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AFIRMACBE'III w..h.lt b..trh!follNins.nos h 6. n..t ftrl!6:
bd Jun, Frasco,La€d{
lvlrkoln did mt irnrEdiatelyake tE ScoujshKingshipi Macle$t
60lth Jlr , Ani*, Dsvt!5
si*son Lule wa! elededat Sconeard rEsisEdMalcolrnt any for the
iExt sevenrnc{nh6,Lrl& *?s slainin March 1058by [Each€ryardKing r3^ahrur- s.!sm MrinE cdsFn
'IrDrfn! 'lh4slhJu|.STAB'Boumdounl
Iralcoln Itr $Es c'owEd on X5AFil 1058. lvladerh's fomer
aly, diedin 1059- pctibly campqigning onbek fofhis o*n or Mebdtrl
ftmily. (arras1,
Nfl rso fid Panhacsrar€uoMw Avaiablo
lvla.berht le hadmified Scodandmolethanit hadeverbe€nbefoc ad
with Mrlcotm IIrs iftodclion of a f€ldal syslein along fE lincs of d!nq-'Mdbd-.Fdl|aFcrhtuEtu--rdr
nqdrttdddrs-,r..r.d{E
Engl,ald,tE counFJhaserEdiF declineasa cl tuE s€psraie fiom dE rE$ r.nFhfirDsn*.*t
of Elrcpe
The collflid b€te€€nEglard and Scoilr.d had not finish€4 of mulse:
Malcoln rls engagedin hodililies by lm9. and was finaly slain by
Mlian Rufr$ in 1(D3. f hitua-irillrq-:N6r{idM
'fte
6$t pointb makeisthatcleir{y,Ma.b€$ rcednotfigrr€ in yol.l|garn€s
at aMtE inhmal mnfliqs of Malcoln trt leign (Mray Scotsvs,Alhol
Scols).dreeadyNo$e nids (Scotsvs Vftings) Dlran's war ofl t*o tqts
(Sc{ts\5.Anglo-Saxons c V*ings), Ilrorfmt midsonFnglad (Vkings
!ts. AnglcsaxcfiIs),Macbdh \5. Crinan (Sc.rs vs. Scors} I{acbdh vs. rr*re&e'
Siwad andMalcoln (Scotsvs.Arglosaxons), l4aaberh$, Malcolrnand
lbclig (Sc{tsvs ScotsandAnglcsaxons),Mrlcoln vs,lxhcn (Scolsa
Angbsaxcns t/s.Scob),ald fnalt Malcom!s. dE lale Saxodw lian
Ruflls (Scoisrs, AnglcsaxonvAnglo-NoflnN) - tlEsealmst constiblt€
loo muchwalgamingto beir conrempbling!
lfEjoyof F nirc bades/canpaigns odirEd aboveistharfigucs can
beidErdtangdbe$eer nnies witlFdr€aIy beinginaccurdt€. Tn€b\l€r
cksswarioG wodd wearIirb anndr ard bealmedwith a shiddard spe,3r
d ar,e,andtlE upp€rclasswadors \Noddadditionalyv/€archainrnail3ld
lElrEt If anydring,dE ScoEcouldbe@ided in lessamnor andarr€d
wih srEI slrield ard swords"ald $e Nolseard Englidr canbe slighdy
The samerangeprovidedthe
figures for the Selly Oak afld
District Societyof \ryargamers
Paul Trickett and Dean.
Whitehouse'sSikh war garne
"In associationwilh Dave
Thomas"their hand,outsaid.
(Old tine readers of ihis mag
will know that should be
DavlD Thomas- soffy again,
Mrs.Tl)
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.SAINTJAMFSANDAT TIIEMP'
LEADERSHIP
FASTPI"AYSKIRMISHRIJLESFOR &ch leaderdjc€soncepernove Nolnnly aD6 wil be use4bu theur€
WAREARE IN COLONIALBRA.ZL of diffaent dice- D5 forregultus,D10 for exc€ptionaly*€U t€dor d€sper-
c. 15fi)- 170AD. ale toops, for example- pmvidesa sinple way of var/ing nrleabililiesof
leadels.Dedrct I fion thescor€ifrf€ kgdef shootstis lllove,2 ifhe fights
BYCTiRIS PEERS hanlGhard
Thescoteis dE nunb€rofelenEn6 whichhecrn encouagethismove An
Theserulescoversmall,s.aleskirmishactiotsduing thepedodofth€ ejrly elanentourofsight or nofe tlEn 6 inchesawaycountsasZ a€rreidng eie
Potuguesecolonisationof Brdzil. includins ften bad6 asains rivat menlas3. Eleme$tsrnorelhrn 12inch€saway,or inorc rhan6 inchesald
Sp6ni*!EerchandDuLhcoloni$sasw€llasihen ivehdjalls. ForrFre ou of sigll cainot beencouraged
detailsaboutll)ecanpaignsofdis periodseemy .ts3ndeila"anict€inwt?,
or beoerstil Joln I{ernmingt RedGoA - Ihe Conqtestof Ite Bra.jti@ Ifen:or]Inge4anelementmaytke anyrEquir€da.tioa subjectkJpanicGsr
IrlirlJ (publishedby Ma.xnillaa 1978). iBults. f notencourdgedi €n only do om ofdle fouowing:
R€a&6 who lemenber my 'Cr€ap andNasryIndjanMutiny
SkirmbhRdes ' in anofler pleviousis$e of \\,I win nodcetEt fte basic Ilalt andtakeno a.tiorl
id€ah€IEisverysimilar while incoryoadngasmuch..lo.aicolouC'aspo6-
sible,tEy havebeendelib€raFlykeprvery simplero feiliiate the useof Starttlle gamernovin&or continuea moveif al€ady movingin tharditec-
laBenumbe$offigrtrEs(in whichcornedionI shoutdmedionSFdrasem's lion or alonga ftck andnot wilhin 4 irchesof visibleer€rny
Smrn susar wars trse. which ifftudes rheonly figujesI Is;w or
d€signsdspecificalyfo. rhisperiol, ircludingBrazitianIndians.Ofcouse Indiansorny, ErirEftom a[ tsible enemyandrowarGco]€c
Fxlopejn 6gu€s of ltle approFiare.lrre fiom ott€r sou€s, notably
Redoobt'sRenaissance mnge.worndbesuihblefor theEroDears). Alten$ to rEloadw€.apons.
All nguresshoddbe facingin ttle $me dimdion. Unslecifsigena a.tioru normaly lake I moveea.h. Panianarscertr-
ios mayof couse involveaclionstaling nbE tlEn I nl()vero complele_
SEQUMICEO[ PI-AY
Movesarealternale;in a s.enarioganE,aracke$wil normaly movefi$! }'ISIBILITY
or ambushels
secondActionscanbecani€doutin anysequence wirhinrhe In games whicharclikelylo t keplacen dense coverandinvolvefi€quent
move. Panicte$sarEhken a-\soon3r rheybecomens:essary.Any com- arnb{slr€s, it is ofr€nad\'isable
totaih. visibilityrulestospecificsr-narios.
pulsoryoutconEsEsultingfiom fiem arc crnicd out in $e player'snext Nonnalyanelement canbeassun€d to s€ean),tingin hte of sighta.nd
wftnin90degrees oftE dirslion ir is facing.h dense cove!ei$erlEkin
lhelineof sighnnearduseplentyof vegehrioq orseranaftiFdrylimitfor
visibilityof.say,6 inch6-
h dlecaseofEuope.r reCda$.hower€x, tun unfamiljaiity
wnhDeenvi-
l9
NormaJyorE or two sp€asper manwil be catried Op nay be t]mun fh. Ex.hdn q.uwq td PdIY
*h nove until usedup. Bows md blow8u$ rnaybe ll!€d everynnve ottv*( V A.ns) tn Hdth Affito.
wifiout rcloading. us^ Pr,q. or.) 636.@ &he dnidntus,
PdErd)rod24 butu: O1.'cals
Oossbowsandfire3rnsmu$diceto r€loadaltere3chsho{,r€quinnga sco€
ofar leasl5 ard 6 r€s@ively. (Placea pfofcafton wool in frontof€rch hduct 2 fromtle score€quircdiflhe taget is carryinga sbieH This does
musket-amedelemeotwhenit hasfift4 removingit wlEn it hasslccese rEtcoon!however,ifhe sedortri€dloEloadat*+hndedllealoninhis
tuly dicedio €load). Firing is permio€din dle sarnemoveasreloadingis
comple.led Also deduct2 ifde€nding a paljsadeor similarobsele
The prctctirc valueof eveno'dinary cloding again$naive arlowswas
IIANI}.TGIIAND COMBAT reru*ed on by se!€rJlearlyexploras. Indian3rcheryw?sbsed on lbe
Occus etEo erEmyba!€slcuch inrrEdiatelyhdting ItE a{ack- rEq'rnerEnisof hudin& ard concen@ied on npid sfDotingard d! effecl
€r's move Ea.h elementdices,ard the low€rscoErtakEsa hit Ifscor€s on upl!€cled tirgElsarclo6erdnge,ralhertun nnge or armor peoet*
arEequd,lherEis rn effela anelenEniwith a t6ter mow h thattemin l:rl
breakoff in its rExt rnove,oltlrwise fight on.
Podrgueserccordsof tE DutchWaIsof lhe $ny lTth c€nnxf emphasixe PANICTEST
be gea&r physicalslengthof fie beter-fedDuLh soldieE,so)ou couldif Tesl'rtEn:
]ou wishgiverheDutcha plus I ontheirhardto-handcombardrce. Onthe
odEr handPort€uaseferccityseenrsin prnclice1ohaveEdr€ss€dtheba! Any fiiendly elemetuwifiin 6'and wiilin sightis desuoyed
ance,andtheiraccoudsoftl€ alegedsupedodtyoftlE Dut h seemlomrne
mainlyftom ercminalionsof theircortres,left ste*n alout numerousb€t- Any tiendly leaderelementwifiin sightis d€stoyed(alsolestasabovefor
defieldsafrera Porugese cl'rge hadsw€Stt|efield! a tiendly el€nEit if apprcpiiare).
Be{€r candidat€s for a plus I bonuswodd be d}eAnican slavesoldie$of
tl€ Potug€s€,who weleuniveEaly Ier.gnis€(lar stronCpr andmoledisci Thow a D6 tbr eachsepantecatlse taking lhe wo6t rcsult Add I if
plirEd han ften masters,and were $uprisinglyloyal given t'e €ilE'rrrF Podguese.Deluct I if noliiendly leaderis visible,On a scoreof4 or bd-
slarc€s.Many of fiem foughtwilh swod andbuckleqor oen wilh hal- ter,nbeelementcontinuesunafiectedOlherwise:
beds, wel into d}e l?dl century.
2or3 H$ita€. No actionsnexlmo\€exce lo fighl hardlc
tr.FECTOFIIIIS hrnd in seltueferce,or rEirEalvclmlarily. Ifa l€tEatis
AI hjls with ir€ams lmockout an elementtlermffEndy.Wih other begunh mustbecontinuedutil encoung€4asbelow
wealonsasaving tluowis possible,
FquidngthefolowingscorelonaD6:
I Rlu€at Mustnake a tul moveawayfiom be ne.arEst
weapon Talge! Naked Unarmoold Arnoured visibleenemy,and€ontinueto do sountil ercqnaged
Cro\sboqswod,halbedbow r n hav€slhe iablebefoF beingslc6stuUy encot'.-
wiilh 6' 7 7 4
aged,anelementis losr
Bowal longerrangq blowgrtrr,
cluborspear 6 4 3
t(l
ThreeMeham Warset-ups:
Top: Frenchman Bruno
Allanson's I/2o0rh scale
small-action game) -now
annexed to theeditor'scollec-
lion to parliallyoffserrheloss
ofAquitaine10Englandarthe
endof theMiddieAges.)
Middle:DaveAndrews&Aly
Monison's20mmgame,with
a prominentTV crew(or is jt
FrancisFordCoppola?)
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dmw its F_ Companyftn upontheIiietrrr bft wing *idt rnoie impsd ttan hadb€en
tun oppolEr, Ad.dEhg rP rw. -- , a.hiev€delsewhe{e by dE companies in lirc. Havingnpwd lo dle soxh
)"rdsvonBolen$emtookadvadage ofyd ardEditir balhv ft! !u4^ ofth€rcodt'e csrpany corninffdeqLia mant vonHe$hft14led hism:n
sonEcoverwhil.$enr€ring inb a frefight to $om a nill onthebnts ofthe l-oia &iving dreerEny backin djs.idet
At 6is poiotdEEerrh adlarr€dnoreuoop6in closeoderto tun as€c- IIE R€rrh tooF6, dispoasessed of tFir co\q fled b&k nofiwrds
sdlirE In addilion ab€teryofgus alsonoveddosnfion theh€ighbto towardsd.Eh€ighis,hking lruny ofdFircommd€s$ift t}€rn Thrcughhis
takeib placedircdlyin linewithdEhussia)s'desircd lineof rnaEl!t\ro mkFing lirE dE Prussianaliley andcaEhy rcde,iM widl eachiiB
gw$beingFEMforll/adtodEfionllirE NowtE Prussian anjnerywas Monroircd all costs. T1lesigh of dEseunib, and [E re$Iing EEnch
abligedlo fle on dE RerEhguns,quicklyFling *Eir oppones ort of adilery firE ainEd at d|erE had a signincnt €ffed on d.Emonle of tlE
adion D€s?ite dE$ccessdEPrussian [rEs\ltre uubleto mot€forlltd REn l unitsttat hrdbe€nsrppqting fE litE lviftlhis$n 1lCismanfcice
again$dEn$ongerfue ddingd[ulgh tldr mide tEy w€temorecmcerEd wifi frding cor€r t)
'to
dtenod! fiomdElEiglltsaboveStQlerli4 aFrelrl b€ray wasm{r, Foi€d dt€mfrom fiiendly anineryftr tlEn efedi\€ly co-odinadngd|eir
€rmladingtlatvagevitualy d€$oyingdEboggage andcallsing lhecav-
alrysquaftonsorE Fr$lems. In ord€{to rcduced€ etrr.rof d)isboIIts In a iide fiom hel, with s€l€lal stopsto ort d€adho$esfiom tEir Fdces,
b€drErt he 7|hCompany wasposH nodNardsor of tE vilage,Ek' dE anjlkry elgtually rEach€d ltEir degjraioq forning W in tE vinage
ingslEfrex in a o$ing aboutlm yardsawayftom$e bdildingtThecav' square.Meinwhile ttle FrerEhlirE wls beingconpldely nlled up afld
alry,hooewqwas$in $fering. Mounlingup his rEn Caplainvc|It ilmsn ba.k to dEheighri For a bdef rpmenr t|e hlasiar adl€lEewas
Porcmhsky atr€rnpted to breakout,ridingnonhwadsaginE tlE EErrch cb€dcd wh€flEjerrh Eoop6defendingtE savignymsdrE{Fosse opetEd
poGitions Bl4Riercn$Elfre,acconFniedby tEsightofEEr'drinftnty fire cn tE by nowinl€rmingledtDop6oftlE 8dr 10lhad 12tr Companies,
lines,do\€ dE cavalryback Evatolaly0Ey tookpositionbelindtlE hn this$ad w8sa fleding orq fE RErEhsfdrmislss $eaning a{€y as
clltrrll wal in StQtE iIL smn asdE PussiansorEeagainalplied prEsenE-
wh hisanjleryarnnwitionnnningstrort\on Boltrn$em's odions\rElE W'rthtlE vay clearvonBolleigern nade usofhis erEmy\ oln€nt disdder
becoming nMe linitedby tE minde ft $€sinnEasingly clearthaafla to rnow histoo!6 intoMontoire,On his adivalilEe C€ptainwn Dobbkc
po\wralrE\6rDtgoing toshifttE sletrry;€oldst€€l\{€s0Eor yoFi([r. the offcer comnarding dle ddEdmsf d|athad lEld tre town sincetlal
NeisdElesstEpmcp€clswaenoigood AfrE\N8slitsothatifdEblEak- rEming, lE?qied 6tat a numberof atach had beenrcceive4 FEdomi
0rooghaleinlt hiled tlE Coldnscouh bebunE4dl|er lhanalowing nantlyfiorn thedir€dionof t! ]ixte, bl'daI lradb€€nlight ad iI}etredirc.
drn lo ft[ rofie eneiny! A nEsserg€rton C'€rEnl !5Ir KtEaEhrd aniv€din lhe lorn d amud
TlE phnwassnnph The8d! loh l1lhandlzhcompanieswttEtolush lpllr butonrpving outlowaidsTroohrd €ncoilnkr€derEnyforcesbla.k-
fonrad in disp€rs€d crderin ansth easertydircclioqatemding!o puslt ing his palh. R€tumingtorftrdorE !o informdE C's|etaltut BolElgem
theaElny ba.ktowardtE highgroundTh€7thCrmpenywasto moi€ wasort otrdE rn€ssenger tlEn foud tnt erFmytoo{a \r€reblockingtlE
$,/ifrlyahngd.Em€din closeoder colunnin anarbmts!c piercedE rcutevia l-es Rochesard \rEr€demonsdtnrgin forceon lhe heighlsgo*
@iny tilE ff tlEy arlEi\€dthisfte cavalyard atlery vEte!c Esh eming F alproeh to ftat vinage Of d'EcompanydeftndingdE hidge
tmugh tIEre$Iing gapardlEadfor N{onkire. nod'ingwa! krown Urubb |o sallyou in thatdircdion vonBolErsrrn
IE signalw?sdiy givenarddlefltirE linebegan ib advarr€-wih loud wasobligedto as$nethalLie.fi€nantBEunberftis hrd rnadehjsown*ay
dEetsitcrGsedthe op€ngrurd quicklybFakingintoaru! ThelisEh
fnt line,ckirty aruzedatthiscl|a4efroma sigllific.an0y $nale.eEiny Fooningupin tlE ma*d squacat aDutd 4plq witl thedayalEadydralv,
forcewa!quicklytrcl(entnougtl Toi6 ejr tte F€ich $nnas whohrd ing ia it lras cleardlat d|esmal forcewould hale !o eke tle n6t dlEct
ddh fcrwadromabled.EGerman posirioDsto be$Eled fion a cloa€r rcuteawayfiom theerErny,ctDcdrgttE Irir al Monloircon llE StAtldrlt
nngewee alms caught napping,$ugglingtoexticat€dren$ns befc{E rcadad makingtlEir eay backio \tndan€ in a cirqitouB hshici|- Had
theftussianchaBer€ached Slerl Pausing only biieflyto IEgIoupdE Joufroy te3lisedtlar 6e bidge al Montoire \ras intad fien lE *ould
P rsiarswrE obligedto nghthan&tchand in ananempi !o dmw bock uddibt€dly have poxl'ed kv/ard his loopc as quicHy as pcsibh.
[Enfc. ftinting, hov/ev€atratttE hussiais wereslil caughtin his[ap lE alos/Ed
For a bdefpedodtlE Renchlmkedlike holdiDgdlengoutd, but f'e wn Bolsrsetn ard his ddaclmrot tirE t mrl(e dEir €scapeThis hey
trussiallsslil l|eldlhenace.Ad\arringa]ongthemadin colum the7fl di4 beingfircd on by civiliansasdry rn rthed dmugh vinaeer Tt'e tear'
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gudd hadro finle irs way tiuDugh0le ciliz€rs of Mootoirewith levened Noq I admithar tE rulesdo norallow for tlE ftNiarN ro be €plesed€d
rinesand was body pr€ssedby someenemytroops bul neverfElessrhe ascompanies whits IheFcnch arebar'rjions,but rharis a smallpobtemb
mainbody reacherlVendomear amundupr4 lie l€38u,rd ammd two ovenonE- In oder ro makerhegarneaftactirc I wanredto useoneof my
hourslarerwiliout anyadditiontlcasuatdes rnrmal bottaliomfo. tlle companl andgive dleFrcrch a muchbgge. ba1-
,A1I-€sRochesrrbecompanygdisoning was,dL€!o rigous of carnpaigrts talion. TtE tu:r pl\)blsn heieis lhat rheEench badalionfield€dsix corD
Lngand$e arddrs ofthe winrer,do\lrl forn a bookslrenAnof250 mento paniesascomparEd to tre Prussianfou4bur tlE Eerrh companywrs sig-
ooly 56 elTecriv€s at he stall of Lhalda): Wrtr rtr;.-ioe Ueurenan nificanilysnuller In m&r ro balancEihis, and parrjsjariy asrheR€ftch
Braunbehrnswasuuble ro form anyefe{rir€ delensivepeirleler duero wouldnot be operting by companiesma*ingir quiieacademjc. I decided
ote adja.€ntgllMd comnading his posirion€ntircly. As suchhe coutd on SivingllE Frcrch four ot whatI would nonnallyfield asbaftalions!o
only sendout patrolsin the hopeof fendjngof anysmallemmy forceat a makeup dEir't'ig" hanilion,i.e.ab@t48 figu€s rmderfle nnes
disarce. Sadlylbe anival of an enrnEenemybatutianalxonponjedby a Wtnt I oown€€aled to do wastestlhe tuing sErion of rlE rulesto seeifany
bal@ryofartillerywas!o provetoomuch.twite tle factrlEt rhisforcegot acce$ablegantespecificarneldrnenrswould needto be madeto allow a
lo$ on its way to l€s Roch€si( djd arive rherear amud midday,foming senliblerefight Havingalreadyplayeda typicrl 1870garneI krew rttefir-
Bmubelrltns to witMraw on Van€ les. ng Nles wo*ed pmperlyfor lager gme.s. The muldpleunit firjng/mele
At theendof ttE day {.e Frenchheld rtlebonl€fieldandasa consequ€ncs aspectof tre garE allo1r4ng yru !o crloiare fidng from a wholeIrc ara
clalrnedi vidory TheCermans.ho{ erer.sawhin& ralhcrdifieRndt dnd lime,rafier 6an unirby unit,alsosuitedmy pupose.For ftins I couldsili}
I musrsayhat in ny opinionrheyhadwnejusrificajon. Adny fon:e,c.n_ ply gve rhe new big" baltalionhe samefa.to$ as four companiesdnd
plebly cuaoff, hrd suu€ded in cu0ingils way thmugha sMg e|rfly ano 1'olk out tle effecrwiti onecdaiarion. Or soI rfEughL I wasobliged!o
rl is significanlth.t tlle Frenchuoopssaw 0le day asa &fear until a Sratr masge Oe rulesa lftle lEte,but I waske€nto €ns@ har thiswouldolv
officerarived hat eveningto (l)ngntutarettem on $€i. gEarvidoryl be a tew minoralEmrionsard nonerhdlwtr ourof sep qrh Lhegerr;
Onenotablepointhereis lharthe79$ Regime hado y beenin pilssian
seNicefor four ye.als,beingcompns€dof PrNia,s new H2,overiansub, Frehbg R€publicanFench it seem€dfl&dy r€asonabre ftat I cou rEir
jects. In 1866many of rhe m€n in rhis Regimemwere nghrinsasains{ !oop6asPoo!MaikmeJ),fEcby r€ducingdleirfircpowea€fleclinga lack
Prussi4and!€re slill keen!o rcsro€Den own King andrEgainthei.jnde- of firc disciplirE.Forttle Pn'ssidErlleonly chanserl madewls olatiflhey
penderce This in sone ways nDtes ttEir a.hievemenrsa[ t|e more opetal€dassingecomp€nies riey wodd counr.s .SkirmjshingFood'.
This is a sp€.fic EDoptypeunderthe rules,but ny rEasonhgwrs asbasjc
PROBLEI4SOF GAMIMG as tt3 a muchsmalerrrBet rhana banationand shouldclwquertty be
muchharderto hif'. rtwo Prussiancompanies or morewte operdlingin
So,lhere$ts my pmblern AI go.d s1uf,cryjngout ro be waEan€4 but
a continuousline rhisbeiefii wasnot Eceived
onceagainrireruleFoblem misedits h€jd C€rtainlyskirmishruleswould
So. an ave{agesEengthF€nch battalionin a firEfght wih an a\€|age
be rn use,EpresenlinganenrireFrenchbdgadewouldhavebeenimposs;
ble,buttlE 'Mega-bade" ruks woutdbeequaltyunsuihble.Nor pui on I slErglh Prus.iian comparywouidFadefire th!s: alt ng RangeiheFcnch
pould havea 5070chanceof inflictingonepointofdarnagefiom an aver-
"t ned devisinglome tray of rerunningrle evenL\of rhatDecemG doins
rom plelirnDa.r invesogarioNwiri Kriegsiet btocksard nnes. Again: agesaning tolrl of 13; dle Pru*sianscould do no dtunagear rhis mnge.
noqever.uuswasgoing!o invotvea totof ruh arnendrs. Quite pasonable. Now, howe\€r things $art€dto go a bit bandy Al
Then even6 landly olrflook me. A chace comnFni abour$m no- EtrectiveRange$eEerchsoarcduploa337,chan€ofinfljding3poi s,
long$producedfigurei aLaolrra in Readng led lo he erhangng ol svo of 4, ud 17q.of 5. All ofa suddenit look€dvery u ikety thal lhe
lelephooenumbe^. Cermanslodd gel in. I wasamazedI $€s absotuielysrltedut rlE minor
.In urn fiis led !o my lE.eivinga @p) ot dE new aneodmenrs (hatI hadmadeshouldallow a gane ro rEpesentwhatactua!
rtunpes oJ wat n.l,e:to rc\ew. As a c(rlleqL€E I ptayedarMd rm
gamesover lhe sp6ceof a few w€ek covdng rhe l85q 1866and t870 ly happeied.The fad fta it didn'l me.nt thara completedhink couh be
penod\. My generaldoughlson rherutescanhe .eenin my Rie{ in a
Iece is$e ofWI- but a.llfie timeI wasplaying0lemI coddnt heb $ink- My fiN reaclionwasio addcertahnegatives to tlle E€rrh tuing factorfor
rngout 0leyhadFear possibilitiesfor snDtlunjr actions Now,oneofmy $e efectsoffeax Theclser ttE Prussians gorthemore$e .tsmwnTrcuj€r
ploblemsis dEr I havea FrdencyroBootrat a hngenl Uke man)tmosi Fmtol' wouldconE inroplay,but rtis simptyledlo rtleRussianseiDs fir-
waresrnes if sonE$inginspire,me I wart ro rushotr buy dlenguEq pdinr ing too etrectively(rcmember$at tlle I,russians$€te unableb shift dle
an armyard ge' playing. lr rsa Eibde ro Oe Patrrptcr ,/ vr&rrutestur Frcn h quickly e.ough by n€powd alorleand weteobtigedro inftiarea
'alherInanshooringoffon my perproje(LI did rtualy keepon ptayingfr hand-tcha.d 6gh0 or having to place simnai ,nd eotitety uveatistc.
ganlesandwrile he F\,1ewbeforejunp'ng nro $is proj€( wlEn I dd €sbjclionsondenfi ringwhich*ould havedel€ared Ecttectof dl€ex€rcise.
slrnoohis.ho{ever.I wasnoldisappoinEd wrb $e flerbitirydw Frutes I dlenspe-nt a dher depcssedhourarmy desk*o*ing lhroughrlE $alie
ticsof$e opelalion.ForuElely, iispirEdby a quadityofra{Erch€apalcc
TtleproblemsI wasfacedwith in designinga satisfactory garnewerca5fot hol,I achieveda bcatduough FacrOrle:mosl\rdganemtes aredesisred
Iows. One,tne largedifiercncein sd€nsths.T\ro, rle taryeg€ogrphjcal
for big b6des. FactTwoiin mostbig bardeslorsof rmps sbndarcundfor
ffea covered(bothin tems of lhe marEhard the actualbatrte).Thfte. ttle
a long tinE waitingfor fEn corrades lo gerifto rtle riglt posirionbefore
diFercrrce in thetacticaluni6,company/squdron/division for theprussieE hey,actinglogdll€r,cin canyootanyimpotun!marFeri€. Cons€quence
baoalioi/egiment/barbry for theEErch. nr6t w&gamerulesha!€ !o t€lescope ourwardor inwad d€ir firing table
My chiefconc€mwasachaly fle ihid pojnr Thet€s€s no pointin 6etd
in Iadolo th€irmovenlenrIn EoglishrhisrcarE rlnr whitsl in a .tnove.,a
ing a Prussianomp6.y again$a Renchb€daliooif it waspuety goingio
unit cnncovs th€sarneamomt of$ound lhai irsteatlif€ comElpan could
getshotlo |heploverbial.NeveilElesstlE rulesshor d not downg?detle
havecoveEdiIL let\ say,lhEe minul€s,in a boundoffirirg the volurneof
Rerxh $ hal rheywelErneretydlre !o havesd hck€d ,n rrFi; taceb,
fte delilerEdis olienfargEalerthanwhalwqrtd haveb€€ndetiveredin $ar
TeutonicSupefiumans.So fis js aheremy queststjrred(ihe rEad€rrnay
lirne. This is not a diticism ofrule sdi fis is simplya faci ftat hasro be
queslionrrE$njty of pu[ing aI of fiis work inroonegam€,buttien show
It isimpossiblerroexp€crdE wargarn€r to norehow muchforige a squadmn
meane irely sanewalgarEr!)
of c{va}y is clrrying, whena baralionhad brcaldEsthow muchtin)e ir
olle ol theb€auti€s ofrle Principlesofwar systernis 0l4 it altowsthebasic &kesa fanier to rc-shoea horsein tie fietd ard so on_As a conseqsrce
taclicnlDit !o beeithertlt: ban lion or thecmpany. The Rasonfor rhisis
manymle ses stateihai whilsr their brsic nm is bas€don x minutesfor
cle.iy thatthey arca non conflict-5?€cific rute ser,designed!o co\tr any movementFnpoes it is b€sedon 5 or 6 x for firing, alowing osto ignore
warpost-Warerloo/pre-Mons. Alsotlevicloian Mlit ry Sociq boyswho d|etsiviaofwart&E,hn Nducing gane.stlar la$ a aati$ic periodof dme.
vro(e fEm ha\r pesurnablygora keenintercslin ColoniatwarfarEwherB,
Using6is asa basisfor my pmi:crI rookrhesimptemuleofmakjngttE fol
certainlyfor 0leBritish,lh€ basicsn *outd haveben fie comDanyThis lowrngassunption.Theganepoposedinvoh€.sveryfew !!opc, Ming
seemedai leas1 !o be a goodst rringpoint hat lhe cffmo&r will norbe wasing larg€arnours oftime co odinar-
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ing lheir mlions.TheEforcrheyshouldbeableromoveIno€ quicKy with
oul sfising more casualties.At leasttiwe secondst}oughl werenow
expend€dwo*jrgout nt to doubl€lie movemenlnte wouldha\ebeena PRTIICIPL.ES
Of W&R
badmvq nal.ing rangebandsvinuallypoindesr,sodleobviousogi@ of
havinganyfiI€ efeds waslefr.
RafEr lhar completelyreconsuuct tle fitEtableI decidedon simplyhaving
coloNt&t A.Rj{YnSns
a[ ca$altia\ djcingfor any odl nunbels,e-g.four ca$nltiesb€carF twq
wib Rvebeingtwo anda fifty percentchangeofbinl cjrying lhis exeF
ciseon fo. anjlery wih a hvo gur divisionhaving$€ salner?getbenefits
asa comp6ny.bu. widFui do\rngding 0E ftEnch frrEdilciplne. I fourd
that0le sys{emseetrted onceagain!o worL
The diferencein baic unit sizewas no longerI pmblem. The Prussiars
couldnotaffod !o situnde.F€nchfi€ lbr 1oolong,buttheyneededrococ
bite $e useoffiEpower andsh&k lacticslo havea ealislic charrc€ ofacn!
aly bRirdrg trnougb.At long @ge the$perio. BNs andgumeryof the
Glrl]m anillerywouldputtheirtwo piec-es ona parwidr 0E Freochtull bar-
€ry. It, howe\€qtlEy got too closedle weigh ofenemy nurnbsswo{nd
lell heavily.ltis seemedquirercrsonableto me.
The diffel€ne in st€ngt$ of ll)e iwo sids w6 noi panjculaiyconc€ming
me. olle oflhe fid lhirys hat a&-act€d me!o rheruleswasthattheyencour-
agedplaye$lo deployin at leasltwo lines.The tuing rul€srEwarddleplay-
er wtlo foms mdti,unil tuing lineshis is nol to sayba$-tGbas€contad)
ard penaliseunitsoperalingpie&neat agairut$ch a formarion.As such
tE playeris obliged/encouraged to keepa s€condline,m mobilercseflq ro
pluganyCa[6thalappe.ar in his line. Withoutthisanyftontnrk unilstEdr-
i.g wodd leavefFn r€iglbous isolated.ald consequendy $bjected lo
tellingfirc. As suchd€ Fr€nchwouldbeunwisero put all theirunitsin th€
firing trc. aslh€hlssiaff wouldbeableto blerk rh{ugh aronepoin! giv- NOWAVAILAB|j.
ing theRenchno chrnceof sloppingttlem. Wiih T0Colonirlrrmies from la30lo 1915.
Havingexaminedttle finns rulesI now neededto look ar dle rcsl of fle
gurP system.The CommandandConuol aspectof tie ruleswould also
haveto be lailorEd10suir lhe garne,bul onty inasnuchas fte Prussians
{ould needsu6cimt cotunandelemenlsto givetlEm sufficientimpebs!o
srlcceed.This wiil Ie.Iy dependon what$e lbrcefiey a.runly erd up
with on tle tabletop(tear in mind heIEl})alIhave no i endonoftrdrsfer- numbecCon$rlring$e rableI lE.disedriat I wqnd needro tinkersligh y
dngtheertirecnnflictalongeighrmilesof thebn valleyofllo rlletabtdop) again.In $e banleunitsdid acrualyengagein hard,to-had comba!ad
hrt asa nne offiunb I decid€d[ur I $mld useDe rollowing Oneconts this hadto be dghr Tt€ efect rhatI wantedto achieve,andlhjs was my
mard elemenifor eachof the two banalions.wirh von Bollensremas$e $aning poi fof tlte c.dculafoawa! thal two PnEsiancompanieswould
Commander-in-Chiefconrrolling the calalry and ani ery Each st?ndabourar equalcince in r'releewith a Fr€nchbatalion. ]b achiev€
Conrnarderwould usea point of his initiativeto movea companydher fiis t sirnplyaddeda mdriplicalionfacrorinto thecaloiarioq doublingihe
tiDn a bathlionasin a lalgergarE. TherEis norhingunu$al in 6is, asthar b6sicstErglh ofany Prussiarcomp€nyin lrflee. This I basedon lhe hct
Lshow anycompanyscaleaciion*ould bercpr€s€nted dl?tl considermeleenotjusta boutoffisticutrs,butio alsoinclud€dtle v€ry
urd€rtherules_The
differcncehe€ is ilat $e FrcnchalEusinga djfferenrsy$er! basicallywirh sbortrangerifle flE lhal wolld occur at fiat poinL In bodr aspecistll€
a Commardelernertperbrigadeard one for C€EE] & Joufroy. Again Prursianshada €al adr€niage-Tne rcl,i"rya€r of 0E ltussian infanty
0'isfoloss dlerulesfor laEerconflicts.Al1we dledoinsis usinsboihsye wasalwaysn}J€ eff€cti!€dDn Eenchclos€quartermusketry,andcenail}
tems,but in $e samegBrE. ly by theRepublicanslageoftE wr lile Frcrch hfanFlrnanwasverydie
Monle irilialy pr€s€nEda problem. WIleIE I was sEating a Frcnch inclinedto mi{ it wilh his CermancounEDart In additionwhar dis
''supel'barlion rchieved*?s lhat for be fi$t rcuDdof nEleedle Gemars wolld havea
for firirg puposes tE aIe.s(in whjchttle rnit's sdenSrh
goa'dchrnceofdefeatingdEiroppone s,hlt l,tnrfromfE s€condmmd on
is said to Gpr€s€nteverlding liom firepwei !o monlq to adual nun
shtglh) would alsodesignaletis is a "supef' unit for monle Fnposes. dtiswoi d dlopofslighdy. ]}ds I f€elrepr€sents thefact$at ifttE Pnissiar)s
This wodd ha\eSleefecr ofrDking it virually irnpossible did not bleakthroughwifi their nls1cha4e lhendley would mt haw dte
ro&feat. Whar
muld not happenwas thar the Femh playerwould allocateclquali€sto "€ight of nunbelsto maintainttle impetus.
eachof thecomponetucompanies, In additionI doubledthe angesard movenEntmiesto allrowthe gan€ a
deadnga posliblesiuationwe€ oneof 'fig' feel il I
fiesercutedotr,or|efe backshaker,whilstlh€orherrwosloodfirm ]frte to eplayed$e garneusing l5mrn figuEs - ard for once
wishedfnr I had25mmforcesinsl!.rd
ba&.Ion sutreEda bad moralebrow lhe wholeunit stbuld $fer. noaits
palts.An easysolutionwasfolnd hele. If $e unit asa wholewas This finaliseddE rulearErdments giving wha on papeqalpealed!c bea
separdie
gi\€n lhe rnonle stengtr of its a\€ragecomp6ny,i.e a quarte{of iis entire \€ry work bl€ gane-specficset wi&od atreding*le feel or flow of ttle
suengt\ dEn t'is wo{ndalow ir !o haveirsnoralecalcuiared ruhs. ThesechangesaE asfollows.
within$e nm-
malnnefranEwodcAt all times,ilErefore,its ll}omles[engh wasequaltc
aquaderofits a!^[la]st€ngth. For exarnple,if d€ baraljoni:oirldfiIE wiih RI]LEAMENDMN.ITS
foo/ poi s is moal€ q,odd be calculakda. l0 poinrl I rcmdedup for
anyloss€s,sothatactuay iflhe unifs srengh wasanywheEfiom 37 ro40 nrto'c
its monle wouldbesdl be I O This easysyst€mallowedfor rt€ basicrules HaNeeffects of aI tuirg. Dce foroddcasualiies.
Fcnchinfantrycou astroorMa*slner
Onceagainmeleesutreftdfrom ile sanEdidonion. h *ould clearlyhave
flhelaryetunitisasmalunitcompany/squadro gundivision)countasa
t'eenwrDngtrerE,howeveito quarrer$e urirt srengrh.Theunit coutdfiIe skirmisbing
lrBet
wilh x numb€rof poinls,it mustfte|eforebeableto meleewith tle same
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Oneofiie prcblemsof€ighting a game[ke tis is scale.Nolir t€ms of arkingfor asrisl3rc, abough lhis againwiil F.aIy deped on theci&-ults
6guEs,(beinga $nal a.tion thesearcEadily availabk),butin l€ms ofdie stanceson dE ground Any fightingawayfion vonBolt€osiem,suchasa!
lanc€s.By rcaddle distancefiom Pontde Bnye o lls Roch6 is arcund MontoirEor tls RGhe! wil happenautomatically followingtlE historicnl
Ienrniles.The wholeobj€ctof his gane wasto give tlle play€nilP expe
derc ofs€eingcompanies wo*ing elTetivelyar singleLrirs in bade. It TIte CorrunardandContol sysEmus4din tlE nnex,with imperuspoints
viewoflhis I did nol want!o leprEsenl eachcomporywitr a coupleof6m pe. comnard€r (as in DBA,DBMDBR ea.), slbuld enco.rdgetne
figur€s,socl*ly I wa! notgoingto be able!o repEsentthedlie arca_ Cen'an playem!o k€eptEiromcels wberetlE actionis fikelyrobe i.e.with
Nevenheler! wift tt'e rules puuing r€al emphasisoD Commandand lh€nraincolmm. TIleiEis c€n inly ev€rygoodleasonwhy thisfactshould
Coodol,I alsowafled to puttle C€nna,confnan&r in a re3isricposdlio4 bepoinledoot io rtE playelsdurirg lheir briefing,ardE eodof nrledayyou
with concemsfor his conlnunicatiorq and forcehim to maked€cisions wart aI dleparticipmstl] haveanenjolablegane,andbeingchaselod of
abourhow hedistributedhisfore. It mdd haveb€€nenriely possiblefor I3s Roch6 by e ovestlelningly spdo e:Emyjut ah't fiat muchtun!
\onBolenst€mtobaveleft noroopsaat sRocheso.Montoirc,bulif tlE In lerns of t€min I classedall of the gourd ftom the iver ro 0E hils .s
FrEnchhadb€enin pGsession of dle lanerBolr€osrern's
chances of gening 'Culivaled t-arxt",wilh pe-nalry
no on novemen! but pmvidingonepoinl
his farceout wodd havebeenviftually nil. I want€dtlE wargamecom- ofcoverduetc tE nunercusditch€s.This againis anafta wheletl|erules
nanderto haveeveryoppotuniq7!o makeihis ercr (evil sodbar I aln) So, wo*ed verywel, alowinga wholeareatobenefitfiom thislatlFr dun hav-
a mapgarne,wjlh figuresFdnslat€dto the labletopwho reler"n! seern€d lolsof [dle waler-coLF.€s
ing lo leprEs€nt on rhelable1op.
dleb€slpolicy. Usingttle principlesofKriegspielI popos€dio pmvidethe SuchlEre my bestlaid plans.All I ne€dednow wasttleopportunirylo pur
Germancornmarderwib anhi$oricatbrielingwib r€gionalmap,a qren!
sinEdonr€ponwith localmap,wlit€n ordeNfiom Crneml\on Kn fz and
anorderofbafle (seeApp€ndix).Itwouldhen beupto him how hebiefed THE GAME
Tt€ \on Bofterslemplayerswai, prior to fE club ev€ning,pMl€d with
Compilinga tableoftinEs fiom he texrit is quitee3syro sees/hatmarch his bdefingpack This alowsl hirn tirr€ to $irk atour his planof a.tio&
nre.swercbeingachieved.rttE playerble3k awayfromtheorigin l bdel
it is simpleb calqlaie marchdrnes. aswen asde3.lingwidr irnponant,but tirrE c!flsuming,ddails $rh asan
As for theEFJ)chI hadcorlsideledrunninga ba.k-Gbackgrne, wirh dE oderofmarcb pr€paration of mirch dne-tables,oders to de.tachrn€nts
and
FErrchleamin orc mm andthe Cermarsin anotrs The poblem widl som. Wilttallofthi!inplacewhenleplaye$ari!€dfo.theclubevening
thisis thai whileyou arEaskingtle FrerEhwhtutPy aleup to rlE Cf,rman we weteableb lamch slraigbtinto ihe galne.
p1aye6a.regeting bottd ard visa versa(shortarentionspallsar my locrl Hstoricrl Fecedentse€re fatulycloselyfo owe4 with tle uhlans and a
clubsadly) The be$ aitemative,0ErefoE,wrs to pte-pogramrheF€nch companyof infanb, leavingVendomear73hjn asansdvancedpa41 At
andconhl tllem mysell This alsomeant$at I couldnFve a few figurEs, 10.3,0be cavatr wft 6l€don fromtle woodsbefo€ lls Rochesbutrcde
Onugh t'is mbush makingfor d)ebndgeasordered TIE 5th Company,
rcUa few dice and acllaly take parl in the gane. Again this is an ersy
folowing behindrcach€ddE qoodsatjustafttr nidday,ald wasalsofiiEd
oplio4 ,s De Frcnchlircs ofm!rch ard odels ofbadlear€Eadnya!"itabie,
on. Is comrnan&rhadpeviously beeninfomed by a messerger ftom the
i! alsoensrEswh€nwe arEaltemptingto givetie CermanplayertF $nE
Uhlarsof theeneny peserEeard haddeployedwhileout oflange wi0in
challenges asvonBolterEtern$at we dojus rhar quarterofan hot'rh€ haddrivenoul tlE FrancsT eurs,allnugh dle lackof
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FORTFISHER, TrcoPs
10thU.S.Colored
Troops
27thU.S.Colored
Troops
37thU.S.Colored
Glbraltar ArtillerJ
HeavyArtillery.CosB. G andL
lsl Connecticut
NewYorkLight.16thBattery
ofthe Sosth 3rdU.S..
Engin€€rs
BalteryE.
l5thNe*York,CosA andI
", . . thoughsilent andstfren,
Forces
Confederate
the rcbel flag stiII llatteted, GeneralB. BraggiDepartmenr).
MajorGeneralw. H. C. WhitingiDislrict)
andthewaflsloomedhage Ganison ofFortFisher,
10thN. Carolinallst
ColonelW. Lamb
Anilleryl
andfotmldabletluougfrthe 36thN.Carolina l2ndArlillelyl
40thN. Carolina
smokedoads," ArlilleryBaltalion
lst N. Carolina
3rdN.Carolina ArlilleryBattalion
The Battlesfor Fort Flsher, NavalDelachnent
Bartery Buchanan,Captain ChapnanC.S.N
NorthCarollna, Hokes Dirhion.it'lajorGene'alR. F Hok(
Clingnan'sBgad€, ColonelW. S.Devane
23-26December1864 8lhN. Carolina
3lstN-Carolina
and13-16January 1865. )/st N. Lafollna
6lstN. Carolina
(Part2) BngadierGeneralA
Colquitt'sBdgad€. H Colquitt
6thGeorgia
by DavidBickley l9thGeorgia
23rdGeorgra
27thGeorgra
JANUARY1865
OFBATTLE,13.15
ORDERS 28$ Georgia
Hasood\Brigade, ColonelR.F. Graham
IederalForces llthS. Carolina
MajorGeneralA. H. Tery 2lstS.Carolina
XXMorys, S€cord Dirision,
Brigadier A. Ames
General 25thS.Carolina
lil.t Brigade,ColonelN. M Cunis 27thS. Carolina
3rdNewYork 7thS.CarolinaBattalion
112thNewYork Kirkland's Brigadier
Brigad€, GeneralW. W. Kirkland
117th NewYork 17rhN. Carolina
ll2nd NewYork 42ndN. Carolina
Second Brigade.
ColonelG. Pennypacker 501hN. Carolina
4TthNewYork 661hN. Carolina
.t8thNewYork
Ca'alrJ
76thPennsylvania 2ndS.
Carolina.
97lhPennsylvania
203rdPennsylvania
ThirdBrigade, ColonelL.Bell THEBATTLES
WARGAMING FORFORTFISHER
13thIndiana
4thNewHampshire Th€actions foughtto captureFortFisheroffera numberofoptions for
l15thNewYork recreation on the rabletopbarlefield.involvingastheydo a joint
l69thNewYork operation between navyandarmyilandingson a hostileshore rhal
Brigade C.Abbott couldandshouldhavebeenopposed; thepresence of a largenaval
S€cond lFiIstDiyision],
ColonelJ. 'Boarding
6thConnecticut Partyandof Marinesin lhe actiontthe roleof Colored
TthConnecticut Troopsin theaaiion;the command confusion andinteraclion, on the
3rdNewHampshire Confederale sidebetween Braggandwhiting.on the Federal side
?thNewHampshire berween Butlerandweitzel.laterTerryandAmes,andAm€sand
16lhNewYorkH€avyAnillery Curtis;theroleof theC.S.S.C/dcidnaugd; bo'nbardment bythefleel,
especiallyby the ironcladsno morethanyardsfromthe shore;the
Bngadier
XXv Corps,ThirdDivision, General
C. Paine fomidable Norksof FortFisheritselfi thepresence of anelectronically
SecondBrigade.ColonelJ.W. Ames detonated minefield - tlhichcouldhale workedranda numberof
4thU.S.ColoredTroops 'whatif scenarios. on araggs conduct
centred andtheuseof Hoke\
6thU.S.ColoredTroops Division.
30thU.S.ColoredTroops Thetwoaccompanying mapsshould allowbothcampaign orienlated
39thU.S.ColoredTroops playenandthosemerclywishingto recreale theactionsaroundthe fort
ThirdBdgade, ColonelE. Wright scopeto consrrucl theterrain
itemsthey require.Graggs Conlederute
1stU.S.ColoredTroops Col,,4lhhasverydeiailedplansof thefon. together wlIhnumerous
5lhU.S.ColoredT[oops photographs of itsmainfeatures
andinterio.appearance. Those able1o
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visirlheFor|Fisher monument in NonhCarolina willbeableto judge
the scaleof the fonifications
reconstructed Shepherd\
for themselves
Batteryandfollowing
by clinbing the
therouteof theold
MARSTONMAGNA'96
WilningtonRoadov€rtheswamp adjoining th€CapeFearRiver.I wtll be heldh thelargerlew vllage hall fron
haveincluded a drawing of therestored Shepherd's BatterywhichI 10,00a.m,on Sqlday,22Scptco6€.1996
madeduringa 1q95visitio giv€anidealor ihosewishing to makea
represenlation of thefon.
Sincethe actions coDldhardlyhalebeenundertaken withoutthe
Traders,BrlngaodBny,lst cra!3
support ofPoneisfleet.it wouldbeappropriate to represent it onthe denonstradods andhonc catcrlng.
tabletop. Thiscanmostconveniently bedone byarepresentationof the
irondadswhich layinclosetothe shore.Ian notlureoflheavailability Ofirhe A:!59Yeovwspattford Road
ofsuitablemodels. beyond those15mm scale vessels available fron Old
GurrdWarganers Inc.. 1034 RockCreekDrive.Wyncote. PA 19095. CONTACIJOHNTIICKEYON:
As a conlirmed25mmganer I settledfor scratch-building three 01935-840537
ironcladrvpes,inspiredoriSinallyby an ^tticlein Pncticalwaryamel
describingthe modellingof ihelS63Danishironclad Rof K.al?,which
couldbeadoptedto standin for theUSSN.r .Lonsider. and,secondly,
byihesplendidarliclebyRichadMarshin Wdlgd"sr//lurr/aredNo98. experienced andsuccessful gam€rs night takeontherol€sof lamb and
My threevessels conprise twosingleturrelmonitorclass vessels and Whititrg,whilstthe lessexperienced playerscouldfill thos€of Bragg,
onedoubleturretedlype-As theyare10represent thenavalforce! Butl€ratrdAmes.Playe$of averageto soundability a experience
deployed ratherlhanbescaled models of theonginah,I christenedwouldsuittherolesof WeiEel,TerryandCurtis.If Poneristofigur€as
themtheU.S.S.Ratrns/el. Pddtlock,andSabo. aplayerin thegamethenheshouldhaveordersto supponthelandings
Consiruclion ofthesetypesisfanlystraightforward. Thecardboard andaltack,but a tendency to look to advance thecauseof thenaw at
rollinthecentre ofinduslrialtovel rollsisagoodsizeforaturret-Guns rhee\pense ol rhearm).qhikr not harmrng hisrepulation or career
caneitherbe representedbyitemssuch astubingorbirotubesor, inthe prospects.
case ofmymodels. bythesplendid l(]opdrParrott gunsandcrewmade FonFisherwillneedto operate a slrict
against
'95. Anyactions against
by RAFMandbrought homein thespoilsfromHistoricotr {The time scale,with a numberof movesrepresenting the day.If lhe
sanefirm rnakea selection of sa'lorsandofficerswhichwouldsuit Federak arenotin possession of thelandfaceby theexpiryof their
eilherside's navalpresence. In theU.(. afanselection ofsailoBhave allotedmovesthenthe Confederales wouldbe the winn€rs.Any
beenproduced bylhetalented RobBakerol FirstCorps. Marinesposecomnunicarions between WhidngandBraggmust besubjecl todelay
moreof a problem. astheafJicionado muslhavesomein hisgame. rhetelegraph lines vere doNn. Any Can{ederate rejnlorcements
Theyarebestrepresent€d by theadditionof slrapsro comnercially landed byboatnusl dicefor theirarivalandpossible destructionby
available figuresanda carefulattenrion 1odelaihin the painling navalfire. Anysuchtroopslanding successfully undernaval firenust
phase.)Thesamegunscanbe madeto servefor the Confederate
r€stfor casuahies and moraleas they crosslhe fort\ interior.
defenders in lhe absence of suitablemodelsof Columbiads or Confederate defendersare consideredsafefton lhe effectsof the
Armstrongs. Thestriclfollowerof realism vould replace theiriron bombardment whilstin theirbomb-proof shelters.butmuslbehighly
carriages with the voodenonesfoundin usear Fon Fisher.The vulnerable whenreturning fire to lhe fleet.Perhaps theycouldbe
monitortype vess€h ar€simple to conslruct fromn baseolwoodabout linitedto firingeverythirdturn.when the Federalbombardment
1cmthick.whichcanbepainledsimplyro represem thevisiblehull. ceases theremustbea oneturnlull beforetroopscanadvance to the
Thelurrelis similarlypainted.the interiordisguised by awnings if rampans. Thiswill allowdefenders to getoff lheirshoBfirsl.having
desifed. Pilothouse, smoke stacks. anchor wellcorersandflagstaffcan leftthesafety of thebonb-proofsheltenon coDmand.
beadded asdesned.
Any representarion of FortFisheron thetabletop banlefield will
needto containa number of batteries fromlhelandfaceal theven' POSTSCRIPI
leasl,the swampy groundadjoiningthe CapeFearriver,rhe old
wilmington Roadandbridgeintoth€fort.theriverbank landing (for I hop€that this articlewill inspirelellowgamers to consider the
possibilities
of such jointoperalions fortheirtabletop battlefields.
Asl
Confederale reinforcemenrs to land).thepalisade fencing, theb€ach
area(withperhaps sufficient ocean toallo{ rhedeploymentolironclad writethisin January, Mallhew,PhilandI nre busyplanning and
buildingour own version of the Fort Fisher batles for adisplaygamein
models?). andsomemethod of repfesenting theareaof thetorpedoes
plantedasa minefield.Thereareseveralverygoodplansof thefort in thesemnd halfoftheyear.Ifyouseeusat anyshow.andwouldliketo
have a chatlhendocome alongandshare anyideasyou havewithus,
readily availablebooks listedinthe bibliography. buttheplanprovided
vill allowfor anaccurate representation. theyare always velcome.
Whenoryanising a campaign or gamearoundFon Fisherthe
Federals should alwaysenjoy a superiorityofat leastonethirdolerrhe
Confederate dpfendels. As HokesDivision play€d suchastaticpanin BIBLIOGRAPI{Y
theactions theyneednol be repres€nted at all. unlesstbeorganiser B^ftett,TheCn'ilwarin No h Carolind
wishes to explore the Whatif aspects of thescenario, allowing either Bovnan (Ed), TheCiviLWatDaybt Day
theBragS orHokeplayerto bemoreaggressive in suppori ol theFon. Bownam(Ed), Encyclopedia oI theCivil wal
Thepresence of theC.S.S.Clictarnargd ahoaddsaturtherdimension Division of Archives & History.N. Carolina
tothecourse of anyre enactment. Shecaneitherbe scratch-built using HistoricSn€s,Iolt ardrel
guidessuchasin thelie Civil WarMilitatt Machine ot purchased from Drury& Gibbons,Ihe Civii wat MiLitatyMachine
Old Guard, althoughI believe that Villag€ Greenare at least Foire, TheCivil Wff, Volune3
considering theproduction of gunboats in theirnavalrange. GlaEE,Conlederak Goliath
The €ver presentconflict of personalityand careeraspirations GGanr, ThePetsonal Menois of U. S. Grunl
betweenthevariouscharactenof bothsidesgivesmucb$ope to the Guemsey & Alden.llorper' PictodalHistotyof theCivil wal
organiserfor incorporatingdecisionmakingand argumentinto the Johnson & Buel.Brtdsrdrd Leaden,volu e4
gane.Mechanisms to allowthis to occurhaveb€endescribed in Thort'As.Cannons - An l toductionto Civil watA illety
previous editions of thismagazine.In anymuhi-player gameth€nost Autholspholographs. notesandsketches. Augusl1995.
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them.
page24:Duckbacks.
Re:Lastmonth'sanicle. Ch{Iact€rs promotion
do notreceive to thenextclass duringa gane,
Thissection
should
read: theyhave1owaiifortheirnextgunfight.
A Citiz€nbecomes a Cunman providing heat leastgetsto fireashoial
DuckbacksateanimpotantFatwe ol theseruLes; rou canu:etheduck an opponent. mostCitizensshouldmanage this duringtheirfirst
backrule to pin and neutnlisepw opponents andprctide rcalbtic gunfightl
covetins fireiot yourftiend:.
A Gonman becones a Shootisloncehehaskilledanarmedman.
Onlycharacters behindcoveraresubjectlo duckbicks.
Becoming a L€g€nd isharderiaShoolish mustkill or seriously*ound
Whena character behindcovern hft (including grazetor hiscover threearmed menin onegunfight.or kill aLegend. robecome aLegend
stops a shotfor him,heisforcedto immediately duclback;getting his himself.
entirebodybehind cover.
Evenif youarennnins aseriesof gsnesfor dwrcnt youpsof playe+
Hemustthenspend anenlirelurnr$overingbeforehecanmakeany dt t convention, you canaddexia interes!(not lea:tfor you6elf)by
dllowinqsurvivingchoructe$to be prcnoted between games,even
Whilehe is recovering, or elen tlhileanycharacier is knownto be thoughthe!b,ithenberunbl dillercntplayd. Youcouvsturtfith t|9o
lurking.cornpletely behindcover,opposing characten canstillfireal sidcstonsistitlgentuelr of Citi.rns, pefiaps eachled by o morc
him.All thesuccessful shotswillhirthecover,bulrhehidden rarger will dangeror$indi,irluaL,iNi seehownanr of then nake it to Shootists
stillbesubject to theduckbackrule.andwill haverospend a further andLegenkovetke daf or i,eekenrl. n sanazinghownuch individual
tumrecovering. Tlis isagoodwayofproteclingyourfriendswhilethey pe$onalitytow miniaturcgunslingerscdngtriniustbynaminqthenand
dashacross openground. intrcducingasmallelement ol continuiy.Noarduousrccod keeping is
invobed;pu un jutt makenoteson thei charcctetcarh in theFate
Deck.
STARTINC
POSITIONS
If youdon't*anl 1oworkourascenario,andjustwant rogelstuckright SKILLS
in witha generalgunballlebetveen
alllheplaye$divided intotwoor Thenextstageisto allowcharacrers1ogainindividualskills.Thisisa
moresides,a goodwayto get thingsrolling(assugg€sted by Tony buialliherecordkeeping
littlemorecomplicared. canstillbedoneon
Yates)isto drawfromthefatedeck;aseachcharacter's cardisdrawn. Yor caneitherdice
thecharacrercards. forskilhrandomly. drawchits.
h'smodelis placed on thetable.He canbepositioned anryherehis lhemaccording
or allocarc io yourknowledge ofthepersonality ofthe
playerlikes,aslongashe is eitherat leasteighteeninchesfromall characterbasedonhh performance in preliousgames.
enemy models,oriscloser
1othenearestfriendthanthenearestenemy. gaina skillforeachgunfight in *hichtheykillanarrned man
Shoolists
As soonastheJokeris drawn,thegamestans.withthosecharacters(including theBunfighl whentheyfirslq alifyasaShootist). Theyhdve
whohavenotyetappeared beingplacedon thetableasabovewhen a50%chance ofanadd;tional skjllforeachmanafterthelirstrhatthey
kill.
L€gends automalically gaina furlherskillaftereverygunfight in which
OMONAL RT]LES rheytook anactivepan.Theyalsohavea50%chance ofanaddiiional
Youna! havenoneedof these optiona!ruksatall! lf allyoupkn todois skillfor eachmanafterthefl^tthal lheykill.
big,
f;Eht cheetuL,beery shoot outsat theclubor at cowentions,the
rapidlybecome superhuman. untilsomeone comesalong and
therciAno rcotontoaddfurtherconplication;k factyoumightwantto l-egends
you get shootsthem down to takeover their nantle.If youlike.youcanallow
doavay nithsoneof theexittingrules. could rid of thetuLehat
art character whokilh a Legend togaina skill.
fotcesall movement to bein t nnight line, geIid of duckbaclsardlol
knockdotensot rcducethenumbetof fning nodifiett, lot instance, "Doubl€" skills:thoseskillsmarkedwith an asterisk canbe gained
anJIhiUlhatJoufmd tpeetutheganeupcanbeusefulif youarctrying twice,the secondtime doublesthe effect(Very Strong,Very
b cnt?aain ^ aan)grcupoJplaye^atpo\siblp ara rc ?nlioa. Tenifying,elc.). Someskilk are mutuallycontradictory. possibly
cancelling each other out, some are complementary, or combine in
Renenber,thesearcyout tules otl' andyou n do whatyou Liketo
inlerestingways. Youaregoingtohalelo sorttheprecisedetailoutfor
yourselvesl lt's up lo you\,ehether youallow"keble skilh.If, for
Howevet, if yousetedoh'nrc rcguLay ganing in theOldwestamon4stwhatever reason, a character can'ttake(or th€gamesmasler thinksil
aEroupofftiend:,rou'LLptobabrygetthenost outof it il Joudevelopthe wouldbeinappropriak forhin to take)a padicularskill, rollordraw
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agarn
Backshooling, shooling unarmed,unconscious andsu..end€red
l€rs and all aom€ndoesnot counttowards€rperienc€
chalac.
or skills,atld
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anyone{ho do€sso!or surrenders
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or refuses doesnotgiin
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or skilhfor th€l'holegunffgtu.
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Eaitborme'Menrl Anns'llhrgames
Socielyoper Day
Agile:no firing penaltyNhenmoving.mrr makeonechangeof
directionduringmove".endsmovefacinganydireclion.
Addsone
dice-in afight.
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nopenalty
Ambidexlrous: forfiringtwopistok.
13thand14thJuly1996
Bossnan: all the characlers
on hissideaddonedice:whentesting 1oamto 5pm
nerve.excepl lhatthose
wiihinsixinchs
olhisbelovedperson
addthree Admissionf2.50p
dice(includingthe GrearManhimsel0.Ilhis ownnerlefails.thenall andunder12'sf1.25p
OAP'S
testvith minus
hislriends threedice.
once'pergunfight
Charm€d: hemayrerolla wholebatchofdice,or
PartlclpationgaEB Dadestands
makeanopponent
dolhesame, Displaygam6 Reenactmentgroups
All inth€ wonderfuatmosDher€ of a Naooleonic
fortress
addone'firingdice.
Crackshot: lo@teddircctlyon the seafront overlookingthe beach-
Cursed: playermaycause
eachopposing himto re-rollone
diceonce: Ih€re isatea.oomandbaronthepremitesand lotsof local
pergunfight. adivitynearbyforthef amilytoenjoy.Pafting i5easy,with both
on streetparkingandjo@lc. parkscloseto the venue.
hitsona5 or6 whenfiringsingle
IhadeJ€: shot.
Comeandenjoyanicedayoutinafriendyatmosphere.
Drunk(orD€rans€d):
subject
to drunkenness
rules. MeetlanKnight,oneof the l€adingauthoritieso. the wa6 rn
[vil: gainsnormal'experience af.ka talkingaboutthe zuluwa6 andplayteninggamesfrom
frornbackshooting.
shooting
KOdand h,sfortl.(onin9bookof zulJ warscenarios.
unarmed viclims.
alsofriends
andallies.
indudesentanc€tothe Queen's
admission RoyallrishHuesaB,
Fastdras:addsthree'dice
in afasldrawsituation. Royal5utserRegiment
andcombinedseryi<€s
Museum.
Hardasnails:ignores
theeffeclof ihefust' woundhereceives
Gtill Sponsoredby REDOUBT ENTERPRISESand
knocked
down,knocked ouiordeadthorghl). MAKEANDPAINTSERVICES
Junpy:onlyhasa50%*chance ofrecolering.
subtract
three'dice
in a Club<ontacts:TrevorBody(01323)735417
fasldra*situation.
always
blazes
away.
subtract
iwordicewhenlesting orPeterHelm(01323)732801
nerve.Moves likeaCitiz€n.
Knifeman/S*ordsmar: addsfour'dicein afight.andone*rorhethro$ S{iftropponenls subtractone-dicewhenliingathimifhe moved on
foreffect,
buionlyifarrned sith a knife/sword.
A ftnileman maythrow hislastturn.maychooseto rollone*extramovement dice.Addsone*
hisknil€asifmakinga deliberate pistolshotat pointblankandclose dicein a fightandin afa$dra{.
rangeonly.butwiihphsonediceto hit.
T€rrifying: causes
feart in everyone, opponents subtractonei dice
tagend ofth€W€sl:Whenhischaraclercard isdfawn. hisplayeflakesit
intohishandasif it wasanaciioncardNhich canbeusedonlvlorthis
character.Mayfireatagroupolcharaclers wilhinfour'inches Toughr whenhitbyshootingor in a fight,subtract
one*fromtheeffect
of each
other and distributeany hits betweenthen as he chooses. dice,neverknocked down or knocked out.
if
Ambid€xtrous mayfire eachgunat a differenttargel.Fearsno,one. TrueGri! addsthree'dice whenresting nerve.Fears no-one.
Rollrandomly forone* additional skillnow.Whenthischaractergains Vengelul: hdre.an)onewho,hool.al himor arrack\ him
fuftherskills
hemaychoose whicheverone hewants.
Yellos:subtracts
three'dic€whentesting nelve. Whiteknight nay not back5hoor.shootknocked downtargets or
Fearsanyone whograzes orwounds him. anyone unableto shoolback,gainsone'firingdiceagainsl all Evil
charact€rsandhatedopponents. heisalsoCharn€d*andTough', he
Lucky:mayre-rollone"oleachbatchofdichethro\r's.
neYe.loses hisneFe,Fearc no one,
Marksman: mayaddor subtractone* Nhenrollingforhit localion.
Wildman: mustmoleandfireeveryturn ifhe can,h€suffers
nofinng
Nerv€sofsl€el:
notsubjecilo duckback, addone* dice10testingnewe.penalty andfiringa pislol,opponenls
for moving heismoving towards
sufferfear-Heis ahoTough*, anlxp€rt Iighter' andhasTrueGril*.
Quickshol:addsthree-dicein alasidrawsituation,
whenblazing
a*ay
hecanhitwithbne*extrashot. INTRODUCING
EXPERIENCED
CHAMCTERS
Runtrsubtractsthr€e"
dicein afight. Wlenyouinle anexperienced characterfiorns.ratchfor a8arne.
rather
lhanusingonewhohasbeen"built"oler asenes 0f gunfightsbyoneofihe
Skil€dFighter:
addsfour*diceNhenafiempling to hitin afight. playe$, youmightliketo givehima fewskilh.If a gamesmasler hara
Slow:subtractone*diceformovement andfastdraw.Maynotuse an panicular sol1of p€rsonaliry
in mind,hecansimplyselectrheskillsrhathe
thinksareappropriate.Altematively. youcnnthrowordral!randomly. Al1
jfmotionless Shootistsand Legends should really
have atleastoneskill.youcouldrhrow
Stalker: behindcoler.cannotbes€enat all beyond 12*
a diceto deternin€hownanymoreskillsa Legend bas.andthrowa dic€
inches.
sublraci
one"liringdiceifsholatbehind cover.
andsubtract threeto seeif aShooristhasmorerhanone.
throveachturn:I , 2- donothing.
Stoopid: l - continuedoing*hatever
Bpeciallyif usingagane.naster, playershouldmakeanefforrto avard
hedidlastiurn.4,5.6-take normaltum.
appropriateskills to any characterwhosemodelcatchesrheir eye,
St.ong:
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"Summenirne,and th€ living is easy." Nol on the batdefieldit isn'
Summerhastraditionally be€nthe main campaieningseasonand
montl seesa large numberof battles.
NAVAL WARGAMES ? Have you alwa'€ wanted t s€t
JTJLY up a biA action with lots ofsquadlons, but lack a game
I Loja 1482,Tbe Goodwins1666,Fleurus1690,PonoNovo syst€mthat ca]l hafl e it . Eve. wut€d a systemthat
1781,Suddalain1848,MalvemHill givesyou accurac?ard deteil but dBtr't tske aE$ to ptay.
1862,Oettysburg 1863,El Caney1898. Have you wer Nnsider€d nrval warsaming, but ar€ put otr
2 Nieu*?ort 1600,Mtrslon Moor 1644,Alford | 645,Pone hy tbe la& of a pmper\ re*mhed ed playt€stadsystem.
St Artoine 1652,Lauffeld 1747,Acs 1849,New Ceorgia 1943. BAT'TLEFI-EET - The Dreadtroughts is the coEpute.
3 Adrianople323, Guadelope1794.Kcniggntz 1866, xaoderat€dnaval wargamesystemthat libente you ftom
omDl* rute book!- ir favorr oftactics ard r€alisD . You
Santiaeode Cuba | 898, Omn 1940.
4 Hohs of Hattin118?,KloDchino1610,Utundi18?9.
dt a libra'y ofevery Bntish ed German warship ir
s€rgic 1890to 1922 . A fleet cratar that car build
5 Soulhwark1450,Ostend1601,tnnsdowne1643,BuenosAires Jutlad lize fl€€ts. ad arbwins extensiveeditlrg ofships.
I80?,Chippewa1814,Kula Gulf 1943,Kursk 1943. Pre-battle c@tion of atl your battle paidetas, weather,
6 Fomovo1495,Sedgemoor 1685,Grenada1779,Maida1806, visibility, miDefelds, se state etc. . A battle prograE for
Wagam 1809. any size ofachou sivins realistic i€€ults . F€port€ phase
7 Cesmet770,Hubbardton 1777. d€t€ibrg gunnery result€, dd'se md sinkingB. For any
8 Newport1265.Otunba 1520,ficondemga1758,Algiers1775, scal€ofsbip midahro . Runs on virtualy any
Pc/compatible(8086+)-. FuIy supportedsoftwarc
Algecirds 1801,Kiamarut 1824- package. Sendfor free infonauoL
9 Sempach 1386,Sievershausen1553,Monongehela River l?55,
Monocacy1864,Sicily 1943. 929.96 + po3t & p'&'sitrs t4 UK & Eurpe 910 Rfft of
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10 tas Navasde Tolosa 1212,Tannenberg1410,Nonhampton payableto AtD DlIInDt md sendtor Shaka Softpar:e,
1460,LE gpon 1645,BeachyHead1690.Alnenara1710, 35 LincoLnCourt. LoDdonRoad.Enfeld EN2 6EW
Marchin1791,Kissingen1866 Plpas state 3.5" or 5.25" aisk si2eand,if DD or HD
1l Courtrai 1302,Boyn€ 1690,Oudenarde1708,Rich Mountain
1861. . Now als available froE HALU{ARK FIGURES .
12 Aughdn 1691,Futteypor€ 1875,Kolombangara 1943.
13 Crotone982,Gravelines I558.Roundway Down 1643,Clissao
t702. scsosasao D.rington,Sh@bury SYs7LW
14 Landskone1676,Penescot Bd 1779,Znain 1809,Rio Se.o -D8EID&A8IE
1848,Tlpelo 1864.
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15 Aona 185?,PanduNaddi1857,Marne1918.
16 Kirk Denkem1?61,Maharajpur1857.Nicopolis1877. STANDAFDRAiIGE
17 Vemeuil 1424.Castilon 1453.
18 Allia 390 BC, Seond Isonzo1915.
19 Guadat€le 711,AlarcosI 195,HalidonHill 1333,Baylen1808.
20 Milazzo1860,PeachTre! Creek1864,Lissa1866.
21 Taileborg 1242,Shrcwsbury1403,Cravant 1423,Arnada
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1588,Focsmi1?89,Pyrmids 1798,Butl Rsn lE6l.
22 Fatkirk 1298,Werben1631,CapeFiniste.re 1805,Sarananca
l8l2,Adanra 1864.
23 Baghdad1401,Krctzka1739,Mogilev1812.
24 Harlawl4ll, Gibraltar1704,DenainUl2, Monhedabad 1
Crrstoza1848,Naririya1915.
25 Constdlinople 1261,Molinella146?,AbouKr1799,Ostrowno
l8l2,MayaCotde1813,Roncervaltes 1813,Lundy's
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26 Edg@re1,169, Sdta Vittoria1702,Hastenb€ck
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27 Bouvirs 1214,Fdington Bridge1549.Luner1626.
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Killiecrankie1689,
Onessart 1??8,Maiwand 1880.
28 t epanto1499,Talavera1809,Onao1857,EzmChurch1864.
29 NeeMirden1693,Kandahar1834.
30 Vercellae101BC,Aiznadin634,GrossJagersdorf175?,
Petersburg1864.
3l Dorylaeum 1097,
Pmsue1419, Texel1653,Newton
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almarEntof twin 12.7nnnBftda SafalMGs w3swhollv ina.leauate.
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bonber squad$nseich eqippsl wih a ditreEnttype- Potez63, Bristol
opeoingmo h oftlE caJnpaign.Ho{€verthe airwarhas sevemlfeatues
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flew theHenschelHs 126,dleo$els fl€w otEolereBreguer)O( andPols
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scalearrcrali.Kapokcloudsanda microterain probablyinspiredby the openingsequence of 'Eastenders'.
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by Mke Siggins ale now s€n ktom as a bEin ilting agenr \liotout wishinSto ptn a
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