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possession of eachof thethreefarmsonTum 12. lbaltalions:20fierreseach.rifle-musket.sreen
Conf€derat€: Avoid th€Unionviclorvconditionsandholdthe road 2ndNewyo* H;atI Arx ery
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Heavy&tillery Regin€n6:
Tleserroop(serebrouahr inlolhefieldbvGrarlfromsamson Dons
aroundwashinslon lo r;placerheenorm<jus tos.esof th"eWitdeiness
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Col J.S Ihfiman. !!erage.benefn1. poinrs3 'Ihe
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acrossrheslreamin theirfront in orderio d€lcrnincthc Contcdcralc
C o l C . A .E \ r n \ . a \ . r a g eb e n e l ilt. p o i n r is positionsand strength.The,vNalkedstraighlinlo a shrucring\olle!
l r e g i n € n r s : l 0 l i g u r e s c a c h . rni frlues k e r . 6 l i t e $hich scnt thcm re€ling back acrossthc strcam. Rrnscur no\r
adyrnccdburcrnc undcrflrnkfire irom rhelnd lnd 3rdBattal'onsol
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a\eragc
drole backlhe.lth \e$ York. burwasforcedtoNithdraw\riththc ln
1 r e g l m e n r : : l 0 l i g u r e s c a c hm
. ru
i fsl ek e l . € 1 i t € N ain. roundingon rhcirlcft Rod€si $holc dilisbn no\cd fortrard.
d \ing rhearlillcr\nrn backto thc Ahop andHarrisfrrns.
h' ,li' .lsure..'n-T,h..r'r. 'lc ru'lc On thc Confcdcrate lefl Gordonad\anced.bul $as flankedb\ tvo
.lire
nore reginenrsolarrillcr\nenpluslhe1n lila landv€teranlnfantN
li{al.Gcn.R.E. Rodes.a!€rage.benefitl. poinrs5 Gordon\as dri\en backro rhe sr€am andGrimestoo waslbrced1o
sithdras. Hoffman.on th€ far lefi. advanced andcheckedthc Union
C o l .B G r i m c \ !. \ e r a g . b e n e l ilt. p o i n r is progress b! anackingtherrrightflank
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IIISTORICALBACKGROL'I'ID lhe hunters charged intothe herd,eachsingling out an aninaland
"lf Godh'arthecrcatotandoveneerol lik, if themomingstat,noon, killingit withlance, arroworbullet,thenmoving onto another. It wasa
andMothetea h unbined thentulentstogivebith andhopeto the dang€rous operation andaccidentshors€s stumblinS, gunsbunting,
lndian,if thesunvasthedispaxherol witdomandwamth,thenhe hunlers beinggoredbywounded beasts- werecomnon;nevertheless
buffalowasthetangibleandinnediateptool of ken aU,fot outof he lhe cbasewas alvaysregardedas greatspon by huntersand
buffalocanealno$ everythig necessary to dailylife- includinghit contemponrydescriptions ol Plainslndiansemployingthe chaseare
.e\giout usea: anintemediarythroughwhichtheGrcatSpititcoud many.Whiteswhoattempted it foundit moredifiicultthanit looked
beaddressed; andkrcugh *,hichthe Spititoftenspoketo them.In (Lt Dunbarnot withstandingl). Onesuchearlyexplorer, Anthony
shott thebulfalo wa: Iik to the PkinsIndian: until the Witenan's Hendrywho visitedtheGrosVentrein1754, summed itup thus"'ilith
good:andwajsfirstelininakd andthenteplaced theanimal." theLead€r's permission,I rodewithtwentyof hisyoungmen. . .lhey
ThomasMaih, TheMysticWarriors of thePlains are:oexped rhdlwirhone orrwoanoqs'he)willdropabuffaio. A(lor
"ln thePlainsarealivedoneanimalthatcaneneatetto dominatinv meI hadsufficient employ lo manage myhorse.'
the A butraloponywasa speciallysirongandwell trainedhorse a
Ueondshopngthe ol a hunanratethananyotherk all "buffalorunnei'. Suchhones,the Blackfeet
nl/'stitunons said,shouldhav€5
theland,if notin he tro -the buJlalo.
' qualilie!:
enduringspeed-the abilityto rctainspeed overadisrance of
W.P.webb.-rhe GreatPlains - the ability to respondinstantlyto
severalmiles;intelljgence
Thewholelifeof thePlains tribeswaslrulybased onthebuffalo and commands or to actproperlyon its owniniliativeiagility abilityto
in theearlyCl9thalnosleverythingthePltnspeopleusedwas, atleasl movequicklyalongsidea buffalo,ro avoidcontactwith the larger
in part,deriv€dfromthebeast.It wasa nomadic life,witha largely animal,andto keepclearofitshorns;surejootedness - ability1orun
meatdiet, hide dwellingandclothinS,and artsandcraftswhich swiftlyoler unevengroundwithoutstumbling; courage - lackof fearof
dependedontheflesh, hair,skin,sinewandhornsofthebuffalo. There a buffalo.Suchhorses verehighlyvaluedandif tradedbroughtthe
wasalsoa powertul spirituallink between thepeopleandthebeast, equilalent ol severalcomnonhorses;theywere givenspecial careand
especially betweenwomen andthebufialo,asbothwe.eseenashaving rubb€d downalterthechase -manvBlackfeet resardedtheir buffalo
withinthentheDo*erof thecontinuitv oiexistence. honesaspricel€ss possessions.
Theioniesundersiood theirpartin the
With the acqirisilion of the horse'and the increased wealthand hunt.Runningfree, guided onlybywords or kneepressure, thetrained
mobililyit brcught,lhe surrounding of buffaloandthechase became huntinghorseleaptawayfrom the buffaloat the twanSof rhe bow
themostpopularhuntingmethods. Thesulround doesn't interestus string.Wounded animahsonetimes tumedin rageto buttandgore,
hereas thisgameis basedon the chase.Thechasebeginswith a andif a stampeding bullcollapsed suddenly ir couldcrashintoa clo\e
skirmish lineof mounted hunters whoslowlyapproached the herd; nnnmgnorseanonoer.
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Tle hunlerrodehishorse alongsiderhehearingbuffato.shooting
hi\ handicapping.In thelatter,eachplayercutsthelndianPlaying deck.
ano$siuslbehind rheshorl rib.Ile madehunlinisDoflaswears;rk. Thecardcut givesthe characterhisskiulevelor Ability asa bufialo
Hi\bos.onrhePlainsmade tromboi\darcorOiale.dnvngan ashor hDnrerandisu.edin lariou.wayslhroughour rhegame.rThis Abrlily|(
nulberryshaftwithabroadflint point,wasapowertul$,eap6n arshort a combinalion of rhenders a;d poni' still. ;giliry.dexleriLy
;nd
range.Thernoss hadsuchiorcetha'lhe)mrghrgo5lrdighl lhrough, experienceallrolledinroone. Prcturecardscounras I0.acesandjoken
gianrbDIl.andd$ellplacedshot wa.faral.Somie
h;nrerst6undrheEov areignored andp backintothepackandtheplayerdraws again,and
tootameandpreferred tousethe14footPlains lance,
aweaDon copied othercardscountasthepip value,2-10.Thenumberdrawnrepresen$
liom lheconquisladors. ft tookmo'eslrensrh anddarinslo .De;ra the numberof cardsthecharacter will havein hisor herhandto Dlav
buflalo.androcarr'd lanceonthehunrwas;markorprid-e. duringthecouneof th€game.
ft€ Play
TI{EGAME Eachcharacter is thendealtthe numberof cardsequivalenl to the
numb€r agreed. orlhenumber lheycur.I'om rheIndianPlaling pack
Thegameisa recreation ofthe Plains Indianbuffalohuntarirsreak. Theremar-n inqcardsin thirdectari olaced facedownonasriirabie Ilar
viththeplayerseachtakingonlheroleof amountedhunterarmedwith surlace ta rmfor something similarinaybea goodideaasrhereneeds
bowandarrows. Alancecanbeusedinstead, if prefened, andrhere are to be lhedeckanddi(ard Dilenexllo eachorher).ll therearemore
\umespecia I opriona| rule.forthis.AlthoushlieDenodN meanlrobe than5 or6 players it maybeb€stto use2 packs of;ards.
por.ho^eburpre-gun. firearms canbeDse-d andirle\arepro\idedfor Oneolayeralsolakescharee ot lheBuffalopack,readyto ureh dc
requireb.The olher Indian"deck.rhe Medicinedec(, rr ptaced
A groupofhunters(usually onefor eachplayer,butiftherearen't somewhere saferoo, wh€reit will nor get confusedwith the Playing
toonanyplayers theneachcouldhavemorethanonehunter)atremrt
tokillbuffaloin aherd$hichisthundering across rheprairie. TheherdF placedat random on oneedgeof thetable.andone
clea'I idenlifiable buftalobulli! de)isnaled rhel,eaderol.rhehefd.
WINMNG Tbe [eaderdoe5n l havelo be placed'ar rheheadol lhe herd.The
Indianplayenrhenpo{rionrheiifigures clo.ero theedgeof lheherd
Thewinnfr.ir(hefirsLplayerroachieve lhemoslpreslrBe porntslllrhin nearert lheedqe ofrheDbleal random. moreor les inconraflwiththe
rneagreeo xnlr,e,g.: herd exactp6silioningisnotinportant,astheplayershavenocontrol
. withina settime,sayI hour,of play; overtherandommovenentof thebufialo.
. overagivennumber of tablelengths of playi Theobieclof rhegameistor eachhunlerrogetalongside a bDllalo
. firslroscore10points. lin base16bareconlaiL)wrrh rherider'sbasetroiredgeEvelvrthsome
pointof tbefront50%of thebuffalo(seediagram)in_order roshootan
arrowor makea lancethrustto kill it- As iheriderhasto bealonsside
rhebuffaloro' dr ledrronetull pha(eandrhebuffalomoremeiris
SCORING unpredictable, evengetting intoposition isn'taseasyasit mighlseem.
Pr€\lige Pornllarescored ior Iillsdunngrhepame.the requencine is ll isn'talwaysbestto playhighcardsromakecontacrandagoodhandh
for alliunters.norfor individuak: onecontaining bolhiiBhandlowcardsrdtherlhaniuslhi8hone(for
lst kill (byanyofthehunters) gains last movenent. asmrsht heernected
5 points;
2ndkill {byanyoflhehrnters) gains4points;
3rdkill (bvanyofrhehuntertgains3points; SEQUENCE OFPLAY
4thkill{bvanvof lhehunters) eains 2 ooint5:
5rhanda;v.db\equenr killrbian)orihehunre,tgainiI poinr The sequence ofpla! in each phase is:
. Culior \hrchsrdemore.rir,l. Hunler"of Bufidlo
. winningside moves.
EQUIPMENT . Resolve anvcontacisb! themot'ers,
Figuresio representeachof the hunters.preferablymountedand . Losingsidemoves.
dismounted. butthelatterare rotessential. Anvscale aanbeusedfrom . Resolve anycontacts byrhemovers,
l5mmupvards. Weuse54mm.whichmakes for a realspectacle, but Cutfor Firsl Mor€
25mm[0nmwouldlookgoodtoo,andif 15mmis whaiyou'vegot, Cutfor whomoves firn. Ind;n' or huHaloes. highercdrdwin.:ace.
ros!equar carosculagarn.
Bufialofigures, asmanyaspossible butcenainly morethanthereare
hunters. Buffalo canbereused. ofcourse, astheyarekilled- simply put WinnersMore
thenbackintotheherd.A nix ofbulh,cowsindcalves lookfgi6d, IftheIndiansmoved fiIst,resolve anyfiring orlancing.orifthe buffalo
butaherdoffigur€s allrhesame willworkfine. moved. anyattempts lo gore.
Three packsofordinary playingcdrds. allwirh rheJokers lefrin.2for OtherSideMoves
thehuntersand I for tbebuffalo: lf thelndiansmovedsecond. resolve anyfiringor lancing, or if rhe
. TheBuffalodeck- usedfor all buffalomovement andactions: bufialomoved, anyattenpr.to sore.
. TheIndianPIayinS deck;
. TheIndianMedicine deck.
MO\tsMENT
A suirablylargeplayingareafor the huntto thunderacross.It \r,ill
needto befairlylarge,evenin oneolthe smallerscales, unlessyouusea Indim Movenent
mechanism ro reselrheherdal theiraningedge whenever lheyreach To move, each Indian pla)(a cardfromhi)hand. movinglhedisrance
m 'nches-ofrhe pip"o; rhecard.w'thanacebeingL Piciure cardscan
The 2 Jokea are letrin lhe packs and have special Jigniti(anceal beusedto moveanydistance fromlto 10,andarerherefore importanr
.
drtlerent Domts m lhepan€ cardsrohold.
Thecardplayedis placedon a discardpile nextto th€ Movement
Ille Hunten deckanda replacement cardisdra*nfron lhelatter.Anyelfectfrom
Eachplayeriakesoneor morePlainsIndian.SomeplayeKmayhave thecarddravn,e.g.Risk.k imnediate. i.e.it happensassoonasthe
characten fromPlains Indiangames theyplayandiltheyalready have
nanestiomgamesthey havebeen uredin,usethem.Ifnot,thencreate
(omene$ones.preferdblyones rhdlsurtably reflecr romescalologicalRisk
characlerislic! ofrhepbveru.insrhem- thiscanbe$eal lunl lf anaceis dra$na disasterbefallsthehunter:
Eachplayerha\ d h;nd of'card.rromrhelndianPla;ingDeck Spades - ponyputsa footin a gopherholeandfalls.
whichheplaysduingthegame.Thiscaneitherbeafixednumberof
cards. lhesame forallplayers. orlaryfromplayertoplayer. in akindof Clubs weapon brokenandhunteroutof thehunt.
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Diamotrds- ponyslumbles andriderthrown,butbasachanc€
of grabbingthe longrcin nextphase;cut againstthe buffalo
deck- drawor highcardheis successful. sssss
NEwfsgss
Herrts- ponyfalters,missonephaseof movenent.
BrfraloMovemenl
Directiod:AU the herdwill follow th€ l,€adBull. To detennineany
Of'V(A&,
FR,INCIFLES
A R.roluriodrry Ne! Styl. ofwary! hs Rul6
changes of direclionof lhe herd,usetheLeadBull\ distance
catd: rnd Coloni.lwa6 in rh. l9rhC.orury.
RedPictur€card tum 45'to rishl.
card tum45'loIeft.
BlackPicture
DishncerDealacardfromtheBuffalodeckfor eachbuffaloin theherd
andmov€thepipvalu€,wift picturecardscounlingar 10,nd aes asl
Risk:Thereis no riskwithbuffalomovem€nt.

GORING
togor€:abuffalowill attemptto goreahunterif it b dealtan
Attempting

R€dace- it wil dosoimmediately, tumingto attackthenearestrider,

regardless It willcontinue
of drrecrion. toanempl lo gercloseenough to
qoieti.e. ta.e lo ba5econrad)for aslonaa; h ii deaha rediard
i seeins red l ior movemenr. h rrrsdeahabiackmolement cardit will
iejoin t_he heidandnove withit in th€normalway.
Blackac€ willdosoonlyif andlr,hen a h ntergetscloseenough (i.e.
baseto basecontact).(Someson oI markeris Dlacedon or with the
buffaloto keeptrackofits enraged state.) Thebuffalowill continueto
be preparcdto attacka hunterto gorewhilstit is dealtredmovement
card..If it h dealtablackmovem€nt cardbeforecontadismade.it will
revertto adocilestate.
Succ€ssful gorinc:riderandbuffalocut,highestcardwins.TheIndian
cutsfie Medicinedeck.rhe Buffalolhe Buffalodeck.lf the buffalo
wins.thehunteris broushtdovnandis outoflhe hunt.Ifthe Indian
wins,theattacksinply f;ls andthebuffalorejoinsth€h€rdandmov€s
withit asbefore.
JokeG If the Buffalocutsa joker, the goringis successful no matter WARGAMES FIGURES PAINTED
whalcardthelndiancuB.unless hecutsaJokerroo,orif hehasaJoker to collectolssiandards.SendSAEor hro IRCSfor pnc€list
Inhr.hand.in sh'chca'ehecanuseit to savehimsell. to: D. Seaqrove.
THE I.AST DETNL
KILLS 196 Parlaunr Slough,Berkshire
Road,Langley, St3 8AZ
Stepl: In o.dertoattempt to shootor lancea buflalo,a huntermust
siayin baseto basecontact for 2 phases(thisis aclually
moredifficolt Bow:I
thanit sounds because of therandommovemenr of thebuffaloandthe Repeatingrifler2
limitedoptions hunters mayhavein theirhand). SSmusketr2
Step2: hunleEthenneedlo pla)a picrure Io rcorea hit.Thiscanbe
eilhera cdrdiromrheirhandor onednwn fromlhe lndianPlavinc
deck.Thecardplayedis placedonthedi$ard pil€. SOURCES
Step3: thehunterdrawsa replacement cardfor acardplay€dfromhis Ferhenbach, T.R., Condrches,TheDestructionoJa People,Nlen &
hand.andapplies anyeffect,e.g.Rrsk. Unwin,1974.
Mails,'f.8., The MysticWartod of ds P/a,:ai,MallardPress,NY,
Step4: assuming aI3 previousstepshavebeensuccesstul, the hunter 1991.
eitherplaysaJokerfromhishandif heholdsone,*hich guarantees a TAylot,C.F., ThePlai[ Indian:,A CulturalandHi:toical viev of the
kill unlessthe buffalocutsonetoo. or cutsthe Medicinedeck.The NorthAneticanPlail,JTribesof thePrc-ResenotionPetiod,s^l^man-
buffalocutstooin eilhercase.usincthebuffalodeck.lf thehuntercuts der,1994.
thebighestcard,rhebrffalois kila andgoesdown.If thebuffalocuts Wetrh,W .P., TheGrcatPlains,Ginn& Co., 1959.
the hishestcardor thetwo cardsareev€n.the kill hasfail€dandthe
buffal6thunderson unharmed.Ace is alwayslow. A Joker is a
cuaranteed kill unlessthebuffalocut aJokertoo. FOOTNOTES
' ln Skirmishwargames'Old WestRulesall Plainslndiansareexpen
OPTIONALRULES riders,because in theconto(tof a gamein comparison to whitem€fl,
To differentiate
berween *eapons,usethefollowingoptionalrul€s: lh€y w€re far b€tter ridersthannost of theiropponents.Thisusually
translatesinto a ratingo{ 90%{or all. ln ihe co ext of this game,
cotrtact in orderto b€ ableto shoot,thebaseto bas€contactperiods however.the situationis differentandthe comDarison is with other
aredifierentbetween weapons: hunten.Playerswith existingcbaracte$canusea combination of the
Bow:I period variousr€levantabiliti€sto determioethe huntingability requiredso
Repearingnfle: I period thatit rellectsthewanior'scharadermor€fully- or theycansimplyuse
musk€t:
Single-shor 2 periods thenethoddescribed in therules.
'
Xills: thenumberof cutsof thedeckthehuntercanhavefor thesame lf usrng 54mm6eurerForsmalerscalefisures. e.s.25mr/i5mm.
anemptto kill canbevariedby weapontoo: usecminsteadof inches.
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ofrelatively small vessels thatgale some opponunity formanoeuvre on Aircbfl and 30 Types of Missirs arr@ you to retight hattTs rrcm
thetabletop. Asthese things oftendo.mysnall'nary'had gfownoutof lhe KorearWar to lhe PresenlDay
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a needfor theoddvessel in particular games andhadgained itsowfl
nomentum astheirnunbersincreased. Themake-up ofthisminifleet
wasalsolinkedto mvinterest in theDrel943oeriod.whichtended to
slantthechoice ol daft towards eariierandlasscommon tvDes. I list
lhembelow, wilha fe\rtechnrcal, hi\roncal dndconrruaio;;ldelail\.
LandingCraftAssault A@IabL Ns Aom cB Ganes Only n.96 plus eL00 D6t
The standardBritish assaultcraft from 1940onwards.a handtulof GR GJii,iA, 5 D.vo6ttlrc Road, tlottiogham, ttc2 aEu
LCASvere usedin Norwayandfromthenon sawaclionio every
theatreof rhewar.Thestandard LCA waspartiallyarmoufed and throughoutthe stretchingprocess,with the thick€stavailable
couldcarry30infantrymen. rectangular'section 'beams'providingthe necessary ridgidityas
I decided io scratch-build minefromplastic cardin true1t6th scale replacement bulwarks. I alsocopiedtheB tanniaIechnique andgave
ratherthanpurchase someoftheresinversions that(atthetime)had my ne!\ )ool,LCl a removdble ramp:req appropriale. as rhF
jusl become available. Apan fromsaling'noneythisgaveme the manufacture isrumoured roberelearinqtheir osn\ersion otlheMt
chanceto nodelthecharacleristic deckswithopenspace undemeath,lllasacompanron rorheirLCTVl.
allowing thecraftto accommodate a tokennumber of based figures. I
u(edplan'lor a cdromodel.originalbpublirhed manv)ear\agoIn a Motor Launch
mooexrng magzme. I freelyadmitto norhavingheardof MLsuntilI started reseafching
SinceI builtmine.BritanniaMinistur€shaveoverconethisproblem coastal craft,yeton a recentexcursion to sunnyPaignton in DevonI
by bothenlarging the opeDnid sectionandthe LCA itselfto take hadtheconfidence to nonchalanlly idenlifythepleasure craftcircling
severalfigures,vitharemovablebowramp. OnmythreeLCASI made Torbay as'. -. aconvertedMt- Inieresring eh?'i'Io, ny fanilywereni
two rampsclosedandoneopenlor variely.SDD,AruDr Cast(a US
manufacturer) and,I believ€,TruxaisoofferLCA modehin thisscale. MotorLaunches llere longer(112'asopposed to 73')andslo$er
I haveoneresinLCAto supplement thescrarchedtrio,buritsorigins lmaximum speed 16.5 a(oppoced lo 1,1knolt thanrh( morefdmilar
arelostin rhedimdistaniDasr. alrhoush I believesoneone arrheHull MotorToryedo Bodr.andwereusedasescorrs andmaFhalling \erseh
clubmavovnthemould.- duringamphibious assaulh. Oneofrheirmostfamous exploits wasas
thetransport forthebulkof theassault forceat StNazaire in 1942, bur
LandingCraftMechanisdMk I theyalso sawactionin conjunction withtheSBSin theAegean (hence
Theearliest Britishlandingcraftcapable ofcanying vehicles. th€yalso m) panicular inlere{)andan N,tLshepherded rheLCAScarrying lhe
saw(very)limitedusein Norwayin 1940. butwenron to sewewidely US Ranee's a[dckins Poinre d Haci]n D-Dar.Themoircommon
throughoutthe war.beingparticularly promineDt atDieppe andin the earlywarv€rsiorwasthe FairmiletypeB. armedwith a 3pdrgun
lirsl Allied landings in NonhAfrica.Lareron theyvereusedchieflyas loaardandoneor noreOerlikon 20mms ,fr
ship-to'shore supplycaniers,alongside lhelargerLCM Mk IIls (he Nomanufacturerhas beendaftenough to makeoneofthese yet(not
Airtu LCM).LCMls couldcarrya ma{inun loadof 16lonnes. and inz0nmanlaayl)andI modelled mineonthehrlloftheRevell Vosper
werelargeenough lo accommodaie 6jeeps. MTBkit.vhichI believe isidenticalro thehullof rheircompanion PI
I m umwareol anvmanufaclurer offerinstheLCMMk I in 20mm Boatmodel.Thiswasaneadyconvenionandinvolvedcharicaturing
andI scratch-buih mitwofromplasliccard.lhe Mk I hasaverysimple thesleekML intoa muchshorter andwidervessel. vith sidedecksleft
'boxy'shape andfroma basicprofileplanandphotos I constructed a roomierlhanin realtyto carerlor inlanlryligure.berngLariedon
flat bottomedmodelto approximately 20mmscale deliberatelyboard.Tle ne\rdeckdnd.uperrrruclure ;eribasedon"phoros anrl
makingitwide enough to takea lighttankfixedto a ba5e.lmodelled bdlt fromplastic €ard.
onecraftwithitsramDuoandonewithit lowered. Asi! usual srthlhese lhing.I larerIound some excellent planc that
tle Mk I hd.a myire;)bridgerhalii noLorioudv.hddowy Inallrhe ihoweduprhemanyIlasrin;ygue\( work.I noqal(orhinkm) 14Lrs
phoro.lie.een. soi rrrdng ele-menr otarli,ric
licen(eplated a hand In roohighourof rhe\raler.andasrr waconeot my rirr a empr\al
thisone! cuttinga fill hulldownto a *ater linemodelir'snol surprising. (My
LandingCraftTankMk ll andIII standard method is 1o judge a laden $,aterline lron side-on photo
TheMk I.II andIII Landing CraftTank{ere sir larlookrng ve\'el\. Craph\. markir on rhehull$irha markerpenandrhenculdowbbur
diffenng onlyin lengrh.andsharing lhefllingbndgeandnano\ hull deljberalely \rithd ra?or\aw Uneven \ectrons canbetrimmedlalef
thatdistjnguhhed themfromthelaterMk IV buihto caterfor the witha craftknifeandit's essentialto basesucha modelon l/8 Dlv.
shallower watersof Noinandv.Mk Ik andIIh werethefint series perhap. dding Plaslrc Padding- sd'€s aroundrhehullto helpnaik
produced LCTSandsa$usein NorthAmerica(reinforcing Tobruk) rmoeneclon! andaddasense ot movement_l
and more belligerently at Dieppe,vhere many were sunk or Inretrospect I dchooserhesmallerHarboirD€fence MororLaunch
abandoned atur IandineChur(hilllank\ .upponingrhe doomed forrnyescort/raiding craftin preference totheML:it wasmuchshorter,
Canadran assault. Theyt.o $ldieredon rhroiihourVorldWdrll, hada similarDerformance andcarriedcomDarable amament.It war
servinq in mosttheatres. alsousedastraidingcraftin theAegean. (Nota lor ofpeopleknov
My Mk Il/lll wasbasedon a veryold Lindenb€rg Linekit of an rhalll
American LCU(Utilitv)whichwas;boutU90thscal6. I rerained ihe Arm€dTrawler
hullandbowandbuilte DhsticardsuDentruciure withlhecharacteriF Almo\le\eryndq in WwlI adcpted rrd$lers forD.easminesweepers
li( nlin€'bndgetrilh soverhangi;gsing\ housrng AA gun( a he ande(orlandpalrolcrafr. Thev$ ereslow.bur lhe\weree\cellent led
5lemIhrsapprdrsa\aver\.tuntedcrzft inlhe\oslalgia phoro(.onl)boatsandther;werelotsof them.In Britishuse'the lslesclass were
caprble ot criry'nerhreerankmodel,.In lhelighrofiy mo'ereceni probably lhemortcommon. ardboull40 in lengrhandcapable or | |
.hrpbuilding eicatade\ {seetunheronrrhr hdi'no$beentengrhenedknoB.Theirarmament usually consi.red o[ an open4 or ] Inchgrn
ro abourlq - rrll undeFcale. burnoq havingdect .pacefoi .even mounredond mi.edplarformf6r ardtloclearrhe liighbo") andon;or
medium tanks.(ln termsof caDacity myLCTdstrictlvioeakinsa Mk more20mmOerlikons moumed aft
IL lheMk I ll being ablerorrairspon ui ro I0Shermaris. j Mylrawlerwasactually myfint scratch,built vessel, constructed for
The onlybir\ of rhe Lindrnb€rg Linek rharha\ejurvi\edrhe the'Safidisplay gamesomeyearsa8o,wher€il substituted for rvo
erpansion areihe bows.anchorandwinch.Plasticcardwasused convened US'fourstack'destroyers! I wasa gre€nshipwright in rhose
O*. ""0 " ,"* on"r". r"*.d theonlvreference lor a modellhat was otsinal Minialure Waryames.During thoseheadydaysof yore,
coirstructed froin a carvedbalsabbck cladin cardboard,whichwas George Gushwfoteaninspirational serieson minicampaigns and.in
lhenvarnished to giveit ngidity. passing, mentioned his scraich-buill EscortCarriefin 20mn.con,
AllhoughI glueall my land-based tanktunetsdownI decided on structed for an 'islandhopping'Pacificgame,whereneersnoved
swivelling mounts for mydestroyer,$hich ahoallowed ne tomakerhe arounda hallon cardtablesandlanded on islands setouton lars€r.
weapons dismountable - animportant featureif shewasgoing1obe nalrcplaying.urtace..
transported wirhoutsufferingloo muchdamage. The mastwas Odgrnall).like George. I d planned Loha\em)cdnieron aseparare
similarly naderemovable. withtheresultthatthemodelcould'live in table,butwhenit caneto thecrrnchanother twofeetof chipboard
theoriginal kit box. 'briney'had todo. . . Butthar\jumpingthegun.Thistimerhere$as
My littlemonster nowsponedrhenameH.M.S.ldborelf-paying nokjltosaveme...whercwaslgoinStostart?l
liDservice to thereallifetradition olnaminsthis class afterfoxhunts! It
oilyrenained topainiher-in alairlytimeiessdisruptivepattem-and
adda iattered whiteensign andherscaled downcrewof 12:largely the BOGUE
originalMatchbox complement with replacemenr headsfrom rhe As withtheHunl Classdestrover, I selected my carriertypeaftera
Ravenlhorp€ Miniaturesrange. trall ofthe reference books.TheBogueclass ofesconcarrier(no,l
didn'teventhinkof modelling a fleetcarrier!) wasconstructed in the
States fron converted C3nerchant hullsurdvasusedin larsenumbers
BLASTING b) borhrheRoydlandUSndvie(CarrlinganFhingfro; 18ro 24
OnherveryfirstoutingSaborelr cameunderunusuallyclose aircraft,theywererelatively smallcraftby caffierstandards (495'
scrutiny olerall)but, I;kethe Hunts,wereusedalmosteverywhere.
fromtheveryfirstperson to approach thetable. Their
"HuntClass.. . TypeIII."he snapped knowingly. mulli-nalionaluse alsosavemelheoDtion of Pacrfic\cenarios al \ome
"Er. . . ves. . .' blurtedthenautically "Er. tuture date whentimeallowed. (Howabout2025An?)
naiveshipwrighi. . .
kno{ a bitaboutdesroyendoyou?' Bynow,asimple rulehadevolvedfor determining vessel len$h:the
"I design then." biggerthe ship,themoreit hadtoshrink.Idecided thatthelongest my
Well, rhat\ the sorrof thingthathappens at BrisrolUnilersily carrier could stretch to was 36". otheNise Deoole at sho*'s would
'Magiccards'on
('Reveille 94 - greatshow l), butatleasimycrudeattenpts hadpassedmistake it foravacant tableandstartplaying theflight
deck.Il wasahoclearthatfarlessof thefullsizevessel sdetailcouldbe
Luckilvthenavalafchitect wasnt aroundwhenth€hasiilvdevised included thanin rhe(aseo[ rheHunl.Thisqa\ parlrally becaurof the
andhypeF,imple bipshiprulesgor anairrng. Thearmwas.'agoin. 'o increased \hrinkage necesaq ro fil lhe model inro rhe prewibed
transfer RdpidFif€simplicity lo lhe oceanwaves. withouthavingto len$h,andpartially duetony lilnitations asamodeller andsome ofthe
*ith
struggle equations to calculate hirs,or book'keep damaSe points. naslv curves and angles I d spolled in phoros.
Asaresult.ldecided to adaplthehithenounused rulesdevised lor the Havinggiven uphopeofnnding asuilable kit to base nymonsteron,
Ianding craftandlighicraftandallocate hitson thedestroyer (from I decided that lhe some$har slab-sided cross-section ofthe Boque class
Axiscoastalgunt againstvital partsof theship,determii€d bya Dl|J couldbecon\rrucreo irombabd.A5'eem:lo belhe wal wiih rhese
lhrow(l = bridge.2 = lightAA gun.etc.)FireelTect wasbased on things.it 'xastrhiht inquiring thepriceof a solidbahabeamat the
damage to weapons andcasualties. Although crude.thisproved quick mod€lfaihrayshopin Tavistock (Devonagain)thatinspkation and
andeffecrive. wirhtheve$€ldeemed to besinkingwhen shehadlosl good tortune collided.
75%ofhercrew. It da$'ned onmethatratherrhantakeoutabankloanforas{lidhullI
OI course. thebiggesi danger to shipping in theAegean camenol could use lwo balsaplanks(about!4 each)andbuilda hollo* one,
fromcoasial ani1lery. butfromairpower-nolably thespeciallytrained fashioning thebowandstemfron solidofi-culs. Nowthismayseema
LufrwaffecrewswhoseStukasand JU 88swereeventuallv suD- stunningly obvious solution to you (boats rending to be hollow,asin
plemenled byrhegurded bombcdrrrersof KC 100.ldre' used rderfe(l dug-outcanoes,etc). bul this seismicr€velation meantthat the
against thelandings atSalerno. overriding considerdtions of all my modelling endeavours (cheapness
Against theminorcraftwehadusedlhelightAA firesvslem and andlightness) couldbesatisfied. Butbetterwasto come. Theownerol
bombins methods fromtheorisinalrules.AsH.M.S.Saborerrcariedthis$ondertulshop casuallv asked meif I ne€ded anyextalargesheers
2 x 20m; Oerlikons anda qu;druplepompom, nol to mertionthe ofplasticcard and.asI noddedgleefully. producedsome hugepiecesol
AA capabilityof herhighangle mainarmament, itseened unnecessary said material rhat he had oblained ftom a contact in the advertisine
to makeanyalterations. asshecouldmakea fair stabar defendingtrdde.lt in{anr\da$nedonme("ellOK.b} rherimelgothome. . J
herselfagainst thesingle aircraftattacks normally usedin ourgames. thatwiththese I couldplatealllhebahaandplysurfaces ofthecarrier,
'skin'.
Hitswer€achieved usinsthenormalrulesin rhecaseof divebomben andprovide myvessel vith asmooth, paintable andglu€able
andfor a5or6 olla d6forolh€rDlanes. buionlyifrheaircraft suryived Afleranas$ng as much photoinformation on theBoguesaspossible
theAAbarraeel I sketched a profile'caftoon. Muchsimplification wasnecessary,
An orieinaiintention to haveSaroreilr Derform totennanoeuvrese\pecidlj! \ih reg d roIhe\ide.ponjon\ ddded rolheoriginalhullto
wassoonibandoned. AsuminSthattheshipwouldbecniising back permirrefuelling andreplenirhmenr dl \ed(onlyonesunrredrograce
andfonhtofire,andzig'zaggingwhen underairattack, weplumbed to my version) and the nunerous AA gun positions. Thelatterwassolved
Iet hersit at anchorar thefar €ndof lhe rable a zonedesienatedbyapplyinS theRapidFircanillery reduction ratioof 5 actual*eapons
'lunherout rhanir looki andopearingin ir( osn X Files'sllle 1oonemodel. ThuslheBogueseighrr$inbarr€lBofon became three
space^me connnuum. single banelgunsandthelwenty 20mmOerlikonswere representedby
ThefiIstactof construction *as to cuta 'plankof 10mmmarine
plywood (29" x 8") fortheflightdeck. Twisted logicroldmetharifl gor
BARMY the flight decklookingrigha I couldbuildthe carrierunderit.
It must havebeenaboutthis time thai I sta.tedexDeriencins Incidentally.8' {as arrivedat because thatwasmarginally morethan
meglomdnic hallucindlions Far oul lo chipboard seaI beganr; lhewingspan ofthe Swordfish. allowingforthe carrier'sislandand
vi5u,li5e
. . . somerhing el\e. .omerhingbigg€r avoidinC rharun:ighrb o\erhansing $rngproblem that.tops navre.
OI course, thecrucialenor hadbeenreplacing theland'based air launchinp airsrrike!fron kalaks
supportfortheAllies(aloneHurricane Ilc) withaSeaHurricane anda Thenextstepwasro cutiry iwo plankslo length(allowing for the
Swordfish - thelatierusedasa divebombel.assomeofthese aircrah seDarate bowandstern10be addedlarerlandEvostikthemlo the
verein 1940FranceandNonhAfrica-OnceI'd paintedthesefine underside of lhe plywood flightdeck.Theofi-cuts$erethenfixed
lookingFleetAir Arm typesI suppose it wasin€vitable that the beNeenthemto bracethehull sidesanddiscourage warping. The
questionof'... wheredidth€ycomefrom?wasboundlo arise. wholelot sasfinallyturnedrightsideupandglued downto a pre-cut
So,anaircraft carierit hadtobe.I eventoldincredulousbystandenply base,thenleftio dry overnight on a flatsurface*ith fourheavy
arshovsofmvrnlanrolanr\oI couldnlbackdowndndconirucla U painttinsonthenightdeck -again.to aloidthescourge ofwarping.
boatinstead. (Nowlheretanidea. . .l WhilethiswascuringI rough-cut theshapes ofbowandsternoutof
Th€Drecedent forthisDieceol madnessrestsin an€arlvedition
of the twobalsa blocks l d purchasedlron ourlocalradiocontrolshop.These
boreonlya limiredresemblance to theactualprofiles,but I wantedto to fir in theonlyboxI possessed largeenough to takethecompleted
plalethe bowwith plasticcard,whichlimitedthe curvature,andthe hull.
sternhadto beevenlvroundedfandif I couldachievethat I wouldbe RealBogues badgangways andcre$access pointsalongtheedges
$ell satGfiedl). Whenthesewerefinallyfiled and sandedto ny andunderside of the flight deck,but I nerelyhinl€dat thisby
satisfaction they*ere,in tum,gluedin posidon tobas€andhullandthe consrrucring twolarge20mm gunspon)ons nearrhe(!ernand'boxin8
{'ood€nboxsrarted to looklikea ship. in thegapsertherside lhislimeulingsol|dPeco N gaugebridgepan'
I wasnowreadyto commence 'plaling'and,againstthemanufactur- - to pivetheimDression o[ar under-deck slructure.
er'sadvice. decided to exDeriment wilha ihinfilmof Evostikcontact Finally.I adaedrwolite iah5per srdeiagain.fromlhe conene
adhesive to join th€inco;patibleplasticandwood.Apartfroma fe\r, left-orearandaddedsvmbol(harchandtuellinedelarllolhe huu
ninor bubblesontheflightdeckthisworkedadmiably,butI wouldn't srdes usrng plasli(slrip.Thiscould haveeone onindelinile\.bul.like
ca i nskfreeasthisgluecananddoesdissolvepolystt{enewhenit's arcslerwires andnanchions. ir hadrobe.acrificed lo \peedandlong
stillwet.l continued thisprocess rightup to the bow,cuEingand termdurabifty.
mutteringundermybreathasI struggled to geathecardto confornto I finished thecarrierin similarcolours to HMSSabor?rr. usinsa
theshapeof mybalsa,$hichit eventually did.Thestemwasimpossible wa!ryblueandgreydisruptive pauerncopKdfiom pholograohs or
to plateandI insteadcoatedit wilh PlasticPadding,whichwasthen HMS,4rreer- aBogue(orin RNpadanceaRulei clas!vesselthar saw
sandedto shape(whilslwearinga facemask,whichis adlisablefor al service in rhelatterpartofthe war.Theflighid€ckwaspainleddark
filing, sandingandglueing).The flight deckwasthensrripedwith a crev- oriorto avisitto theFleetAirArmMuseum atYeovilton. where
cralt knifeandrulerto represenr plankinSandahersimiladyscoring ispiutiered overamagnificent modelof anAttacker class carrier(early
theoutlircsof twodecklifts, foreandaft.1was readytomoveonto the R Boque ) s itha natural finishdeck(nevetmrno). LikeStbol?rr, rh;
wholeiesselsai dry.brulhed in lighlgreyfollocedb) qhireand$a\
I'd decided ontwoguntubsfor'ardandoneatthestemfor myBofors thenstreaked withwatereddownacrylic'leather'to represenl rust.
gunsandI startedwiththese.Thetwotubsnearthebowcamefromthe The crewwasa biggerproblemfor HMS tyoollrorl ( Wooiwonh
leftove$of myFlowerclasscorvenekit (twobecause it wasimproperly carriers'was a wartime nicknane. soI didn'treally havea choice, did
packed - Iuckyoldnel) andthese weremounted onsections ofplastic I . . .) asnoluirable6sures exisled on lhesarqames mdrkelandI d
girder,wbichcouldbe easilygluedin placethank lo lhe plasticcard run out of rhelr4akhdox menlhat (rewedJorolpxf.tudrngIo m)
plating.Thereartub wasfashioned hom a plasticjar lid thal matched rescue carnefonyChadburn dl Raventhorpe Viniatures. who(beinga
theirdiameter,andasit wasnotpolystyren€ I stuckit downwithepoxy goodmaLe anda 'uckerforlheunusuall carne upwrlha mrnilanSeof
andvarnished itto givea betterkeyfortheelentualcoat of paint. multi-use figures, namely: t$'odnflle-ccated seamen;a sealedgunner
It wasnowtimeto attempttheisland thenelle centreof every with separiteflash-hooded and h€lmeted heads;threefigiresin
cameranda verl narro$slrucrure on lheescofivariety.e\enaher overalls (including one$,itha toolbox)with anoptionalflightdeck
reducins lhescale dimensions. Thi. wa\buihframlairlylhickplasrrc crew'pixiehood'head, andlast(butnot least)an anazingrunning
card.ta[ingmajorliberties withtheundenide wher€it n'iettheliull,to pilollVariouspermutalions of thesefigureseventually gaveme 21
increase thesupporlandconsequently thestrength of thisrulnerable crew.to whomI addedanold Airfir firemanin anaskstossuit.These
f€ature.ltookaleaflromlhereal-life carrierbuildeE atthispointand characters manned thethreeBofors(all Airfix)andthefour20mm
added strengthening barsto theseaward sideoflheisland - somelhingOerlikonsithe latrcrrushed lo mebyanothergood mate,DaveHowitt
doneon real Bogue\from 1444.pre.umdbltattere\penence in of Britannia Minialues,despite thecertain knowledge thatI wasgoing
Atlanticstorms,whentheserelatively shortandiop heavyvesselsto surgically remove hislolelyAmencan gunners I
lendedlo pirchqolenllyandpul therr'wasp-q aisledbridges under The vord 'rush' is not used lightly above,as l/oolwolr was
grealslres I rhen,ddedrheflyingbndgelo lhe ropof lhe island. completed justin tim€lor itsdebutatthe1995 Cornish wargame5sho{
lakingcareroclrzr rheropwrngof aparkedStrordfi.h iomelhinglhe) in Truro.where(desDite the additionof a second SeaHunicane to
didnlhaveto wonyaboutonthecorrecdy proportioned original. providea standing patrol)the vesseltmaster nanagedto aniv€an
Themastofthesevessels*as a delicate looking lalticework,topped hourlate, havingread hischart oftheTruroApproaches upsidedown.
byamass of radarandcommunicadon equipment-shades ofthings to
com€in morerecenl times.whenshiDinastsresembie thePostOffrce
Tow€r.Icompromised heavily.buildingthe fiane*'orkfromPeco'N' BOMBSAWAY!
gauge girderbridgesections andfashioning a cruderepresentaiion of
theelectronic bedsprings fromoldkit partsandscrap. Thewholelol So.ho$to usethisbloominmonstrosity on a wargames table?well,
wasmadefemovablefittingtightlyontoa plaslicard -
sleevein order firstof all.it had rc oDerale in an evenweirder off-shore univene then
HMSSaboterr. Evenwithanadded 2'ofseait lookeda{fullyclose to
thecoast and,ofcourse, therecouldbenonanoeuvring- evenio stean

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thisdidn'treallyseem tomatter.Onceaisealhemostlikelyenemiesof
WWIIancraftcarien weresrbmarines andaircraft.I'd(forthetine
being)di'counled lhefomer anowhenpla)i1gagainillhe latlerthe
relaiivespeeds ofaircraft andshiparesodisproportionate rhattheship
mavaswellstandslillonthelableandletlheDlanes buzzroundit!
Assumingthat the car.ierboardiattheendofthetabl€represenred
anoveFthe-horizon position. welloutof rangeofanycaastalweapon,
ir onlyremaineo ro iormuldre rulesro coreinling;ff andrerrieiing
olanes.
' andairatrack onlheca.rieritself.
Up till nowtheruleshadevolved witheachne* vessel andthis,the
largest.exerted a similarinfluence. I decided rhattheplanes-rwo Sea
Htrricanf\anda Swordfi\h lou mayremember(houldrerarn lheir
R ptdFi.esortieduralionof fivemoves, buithartheyneeded to land
on thecanier.re{uelandre,armbeforejoiningthefrayoncemore;
thisactionrequinngone fullmoveontheflightdeckand rheattention
ofatl€astlwo(ofthefive)deck crew.
Il ma).eemthalrha porenlidlly gi\esloo man)aircraxroomuch
limeoverIherableduringa gamefor a balanced ourcome, but.d. $ill
beseen belos.ir isvrrdl romdrnrain a \randinsfighrer patrol orerrhe
carrier to lendoffarrdrra,ks. dndwirhonlJhreeplanes lhrrrequii€(
somenrfty tuSSlmg ol resources.
Takingeachmodelaircraft rorepreseni sixrealones l thendevis€d a course.thereisthePacific. ...
simple system ofaerialattack, basedon thepremise thatacarrierwould For rhe really big boalsI think convoygamescould offer some
bea p merargelforldnd-based dircraft.U.ing\randard rquadronsof inleresting table'topencounters. I've be€ntoyingwith the ideaof
\jr real aircrahrheA\n playerha!'o declare hlcincomrng bomberr itlJe$aringWoolwoth, Sabotewand the armed trawler into a
onemovebeforetheirarrivalon table(sinulatins thecarrieisradar shrunkenArctic or Mediterranean conloy. Usingthe principles
acquiring themvhilstsome dislance away). TheHurricane (acrually six oudined aboveandwithlheaddition of twoor threemerchant vessels
renenberl)flvingairdefencepatrolisthen deenedtobevectoredin ro (no.I haven't builtthemyet),arranged in a sid€by sidecolunnon a
intercepl andis(temporarily) removed fromthetable. 6'x l0'lable,airattacks couldbeplay€doul, wirhaddedrefinenenls
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awayfrornthe labletoplRollinga d6 deremines howrnanyof the presenl h howto canyoultorpedo attacks, butI'm workinS onit.
a ackine bombea are.hor dornb) lhedefendrne plane. (- I it lheJ Sofarl velimitedmyself(necessarily in mycase) roawargame table
ateescoaed bj a fi-qhrersqu,dron)ind on rhenerimoverrrhereari of'normalproportions. As aclDbventure, whynoltry GeorSe Gush's
any\trn^orsrhesingle bomber modeli,placedon rhe'able.iwooping approach andsteam20mmtaskforcesacrossa largehallon moveable
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by the.quadron of sixrepresent deductions froma rnaximum bomb alolls
orMedilenanean nhnds. With enough of the Iargervesselseven
loadofsix.Thusif twoplanes wereshoidownonthewavto therarget theuseofa largeflooris a possibilitv (shades ofHG Wellsandnaval
themodelbomberonlr hasfourbombsto deliverwhen it lumbenonto ganepioneer nercherPratthere).
th€table.Dilebombers halvethisamounl. roundinguplo thenearesr Finall!.donr despair if youre notenamoured withthethought of
labourin-qaNa_v fof $eeksbuildhs €normous landingcraft and
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andinstead oI shordovn for ; roil of l0% subslrtuted damaqed'
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lwo damaeed\ forcinsareiurnto base.
Finally, ihe eff€ciof bombingrulesweremodified to takeaccounr Asvith mostaspecis olourhobby. themor€youread,themoreideas
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hit folardtheycanr tak€ofi. (D6nunberof ino!€sro reparrbyrwo worksthat can offer constructional detaik and/orpolenrial scenarios:
Jane! FightingShips ol WWII.Bracken Books.Srandard reference
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bombersortie.duringrhe courseol rhf g.imeprovidedthe fighr BanEfor theWineDark Sea,Lind,Kangeroo. 1994.Included asan
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placeon, asper Rapr'dFire. lhi(6ok rell.rhe.ror\ rinde'aill oiihe"ar in rheAegean fiomCrere
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SpantshCtutlWarMatrtr Game attackeneny unitsup ro four Regionsawayfrom its lacation-The
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SCRUDo.a similarsvstem.
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CombatValues:
Matrix Gamesare nor easyto wrile, ^nd VtuaLa Muettawasno Allunil((e\pecllheForeign Legion.Condor kgion. andInlemarion-
exception to thisrule.WhenTonyHawkins - organher of the1994 al Brieades) hdvea balicCombflValueo[ L TheForergn Legron.
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possible sessionsforCOW94,lblithelysaid thatI wouldwriteaMatrix of2. AnyunitmayhaveitsCombat Valueincreased byhaving foreign
GameaboultheSpanish CivilWar:afterall,lknowquitea bil about aidallocated toit(seelheMoveRecord).
bothMatrixGames andtheSpanish CivilWarsoit shouldbeeasy- Reinforcemenlsi
Reinforcements areallocared to theNationalisls andRepublicans as
In rheend,theactual design of thegamewenlthrough atleastthree pertheMoveRecord.lf onesideoccupies a Regionin vhichtheother
rc-writes.Thereasons for thiswereverysimple. Theywerc: side'sscheduled 1oreceive reinforcements. thereinforcements arelost.
. Themotivaiion ol ihepolitical movenents involved (i.e.Anarcho- Madridl
Syndicalisls,Socialists.andCommunist. onon€sideandNational- If lheNalionalists areableto caDture Madrid. theGameisover
Syndicalists,Monarchists. andthe
Traditionalist CarlislrandrheArmvon Republicans havelost.Il theRepublicans stillholdMadridattheendof
lheolhervder.dndrhedrver5rr) orrherrobleoiterIf oneoptedior,Move11(Spring 1939). theGaneisoverandlheNationalistshave lost.
complex stfucturewithverydefined objectives, thegamebecame a
boringmonster wiih 10or nore players. If oneoptedfor a simple
nructure rvirhlesswelldefined obj€ctives. thegamebecaneboring
andlacked lnv relationshio vith realitv. DRAMATIS PERSONAE ANDPERSONAL GOALS
. Tte possibihitharplayeriwouldnor-have rhelevelof backgroundNATIONAIISTS:
knowledge ol rhegame's designer (i.e.designers of MarrixGanes G€neralFrancisco [ranco
alNavshave to beon theirguard againstnakingassumptions about L To become theleaderofthe Nationalisl Govemnent andArmed
whowillplaythegames, andshould always design them*ith thetoral
2. To ensure theunconditional victoryof theNalionalist cause in the
. Theneedto createa realisiic gametharallowed powerful foreign CivilWar.
interventionlo affectthesaneiithoutensurins thaiiheresultoftie l. To ensure thatrheFalange Pan!andCarlist Movemenlcontinue to
game 1\raspreoetermrneo_ support theNationalist cause butareunable to impose theirpolitical
. Theneedto createa gamein whichall rheplavers couldremain agendas or challenge lour leadership.
inleresteduntilrhefinalmove.
Gemral[milio Mola
Noneof theabove seemed to geltogether. andI \vasonthepointof 1. Toensure theunconditional victoryoftheNationalisr cause in rhe
givingup rheproject whenitdawnedonme tharI hadbeengoing about CivilWar.
il intoiallyrhewrongway.Irealised thatthewayIwasrrying rodesign 2. To try to ensure thatGeneral Franco supports theRisingbutdoes
thegam€vasaciually creating problems for meto solve,andthaiby not gaintotalcontrolof the NaiionalktCovernment andArmed
keepingtheNhole thingassimple aspossible I coulddesign theytraaa
,lt!ier, MarrixGamequiteeasily.ln theendI opledfor a tenplayer 3. To ensure thattheconcepr ofa Right'wing Republic isdiscussed by
(five-a-side) game,tharwasplayedin boundsthaicovered a thr€e theleade$oftheNationalist Movemenl.
monthperiod(orseason). Theplayerspersonalgoals weresimplified General Gonzalo Quiepo d€Llano
andrefined solhatthevwere realisticwithout beinqroo rcslrictile,and I . To ensure theunconditional victoryof lheNationalist cause in the
I allowed eachplayeriohavetwoaryum€ntsoni miliraryrrgument CirilWar.
andonepolilicalargunent perbound.Thisinnoration proved rc be 2. To lry to ensurerhateitherGeneralFrancoor GeneralMola
of particular helpin freeingup rhe playeBftom the constraint of becomesabsolute leaderof theNationalist movement.
making onlyone,rgumenlpermove a. happened Ine"rlierli.lardr 3. To tauntthe enemywith references to the physical andsexual
Gamer suhoulgrving themacdrreblanche rodo$hallheylked hdd proNess of th€MoorishTroopswhoarefighlingfor the Nationalisi
theybeenablelo maketwounrestricted arguments permove.lt also
r€flecled thedualmilitaryandpolitical agendas bothsides workedro
Gen€ralRoatla
L Torerainconlrolof rheltalnnArmedlorce\InSparn.
2. To ensure thattheIlalianArmedForces in Spainachieve al least
GAMERULES oneresoundingvictory overtheRepublicans.
3. To frcquently offeradliceto theNationalist Government astohov
theycouldwintheCilil War.
Eachplaye.maypresent onemilitaryandonepolilicalargunenr per 4. To ensure thevicioryof theNalionalist cause in theCivilWar.
gan€move.Theseshouldbewritlendownontheappropriate nairix
argument sheet,andgivento iheUmpireasquickly aspossible. Thisis GeneralSperle
because thepderin whichtheyarivewithhimor herwill determine 1. Toensure thevicloryoftheNalionalisi cause in theCivilWar.
theorderin whichtheyaredealtwith. TheUmphemuslnotrevealthe 2. To suppon General Franco vherever and wheneverpossible.
areuments submitted to himuntilallthearsuments lor thismovehave 3. To retaintotalcontrol of theCondor Legion.
bein handedin, andplayeKmaynot sibmit arguments afterthe 4. To offeradvice to the Nalionalist Government asto howtheycould
Umpnehasbegunto adjudicate on the arguments thai haveb€en wintheCivilWar.
presented. Thisisto ensure thatplayers arenorablero counrer orher
players' aryunents unl€ssibatwastheirintended acrion for thismove. REPTjIBLICANS
Frand$oLargoCaballem
CameMov€s: 1. To b€come theleaderofthe Republican Golemment.
Eachgamemoverepresents lhreemonths of tine.andrepresents on€ 2. Toensure thevictoryof theRepublican cause in theCiv'lwar.
of thesearons. 3. Torryto destroythe Anarchist Movement.
Movementi 4. ToworkwiththeCommunist PaltytogainyourPersonalGoals.
A unit or unil! maymoveup to two Regions per gamemoveat Santiago Carillo
NORMALMARCHspeed or up to threeRegions pergame moveat L Toconrrol theRepublican Government andArmedForces.
FORCEDMARCHspeed. 2. Toensure thevictoryof rheRepublican cause in rheCivilWar.
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3. To desrroy anypolilicalpany thatstandsbet{eenyouandyour PROI'INCf,SAND RIGIONSOT SPAINCONTROLLf,DBY THN
PersonalGoals. NATIONALISTS IN .IULY1936:
4. To workwilhtheSocialht Panyto gainyourPersonalGoah- In Galicia: Corunna.Lugo.Ponteledra.
Orense
BuenaY€ntura Dumuti ln Leon: Leon.Pal€ncia,
Zanora.Vallodolid.Sala
l. To resisl.byallpossible
means. anymoleto{ardsthecreationofa
Republican
centralised Governmenl. lnOldCastile: Burgos,Logrono,Soria,Segovia.Alila
2. To mainlain theAnarchistMilitiasasaseparaie
fighringforce. Country:Alava
In theBasque
3. Tomaintain anAnarchist powerbaseinBarcelonaand Catalonia. Navane
in theCivilWar. InNalarrei
L Toensure rhelictoryoftheR€publicancduse In Aragoni Huesca.
Saragossa,Teruel
InCatalonia:
L To fight{ith horourfor the continued existence of the Basque InNevCastilei
Republic. InValencia:
rll moves
2. Toresisr lowards thecrealion
ofacentralised.anli-clericalInEslrernadura: Caceres
RcpublicanGovemment. In Andalusia: Hueha,Selill€.Cordob!.Cadiz
3. To nainrainiheBasque Amyas aseparale fightingforce. In Murcia:
{. To ensurethelicton of theRepublicancausein theCivilWaI. ln iheBalearic
Islesi Majorca
GeneralB€rzin REPLTBLICAN STARTPOSITIONS
1. To ensurethat the CommunistPartycontrohthe Republican
Golernment andAmed Forces. InnciscoLargoCaballero
2. To €nsureihe victoryof a Comnunisl-controlledRepublicanIn Madridwirh (Socialist
I Division Mililia)
Govcrnment in thcCivilWar. SantiagoCarillo
3. To desro!anynon-Communist politicalparry
tharslands
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easilybe usedasmoreofiicersfor the above,or evenasinfantry LightCavdlry'are applicable rotherei ol rheca;jry In-rhe mnge:and
officers. The figureshavesepaiare upperdnd loser bodyhalvea. m manyca(esunir.\ould havehisroricalb beenmadeup of tlpea
enablinga muhitudeof differentfiguresto be created.Manyof rhe drawnfromall lhreeof Redoubt'scategoriei.
drdgoon: li(redabovearedesigned ro be D.edfor normingpanie.. The MediumandHeav]ratora|oitwenl\ upperbodyry?ei) have
rhesameexceltenr lealureia. rho.eaec.^ri6a aUore.iti teeoans
TheAiillery consists of ninefigurcs andcould alsobesupplemenred mmein avarietyoftlles. sith bool.pulleduporrumeddosr.;irhor
wilhsomeof rhe'lighrer'pilemenequipped qrrha nrnmeror sponge. wirhoullaceboothose.leaning forward(or backwdrds. erc Theyalso
M] favounrefieute'.Cw)01 whoisiigiiinsrhe gunqhikrlyingro;(shav€anix ofempryandfilled scabbards, sotheycanbeusedwitibody
thebarrel.Thecasting hasnobaseandislherefore simplyattached to topsholding swords orpistols.
thegun,a remarkably onginalpieceof design work,typicalof this My onl' maiorcrilnsmo( lheresuperbfiguresr rheabsence ol
arquebuseson figures whichweresrilldescribed. n rhecontemporary
L;wlandScots PikeandMuskets comenext,andfroma vie$loint world,as'harqD€busiers'.
\ainled by Thny Year!Warconsiderations. lheseateanongallhe The Ho$e for this rangeare likewiseexcellent,with convincitrg
moslusefulfigure(around Tley are wearingshondoubler(as anatom!andexcellenr pose(.rhe desi8ner hdsrnrdea slaggering
oppoced lo lhelongertyle 'coldierscoarof lheearlerrelealetdnd rmDrovemenlon nrseaflrerttor(edesrsns
baggier breeches. Somear€alsoequipped wiihquiltedjacksovertheir _ As wirhmostoftheRedoubtEnglisi Civil war rangethesecavatry
doublets, anechoof apreviou! ageandpopular among Scotlhh troops. fiFres aresuppliedwitha rangeofieparateheadsin €ilhersofthato;
Onceagainmosloflhese soldi€rs canbeusedasnon-Scots, particularlyharquebusier's pot options.Thelatterareexcellenl,withvarialionsof
rhepikemen. CWol4.5 arerealllrmponanr Inrhi)conlexl. theusualtripl€-baror singlenasalbar,or wirhoutbar,conrine al style
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surpnsingll. the non animated figure.In the rdngeThereare 2J not of the samestandard;they are an uncomJortable compromis€
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piper.anda guywithwhatappears to bea'brdrrmn), within addition lhelalerly?e ofsmallbrin$ltha largecrown cominginlo \oguebyrhe
lwopacksof twohanded swordandaxemen andm€nequipped with rimeolrhe CivilWdnHo$ever. heiD rsarhand inlhetorm6t rte new
rwordandshieldEachoflhepacl.conlarn renupper bodie.and ren headsfor the RedoubtThreeMuskeleerranse.which fit the bill
(etsofleg'.leaving Ihepurchaser to bangaboutrheirsarereunionl ln precisely. lJyouasknicelylamsure Redoubtca;supplyth€seinstead,
lermsofqualityof anatomical design thissection contains soneof the or atworsts€llyousomeThreeMusketeers' h€adsaswell!
*eakerfigures intherange. How€ver, in manycases,ihesheer'energy' Therewercnot a hugenumberof tull Cuirassi€rs duringthe Civil
of the actionposessaves whatcouldotherwise be a disappointingWaIs,their |]sewaspr-obably limiredto Ufe cuard comp'anies Iike
'charging paikswhici E::ex.. KingCharles
iigure.Tlis ispanicularlytrueof the swordsmen s. andHaselnge s - whoplunged sa famousty
allowsuDerbh animatedunits tobeconstrucred. orer Rounda-r ayDo\ n. Howerer.wiil rtrean;vil ot iedoubisrang6
TheIrishaieanotherpanofthe rangewhichhasanenormous appeal of Cuirassienthereprobablywill bemorearoundon wargames rabLs
for me.Tlev aredressea not unlike!h; 'calivermen' in thetustsdition rhanthereever\rerehi\rorically'Thereare,asrhecliche goe'bigmen
ofJacob deGheyn's Wapperrdndlt g vith softhatsinslead of helnets. onbighorses anddredvaildble $irha ran8e of openorclosed helmeh.
Theyhaveashoulder baginstead of'apostles' fortheircbarges andthe aswellastheothercavalrv ootsm€ntioned above
downtumed brimsoftheirhatsgivetheinpression of having suflered l-losrol rhehorses areiuooliedsilh reDarare Dislolholsrerand
theworstthatfte climates of lrelandor Scotland coulddeDosil on whrlsr rhi(addsro rheposibleiariarions ir alioaddriorrreconstruclon
them.To behonest lhetitleIrishisonlyreallya useful lag;thareisno rimenecessary before youcanitan parnUnsl I hopeit doesnldissuade
evidence that ihe lrish regularelenentsof Montrose'; (or indeed younger or lesscompetenr painler'hom rryinglbesefigures.The
anybodyelses)army actuallydressedlike rhis, but th€y have dragoons aresupplied witha rangeof poorerquaLtynagswirhour
convincing appearance andarecertainly among thebestdesignsin the pr\tol(andsjlh errraslikeforapesacksafiached. A simrlarr,?e ol
Redoubt range. Themusketeer poses allowfor theformation of units horseG availablefor thesma r;ge of Scotscavalry(8 figuresi:The
engagrd in volleyfiringwilhrhreerankspossrble: nanding. crouchrngScots weararangeof shorrjacksa;d doublers, alth6uihfie officeris
andkneeling. The ,ppeal.Ior me. liesIn their tlin! Yea^ War quilesuilable for anyFnglish cavalr)tegiment. rheuniquetealure of
porential, andI intend.al a laterdate, toreview in moredepththisandIhesefigures isthattheyhavetheirpislohpushed inrothetopsoflheir
olherranges (in all scaletwhichcouldbeusedfor theTYW.These bootsralherlhanin pisrolhohlersThe rwoScol(dngoonfrgures
figures havearangeofcnsron(notseparate) heads. (Cw556-71 are probablymore accuraterepresenraLions oi rhe
The Dragoonscomprisesix figures;two are officers,with on€ appearance of all dragoons duringtheCivil Warsastheyarewearing
drummer. Onceagarn lhe1eareamongillhebesrequipped dragoonsshoesandnobuff-coats.
thalcaneverhaverdl(enlhefield.indeed all Lhe(efigure!(e\cluding As well as the standardrangeof figur€scov€redin this review,
thedrummer) couldequally wellb€usedasordinary cavalry. Thetwo Redoubtalsoproduceperronality figuresandmanvorher specialsers.
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IIIEBATTIE
OFZBNOSKI
1807 their doninating national characteristics
accounsof th€irconflicts.
mentionedin many

b! PeErMorbey- EliteMiniaturcs
BACKGROUND
Thefollowingis anaccountof thebattleof Zbroski,a fictionalacrion
based on rhePulruskandGolymrn camDaienin Poland.foush(asa Bennig\enis pullinghisdispeFed
unih backlosardsPultust,lhe
demonsrration gameal Partiza'nI lasrMitiWdLrenfor r*o ieason., rcunt) of rhe river Narew and Bryio\dens lroopsbelond.
firstly to encoungeothersto try, if theyhavenot already,a tasteof Meanwhilethe Frcnchareconcentrating
theircorpsundeiAugdreau,
varyafiing'ln the Gnnd Mannel' and secondlyto showthai ir is Davout,MuratandLannesin thehopeoicatchingbennigsenbdiorehd
possiblelo hale.an enjoyabledivirionalszed gamewith rhe crcsses
th€Nare$andmakesa iunciionwith Bdhowde;'siorces.

Therewereiiveplalen Labnr!an: mvselta' French Generalde RorsirnAims

DivisionMorbeau iilli DerekFi h a.5ubordinare.andiheRussiansTo coverpart of the withdrawalof rh€ir army a rearguardunder
werecommanded byGeneral Raw$nov. Inrhegui'eof DaleRd$ron, GeneralRiwsonovis left in andaroundthe viMgeof Z6roski.They
wilh RodgerCoddardandJohnKinse)ashi(iubordinares Myself. haveordento delaytheadvance of theFrenchto theirftontfor at leasi
DaleandJohnplayregulafly rcgethetusin|ln rhpGrcndMann?l 12houls.
Derekhadniplayedqrththemlor a longtime.\o wasleelinga lillte
rusly,andil wisRodgefsfirsrtimewithtleserules. FrenchAims
TheFrencbforces,underGeneralde DivisionMorbeau.areto clear
theRussianrearguard ftomthe6eldto allowtheconrinued adlanceof
RI]'LEVARIATIONS theirlroopsin thissector.
Theruleswerewritt€nwiththeperiod1812-1815 in mind.Th€qualily
oftheFrench arm)in personneldnd lraininghad,aftermanyyaars ol RUSSIAN ORDEROFBATTLE
campaigning. comedown.tlherea(rheirenemres hadcaughlupwrrh
them,thusnakingthearmies basicallyequal.Withthisin minda few Gen€rrlRansonor
mle variationswererequiredto achieverhedifferences betweenrhe lst Brigade
variousantagonistsof theearly partof theNapoleonic Wars. 3x 32KievGrenadiers (vet€ran)
2x 32New lngermanland Regt.(Istclass
lne)
l. Ruslianskirmish€rs, dueto theirpoorskirmishtactic!,traitringand
lackof individual
initiativehavea reduced effect:
Shortransea5 or 6 kills 2DdBrigade
Eiiecriveiancea b Lills 3 x 32lst classline
lrng rangea6 kills %casualties (throwa D6lor eachcasuahy: odd 3x322nd classline
numberhe's dead,evennumber he\ saved). 2x6 skifinishers
2. 6pdraniuerymd) only 6re onceper period.rRussiaD six gun 3Id Brigade
baueries 6ringr\rrced periodareroodeadty foragameof Lhnslie.1 2x 32JaSers (lsi class
line)
3. Tolq andreduce thepossibiliryoflhe Rus\ran baueriesdomrnaring 4 x321stclass line
thegametheirmanoeuvrabilit) wasreduced thut: 2 x 6 skirmishers
a)Unlmberandfireonce.
b) Takesonefull moveto limberuD. C.avalrJ Brigade
4. Dueto theirstubbornn€ss andsubmissive obedience to ordersrh€ 1x 30 Cunaisier Regt.
Russianinfantrydo nol haveto takea moraletestwhenreceivina 2x 30DraSoon Regt.
c?suakies ro muileror anilleryfireunlillhevarearor below509; AItilerJ
strengrh. U(ualresrsare rakin for chargeiandroutselc.Thrs 2 x 6pdrfootbatteries(eachmustbeaitachedto aninfantrybrigade).
variation$asinlroduced lo achreve, in our Rus.ran annv,oneof
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OFB,{TTLE French
lrc pl,rc.don rrblean.r rhcRussians jn
andup lo 1t inches
General deDivision
ltorbeao
lrl Brigade
3 \l: j71hRegrdeLjgne (\ctcran)
FRE\CHPLAN
lril0lSrhRcgt. dcI igne(\eleran)
As I Nasrhe FfenchC in C rhis accounthasbeenwrirtenfron thc
2ndBris.de I sas a\lrc thaton€ofrhc rnainrhrear\to I succ€ssful
(ln class Fr..ch artack
lr ll -lrdRcrt.dcLigne llre) cameirorn thc t\ro largc Russianblrrerics So ivlth thc Russians
I r ll +rhRelr.dcLiqnc(lsrchssline) L . p l . r i n q' , h l e | l r I q J . d oe . " d f , . l o pd o a . q - c h \ o u t d
\'reulh ,..'J he,-a 1efic..1Lin!^ur roo-r-\ ord\e
.lrdBrigade Frf- h- en \'r,I r h cr J - . { - r p L \ . F p u ri n o
: \il llndRegt. (\eleran)
deLigne effect.:nd Bnsadesas to atrackandtakethe !itlirre of Zbros'ti.uth
I \ll SrhRegr.
deLigirehcreftnl rhe.-b{oucn ooro i.sr onorrhr,ourfl"rrilf Ru.r.n.onrh.
: \ 6skirmlshers fale.'.J r i c .|\u ' r ' a , k r o r hi .l e e r o r r . I | o .t . d n d . t t h
B gades$erc to taketh€ plalcauand lilh_se.usinsboth balrcrieslo
lthBrigad€ \i!c.p the plarcau$ith canisrer.th€ Srhahasseu:rd Chelal vere
lr 16lsIclass
hn€ r r r , . h c Jo l r hB r i g Jl et . o o ' . , rr h e- s h rl , - , , ! r i n . . r - e r 1 * , . J
lr'10lnclassllne R . . ! . - . , \ d l r \ . . n - I ' a l 1e r . l . J B r i e " o e - n J :
lx 6 \kinnishers ' . b ( - . l J - r e . e\ , 1 l . { ' i n p _ p h | - " J t .
B r!-o,
CaralryBriCad€
l\ lljth RegrdeChrsseur il Chc\!l
I \l: lrd Regl.deCuirassicr\ THEBATTLE
Artillerr The lnd Brigade.asorder€d.quicklvtook Zbroski$irh rhe3rd Rcgt.
I r ilpdrIoolbau€ic\{uraxIched) de Lign. annihilatin!rr5earnson i battalionoflhc Kie! crenad-icr
Regimcnt Ihis Big!de thenhah.d to aNairderclopnrents on ns righr
DEPLOYNIE\T
T h e r r n d . l h B - i r - o e "\ o \ d 1 c - . . r e a d rut .o , h e . t o p c . , t I- i . h e -
The Russirnunitsthrt are in sightrc be placedon rherablefirsl. - \ ( ^ \ l r e l m e r h e r r
D o o i l \ ' , i n e dR u s i . - , c . 1 . e r p d r r t. ,. r . l n
rh. \ ilhsciandut roll inch.\in f()mrhctahleedge.
occup\ing The Briqlde s l€adingbrrlalions. lhc 5lth R€gl.dc Ligne gained lhe c.est
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French li;e andafterahdrdfoughr m€lee(andsomeiaddicerhro'llng) lP6 Conph.'li'dni bk 5rn
pushed lhembackdowntheslope.MeanshileLhe4th Brigade had irnr \nh n\ ps\rnhrnd mDnk\.]rcrigur$rirt.t0\rh. r30.00
gainedlhecrest.tayed in colunn.andanacked lhe villagernd hs
adjacentRussian infantry.Thisvillage*as takenin thefirstassaultand DARKAGEAR,NIY
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thenretaken bytheRussiansaft€rsone hardfighting. Wbilethe village \P; \ ndrhlhrdr\iring,rtr,i !, tr'd ihr rtuirnenr ol.TrrnJ
wdsbeingtoughr rur$.lrnel r h xrip,qr r, !,h(r riirnr. re6lilure\ !1.1.00
overalargebodyof Ru\iancdva lq ttso regimenls ol
dragoon)) ad\dnced andcharged on rhe righrof 4lh Brigade. This \P3 rnSk!\ivrrngl, \ormin irm\ rniD lo00\D k, rhe ufttu$r. rl
.TrrnJ \r!,n rarmr. rq6rigure\
attackoverivhelmed lbe solitarv5ih Rest.de Chasseurs a Chevaland
rortedthenearestunitsof 4rhihgade.the artillerywith 4rhBrigade
deployed andattempted ro repelthe rampaging dragoons but were
themselves cutdown.Thislefi theFrenchrightflanl(in a precarious
Backonthel€ftoftheDlateau. GeneralMorbeauhadralliedthe571hTh.dd6ic diildtrloi lor TroDEeofiPdcdb6 ii llonl lhsio
andadvanced backuptheslopewiththesecond wave- the18thRegt. I2188 BholhBi Srdt Cdi.r Gd.. Gliloni. 92540USA
de Ligne. The firing line {as reformed and a brisk firefi$t T.laloi. 7l {616 l5E0 - tir 7146369150
connenced. Elemenrs of the3rdBrigade, fie 8th Re$. de t;gare,
wereno{ edgingtowardstheir nght and4rh Brigadero supportthe
remaining un,ready baual'onson rharflank.Al rhispoinllheRusian liade Distlibutol & Relail Outlet
infanlrybrigadeandbaueryon rhe Ru55izn righr.unlil now nol (trade enqurEs rercome)
engaged, starteditsmovement rowardsthecentre(toolate,asit tumed QUIRXELGAMES ML JUG€nKaspeuak Am Pannol€n7. Postra.ri
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out.to tale an) effecrileaclion).As a reruhrheF enchgarrironin
Zbro*i (the3rdRegl.deLigne)andthere\tof the2ndBrigade (he (ove6eas €ia'le6)
4rhRegl.deLrgne);oved CHAMP DE MARS ML S C Paudbon.11 Bue de Sevcne.75004
ro,'wards
lheirrighllosupponrhe;nackon Pars. FFANCE Te 43 04 01 02 Fd 43 04 05 56
theplaleau. Tle fuefighthe'eberween lrl Brigade andLheRusian(Lo
its fronl grew in inrensrty ar moreunir. loinedin. Casualries were THEGAMESMASTEF [,ir WanerA K€us. A.sl10 Oberndorr
sr ceorqenersrl. AUSTFTATerr06272 6273
heaif, thesmoke{as thick,andarlastlhe Russians hadstartedto fall
below50%in strength.Thisof cou$emeanrmoraletestsvhich, after ESSEXMINATURESAUSTRALIA Mr Ray Complon.9 Lowanna
somanyca.uahies.lhey wouldbeunlikely ro.urvive.Asaresuftrheir P ace. Homsby, NSW 2077 AUSTFALTA
Ie 02 177 5596 Fax.02 a77 266a
linesunedtocrumble. AslheFrench (lrd
rese^es Brigadeand rhe3rd
Cuirassiers)verepoised lo exploittheRussians' \earward'movements
tine ranoutonus.TheFrenchhadmanaged
of theplat€auandforcetheRussian
andtherestof theDlateau
to holdZbroski,thefro
lineto rout,thusleavingthevillage
for thelakins.
TWODRAGONS
Theganehad;orkedwellandwai enjoyed
infanrrypro\edhardyandsrubbom
variarion.
aswasinlended
by all. TheRussian
by rhe50qorule PRODUCTIONS
TheFrench raclico{ignorinetheir leftlank andconcenlrar-
ingonlhecentre andnghtworled well.gainingruperioriryin numbers. l8 Lipscomb Stet, Milnsb.idge, HuddeFffeld
atleaslin intanrry. Thr Rusrians hoseve r hadanInlanrry bngade
and West Yo.kshire HDI:lPFEngland o. tel: (01484)64J3?4.
batterywhichdidnl enterthe fight, and,by rhetime they slanedto W. .dn !at. dll ruir dr.dn.dra\
novetowardsthecentreit wastoolateto influencethebattle.
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 .SWORDSMEN
DRESSED
Tigemenamongst
whileLaurence
some1.200Chinese
OliDhant records
tfoopsin Turkestan in 1873.3
that iusl 'a scoreor more'were
attached to eachof four infanrryregiments he saNat Wu-chang in
1858.1
UPAS
TIGERS' As theirnane inplies.the Tigernenvere originallyformedto
acconpany theEmperoron
beconsidercd asguardsmen
histiger-hunls.
(some Westemers
andassuchshould
actually
perhaps
callthem'Tiger
19thCentury
Chlnese
Tlgermen Guardi).However. regardless of theirsonewhat specialised staNs
theyare oftenfoundseflingin field-amies. A Frenchsource. for
bylan Heath instance.records thedefenders of fte TakuFortsasainst theAlliesin
l858roha\er.cludedmen d'e55edridiculous\ rn'igij5kina'.whilean
Though tbeyaremenr'oned bysurprisingly
'liqerm€n fewWesrem vi5ilors
rhere eye-wihess ol lheBaitleolPaliakao in 1860toldavisitorsome nonths
can be lillle doubr lhar reDresenled the most exotic laterthalFrenchlroopstherehadfacedligersof lheBuard.whose
troop-typeto be found in-19th centuryChina.Contemporaryo\erdltdrenriDedin blacland\ ellos ."Cdrendi'hrecords rhalin rhe
descriplions, ho$ever,rarelytell us morethanthattheydressed in Sino'JaDanese Warof 189495iahadbeen'DroDosed to sendthisforce
tiger-sLriped (uirs.mosrproviding lurleor no Informalion regardrngto thefrontto frighten theJapanese. butfortunarely for these"Tiger
who
e(actly rhev !\ereor sharlheirtunclion mavha\ebeen.$har Bnves".armed withspearsornatchlocks,secondthoughts prevailed.'
fo owswill,perhaps, helpto fill ir someofthegapiforthosevho may Notetheweapons he mentions. Earliersources rnostlyatuibutejusl
$r'ordsandbrighdy-painted shieldsto Tigermen,but nernbenof the
Thefinl thingthatbecomes clearfromcloserexamination of rhe Brilish Enbassyto the rebel provinceol Kashgaria (Chinese
available sources isthattheTigermen w€reunquestionably partof the Turkestan) in i873-74 similarly mention theuseofmatchlocks aswellas
cenrdlmili'arl eslablishmenr . rheso-called EighrBanneForpd-.fii. swords, the formerbeingfixedbehindthe Tigeflnen\shields and
OnePeking-bised elemenrofthis. e\lablisheo b;clinrheI?rhienturt, doubling asthehand-gnp.'As $ill beseen, Tigermen encountered by
sas calledthe Hu.hionr ,ng or Tiger-hunnng ba dlion (a lhe Frenchin Tonkinin 1885wereevenarmedvith breechloading
subdivision in LUrnol he 6rier:lmperial'Hunrine Fsrdblishmenl) rifles.
whichA.E.J Carendi.h. bydelcdbinb ilsmembersin l8q8asqearing Thesources unanimously agreelhattheprimary roleof Tigermen in
'apeculiar andawe-inspiing dress, imilating atigei,indicates wasthe battlewasas skirmisheG. in {hich capacity theywereintended to
samethingaswhaliselsewhere referredto aslheCorpsof Tigermen.' frightenthe enemy,and in panicularhis cavalry,'by their wild
He put lheslrength of theentireImperialHunling
'nevermorelhan4,000men',thoughW.H. CronieEslablishment ar appearance.
puttuarjust600 isbestdescribed
shouts andgesticulations'. Theirperformance in thisrole
in thewordsof Fo$ythandBellew,whosawthemin
abouta decade earlier.'The discreo;ncy in theirfisures nak€sit seem aclionina mockbattle ai Kashgar in December 1873.Forsyrh records
likelytheyarenotactually comparg [[e vith like]burernerwayone thatat a givenflag-signal duringthe couneof lheaction'javelin-men,
hasto assume thatrhenumberof Tigermen ro be foundanongthe archeK and"t'gers"bounded to thefront,gesticulating, caperingand
PekingBannermen \ra\ nor gredt.h i( (learJrom\aflour\ources, cuttinganticsin anabsDrdly grolesque manner, ending vith thelineof
hosever. thalTigemenwere notonl)lobelound in Pekrng.untnosn "tigers"dispening lheenemys cavalryby crouching undercoverof
numbeaaho beinADosred in Chine.eTurkesran dndal lean some theirshields, andsuddenly starting upwilha yellandflourish ollheir
provinces ol Chiniiroper. Suchprovincial contingents werethem- dragons (i.e. theirshields). Theenemy\honeis supposed to have
selvesprobablyneverlarge,however: T.E- Gordonsa* only 30 re-formed andagain cometothecharge, andthe "tigers"runtogeiher
 45
in smallgroups of fiveor sixwithina circleof theirshields: suddenlv theFrenchat theBatrleofNoui-Bopin Tonkinin 1885.Thesewere
drdgons nashbelore one. sighl.andthe$holeof rhejkimrshe^ drmedwrthbreechloading rillesandworerhe\on ofquasi-European
drappear\ behind rhemainlne. hom$hrchrhery.il](r.r.jinga ) men unilormrharwasin useamongsl someChinese regula bylhisdatd.bul
nowcomeInloac|ron.Kegardrng tneshonmalchtock fitredbehrnd weredisringxished b) a hood of )euov tdbricstnpddin btacrm
lherrshreld\.tlellewadd\ rharthet loaded andfiredir vendexrerouslyimirarion. of the .kin of a riger. Tte crossbeh; .uppodedan
in lhe nudsrof rheirperformances. He.als rhatrheiidury\ras16 ammDnrion pouchandbayoner scdbbard. Uniodunarelt de Lonlav
relard rheca\dlDb) di\perring theirchrrgei. ThisrheJdidbicunina failstogi\ean]deraikotuniform colour..lhoueh hirsketc'hshorsrha'L
dntrcsandcapers.andbyflouri.hinBrheir bigshretds. . . and.hourinslthetrousers wercdarkerrhanrhejacket.lr sh;uHnotbesupposed,
andlhensuddenly lurningsomrnauhs, or rollingon rhegroundand however,that th€ uniformsor weapons of manyTigerm€nwereever
nnngrnerrSun-Daretsa\the) drdso.ordropping lorpedoe. withltos updatedto thisstandard,andmosacontinuedtir *;ar rhe rraditional
mdrches (inorher\ords fire$orks) $hrchexpiod;d atlorerlherield '
yellow-stripedpyjanasuitsdepicled in theotherfigures.
Note that their shieldsfeatureprominenrly in the a egedty
'terrifyingappearance of the Tigermen. Varioislydescribed ;s o'f 4. Tigeman189J
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of 1860 describedmilitaryanachd 10theChinesearmr.
theTigermen atPaliakao a. wearing 'overalls . . . striped in blackand 'W.H. Cronie 'Ite Mililary Forces
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rigea.The lapan inheyea^ 1857, J8, J0, 1860.
absence of anyreference 4tu
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3. Tigernan1885 louneyol theEnbcjs!to Ka\hpar ln 1873-74,18j5.
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Frenchsotdiel " DickdeLonlay,4"foniin J8r3-l88j,1889.
(callinghim:elf DicI detlnla) dtot li8.pr /'pina!.r encoun leredby E.G.KempIr€ Fdce ol Ciiuo,1909.

A dru||in8ol f.igemens?cnin t 888at Chulk hak Iot Tafiagarat ). on theIronier n ith Rursia.t he hrce rutBon thci,hi?lds were
aouDltessrc.1.1thtnktt ts \aJ?to assunelhatthelacP.l,wespn 5\le boorsarca nbinpryrctationofhcsoutc;DholozruDhbv hc sntt
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Havinga keenintereslin rnodernmilitarrlechnology. and some
srnpathyfortheIsraelisiruationfron iheformation ofthenalionnarc
in 1948,it wasinelitablethal.$henthe Shepway Warganes Club -=+:
decided a ganebasedon oneof the manyconflicls
to demonstrate CE-F
betveenthe Israelisand theirArab neighbours. I wouldbecome
invohed.Theselection of the 1967Six-DaJ,Warlvasinspired b! the
singularcombinationofarmament andequipment usedbybothsides:
rdnging fron SecondWorldWarvintage through to (then)stateofthe
irrt SolietandWeslernweapons systems.The choiceof the Sinai
peninsula wassomewhat easier,theterrainbeingIessextrcrne thanthe
noremountainous frontson hrael\ easlernborders. facilitating
both
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BACKGROUND
TOTHEBATTLE
Abu Agheilais situated ai oneof the majorroadjunctions in the
easiem,central Sinaiand,becauseofitsslrategicimpodance,lhe to\rn
andthesurroundins areahavebeenthecentre ofsomeolthe bloodiest € ,
batlles
of theArab:kraeli conflict.
Suchwasitsperceived imponance
thar.beforehanding lhe Sinaioverlo lhe UN in 1957.ihe kraelis
Derformed a tull surverof rhe area.and from this information
inrroduced $e planning of a hvpothetical
rttackon AbuAgheila asa
Qndardexercise onthekraeliSlaffofficer\course.
Throughout thetenrea$ofrelative peace aftertheSinaicanpaign
of 1956bothihe Arabsandthe kraelishadsubstantiallv re-arned.
I g)pr.\\fladndlrdqnaorurneorornesovrer blocror\-ppire..
norrblJ
suoeBonic Miclg and 2l iets and T'51/55Main BattleTanks.
M;anwhile thehraelishadcoirfted theW€stern poN€rs andoblained
FrenchSuperMvslere andMnageiII jetsandBritishCenturion and Two shots of the Abu Agheila gane stagetl by the Shepvaf
American Prttontanks.alongNith 105mm
l\'148 gunslo upgrade the Watgdmes Club at Paftizan II at Kelhan Hull in Augu:t this
reseninSuDer Sherman tanksThus.throush theendof1966andthe

TheBattleofAbu Aghella,1967
by SimonDLton & Ian Butcher

fiIsrhalfol 1967.$henEglptianpresidcnt Nassers posturing and andsouth. usingmostofthearnoDr.followed upbyalrontalassaultbv

various alliances withtheotherArab \talesfinallrpro\oked a nilitr|l thcinfantrysuppofted bylhef€maining arnour.
' . \ f . n \ cl r J mI ' t . e l .l h e \\ r r e \ e l l p r . t , r c .r ' r r D l r / lr e s . , l i Duringthe da!. on 5 June.ColonelNatkeNirt balalionof
camDairn,hrough rhe5rndrpe rn\u.. CcnturionlanksNorkedits$a! through thedunc!rothenorthof Abu
TheSir DayWarstartedwilh rh€nowlegendarv pre-emptivc air Aghcila.wirhtheobjectiyeofculrjngth€routesro ElArishandcebel
\rike againsl Eglptianailieldsin thc SinaiandSuezcanalzones ar Libni. Simultaneouslv. the AI,{X-lls $erc detached lo cur the
07:45 (kraelitine)on 5June1967 followed byathree prongedassauh Kuseimd roalrorhe.ourh. rhereo)refu.ngrheFgJprian. anl-eJ-.
intolheGaza Slripandnofthern Sinai. sta ingal08:15. of reinforcement.
While theseoutflanking
moves wereunder Navlhe
SuperSherman banalion engagedtheeastern mostd€fences arTarat
UmBasis, themupin preparation
softening lor themainassault
byrhe
IORCESAT ABUACHEILA At 22i30hou6 a fearsome artillerybarragewasopened up - the
TheEgvplians hadsetup a d€fence in depth.basedon th€ Soviet heaviest in theIsraeliarmy s histofy- usingtwobattalions eachof 25
model,withtheirinfanrryholdinS slrat€gjc
afeaslhroughouttheSinai. pounder fieldgunsand120mnmorlars,along$ith singlebatalions
andtwosizeable arnouredunitsheldbaclifor a counrer attackAbu eachof 155nn howitzers and 160mm morrars.Oncethe EpvDlian
A-sheilawasheld by Major GeneralSadiNaguibs2nd Infrntry anillen.tafledroreph\h" on pulleJ rheacerro-1h" ,teere iir n a
Division.suppoedbyaboutlt{lanks.nonllrT 34i85s andsome ISIII heliborne assaultbv a parachute banalion.Theparaffoops landed
heawtanks.Sornewhat to their.ear.at GebelLibni.Maiorcen€ral behindthe Eeypti;ngunsand sronnedthemirom the i€ar.The
OsmanNasser\3rd Infantn Dilisionvas Dlaced$iih armouredinfantry,supponed by theSuperShermans. foughttheirvaythfough
supportfromanorher lm or saranks.lhistimeT-34/85sandT 54s. theea\lem defencer. usingcoloured nare.lomarkrherr prosre-.
TheIsra€lishadcomniuedMaiorceneralArielSharon\armoured Meanwhile Nir's Centurions assaultedftom th€ noith-andwest
division.
inchding150Centunon. SuperSherman andAlvtx-13tanks aimingtojoinupwirhrheparachure bartalion.
TheysNiftlyoutflanked
andthrceiniantrybatralions. againsithisforce.Whilstthe Israelis oneEgyptian blocking posirionandengaged a nearbytankencamp
appeared tobetheNeaker force.theirtraining.
equipmentandmorale mentbeforetheyconldresDond. Advancins downthe.nainroadto
$ereall superior
to theEgyptiansindeed nanyEgyptian tankssrill Abu Agheilath; Centurio;s stanedto taie heavytankfte fronr
didnotpossessradiosI TheIsraeliplan
us€dihe1957suNer rohelpploi emplaced E$ptianarmourbutthesetankswerequicklydispatched.
routesior the concentration of their snallerforceasainsttheir The two blockinefofcesfor the El Arishand GebelLibni roads
separatedfromthamainunit,whileNirledtheremaining elementinto
Abu Agheilaandjoinedup {ith the pafalroops, knocking out an
Egyptianreliefcolumn enroute.
THEBATTLE Thereensued closeouanertank andinfantrvbattlesai botheasiern
andwestern ends of lhe delences, climaxing wilh bolh groups
Israeli
The Isra€liplanwasto outflankthe Egyptian positions
fromnofth me€ting in the centr€ of the position.The survilingEgyptian forces
(across
whattheEgypiians hadassuned wereinpassablesanddunes)wereputto flightafterthehealThandling metedoutrothem.
 THERESTOTTHESINAICAMPA]GN
As prevjously
strikes
mentioned,
ofthemoming
thereis linle lefi to be saidaboutihe air
of5June1967. ThisNaslollowed
KEEPWARGAMIN
PaulandTeresa
byacombined Bailey
armsthrustagainsl
RafahandKhanYunisarrhebaseoflhecazaStrip. TheKeep
Thiswasundeftaken byMaiorceneralIsraetTal's armoured divisidn Le[,4archantBarracks,LondonRoad;
dndColo-€lRdphdel I ran r pararroop brigade whrcnqa5supponed Devizes,Wiltshire,SN102ER,UK
b) Colonel\monRe.hef\ANlX.llb: r"lionOncerhe.e objecri\e. Tel& Fax(01380)724558
weresecuredfromlhePalestinians, EitanandReshefvorkedback east
clearingthe
Striprowards Weshall bEatth€lollowing shows inthe ne.rfoturs:
Gazailself, withclose aisuDDonlornuchof 21si22ndOd
rhefi^r daypjotided by rocker armed tousaMaEiterr. Veanqhite The Commande.y,EcW Museum,Sidbury
Tdl. dnrsronrrmedwe.randJrorero{ardaEt Ai\h. meennp hran larhn9$ Nov Wadare,Roadidg
re.iJdncefromrheEgyplran th Inldnrrv Dr\Fionandtheirditacheil 25rh26rhNov PooroOp6nDay
drn^urImonhISIIIhea\\ Iank5,upponeo bvT-14 85r).\ecunngrhe PooleHqh S.hoo lHanryH*e 0
obJeLIivebeforerhe'imeLabled a.borneantiamphbiousoperairons 2nd D6c
PudseyCivicNar
Marcher'95,Shrcwsbury
Furthersouth. MaiorcenefalAlrahanYoffeadvanced hisamour S.A.H.AC ub, FoyatShreGbury Hospna
division
across anareaofvide. deep,impassable dunestTsentyjive
Centurions pushedthroughto Bii Lahian\yherean amousnwas
prepdredro recurel al 5 ndnl froma Lounler-audck b\ theEq\Dlidn
lLhArmoured Drvisron. h€ldrnre.erve arBir Cifgafa.rhetglprians
made a nigh'adrance.qirhheadtrgnl' btarins.and-to.r.4T.55; rorhe
(enluflon.iir,r\olle).le"ting rhefgrpridn. ona tre -trrba"tetield
wher€ IheJ\erepicledoffpre.emedl. B) momrng rheEgyplrans fled
roCebelLibnr.nanied b\ \ oheandTaisarmou; dnd'h; tAr, who
$erenoqplaljn€anin(r€a\ingl! mpofl rnrroteInrhe ground tignung.
Throug\our 6 lune.J derdc.menr lromTa.. Diihionddiando
alongthe coasttoNardsthe SuezCanal. whihrlherestofrhatdivision
rupponedYotlern de\rrovinerhe JrdInranrD Divisionar Cebet Libni
5hdronco_.olidledAbu {qherlaandrhenDurhedro rhe)ourhlo
enrelope moreol rheEB)p'idn,. On rherrh i.l, delached unirmer
\ore reir\ldrce.bJrpu.hed thiouqh lo berreir\t Lraeliunto reach
theCanal, whilerherestofihedivision defeared iheremnants of the4lh
Amour€dDivhionarBir cifgafa.Aftersomelocatised tankfighling
duringthenighlrhetvoelenents metuponrhenextday.Meai'whil;
thevanguard ofYoffesDivision madea dashthrough thadisorganised
andd€morali(ed Eg!DUa\orhe MillaPa\.qhe'e lier madea;heroic
o\ernighr d€rence,{ilh ruellor le$ lha-hdltof rheiine Ccnlurions
thatmadeir. unlil felievedby rhe restof the Divisionon rhe8rh. WAilfED: tupenrALROME
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FURTIMRREADING
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The Israelimagazin€
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