ponders nirvana.The December issue of Miniature Wargames is now back from the printers, and available to buy U.K. post-free from miniwargames.com. It will be in the shops on 21 November.
This issue is a bumper 84-page festive one packed with articles from Ancients to Modern, a special Christmas-themed game, and our annual Readers Survey with £150.00 GBP of Osprey books and free MW subscriptions to be won.
- Cover Story: The Three Block War
- Gary Richards provides a scenario and battle reports for a contemporary clash between U.S. forces and insurgents 'somewhere in the Middle East'.
- Huns v Romans
- New contributor Steve Eardley describes how he wargamed a Hun incursion into Roman territory, and the fast-play rules he used.
- Roundway Down 1643
- Stephen Maggs looks at wargaming this English Civil War battle including a discussion of terrain, troop types and figure ratios.
- Aspern-Essling
- John Walsh concludes his two-part series on this 1809 battle with a look at the second day's fighting, OOBs, and wargaming suggestions.
- Crimea River 1854
- An exclusive extract from Black Powder by way of a preview of these new rules from Warlord Games.
- The Road to Singapore
- MW's Southeast Asia correspondent, Garry Harbottle-Johnson, starts a new series on the Battle of Singapore by looking at the final stages of the Japanese advance down the Malay Peninsula and the fall of Kuala Lumpur in January 1942. Well-known American wargames writer Manny Granillo also contributes a scenario for the Japanese assault on Hong Kong.
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Gary Mitchell contributes an extended Dark Horizons column, as well as a specially-written Christmas fantasy game, Santa Claus is Gunning You Down.
- Modeling
- Paul McDonagh demonstrates arid and Mediterranean-style landscapes.
Plus book and figures reviews.