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Issue 307 - may 2013
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In photographs
dead man’s hand
Wild West gunslingin’ action
search and destroy
e Kiwis in Vietnam
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wargames illustrated issue wi307, may 2013
From the editor
What’s your favorite scene from a war movie? One of mine is when Jeff Daniels playing
Joshua Chamberlin in the film
Gettysburg
calls down the line for his beaten and battered
Union troops to “Fix Bayonets!” and prepare to charge the Confederate infantry who have
been assaulting their position on the crest of Little Round Top.
Based on the book
The Killer Angels,
the 1993 film
Gettysburg
tells the story of that most
famous of American Civil War battles. Like many war films, it’s inspiring (and yes, not
always accurate) stuff for wargamers, and it helped to mould our ideas for our 2013
WI
‘show table’.
As in previous years
Wargames Illustrated
will be attending the two biggest wargames
shows in the world with a demo-table which will hopefully wow the crowds at Salute and
HISTORICON. We have in previous years, and I think our Gettysburg: Little Round Top
and Devil’s Den table will do it again this time around.
It would be great to see you at the shows (come over and say “hi” to the
WI
Team, see the
table in action, and even have a chat with David at TM Terrain who made it), but for those
of you who can’t be there, and for those of you who can but want to see more, this issue of
WI
contains two battle reports in which game designers Barry Hilton and David Bickley
test drive our table, playing out Devil’s Den and Little Round Top refights. With very
interesting results!
the devil’s den .............. 10
search and destroy .. 26
When we’re not marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with our theme
articles, we’ve got numerous other periods, games and our trademark photographs to enjoy
in this issue.
Dan Faulconbridge
UK Editor
This month’s cover artwork, seem again below,
is
Fix Bayonets
by Keith Rocco.
little round top ........ 36
the first tanks ............. 54
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contents
Theme content is shown in blue.
the devil’s den ............................... 10
One hundred and fifty years after the
events that took place near a small town in
Pennsylvania turned Gettysburg into one of
the most famous battlefields in the world,
we refight a section of that battle; the
fight for the Devil’s Den. Games designer
(Foundry’s
Bull Run to Gettysburg)
David
Bickley umpires a game that pitches the
Union soldiers in a desperate struggle to
defend their position in and around this
iconic section of the battlefield.
search and destroy .................. 26
Battlefront Studio team members Phil
and Victor report on their
Tour Of Duty:
Search and Destroy
game, in which a New
Zealand Rifle Company faced off against a
Vietnamese Infantry Battalion.
little round top ......................... 36
The second battle using our 2013
Gettysburg Sesquicentennial Show
Table, sees games designer Barry Hilton
playtesting his
Republic to Empire
ACW
variant rules, as the Rebel commander
seeking to shift the Union troops (Col.
Joshua Chamberlain of 20th Maine
and all) from their lofty, and seemingly
impenetrable position, on top of Little
Round Top.
the first tanks on the
western front .............................. 54
World War One enthusiast Chris Peers
presents the latest article in our
Evolution
of the Tank
series, this time looking at what
we, today, recognize as the first actual
‘tanks’. He describes their introduction to
the battlefield, and the struggles to come to
grips with their strengths and weaknesses.
great warriors:
the vikings ..................................... 64
Our Great Warriors series returns with
a look at the Vikings, accompanied by
some shots of new figures from Shieldwall
Miniatures.
if you ain’t cav ............................ 70
Battlefront designer Mike Haught shares
his thoughts on modeling an Air Cav force
for
Tour Of Duty.
a badass war! ................................. 78
Nick Buxey gives us a tour of the latest
gaming table (complete with wonderful
terrain, armies, and characterful vignettes)
to come out of the ‘Like a Stonewall’
wargames group, displayed last year at the
Derby Worlds show.
life in rocket city ...................... 92
Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft were
usually parked in revetments to protect
them from grenade, mortar and rocket fire.
They look great on the wargames table,
and in this article Mike Haught tells you
how you can make them for yours.
dead man’s hand ........................ 96
Hot on the heels of Great Escape Games
release of their new Western Gunfight
rules, we road test the game with one of
the authors.
photogrphing:
isandlwana .................................. 104
Pat Smith is an enthusiastic wargamer,
photographer, and blogger. Take a quick
look around his blog and you’ll see he has
a great eye for a striking photo. Pat has
kindly shared this, the first part of his two-
part, ‘photo-essay’ on the terrible events of
22 January, 1879, with us.
the vikings ....................... 64
if you ain’t cav ............... 70
a badass war ..................... 78
A British WWI Mark
IV tank, by Great
War Miniatures
life in rocket city ........ 92
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FLAMES OF WAR NEWS
WHAT’S NEW ON
www.FlamesOfWar.com
• Blake displays his modelling skills and
shows just how easy it is to build the new
plastic OH-6 Loach.
• Sean Quinn (one of our contributors)
takes a look at the Australian army
in Vietnam.
• Our Rangers have been busy
demonstrating
Open Fire!
across the
world and we take a look at some of
their successful events.
• James takes a look at how to paint the
new ANZAC infantry.
• Our
You Tube
channel continues to have
plenty of new content.
FOR APRIL?
• And last, but not least, we take a look at
what you can expect from
Overlord
and
Atlantik Wall
(our D-Day books that have
been fully updated for Version 3)!
Above: An ANZAC Centurion Mark 5
Top: A 3D render of our
new, plastic OH-6 Loach.
NEW RELEASES
• 11 May
VANBX01
VAN702
VAN705
VAN707
Centurion Mark 5
Rifle Platoon
Mortar Platoon
Anti-tank Platoon
YOU CAN EITHER
SURF, OR YOU
CAN FIGHT!
Following on from last month’s plastic
M113, this month we have a plastic
OH-6 Loach, as well as some other
great new releases!
• The ANZACs take to the field with a
full range of infantry as well as the iconic
Centurion tank.
• The Americans deploy the M109
155mm Self Propelled Howitzer and
M42A1 Duster!
• You cannot play the war in Vietnam
without the Viet Cong! The Local Forces
are coming to a village near you.
•
Finally, it may not be Vietnam with the
VC, but you also need Rice Paddies and
Vietnamese Huts for your infantry to
patrol through!
• 18 May
VUSBX04 OH-6 Loach
VUSBX08 M109 SP
155mm Howitzer
VUS161
M42A1 Duster
VUS200
M577
• 25 May
VPABX10 Local Forces Company
BB169
BB170
Village Huts
Paddy Fields
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What’s Online for Wargames IllustrateD?
• LITTLE ROUNDTOP & DEVIL’S DEN
- BONUS PHOTOS
• REVIEWS
With such a great wargaming table, excellent ACW armies,
and gamers the likes of David Bickley and Barry Hilton, we
were always going to end up with more great shots than we
could fit into our articles. Check out our site for more!
• DEADMAN’S HAND - BONUS PHOTOS
We also have more shots from our game of
Dead Man’s Hand,
the new Wild West game from Great Escape Games.
• PAW 2013 SHOW REPORT
Paul Davies went along to the Plymouth Association of
Wargamers annual show (PAW 2013), and came back with
his review of the event!
Our regular round up of what’s new in wargaming.
• ARCHIVE ARTICLES
With our theme this month focused on the second day’s
fighting at the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg, we reached back
into one of our earliest themed issues, July 2009 (WI261),
where we zoomed in on two areas of Gettysburg’s battlefield:
The First Day at Gettysburg
- Neil Smith provides us with
the details of the actions that lead up to the first day’s fighting
at Gettysburg, as well as a scenario suited to 6-15mm gaming.
“You Must Remain Here at All Hazards”
- Brad Pflugh
talks about the fighting in the Peach Orchard on 2 July, 1863,
focused on the actions of the 9th Massachusetts Battery.
www.wargamesillustrated.net
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AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES
OF THE SOUTHWEST
Author: Michael G Johnson
FOKKER D.XXI ACES
OF WORLD WAR 2
Authors: Kari Stenman
and Peter de Jong
The Dutch D.XXIs saw less than a
week of action following the German
invasion of the west on 10 May 1940,
with many of the country’s 28 fighters
being destroyed on the ground. By
then, however, the D.XXI had found
everlasting fame in Finland during the
Winter War of 1939-40. Proving itself
a real thorn in the side of the Soviets,
the fighter, operating in primitive
conditions and against vastly superior
numbers, racked up an incredible score
against the Red Air Force. The D.XXI
also has the distinction of producing the
first ‘ace in a single mission’ in World
War 2. After spending a year providing
home defence and flying coastal
patrols during the early stages of the
Continuation War in 1941, all surviving
Finnish Fokker D.XXIs were relegated
to the reconnaissance role.
ROMAN LEGIONARY AD 69–161
Author: Ross Cowan
Between AD 69 and 161 the
composition of the Roman legions
was transformed. Italians were almost
entirely replaced by provincial recruits,
men for whom Latin was at best a
second language, and yet the ‘Roman-
ness’ of these Germans, Pannonians,
Spaniards, Africans and Syrians,
fostered in isolated fortresses on the
frontiers, was incredibly strong. They
were highly competitive, jealous of
their honour, and driven by the need to
maintain and enhance their reputations.
The warfare of the period, from the
huge legion on legion battles of AD
69 through the conquests in Germany,
Dacia and Britain, gave ample
opportunity for reputation-enhancing
activity. Heroic centurions continued
to lead from the front, and common
legionaries vied with them in displays
of valour. The legions may have been
provincial, but they were definitely
Roman in organisation and ethos.
This focuses on the history, costume,
and material culture of the native
peoples of North America. It was in
the Southwest - modern Arizona, New
Mexico, and parts of California - that
the first major clashes took place
between 16th-Century Spanish and
the indigenous North Americans.
This history of contact, conflict, and
coexistence with first the Spanish, then
their Mexican settlers, and finally the
Americans, gives a special flavor to
the region. Despite nearly 500 years
of white settlement and pressure, the
traditional cultures of the peoples of
the Southwest survive today more
strongly than in any other region. The
best-known clashes in this region are
the Apache Wars, but there were other
important campaigns over the centuries
- for example, Coronado’s battle against
the Zuni at Hawikuh in 1540, during
his search for the legendary “Seven
Cities of Cibola”; the Pueblo Revolt of
1680; and the Taos Revolt of 1847 - and
warriors of all of these are described
and illustrated in this book.
www.ospreypublishing.com
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