale.Secondlyall Allied troopswithin 12inchesofthem Prussians(Bluch€r)
wouldahoreceivethispenahy.Converselyifthe Old cuard ran 4 x 32 Velerans 6pdr Foot Battery (3 x 6pdn + Howitzer)
away,anymoralepenaltieson friendlyunitswere doubled.This 4 x 32 lst Class
had the effect of makingthe Frenchcommanderthink very 6 Rifle Skirmishen
caretullyb€forecornnittingthem. 12MusketSkirmishers
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Prussians(Yorck)
2 x 32 Veterans l2pdrFootBattery(3 x l2pdrs+ Howirzer)
2 x 32 1stClass
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l2 Skirmish€rs Metber yor hdre run a cdmpa.gn or nor. rh..htem ejre. you rhe tu
trameso* srtu "h(h ro o,s;iie rhe tux \@x dt $ortidwd n rhe Drh
Russians(Winzingerode) GDrury Tbe syiem indude cdbn. 01, lin i paniluGrorderJCenrtsl!
SuDDly, Mas&im., PoDularRam$. \du Blocli,ds. Trdde.I 11 ltrr.
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INITIAL DEPLOYMENT
At thestartof thegametheFrenchcouldonlyfieldtwoinlantry
divisions(eachof 3 battalions+ 6 skirmishers)from Ney's
Corps.One of thesehad to be deployedwithin six inchesof
Starsiedel,the otherwithin sixinchesofeitherGrosscorschen
or Rahna.The Allies were allowedto bring on threeof their
four infantrycorpsplusthe reservecavalry-The fourth corps
andthe RussianGuardwereinitiallyoff-table.Thoseon table
couldset up betweenthe river and halfwayacrosstile 83.
The arrivalof off-tabletroopswasdecidedir the following
way.Oneperiodrepresented 20 minutesofactualtime, with a
total of24 movesin the day,beginningat 12noonandendingat
8pm.Eachcorpswasallotteda periodon lvhichit couldarrive.
Ney'srenaining3 divisions periods2, 3 + 4 at Cl
Marmont'sCorps pe od 4 at A2
ImperialGuard- period7* at C1
MacDonaldand Latour-Maubourg period10 at El
Bertrand- period 10 at ,{3
(2tuco'uryskimko
Jw{r HeubyDar,tr8h'
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more reliant on the arrival of re inforcemenrs rhan were the
Allies and in the eventthe dice were to go in their favour.
THE WARGAME
MarsbalNey decidedto deploy one divisionin and behind
Starsiedel,seeminglycontentto confinehimselftoholdinqthe
villagelor rherimeberng.Hi, .econddivision andrhe:r'li en
weredeployedaroundRahna.The Allies for theirpart massed
thecorp\ol Blucher. Yorcl'andBergaroundLhetdigehi (cJ,
whilstcoveringtheirflankwith the cavalry.(map1)The alack
beganimmedialelywith thePrussians pouing downthestopein
a massofbattalioncolumns.An earlyattemprby a regimenrof

4th Allied Corps- period 10 at C3

RussianGuard- period 12 at D/E3
*Napoleonanivesautonatically on periodTwiihorwithoutthe
Guard.
To get thesere-inforcements the appropriatecommanders
mustthrowad6,requiringa5 or6 on thefirstattempt.a4,5or6
on the followingmove, and a 3,4,5 or 6 thereafter.These
roughlyfollowedhistoricalarrivaltimes,but alsoallowedfora
little uncertaintyduringthe game.The Frenchwereobviously

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,1, Thesenewarivals seemedtoemboldentheFrenchcomman-
ders,whoimmediatelycounter-attacked,
isolated battalion still holding out in
movingto supportthe
Gross Gorschen.The
battle aroundthis villageswayedto and fro until the French
EI & R \
)t:l were finally ejected. Blucher then brought forward his gunsto
secure his gains against turther French efforts. Th€ Guard
"..-R Chasseursand Horse Grenadiersmeanwhilerouted a force of
"P!)s Russiandragoons,the Chasseurspursuing them off the table
before returning via Starsiedelto thei own lines. As the
sloggingmatchin the centrecontinued,Neyt batteredcorps
wasbeginning.odisintegrate, despitethe activesupportofthe
'-. GuardArtillery, severalbattalionsalreadyhavingleft the field.
Prussian dragoons, comingroundRahnasucceeded in catching
:'"
::7'
iil one battalion in the flank, whilstothen were bundled backby
: -r' t
the advancing Prussian infantry.Sodesperate did the situation
becomethat Napoleonfelt obliged to commit the Young
guns Guard,onebattalionofwhichsucceeded in fightingitswayback
Hussarsto take the French was beatenoff with heaiy
into GrossGorschen.The remainderheld on in the centreto
casualties.Taking advantageof the confusionthe French
the interventionof the flankingcorpswho were now
succe€ded in dipping a battalionof infantry into the rear of await
starting to maketheir presencefelt.
GrossGorschen.Vastlyoutnombered the Frenchwerefortun-
provedto be a very importantone. Both
ate that Blucher,despitehis advantageof numben seemed lndeedperiod 10
Bertrand and MacDonald plus Latour-Maubourgarrived,as
curioudy hesitantto chargehome, contentinghimselfwith
pushingseveralbattalionsanda batteryoverthebridge,taking did the Russian Corps of winzingerode. On the Frenchleft,
MacDonald lost no time in moving forward to occupyEisdorf.
controlof the knoll overlookingthe village.Berg meanwhile
powerful He also began to exert pressure on Yorck's troopsdeployed
unlimbereda batteryin front of Rahnaandprepared
around the knotl near Gross Gorschen. Most of the French
to assaultit with hisinfantry.Thingssoonstartedto hot up for
cavalry proceeded to deploy inthe open gound betweenthese
the Frenchasan unluckymoraletestforcedthem to evacuate
Prussian
theplaceundera hailofcanisterfire,to bereplacedthereby the two features, a force of Cuirassiersriding down a
battalion that attempted to stand in the way. Faced with such
Russians.The French gunners,after sufferingover 50%
numbers Yorck was obliged to give a little $ound. On the other
casualties,likewiserecoiled,leavingtheir guns behind. To
to
makematt€rsworsethe greatmassof alliedcavalryadvanced flanktheaffivalofBertrandbroughttheFrenchin thissector
iniothe gapbetweenRahnaandStaNiedel,effectivelypinning life. Both corps began a sleady but sustained advanc€ towards
down the Frenchinfantry whilst the Russianhorseartillery theAllied positions,despitetherenewedactivityoftheRussian
unlimberedand openeda damagingfire on the retreating ReserveCavalry.Indeed,so threateningdid their advance
French. becomethat winzingerode'sentire corys was deployedto
(map4). Advancingfrom Starsiedel the French
FortunatelyforNey, helpnowstartedto materialise asa crop opposethern
were met by sustained Russian cavalry attacks, which swept
of good dice saw the arrival of the remainderof his corps
(periods3-5). It was immediatelythrown into the battleand over thrce battalionsin one move. Not to be discouraqed
succeededin slowing an already hesitantAllied advance,
althoughsufferingheavilyfrom thenumerous Allied guns(map
2). On period6 the Fren€hwereagainfortunat€in ge$ingthe
badly needed suppo( of Marmontt corps at Starsiedel.
AlthoughMarmontwas at first unwillingto advanceinto the
openplainin the faceofso muchcavalry,hisarrivaldid haltthe
unopposedadvanceof the Russianhorsemen,who now
changedfront to lace him. Apart from a few limitedcharges,
however.the Russian€ommandercontentedhirnselfwirh
observingthe enemy,doubtless realisingthat moreFrenchwere
on the way. The followingmovehis fearswererealisedasthe
FrenchGuardCavalryarrived,supportedby the artilleryand
the Young Guardinfantry (map3).

"*z ili
);,1 howeverthe Frenchkeptcoming,forcingtheiropponenrs
on Rahna, which
back
fire. On the French left,
e iF--+.r*\\ MacDonaldwasquicklystalledby the anival of the Russian
a*. Ht-"s#51* Guard (periodl2), which doubledforwardto the knoll near
CrossCorschen. The Russian CuardCavalrywas<oon.paring
withLatour-Maubourg\advancing squadrons andsucceededin
) roughlyhandlinghishussars beforepullingbackout of rangeof
I the FrenchtroopsoccupyingEisdorf.On this secrorrhe battle
^L- "S- a, " ' : nowdwindledinto anartilleryduel.NearRahnameanwhile the
)_
i;j battle was reachingits crisis.The Russiantroopsensconced
:,, S'i
)):i there now cameunder a concentricbarrageof fire from the
GuardArtilleiy nearKaja andthatofMarmontonthehill near
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Starsiedel.The Allied cavalrywas also forced back in growing
confusion and eventually pulled out altogether. A successful
charge by the rallied cuard Chasseun on Berg's artillery
enabledthe Frcnch infantry to preparefor their decisiveattack
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over50%of its strengthin the gruellingfightingaroundRahna,
includingall its guns.The Prussiansalsolost over a ihird of their
number,includinga turther batteryof adllery. The reserve handledandsucceeded in holding up rwo entire enemycorpsfor
cavalryalsolostoverhalf itsmen.LossesinWinzingerode's and mostof the game,as well as absorbingthe attentionsof th€
the GuardCdrpswereminimal. najority of the Guard cavalry. It was only when the French
were ableto bring them under effectivefire from two sidesthat
they were obligedto pull back.
CONCLUSION
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very challenging Ior all rhosewho had takenpart. In the post hopefully seeme mounting up and raking a more acrivepart in
action de-briefthe hesitancyof rhe Allies, particularlythe the proceedings.
Prussians wassingledout. The isolateddivisionof III Corps
could hav€ been annihilated or at the very least forced back
ftom Rahnaand GrossGorschen,outnumberedas it was by
overfive to one.The failure of the Allies to achievethis savethe
Frenchtimetoorganisetheirreserves and tomounta successfut
counter-attack lat€rin the day.The Allied cavalrywasbotdly
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O CANGACEIRO
Lampiao, Bandit King of Brazil - Part IV
bv Mike Bell
THE END AT ANGICOS
By 1938Lampiao and his band had been terrorisingAlagoasfor
well over three yearsfollowing his return from Bahia. His career
as an outlaw had come full circle ashe had started out as a bandit
in Alagoasand Pernambucoback in 1916.The police campaigns
occasionallybrought results; six bandits were killed in the first
quarter of 1938alone, but Lampiao himself seemedas elusive
and invulnerableasever. In the summerof 1.938 however,asthe
apparently endless cycle of bandit raids went on, the Alagoas
authorities resolved to eliminate Lampiao once and for all.
The man who masterminded the opelation was Jose Lucena,
Lampiao's old enemy fom Pernambuco and who was now
leading the campaign against the cangaceiros in Alagoas.
Lucena knew that Sergeant Jose Bezzara, commander of the
state's forces at Piranhas, was thoroughly corrupt and had been
selling ammunition to Lampiao for some time. Lucena visited
Bezzara and made it clear to him that times were changing and
that the state government would no longer tolerate such
activities. Either he took positive steps to eliminate Lampiao
within thirty days or his illicit dealings with the outlaw would be
publicly exposedand he could take the consequences. Realising
that he had little choice Bezzaraagreed to do his best to dispose MAP 2. RIO DO NORTE, PERNAMBUCO& PARAIBA.
of the troublesome bandit. He made it clear to the local t9t6-1928
population that he wanted to know as soon as Lampiao
reappeared in the area and that dire consequenceswould befall
any coiterowho let the cangaceirosto go by without letting him
know. Before long one of Corisco's coiteros, a cowboy nimed
Joca Bernandes, brought word that the cangaceiros had
recently crossed the S5o Sebastio river into Alagoas and were
not too far away. He also said that Pedro de Candido of Entre
Montes would know exactly where Lampiao was. Bezzarawas
in Pedra when this news came in but his colleague, Sergeant
Aniceto Rodrigues,sent him a coded telegram: ,.The bull is in
the pen".
On Wednesday 27th July Bezzara and his men left pedra for
Piranhas, having borrowed a machine gun from a Bahian unit in
the area. They did not tell their Bahian comrades what was MAP 3. ALAGOAS, SERGIPE& BAHIA. 1928.1938
going on as they did not want to share the glory of the
destruction of Lampiao with anyone else. At about ihe same
time Sergeant Rodrigues and his volante made a public display
of leaving Piranhas in a truck. The two groups met on the road
between Pedra and Piranhas and then quietly returned to
Piranhas after dark.
Lampaio and his men were only a few miles away. They were
camped on ttre Angicos ranch on the Sergipe side of the 56o
Sebastioriver between Piranhas and pedra, having made a brief
reconnaisance into Alagoas.The outlaw chief had selecteda site
on the Tomandua creek between two low hills covered with
thick vegetation and sent word out to his subgroupsto gather for
9ne oj their regular meetings. By the 27th a subgroup led by
Angelo Roque had already been and gone. Corisco'smen had
yet to arrive. Roque had warned Lampiao that he had picked a
dangerousplace to camp, with the river in front of himand the
hills on either side. In the event of a fight the only means of
escapewould be back up the creek. But Lampiao felt secure.
His main coitero in the area, Pedro de Candido, had brought
word that Rodrigues and his men had left piranhas and he siw ANGICOS1938
no causefor alarm. To placatehis men, however. he told them
46

that they would move on the next day.

T"hecangaceirossettled down for the night. As usual they had
built widely spaced brush shelters in which to sleep. A sewing
machine had been found for Maria Bonita so that she could
repair some of the outlaws' worn clothes. Lampiao was still
convinced that they were safe and told his men that they could
sleep in their undershirts rather than fully dressed as they did
when on the run.
At eight o'clock that evening Bezzara and Rodrigues left
Piranhas in three boats with forty five men and three machine
guns. They beachedon the Alagoas side of the river just short of
Entre Montes and two men were sent to fetch Pedro de Candido
who was then forced to reveal the location of Lampiao's camp.
The police took Pedro'syounger brother as a guide, or hostage,
and set off on foot towards the camp as a light rain began to fall.
As they got closer Bezzara began to lose his nerve and suggested
l''i'
that they wait for reinforcements to arrive. Officer candidate
ai'
Francisco Ferreira de Melo, who was temporarily attached to
Bezzara's command, overruled the reluctant sergeant and
h-
insisted that they go on. The rain had driven the cangaceiros'
h,
u
dogs inside the brush shelters, so no alarm was raised as the
police approached. Bezzara split his force into four parts and
surrounded the sleeping camp.
The police spent an uncomfortable night in the dizzle, hardly
daring to move in case they gave themselves away. As dawn
broke it became clear that they were closer to the cangaceiros
than they had imagined, the darkness, rain and brush having
concealedmany of their shelters. No one was supposed to fire
until Bezzara gave a pre-arranged signal, but as the cangaceiros
emerged from their shelters a policeman was spotted. A
cangaceiroyelled a warning and grabbed a rifle, then the firing
became general. Machine gun fire raked the camp as the
confused cangaceirostumbled out of their shelters, firing in all SERGEANTANICETO RODRIGUES(SEATED)AND TWO
directions. The police said later that Lampiao had been killed OF THE MEN FROM HIS VOLANTE. PIRANHAS. 1938
early on in the fight. He had come out of his shelter and was in a
policeman's sights when the firing began. Luis Pedro and many
WARGAMING THE CANGACAO
others tried to flee, but Maria Bonita shouted after him,
reminding him that he had sworn to die with his chief. Shamed, The battles between Lampiao and the police are ideally suited
Luis turned back and fought furiously until he was shot down to one-off skirmish gamesor to a small campaign. The numbers
with Maria. Desperately the cangaceirostried to turn the fight involved were usually small enough for each individual to be
by breaking through the police lines and surrounding them but represented. Indeed, with the exception of a few large actions
they were driven back and began to flee. The surprise was total. such asSerra Grande, the protagonists could usually be counted
Eleven cangaceiros were killed, including Lampiao, Luis in dozens at the most. A typical game could revolve around an
Pedro, Maria Bonita and another woman, and many more were assault by a volante on a ranch held by the cangaceiros, with
wounded for the loss of only one policeman killed and one some provision for a bandit rearguard to appear at some
wounded. The dead cangaceiros were beheaded as was the inopportune moment. Alternatively a game could be based
usual custom and the jubilant police returned to Piranhas. around a meeting engagement as the cangaceirosand a volante
run into eachother in the backlands.Even an ambushcould be
staged if there was some provision for a trap to be sprung
AFTERMATH prematurely.
Without Lampiao to lead them the remaining cangaceiroswere Campaigns can be set up using ideas borrowed from board
soon rounded up or killed. Thirty five were killed or games.If an umpire is available, movement could be carried out
surrendered in the months after Angicos and there were reports face to face on a suitable map, but with the cangaceiro player
that some of the survivors were fighting amongst themselves. having large numbers of dummy counters which are only
Only the two main sub chiefs, Corisco and Angelo Roque, revealed as such when they are contacted by volantes. Genuine
managedto l-astfor much longer. Roque continued to raid along cangaceiro counterswould be revealed when they are contacted
the Bahia-Sergipe border with a small band until 1940when he by volantes or when they raided towns and ranches. With an
surrendered and drew a long prison sentence. Corisco's men umpire a more sophisticated system can be evolved using
were involved in a fight with a volante in August 1939in which multiple maps. As in all bandit campaignsprovision would have
three cangacerroswere killed and early in 1940Corisco himself to be made for the changing allegiancesof the local population.
was shot through the right arm. He was still suffering from the With an umpire genuine and false intelligence can be fed to the
wound when another volante caught up with him in May. By players through the population; without an umpire some simple
now Corisco had only one other cangaceiro with him and two method of determining allegiances and information gathered
women. The Blond Devil played the part right up to the end, could be set up using dice.
holding off the volante with a pistol in his left hand until his For those more interested in action than manoeuvring, an
comrade and the women vanished into the serfao. Inevitably he even simpler campaign suggestsitself using a variation of the old
was hit and mortally wounded. The cangaceiro and the 'battleships and cruisers' system. Draw up a map divided into a
cangacaowere dead. number of squares and with a suitable number of targets -
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odd river or range of hills. The cangaceiro player can move one
square in hills, two in scrub and three along the roads. After he
has moved his band the volanteplayer, who cannot seethe main
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representing intelligence.reaching the police. The Volante
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Obviously by keeping track of the cangaceiros the volante
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play will transfer to the table top. Cangaceros will automatical-
ly be revealed when they carry out a raid. Ttre cangaceiros'aim
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or less, by the end of an agreed time by killing or capturing
cangaceiros. Each cangaceiro killed or captured reduces the
cangaceiro player's score by one point, but each policeman
killed or seriouslywounded increasesit by one. This is obviously
a very simple systemwhich can be amended and detailed to the
tastesof the players involved, but it does give some idea of the
ease with which a campaign can be set up.
As I mentioned earlier in this series, the volantes and
cangaceiros were often indistinguishable from each other,
which is an advantage when making and painting figures.
Personally I prefer to play skirmish wargames in 54mm scale,
which means that the Britain's Mexicans are a major source of
figures. They do need a little work to convert them into
cangaceirosor volantes:their sombrerosare quite different
from the South American bandits' hats and none of them is
wearingsandalsor shorttrousers,but the changesareminimal.
By rearming them with weaponsfrom the Tamiya German
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In L5mmand25mmMexicanfiguresareonceagainthe main
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Warsranges.If you canstandthe cost,the headsof Portugese
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two Spanishguerillafigurescanbe usedsimplyby addinga little
more clutter to the basic pose. Given the small numbers
involvedhowever,a relativelysmalloutlaywill producea force
which can be usedfor either side.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Although thereis a greatdealof materialon the cangaceirosin
Portugesenot muchis availablein English.The major sources
for this article were:
Chandler,Billy Jaynes.The Bandit King: Lampiao of Brazil,
CollegeStation,Texas,1978.
Hobsbawn,Eric. Bandits,revisededition, London. 1986.
Lewin, Linda. 'The OligarchicalLimitationsof SocialBanditry
in Brazil' in Pastand Present,No.82.
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OGRES MOUTH PBM in a Fantasy setting. Control a civilised pionship, playoffs for the national Battletech championship and
land, a Barbarian tribe or one of the Religious or other power the U.K. fantasy/sci-fi championships. Entries now being
Groups. Send ,A,4S.A.E. for more details. N. Morgan, 16 accepted for the U.K. fantasy/sci-fi championships in the
SheppertonStreet, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CVl1 4NN. following categories:Warhammer III, Warhammer 40K, Blood
Bowl, SpaceHulk, 6mm ScienceFiction (usingDirtside rules).
Last but by no means least, M.K.W.S. will be hosting a new
CLUBS & SOCIETIES Napoleonic competition, Micro-Naps. Micro-Naps will be a
scenariobasedcompetition on Saturday the 11th only, the three
VIKINGS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT! The Norse FiIm &
games to be played will involve an attack, a defense and an
PageantSociefy, the UK's biggest, longest establishedand most
encounter. As the name implies the scale will be 6mm and the
experienced Viking Re-enactment group, has recently under-
ruleswill be The 200Years War. The closingdate for M.K.W.S.
gone a changeof leadership. The aims of the Society are to bring
competitions is the 30th April 1991. For further information
tenth century Europe to life and present its audiencewith a slice
about the club or competitionspleasecontact: M.A. Kay, 117
of history. The type of presentation varies with the needsof the
St. John's Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 5DZ.
organisation for which we are working, from half-hour battle
re-enactments to full days spent illustrating daily life in the AN ANCIENT CHINESE WARGAMES DAY. There will be a
Viking Age for school parties. Some of the most effective shows one-day event of wargames on Ancient and Medieval Chinese
combine the two, with a story unfolding gradually over several (and other East Asian) subjectson Saturday,16th March 1991,
hours and culminating in a final clash or arms. In addition to in the Education Centre of the Royal Armouries, Tower of
appearing at'a large number of battle re-enactments and living London. There shouldbe a variety of games,someusingfigures
history days each year - both abroad and throughout the UK - and some not. The event is organisedby Society of Ancients
the Society has a long history of film and TV work. Anyone member Duncan Head and Thom Richardson, but non-
wishing for further information about the Norse Film & Pageant membersare welcome.Anyone wanting to attend, or presenta
Society with a view to possible membership should contact the game, should contact Duncan Head at Flat C, 24 Russell Street,
new Membership Officer/Treasurer: Nigel Tait, 394 St Albans Reading, Berks, RG1 7XF. TeI:0734 508502.
Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6. Tel: 0602 275603. Those
wishing to engagethe Society for re-enactments or other events
should contact either the new Society Chieftain (Chris Robin- A 'FORTHCOMING EVENT' ARRIVES
son, Flat 2, 1.6Magdala Drive, Mapperley Park, Nottingham, Congratulations to ScimitarWargamesGroup'sIan Wilsonand
NG3 5DF, United Kingdom, Tel: 0602 609046) or the PR his wife Lin on the birth of their daughter,Tara Louise,on 9th
Officer (Paul Vernon Lydiate, 119 Market Street, Broadley, November. (Probably be given a paint-brush instead of a
Whitworth, Rochdale, OL12 8SE, Tel: (0706) 344773). rattle!)
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