The December issue of Miniature Wargames has arrived in our editorial offices. The contents of this issue:
- Trade on Tsarina
- Jim Webster. Part 2 in the Building Tsarina series. Overview of planetary geography, politics, and trade. Scenario outline for village raid by native tribesmen and Church traders.
- Colours at Newbury
- Chris Scott. Show report from "one of the big ones."
- Featherstone's Bannockburn, 1314
- Donald Featherstone. English vs Scots. Historical introduction, map, and discussion of how to wargame this battle.
- The Battle of Byczyna
- Norman Wood. 24th January 1588 - the decisive battle to determine Poland's future. Archduke Maximilian and a Western Renaissance army versus Zamoyski's Poles. Includes historical summary, map, orders of battle, DBR army lists, and battle report.
- The Jacobite Rising of 1719
- Stephen Maggs. Glen Shiel, 10th June 1719. Jacobites and Spanish versus the English. Historical summary, map, and orders of battle.
- The Action at Sahagun
- The Portsmouth Napoleonic Society. 21st December 1808 - "o'er rivers of ice and o'er mountains of snow." A night attack in the Peninsular War. Historical background, narrative excerpt, map, orders of battle, and bibliography.
- The Battle of Coleto Creek
- Greg Blake. Fannin's Defeat, 19th March 1836 - a little-known battle of the Texas War of Independence. Historical summary, map, list of figures needed, scenario notes.
- Target Moscow
- Jeff Mason and Jim Webster. The airborne assault on Cassinga (South African incursion into Angola). Historical description with annotated maps, wargaming notes, and suggested rules.
- Battle of Tyeryakov
- Author Unknown. Mid-August 1942 in the Caucausus Mountains. After a humiliating retreat, the Russians counter-attack to retake a critical village. German Walloon Legion defends against fanatical Bolsheviks. Includes force descriptions, speculative map, and morale guidelines.
- Magical Arena by Jeseret Games
- Patrick Stainrod. Review of new fantasy game combining figure skirmish with cards.
Also in this issue:
- Capsule book reviews of Italian Arditi - Elite Assault Troops 1917-20 (Osprey Publishing), English Civil War Gaming Scenarios Vol. 2 (Partizan Press), Blenheim Preparation (Spellmount Publishers), Blitzkrieg: Poland and Scandinavia 1939-1940, Blitzkrieg: France Holland and Belgium 1940-1941 (Ian Allen Publishing).
- Miscellanea column (Reconnaissance Report), including clubs news, events calendar, the ECW monuments registry, and piracy warning from AB Figures.
- classified ads
Miniature Wargames is published by Pireme Publishing.