is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.
The fourth issue of Broadsword Magazine, a new periodical devoted to the wargaming and reenactment scene in Australia and New Zealand, has arrived in our offices.
Major articles in this issue are:
- The Roman Army
- A brief overview of the physical requirements and training needed to be recruited into the legions of the early Principate (50BC - 10AD)
- Holy Orders of the Crusades
- The orders of knights who led the Christian armies onto the bloody battlefields of the Holy Land.
- Rifles in the British Army
- A brief overview of the development of the famed rifle battalions that would change conventional military thinking in the Brithsh Army.
- The Fight for Linnuis
- Arthur faces his next test of kingship as we are introduced to a new enemy - the Picts, and Arthur's bold plan to besiege the Saxon Warlord in the city of Lindum.
- Army of the King of Sweden, 1809
- A detailed painting guide to an army often forgotten on the Napoleonic wargaming tables, with unit lists and unit colours.
Other contents include a guide to upcoming events and fairs, an Ancients reenactment report, an article on swordmaking, report from a swordplay convention, articles about Napoleonic and ACW reenactment clubs, report from a black powder reenactors encampment, New Zealand report (medieval fantasy fair), article on a rare ACW revolver, photos from a jousting tournament, miniatures showcase, introduction to collecting 12" action figures, Empires computer game review, DBA tourney write-up, intro to radio-control gaming, book reviews, and club listings.
Broadsword Magazine is published by Mythical Publishing.