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to gmund. Chap! like Trev Dixon. who ve beenseenlaying in a store
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wam Spnng sunshin€of the SheffieldTriples! Hetb Cundt's evet popular 'Broth.r dgdinst Brcthet sone
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that I whizzed over to GettysburS,Pemsylvmia for the new HMGS Inn.e Ki.et (did Herb kick sidewats on.e too ofren? - no, lance had
Est shoq'Fall In', orgdised by new HMGS Eastp.esidentBob vork cotnninnents! ) but seemed to cope O.K. - just. I knoj| that Mrs
Giglio theonewho looksa bir like KjngChdlesI of England.[Bob\ Herb is keen Jar Hetb 1o sell lots of Btuther agoirsl Btuth.t tule
still gothis head.lho'.lIdid havebusinesthere,butI was.lsohoping books because the! re all stackd up ih the spae tuon back hone.
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loungeat Catwick,Imerup wirhId Knighton his eay outto 'FallIn'
as Cuest of Honor Oul wenr the zzzzzz,and in camean eighl hour
conversatiotron SoDthAftca md tie Zulu War. Cettysburgand the
habiK of Americd wdganen, and how airline food is qujte good
reatly, when allt considered.Who needssleepanyray?
I lefl Id al BWI airpon - we had amnged ditrerentchauffeD6 bDl
he giyeshis impressiods ofhis first visit to a U.S.showon page12.
I d fixed a lift to the showwith goodol Bob Coggins.As I stepped
outofCustomsthee wasgoodol'SteveMcHenrylNomatrer. Steve\
l o n \ e h a r . o n u \ r a . p d l l j n g c . B o bs o d h i . m l e : n - u . i . i .
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Dave Paddocks fne Maican Anen.an Wdr gdtu ot Foll Ia . Fine
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neofun DukeSeiJriedand brcughtalong his ovl lights!
Sonelne old tuif,son sdledt Fa In. Theold ruin isht atthe bock
X Dave Wdtel rcno||ne.lpinte publishe| of Mnr waryane classics
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Man, VIP tisibrs to Fall In' stayedjust .lowa the rca.l at Charlie
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ktuw fun p@ious etpenence. Cha ie is a ken ACW re-e&ctor
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HeitdS. booth se its sone ofhis superbrcsin buildings. to entenain his Buests!
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like DaveWaxlel andTodd Fishei)
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hoosie. acc€nteafted acrcssthe lobby: the H-G.Walh cree were in
town - master bnildd Herb Gundt and his merry men f.om South
Bend.We all repairedto the bd, wherc we (itrevitably?)ner up witi
F€rkin Doyle of ColumbiaGames(andexc€llentgamesthey re t@ l).
Well, that ensurcda spirited eveningl
I wont say too much about 'Fall In , as Ian haswritten a pieceon it.
Sufficient to say that it was a ve.y conmendablefist tim€ €trort ed
Bob Giglio h to be congratulaied.The venueis very good; it waswell
supportedby the dealen: it could haveusedbetterweathermd a few
more gamers,bur I m sure when word gets around lhen nexl year\
showshould se a nse in arcndanc€.
There were somevery good ganes (a couple of them @ shownin
th. accompmyinSpicures) particularly a huge Battle of the Little
Bighom gameput on by aurhorPetePanzeriand Old Glory dd Bob
Giglio's Isandlwma. Thesetwo were side by side at one end of the
gaminguq. which gaveit the nickname Kill thewlritem{ Comei ! CALL TO ARMS
Therc wasa nice Alamo game, just in cN t*o massacres wa5n1quite Ne\rbury & Reading
enough- severalGettysbug games(in fact eachday of the bardewas Wargam€s Socist/s
Popular Open Day
depictedin a game.including two by well-known ACW rule wiiteB
21st February1998
Johr 'JobnnyR€b' Hill dd Rich Fiie & Fury' Hasenauer), a very nice NewburyTechnicalCollegel0.30am-5l0pm
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Games
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Culture Shock at
The General Pickett Buffet
Ian Knigbt - an lnnocent ln tbe utays
of lfiterttatioflal gaming conoenttons -
reports on ttte Hrstor'tca.l Miniatures
Ga.nt rg Society's neut euent - 'Fa.AIn'
at Gewsburg.
Rememb€rthe movie G.rrysr!.az The stunningvisual sp€ctacle?The
"If Bob Giglio '
sh€erassaulton tbe seNes. Seldom,inded, h$ a film att€mpnd so tabove,leftl saysso, it mustbe wotrs!
"If lan Knight '
bold a porEayalof facial hair - thouShthe batile $enes eeren't bad. tbelow.leftl saysso, it mustbe nght! (Photos:DM)
eitherl Actualy, t m being a litde urfair therc: the oi y $ing nore
absud thm the false b€ardswom by the principle actoE w@ th€ rear
beffds wom by lheir historical count€rpartsl An'eat I digress;
rememb€rthat therE 16 a Brit'sh officer in the film! He wanders
(clean-shav€n, ap&t iion a mousr4he) tlmuSh the cmage, obsening
the tutility andhonor of it aU(pr€swbly, lik€ me, wddqinS wby the
editor didn'l ctrt out all tbose turgid coNesatiom betw@Dthe g@d
bits), dd prcviding a sympatheticearto r€rious ConfedenteceDrals,
a they bemod the injustice of the Union. or w@ d&kly of the folly
of attacking enirenchedpositions il the op€n (hopirg. perbaps,that
he'd havemoreluck ma&ingihe point to Bobby ke beforc Ue stan of
lhe seond iapelhan they did). Pleaseforgive me,ACW butrs, if I er,
but I think his namewa! FrE€matrde.od test dyoDe tu the audience
forSet he was a B:it, he was weartug a red coat tbrcughout (hey,
everyon€knows we always worc rcd c@ls, right!), speakingin a bad Now G€$ysburgis oDeof the puge tralg of my cbldhood; like
British a€cen! tnd sippiDgt@ ge e€ly from a china cup. Given that Mael houstt madelainecakes,it tends to sed me ba€k in nisty-
this inage of QueD \ictoriat soldi€n now seemstc,b€ udversal, I eyed revdie, to the days when I used to line up Bntain s Swoppit
do wotrderhow the et of the wodd tbink we €ve. won - let alone Corfedenies on my dad's grrden patio, then lob clods of dry eaih at
maiDtained!- d empnein the fiIst placel lhem, convinced lhat tbe resultant dust dd cmaSe perfecdy
An]eay, slighdy to my surprise.I wd giveDthe opportunityto step repres€nted Pickett'schdSe (md do you know how muchtbor€ figuEs
into Col. Freemande'ssbo€sin Nov€mberI saysurprise,b@aDseI m go for otr the coll@toB' ndket now?). I had beenencouagedin this
somethingof a lapsed wargamer,mt 6 sFotrgir rhe faith as I once by a sei ofbubble-gum cards, issuedin the 1950s aboutth€ time of
wa- I usedto 8me avidly, hr€nty years ago,but tb* daysI seldon the Centenary, presunably - which w€re both a wondertully
getthe tire; tustead,I look tbroughall th€ rnagazin€s,try to kid myser conpr€hensivehislory of rhe Civil Wu, ed deliciously gory. My
lhat I'm stiu trp on new developmentsin the hobby, ed s(retimes hiendt a{d I us€dto sp€DdaI ou sp@ pocketmoneyon them,avidly
patut fi8req more for relax*ion than in uy serioDsexpetatioD of swappingthe duplicat€s,hiding the b6t oDesfton ou paienis,trying
gaming. I'm cunendy working ny way trough Redoubt's 25 nm to work out the sequerceof the batdes,dd €njoying lhe thril of the
Zulu War range:I calculateat the cNetrt nte it'll only tike me another giaphic horcB display€d C'OK, so Fort Sunpter is number 2; that
ten yens, four modths, md 28 days to finish my prEsenrstock.... Dust hav€happenedbefm Gettysburg,no 15, yeafi?)Oh wow. lhat
NeverdEless,d€spitemy limitatios ir lhis regard,I was delighredto guy's got tbEe spikesright tbmDghhim! I'11swapthat for rhe otre of
be irviled a! a guest sp€nkq to 'Fall ID' a Dw mual convention the bloke pimed to a trEeby a bayoDetl'Nice dinals, len-yearold
orgeised by Bob Giglio of the HMGS. A paniculd d.aw fd ft was boys.). Curiousty €nough,aI this somehw trsmuted to a serious
that, wlile the conventiont themewas to b€ coloriat warfre ir South inlerest in rhe subj€ct,aDdby th€ tine I wd 13 or s, I had my tust
Africa, it was to be held at a botel tu Genysburg- aJmy- rnadeup e ircly of Aitrx AC.w fi8req of couse.Itwas tbe

The caln beforethe stom; the British cdp at Isandlwana"beforethe The Gettysbuq badefield: the sire of rh€ UDion banery struck by
Zulu attack.This gue wd chmcterised not only by its size, but by Amistead\ chargq Pickettt stat position was over in the tres
the excetlentnodel of Isudlwda itselt (Photos:IK) opposit€,witb the Ernittsbug roadnming thrcugh the cetrtre.
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In the event,that senseof beinSdisconnectedwasto ldt mosrof the
w€€kend,given a healthyboost by jet lag. l'In a rqsonably seasoned
traveller,but ny bmin simply refusedlo acceprthat, afier aneight hour
flighl, I landedjust threehoursafter I talen off; cometo that, it reacted
the same way when faced with inconr.ovenible evidence every
moming that theAmericansreally do eareggs-and-bacon dd pdcakes
and syrup otr the sameplate! Indeed,while the generalenvironmenr
seemedfamiliar - game6 are gamers,one rcw f.iend point€doul, the
whole world over , there were somestriking diflerencesbetweenthe
B.itishdd Americanapproach ro suchshoss.
Foronething,lheArnericans approach ir with aninlensitywhichlett
me awe-struck.Ijsed ro rhe relaxedpaceol Bntish shows,I was tal<en
aback ro {ind that most Amencd games sbned mlking shop, as it
were, over breallasr about 7 am, and k€pt this up until about 2 the
followingnoming - dd tha!,whafs more.fo. the besr pa.tof th@
days.Indeed,therewereseveralgamestaid on at midnighr,tor ftose
who clearly felt 24 hou6 were nor enoughto gei onet filt of rouing
dice and checking mo.ale-chans.That, I nust say, seemedperilously
closeto being too much of a good rhing to me_
Anolherobviousdifference- aparrfrcn lhe fact fta! mostAmericms
prefer lo call themselvesDiniature gmers, rather tha wd,gamers -
was the fact that alnost all of rhe gamespul on at tbe showwerewhat
we qould describeas padicipaion games.American gane6 go ro a
showfo. a game:asonesuccinctlypu it. "Whafs tbe poinrol gojng DUNSTABLE,BEDFORDSHIRELU6 ]TA
all thatwayjusrrc watch?'Thedemorslradon game,put on by a club
ro show-caserheir lalents, is largely unknown,and rhe idea seem€dto
themtypicalof a cenainBririshresere,or evendhdnctlymti-social.
Mosl gameswererun two or lhr@ timesoverthe w€ekendlhe stan
fines wereadvertised,od thosewho wantedro simpty tumedup ro be
allocated acomnand-On thewhole.rheAmericmscene seemed morc
unitedlbd theUK oneimy idprcssionnay havebeendisbnedby this
oneeverl,ofcourseibut it seemed to ne thatAmericalacksrhe scors
of independenllocal clubs which characterise the Brirish scene. I rt t n://w*a! .c I rt I tcrnwr.l,. co. uk/gu.rrdroorn /
Instad, mosl clubgame6seemro be menbe$ of the HMGS,which
hasregionalchapteBspreadacrcssthe countrf. Although this givesfte
appearanceof a local atrnospherc,these chaptes re all pdt of
sonething bigger,linked by regnld publicationsto the wider scene,in
rhe way rhar Bndsh clubs de nor.
It was interestingto not€, t@, that lmy of the gmers to whom I
spoke extendedrheir inreresl! in role-playinSbeyord the table top. It
may b€ that the orgadsE wereunusuallydedicaledto the ideaof rc
playing history (orjust escapingftom reality?) but I was surpdsd at
how mdy werealsore enactoB.CivilWd rc+nactmentis, ofcourse,
a big thing in the States;it\ not uDusnalIo fitrd that h recreatingsom.
of the snaller batdes, almost as mdy re€nactors tum up as
pmricipanrsin the real fting. Certainlt a nmber of peopleI talk€d to
hnd takenpan in the Gei)srl'g movie, ed had vdious musing lales
ro lell. I wat slightly lak€nback,however,to find dEt the EnglishCivil
wor is alsogrowing overrh€reiind@d, 'Fail tn' orgdisea Bob ciglio.
doubless a Captainin the King\ Life Guaid. ad hd the long hair
&d King Ch&les bedd to natch. Apparendy,lhere are also groups
which re,enact Medieval battles. the Spuish Conquistadors,fte
AnglcFreoch Wm dd, of cou6e. the Revolutionarywff Bob *ari
nther keen io siad a Victorid rc{nactment gloupi bur admi ed
wisffirlly that it did havecerrainpracticallimitations!
Itr other respects,the Americd waigamescenewas disappoinnngly
like ou om. Somehow.I had imagined ftat, given lhe size of tlte
counu], America would boasta hugewargameindustryof il! own. On
the whole, it doesot there de, of cou6e, somevery well esbblished
US maufactDres, like Ral Parthaand Old Glory as well ar a nunber
of smaller itrdependenls, dd ther. were same fantaltic lenarn
lmDfactErs. of whom H.G. Walls 25Im buildings particulmly
caught my eye. What sDiprisedme. though, was that most of the
mainslrem figues were imported ftom British manufacturec,
pariicularly warganes Foundrymd GuemseyFoundr/. Dixon, Essex
dd Mini6gs. I had hoped to come home with a few bags of exotic
colonialsnor readily availablein the UKr ala!, il wsn't 1obe. Sincewe
cd all get Ral Parthadd Old Glory nedly everythingI sawthee was
But what aboutthe gamesthemselves?On the whole, ftese wereof
muchthe samestadard s British games,with lhe exceplionofone or
two which - being rypicalty Americanl - were cenainly bigger tbd
u)thing l'd seenhere. In particular, I was askedto presideover a
stuDing 25lm Isddlwma gde. I had 6ked to cotunand the Zulus,
bul wN bmed: instead,I got tbe NNC, and put up a pre[y good
fight, if I do say so myselq evenif they did aI ru away at the endl).
This wasplayed on aBble whichwdover 18 fet lotrg,raisedjust
three feel Aon the gromd, so that you could easily leo acrcs it.
tndeed,Duncm Macfdloe had wmed me that if I w6 involved in
ay ofBob's gmes,I could expectto seehim c€wl acrossthe tablear
some point, dd surc enough. there be was, on all fours, gingerly
picktug his way tbrcugh the fi9res, to move some unit or other at
some iMccesible point on the tabtel Bob himseUhad built a v€ry
imprcssiverecoNtnctiotr of hddlwoa moutrtain,ud ihe gamewa-s
played with nedly 10OOZulu figurcs. To ensurethat fte Zulu players
8ot into the spirit of things, Bob had added a foohote to the rules
which insistedthat the playersneededto give convin€ingshoutsof the
Zutu w&{ry, "ar!rr!&! when moving forward to conlacl!And believe
me rh€y diit rhough I firdly resisreddy atlempt to Bet the British
playes to siDEMen of Hariach Puely on historical 8rcuDds,you
understand- n wasn\ fte reginen|l sonSof the 24th ut' after the
Zulu war! ln lhe event,the gameplayed oDt remdkably like the rcal
thiDgr the British advancedto cover the dad grcmd away ftom the
camp,bur rhe zulus cam€down in smh, nmbs that they could trot
hold rhe lirc. Despitea gallant attemptto build a waeonlaagerbelow
the moutrlain, fte British tine collapsed,md the Zulus ovelm the
Or the whole, the mix of gues wasmuchasin fte UK, lhough with
rafter lessNapoleonicsthan I, for one,d usedto s@ing.Therewerc
somenice Americatr thenes, including tle Almo, dd a Gettysburg
game,baed on rhe batttefo. Litde RoundTop, which had someof the
best terain I've ever seen.Therc was a good selectionof colonial
subjects- approprialeto the tbeme- inctuding El Teb. a China 8me
with excellent gnn-boals,Laing\ Nek (lst Bo€r war). dd a Frencb
Foreign ligion gme. Thee wa also a smatteringof WW2 gdes,
and sone sci-fi.
The othernain denonslralion8me was a 25lm rccreationof Litde
Big Hod, played alrno$ on a one-tGotrebasis.What impressedme
aboul this wd the fet that it *as played oDt on severdltables,with
gapsbetw@r them,to allow the playersto moveabout.The 8me was
hosted by author PetePam.i who conducteda seminaron the real
batde a! $e gme prcgessed.His andietrcemust have leamedsome
lessons.sinceon the occasionI watched,good old G. A. C. re-wrote
hisiory and won the dayl
Indeed.Fall ln went in for semind in a big way. with a numberof
colebritiesfiom the gming world holding forth. ud approprintefilms
shown in the evenitrg.This is sonelhin8 which the otd Warcon Eied
over hercfor a while, but olhevise doesn'tsem to havecaughlon in
the UK: ashde, since dot onty didn gile acc€s!to the gDeslVIPS,
bur it also madefor v&iety. {d spicedup the we€kend.It wd !ice,
sonelimes, 1omove away fom the lable-top, dd kick dound a few
ided abouthistory h its oM .ight.
It wa not until the lsr day that I got the chdce to visit the
batilefield which I had pronised myself, and I must confes il proved
a mthera disconcertitrgexp€nence.As I say,I had a nm impresion of
the battleiield h my imagidation,but despitefte facl ftar I knew il wd
America's most visited battlefield - tluee million people a yed,
appendy I wasstill takenabackby the practicalinplicanons of this.
While much of the temin has hedly changed- and actDallyseems
quit€ snall for ihe ntrmberof men engagedthe.e. over a tre€'day
period - I was surprisd, for one thing. by the numberof mefronah.
Most of these are historical. ereled within the tife-time of the
combarants,bur it wems that everycorps,division, brigade,regiment,
banery,colonel, aDdhero. hashis ndker In placeswherethe fiShing
eas ar its most intense, repl'ca guns me strewn abo acmss the
badefield, dd mo.unents N placeda1the rate of one for every 50
ydds. Children scrmbled amonglhe bouldersat Devil's Den. playiDg
in the reconstncted embrdure where one of the most fdous Civil
Wd photos tbe faked deadConfederatesnipel' ' waslaken.A sleady
strem of cds travel the minor road! betweenthe liees, slrikngly
beaulitul on a cled autum ('faU'l) dar which give accesslo the site.
A fit niddle-aged lady jogged pat a battery of 12 pdrs, with her dog
runningbesideher.The clDmpof lreesin the Union centre- which Lee
directedhngsheer ro iake, resDltingin Picken s charge still stands,
mdked with a bugenonumenl which remembe6it 6 "the high-wat€r
naJk of rhe Confederacy'. Further monumentsde scatteredall abouti
lo Union generalsad batte.ies,or mdkitrg Oe spot where General
Amislead feU, trying to tum capturedUnion guns on their fomer
owne6. To m outsiderlike myse|J,it was all a bir over-powering tbe
battl€field seemedpositilely clutlercd. Worse, just due€ or four
hundred ydds from this spot. surcly sone of tunerica's nost
''hallowed
eround", there stmds a clust€rof restaurantsand souv€nir-
shops1ocatq for the rouists. I had had sone waming of this when I
pdsed tbe hoddings on tbe approachlo the banlefield, suggestinSI
diop in, morg othe6, ai GenerallJe\ Gen€ralStore. Used 1o the
rcsdaintof Britih sites- o. is that perhapsinditrercnce? I found it a
little difficult to enjoy GeneralPickett\ Butret, stddirS, 4 it dcs, on
some of the very ground where his Division was d@imated g@d
thougbthe food udoubtedly was.Time m oul beforc I hadtime to 8o
md view the famous Philipoteux cyclma, or ciimb the viewing
tower which stanatsout abovethe tees on the CoDJe.leEtePositions-
ln the end, Falt Inl had proved to be a reveahS, enjoyable,dd
rather knackering weekend. In keeping with my Seneral senseof
utreality, I mmagedto rctum without a single postcdd of the sites- I
left il to tbe ldt minute,{d tbe souvenirshopwas shutl ' dd lmded
ar Gatwick an unfe3ribly short time aftq t had left.
PerhapsCol. Frcemdde had lhe samesens of cult@ sh@k like
me. he w6 no doubt redsurcd to get hometo a nice cup of tea.
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THE WARGAMES HOLIDAY CENTRE

199EPROGRAMME

Weareproudropr€s€nt
oursch€dule
for thecomingy€nr.rhesixlhfrll progralnme
underthejoinl
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Thevariou!newbatllesrrc haveofrered overrhep6slcoupleofyears.together withtheoldclassics-
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to atlend.In orderto avoiddisappointm€nt againlhiscomingye€r,mayweuryeyoulo bookearlyfor
yourfavourite games bothnew,nd old
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Maps for the wargamer The be$ mapsfor our needsaie relatively large scaleotreringsat I
b1t to 50,000 (or even b€tter 25,000.) A Inap on this scale provides
*onderfut detail for planning manoeuvresand laying our scale
fobn Laing
A hbletop wargane banlefield is a form of 3 dinensional nap.
Mapsde tu impontut ad frequendyov€rlookedapect of the conduct Remdkably ofleD. this "map is at a scal€appMching I to 1250.I
of military opentions and planning.Th€ possessionof quality mapsof suspectthis is becans effectivemusketrifle rdge of 100 300 metres
lh€ coinbatlheatrehas beena najor facto. in ihe successor faiture ofbecomesroughly l0 to 40 centimelies.These@ convenientdistd@s
battlesthroughouthistory In the Battteof the Bulge the a lack of @ps,
for niniatures. D€signersusually conform to the need to repr€sent
both in nunbeB ad detail, sriousty hmpered the Gel]rfu bliEkieg snall arns with tbis sort of parunetrq hence fte scale. This scale
incidendy,is a cormotr map rnakingand nod€lling scale.Bur for our
Lik€wiw, the hobby of wdgding m.kes extensiveDseof maps. purposesa good mapat 1 to 25.000or 50,000scaleis quite ad€quate
Thes€re usd to unddtatrd the history of the cepaign ir question, sinceit givesdelails of hilh. built up areas,and roads,bridg€setc. A I
to cMte lheatresin which to set our Gemi) fictional cdpaigrs md to 1250scalenap is &tually mosdy white if it isnl built up.
finally to setup the @tualtabletopon which ou miniahnesqill act out A usetul calculatiotris the geographicalsize of our tabletopat this
the batde-It males litde differencewhetler our campnignsand bardes scale.l€r us dsme a table of 6 foot by 12 foot (or 2 metresby 4, for
are historicatly basedor fictional. easeof calculaion). This ielatively l€rgetablecomesout at 2-5 km by
The purposeof ihis article is to prcsentsomemap concepts,their 5kln. This is very rougl y abouta third of fte lenglh of lhe battle line
polential uses,and sourcesof supply.
JNt as in rcal wadre, wdgmers needmapsfor good redobs. We
SCALES r@d to mdeBtdd or conductthe cdpaign that brirgs aboutthe batde
to be fouSht ad secondly,we need to nnderslandin the Sreatest
The scaleof a mapis describedasa ntio b€tweena unit of distdce on
posible detail the natureof the field on which ou mhiahne wdio6
the printed map dd the distdce it rcprcsenisin the real world, For
will cometo grips-A poorly laid out batdefieldwill give a wrong feel
irstdce. a comon scaleis I 1o50.000.This mems lhat one unit of
mqsDreme on the map suface - say one centimetre- standsfor
I m usDallydisappointedat the quality of mapson offer in the ndy
50,000 of the sme DniI on the 8rcund. ThDs,two centinetres on the
nililary historiesI read.I suspectihat the bdic cluse of this is simply
mp de the equivalenlof one kilometE.
that quality canographyis €xp€nsiveandhistorical cartographydoubly
One 1o 50,000 i! probably the connonesr scale for showing
so. Thus. most books nake do with what are essentiallytracingsof
militdily usetul detail. The British OrdnanceSurvey was fomed in
profesioml mals with inportdt .letails inposed on them.very often
l79l to assist British prcpdations agaiNt French invasion. The
topogaphical detail is omitted'Tor cldity'. So re f:ms. dd other
produdion of accurat€maps of soulhem Engled, allowed B.itish
featurcsmentionedin the text. Thesebook maps@ stiu very usetul,
generatsto plu fixed defencesdd lotential batdemdoeuvres. These
bDt will be much more infomalive if nsed in coniunction with
edly @ps were drawDto the scaleof one inch (2.54 cm.) equalsone
profesional opognphic prodDctions.
mile (1.61km.).This rcstrltedin the awkwdd ratio of I to 63,360.Ir
w6 the genesisof the fmous 'brc inch scale" maps-
Napoleotr,by the way, was himelf very awde of the impondce of SOURCES
maps.ChaDdter( 1966p.3?1) hasdescrib€dBacler d'Albe, headof tbe The fist rule is to remeDberthat no nap is useless.Anlthing is
Topographical Offtce as "probably the most indispenable of better thr nothin8, so don t feel too prcud to scofl that Ii@ map of
Napoleon3 aides'. He paints a pictue of Bompane and d'Albe Holiday Ims on the hotel desk.Il might jDStb€ of good use someday.
crawling aboulthe flom on largescaremapsbumpinginto one anolher YoDwill be following in the foobtepsoflome very illusliious gene.als
dd sticking pins inlo key locations.It showsthe value of mals and (and thosewith bnd statr officers!)
Most counEieshale national napping agencies.An inquiry to fte
Napoleonuseda new forn of scalebaled on fte netric system.This mtion.l embdsy in you counlry will likely pul you tn toDcb.
systemof mearement wai approled by the leadeN of the French Mapping dep.nments have intemational a8remenh regardinS
Revolutior ed hd sincebecomeacceptedvinually world wide. The stdddds md conventionsso that mosr countriesproduce maps to
Bntish Ordndce Swey movedto full melrication in 1965.whereby comon scales.such as the 1 to 50.000 mertioned edlier These
the one inch scalebecme l/50,000- aSenciesde highly pofesional dd their otrerirgs containa wealthof
Maps comein all scales.wllatever scareis usedis a conpronise of lopographicalmd olher delail. At hean mmy of theseorSmisations
someson. "lr8e" scalenaps tue those which nse a lor of paper to eist to prcvide military mapping, so tbat the maps show militdily
represeDta given moDnt of real temin- "Small" scalemapsput a lot relevmt detail a a Drioritv.
of teGin into a rclatively small mounl of mapspace.Wbenpresented
6 a ratio, this appeds to be backwards,sjnce a 1 1o25,000 scaleis
"largef thana 1 to 1,000,000sale. The besl way to think of it is that SOME USEFUL ADDRESSES
if you eere to .epresetrta kilonetre squre a l&ge scalemap would CANADA:
needa lot moe paperthu a smal scaleone. Cdada Map OfFce. Departnenrof Energy,Mines dd Resources,6 t5
This neans ihat a largescalemp will tell you "more dd moreaboDt Booth St-, Otlaw4 Ontario,KIA OE9 Cdada
less and tess'. In olher words. yo! ce display mucb greatermouts While I can't think of too nany campargnsset in C€nadq I have
of infomation about a given bit of teEain. but at the cost of always thought of using a l/5m00 scale of a p.n of Cdadim
rep.esentingody a small squN of a ldger @a. emptynessas a setdngfor a SciFi gme.
There @ atwayscomprcmisesin the compositioDof dy map.The
pmduction of a Mp must be govemedby the use for which it is T.RANCD:
inteDded.Mdy comonly availablemaps {e rcad maps. Often the Institut GeographiqueNational (IGN)
makeB of thesemaps suppresscontoun (rhe represemationof hills). 107,Rue de la B@tie 75m8 Pdis, Frece
forestsand other details in the inErest of clarity for road systemsdd Mmy seriesof mapsin all scales.Omge Sdes at 1/50,000,BlDe
urban aEas (md lerbaps printing costs)-This makesthem of linited series at 1/25,000. Green Series l/100,000, and Red Series at
usefor our purloses.(Mind you, mdy actualbatdesbavebeenfought l/250.000. Many o$ers.
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JtErsH-EL-ARABT
Rules for Refighttng Actlons from
Allenby's Palestine Campaigns of
r9l7 - rgra
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Daaid. Bickley
INTRODUCTION
The rccetrtrcleae of figues in ny favourite25lm scalefor the Great
war in Palestine in 1917- l9l8 by Titr Soldier'se theirad in tbe
Atgasr.opy of WarSanesIIIUrl/at?d Ekindled a domdt intercst
md snt me scurrytugfor the cupbodd wh@ I storc my unnnished
prcjects.Sm enough,therewerea set of rules I had be€nworking on
whenI lhoughtthat I might like to extendmy interestin wargamingrhe
Great War fiom the WestemFrcnt of 1914 - l9l5 to the Palestine
thenre of opemtions.My original enftusiasm bad lapsed when the
prcjeted line of 25Im figures did nol appetu Entbusialn had briefly
flickercd whenDaveAn.lrewshad stanedhis excellenrWorld War One
rdge for WaigamesFoundry, only to die again when the range
fajtered.Now rhe adventof a considerablerangeof figures makesrhis
a viable proje.t again, so I sharethe rules thmqgh the pagesof this
nagazine wi$ any oder enthusiastfor this period.
In witing a set of rules fo. actions in the Pal€stfte th€aE€ of
operationsit is necessaryto aclnowledge the pnticuld natrc of tbe
conllict. Of Alletrby's victory Liddell Hart itr his flBrory ottn. ri6,
WorA War wrtte, "Surpris md nobility had virtualy wotr the
At the wd's outset,a condilion of lrench qarfde exisled, wilh d
emphdis on tbe use of heavy anillery md infanr.y to b.eak the
deadlock. much as had evolved in l9l5 on the Westem Front.
Ther€aller,lhe elementsof a mobile force - cavatry.airccft, mour€d
cds dd a snall forc€ ofAnbs - a small proponiotrof An€nby s overal
force (12,000 horde to 57,000 infantry and 540 guns) achieveda
victory over a stubbombut increaringly demoralisedeneny. {For a
detailedaccountof fte war's progressI refer read€rsto ihe exceleDt
Arearrt n/a. by David BqUockud publishedby Btmdfordl
A set of ruleswhich setsout to coversuchdiveBe elemertsmlst try
to take accountof all rclevdt factoB in slriving for a baldced gme,
allowing the TuKsb players to enjoy the opponunily dd challenge
along with the Imperial Cotmmders- Theseoles de set al brigade
level, md should producea esult in sometwo to thEe hous of play
with a minimal amouDtof paperwork-
In consdlcting campaignor gme scendios you &e advjsedto take
note of the fotlowing facto6:
i) The Bntish / Inperial forcesenjoyeda sulerioriry over the enemy
of2:1,l@ally often5:1 by 1918.
ii) The Turks had timited mobility md etr@liveair support.
iii) Tu.kish Foopsin defensivepositionsproveddetemined &d
capableoppon€Dts a at Gua on 23.3.1917
iv) Tbe Arab forces- underFaisaland Lawrcnce- werean ireguld
force besrdeployedin Fi( afrbusho. flarlk attack.There
"posible" appearanc€ otr fte table addsan elenent of uncertainty
for both sides!Within the planningof ary gametherc is a scop€
for aclionsinvolving infanEy,tanks,aniltery, cavalry,mourcd
cms, aircmft, railways,water suppliesand ambush.
A BRIEF OUII,INE OF TIIE CAMPAIGNS IN
PALESTINE
Turkey ent€.edfte GreatWe with d attackon Russiaon 29.10.1914.
Britain delffed wtr on Tukey on 5.111914.Britain perceivedTurkey Turhsh Infanlry
a a threat,ttuoughil! provincesof Palestineand Mesopounia. to the
Suez Cbal and the vital oil supplies at Abado. Defen@ of these
inrereslswasto leadto an attak on two fronts.This sumary confines
itself to fte actionsof Palestine.
OD 3.2-1915tbee British divisions md fte Canalstoppeda Turkish
probing attackby a force of some10.000ned hnailia. As troopswere
withdraM ftom the ill fated Gallipoti ventue the gafison in EglTr
increasedin streogth.tn 1916the E$?tiaD force was able to mole on
to the offensive, defeatjng the Tuks ned R'llrwi ud rcaching El
AJishby 20.12.1916.
On 26.3.1917an alsault on 7,000 Turks well dug in at Ge wd
rcpuked with hearT losses,altough fte Inperial force enjoyeda 2 to
I advetage ir idmu] dd a 12 to I admtage in cavalry.
tn June l9l? Genral Alletrby dived to takecomand of the force
whicb then wd to comprise seven iddtrf ud tbree mounted
divisions,in all aboul 100.000.OpposinShim wasvon Ludendorfwith
some36.000men.mostof whom wereTuks-
On 31.10.1917Allenby surprised the Turks md routed tbem ar
Beenbeb4 lhe toM itself being taken by a cbdge of the Australid
Light Holse. On 7.11.1917the Turks were forced to evacuat€Gaza,
wlich two fionral attacks had failed to take.By 9.12.1917Allenby had
mmoeuvred the enemyout of Jerusalen-h this md subsequetrt siag€s
of the cmpaign the guerila tacticsof the .kritlr -el- ,4E i (The Amy
ofThe AEbo played a significdt part.
In a fierce dd tunous canpaign betwefl defeating fte Turks at
Meggidoon 19.9.1918 dd 26.10.1918 Allenby'sforcesrep€aEdly
outM@uvrcd their retreating opporcnts, who finatly sued for an
Amistice otr 30.10.1918.Duritrg 38 days the Bntish atrd Inperial
forceshad advmcedovq 350 miles od takenover75,000prisonersat
a cost of tessthu 5,000 c4ualties-
The mdy smaller actiotrs which took ptace in this theatle of the
GrcatWd will makefor intercstirg gmes, with vdied combtuations
of forcs deployedmd problem to be solved.The gmes wil proveatl
lhe moreenjoyableif providedwith carefirliy thoughtout scenanos.To
aid the players(or Unpircs) who undenakethis lask a numb€rof maps
de included with the text, togerherwith the coDposirionof the larer
Brilish ed Impenal Forces.
GAME BASICS
TYoopTyp€s
'Ihe
troops d€ployedby the two opposingforces in Palestineduring
1917-1918were nany md Eied. In tle Bnlish and Impe.ial
commd they ercompdsed the elementsto be found on the Wesiem
Frcnt also: infdtry, cava]ry.field dd hearT artillery the tark md
aircrafi. They turther included forces dnwn from Indi4 the New
Zealdd Mounted Rifles dd fte Ansbalim Lighl Hors. Elementsof
the French amy werc represenredwith the Spahis.More exotically
they encompasedthe Cmel Corps dd, of cours, the AEbs of the
Hedjaz under Faisal od tiwrcnce Increaing use was madeof the
moured cd in the DesertColum, which also madewide use of ai!
supportfor scoutingdd hanfing the Turks. Enginee6 dd sappeB
played m impondi rcle. Roadswere poor md few in nmbe.: lighl
nilways werebuilt to speednp movement.Waterwas vital, espeially
to the cavalry.Indeed,one attackon Gda had beetra failure due to the
cavalft lack of waterfor their mounts.
RanSedagainstAltenbyt 100,000werc som€ 36,000 Turks,
Cemans and AusFians, atrhough rhe latter were alnost enrirely
technicaltroops. Turkish infantry proved doggedin defencebut deir
cavaby w€rc generallyconsideredto be ineff@tive.As the campaign
progressedthe Tub enjoyed tess od less air suppor! so vital for
scounngin the desertsedt of the Jordd.
Balanciog the forces eneageddd their deploymentwill b€ very
inportot to the game\ ptayabiliry ud the participants'enjoyment.I
would suggestsomepoinls value altocarionfor the vdious elemenls
z
Infetry in d€fensiveworks l
Cavalry 3
Mehine-guD section 3
 Artillery section 20 counter charging should m@t at some midway point appropriateto
BntisMmperial Infanry 3 $eir relative speeds.termin type and other modifiereb€ing taker bto
YeomanryCavalry
ANZAC Cavalf 5 y) Other movement- following doubleor chdge movementall other
Machine-gun Section 5 units wishing to move,or com!€lled to moveby Morale ReactioD,now
Artilery S@tion 25 make their on tabte novenent- Units should move in a sequenceof
Amoued Cd 15 Rout; Pmuir; Retirc: Follow up; Rally; and Normal novenent. Since
Mk W Tank 30 ALL movementis theoretically simultdeous, units shouldnot occupy
3 giound being crossedby other units without calcDtatingthe eount of
Machine-gutrsection 5 novenent lost becauseof interferencefron other mils.
vi) Test MoEte Redtion of units chaiging or Dndertue for tbe fisl
Aircraft Scout/ Fighter 100
time - ey unit attenlting a charge in the game. and surering AI
Arab Fighter 5 LEAST one casualryin fieurcs. musr now lest its morale reaction to
detemine if it witl chdge home o. go to gound shon of its obj*live
SUCGESITDSCALES (Infdtrr) or halt short of the enemy (Cavalry,or any unit in coDnter
a) Fisurc scale cbdge). Suchunits may not of cou6e tue, as that phaseis past! Such
I Infantry Figure haltedunits receiveNO bonDsin my Esulting combatl
lMachine-gun&2crw vii) CloseCombat- any unitsin bale-to-bse conlacl mustnow esolve
I Cavalryfigure the outcomeof their combaL
I field gu & 3 cEw viii) TestmoraleReactionof Losersin Combat,to Ratly from Rout or
I Afrourcd car or tank I amoured ca{ or tank fron Punuit ' all unirseligible in thes caregoriesMUST now testtheir
norale reaclion.Resullineaclion wil @cu in the rcxt bound.

b) Ba!€ sizes MOwlIENT

Infanry 20 x 20lm
Cavalry 25 x 40lm
Within the conrext of the otr table movemert of units, teEain is
Machine-gunsection
mdersr@din the exbnr b which it modifiessuchmovement,typesof
20 x 20lm
fomation, or evenaccessto sometypesat a[.
AEb Cavaly, Cmelry 25 x 45lm
Roadlnracks - were relatively few in nuber dd poor ir quality
Amourcd Ce, Tank.Limber As apprcpriareto model
droughout rnuchof Palestine.Dust in suchsituationscould well reveal
mo\emenrandhamper\i.rbil'ry.
c) Equipment
Cros Country/Gully all movementover suchground as units nay
RDler: mmk€din Metric or Inpenal uni$
crossin reaonable order
Dice: 10sided(1)
Slopevscflb^Vooded A4- suchgendeslopes{e 6 accessibleto
8 sided(l or 2)
uiis wishinSro relain g@d ordtr Scnb being dea of bushes,s?me
6 sided(lorsl)
treesdd goDps of cactii. Such teEain types may not b€ crcsed by
4 sided(l)
deN fomatioN, suchd the colum. W@ded e€a might be larger
Av€rage(2)
grcups of trees,sDcha orcbardsof fig or olive trees,or w@ds in the
d) Movenent and Range Measur€n€ntl
Obstacles - those features which obstruct md disrupt troop
In lheserut€sAl-L measwment distancesfor movemetrtmd weapon
movements- low walls: renchesi wire entanglemen$;str€ams;cactii;
mges de given b uits. This will enable playes the oplion of
h€dges(often rcund Fenchlinett ruins and intact buildings.
Imperial or Melric measuremenls,dependem on circDmsidces.
Soft saDd- in the more desend€6 of Palestinesoft, shifting sand
custom,or evenwhim! The lwo shouldNm be mixed.
was very disruptiveofnovenent.
It should be a point of honou amoDgstplayers NOT to measure
Riven - suchastheywft in the dry seson, lalketwice tbe mesmd
Enges but to estimat€ them, except in defeDsivepositions eeliq
distdce on the lable to mss.
prepared.Anillery tue MUST .angein on its targ€t a hit with the tust
salvo gains no advantage.that falls to ranged fire in the folowing
TROOPT\?ES AND FORMATIONS
The speedsal which dy unit may mdeow acrossthe tabletopwill
SEQI]ENCE OF PLAY be the result of its fomation, the t€min it has to crcss, dd its
irtentios. The vdious teEain tyles md their etrects oD movement
Play is simultaneous,wilh playes following the sequencebelow:
bavebeenouttinedin the prcvioussation. This sectionwiU dealwith
i) TestMrdle reactionof my unit wishing to Double d to Chdge to
the movemetrtsof the vuious fomtion tlpes in thosesituations.
Contact with thd enemy unit Any unit may make up to two
successivemovesby DoublinS.This needDotresult in conlactwith d
InfrDtry: Brtdsh / Imperial ,rd G€rman.
enemy unit. Sucb etion might be taken, for ddplq to s@re d
obj@tiveor to moveout ofenemy tue. Units which wish to moveinto
Skimish Orde. - figurcs occupy twice the normal hontage,that is a
contactwith d enemyuit mustdeclre their inrendonto do so at the
20Im gap betweeneachfigq.e baseif singly based.Any troops may
begiming of the bound.Testingthe reactionof units wishitrBto double
pds thmugh sucha fomation without p€nalty.Only troopsalrcadyin
c to chargetakesplaceat the begiming of eachboDnd-
this fomation nay CRAWL.
ii) TestMorale rcactionof unib in conractwilh the enemyfor the fist
Line - Foops in a CONTINUOUS single line of figures in bas€to
time or which de being charged- dy unit which is within a moveof
be contact.A unit may be in two deepline BUI the@mustbe a gap
the eneny ( nonal, double) must now test renction.Any unit against
betwen eeh line of at leat I / 2 md no moE thm a fuu move.In such
which a chargeis dectded must also test ils reetion rcw.
circumshncesonly the fonvmd line nay fire or €nt€rconbat.
iii) Chffge or double moves- following a successfultest in phNe (i)
Colum - a densefomation fo. the movementof Foops on the
unitsnow maketheir on tablemovemenrif chdging or doubling.Units
mech. It should have at leastconpany hontage ( 45 figures). Such
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fomations m very vulnemble to 6re dd have reducedfinng and Road/ lilcountry Slope/Scob /
combatcapac'ty.In ft* way only one ranl of rhe column Day either Truk Gully Wood Sand
fire or entercombat.If anacled in the flank or red ir MUST tate I / 2 Colum 9 7 4 2
nove deduction10choge face iD order 10rcply. Line 7 6 5 2
SKmish l0 8 7
Crawl 3 2 l
Road/ X/Countiy Slop€/Snb/
TEck GUU) Wood Bonu! 2 ) I
Colum 10 8 5 4
L i n e ' 8 1 lDfaDtry: dismounted A.abs
Skimish 12 l0 8 7 5 Arabs with their greaterfmilidilt with local conditions and temin
Craw 14 3 2 de consideredin theserules to enjoy a movementbonus in eilher of
their pemined fomadons of Skimjsh or Crawl.
As well as dy remin eflects deuiled abovethere arc other situations
in which deductionscone into effect. Road/ Vcounay Slope/Scrub / Obxade Soft
To changefomadon lake a half move deduction-This shoDldbe Tnck GuUy Wood Sand
logically consislenl.lt may lale place al fte beginningor the end of Skirmish t4 )2 l0 8 6
C r a w 5 4l 3 2 2
To lie down. stdd Dpor lneel nay only be doneby units nol in the
colum dd rakes4 from novemenl. 11is nor anticipat€dthal rhey would make either Double or Charge
To enter or leave buildinSs may oniy be arcmpted by roops in noveme disDountedod so they haveno bonusfor thoseactions.
skimish order ud takes3 frcm movement.
Therem circumstancesin which unils may wish lo nove ar a farter Cavalry - British / Imperisl and German
rate. ln the context of these rules this is possible by DOUBLING. ln lhis theatreof fte Grealwar the cavalry .m was neededin bolh
CHARCING. ROUTING or PURSTIING.Theseacdonswill uslnll] i1s mounredand dismounled .oles. I1s mounted fomalions may be
confer a movementbonDs- eifter the column. the line or skimish order (Its disDounted
To DOUBLE a unir may move for lwo sDccesive boundsar rhe movement is consideredto be as for Infanlry in Skimish Order
increaed rate,for exmple to achieveo objecdveor lo nole out of n covercdin theabovesection).
zone of fre. Doubling may ONLY occur if declaredand successfully A columnis a unil at leasttwo figuresdep ( e.g.5 x 2 nSuret all
testedin pbase (i) of thar bound.
To chargero contacta unil will havedeclaredand tesredils inlenl in A line is a sinelerark of fi8Dresall in bNe ro be conlrcL
phse {i) of that bound. Such chdges may only be made against a A skimish line is made up of figures ar rwice the normal line
visible enemy unit. No change of diEiion cm be made in their frontage.i-e. wi$ a gap betweeneachbale of equivalentsize.
opponen$nove. As the final 8 of a chd8e or doublemove.No bonus ln dismounEdordercavalrymoveat infanuy skjmish rate,but may be
is allowed downhill or oler obslaclesor in soft sdd- Uphill chargers in baseto baseconlacl.This givesthe following movementrates:
or doublersmoveat crosscoDnry rares.Any fomadon lying. kneeling R@d/ )i/Country Slope/Scrub/ Obslacle Sofi
or cmwling musl deductlo slandup before i( may charge. Track Gully wood Sand
Any unit routedby adv€Bereactionor by enemyactionwill movear a l0 - 8 4
greater speed.bu1 deducts a half move initially to chmge face or t2 l0 9 5
fomation if nece$ary.Any roDtinsunir will mole arcmls cohtry rale Skimish 16 l:l t 2 9 6
in skiimish ordea only adding lbe bonusin fte nr boundofrout. At
leasl 2 boDndsof rout MUST be madebeforen unit widrout pursueB To mourt or dismoDntrcquires a mole deduction of 5 from the
my anempllo rally. Rallying rouers de dsumed lo do so in Skimish appropriaterate. Chdges of fomalion lake a half nove and. as wirh
ordermd mDsrfterefo.e takea half move10choge infomation before irfdtry, musl be consislent Only one chmge is pemircd in any one
moving off in ey other fomation.
Rallying iakes a whole bound ed precludesany ofter acnonsin There will be @caions when molnted fomtions will wish 1o
CHARGE TO CONIACT with an enemyunit o. moveat an mceased
All units MUST pu6De enemy units whicb they have routed in Gte in ROUT of PURSUT.
coDba!EXCEPTthosedefendingsuchposilionsar renches.who have A CHARGE must havethe intention of contactinga visible enemy,
the optiotr to srdd their ground. Again, renenber tlle half move qith the final 8 of movementbeing in a stFight line. NO cbargebonDs
deduclionlo chmge faceor direclion. Pmuing uniB de consideredto is confeEed DOWNHILL, in SOFT SAND, or ove. OBSTACLES,
be in skimjsh orderbut on Rallying my fom into line at no deduction even though the unit will count as chdging in morale reaction tests.
if the player wishes.Units who pmDe MUST do so for at lea$ one ChargesUP HILL are madear the nomal CrossCountry Ete.
boundbeforeanemptingto Rally. Rallying pD6ue6 may Rally on the In ROUT a mountedunit nust deducthalf a Dove. if n@essary.to
spot or up to half a moveback ftom the poini they-havereacheda{ the cheee dnedon or fomation. Any routing unit will moveat the Crcss
end of that boundof pu.suit. Courlry LINE rare wi$out deductjonsfor other termin efects and
only adding a bonusin the 6r$ bound of Rour Any unit which rallies
Road/ )Vcountry Slope/Scdb / from Rout will do so in LINE on fte sporir hasreachedby rhe end of
T@k Gully Wood Sdd lhat bound,dd facing the eneny.
Bonus 3 2 2 Mounled lniB MUST PURSUE any eneny rhey have roured a a
rcsull of combal Again d initial d€ductionnust b€ nade fo. changes
Infantry: Turk in direclion or fomation asnecessaJy. Dismountedcavalry needNm
Movementdistancesfor Turkish units will ditrq from thoseof their pDrsDe,but if lhey do they should deduct 5 to mount up. The inirial
oppotrenls.As the 1917 -1918 cmpaiSned proeressedlhe Turkish boundof Punuit will be at fte appropriaEtermin €te with the added
forcesbecde increasinglydenoralisedandlessableto comba!eneny BONUS.Mourted uDitswhich Rally ftom Pmuit may do so op to half
initiatives in tne mobile wd. Theserules attemptto Eflect tbis by a a move back from lhe spot reachedby the end of that bound, in
Drodqctionin their on table movementDotential. sldmish or line formation asthe player wishes.
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Road/ Y,/CounFy Slope/Scrub
/ A.lillery units de NOT pemitted lo move over OBSTACLESor in
Tnct cuuy Wood Sand SOFI SAND in dy fomation or circt(stances.
Bonus 5 5 3
CameuMule lt.Dsport
Crwlry: I!.kish Amunition suppliesor casualriesmay need represenringon rhe
Agrn. theseunits wereinferior to rheir oppone.ts.This is reflectedby tablefor somescenarios.Suchelemenrsmoveat ft€se ra@s:
a reducedmovem€ntEte: Road/ Xcounry Slope/Scrub
/ Obsrlcle Soft
Road/ )Ucounrt Slopdsctub/ TEck Gully Wood Sand
Teck GuUy \\'o.d Sand T r d s p o n l 0 S T - 4
Colum 12 8 6 3
Line I0 ' 7 4
NO transponelem€ntsmay moveadoss Obsracles.Thereis NO bonus
SKmish 13 12 l0 ' 7 5
tb. rcut md Transportmay neith€r Chargenor Pursue.Movementis
alwaysat lhe app.opriatetemin mre,
Bonu\ 4 J 2
Motorised Trarsport
Motorised nansporrshoDldno! rcadity be available to Tukish or
Arabs, whethermounledon ho6e or camel.m allowed o inc.ea5ed Arab units.pernapsjusl a iew to supplebemthe animaltrmsport. Such
movementrate to reflect rheir prcbablelcal knowledgeof ledain and elemenrsmay only moveover the following teEain:
condidons.They may move eirher in a MASS (All fi8ures in baseto
basecontacoor in SKIRMISH fomation. as for other monntedunits. Road/ )t/Country SloF/Scob/
Road/ Xcou.ry Slope/Sctub
/ Obstrcle Soft T@k Gully wood
Tnck cuuy wood t 2 6 4
t2 9 4
Skirmish 18 No bonusis allowed for in Ront. Suchelementspill always move ar
l6 t2 1 0 8
fte appropriatetenain mte.
Eeh bound AI,L motorised elemenrsmrst lesr for mechdical
2 1
failure. Thiow a D x l0 for each elemenr. A I wilt indicare a
As for otheruniB NO botrDsis p€rmittedoverobslacles.o. in sofr sand, brealdown. ln such a casethrow a D x 4 to indicarethe nunb€. of
boundsa repair will take.Suchelenents may ofcouEe be abddoned_

Artilery - All NatioDs

AJtillery is consideredro be eithe. ho$e dnwn, mule or cmet bome, Smh vehiclesplayedan acnverole with the DeserrCotunn and with
o. mmhandled.Only Aiillery which is represenredon the tableropis the AFbs h ftei actions in the Hegjaz. md easr of the Jo.de.
coveredby theserules. Sectionsconsistof one dodel gun dd c.ew of Amourcd cd may moveover the foUowingrerain!
$ree. togetherwirh linber or orhe. meos of ll-dsport. No ani ery is X/Coury Slopdsctub/
permittedto move over obslacles,Any Arrillery noving inro or out of
action MUST dednctfiom ils appopriate movemenrrate: 1 4 8 6

To nnlimber minus6 There is no bonusfor ROUT or for Pursuit,the velue€s e dsumeo

Anillery which is hoBe-drawn ha the addirionat bonDsof an to always m.(e their best speedin the circunsrances_As tor other
ACTION MOVE. This may be decl@d s for a chargeor double,at motori*d tanspo.t they mDsrdice each boDndfor bEaldowns and
the beginning of a bound and is subjecr to a morde reacron rest.
Following a succesful result a secriol or banery may make rhe full
move, plDsoy bonus,lnd end deployed,readyro fire next Dove. tn The Mk IY
othe.circudsianceanillery may mole up to half a move,includine While nor widely aviilable some were presentat ibe seconddd
deductions for unlimbering od fire ar half effed. No .niuery is third batdesof Caza.Onelnnk on the rablemight makefor a vari€ddd
pemitled to limbe. and unlimber in rhe sme bound. rDlercsnngsceneio.Again. lbe breakdowndd .epan rules nust appty.
Limberedunirs Routedd a €suh of adveBenoEte rcacriondo so Movemenris pemitted as b€low:
at Roadspeedove. all terain permined,bul only with a bonusin the Road/ &Counr.f Slope/Scrub/ Obsracle
first boundof Rout.Any unlimbercdunits which re rcuted mustleave Tmck CUU) W@l
their euns.Limbe6 rcut s abovei crew d Infanry rcuteB_Captured T a n k 8 6 3 2
gunsmay belaren awayby limber o. manbedled by two crew figures.
Anillery unnsNEVERpuBue. FIRING
B.itish / Inpe.i.l or cerm.
Tht rcr'on.onside^ rhe etrecr\or firepo{er for Intann}.cavalry.
Road/ X/Counry
:"". machine-guns.
mourcd cd.. anillerydd lanlj. Aircra4 erlherwiLh
T{ck CuUy machine-gunsor bombs,aE coNide€d lep@tely at rhe end of tbis
l0 I -
sctim-
MaDMule 6 l
IDfaatry, dirnount€d cavdry rnd amourta cars
I Infmtry dd cavaly fireposer is consideredin theserulesro include
Ilrrkish the pistol, grenade or bonb. and the machine-gun.Alt resulting
Road/ X/Counr_1 Sofr c6ualties m expcssed in whole figures for playability. Firing is by
Tnck cluy Sand ELEMENT. 3 6gues for B.iristL{npe.iat or cemd Infatrtry. :l
Limbercd l0 8 figms for Turks, Anbs ind all cavalry.For cavatryevery fifth figue
MaDMule 5 3 ? _ shouldbe designaredasa ho6e holde. For moured cus eacbmodel
shouldcounras a Dachine-gunsection.
I - Although fircpowe. war very nuch more deadly ftm in edlier
conflicts. playeB musr remenber that fft is limited by visibiliry of
target.Rmges havebeendesignedwith this in mind: BritisMmperial l3pdr dd l8pdr, the Frerch 75lm, the Gel]tw
Shon Mediun Long 77mm and the Turkish Krupp 75Im field snns-
Pistol o-2 Unless a battery or section is in a prepard defensiveposition all
0-3 anillery 6re Inust be by estimatingtne rangedd thereforetugin8 in
Rifle G.l0 to,r, 2540 on targets.Oncefire hasbeenrangedin, thenetrectctu be resolved.
0-20 20-30 30-50 RancesandArcs of Fire are as follows:
AE ShoftRmge LongR&ge
In addition infantry or dismountedcavalry nay only fire at targets
Britisbtnpuial 13/l8pdr 35o 0-85 85-200
within their arc of fire. anoured cars baving 360 degees of tue. Arcs
French?5Im 35' 075 75200
are measuredliom a line at 90 degees ftom a unifs front:
German77nun 35" o-'75 75-250
Pistol 90o Turkish Krupp ?5mn 25o 0-100 l0Gl80
Grenadetsonb 10"
Resolution of Firing
Rifle 75'
Fisr estimalethe rdge from the batlery or sction to the t{get-
Machine-gun 45o
Then lbrcw lwo AveraSedice per tdget. To the resulting score,with
Infdlry may move up ro half a nomat move and still fire nr half T[rks only counling minusat Short Rdge, add or subtractthe tdget
etrecL No infantry unit moving over half a move may 6E in any rangefactorsa5$ey apply:
Shon t-ong
Stationaryfoot in the open 2 |
Resolution of firing Movilg foot in open/statiotreyin cover 1 0
For eachkrget throw two av€Egedico. with Turks ONLY counting St4tionarymountedin open 3 2
dy rcsulling minus at Shon Range- Moving mountedin open,stationaryin cover 2 1
Folowing tbe dice lbrcw the relevdt TARGET RANGE FACTORS Stationny A/cu, tank or truspon 2 1
de addedor snbtractedasthey apply: Moving A,/cd, taDkor t@spo.i I -2
Shoft Mediun L.ong
Sr2nding foorin open 2 | 0 To fte resulting score add or subtractthe situatlonal
apptyl
standiigin cover I 0 -l Against a d€nsetarget +2
StarioiarynoDitedin op€n 3 2 I Enfilade tue on any target +z
Battery^@tionin cove! +l
Standing in cover 2 | 0 Shrapnel against cover +l
Raged tue +1
To this tolal should next be addedor subtractedthe situationalfactoB A1 lonS rdge witb F.O.O. +l
as they apply: High explosiveagainsltdget in ihe open +l
Targetis in trench,ruin. or otherhard cover -2
TarSela densemountedunir +2 Battery/ section under fire -t
Eachelemenl/ amord cd firing +l -l
Targetdother denseunit +l Undercloserdge auack -I
Firing for tust time or from cover +l
Tbe rcsultirg numberwill be the numberof cdualties in fi8ues.
A€bs firine from cover +l
Stationaryamoued car firing +l
Fircrs wift restedweapons +1 Each aircraft model reprcsentedon the table coDnlsd eithe. one
Targetmovedover 6 or lies down -l machine-gun s€ctionor a haif sectionof aitillery. For a hit frow one
3rd o. subsequenlperiod of firing D6, scoring a hit with n I or 6. A 2,33 or 5 recordsa niss to the
,l cddinal compds points.AnolherD6 will delemine the meNE of the
Targetin skimish orderor deployedanilery ,l mi$. Thenfolow eitherthe infdtry or the etilery rules for resolving
Moving amoured cd or tank firing I
Targetin trench.ruin or earthwork I Saving Thmws (Optional)
Targetin building or other hardcover 2 In order lo detemiDe whelher casualties re killed o. mercty
The resultingnumberwiU be the numberof cdualties in figures.They woundedor suppressed, ptayes may wisb to follow thesedles.
cannotbe consideredsimply 6 aU having beenkilled. They witl also For €achunit sufferingat le6t on€cdualty liom tuing thow a D10.
include ftose woundedand thosestunnedor gone to ground.To this Consultthe following tableto detemine if the ihrow is succestul:
end,a savingthmw i! includedar rheend of $is secrionas an optional Densebody in the open
Mounted in the open/ densein cover 10
Artillery Skimish. Lying or C@wling 9t10
Anillery representedon the table may only tue on tdgets either In trench,ruin, or otherhdd cover u9t1,o
dnecdy viible or visible to its fovdd obsenationofficer (FOO) who (But untler shEpnelfire 9/10)
must be representedon the tabte by a figure. This figure may Dot be
Savingthrows do not apply to casualtiessufferedby Tanks,Arnoured
nore ftan 50 fiom the iiont of the Sectionor Battery.He mustatways
Cars.TransponElenents, Ancmft or Anillery in Linber
retire in the faceof aDenemyadvanceunlessin a secw post.In such
A successfulsavingftrow relult reducesa unit\ casualtiesby 50 %.
a circumsbnce a $row of 5 or 6 on a D6 wili indicate that
connunications with rhe artillery havebeencut. Etr€cts of Hits on Artilery, T.anspo.t, AmouEd (:s, TlDks Dd
Tants witl count as one section of artilery for every two nodels
representedon $e rable.Tleir rangeis limited to that of British l3l18 In order to calculatethe rcsult of fiE againstsuch units consull the
pdr field guns.The final p@edure is followed tbrcugh as for other er4ts table aier ttuowing a D6 for eachcdualty:
artillery firc.
The on tabte aniltery used in these rules idcludes the 1,2,3- onemobilirypoint
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4/5 - One mobility point and one dev calualty The resulting fieure, when divided by two. will be tne number of
6' Gun / vehicle destroyedand one crew casuallv casualliesin figues. Thesemay not be the subjectof savingttuows.

Eachelenent has the fouowing mobiliry ad crew: Rsulis of clN combrt

Amouredcar/ motorised transport -4mobiliry/2crcw In a conbat lhe side witl' the fewer casualtieswill be the winner. its
AnillertBattery/animaltrdsport -4mobiliry/9crcw oPPonentwill be the loser
Tank 3 mobility / 4 crew tosers are pushedback by 3. They ne€d not be followed up by
Aircraft - 5 mobilitt / I crew infantry or artillery in defensivepositions. Otnerwne aI units must
follow up tmps lushed back in combat.
Hirs on oobility pointswill havetheeffect of reducingmovemenlrates t se6 by twice N mdy as they inflict in that boud or lose6 in a
prcponionately, e.g. tank loses one Dobility point. rcduced to Z3 secondsuccesive bound of combar will RoDt.Again, infantry dd
anillery neednot ptrBueRoute6.
Su(h,aualr'er Da) nol be .ubJeclro "a\ ing throws. After tbree successiveboundsof combat.if there is no result, rhen
both sidesshould Rally back betweena half md a tuU move for the
Ammunition Rules (optional) terain type. The exceptionsto this nle de units @cupyinglrenches.
Player may wish, in a noFmlaign, to intrcduce d elementof posls,o. ruins or buildings.Thesekoops must hide and lhtrs may nol
munition sDpply to prcduce inleesting table top problems. The fire during the following bound-
pmcedm to follow is: Atl rcuters must be subjectto rhe routing movementinsauctionsin
For each Turkjsh unir thrcw an ave.agedice to detemine the the movemetrtsection.Pusueis movemetrtis similely defircd in the
numberof moles of firing. For all olher uniK throw two D8. aboves@lion of the rules.AJabsshould makeTWO movesof pursuit
Additional almmidon nay be brought!p fton brigadein D4 tqms. beforeatremptingro Rally.
Suchelementsmust be representedon fte table. Eachelemenrbrings Rout andpursuit mov€mentasa csult ofcombat will occlr in Phase
up 8 tums of infdlry or 4 tums of anillery firing- Only one atenpt (iv) of rhe followins bound.
may be madeto bring Dp suchmDnition for TUrksnot in defensive Ambs mighl opt for l@ling of TurKsi posilions rathe. the puBuit
posjtions,two by all olher units in all othercircunsbnces. ifthe playerswish. In suchatr agrcedcaseplayeE should imptemetrt
the two periodsof ?suit after one boundof l@tine.
COMBAT
MORALE REACTION
Therewilt be a numberof occsions duing a gme whenthe aclions
It is dsumed for the pDrposeof rheserules rhat close combarwill of a unit or Dniis will dependupon the faclon mund them. Such
@cu when one body is overrunby another for examplein a cavalry exremalfacbn will combineto determinethe responseof troops and
chdge or in infanEy assaultson defensiveposinons. their likely actions.\ryithin theserules thesefaclor m sumdised s
SuchclosecoDbarwilt invotveboth tuing md hmd rebdd combat the Dorale rqction of troops.
with the bayonet sword,revolveaIdce or otherweapontype.
No attempthasbeenmde to diferenliate belweenweapont)?es, it O(tsioN fo. t6tir8
being dsumed that troopswill makethe besl Ds of their weaponsand Thes rulesproposeeight circumstmceswhena uDit will eitherwish
or be coDpelledto test its ReactioDto extemalcircumstances.
Thew will rakeplacein eitherof Phase(i), (ii),(vi), or (vin) a
Troop valu€s: outlined in the Sequenceof play secnon.
To allow for differcncesin the abiljty of lroops lypes in conbat. ior The occasionsfor testinga unit's moralereactionde s sel out below:
nationalchdacteristics.md for weaponvdidce. toops aJeallocated
a bdic value d below: a) Trcops wishinSto chargeor double
Brilish InfdEy z b) Tmps in contacl with th€ enemyfor the first tim€, orbe g
I
3 c) Trcops ulder tue fo.lhe fsl time or chargineuits which e
2
2 d) Trcops uDdern&hine gun or artillery firc at any time.
2 e) Troopswho de losersin closecombat-
Brinsh/IrnperialAnillery z t Trcops uder aerial attackat dy tire
2 d Troopswith visible ftiends rcuted or destrcyedwithin l0
Turkish Infdt y/Anillery I h) Trcops wishing to rdly from pNuit or ftom un'pmued rcuL
0
2 (3 v Tuk!) Method of rcsolution
Ta*r / Amourcd cm 2 For eachunit which is to test its MoEte Reactionthrow one Dx8. To
ihe resulranrscore,addor subt!&r the situationalfetors d they apply:
Re-solutionoi combat
For eachunit €ngagedin clos combat,thrcw D6 (plus) dd one D +3 unianled Tuks in tenches, losb or prepded defences.
Alenge (ninut. To that scorc add lhe unit's Troop Valua. To the +2 othertr@ps in tenches, postsor prcpded defences.
resDlting score then add or subFacrthe situational facton a lhey Visible enemyrouled or deslroyedwilhin l0
applv: +l tmps in soft covs
Supponedtoops
+I For eacheleDentinvolvedin combat.tnce amed cavalry ! Trcops advacing
'nfantry / v fld* / v red of cavalf. Wimers in the prcv;oDs Visible enemyrednng within l0
-3 lessthm 30% original sEength(40%Turk!)
boundof combat.Combatv Disorderedenemy-
+2 Defeding trcnch/ post / ruin / building Turk routing
+3 Turks defendingFench/ post 2 underartillery / machine-8unfie / aerial attack-
-l Tuks arhckedin the op€n Trks attackedin the open.
-2 Any Foopsattackedin flark / red. Unit ro ing / visible ftiends roudng within l0
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-l TDrksarrackedin flank / reai during this conflicl. So much so thal cavalryattacksoftcn iailed
Unit rctiring/ visiblefriendsrednngwilhin I0 because lhe.e was nol sufficientwateralailablefor lhe mounrs.As
Su.pnsedby unseeneremyfire or attack rcadcommunicaions werevery poo.the foiceshadoiien ro buildo.
exlendthe .ail lirks in order1omole up menandsupplies.Such.ail
linkswereveryvulnerable lo enemyatlackandhadto bewellguarded
The final scorewill be rheunil's MoraleReacrionraringar rhatrime The scenariowhich is dedvedfrom theselwo areashasrruch to olfei
Consullthelollowingtable10deleminetheurit's.esponse:
Tr@ps in trenches/ posts/ cover

u3 hide(maynot fire or fight)

v3 rerne (may fire al r/2 eireco

Ttoops in other ci.cumlances

3| 4 no advance (nay fire)

Chargersflinch or go to ground
I I -3 retire (may fire al r/, etreco

I / les continuerour

3+ rally
2/ less pursuir
coDlinue
rs'i ^PPRo^cH8s
The restrltingrnoveme (if any)takesplacedD.in8phase(iv) oi th€
(i) or (ii)
iolloving bound,exceplfo. thoseunitslesing in phases
Troopswho hidearenorableto Iire orro fighrbackwhilsthiding.
Troopswho retiremusrdo so facingtheenemy.
Troopswho flinch musthaltat leastl0lrom rheirobjective.
Routing,puBuingandrallyingaredealtwilh in themovemcnt

Arabsshouldhavetheoptionofa movelootjngbeforeanypu6un.

MISCELLANEOUS
Terrain
ll will be well wonhplayerssludyingpenodphotographs. available
in such pDblicarionsas lhe TintesHistoa ond Ercrclapaedia af th.
Wai lo geta truellarouroflhe typcsoflerain theacrionsyere foughr
overCurent photognphs shoDldberrearedwith morecare,havingfar
nore in thewayof rnan-nade intrusions,
andespeciallymodernroads.

Anentionought,ifplayeG areseeking hislo.icalrealisn,to bc giren

lo ihe sttuctu.ingof the garneor campaignscena.io.This wo.k
includesseveralcontempo.ary naps and lisls oiroops prcsenrro aid
theprocess alongtheway.
The Turks *ill n8ht be$eron tbe defensivethan lhe offensile.
refleclingthen hisro.icalsihrationin l9l7-i8. Playe6mighrlike to
considerthe role of trenchcs.postsand works very carefullyin
balancing therable,topforces.

Players
*ho wish10makeuseof scendiosincludingthedeplolment
or Arab fo.ces will need to devise methods for deredining the
Iikelih@d of (hoseforcesappqringon the tableduringthe game.lr
Day be that even the threar of deploynent will provide rhe Turkish
player(s)wilhenoughproblerns. Ifrheydo nol aniveon tineorat the
corecl location,thal too will be enoughto test the qualitiesof the

ArabforcescoDldbeofparticula.int€restin lhe simulalionofraids

on communications.
supplydepots,aDdparticuldlywatersupplies.

Both eaier and railwaycommDnications

wereviral ro borhsides
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WRITING YOI]ROWN
WARGAME RULES - penr r l. The Dsrs of the nles de likely to be a limired circle of people.You
bjt coul.lnl expect1oplay them somewherelike a competilion,
Stepben Stnpson becausethey will obvioDdy not be known to otheB.
2. You migh nor be ablero useyour figureswilh otherrule seisif the
Over the yed I haverad in rhis illustrio$ nagazine nany anicles bde sizeswhich you usefor you rules aredifferent fion them.
which haveconsistednainly of a setof rules- a few of then haveeven 3- There is a posibility of disageementamongthe playersbecaus€
beenmine.They are qsually a most interestingrcad,prcviding a they theremay well be loopholesin a set of rules which you have
do a largesourceof ideasdd stimuhnotr.W.iting my own rules is for
me a significanl part of my wdgming. but I appEiate that for othe6 4- The rule w.ile. my ned 1oact 6 the mpire if a lot of peoplede
this may not be tne case.This mighl be beause they @ begimers to playing.
the hobby.or maybebecausethey re happywith the rules which they 5. The rules may requiredevelopmenttime whilsl playiry. whicb
cur€ntty uF. orjusl becausethey haven'taied it before.Over ihe ldt may detractfrom the gme in hdd or evenbo8 it doqn conpleiely
few yeds I haveplayed mmy gmes with a friend who lives locally. if the rules do not work.
We havecovereda wide nnge of periods,figure scalesetc.. and we Of coursesomeof the disadvanlages which I havelisted can apply to
have{ritten quite a few sels of rules. I find it enjoyableand.for me, oies which yoD cd buy as well. But this anicle is not about the
rule writing is on. of rhe key pdts of the hobbl I thought then that dgumenrsfor dd againstDsinSnlles which you cd buy d opposedto
rather $an just sendin a set of rules for publishitrg,I woutd try ud writinS you own tules. I use severalsets of plrchased rules in the
widen ny scopeinlo an articl€ wherebyI could Ey and p6s oD the gmes whicb I play and very g@d they de too. Indeedthere is not a
benelils of my experience,such ,! ftey nay b€, in the hope thar it lot of point h writing your own setof rutesif you cd buy a setwhich
migbl be of some Dseto often paiticularly if you hnvenl uied n m@t your pa.ticule needsat the time. I aD rct suggestingthat you
before.Readon 1o6nd out wharyou've beennissing should ody write your own rules- No, this article is about making a
What I inlend to do is slart by considering Oe advantagesand lositive choice to write you own rules wben you wdt to a a means
disadvanbgesof writing your own rules, followed by some gound of adding a new dime$ion lo the hobby.trot just replacingone set of
rules and then by how to define you objecriveswhen rule writing. rules,whereverthey cde from, with dother
Then I will describesomeoffte practicatiiies.I will follow rhis by way So lel\ say you havereachedthe point where you havedeided to
of €xampleswilh rwo ditrercnt setsof rutes which I use for the Fist wrire you own set of tules.What do you do next?I believethat therc
BoerWar andthe Wd of 1812.Pleasenotethat thesetwo setsof rules de two basicgroundrule! ro sun wift:
de inlendedto be illustrative exmples of wrinrg your own rules ed 1 Thereis no nght or *rong way lo srite your own rules and they are
de not intendedto be definitive setsof rules for eilher codflicr, not tikety to be .ighr fist tine. All players in a gme should
When describingeach set of nles I will explaid ny suning poinr undeBlandthis- The rule wnter offe6 the rules6 a betrefitto his or her
ad how I developedthe rules tlemselves.Obviously theserules are opponents,but shouldnol wrire them in the tusr placeunles the other
fte resulb of my particular approachand you ue sure to travel ir a playeG agee in advmce to try them oui. This aereemenlincludesthe
ditrerentdirectionahen you prcduceyour own. But thenthat is how it Dnde6idding rhar once ftey stan lo be Dsd all panies involved cm
shoDldbe, bftause putting your own individual slanp on the processis havean equal say in dy improvemetrtswhich may be required.Also,
a ldge pan of rhe point of doing it in the firsr place.So, l€fs begin. therc is rc excusefo. d argument.eithe. in the fon of u attact on
Whal are wargamerulesfor anyway?For ne $e purposeof a set of the ole writer or in the f(m of his imposiliotr of the oles on other
rules is lo provide a consistentrepresentationof a panicule aspectof people.In olher words hmony sball prcvail. Discussthe rules by all
warfmeso thai a gane can be playedto simutareir. This may sounda meansand work togetherto improvethem,bui do not havea go at each
bit grand.but I think that sumsit up. You cm. I imgine, try dd play other.The rule writer camot expecthis rules to b€ acceptedwirhout
wargmes without flles, bui this seemsro me like a difficull way of coment. b!1 neithershouldlhe otherplayeB pick holesin them.Once
going aboutthirgs &d somekind of frmeqork is Dsuallynecessaryin ptacedon the tabte the rules b@omeput of a ceopeFtive efrort and
order to eMble a gme to be played. pan of the freans to achievea soundgame,not an end in lhenselves.
So why wite you om? Herc @ a couple of lists of advetages
dd disadvantages which you migh! like to cotrsider 2. Tbe prccessofwriting the flles shoDldb€ lak€n seriouslywirhout
tatjng yomelf too seriously.A good sel of nles is an atienpt 1ocome
l. It is cheaperlEspeciallyif you re tryitrg to write rulesfor tmy up wilh an accumlesinulation. but lhey must be enjoyableto ule as
ditrecnt q?es of gme. well. This cannotbe be achievedwithout sone effon. Ruleswhich you
2. Your own rutesprovidethe mtural end point to you own resemh. cd buy have be€n kitten by p€ople who have often put in a
l. They enabteyou to expressyour own view of how the ga@ should lremendousmounr of work. including r€seaich and play Esdng.
Thercfore,be prepded to put work in yourself, although what you
4- They can b€ focusedon the mies which you actuatlyhaveand do comeup wilh in the end cd be a simple N you like. lt all dependson
noi ned to coverroop or vehicle tnes which you bavenot eot.
5. They cd b€ easierto oblain. b€causealthoughyou haveto sit The next steptben is to decide what you actually wdt to do, wbat
down dd site lheln, you do not actuallyhaveto go out md buy gmes you wmt to play ed wharyou wot them ro be like. Whal de
themor snd otr fm them. you. objectives?By takng sometime to considerthis you will help to
6- This may sen obvious,but oncewritten they are easierto ge1to eN@ that your nles th olt the way that you wdt themto. This my
knoq not jnst for you becauseyou srote lben, but for you. sounda bl aniicial. but I think that it paysto at lsst haveu idea of
opponentsas weil, b€causethey will havethe role writer presentin where you de headedd this will help you to focus wher the time
personftom whom they can seekclarification abouttbe difficulr comesto PurPento Paper
bits. Thereforc,pleNe considerthe followitrg checktist.The mwe6 witl
7. They can grow and evolvea you uF then. give yoD a fr-ameworkto work in and also help to identify any
8. Writing you own des requircsspecialresmh into lhe style of conshainb.There are rwo basicpoints to consider,what you want the
fte panicular warfarein which you are interestedandthis will iake gmes to be like dd the pracricalities:
you beyondunit si@smd unifom d€railsetc. if you nomalty stop 1. Wbat period of history do you actDallywmt the nles 1ocover?Is it
a brief conflict whicb may baveldted only a few weks or is it perhaps
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a penod of one or more centurjes?
2. Do yo! want the rules to cover just thi! period or lo be flexible
enoug) to extendro orh€rconflictsl
MILI-ART
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morc rcseNh in oder to tum your idea into a workable set of rules? Re.nypainrcn
For {070 1030 fl m f1.50 f1.75 12.50
How muchrcsedch @ you tu fact prepded io do?You wilt needto do
some in order to male you rules etrective,but de you selecting a INAPOLEOMC & S.YW FICURISiiCONNOISSEUR STANDARD
period which yoD alreadyknow or de yon staitirS froE scratch? An rrics incrudenlreoi ol rhe 6snre
4. what do you want$e gamesto look like? For ex€mpledo you prefd €0.55 m.65 !r.r0 11.20 [130 [2.00
hugeamies of figu.es,or perhapsskimishes? Mounred 0r r0 fr 30 {2 20
5. willyou beRcreanngdrual hisrori.alba le\or inventingyodr osn orde6 ov- Il m 5% discau
Oil.6 oEr1200 l0% disomt
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de yotr playing solo gmes? slolner disonnls do nor spply b lnn sp,{i?r ofiei
10. Do yoD wmt to bae youi fi8Dresso that they cm be Dsedwith SKIBBLDBARN,
other rulesor do your ideasreqfie a uniquebasingsystem? CASTALLACK,PENZANCE,
Most inportan y, whal do you actually annr fte gamesto b€ like? CORNWALL
"Ielt
This is the pivobl point of the {hole pro.ess. No nater whar you 01736731236
"QUALITY IS S'TANDARD'
actuallydo it hd to be drivenby soDekind of motive.Identify this and
it is your foundation for developmentand one of rhe mosr exciting
stages.This could be m inlerest in a panicula p€riod. but, whetr
wriling you own rules, it could just as easily be d mterest m a prcbably be surpriFd ar what you alftady know and fte idea! which
panicDld nle mehmisn which you wmt to try out. Some idas you may aLeadyhave.
developinto somethingbig, bnt othe6 may stay small ed not go very At rhis point I should s&n ny exampleki. of rules d ftis is the
fd. S@inghow ided developis part of the enjoymentof writing your easiest way to illustrate debils. But, before ftal here is a bsic
owr rules.You may of come haveothermotivations-You miShl move fraDework for land basedwarganes which may help. It is however
hou\ero a newma Md male a nes \rd in your qtuBding or you
mighl wdt li) explorenew periodswithour spendingtoo mDchmonet. Each gme can consist of a number of game tums each with the
Here are someexamplesof how lone of my ideashavedeveloped. sde setof slaSes, asfollows:.
l. An interestin Dased battles of the EighteenthCentury led ne to 1. Movement:start eachgme hm by moving the units. Cavalry ud
quite a Dajor prcject whereI producedtargeamies of quite smaltuniis vehicles@ likely to movefNter tbd infmtry, but the key thing is how
dd a serof rules which werc pnblishedin waryanes lusttuted No. fd the units cd move.This will dependon the size of your table and
75. how fasr you wmt the gmes to be played.
2. I haveusedtbeWd of l812 ro delelop a setof rulesround a centnl 2. FinnS: this can be done.after the Dovomen! by units wirhin range
deviceof a gadualed musketryroge so that thereis no long, medium ed able to fire- Usually someelementof chanceshould be included
or shon rdge. bul instead$ere is a moregradualchdge in the etrecl ed tbe use of dice wil come into this- This is importdt because
of nusket y over the whole of the possiblerange.Theserules aJein the withoDt dy elementof luck gmes will becomepredictableatrairs.
secondpan of ftis dicle. However,if tne etrect of the dice is too prominentthen the gamewill
3. I m cmndy working on a ser of rules for World Wtu II naval be dominatedby chdce at the expens of skill and tactics.
emes whee the key rule is ftat tbe playes haveto actually estimale 3. Melee Any units in contact re likely to be involved in hand-to-
the tu8e betweentheir ships dd those of the ercmy to detemine hand combat. This ca often be .esolved in n manner similm to
whetherdyllits havebeenmade. whatevermechanismis uled for firidg.
4. I thought that I was intercsredin wdgming the WestemFront of 4. Morale; At the end of each tum the morale of the DniIs cd be
World We I, but the moreI thoughtaboutit the moreI realisedthat it checkeddep€ndingon lheir experjencesdring fte om. This could
was rcally only the tarts which I wantedto gme with. In the end I consist of a seriesof factors followed {again) by d effect of chdce
developeda small scalegde which involvedtankscrossinga hexagon
grid which re?resentedno mmt latrd.This was tremendoustun and wlile wnting $e rulestry andbearin nind how compleletheyneed
also qDiteinexpensivelo b@1. to be. Do $ey needb be a! brjef a! possible,or m you lrying to cover
Wherever yon stait from, identiry your motivation ed go Aon as many eventualiriesar possible?Renenber to style the nles in a
there- It is diflicDtt to generaliseat this point as by definition if
everyoneapproacheslheir rule w.idng from a different stait place Both of my example sels of rules will be described under $e
everyonewill end up with a different result. But what should you
actually wrire in yoDr dies? ASain it is difficult to getreralise,but I l. The onginal motilation.
woDld slggest that yoD rcad d much dd s widely N posible, 2. The reqonedrese@h.
paiticuldly in wdSmes maguines. Use your ima8ination.You d 3. Assemblingrhe wargmes arnies.
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4- Key facroB in the rule d€v€lopment. Fooi and unlimberedariillery 6'
5. The rLtlesthemselves. Mounted0d limb€redanillery l2--
Boe6 cd fromr upordnnoDnt (burnorbothin fte sme rm) when
HeE is the fi6t set of ruls: combinedwift a move-
Anillery can limb€r or unlimber (but nor both in the sme rDfr) when
RULESFOR TIIE FIRST BOERWAR combinedwirh a move . IndicatemountedBeersor linbered artillery
wirh a counternexl ro the unit. ODly Fool can crcssobslaclessuchas
l. The o.igiml motiEtion
The First Boer WaJ (also known as The TransvanlWm) was foughl
Unils cm moveour of a meleebur lhey m nor able1ofire in the sme
fron the endof 1880inlo 1881belweenthe Binsh andthe Boe6 in
soutem Aftica, Wltat appealed10me hec ws the facl that. as fd d Firing:
I an aware.this was the oDly wd Iost by Bntain du.in8 the reign of A factor is allocatedli"om the lollowing table dependingon the unil
Queen\ictona od this makesi! for me. a unique colorial wd type
Rang$ 0-6" 6-12" lLl8" 8-?ll"
The two opposingsideswere,a in nost colonial conflicts. of a very Boers(on foot only) 4 3 2
different nahrre and I wuted to produce a set of rules capableof Bntish infantry 2 1
AJtillery 4 4
2. The requind relearch
Another facbr which appealsabout rhis war is its small scale.Il isn r This basicfaclor ce be modified by two otherfacto6:
Ioo diffcull lo get lo gips with and thereare a nunber of g@d books Againsl enemyh cover 1
abourwhich coverthe wd. The imponmr rhing is ro rale into accounr Againstmounted8@6 +1
the basicditrerencesbelweenthe two opposingsides
3. AsemblinS the wargme! amies This fador is thenrdslared inlo lhe following tablelo find fte number
This was fairly slraighdoftrd. Somethingwhich I often do with my of cal|aldes dependingon the numbe.of figu€s involved.
mies is 1omakethe units of a s$nddd size.This is for a numberof Numberof cavalry | 2
easons.bur basicallyI havelo sry I 6nd it the ealieslway. From whal
I haveread,noljusr for this war but in frany wars,the size oI lhe units or artillery crew t2 34 1-8
is usMlly jue one facrormongst mmy Strangea,i it Day seem,I find
ftar to reflecr ftis directly in the wargamearnies is ofien to give it too
greara weight compared10oiher factors.By making atl units the same 0 - 0.1 0.4
size $e rules can be modified to r€flect d my's capabililies 6 a I 0.i 0.4 0.8
whole. takin8 all factoB into ecount. Unlessthe Dnilson one side de 2 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.2
significtutly ldSer tbd on the olher, suchthai it is a principle feature 3 0.4 0.8 1.2 t.6
of the gde, I prefer to leavethe semblingof Creatersizedforcesto 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0
the Sereralshipof fte lwo playersrather thnn lo actually build it inlo 5 t.2 1.6 2.0 2.4
the gde. There de also good pncdcal reasonsfo. defining the sizes There is however an extm stage for artillery. Before detemining
of the units yomelt For tbeseflles I usedunils of eight Sgues andas casualtiesfrod De anillery a d6 haslo be trown resultingin a 4, 5 or
this canbe the numberof ligures in a packelit cd b€ eary io work out 6. Note that the aitillery cannol hale nore than6 figures.
the requiemenh for the mies. The result fiom $e table is interpretedas follows - supposethe
For the Fiist Boer Wd I hnle six units of Bndsh infantrl, one of casualty figure is 1.2. This meansthat one 6gure is a cdualty od
cavaly (four ligures) and one cannonwith six crew. Ihe Boer amy is should be removed.The .2 componenlmeansthat a d10 should be
of eight units of figures otr foot. As any Boer unit cm be mountedor thrown.A rcsult of I or 2 meansthat mother figure shouldbe removed.
on foot during the gme I usecountersnext to a unit to idicate when Simil&ly, 0.8 mems no auromatic cduaities but thal a I ro 8 is
it is nounted. This moderatenumberof figures providesa complete requiredon a d10.The lirer rolls the dice.
gme with a lariety of scendios.
4. Key factors in the rul€ developmenl Meleel
Tt'e rules e fairly sinple and revolve aroundtwo tabtes.One table Apan ftom mountedBoersed {tillery any unit can moveinto cont&t
prclides the frcton for the fting whjle anotheris usedto d€temine the with anofter in order to Foduce a meleeThe sametable 6 for tuing
orualties- lt is imporrant lhat the difiercnces between the two is used.The basic factorsare
8@6 on foot I
opposingsidesarercflectedin the rules.Therede no moEle rules.The
caualty rares are intended to include loses of all types, not just Bntishdtillery 2
throud injaies, and de casualtytable nak€s someunits ineff@tive British infotry 4
under cedain conditions. By this nechanism morale rutes can be Bnrish cavaby 5
The sme leo nodifying factorsar for fi.ing shouldbe used.MouDted
Boe6 haveno basicfeior
5. The .ul6 tbds€lvg
The dice rcquired@ one d6, one d l0 dd fou aveagedi.e. Also nine
Arftotrgh they de briei theserule! incorpomtea nunber of features
which you might nnd in nles which you write for youneli Tlese
Roll a d6 eachto seewho sbns lnt. For eachgme hm the order of
a. basicfeatres sDchd straightfoNard movedistanc€sand lh€ useof
a. UF th€ averagedice to decidehow mmy units ce move dd fire.
facton for tuing dd mele.,
The player tbiows one avengedie for everylwo units.Add up the toul
b. other rules 1oremovethe predictability of the gamesucha! the use
Dumberof poinh. TVo points@ rquiied to nove a unit md one point
of avenge dice to delemine how many uii! cd mov€and fire,
for a udit to fre. This rule providesa smarlrestrictionehich requires
the playersto give a litde nore tlought to wharthey N going to do. c. dice fo. funher chancefactorsin finng and mele€.
The conbioation of thes Eodu@s (hopeftly) a ustul st of nles
b. First side movesdd thenfiEs.
whicb .]so hd potenti.l for adaplingfd olher pe.iodsmd situations.
c. Secod side movesdd tbenfires.
In the nextpan of ftis anicle I will presenta further set of rulesfor the
Wtu of 1812.
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'13 Days to Glory and tlre
Runaway Scrape'
A Guide to the Texas War of
Independenc e (1835 -36)
ht
Mike Merva
The TexasWd of lndependence containssomeof the mostwell'known
military actionsin history Ghe Alano, San Jacinto)a well d morc
thaDils fair shareof la4e. than life characters(Sm HoDston,Davy
Crcckett, Jim Bowie. GeneGISantl Anna). It har been$e subjet of
severdlfilns, which helpedto makeits eventsfamiliar to millions of
people.Yeq it is trely wdgmed This b@omesevenmoredifficult to
understandwhenoneconsidersthe rclalively sm.I scaleof the coniict
and the availability of an excelleni tuge of figres (Frci Korps 15
TexanWe of lndependence)allows for the dsembling of accurately
sizeded at &tive amies nlher quickly-Funher,its often fluid natue
makesil ide.l to play N a mini- cm?aign. Finally. unlil So Jacinb,
it wa a well bahced atraia with both sides having tl'eir sh@ of
BACKGROUNDTO THE WAR
The causesof the wd de lesssEaightforwmdthansone of fte films
would allow us to beli€ve.The rcols of the conflict beganduring the
Naloleonic W6, when Spain was involved in the we against $e
Frcnch.The Frcnchoccupationof Spaindd the suls€qu€ntPeninsula
War t iggeredevolution dd civil w& in Mexico. Thrs wd between
the Revolutionaryforces advocatingindependencefrcm Spain dd a
nore liberal regnneand the Royalisb, who favou€d mainlaining the
conseryative rcgime resulting from the union wift Spain. I1 is
interestingto note that this conflicr b€tweenlibenl md consflatve
forceswould occurthrough-ourSpmishAmericafd be a majo. factor
in fte wars of Bolival and San Manin. The civil wa in Meico was
chancterisedby brutality on both sides.
Texasat tne slarrof this civil war wa! an undeQopulatedregionvery
much on the periphery of Mexico. lt wa! drnwn into the conflict
primdily d a resultof the desiE of the rcvotononaryfaction to receive
help from the United States.This t@k the fom of men md several
ldge conlingenhofAmericd volunteerswent to Texd to fight for the
liberals.It is importot to note at this point that their sol€ pu.posewas
to help secureTexas for the Liberal R€volution, not to make it an
indep€Ddentcountryor to incorpomteit into the United Sbtes. In thal
sensethey ce be seend part of the nany fiiibustenng expedltions
which were fomed h the @ly United Statesand especiallyin New
Orlds. These were desigtredto bring freedom to various parts ol
Spmish teEitory notablyCubadd partsof CentratAmenca.
tn 1813 one of these expeditions, containing seleml hund!€d
Ame.icans,joined up with their Mexican lib€ral allies andnanagedto
capturesouthemTexasliom the Royalists.However a Royalist force
unde. a veteran general crushingly defealed the joint Mexicd
Amencan force neai San Antonio, site of the Almo, tu 1814.
Following the bruLrrpractic€of this conflicl, the Royatistsmsacred
fte prisonen and seked Sd Anronio.This esiablisheda precedentfo.
giving no quaner b rebels, captmd or olhe ise. which would be
rep€ated22 yearslater. This is prniculdly relevdt when it becomes
hoM ftat one of the young Royalist oficeB who l@k part i! this
campaignsa! LieutenantAntonio tnpez de Sdla Amal
By 1820,the Royalist forces had maged to stem the tide of the
revolution.bur rhehmh cmpaigrs had left their mark on the counrry.
This w6 especiallytrue in Texd wherc a secondAmericu filibuster
€xpedition was defealedin 1818.As a result of the qd, the stded
populatiandroppedto aroutrd2,000.To heip r€ctify lhis, the Spmish
Govemmentotrered very eenercusland grants to anyonewho conld
bring a specific numberof new setdeB to the rcgion. This offer *ar
clearly directed at cidzens of the Udted States.This migration was
gready facilitatd whena liberal Sovement cme lo power in Spain,
endorsingmanyof the policies of nedly defeatedrebets.The two end
prcductsof rhis were establishmenlof the Mence Republicin 1823
od a massiveincrcase h the populalion of Texas. Most of these
newcomerscde IioD the United Slates.
The Americds coming lo setttein Texaswere subjectedlo cenain
conditions before they were allowed lo stay. They were required to
becomeMexican Cidzensmd Romm Catholics.They n@dedto lean
Spanishand leave lheir slavesat home. These coditions were not
strictty enforcedby the Mexican authoridesmd al leasl initialty, the
two gmups managedto get along However, the clah of cuttures
resutting in an attempt to linit the nDmberof Ame.ican s entenng
Texd od aboveall, the continuedchaolc dd bloody slateof Menco
politics resDltedin a sharpdeteriorationin the r€lationshipbetwen the
auftonues dd the Americtu settle6. These setders now called
themselvesTexians,which distinguishedthem from elhnically
Mexicanpopulation,refered io asTejmos.
The wd in Texd is prcbably best seen s one of several such
conflich which @cured betweenv&ious Mexican Govemnenr md
the countryt regiotrs duritr8 the p€nod between 1820 and 1835.
Rebellionsagainsllhe CenrralGovemDenrrook place in no less tnan
eight olher ded. They had a comon cauF. rhe conllict betweenlhe
liberal, federalist lradidon of govement embodied in the 1824
Constitutron .nd tie conseflative. centralist lradition of strong,
absolurir govemment.The real dirererce b€tweenTex6 dd $ese
otler regions war ftat ir containeda ldge, ethnically non-Mexican
comunity with close links to a nedby, foreign power ud usedto a
tmdition of fu lessgovernmeniinterferencein daily affai6, especially
coIm@e. These fetors gave the Texians both an extemal edge
againstthe cenlral govemmentwhich other regionsdid not have,b
also madeil much hdder for them to be reconciledwirh what they
considereda very alien dd repredve way of goveming-Finally, they
allowedfor ofter oplions, independence or statehoodin the U.S.A.
Things cde 1o a head in Texa in 1834. when SanlaAnna, now
kesident. abolishedthe liberal 1824Constitution.which he eaiier had
helped to wite. tn its place, be imposed a consenative, cenFalist
regine, which also revoked much recent liberal legislation-\,iolent
reactionsooncame.Opei r€b€llion brcke ort in the staleofzacateca
md was brutally suppressedby troops p€rsonallyled by Sdla Am4
Trcuble also brcke out in Coahuila.a stateborderingon T€xas.Santa
ADa reactedby sndiDg troops.led by his brother - in - law' General
cos, into Coahuita to rcstore order The appemce of govment
Eoopssocloseto their own bordersdd nemories of the rccent,bloody
suppressionin Zacatea, caDsedtensionto mount in Texa-
At this point, the popDlation,both Tqim ud Tejuo, werc divided
as to whar course they should tal€. The split wd betweenthe wd
Dogs. who favoured fighting and a PeaceParty, wbicb wmted to
contitrueto Ey ro work wift the Mexicd aulhorities.An inepl military
adventure.led by one of the nosl prominentWd Dogs, Willim B.
Trrvis, and the sensiblereaction 1o it by the l@al Mexicd military
conmandtr briefly surg the tide of Texasopiniotr in favour of the
Pace Party. However Cos, heding of the incident, imediately
ordered the rest of TEvis dd sverat of his minions. With what
seemedro be the stait of di@t Medco military role. opinion quickly
cheged in favou of the We Dogs-The finat breakdow occuftd with
tbe retm of StephenAustin, the elder statesnu of Texaspolitics,
from prison in Mexico City. Austen.long the voice of peaceand the
successtulirteS€ion of the Texims iDto the Mexican system,mw
slaiedtiat he believedthat Tess could not rcmain a pari of Modco.
He urgedthe United StaIesto dex Texa od for the p€opleofTexa!
to resist control by the cudent Mexicd govemmetrt- Austin's
pr@lamtion dd the arrival in Texasof GeneralCos, with 400 tr@ps
1orcinforcethe gdison at Su Antonio in S€ptember1835.meantwar

WARGAMING TIIE ITXAS WAR OF
INDEPENDENCE
There werc approximtely 24 ldd ed eighr naval engagements
duiing the TexasWd of Independence.They begin with the edly
skimish€s in 1835dd concludewith the decisivebattleof Sm Jacinto
on 21 April 1836.lncluded in this tinescale h atso the period of rhe
RuMway Scrape,Housbnt wetl handtedwithdrawaleastac.ossTexas
in the frce of SantaAnna\ any. Sone of the smaller actions have
geat skirnish porentialmd m qell wonh gamingon this level. For
exmple. Anahuac, the very fi^t engagementof fte we, pits 26
Texiansled by TEvis aSainst45 Mexican ganison trcops.Another is
the so-caltedO6s Fight qhich involve! roughly 60 Texid Mounted
Volunt€rs led by Jim Bowie against about 100 Mexican Cavaly
nghdng over a Mexice supply train. Numberi of cou6e. could be
scaleddown for gde purposeswilhout losing the flavour of tbese
etrgagemenh.Given lhe natureof the Texie forces in panicular,rhey 'Whenhe did anacl, tbe Almo f€li wilhin two hou6. althoughit had
give great scop€ tbr peBonalisedfactoB dd some lery colourtul been touch dd go at cenain points and SantaAnna wd forced to
Of the ldger engagemeDts, it is perhapsbest to concenFateon four that the Almo wd a poor defensiveposition with a contuseddd
in order to Bive d indication of the type of tabletoprction available. amateur cotmod structue. BDt. it was very wel supptied with
l The Inilial Captureof SanAnronio (Iexas capital) from fte
Mexicds (14 November1835)
2. The Siegedd Frll of !h€ Almo (23 Februaryto 6 Mdch, I 836)
3. The Defeatof the Texian Forcesar Goliad (20 Mdch 1836)
4. The Battle of Sd Jacidto(21 April 1836)
THE CAPTURE OF SAN ANTONIO
This wd the first inajor acriotrof the wd, Esulting in the defeatof
GeaeralCos\ troops by parr of the newly forined Texian Amy- Its
succes led to lhe surender of all the otberMexicangarrisonsin Texd
andforced5dta Anna to mount a tutl scaleinvdion rhieemonihslater
In itsell it is m inrerestingengagementpitring aboDt300 aMcking
TexiansaSainstalnost 1.500 extremely badly led Mexicans. It wd
bdicatly a series of house to house actions including the us of
artillery to cleal buildings.Had they b@r betrerled and norivared,the
Mencds might haveendedthe wtr here-Tle surrenderof tbe gdison
resulted in much Mencd maleriel falling itrto Texitu hmds. It is
probablybestwaremed a a senesof shmishes, wit! lots of hoDsero
honse fighring. overcominSof strong poinb and sniping. For iilm
butrs, John Waynes Ih?,41@ (1959), b€ginsnnnediately affer tlE
Me/jcd surender of Su Antonio.
TIIE SIEGE AND FALL OF THE ALAMO
This extemely well known battle ha long caDsedne problemsin
tems of wd8ming. Too big for a skimish (186 Texians against
alnost 2.000 Mexicms) and too small for a conventionallabletop
action, it ha long delied Iny attemptsto rccreateit. However,ir may
now be posible usinSthe P.D.rpl€r o/War rulescoloniarsupplement.
Treal lhe Texians4 ope.atinSin compmies,nthe. thu banalionsdd
the Mexica$ attackingin battalionwavesin a simild way to a Zulu or
Deflish atbck dd it jusl might work. Also Fearmostof the numercus
anillery ( 18-21guno in the Almo d singlegunsmther rhd bafleries.
This would allow fo. the historic division of rhe Atmo gdison inro
five infanty coDpuies, one cavalry conpany md one artillery
companyagainstthe five ldger Mexicatr banalion colums (avenge
steng.h was about 300 men), which hir rhe fortres on tbe sideson
the noming of 6 Mdch 1836.I believethat the Mexicds woDld srill
win using this system,but it would be int€restingto seehow long rhe
defenderscould hold out dd how muchdamageft€y would cause.
Little happenedduing host of the sieee(the fmous 13 Days ro
Glory) baause it took a while for SantaAnna to build up his amy.
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GOLIAD
The defeat of the Texiu forces al coliad is perhaps the most
inleresting engagemenlofthe waJ. There were dound 464 to 350
Texians at Goliad o€mised in both bafialions atrd compoies in a
prcper mihary fonification, not a hastily cotrvertedmissionsuchasihe
Almo. FDrlher,$eir comander. Jdes Fmin. had studiedfor atime
al Wesl Poinr and so. utrlike Tcvis, had a deSreeof formal military
taining and was a veterd oflhe captm of SanAntonio. The Meicm
forces opposing him numberedaboul 500. so they were not vatly
$perior as w6 the cae of the Almo, bd Fannin w6 actually
superiorin aniUery Yet, rhe end esult wd that Fannin and his entiE
commandwere captucd by the Mexic&s dd klled white itrflicnng
minimal casualtieson rhe enemy-What went $'rong?
If the Atmo was a cae of glorious defiance.Cotiad w6 a cde of
mised opportunities dd humiliating capitulation. Fdin cleaily
should have done better. He was, howeveaEcked by indecision nor
helped by varying orde6, plagued by molher confus€d commd
structure tud denoialised by recently local defeats. When bo
eventualy evacuatedhis fonified position on orde6 ftom Houston,he
so mismanagedhis withdnwal thal he allowed himslf to be tapped
and b€atetrin d o?en batde by a Mexican force only slightly larger
than his own and inferior in anillery Mosr of Fmin\ force
suEendercded qere ma$acredat SantaAnna s ordeB.
The 'what ifs' de what inates Goliad so intriguinS ed allows fo.
someinterestinSwdeming possibilities. Fddn had severaloptions
ar?ilabteto him. E{iier in the war, he anempredto mdch to reinforce
the Atmo. Had he orgeised his force better,he might havemde it.
As ir tumed out his force Maged io cover a half nile at lhe end of
the finl dry due to his nain ttuspod wagonsbreakingdown dd his
aimals scattered.He d@ided Io rehrm to Goliad and the Almo
receivedno further help frcm him. He could have r€mainedi! his
fonifications, possibly forcing Smta Ama 1o chang€the direction
ofhis attack after the fall of the Aldo, away fiom Housront forces
md tow.rd Goliad. Lady, he could haveput np a betrerfight when he
did move ou of Cotiad. The day long barde which resulM in his
sMender might havegoneditreEndy had Fmnin takenmorefood dd
waterand lesscamon- He might havealso chosena bett€rposition to
deploy his force, d someof his ofrcen aBued.
II Blne Pnnciples oJ War to EMte this battle, both sideswould
need to be ropresent€dd compeies rather $an banationsed the
aitillery as singleguns.not batieries.Fmnin\ force consistedofabour
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sevencompani€s.one of regularsdd six ofvolunteeB.He also had an larger actions.They even provide army lists for the pe.iod in their
uncertainnumberof artillery pieces.The Mexicf force. commanded Colonial Arny lists booklet.Thew Usls.I feel, needto be mended to
by the able General UEea, consisbd of one infmtry banalion morc accurately.€flecl the period. For exanple, all Mexice lr@ps
conrainineeight understrc.gth conpbies, one cavalryrcSimentmade should havepoor fir discipline, mt just the line and nilitia a stated
Dp of four small squadrons.lwo lery small cavalry troops ed one 4 on the lists. Mexicd lroops shoutd also get a bonus in melee.
pounderartillery piece- espeially edly in the war due to their use of the bayonet.In rems of
morale,lhey should get a bonus when attackitrgas per fteir training
SAN JACINTO and a negativewhenonfte defensive.The derenined Mexican aracks
againstthe Almo dd their poor perfornance while defending San
This bnttle proved to be the final major engagementof the war, Antonio aretwo exampleswhich justify theseadditions.
@sultingin a decisile victory for gouston s forces and independence Mexicd leadenhip .atings need some slight aftering- Some
for Texa!. It remainsa sFangebatde,ldtinS lesstho l8 minutesand Mexican conunanderssuch N UEea were good. Othen like Filisola
basically conpnsing of a very sDccestul sDiprise attack on the ed, on balance,SantaAnna were at lqst average.Cos would cledly
Mexican camp and th€ subsequentcapturcof SanlaAnna. It w6 $e
captureof $e colnnanding generalmoE thd the defeatof a portion The Texian army lisls would .Iso benefil liom someamending-To
of his rmy. which guaranteedT€xa! independence.Houstonrcalised allow it to accomodate moreftar jDst Houstons amy al SanJacinto.
ftat he bad defeateda Mexican force of only about 1,200men, les someof the gunswould needto becla$in€d a heavierthm liSht hose
than a thnd of the Mexicd lroops in Texas.Thereforc,Houstonmade batteries.For exmple, therc were heavy and medium pieces aI lhe
SantaAnna agr€ea! a conditionof his rcleae (andindeedhis life) thar Alano and at Goliad. However the lisls may be justified in d'eir
all Mexicd tr@ps mDsrimediarely be withdrawn fion Texas.This classificationwhen looking at the actualefiectivenelsof thesepieces.
condilion ws relayed to Ceneral Filisola" SantaAnna s seond in For a vdiery of reasons( low g@depowdea lek or c&ister, p@r
commdd, who honourably adhered to it. Tnis resulted in tbe t nining), the gunswere certainly not usedto their full etr4tiveness at
independentRAUblic of Texd. boft theAldo md Goliad- Still. at leastsomeofthe aitillery could be
As with Goliad. the 'what ifs of San Jacinto aJe mdy md
falcinaline. Fi6tly, Sm Jacintowasa smallbattle.roughly 800Texims The T€xies werebettershotsrhanfte Mexicms. but not mdksmen.
againsl 1,200Mencds. But it neednot havebeen.lrss than 50 miles As with fte Mexicms, they werebettersuited for otrensiveaction md
away were dother 2.500 Mexicans under Ceneral Filisola. Sdta shouldget a bonuswhen anaclring.Their .ecorddefensivelyis mixed.
Anna. however,was detemined to atlack, Convincedby Oe victones Superbat the Almo. they failed misembly to hold a position outside
ar the Alamo md Goliad that the TexiaN were not fomidable Goliad. Even the certalnknowledgeof their fate as Mexicanpnsonen
opponentsard with no knowledgeof Houstons strcngth.he m{ched did Dot stop them suftnde.in8. one way rcund this h to link ftei
headlonginto a bnttle which he co d haveedily wotr had he waited defensivemomlewith ability of their leader For a poor lqder. readnot
for morc of his amy. Further,he still night have won at Sm Jacinto only inept but confused and ind€cisive. Troops under a poor
had he not Iel his force baome so conpletely snrprised. commder will be all right wh€ngoing fofldd or attackng, but wiU
The biSgest'wbat ifs what would havehappenedif Filisola had not suffer a morale minusif opemtingdefensively.Texiansshouldsuffer a
followed his ordersto the tener and withdrcw the remainingMexicm Deleepenalryqhen in hdd Lohandcombalwith Me(icM"
roops fron Texa. Filisola was severelycnticised by SantaAnna md The Texim leadeGhipntings also need a secondlook. Housbn
other oficers after the wd for doins rhis. The nain poinr is that had shouldbe good.Tnvis. for all his faults, wos ar lesl avenge. Fdnin
Filisola not obeyedthe order,Houstonwould havestill had lo dealwith and sone of the other comandeG around him. such a Grdl dd
over4,000 Mexicd tr@ps in Texd. with a genemllyvictonousreco.d Johnson,werecertainly p@r
dd led by some very able oflicers, such as Oenenl Unea. vicbr ar
Goliad- FTGURESAND IINIFORMS
when wargamingSan Jacinto,both mies could be .epcsnted as
battalionso. regiments6 they were somedmescalled in the Texid As mentionedin the intoduclion, Frei Korps 15do a coDpleterange
Army. Houston had under his command ftree strong itrfantry of figucs for the Teia Wd. Their Seminolewd rang€is also useful
batblions, a 50-nd cavrlry force of uncertaindesignalion.and two 6 becausefte two coniicu {e contemporaryand it coniarnsAmencd
pomder anillery pieces. SMta Arna had sevenalher weak inianFy Amy figms oi the penod.US Amy de(ene,' wer commonin
batrrions, a cavalJ squadronof about 60 nen and one 6 pounder Texasborh officially rd unoficially, including d entirc battalionof
cdnon- In tems of Prtn.iplr a/ War giv€ the T€xianba alions high ftem at Sd Jacinto.They @ depic|edwearingstfddd amy unifom
figures, betwen 14 dd l8 dd the Mexican ones very los ones. or bits of it, usDallythe light blue undressuniform. Americm ngues
hon the Mexicd Wd rdge also can sre as certain Texian roops
wirh llighr alieration-They de esp€ciallyuseful in depicting sone of
RULES the bet€r unifomed nlibuslering udts suchasfte New OrleansGreys-
Al$ongh I have nor really looked into lhis. orher dges md
For sKmish games.ary of $e severalexcellentsets which cover ddufacrurcF may aho provide figures suirable for fte pe.iod.
this period (roughly Napoleonic dd pre'rified mNker) will do. Be Certainly {y frcntieFmo type figm amed wilh a smoothborcor
cdeful no1to give the Texiansinflared factors bded on ch&actes 'n hunnng rifle could reasonablypas d a Tenm. Unifoms for ihis
filDs. Mosr eere not frontiersmenin fte Davy Crcket mold and wec period de welt catercdfor in reo b.oks. Osqey s TheAIaM ^nd the
not all amed wi$ the famed Kenlucky lone rifle- Mexican troops war oJTen in.lependerce1835-36and The Retolt in Texasleading
shouldhavea disrinct advantagein hdd lo hdd combarasthey were to hs Independen.eion Meti., laj5'18.?4 publishedby El DoEdo
univesally amed with the bayoneldd fte Texids we€ not-This is in Books. Ir is imponaDlto noie thar nuch Mexicd equipmentfell into
fact, one of fte resons the Almo wd ovemn so quickly. The Texian hands with tbe caprureof San Antonio and it is not
Texiansshould be amed wlth all mdner of fftams. mging from utreasonablero dsume ihat sone of it would be wom or usedby the
shotguns.hunting pieces. and both Americm dd Mexican military victos. Accountsof $e Alamo relate ftat mo$ Mexicm troops wore
sm@thbores.A good mixture is called for Knives, mainly of fte the white fati8ue uifon on fte rnarchind at the batde.I altemateDy
hunting vdiety, dd flindck pistols werc fteir secondaryweapons. Mexicanun;tsbeiweenthe white dd the blue udforms for the salieof
Tbe knives. including the dreadedBowie. provedvery itrferio. to the vdiery. L$dy, the film. rre Ala@, is €asonablyaccurateaboutsome
bayonetin closecombat. of the Mencatr unifoms seenin it. bDt I woDldbe very inlerestedto
As Dentioned prcviorsly. Ptinciples oJ Wdf cm be tied for the know whee someof the Mexicd units sol thosered coatsl
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rel ively small amies, dd otre6 Sood skimish. iarger scale,
This period is ideal for a mini-cmpaign and a v&iery of comittee campaigD&d comittee gde action. There ar€ more alpects of the
ganes. Tbe large€xpDle of leEitory, the chaoricTexianmilitarv and war I could havementioned,suchd the navalside of conflict. but ilar
pohr'calcommand \mcru'e ed lbe vdDrng.rEregic objecrive,give would reqDift a small anicle on its oqn lo do it jusrice. As with my
a g@ddealof scopeio' mapad rcteptaygmes. In a mni.capagn. prevrous anicle on Vietnam. I would great\ enjoy hedirg ftom
ihe Mexicanplayer would haveto decidehow to invademd @aprue wdSmers who have also b@ome iDvolved in Texas. esDecialv
Texas. SantaAnna chose ro invade atong rwo fiotrh, one di@rly concenun8whar rule s)\tem, fiq use. FinrJt).a gredr whar it'.
towdd San Antonio, led by binself and the orher more io rhe easr tabletopscendio would be if both Houstondd SantaAma nanased
alongthe Gulf of Mexico towardGoliad, ted by ceneEl Urea. He atso lo gaLber rlt theirfo(es rogerherin de sme ptaceandrheDde.;ed
choseto comeby ldd, nor seafd to anackfonifed posinonsmrhe. the couse ofT€xa hisbry in one grearbardel

The Texianplayer qould ned to decidebow besrto rcsist.Would he BIBLIOGRAPHY

rcnain in fonified posirionsor abandonthem and fighr in rhe opend
Houston advocaredwhen he beiaredly asmed co'mmd? Fqrther.
would be try to dEw the Americd Arny of Obsedatiotrsitring on the
Tex6 border into the conflicr? Finally, would the attenpr to invade
Mexico, the dis4trous MaranorcsExpedirion,be allowedto go a,head
asin the re.l conJlictor would it be rcjecled?
The Tenu side oflers rhe best opponuniriesfo. conmittee gmes.
One simple, tun scendio woutd be detemintug jusr who wd in
connand of a certainposirionor force dd rhendeciderhebestcouse
of action. Exmples of .his were rheAImo, which initialty had thJe€
commudes, Travis. Bowie and Lt. ColonetJms Neill or the forces
at Goliad, which atsohad rhreeat the slan of the war. Fannin.cnnt
md Johnson.On a hiSher levet, the grand sFat€gydebareas ouilined
in the mini cmpaigD could include a commine gme andsocodd the
conhoversyb€rweenthe War Dogs dd the peacepany,
1. TheAlono dnd the TM Watfor In tependqce, Atben Nofr. Da
Capo, 1994.An excelletr! rea.tableand higbly dehiled account
of the pe.iod- b my opinion. the besrbook avaitableon ihe subject.
2. A nne b Stasd,\N,jtet Lord, Univ€Eity of Neb6ka press,
1961.Thelotre time stddard work on rhe TexasWd. very hdd ro
gel in Britain.
3. 13 Ddys to Glory, LonTjl*Je, Texd A&M Univesity prcs,1985.
An ex@llentday-by .lay accountof the Atamo siegeand fatl. Agaitr,
very hardto get in Brilain.
4. Duel oJEaBles,"Ihe Mexicaned U.S. Fight for the Armo,
Jetr titrg, Quill, 1990.A very modemaccouniof the subject,with
moch debunkingof old legetrds_ tnterestingfor prcviding a
difierent slanron the period.
5. TheAldw and the Wot ofTMn Indepenlence |a35-36,ptttjp
Ha)thmthwaite, Ospr€y, 1986.Excell€trtfor unifoms of the

CONCLUSION 6. TheRao, in Tus Izdding to Its lhdepentencefun Mdico,

I hop€this article hasstimulatedsone inreresrin a period which I fel Terry Hoote., EI Dondo Books. 1993.Again exc€ltenrfor uniform
detail.
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Ihe Californio Defense

during the Mexican War.
Five Battles for Wargarners.
Tefi e Ma.ps by Datsid.Allen Smitlt CALIFORNIA IN TIIE
Ih'arDings by Demiett Martens MEXICAN WAR

INTRODUCTION
The p6t yearor so bd brcught auoqta new awdenes of the Mexican
Wd, especiallywitb wargmers. Th* is perhapsnot without reason;
the MexicanWar otrm the Smer grandNapoleonic-stylebattleswith
sma]l.mdageable forces.Unifom for the oppos g armies,esPecially
the Mexicm amx de suilably colortul. The Mexican War offers the
gamer the opportudty to @createbattle!, md evetrentift campaiCns,
with relatlvely few figures.
. AFrd 1,0 m ,l
INTRODUCTION TO TIIE WAR IN CALIFORNIA
A smallbut fdcinaEng ap*l of the MexicanWai is the defenseof dE
higbry pnred region of Califomia by its Mexican residents, the
'Cdlijomios- By.6e 18,10s,mmy coutrtries.Russia,Brilain, Fmce,
ed the United States,had tuded their ey€s lc) that !ffr.-. .ipe for
falling' known a Califomia- Of all of thesecontenders,it s@med
most tikely rhat the AmericanswoDld soon list Califomia N otre of
th€ir own. especialty after an unauthorized attack 1842 by
Comodorc Thomasap CaEsbyJonesmd elementsof the Amencf
Pacific squadion.In its owDway. il h a very tumy story a rypically that the Bed Flagger's(a they were called) flag's bea l@ked nore
American venturcof its time. white his squadronwd bdking in the like a pig, or that vallejo wd a stauncl supponerof d Amencd
sutrlight of a Peruvian Septemberdat word came thal the British takeover of Califomia; a repDblic was declared. U.S. naval forces
Pacific squadrcn had left under sealed o.de6 fton H.M. Queer declaredC€lifomia as lheir own and the fight was on in earnest.
\lctoria herselJto receive Califomia from Mexico at Mexico dd Fighr on in emest? Well, not yet anyway.At tust fte occupationof
America werc at wat md Menco woutd ra$er grle Califomia to Califomia was relatively peeefuli some(mostly wealthy) Califomios
Britain tho seeit in America\ hdds. Well. Califomia to the Brinsh? prefering American rule to Mexicd- However.just when it looked
Amencawould havenoneof it, dd Joneswa! undersp€ific orde6 to tike peacewould br€ak out all over the teEitory stupidity remd ils
pror4t American interest in the Mencm stale iion any would be corunon, y€t ugly, head.Gilespie wa! giver cbdge ofthe (ft€n small)
liberatoB. Jon€s swooped down upotr the Califomian capital at village of t s ArSeles- hoving he w3 half the mein€ he b€lieved
Monterey only to find that the U-S- was, in fact. not at wai with himself to be he eslablisheda Dmconian set of laws, prohibiting
Mexico. Joneswd forced to apologizeand set sail westward.In lhe fiesta, public meeiings,gmbling, od cockfights.A poPule rising
political wake to folloq Menco City issued a protest. Washington cme out of theseactions;sbninS as a "8r6s rooB movementdd
issuedd apology,dd Jones w6 p.omobd io admiral. culminating in the Plm de tns Angeles - fte tu$ writter Prctest
In 1845Jmes Polk wa electedkesident of the United statesunder againstthe takeoverof Califomia - issuedby Califomio leade6 Pio
the promisethat he woqld atrlex oregon, Texd. md buy Cilifmia.
One yea later John C. Frelnonl, d amy ofdcer, adventurer,dd the
son-in-law ofa powertul senatoi,brcught his'tuneying" expeditiotr TIIE BAMLE OF TIIE OLD WOMAN'S GIJN
of 62 heavily amed men into lhe .ity of Motrterct JoseCattro, ihe
govemor of Califomia, demaded ftat Fremotrt leave nrunediately- The Califomios forced cilespie and his small contingentto lerve
'But wele just sureyoB', prot€stedFremo : 'Suryeying what and Los Angeles,bul botrdiDghis ship al Sm Pedro(otr the coast),he mel
with 62 amed men?dked Ca$ro! C6tro issueda "get-out-or-else" reinforcenents under CaptainWillim Menine, USN, who had just
thieat,dd Fremontretreatedto nedby Gavilo Peakto dig in dd qait arived from Sd F@cisco. Witb a force of 300 sailors. ntuines dd
il out. Afte. severaldays under si%e, Fr€mont slipped away north, volures, Gillespie tried lo recaptw Los Ang€les.Abotrt 15 miles
begiming a llow marchto the Oregonborde. frcm the coast in a largefield of mustardplanls, the Americms mel a
tn the meantime,Lieuienmt Archibald Gillespie, U.s.M.c., had force of 175 ro 200 Califomios under the comnand of Jos Antonio
beensen!by Polk to deliver a mssage to Frenoni. Incognito,Gillespie Cdillo. The CalifomiostEd moDnleda cerenonial cmon ftom LA s
worked is way from -WashingtontbroughMexico, to Hawan Cust to plda (knNn 6 the Old Womm's Gun). The Califomis usedthe 8un
tbrow ofi dy suspicion). dd then lo Califomia where be fiDally to greatadvmtage.firing dadly rcunds at tb€ Americds, lasoing the
caught Frcmont at the Klmath River. just north of the Califomia gun dd retreating a shon distd@ or y to fire again. Three times
border No one knows{hat the mystenousmessageftlm the president Menine dd Gillespie\ forcecbargedthe Califomios, tbieetimesthey
indicaied, but following lh€ mival of Gillespie, Fremont tmed his failed 10rcach the gun. Defeated.the Americansretreaiedonceagain
coImdd dound and headedback into Califomia. It wa! not long to Sd Pedromd embarkEd.
afrer Fremontmived at Suttels Fon (presentday Sacranento)Oat a
grcup of dNnken Americanshad "rested" GeneralMdido VaU€jo. TIIE BATTLE OF NATIVIDAI)
Menco\ leaderin fte nonhem reachesof the colony at Sonoma,4d
Upon beding of the Los Argeles uprisingMontercypref@t Muuel
hoisreda basrily consEuctedfla8, d@leitrg a republic.Ir di.ln't Mtter
Cdtrc, oqanized rhe Califomio amy in the norrh. Mating his
headquarteBat Sm Luis Obispo, he nmaged ro raise abour 130
lroops.Wirh the inlenl of delayingthe Americm Califomia Batralion,s
(mder Fremont)novement by seizing their ho6es, C6t.o movedhis
force up ft€ SalinasVatley,miving at Sotedadon l5 November
That night, Casro's aide,JoseChavez,rodenonh wirh ten ben and
captured U.S. Consul Lekin wilh the inrent of usinS him as a
bargainingchip when times got tough md they had to negoriatea
surender Though Irkint captuE w6 a boost to the morale of bis
lroops, it gave away Castros position and nultined his ptmed 16
Noveinber attack on rhe Aheric& post at Se Juan. During ihe
aflemoonof 16 November,a parrol of the Americm force (some 100
menled by Blufod Hell Ro&ing" Thompsondd Chdles BDftought
snl ou1to Eomoirer met the advanceguald of the Califomio arny
under de ]a Tore. The Califom;os launchedinto d imediate atiack
d the Ame.icds soughr the cover of tu oal grove nea Rancho
Nntividad.Indianswith the tu ericansrushedbackto the main body to
soundtbe alam, evend rhebalanceofthe Catifomio force arived &d
At first bolh detachinenbrcmainedin rhe grove, exchangingtuq
when BDftoughsorderedn 'chdge" into rhe open with abou150med
to confrcnl about 65 mounted Califomios. The suddenmovement
caueht the Califomios off balance:their flagbe&er ws shot by d
Indie bdksmo. md fte colouB were captured.Their flag wd
reca!turd, however,by rhe danng action of Mdido Soberaneswho
leapt from his ho6e, woundedlhe enemy qho had iaken rhe colous,
gEbbed the flag ud the woundedflagbeareraDdswmg b&k into his
saddle,pdsing thoughhearedenemyfft to safery.Afrer the Ame.icm
chdge. the Califomios, in rypical fashion. feigned a retreat. then
rctumedto atlack while 20 to 30 Califomiossinulimeousiy rushedrhe
ree. Afier severalminutesof hentedmelee,rhe Americfs fell back
inlo a snall compactcircle, keepingrhe Califomios at bay wirh rheir
superiorrifle fire. The Califomios fell back with severalcasualties:i!
th€ end, tbe Ame.ices suffercd five dead, seven wounded: rhe
Califomios escapedwith two dead,sevenwounded.
TIIE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL
Meanwhile,our on the high desertof lhe crear Southwesr,ceneral
StephenW Keamy led elemenb of the lst Dmgoons.Like a scene
Barrll oF SaN
PAseuA!
liom a Hollywood westem.out of fte witdemessrodethat otd scotrt
Kit Cdson ro infom Kemy {as he had beensked ro do) that the
Califomids had suEendered.Kemy imediably colmeded 200
men to rctum to santa Fe, ke€ping 121 for the lrip ro califomia, lwo
mounEinhowitze^od.4 pound Sunei gu.jD.r in cae...
After an arduoustrek acrossthe Creat SoDthwest.Kemy mer up
with the unfortunateGllespie (wirh 35 sailorsand mdines) ar warner
Pass,a1fte tip of a valley in SourhemCalifomia The valley was cailed
SanPasqual.nmed after a village locaredne& the ealtem edgeof the
vatleyt floor. and it was a cold. we! evenilg of 4 Deember 1846,
when the Anerican forces leamedthat rhe Califomios hetd the sole
villaSe in lhe valley.
AndJePico and 160 ldce6 awaitedtbe Americds in the clusEr of
buildings tha! Dade up Sd Pasqual.In spite of what ciltespie and
olher Americansrold Kemy. Califomio ldcers surety ra*ed among
the finest, if nol the finest. light cavalrymenin rh€ world. TheseweE
men boo in the saddle. with conrempoEy descriptionsconsistently
compding themto the more fmous PlainsIndims.
At 2 m. on 6 Decembe.,Keamy o.dereda headlongftontat artack
(in typicar Indian fighrer fshion). Caprah AbrahamJohnsiondd 12
hen formed a vegudd md advdced into the valley, foltowed by
Keamy and 50 Drag@ns (under Captain Benjmin Moore), wilh
Gillespie dd 20 volunteeBad sailors bnnging Dp rhe red wirh two
hoei-e6. ThJoughihe dek misry mominS rhe advanc€party rcde;
munding a small knoll they suddenly cme face ro face with the
defiant Califomios who quickly unleasheda volley which killed
Johnstonad woundedseveralo!he6. As more dmgoonsdived, fie
Califomios - on their fine mounts - tlmed in an appdeni reneat
drawinSthe Amencms on tieir mules further into rhe valley. Moorc
odered a chargeald the AmericaDspmDed rhe lanceB. Finding the
Anericans scattereddd in !u6uit, the Califomios suddenlywheeled
ften Dounts md leveled rheir lmces ar rhe oncomingdrag@m. Few
of the Americds in the 'frcnr lide" werc left unbuched. Moore
himself was ldced 16 nmes.With powderdmp and action occuring
too fdt to reload anyway.the counteFchdgeresultedh htud-to-hand
combat, saber and rifle butl against ldce. Some Americms were
'toped' or then
saddiesby tt'e Califomios f"arar (lssos). All was
now in co.trrsion. Keamy,having beenwounded,was brought to rhe
.ea. Gillespie,sensinga retreaiby rheAmerices, shouted..Rally nen,
for God\ sale rally, show ftonl... face them" He ws at once
recognizedby ftose Califomios from Los Angelesdd they fell upon
him with a vengedce. He escapedwirh thrcedeeplmce wounds.The
Anencan force retreared.lessone howitzer(takenby rhe Califomios),
10 a neuby hill, wherc they tended rheir woDnded and awailed
reinforcenenb ftom Sd Diego. For the foltowine rhree days rhe
Catifomios laid siege to rhe enFenchedAmericds before retrcatirg
toqdds Los Angeles on l0 December,In rhe end, the Ame.icaN
sutreredl8 dead,17wounded;rhe Califomios left six deadon rhefield
THE BATTI,E OF SAN GABRIEL
Recoveredfron lh€ir loses ar SanPasqual.Keamy\ co|mdd w6
reinlb.@d by sailoG fron Adniml Stock on's Paciftc fl@i. On 29
Decenber 1846, he set out towdds ks Angeles wilh 565 men (57
dragoonsunder Lt. Tumer. 47 sailorvanilerists dd 6 pi@es under
Capt RenshawUSN, 407 sailoB dd marinesundq Lr. Z€iten USMC.
ud 54 volunteeBDnderLt. cillespie). The Califomio amy. und€r
commandof Andres Pico. knew it could not win ihe war. but it could
showforce. showthe Amencds - d well6 themelves - that they roo
had a senseof honour.wirh 450 men and 4 artiuery piecesthey made
their first standagainstlhe invadingAmericam on the banksof the Rio
Sd Gabnel or 8 January 1847.The Catifomif aniUery aranged
along the fd baik of the river, werepointeddirectly at the ford which
the Americanswould haveto crcssro force combar_Skiinishe6 ftom
the Alnericd dy qere seDtro cted out rhe few Catifomios hidden
arong the n@ bank of the river The Americm chargedrcross rhe
river with shot tud gmpeflyitrg fron rhe opposiiebank,with ihe
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Fig. I U.S Navy Lieutenant, 1846: Blek shoes,white pmts, white

sh'd-blacl necl clofi. blac[ belt.bld.k har.cold _p'pings. dark bluejacker dd cap, yellow stripes,chevons, trim. white belting.

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Fig. 3 ScourFremonfs Califomia Barblion, l84G black hal brcq Fig, 4 U.S- Navy Sailor, I 846: white or ddk blue unifom, black neck
b€lts.td drcss,brown b@rs.
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Fig. 5 CalifomiaBa&lion Troope!,1846:shire eilor rop.black !e. Fie. 6 Stura BarbaraMiliria Tmper ctca. 1836:black haq dak
ian!d$, blackbelrmd boors.
Seen tackel bd panrs.while bells. black b@rs, red colir and waist
sash,white pant 'sfipes." silver ..fitrings.

Fig. 8 Califomio Locer, 1846;Creen,red. btue,blacl, brown jacker;

Fig. 7 U.S. Navy Ensign,1846:Black b@ts and neck rie. white Dants black hat. blue,red, 8re€n.broqn, black pturs with blek, red or qhite
dd shin. ddk bluejacker and har, brassbDnons. stripes:silver or gold buttons,black b@rs.
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Flag 3 Flag 4

Republic ol E &lLtFornra

CeomopY

DRAGOONS
Flag 5 Flag 6

flag I I Califomia BattalioD:Blu€ flag wift red white and blue flags and alms *ift a bro*n and *hite eagle.
flag 2. Fint Dmgoons:Blue flag, gold nars. brown and.white eagl€.
red s€rollswith gold tetteE and volutes,red and white ship€sin shield,greetrleaves,bro*n arrowswidr gold arrowherds.
flag 3: CasEot Amy: g€en-white-r€d,broM eagle.greensnake,
flag 4: Califomia Battaliotr: BIue flag, bom eagle,silver smls dd gold leneB.
flag 5: Bed Flag guidon: whiE witb red sbipe dd brown bed.
flag 6: First Dragoonguidonrred on top wirh whire letters:white below wirh red leBersand numben.
 4l

TIE BATTLE OF
SAN GADREL

I-rLE oF Los ANGELES

\ - - - - "
^ - ^ " - - "
GAMING IDEAS
This pe.iod and theatreof acrionshouldprovide rhe wargmer wirh
dJagoonsleadingthe way. Kemy orderedhis anillery untimberedon a wealftofideas.Itparticularly teDdsitsetfto compdy levet,gding
the ned bank,bur St@klon imFetDoustyseizedrhe gunsdd orde.ed a! portrayedin Zle Srrrd and fi? alah" zles. Somescenejos. strch
ihe mento row them acrossthe river ad esrablisha posinonon r,tefd as Natividad,also works well wirh skimish rules sucba! rhosefound
beach. Mtuines aided the artilery in establisbjngrhe posirion, atrd in DonaldFeathe6tone\ Slimitr Waryautna dd tle sadly..long-our-
Americo dd Califomian artillery cortunencedro ..slug it out......tbe of-pnar" Colonial Skimish War8aher by Blake, Cunis. Colwell and
Amencan artillery getring the best in the dDel (with that ol' gumer Merben.Give the Califomios a elire rating asyou would Boers- bur
Stoctlon sighting the cmons himsetfl). p@r musket tue abilities (due !o Iack of pracdc€ md very poor
Gaining the Califomio side of the river, rhe Ame.icans fomed a powdet. There shouldalso be a rule limiting casuattieson eachside,
squareandsbned to advace, Halfway to rhefd bak lhe Califomians as both sideswerc sensiriveabout rhis poinr od were not wilting ro
fomed and sbned theii charge.Stocktonwrcte thar the ..site was a accepta ldge numberof dead.
Glorious one, dom they came in one long line. their Red Blantel!, Though tbere seemsro be a wealth of Menca An€.ican Wd
Black Hatsed Bright Lmces glinerin8...and deathseenedto stde us figDres,there de few which deal with this lheatre,Many figurcs in
in the face, for whar colid stay the !owe. of rhat iid€ of Hose and distng tiDes, such as draeoonsand presidial lanceG Eay @ usd_
HumanFleshl' hep@d to receivecavatry.rheAmericanspoEd 6re Revircsco("small 25lm" or lr2 scale)hasb.ou8hl our a new line of
into the Califomians. Tttree times the Califomians chdged the figures €specially for the Califomia rheatre.This new line jrcludes
AmencaDsDd dree times they were reputsed.After fie finat charge Califomio Lancers (mounreded dismounted).Americd D.ngoons
Aom the lmcers. Kemy orderedhis nen to chdge rhebank,and with (mountedand dismounred),moDnrainmen. sailors, US MaJinesod
Oat losilion caprmd, rhe CalifomiansreriEd orc mile md encamped oftceB, Also available de the usual Mexicd w& complementof
artiuery bd infanlry, dd prcsidial lancos. These6gms @ available
directly frcm Reviresco{ c/o Johr McEwan, I 119 SanFrdcisco Ave.
TIIE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES (LA MESA) NE. Olympia, wA 98506,USA). Fronter also trEkes..OtdCalifomia
figures (25m) fo. rbe MexicanWd. Mmy of thesefigu.es seemto -
The next day (9 January 1847), Kemy advuced towards Los
be designedfor slighrly older conflicts bd would be usetul for rhose
AnSeles.At abour2 p_m..the Americm werc onceagain codront€d
who might want to re-enact a ..Zoro'. skimish. TlEse figures ee
by the Catifomio force, the narivesgivirg one Iast defensebeforetheir
availablefron Modeler's Mart of Florida. Both conpanieshave..web
city. The Califomios open with rheir aniliery but this w6 generally
sites on tle Inrem€rdd I suggestrbaryou contacrfte compaies for
ineffective again$ lhe Abericans (dd Sbckon's guns). Several
chdges were made, but they w€re always tumed back by the
Americdt defedsivesqure. Finally. the Califomios deployedh a
ho.seshoefomation, exrendingrhen line dound rhe Americd squm
SUGGESTEDSCENARIO'"TIIE BAITLE OF NAVIDAD'
for an all our a$autt- With sbining lances dd ..hodible yells rhe Basedupon tbe batde of Natividad. this scenrio was designedro
Califomids chdged rhe Americds at a grar vel@iry, only to be introdDceconventionattendeesto war and skimish gming.
In this
sropped50 yardsshonby rhesteadyfire ftom theyanke squar€.tjter. scendio, the Califomians (12 mounEd lance6) have captu.ed U.S.
Cduomio conremporary chrcnicte,AnronioO.io {outJ bhme rhe CounselHarkin (on foor) ad e taling him ro a nedby mission fo.
defeaton bitrer inn8htng in the Califomie rdks and the refusal of 'tafe keeping. Otr the way ftey run inro
12Americanr rrrcunan Den.
ceflan companycaptnns to coordinarerhe ch&ge on the Afre.icds. sailos tud nen of rhe Catifomia Ballalion, all on fooo berdinscattle
'when Comnander
Floressawthar he also ws beins anackedbv the backto rhencamp.The Califomimsmusr(tr \afelyescoaHa-i.in
otr
spml otdirco'd. he \unendercddr bdnlefietdro tus;nemy..- slare, the indic,lrd €d8eoi rhe board.r2r toil Lhe
Americo anemfl al
Osio in his I E51manuscript.After rwo dd a half hous, rheAmericds stealing canle, dd (3) iniict damage upon
rhe Americds. The
crcssedtheir neld of victory dd into Los Angeles. On 14 January Amencms must (l) safelyrecaptureHarkin, (2)
he.d rhe catrleoff the
1E47.Fremontsigred the Trcaty of Cahuetrgawith Andrc pico and rhe indicatededge of rhe bodd, and (J) inflict
damageupon the
wd in Califomiaended.
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 Piggy in the Middle The Kriegspiel fomat is one that gives tult scope to crearive
Umpiring in Wargames umpinng. Ifyou cd sepdareihe two sidesand isolae them Fom each
orheJ they are a1 yoD mercy. This is rhe way campaiSnDmpirin8
by works, witb eachside i. a sorr of nental companmentwith just the
Ray lucas snippetsof infomation glemed hom the lnan in chargeto go on_If you
also 8er the donkey-work done by a compurer ljfe becomesalmost
Somem bom umpires:someachieveumpiring skilli and somehave
ump'dng rhrus( upon them, Counl rne mongst the larrer lt bkes a Cmputers ma,kemore rhan adequateumpires in rheir oqn rjght.
certaininaschisric faraiism!o volunrarily suffer the slinSsmd lmws Sonehow.no one doDbrsrharthe machire is alwaysnght. ln point of
(not to menion javelins, w&dans dd shEpnel)of ouoageous faci il is subject, I add
hdrily, lo tle old prcerammea. saw of
wdgme6. Yer I do it. I wish I knee whr. 'Srbage
in equalseebage oDt". Or put anotherway. rhe nachi.e is
To soDe. Dnpi.ine is an ego Fip. r knowledgeis power rhen the onry s g@d as ihe man who progrmmed
it_ p.ovided ftar the
umpire. with his uniquegrip of the game,is aUpowertul. A fnend of Prcera'ming is tundmenblly soundthe
odd aberatioDin resuitscm
mnq wDen dsuming rhe lm e of dbitraror, habitually .efeB ro usuallybe pur down lo a bad 'andom.
Again, playeB will usually
himelf as cod (personaly I m nol rhat gooo ar renaD , and acceptsone hirly crushinSdecisionsifrhey
how rheyweregeneraed
c e n a i n l ) - n or n
r \ i \ d c ) \ , . A n n o ) i n 8 . G o d .m a v n o r b n n Sd o c n a
pragueor r.\ un\. burir ca Frulr in Jourotr-rabtemoremenrrumine Indeed. the vas majorjry of natue wargameA. faced wirh m
up rn somrhiphlyunexperled ptace! unpalabble decision, can nomaly be eljed upon to .waltow it,
To o1he6. umpinng is a pendce. somerhingrhey woDid rarher provided thal rhey do no1feel ..pick€don.'
or disainjDated lgainsl.
someoneelsedid , prefembtyin anotherpe.iod, at tbe orherend of rhe Wdgming seens to brced a certain
moum of p:mon, evenm the
clDb.on oother nighr of the week_Ttese e Dsuallyrhe peoplewho most stableof personalities.When the
opponenrse youngsrerseven
reSdd the rulesasa bnsisfor negotiatjonmtherrhana serof diretives. greatercaremusl be exercised.
Be that asir may,rhegrearestlessonI haveleamedm manyvemsof Some yeds ago ny club was invited. witl others.to staSe
makng emnc. dbrtraryde.'sronson de spuro, lhe momen;i\ lhal ir participadongarnesat the Narional
Amy MuseuD in London. Thes
rs not wh you umpirc. bur who. There @ people I would happily
Sameswerc iDlendedto invotvethe youneerneDbers of the pDblicod
nurse thioDgh rhe rigours of Sino,ViehaDese glerilla warfare tud intercst them in rhe hobby.Theseyoungsters
could rrnge in age ftom
oLher'I wouldnorshue a l.ble wiLhfor alt LheSp,cectrh rcyalrie\ founeenor fifteen down ro sven or
eight. ln the interesrsofpeace dd
md rhelddrerrhemlelves. Ihe besrprereot sd\iLe I can Eivelo ot hmony we developeda world War Two gamewhich becameknown
bDdd'n8w&eame\umpir s ch@\eyourplayeNqelt. s the Creal No-Win Crunch. Thercin. we umpires did ott. besr ro
Of course,it helps if you de $e only one who knows rhe rules: explajn that KinS TigeF could nor releporq
thal rming Shermans
bettersdllifyou wroteftem. Rulemechdicsfind Oemselves ara tolal wirh nolorcycle combinarionswd counterprodudivei dd rhat if
losswhenall theyhaveto go on is a setof Dove distances.This is otren eleryone would jusr wair a momenl
eachptayerwould get his tum lo
all 1 allow d)one Dsingny own homebrewedrules.Tbe minor lire. Ar the end of two hou6 the
banlefield would be stresr with
drawbackis rhatthe umpire hasto calculateall 1heconbat md inorate ovenumed plastic vehicles and
the umpires could dectarean
rcsults himsell This rs a merebagarele comp!red to haviDSto argue honouable draw and rerire ro the pub
ro mover
down spiriredattemprsto use anillerymento chdge cuirarsid on the I sometimesrhint<thar rherc is ar much satisfadion ro be gained
groundsthat Oe rulesdon't sny you cd.1 . rrom umpinng d rhereis Fom actuallypiaying. ff rbeplayes feel thar
Tbese type of Bmes atlow gear scope for .trearive umpi.jng,,. the gme has beenenjoyable,paniculdly
_ if they haverecognisedan
thosebnlimr lirde rouchesrhar give $e gme armosphereed brine extra dimensionnor presen!in their
usualgmes, rhercis nuch to be
home to tbe players a1leasra rasreof codirions prevaitine for Eal said in favour of the umpire_ReDemb€r
though, if both sides are
Senerals.Back in the late sevenriesI was privilegeo ro act on tne whinging al you, you must be doine somethingrighr!
urnpnng tem at a huge Soviet tnvdion of WesremEDmDe.,maD
g.me orgui*d by P.ddy C.iffiln ar LheRUS| In whireh;lt. Tt;
unpi.es perc basedin the lecture rheaFedd kept in conractwith the
playe6' rcoms by 6eld telephone.The hjghlight of ihe firsr day wd a
blow-by-blow eyewimessdescriprionover the phoneof rhe sinlins of
the USS Enle?r6" b) Soviersubmrflnes.t. -urt u-oi-. - z t"dJ"" 5-, d,a.t I ,
extroven to his fingertips, mmaeed to mate it soDndlike a cro$
tt d^.t 'tet ;- \
betweenthe cmh of the flrtderr.ag andthe last furtons of the cmd ,.
Narional. The re\r of ussarenrrmced_ \ caat, /4,J.&a {,
s-b-ta." E,2."r 2
The remole control fomar altowedrhe umpircsto usethe .Mashaj
|r4 / d /9a9 ,4efqb
Zhukov' merhodof comand. This invoived scrcmins insrncrions Ite ta,t ]a<L. d .. \
downUe hddset dd rhenhmgingup befoe $e mfl.rie othe .nd 2rr,.
{'d--ha- ^
had tine to dgue. My colleagueon the air deskw6 a nan of librat
i!!_::: tt.L 4j^L At 4 !
mind and few words. I reinember one of the Soviet lround
comrndeF ringinghim for a reconna;rsance repon.-whar s in rionr
of Jrd ShGk Amy . he wdred ro krow Vy co eaSue
Stanced.rrhe
map. Swrlze.lsnd. he cptied bneny.ed pur Lhercce,ver down.
In that gme, asin so manyorhe6, we usedthe fteeforin intencrive
d@isionprcrcot (in orherwords,we bade it up as we went atong).lJ
it cd be Mged. this is the way to ptay all umpiredgmes. prcvided
that the umpirehd a goodgene.alg6p of the periodbeingptayeda&l
a set of gujdelines rhat he can foltow or ignore ar his discrerionrhe
Samecd move so mucb more fre€ly. So long a! he Ememb6 ro
thbw a coupleof dice andconsulta pi@€of pap€r(ir cm be rhetadto
finA if you like) most players wilt acceprthe mosl ouFageousof
 I went hoDe inspired. I had never considered l5tm for tbe 20th
BRUCE FORSYTH & THE Certtry, but I was converted,
REPUBLICAN MILITIAS He€ fate played its part. To me enthusialmis lite alcohol. by tbe
nexi moming its effect has (eenerally)wom off And so it miShrhave
beenhad I not woken lhe nexl noming with a bad back.Ard I really
A storv of insanitv do med a badback,doctoB out, X- rays,off-with-the'falnes dogs, ihe
overcoming logic lor. Bu! despnebeingunableto move,I could slill usethe phoneto call
PererPig. and yes they did do l5nm Scw figures,and yes they could
by fd me a tist stnight away.andyes I could pay overthe telephonewith
the old flsible ftiend. And. nost imponandy,yes the figms would
Ricbard. Clarke dive tle next dar And they did (do we really yem for the "g@d old
''My moterintaw is so obno)dousshe even makes the wife seem days'?). Now okay,I couldnl paint ftem while flat on my back,bDtit
sDfficedto mainrainthe momentumpasrfte point of no retum.
pleasaft', em, well mayb€nol. I don i know about you bul it seems So nos, severalmonthsdom the line. I havemy mies, I havemy
tnat if nost comedids areto be believedthe wife s motheris Beremlty rules combininSthe nap'd aile set with the lRoupdz?l Fr.8D SCW
a monsterfton hell, bu! despirethe "nonhem mD" rcutine that I can supplenentthat Duncm was selling on his standat Salute,so all in the
still readily dip inro despitetm nany yearsin fte "PC" south,I cmnol gdden is rosy.well not quite.
say this. h fact my mothe.in law k a g@d old stick. DespiE lhis she I lke noprd iile a lot. I like the SCw mendments h ionpan e/
dcs not alwaysget it right. A couple of yees ago sheaskedthe wife a!c8o, but I do have a problen with fte morale md coImdd dd
whal I wmled for Cbiislmas. and, having been suilably primed. cotrtrol aspecrs,or lack of them.within fte nles. I And it odd that a set
Eliabeth gave the right dswer "Richard wants the PrussianSlaff of rules which lses fte Conldy as ils main unit size usesa Battalion
hislory of the Franco-Prussian wd , Now to you and 6e rhar mems level morale systen. This cd result in the moDaly lhat t{o
that Riched wanrs the PrussianS1affhistory of the Franco-Prussid Conpanies iD a Baualiod will fighl in Soodmorale until wiped out to
Wd, to a molher/auntie/mother-in-taw this neans $nt Richardwdls a a man, whereu fie ofter rwo Compmies, stiu at full strenglh,Day
book to do with wargaming.ConsequenttyRichard gets Don subsequendyrun at $e whjff of smokecasualty.
Feathe6rones Caftplcl? WargahinSr€mainderoff the market.Great. This fist issue is easily resolved. I kepr the Battaliotr tes! bur
Now don't ge1me wrcng, I havea lot of time for Don and his works, supplemented i1with a companttestfor infmiry ey time theunit is fiEd
all true ground breakingstur when ir w6 wrinen. but when you have on. For WWII this worksasfolloqs. RoUa dice dd mend asfollows:
erough trouble explaininS your obscure hobby lo your relatives
dyway (panicultuly the onestnat cameas ajob lot wilb lhe wif€l) and -2
someonenolices in the red of rhe dust jacket lhat the series rhar -l
includesDon's nasterpiecealso bodls the tiile,4 ParriDrpl Dorldli +l
you sometimeswish that the mofterinlaw had stuck to scks ed old Defendingbuildings I
Spice. Dug i'L/bunke ,l
So what, you may ask, am I going on abo( welt aside ftom the +l
obviousquesnon'Why is a compatuonbook ro Conplete Worganiag +l
calledA PossionIor DonkeJs(it\ Eue,look in your copy! Answe6 on
rh€bek of m unusuatshapedpostcmd)I guesslhe .eal stalemenlhere If the resultis belowthe Compdy s curenl sFengthin figuresit will
is don r lak€ your wegaming self too leriously. no-oneelsedoes- act asordered-If eqDal1othe curent strengtho. one abovethe unil will
A stmge startto an article I ll grantyou, but witl reason.Ofted we becomepinned,being ndable1omove next tlm ed fEing at on€ level
sedch fo. coDplexsolutionsto lhe probleDsof rule writing. wheneasl below their Faining clals, e.g elile firc asregulds md so on- If two or
dd tun methodscoDldbe appUed,as we will see. more abovethe strengd the unit will relire at mdimum speedto the
To busines. I havealwayshad a interestin the Spmish Civil Wd. ne@st ftiendly cover, no firing being allowed untll they reach their
Perhapsm excflciating expenencerefighting Kusk with my cousitrS
Iive million micctanks in the mid 1970sleft its nenlal scars.but AdditioDatfactos caDbe introducedfor the Spmish Cilil W&, as
when it comesto the twentieth century I havealways lendedbwards suggesfedin the moraie section of Ronpaa el rre8r, one critical
the low intensiry, limited resourcesees. when Erdycolri hit lhe changeI nale is lo coDnta Compmy as unsupportedif they de over
strers and everyone wa zapping Chdlie with their super-tchno 8' Aon tneir BaMlion Commder This gives the headquarte$
gunships,I wd chasingZANLA tercrists thrcughthe Rhodesianbush Companya real role in fte baldeed reprcsentsthe fEgility of the le$
with a force of a8eing police resenists. My Secondwortd war
experienceis rcally limited to hunting partisanswith Latvian Schm. Commd od Control is the nexr issDe.One of the key @as that
In someways,rhereforc,the SpanishCivil Wd w6 o obvioustdget. nakes ol€s suchas Pn crpler o/lvu. popDld is that they havea C&C
In particul& the initial phases,with a nix of political militias and the
systeD that is ninimali$ bur effective.In Rapid riru sampleorde6 of
smalt but well trained Amy of Af.ica. had .lways caDgbt my batde show HQ Conpdies, but they would seemto be nolhing morc
ftm dother Dnii. tndeedthe offceB woutd seemro haveno influence
So, to pamphraseMn Beeton, fi61 buy you figms. My fi^t on the gme whatsoever,exceptinga niDus on infantry noraie if fte
awarenessof SCw figureswas fte 25'm dge by Alltelon, mtuketed Baltrlion comder is lost.
thmugh Oe Harow Model Shop.t&ge, looking as though the oaster Once again I felt ir importot to keep the soludon simple, and fte
had beencarvedfton a block of butler wift a chain{aw. they had a oplion of introdDcinga basicorder syslem,6 well asthe C&C systen
wondertul feel of chmncrer,and werejDskighr for 1930'sspain. The to allow the mdagement ofthis, s@ned the logical choice.At the sl.n
negatile side was $at fie Companycealed lrading in the UK when I of a gme tbe playes de provided with maps on which they draw
w6 about a third of the way through building my lmies, leaving me mows sbowingthe objectivesfor eachBattalion,or posidonsnaJked
with enoughEoops fo. a ldge skimish, but nothing more. End of for slaricunils. This is supplemenledby detailing what orden fte force
SpanishCivil wd prcject. has.The optionsherc m N follows.
Ten yeds later I Mived at my l@ai club to be told lhal we were Defend
doing a wwll game.Oh great rhinks I, tanks, larls ed more tanks. No advdce morcthe 6 further foNard ftan naned posidon.Force
But my horor wd shonlived. Pele. Pig figures dd the Rapid air my choge automaticallyto 'Attack' if their position is takenby fte
ruies producedan infanEy led game*hich lookedgood ad felt ri8bt.
 To nded posilion in colum of mtrch. If engagedby grcund troops
wiu automadcally chdge lo .,Defend'on cmenr position.In rhis KEEPWARGAMIN
PaulandTeresa
Bailev
srtuationtoops Day obviously adju( their deploynenr. Uffi
Engage 5llDlN TheKeeD
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a 'ninimum of medim nnge for all except anillery aDd support
Pl4* not rh.r re wllt b. d@d t2nd ro 26thD.emb.r 199?inc,G,re

This gives a bdic fiamework for our gmes without being too we sh.ll b€ .t ttre tollowlng .h@s in rh€ nsr tftr6:
arduous.bDl what about r.oopsdirerentials? As I havestatedone of
the deligbls of the wa is fte vaiabiliry of troops rypes, fron rhe
higNy etrective Slmish Foreign t€gion to the highly molivated bDt
untEined Anmhisr militia, and with aI levelsof military and pm_ WeaE nq .bt. to 3upply fis ng oi a th6 hngs * $@k on
dr.k Pl€s. conrad !s tor dEr. a.
Eilitary force in between.
D|y,bofidrddf,rnhdx60o.4&nn
The obvious quesrionhad to be how ro represenrdifiercnr levels of 4,rpot &r.,@rh.ri'ibd
Conmand dd Contrcl rhar ensted. The obvioDs answea Bruce M,",""'"t'",,1."".A,'''.#JJF"
Fomythand tlat nimcle of televisualentenaim€nt .?lay your C&d! H'rc'6& so.fi ou'6ABountueMinirturB-rlr'o'6nnqB
Ddn v'ntrru€! jAn rshh & 25m'i €ioo., Mrx $lsddE;o6
Righf'l d&i'r!nft-dddnni6
Okay, maybenot obvious,bur severatweekspevious I had raken
part in a Naloleonic gde where playing cads bad been used to
relresentGeneralj initiative. At rhetime a few hrmorous rc|@ts had
beenmadeaboul Brucie", and looking backa seedhad beenptdred.
For those knsible emugh to be unfanilid with the show in
3-1.&h,t.
queslion (or for ftose overseasrcaderseven moE fortunare nor ro w.rsam6R4.'kh Gbup.robdo
know of Bnce Fo6yth) it goes like !his. The &c:npiisnsdr6. Ai&hrus, Adiv,safr c.

conlirnted wifr a rcw of cardsface down. The tnl s rumeo over m

show its value. the remainitrgcdds are tumed over in sequencewith
the poor contestots having to pr€dicr whetherrhe value is highe. or
lowq thal the previouscard, meanwhitethe srudio aDdiencecal our
then recomendations in a srangely rnoronic fashion. Ideat for
l4 from LheC-in-c will D.erhetollowingequaLjon.
So bearing in nind my original, if renqous, rehuk, tbat we
shouldnl lake ou hobby too senously,od wo.kinS on fte basisrhat
sucha systemcoDldadd somelun b a social evening,swdgming, I
decidedto give it a go. Wlat resultedws a! follows
A chanSeof Baraliotr orders nust come fiom the ColmmdeFin-
Chief, who's abiliry to do this can be limited by a numberof facro6.
On the Narionalsl side we d€ l@king at the effectivenes of then
battlefield comunications, for the Republicas (nuch more fun) tte
political inclinationsof fteir rroops_
Fo. ibe Narionalistsd order chtuge is automaticif the Batralion
Cotunmder is withiD t6'. of the c,in-C md within 16. of rhe
Companiesconcemed.Fron 16-32"two cards@ used.the fi6t being
face up. If the plnyer successfullypredic$ whetber fte next crd is
higber or lower the order may be implementedinstnntu A cmd of
equal valued counts d a ftled test. For order changeswhere the
oficeN ee sepdaied by mo.e thd 32.' rhreecdds me usedwirh rhe
player makirg his predicrionsin sequence.
For fte RepDblicansrhen est dependson the Baralion\ lolidcal
aligmenr lf rhe BatralionOflicer is within 8, of the C_in-Crbrcw an
averasedice (DA!) dd adjusras follows:
Colmunisls,RegDlaJs,
BasqDes 2 to lhe 'Les Dennis Family Fortunes"obsenalion tesr.._.
POUM.Socialist I
This is amendedagainif the unitt Comander is over 8 . ftom rte
C-in C. ai follows:
8" 16"
16"-32" +2
32+ +3
By way of example,a Comunisr Baftalion who\ Cominanderis
shop op€nT06€.r ll0.c(}dm.6.0opmt.
DAv-2 (for their type) +1 (for distance)= DAv- I
Tbe unit in quesrionwilt. thercfore,automaticatlyobeythe orderon
a thsw of 2, a minimum of rwo cardsbeing needed,but could havea
four cdd lest otr a lbror of 5.
The above tesr shoutd rcsult in Republicsn Colmddes beinq
cdetul lo position$em.elre\ clore ro wh,l de) percei\elo be d;
cntical poitrt,in th€ sameway fiar Batralionofficers de affectedby rhe
moralechdges nentioned eartier
One fiml le$ compleles the chmges, this being fte .brdhist
Assaulr Test . If an Anechist Compmy are asauldng an enemy
posrrroncarry our a rwo ctud test. This representshow effective the
Company comander has been in peBMding his free spi.ired
comiadesthat to cbargeis really rherighr rhing ro do. I DseOis test on
all lroops who havealEady b€enobliSedto wirhdrawby a Doratetesr.
Clearly what I have describedis a sysrem thar can be innnirely
vried to suit ci.cumstmces, and has huge lolenrial for other
applications.Being a mix of chmce dd decision maiins it could
ea\ily be lransteftd ro decidedyrhing trcm he succe.\oi political
in'(iativeIn a cmpaipn ro Lherm&ng in prcces tor ani eo. tr also
provideda litde ligbt relief to oDrgamesat the clDb,proving ny point,
tne mosteffectiveideasarenot alway! rhemostsensibleones.Now. on
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fsures. The
buildiagsarc in ftsi. b! Monouth Desighs:the obelisk is b! the no|| deJtnctGrendet: thepopta! are
JrM K&M Trees:and thepatn trcesdre
h etchedbr6s fun a Inndon no.lel shop.
Dunng Si@a s recent visit we also photo|nphed sone of his Me.lievals(see thisnoatht
Jtukt @vet) a4d sone ol hiscoltectionof Roruns
and cetts (eat h for ttresein a futurc issue).
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Readers Letters PLASTIC PLEASI]RE

I read wilh interest Mike SigginJ commenl on the recent TV
& other sundries progme "Gare of Wd". ID fet I agreewith him on solrmy poinls
I pas!€da copy oD to the Gme of War team so that they could seeit
for lh€mselv€s.Howevea whilst t had also tust ihought how much
MORE SPANIARDS PLEASE better it would havelooked with fi8ues, on cfl€ction I havechanged
my mind. Tte sinple plastic blocks were easyto idendry and that has
t don'! agE wirh everything Mike Siggins writes in his montbly
lo be a plus. My oM thoughtsare ftat either shotsof re etr&toB in
colDm, yet I enjoy readingit ud feel it would be a shameif he w6 to
costumeor d@ent pictres of the sotdierswould go a lon8 way to
stop writinS it. This rcacdoDwould surpriseTony Hawkins sinceI am
enhancethe visual effect. wlEn all is said and done though, its
nol a 1,000 point gder, save my moEk for tonential raln ed
warganing on TVr tet'srun with the idea. supponChannel4 and belp
consider myself to be fairly open mtuded. Mike hiNelf would
pmbably also be sDrprisedasmy haDdfulof Otd west Foun&y fiFfts
lie larSely untouchedin a drawer.whitsr rhe painting of my beloved
l5nn Minifigs Spdish Napol@nic amy continues apace. I like Jultin Taylor, Ye.i,\idi,\'ici
Ed. Asks:You nean ther€'! morc to come?
mike's column becnuseit n wel qritten, thought provoking,
controveEialand aboveall enthusiasuc.I enjoy it beaDs I acceptit
for what it is supposedto be, nmely one gamels person.l view of the
hobbl TotryHawkinj own otrering in Octobels issueprovesthe poinl PRY PREJT]DICED
that Mike dd S.w- Eardley alftady know lo their cost. That is, il is
muchedier to criticise someoneelse'! work thm to makea worthwhile I kite in respoN ro Paul Pry's letter tast issue.He ha completely
contribution yoursell For somebodywho ha sDcha vat day of nissed rhe point that lelevisionis a visual nedium and lhal 'Gme Of
gmitrg techniquesat his fingenips. I was disappoinledio fird tbat tbe Wal was a disater in thosetelN. Cddigans and blobs of plaslic re
bestMr Hawkitrscould comeup with was a glorified Quick Reference hardly designed1oatliact viewe6, dd seryeonly to reinforcethe idea
Shet. Ironically. the Bloup of peoplethis kjnd of anicle is mosl likely that 'Wargaming'is a snall sectdomiMted by odd dufrersand doraks.
to a?pealto is the group that Mr Hawkins clains to d€spise. Even chesshad to adapl wben lelevised pictorial represenBuonof
Mr Hawkim my know what a TE$n is, bur he has litde idea hoq to what was going on md the introdlction of speedchesson a laler md
hold THIS Mder's interest. At least Mike Siggins now knows the metaldoninated stage.As for lhe contmed sniping at Mike Siggins-
fswer to his challetrSeto Mr HawkiDsto write a better column - he well it just g@sto showwbata n.rcw mirded buncbsomewdgamen
@. A hobby atrd associated opinions should spread joy and
mtr$ment trot vitriol. Irs all mther sadreally.
John Haith
York
SidcuD
PS. DoesTony HawkiDsrca]ly loow peoplewho becon€ distessedor
upst if they dont udeEtud a rule set (or wa the word he was
l@king for "ftusFated')?
PPS Anl,time that yoq waot to show more pholog€pbs of Bill IMMIGRIITION TO NORTHERN SCOTLAND
Gaskin'sor you Spdish Napol€onicsis fine by ne!
Havewe not bad ercugh of Mike Sigglns?I think il's time Wargme/s
Notebookis scrappedmd replacedwith a proper review page.Mike
Siggins' coments or MDiature Waryaws nr,agazinea its eCtrot
WARGAMING PERSONALITIES {s€ew.I.12l) Iain Dickie, does WaryMes Illustrate.l no crcdit at a[l,
Mike Siggins (Wargmer's Not€book, vII 121. Octob€r 1997) is but merely dngs the naguine dowtr to $hoolboy level of'our mag's
you mag'. *
absolutely nght in his dalysis of The Game of wal proeralMes- betler thd
They were such a disappointnent ' despite Aneela Rippon's The tflth is ou hobby would be a lot poorerwithout ou wdgming
mNeuous etrorts. I verf nuch hofE Anhr H.l]tm ed / or Paddy magein€s. r all Mike Sigginscan do is slag otr fellow warsme6 be
sbould give up ud g€t himsetf alongto a football match,wherche cfl
criffith. for both of whom I have the highgt rcedd for thei.
contributionsto wdSming, take up rhe gaundet rlrown downby Mike shout some insults at the oppositiontill his little hean is content.
md rcspondro his comenrs. Perhapsthey, or the producerof the As a final swipe, I would like to say ihat Ivan Kovacis tating oDtof
series,might acceptatr iovitation to b€ intefliewed by Mike, th@by his musket barel if he think the Harrowgateshow SABRE is p@r I
hetping us all to b€tt€r undeFtandhow the series wd pDt togethd have attended SABRE for the ldt 5 yea$ and found it to be oneof the
(what, for instance,were the rules in use?),how it care aboDt,but bestshowsin the north. PerhapsIvan ha! spenltoo mDcblire h the
plde Mike Sigginsshouldbe $rt dd s@n. *
what were i$ objectives.Such an uo.lestddiDg might emble us to higudds, a
acceptit on its own tems andperbapsenjoy it more when (if?) il next
happ€nson our screens.Suchpublicity sbould,d Mik€ Sigginsnghtly Paul Robinson
points ou! haveprecededlh€ seriesmd would suely haveben weU FeFyhiI
receivedand beneficial.But betier late thd nev€r 4Ed. Not€ 1: Miniature Walg4rus wd sl.ited u! by the late Peter
lnreFiews sith influenr,sl or otber*i\e lamous wdgamitrg l
personalities or historians? Now wouldn't tbat be d intercsting, Cilder& D)seU.Nertherof u. eversoldou riSbtsro tbe mCuine 'your
so would the schootboykeen to p.ts his G.C.S.E have to say
entertainingand novel developnentin a wa.Smes Mguire?
How aboutit, Mr. Editor? * Mg's bettertbatryour other Inag!'?
+Ed. Nore 2: Nexr nonth's waigamels Noteb@k will b€ by Hanish
Keiah Webb Macsigsins of Glen Siggins- we've wamed him not to cairy his dirk
Market Harbomush

* Ed not€:Soneone'sworking on it! *Et nole 3: Corespondenls@ not limited to two swipese&hl

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wallets and ca]Iing to nearbyds@iates "Quick, cone tud hav€a look
PRFJS GANGS TO RAID G.W. SEOPS?
at this". The stall may not be one tm personallyinteEsredin. but rhe
This is yet anotheropinionatedt€tter about lhar opitrioMted fellow enthusidm I s@ alwaysmakesme glad I''n a wargmer
Sigginsdd the opiniomted conespondetrce his colum getrenies.And So to reite€te, ideas not put downs, inJomed coments not
thats the point. If he was anything like reaonable fld Doderaleyou personalattacks,dd pleasedoD'tend Mr. Siggins' colm, add morc
woul.ln'l havethe vigorouslene6 pagerharis now a featureof WI on otber topics with differetrtpoints of view. So get your pensout ed
Before I stick my oar in, ter me statemy crcdentials.I,m a vetem
wdgamer (25+ yeds) I'm unsuccesstul(If l,ve won ten ganes. ith as Saondly.Mr tucbardMarshs'BuflaloSoldiersscendiovavery
many).I've d immenserule libEry 6ur I're yet io find the setthar lets interesdng, with blow by blow accoDnts of wargming I find
Ine p€Borally keeprcjoling the dice). I've mies coming our of my enthralling.I wd lransfixed readjrg rhe mricle. The only down side
ears (So cDise the fig@ manufacturcBwho keep coming up wirh qr! therc were no photos of the acrion. I hope Mr Ma$h can be
better figues for morc dd more arEacriveand obsue armjes).And f'€nuadedto provide somei! tutDie adicles.
I'n thorcughlyaddicted. Thirdly, I went io rhreeshowsrhis year: Sature,Euo Militaire ed
The "Gmes Wo.kshop,'phenomenonfdcinates ne_ It hd resulr€d SELWG. Salutewas sometime ago now but it was m excellentday
in morc peopleplayiry tabl€ rop bantesthm w€ would havepossibly indeed.tn generalrbeparticipationSmes lookedgreat.My ftiends dd
inagircd twenty odd yearsago.It hasnade a sigtrficdt conFibutioD I alwayssay we'regoing tojoin in a participationgame,bur everyye&
to encoumginghigh quality fig@ painting. Its fll€ books set Sood we 8et side tracked od just ooh dd aah ou way aroud rhe huge
slandardsin tems of readabiliry,layour and situationexemptitrcaiion. complexof room- Every dooNay held its own liide pmdon s box.
The problemis tharir cm be desoibed asd inward looking cult based Stalls werc good, someI'd never seenb€fore. Someof the things I
robd its Warhdwr ^!td Space Marine mythologies md its oM acqunedwere veied: cacti, boxes md cnles lion IreBul&j renain
bl@ks fron T.S.S.(which didnt fit in the b@O and patm treesftom
Tte challengefor historical wargmers is to rcscueth€ Workshop K&M Trees (I thinl). Mosdy for my Wild West, but rhe palm be€s
cultists and indoduce them to the &umenical plealures of other cme about after seeilg ihe Bog-a-te! gme. If you havent seenrhis
periods, figurc mdufacturcs ed rule concepts.Waigaming puisrs gde, it's full of dinosaus andlittte boatsfrom differetrtnatioru sailing
exercisinga fdtacisl apmfteid won't help. I aied it, but rhe cult holds rcud magnificetrtscenery.I would like to seesomephotosofit in rhis
Mgzine if at aI possible,or if dyone hd any negariveslei me know_
We have becdme a maturc dd maruring hobby, a! Dany of Ds As to the Gaol House ceneFls who tu rhe game. I tried obtaining
approachthe gentle pasturesof edly retirementwirh gamjngtime on theii addressor telephonenumberfrcm the organises,but rheywerc I
ou bands.But the nrturecoDtinuityof histoncalwargaminglies in the must say surprisingly unlebtul. So if you coutd send me ey
spotty youths whose sweary adolescent odours pesade cames infomation, or betrer srill if you could w.ite a relod on ir into rhis
Workshop every Saturdayaftemoon.We mtrst convert them fiom a magazine,the Editor might publish it.
rea,lity wbere their gues creare fatrtasy to ow fmtay of games The only thing I d hopedto plrchasetherebut wa! disappohtedwa!
Osprcy'sMAA FrcnchForeiCnL€gion b@k.
Euo Militairc s@m to alwayshaveplealantweatherTo thosewho
Jer€ny Sulclifle doD'tknow the showit's mainly tdger nguresandvehicleswith fte odd
Oldhm dsortmenr of bookstalls.This yed ir was slightly ldger with the
additiotrof a tent wit! more Eade6. The show irseu has someof rhe
greatestltuge scalehistoricalfigu.es you re evd likety to seedyeherc
SIGGINS- COOD; SALUTE- GOOD: in the world. with peopleconing liom all over the wortd ro enr€rthe
DINOSAIJRS- GOOD compedtions.This y* I foughr otr the temprationto buy large dd
corcentrated otr b@k. I found the Osprey MAA French Foreign
I havebeenreadingyou magdine for someyem now and fel I musr trgion book, bnt soon put it down when I saw the price rag of fZ5
coment on a few things. (becauseir's out of pnnr. Wenl hone od dusredoff atl my old MAA
Mr Siggins Wdgmer's Notebook'.I find a very interestingread,in books,well yoDneverknowI It wa very crampedd Dsuat,but you ptrt
fact aswith mosrpeopleI know ir,s one of rhe fi6t thirgs I tum ro. up with thesethbgs md I higl y eonnend it to all interestedin
As to his apparentlove of Foundry it's Dnderslandable,they at€ otre
or lhe best in the busines. Their figurcs e in generatsuperbin ny SELWG happenedjusi recentlt again a very nice day. The show
opinion ed have beetr the causeof me buying into mother period seemedless futl this year bur neverthelessvery inreresring.picked up
nearly every 3 o. 4 nonth!. Mr Sigginsbasalso comenled on other somelnore Wild Wesrbuilditrgs frcm Hovels, figws ftom Fouidry,
fims reges such as crippine Beast,supe6, dd Old clory's Wild wagonsion Dixons: all look scellen!. went otr the mils a bit dd
Westfig@s, againvery good.He coments on showsftar I wilt never boDgbl fou. gladiaton fiom Hdlequin Miniatures, again very g@d.
g€rto se, bul I find themvery infomative. Ir's obvioustbat Mr SiggitrsMust stop inpulse buying. The panicipation gmes seened very
is a nan of 25Im well sculptedfigu.es in rhemajn,andwby nor?Then smet the only onesthat mademe take interesrwere U.F_O,landitrgs
I @d letteB sayingMr Sigginsshouldgo md thar hs vEws @ very vith some very natty figdes and of coDrseWitd Wesr skimish
biased-I don't think he\ biased,ii'sjust his lenonal opinion, which betweenIndims and U.S. cavalry on a strdge hex bding systen. The
larter one baving a lot of lotential gmers screaminsrcund ir. As to
ff youre sittjlg there thinkinS he s got rhe wrcng idea aboul 6run samey.I sem to se€the sme navalgane everyyearat virtually every
wdgming or buying figrle for value, rc+Mcling or comFririon show I go to, with a nd dftssed up for rhe pan wirh a bi8 beardand
Bming, wRtTE. I'm surethe Editor eould appreciarecontriburions. hat. I don't know wherherhe doesrhe &rual sme gameeveryyearbut
Bur whenyou Mite in, doD\jusl challengeeveryoneelse'sided saying heseemsto baveboundles enthusiasnfor tbe subject,soBoodon hin.
yom is fte best,jusr pur your sideof thehobbyfosard in the way you WeI thal's pretty nuch il, I've had Dy say,so good wargming.
tbinl it will intercst otheB md maybe€dist morepeopleinto tooking
Dto you. wargming speciality.Donl make il just a list of numbe6. T B@tor
ground scaledd musketmges. We aI know it,s morc than thar, it's Rmsgate, Kena
aboutthe way it makesyou f@1.
I know rhere'spassionout there, I seeit every rine t go to a show Ed note Ar one poitrl I thought you were going to t€ll
me that
md see mases of leople huddled aroud a sirll rcacbitrgfor their dircsam atec@otruts....
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FIGURE REVIEW
U1200Amed.n CiYil War Navrl Vess.ls
AcwE - USSMhresora c6.50)
ACW23 - CoDfed€Ete Sidewhel Gunboaa(J7.00)
From Lanston Miniaaures, North Trendeal, Ladock, Tturo,
conwall, TRz 4QQ
I receivedtwo ofRod s latest ACW models for review at SELWG-
Both re u! to tle usual exceptionalstandardof the l/1200 ACW
range.Tbe n4irnAor. is a ldge model comprisingbdt, sail, bowspril For more info contacr Laurence Spring, 12 Puckshill, Knaphill,
and tunnel pieces on a bdlry 74Im lone hull. Delail is crisp md wokjng,SurreyGU212BS (Tel01483489684)
intricate, ed tbe iinished model has a definile pr€sence.In conmon
with Rod3 Napoleonicmge you cm add rigging for ext a effect-
The sidewheelgunboatis a real gem.The model compri*s a hull,
superstructDre with imp.omptu conon bale cladding. fDnnel dd lwo
masb. Il is toppedoff wifi an exceptionallyfine representationof the On I Sept€mb€r| 997,the followint incompletelist of wa€imes
iwalking Bean' enginecomon to DanyAmericanriver boats.This is
a thr@ pi€ce fitting which lonetheles g@s logethervery well. This,
coupl€dwith well delailed paddle wh@ls dd boxes, will make this
A! usu6rfte hjgh level of derail on both modelsmeansa fine paint
job cd be accofrplisbedby evonthe most ham-fistedpainter;colour
schemesof the penod were fairly utilildian and therefore haE sen or hdd ol or haveben ofreredary of th$e it€ms,6ll
staightforwaJd,but canbe improvedvasdywith cretul btack washing
followed by a light dry-brushing.Both nodels come highty
recoffnended, and furtler reledes in this poputd rangee exp€ct€d
David Manley
I hav. b*n w.qaming lor abod €ighl ,€n now, I hav6 ben to mdy
sho$, queued up at at frdy irade srddsl PLf:p$sE,PLE:asE can
eybody l€ll me... who s lhis blok€? Whal is his |M.? And why do I
a ways.gel nu.r behlndhim? Phil Gasoin6, SldsEg.
THE RUSSIANSARE COMINGI
Enlist in Tsd Alexddels S1Petesbug's Grenadiendd figbr against
the mti Cbiisl Napoleon Bonapane,whose tyrmical mbitions de
aimednot just againstHoly Russiabut the whole of Empe.
This is a new regiment which wiI fom a new brigade wilhin the
NapoleonicA$ociation. It will alsobe the lmt Rusid regimentin the
west and like the regimetrrsin the easr,the Sr Pere6bDrgerenadiere
will baseitselfor the 1812-1814 period.
Why join a Russid reSiment?Rusid troops fought all over
Ewpe, not just agaiNt Frdce, bDtSwedendd the Onomd Empire.
David Chmdler wrote in his book On E Ndpoleonic Wart'Any
coDsiderationof the vNt cmvd of the NapoleonjcWds wonid be
hopelesslyinconplele wirhout fte toops nnd achievemenrsof Holy
Russia.Rusian troopsemed tbe r€sp€ctoffriend dd f@ alike. Also
re creantrg a Russim regiment gives a different point of view of
Napoleonicrc€mchent thm the usualBrilish md Frenchregiments.
A greatdeal of prepdation hd aLeadybeetrdone,bDtthere is snll
plenty to do beforetle reginent takesthe field, hopefrlly sometine in
198. This will give lhe regineDt tine lo recruil, obtain Dnifoms md
get lo know eachother,
Though all $e commandswjll be in Rusim, you do not have ro
speak the language b join. You will be taught to recognise lbe
cotmmds. Rusiu is eaier to lem than you nighr think, lera is left
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l'lixtureofmrdy l'linitirs (120battalions)-
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3) To bavea map of the counry on the wall with forthcoming events
Wargamer's Notebook ud their l@ations, so that p€ople cm go and see a sp€cificauy
wdgaming sbowmd tf to get moreinfomation.
bt 4) To makesue we haveptentyofpresenteBto kep the gaDenoving
md ensre that no viewes get ignoredunlessthey actually wantto be.
Mtke Siggi.ns We re hopingto link up with one of the Bnghton clubsin lbjs respect.
5) Although the eme is not a p.iticipation gme in the usualsense,we
There seem to be somedebatein the media world 6 to whetherone will involve p€ople for shon dmes if they wish. lo help them
should read onet reviews-Pesonally, I hale come to be extremely understandhow fte rules work.
woried when tming to the WI letters page. le$ rhere be anofter ff we get support.rhereee a numberof additional ideaswe would
bdking idiot on the loose,benoaning fte fact that I ever enteredftis like to foltow up: A pamphtetto explain someof $e basicsandhow ro
wodd, let a.lonelhe column. But I will not be detared. ftis is all grist take tiei! intercst furrher It s possible that we could have penod-
1othe mill dd as Mr Lucas so a.stulelypointedout, exactly the point specific information to back the general sruff w€ could offer
ofthe exercise.so, ftank you to MessrsMoon, Wood,ClodeandLucas phol@opiesof simpte. home-grownrutes suilable for beginneN.we
for their snpponand undersbndingof what I am about'andto Mr Pry. may haveone or two of our own, but if anyoneout therehas com. up
did you perchancefail English Comprchension?PleN read what I with somethingsuitableed is wiiling to setrdit to me it would help.
said,Bther thu concoctinSfiction frcm betweenthe lines. The entiE We could havecopiesof commercialrule sts availablefor peopleto
pie.e il Gane oJvat waswritten md re draftedthie limesi I ensDred flick 6rough. we havea fair nurnberourselves,but lhere de a lor we
that eacbword ws chosencdefDlly. It really makesa differencedd. don t have.If any rebilers let us havea copy we would havea siicker
you kno{ you coDtdtry it next lime you de writing in. I haveno de inside so that anyoneinteresEdknows whereir cde ftom dd where
to gind (indeedI wantednothingmore than Cafte a/lt'4r to be better 1oget a copy for themselves.lf theyhavea shop,we could pDtil on the
thanit was - was lhis not evident?);s the baseballumpiEs say,"Ijust map as mentionedabove.If there de dy clubs oDt there which re
ke€n to recruit beginnen md de willine to nale the etrori to help
Whatever,in an effort to prcmote constructivediscussiotrin these rhem and brjng rlen into rhe hobby, send me details at tbe addfts
pages, od iDportandy a counterview to my rmblings, thanks to below, p€rhnpswith a bir of saresblurb to encouaSe the polenlial
Dunce s genercusofler I e now open to letleB on the subject of recruit lo get in buch. We'll nark lhem up on the map.ln the evenlof
wdgaming. A wide briel for surc, bul ir sbould get tbe otd pen us gening a hug€response,which given the apalhyof most wdgmeF
flowing. IJ you bave views, I wot to hed them. If yoD ftirk I m is ratherunlikely, we nny haveto modify the mapidea,bnt we'll make
mistaken on somelhinS,Iel me know wby. If you have m idea, m the infornarion availableto de viewerssomehow.
obsenation or haveseena producrthat mighl appeal,we wml io hed If there @ any muufacturcrs who would like us to have their
aboulit. If yoDhavequestions,I will do my utmosrto son them out. or catalogueso tbat peoplecm seethe veiery thais available,sendone
find sooeone who can. Finally, I am panicularly interestedin your in. If specialislwdgee-relaled s@ietieswet to sendh prcmotional
ideason recruiting new blood andassistingb€ginne6. So.snail mail ro malerial. it would be most welcone. I'm surc that my. begimeB or
Mike Siggins,PO Box 2062.W@dford Green.Esex ICg 5DL: email no! would b€ interestedin good photos of figDres dd gmes- If
to msiggins@aol.com.Stopmooing and get witing ndufacturen, clubs or sociedessend them in ftey would be good
The rest of the colum is deloted to Alan Martin, of Simulatiotrs advenising for then and ee could ensm ftar ftey de capdonedso
Associationof Sussex.wbo ha someof the most consaucdveides thal ir's cled whe€ rhey'le originated. I don't wmt to pur off
I'!e seenon the subjectof pirching the hobby to rhe pubuc.Tha*s to individuals eirher - mdy will have good sbotstaken at showsor of
my cunenr domesticcrisis this is abouttwo monthslatertbe it should theirown collections. All wouldbe welcome.Ifwe gel a lot we'll gel
haveb@n, bur hopetully there is snl time to Eact ud either way the hold of sone posrersizedbit! of cardfrom somewhereto mounl then.
ideasstod up for the future. lf ftere isn't wall space,we'll put tlem in albumsfor peopleto brorse.
"Here m a few thoughb on what we hope to put on at the There must be Dany who read the Daguines who are not aciive
NapoleonicFair We wdt to build on the display we pui on earlier tiis wdgameB ed for someof them it may be baause they don t know
ye& by lrying onceagainto nrke fte gme d cled as possiblelo tbe how they would get started.To aDyof theD I woutd say comeatongto
non wargmitrg public, bfi take it turther by tyin8 to allow dy the NapoleonicFair and find out. what I would be willing lo do would
odookes who may havem interestin the hobbyto gei startedaseasily be 10prolide an informationpack at fte lhow for any individuah ftar
as possible.To have any hope of success,we need to enlist support connct me beforehmdat the ad.lressbelow.If they havea idea of the
frcm the hobby,whetherit be mdufetures, the hobbyprcs, societies typ€ of wargaminglhey might be interesledin, it could b€ raiiored ro
or eyone else.This is not to dk for helpeB.but for ided dd support providemore in-dep$ informarionon the subjecr.The aboveare ideas
for the ides we wdt to put fosdd. I thinl thai events like fte I'!e comeup witn overfte pasrfew days.l'n sureftere mustbe loads
NapoleonicFan which de aot aimed sp@ifically al wargmes. but of ofter things tlat could be done, so please,contactme and let de
which otrer a brcaderrtuge of interestalbeit withtu a sp@incperiod,
perhapsofle. the bestchdce of @ruiting peopleinto wdgming. We l'm not sureif this son of thing hasbeentied before,bul if il is (o
ne€d to comunicate with these people md Fy to tum any Iatent be successtulir needsthosein the hobby to help out in someway. tf
interestthey niay have into actile involvenenr Although we haveto everyoremakesthe usualassumptionthat someoneelw will makethe
bem in nind the mture of the event,we Inay considerextenditrgthe etrort. n prcbably won't work. Ore thing we bave lo bed in mind is
infomation we provide beyond dte Napoleonic period in o.der to that ou exhibit is only one part of a show,so spaceis limit€d dd we
indicatemoreof lhe scop€of the hobby and lo increasefte chancesof de mt s@kingto domimte othq dp@ts, eventhe wdgming bits. We
striking a chord in the audience.The ideaswe are going aheadwith re seekingto etrhuce the shoq not undemine it. L4t ye& we used
whe|nerwe ger supponor nor arei two or tlrce extratablesto put out supportingmaterialand it would not
ll To try and nake fte gane asclear as possibleby €xplaining thingsbe redomble to expectmore spacethd that.To thosewho do help us
id tems understoodby the public and providing explanatoryposters out I woDldsay comealong oo the day and se wbat rhe resultse. It
isn't a wdgde show d such,but therewill be oiher exnibitos therc
2) To put logether some son of clart sbowing history split into the rhatm wonh a visil.Ifyou m intercsred in Napoleonics itt a mDst.
generally recognisedperiods, showing exmples of lhe figures and If we can encouragepeople to anendwho would not have otherwise
rules available to gane in ftose p€riods. plus dehils we have of ihetr everyonebenefitsdd we bavea chmce of being invited again.
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wil! havelo b€ at the expens€of somethingelse- a participanotrgme:
News from the dugout A trader?The paintingdisplay?I am glad that I donl haveto makethat
decision.As ever,sucha showis alwaysa time to met old friends dd
by
Manin Goddad who must rare 6 one of the nicest ?@ple in
Tony llanokins wargaming,along wilh t€s Milts dd our editoa was there with lew
ailditions to his ruges. Such is the fedoDr of this md that he
Within this column it is my inlention to discussmanersthat relate to telephotredBob Cordery[Amuingly not eeninga 'nicestpeopleir our
my pan of Norfolk, and issuesafiecting ou club nembes. It is not hobby nting'l Fn.l on lhe Wednesdaynight prior to the show to
memt to be all embracingud 1heviews expressedmy not tr@essdily disDss ibe addition of a presspack' lo his African rangeand then sat
b€ ihoseof Duncan.No item will be solicited for rcview, ud a club up (o mate tle mod€ls,andcastten packsfor the show.They are in the
nenber wiU bavegotruinelypurchaed anlthing reviewed. dge lo suppon ihe Ar 4Z rules, bu will gace any game wbere
To begin with I would like to introduceour loyal rcaderto someof €pones featE. There i! rhe mm festoonedwith SLR\ (fte single
the nmes lhar will apped in this colum ftom time to time. In no lensreflex. nor fte rifle), fte notebookclulching r€ponertogerherwift
particuld orderthereis 'Psyche, whorc obly orde6 1obis lroops seeo tle film and soundcrcw.The wwl rangehasb€enexpandedwift $e
to delmd a femoral bloodlnstmd min.less aggression.Radio'- who dismountedBntish cavally pack md the grid mdk€r pek- All cleanly
is alwayson the telephoneto you during rle day when he is ar work. cat. The grid |Mker packcotrtainsgales,treesdd deceded bo6es to
but who never useshis oen telephone.He is also caUed U-may by mdk the foot sq!@s when playiDgS4ldrc ,6/rin8. There is als a
someof the memben d be ofien prfaces fressageslhat he leaveson T34lhat comestu five veimrs dd a Maus-Marth will be working on
you. answerphonewilh 'You my cde to call me back....Wlich we wwl Belgid guns md boy soldieB for dK4Z AeplrlE next week
Frequentlydotr t. 'Pldet' - becausebe is alwayson a higherplanelhan during fte half tem. PeterPig now havetheir oM web site which is
the rcsl of us. For exmple one day Psycheplaced somenew l5mn not available via the 'Wdgames Forun web sire. The addrcs is
figur€s on rh€ table that he had just painted-Fron acioss the roon http://wwpeterpig- demon.co.uk-
Pldet askedif they were a padicule regiment.which was confmed SquoreBoshingNd AK17 ReprDlr (each{5.50) re two new setsof
by Psyche.Pldel thenpoinledour thal ihat beingthe caselhe drurnner rules ftom the Rulesfor the Comon Man stable.wlEther or not you
had the inco@t colou jacket Anaing - and not even his pe.iod! de a begimer I heanily recomend theserulesto you. S4larc A4rhing
Therc is also 'CeneralJigsaw' so nded b€causewheneler a moment dealswith WW2 od is paniculely suitablefor beginneBasthere@
of crisis occm on the badefield and he has to make a decision he no complicatedmed@ments or calcuhnons involved. The playine
alwaysg@s1opiees. 'Jump€r'har recentlyrelocatedto t ndoD,but @a is divided into one fool squ@s dd movementdd rdges @
retumsoccalionally to rechdge his barEries.aDdmy wel be with Ds mealuredin squdes.(Idearif you havea 'Malcoln'in yourclub,who
this coning weekendfor a gme involvitrg compulsry sappingin the mdages io mole twice a! la$ as you or whosetroopsp€rfom wheels
atack on Fort Despair- I must not overlook the mosl esoleric of nnd ofter nnno€uvresthat fte re$ of you can only dftam aboql.)The
nichames, tbe 'Bolivia Seagull.' The only landiocked country in rules utilise a novel Dethodof eiving at a scetr&iowhereeachplayer
Soulh America is Bolivia, which did enjoy a coas{ine until it lost a ch@seshis orde6. but th€ opponentmay choseto alter either set of
disputewith neighbouriDsChile. TodayBolivid exponslo Chinahale orde6, which cu drdticatly alter the numberof E@ps that you start
to go thrcugh a Ctilem port. This attractsd extn md unwelcome the gamewilh I The rulescontaintwo arny tists for the B.E.F and 1914
custom duty fiom the Chilee autborities.The Bolivim slil bave a Germans,but many morc are plamed, and witl be r€leasedin a
Daryhowever Ttere is only oneplacefor a lddlocked navy - and that separatebook at mininal cost I m rold. The rules arso contu a
is oD Lake Titicaca. The naval-cadetsthere de very rssiduous in supplementthat enablesyou lo wdgame the Rusid Civil Wd. Tbe
ensuringthat the touist dd fishing boarsenployed on rhe lake have rules de qoick to graspmd more tbe one gme cd be played in m
flaes of the coret size,and o$er suchimporraft tasks-The Chileus evedng. My oniy criticism is that the gme s playedis tot jly 'open'.
rcgdd this ,! a constantsou.ceofamusement-The Chileanexpression I wd fonunate to be involved in the playtesting,md Manin said that
for qher dflnks de seenmutually supportingeachothera they make his predicment was that of rying to keep the gme Mconplicated
their way homein e uncenainmmer aftera goodnigbt ou! b They while @taining the feel for tl'e period. The rules contaiDnles for
de a much use as Bolivim Sea8Ds"..-. Well thai nay be a Eifle bMages and fortifications that allow them to be dealt with in m
unhn4 but you get the pictue- The nicknmes cenainly addflavour to unconplicatedmann€i I recomend lheserules. and in tuture article
lhal valuedpan ofevery wdgde the acrimonypha$. We do not say wil include some of our suggesnonsto alow for concealedtroops.
thitrgs with dy malice; bul good-humouiedbarter, albeit with a .4K47 n?p{blr deals with Aiiicd Welords ed their rival factions
cutting edgewhenJigsawha! failed 1osupponyour flank yet again.is from 1955until about 1990.I would not nomally be diawn itrio this
part of tbe erjoyment of rhe evening.YoD cenainly do not ger any penod but suchis the mindst of theserulesthat I believetmy people
interactionof that kind with a complter I m noi againsl the use of witl Ey them atrd enjoy them. The Samecomences with the playeB
computeBin wargming indeedftr frcm it, dd in a fDtue anicle will generadngtheir forc€s flag. coutrEy.od nme. Play6 theDfollow
addresssomeofthe computeroles usedto moderateNapoleonicfi8ue the Political ManoeuvreFlow Charrsfor their faction beforelh€ batne
colmences. This may resDltin units lost or gainedto either side and
Radio, Planetand I @ently attendedSELWG at its usual venueof lmy olher novel touches.These rules me very well suited to the
Crystal Palace.Ir is a long way fiom Norfolk, but the rusty bike wasup begimer, dd for thoseseekinga depanurcfton lheir usual p€riods.
to n md 6ree of us managedto anend.This showis atwaysone of the They @ FttN , there I'v€ said it- Bob Cordery nakes the poinr thar
highlights of the wargamescalendarand repaysthe eflort ro attend. theserules with only a ]nde twerking' are well suitedlo any civil war
This yem was no exception, atftough the unusual amount of
wargamenwaiting oqtsidewhen we uived at 9d seemedto indicate Nfcy Kirkham could only point out one completelyfiesh book -
that a largenmb€r had failed to tum their cl@k back tbe hour the Hdnnibal\ Wat by JohnPeddl€.Shebemoanedthe fact that at present
memb€.sof the SoutheastLondon Wegmes group wee their usual lmy booksare reissues:but this is good for newcomersto tbe hobby,
happy selvesmd werc oDly l@ uious to do dything they could to and allows wargamenwho missedthemearlie. to purclse booksthat
help. This lalt point is inporant on lhe Bring and Buy which was wee only available at ridicDlous premium frcm specialist seond
arwayssunoundedby a tree or four deeptbrcng. This is one of the bdd dealeB-Ou Edilor was prelent with copi€sof the new Arc*er
best organisedB&B\. md is the redon for mdy peopleh attendtuce AEaiNt Btuther in s. T\ey havenow b€enexpdded to include colour
ar the show,but the time ha surely uived when d evenldger slace wargme pomognphy of both 25nm ed 40mn gmes. The rules
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lDgher charce of spotting concealedenemy fto Lh; odEr
problem.ThereweF now rwo ct.s(esof fighr,n8noops:$ore sho
arDs. They were, after all, rrained for the .job dd the
rorredtuoundo(enraLjoDrt) b bo,teryt.reand Lhosewho keprrhen developeda sixth sen!€ for ddger Besides, eood ones
ir persuadesrhe more
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nor to squdder rhesevatuabler@Ds as cadon,
aboutaseasilyconcealeda! Nelson,sCollltr (thoughonly mdginally
more mobiie). Besides,their raison d'etre Once concealedEoopshaveben placedon rhe table the problems
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..Tho\e
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scarce d leFain and inSenuity could contrive. r they couldtr,t be attarken
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outlinesby usinSweird pattemsof dmb colou6. They evenbu,u talse which involves
reguid dosesof paracetmol). ReSnlarvisibility checks
posrtionsto deoy 68. becone as borinS a! reeuld norate ditto. Ihere eventnaly comesa
The rcsult w6 rhar Eoop. on Lhedefensive{eE in pemanenr uadeotrbelqeenpla)abitiry
ands!-i.tEali\D, bul rben,wh;tr is rhere
mbush Sbced'scover)by the€nemybeforcyou, own blo; coutdbe nol? Cenain
acqDaintdcesof mjre haveexpednentedwirh computeF
\truck wd_urualty fardt.roop, t@t etaborarepBauuon\ agusl
basedvisibility. The drawbackwirh that is rha!the compuer mu$ nave
Frng *en Detorelneyopenedfir. Eventualty. flen gursdd A Fv\ rheexaclpo\iDonot eveq uoiron lhe bbte inpuLeve4 mole andmusr
werekept hidden,so rhat sDrp.isecould be maximised. know whethereachunir is tuing or moving, dug_in,pone or in the
Wlich brings me back to my oFning earemeDr piry tbe poor open.This
would seemto be as nme consMing as manualcbecks_
modemswargamerwho hasro makesenseof two coniictins demands. There is a fiIrher methodof dtrplicatingvisibility on me wargmes
The fii( of rhesei\ Lhe necesiry or reeprngderenJre forcer table dd
that is the tirerat one.By ..lit€rar" I mee doing exacdt whar
concealed.If the atrackerknows where to find his oDDonenrs al the you would do in .eal life. This involvesgerringyour eye tevel down ro
derender'ad\errger de lost.eur. for rtreproperrunnjng oi rle gme the height of $e mod€l, usuatly by means of a small
,nd. de I sa) rt.Oe prevenrion DeriscoDe
ot chedLine.
rhedefendeB. torcesmusr employed rhe wong wa) up .
be fixed in plrce in sucha way thar they cannorpop up elsewhercin an A. a merhodLhisha\ the merir ot sEpticrry nd eae of N.
uuealistic manei This is the seconddeinud. Unfonumrety. ir al.o exposes lhe shor.oming\oi our modetmaking.
Fixing the forces is relarively easy.A stetch map, drawn up before No pree of
. terain. sherber plain o, sreppeor aese4 n erir
me acron comences, cd be madeavaitableto doubtiDgopponents. completelyflat -
unlike wdgmes tabtes.The naturatfolds and.idses
So long as e&h nnir is clearty tmk€d lhee co b€ no a.sDnenr.A inl'erenrrneven
lhemo{ bonnBofcounryar nornomaXydupUc;d
playermienr however. be in,tifiabt)suspiciousol ademnJro*e $e otr ou roughdd readyplayinSsurfaces.Ir is therefor€artificialy
mapt@ eady in the gme. ealy
to se€infotry in padiculd.
CoDcealment, on the orherhdd, is moredifficoii ro coDtive.I once Nor do groundscaleshetp the cause.I habituallyuseone miuineFe
oMed a compdy of Pdrhe6 the disruptivepanemingon which wa.! equars one
metre for l/3001h micGarmour which irfers that the
so etrectiv€that oncethey had ben stationedamongstrhe tichen they avengetanr,
ar 20 to 25 nillioeFes length,is sixry ro eiSbtyfeerlong!
becomeincredibly difficul ro pick our. So eFective,indeed.was rheii Strictly
speating.at U300!hscale.a vehicteone rhousandmeEesawa!
cmoqflage that ir any gme both my opponentdd inyself could be shouldactualy
be I t0O0\ t000/l00m awayin orderro fil ,n wi;
retied uponro forgerfte posirionof ar leat one.This meantrbe ..tosf, the size
of the modelsused.That litrle eqnationworks out to rougbjy
vehicle would often get into some hcrically superb situations. 3,333mm.
in cse you dirhmeric is nor up ro it. That is over tbEe
Udfonunarely.sincewe only found ont aboutir whenwe camero pac( merEs ,
eleren or rwelve feet. If you use 1r2nd models the
uped d'scorered Lheermr rsnl,.rbekno{ ledgesa\ or pr€ciousirnte o'screpancybecomeseven
morc marked_
So wherc dcs lhis leaveus?As in mosrwarSming probteinsthere
Practicaly speaking, there m only rwo ways of dealine qith are no easy
dsweN. Unlil recbnoiogyco firnish us with inch-hiph
concealmentdunng a game.Fi6 y, the forcesin hjdins can be teft ofi senuenr roboLwho ce beprcgreunedro behateeracd\ a a Fai;d
rbebble undl suchumea\ Lhe,de seenThi\ ha\ $e;ffar t}la,rhev \oldierwould
t fearLharwe mu\r male do srlh $har we haveor, tile
m genuinely (oncealed ed tneenemyha no qay ofknoqineexacrli rhe celebratedpyemy nibe who
inhabited the elepndr glas, De
where they ire. The drawbackof courseis lhat rhe.enas ro be some condemred
to wanderabourshoutingour fearedbaule_cry:..We,re$e
mecbdism for deEmining exactty when rhe athcker cm discem rhe
oppo!'r'oned e\acdywharhe cd \ee.An umpirei\ a grearboon,n
sucha !tuadon bur.fatinB lllal. rbeptaleE murrbe rbl€ ro calculaLe
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