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T h e W O R L D ’ S P R E M I E R TA B L E T O P G A M I N G M A G A Z I N E
The
CAVALRY
Wargaming with big
men on big horses
Issue 361
november 2017
UK £4.95
odds bodkins!
1871 rules
Maximillian 1934
Award winning Crecy demo game
Big battles in the Franco-Prussian War
Gaming Mad Max... in the 1930s!
plu s : His toricon pai n t ing co m pe ti tion , t h e bat tle of s ol ebay a n d more!
FEATURED
THIS MONTH
wargames illustrated issue wi361 november 2017
from the editor
Who doesn’t love a good cavalry change? Whether it’s pounding the earth with your Scots
Greys as they charge forward in a
Black Powder
Waterloo game, sweeping around the flank
with your Seleucid cataphracts in
Swordpoint,
or performing a reverse twist and musket
discharge whilst standing on the back of a moving steed in a game of your own devising -
it’s all good stuff!
observation post ...................
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For the theme of this issue of
Wargames Illustrated,
we explore cavalry on the battlefields
throughout history, on the tabletop and on the painting table. We’ve got cavalry at Waterloo,
in the First and Second World Wars, across America and in medieval Europe.
Away for the cavalry we have a Rules Showcase in which we take
Mad Maximilian
for a spin and have great fun playing this 1930s slant on the
Mad Max
movies. We are
also lucky to have an exclusive scenario by author Joe McCullough for his new
Ghost Archipelago
rules.
For this month’s Designers Notes we are joined by our friend from over the Pond Bruce
Weigle, who tells us about finding the game he’s been looking to create for years, in the form
of
1871.
This issue also sees the conclusion of our excellent James II series, with the Battle
of Sole Bay, and we have a couple of articles which are very easy on the eye, in the form of
The Bodkins’ Battle of Crecy game and El Hammad, which features some lovely shots of
the Perrys’ Napoleonic Brits in Egypt.
Happy reading, and gaming.
Dan Faulconbridge - Editor
Cover: Our cover artwork is © Neil Roberts 2017 and used under licence.
The figure top left is the new Giants in Miniatures figure: Lord Uxbridge - the Allied cavalry
commander at Waterloo. Painted (in record time) by John Morris of Mystic Spirals - thanks John! See
page 106 for more info.
big men on big horses
...... 16
ghost archipelago ............ 24
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contents
OBSERVATION POST ........................ 13
We take a look at what’s new and
upcoming in the world of wargaming.
THEME:
BIG MEN ON BIG HORSES 16
One of our friendly neighbourhood
Napoleonic era buffs takes a wargamer’s
eye view of the heavy cavalry at Waterloo.
the floating hulk ..................... 24
Joe McCullough provides an
exclusive solo scenario for use with
his
Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago
rules
from Osprey Games.
THEME:
SHOCK AND AWE -
MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS ........................ 30
Just how effective was a knight on
horseback, how did they evolve and then
disappear, and how are they treated by a
variety of popular rules?
DESIGNER’S NOTES:
1871 ............... 36
Bruce Wiegle expounds upon the
influences behind the latest expansion to
his popular grand tactical rule system.
THEME:
HORSEFLESH TO HORSEPOWER
- 15
TH
/19
TH
HUSSARS .......................... 42
Jim Graham charts the evolution of one
British cavalry unit as it moved through the
ages from the horse to the armoured vehicle.
ODDS BODKINS! .............................. 50
We caught up with the ‘Best Game’
winners at The Other Partizan to find
out more regarding their Battle of Crecy
demonstration game.
THEME:
BUGLES AND SABERS ....... 58
Nick Buxey discusses the history of those
cultural icons, the U.S. Cavalry, and
explores some gaming possibilities.
RULES SHOWCASE:
MAXIMILLIAN 1934 ......................... 66
It’s the 1930s, the world in which you live
is a mess, what do you do about it? Why,
take a car, arm and armour it up and head
out into the wasteland - see you on the
road, old boy!
THEME:
PAINTING THE ROYALS ... 70
Steve Wood is back again, taking us
through his technique for painting up
some British cavalry.
AL HAMeD .......................................... 74
Regular contributor Pete Brown begins
with a familiar tale of a wargamer sucked
into a new period, and concludes by telling
us how to game The Battle of Al-Hamed,
in order to suck you into gaming the
British in Egypt!
JAMES II PART IV:
THE BATTLE OF SOLE BAY ............. 80
The final part in our series takes a closer
look at an interesting confrontation with
a touch of everything which makes this
period worth wargaming.
HOW TO:
AMAIZING BASE ........... 86
Nick Buxey provides us with a great method
for creating North American maize fields.
HISTORICON PAINTING
COMPETITION 2017 ....................... 90
We take a look at some of the excellent
entries for our competition at Historicon
this year, run as a joint venture with
the HMGS.
COMPANY PROFILE:
GEEK NATION TOURS .................... 96
What is this company
up to? Where in the
world do they visit?
And why should you
go along on one of
their excellent tours?
painting the royals ............. 70
shock and awe ...................... 30
Al hamed .....................................
74
amaizing base ........................
86
CAVALRY
MEOW?
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IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT STUDIO TOMAHAWK
The team at Studio Tomahawk will be releasing a new
supplement for their Congo rules during October.
Mungo
Mah Lobeh
(which translates as the Throne of Thunder),
contains a complete campaign consisting of six adventures.
It recreates the journey of Mary Kinglsey, an expedition that
ended with the column climbing Mount Cameroon.
Alongside the campaign system and the adventures (which
can also be played outside the context of the campaign), this
supplement offers new characters, new animals, alternative
dangerous terrain tables and some optional rules.
The book will come with two figures designed exclusively
for this supplement which will not be sold separately.
And that’s not all from Studio Tomahawk, because the boys from France
are also busy putting together the second edition of SAGA - the Dark
Ages skirmish game that took the gaming world by storm on its release
in 2013. So far Studio Tomahawk are giving very little away, other than
a ‘teaser’ on YouTube which hints that SAGA will be expanding from its
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As we go to press plans are afoot for an upcoming
Ghost Archipelago Day, to be hosted by our
good selves here at
Wargames Illustrated.
After
the success of two
Frostgrave
Days attended by
FG
author Joe McCullough, we plan to run the
forthcoming
GA
Day in a similar, all-inclusive
campaign (not tournament!) style.
There will be around twenty tickets available
for the mid-January 2018 event, and
adventurers are advised to visit the
Waragmes
Illustrated
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