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THE
VIKINGS
IN
IRELAND
GAMING IN THE
DARK HEART
OF AFRICA
Issue 270 - APRIL 2010
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the covenanter army
And the Battle for Honiton Bridge 1644
the etruscans
Emerging from the shadows of history
Massive action-packed campaign report
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Featured
this issue
Wargames illustrated issue wi270, april 2010
From the editor
Sound the horns, now we raid and pillage. Tonight, we dine in Valhalla!
Vikings hold such a visceral place in the hearts and minds of many, particularly
those of European descent. Stories handed down through the ages, immortalized
in myths and legends, popularized in books and movies, the mighty Norseman is a
beast to be feared, a tale told by parents to frighten their children into bed. A great
deal has been written about the Vikings and their effect on the psyche of Dark Age
Europe, so much that it’s sometimes tough to rustle up a fresh angle.
When Dan* and I sit down for our trans-Atlantic “editorial” meetings we have a
lot of fun throwing around ideas and looking for ways to switch things up a bit (or
at least not repeat the same thing too closely). The refinement for this month’s
theme, looking at the kingdom the Vikings carved for themselves in Ireland,
actually came from Paul Leach - one of our regular contributors and a man
passionate about all manner of Dark Age/Ancients wargaming. It was through
working with Paul on this topic that we got to expand our knowledge of the
political landscape of 9th and 10th Century Ireland, a landscape that made it
relatively easy for the Vikings to conquer but impossible to control.
the
covenanters ................. 18
We really enjoy working with our contributors to bring as much expert knowledge
to bear as we can on our themes. In the coming months you’ll see a few more
approaches like this thanks to: Sam Mustafa (Napoleonics), Paul Leach (ACW),
Neil Smith (The English Longbowman), and Jim Graham (Chariot Wars). We
hope you enjoy them all.
With so much great content and loads more advertisers wanting to jump on board,
we’re expanding the magazine by another EIGHT pages, that’s 40 more than this
time last year! This issue we’ve got so much material we’ve had to move roughly
six pages of Reviews to our “bonus” web content. So enjoy all of the fruits of the
labors of our contributors, we think it has been well earned.
THE plain of
the bull ............................. 52
If you have a solid idea or three for a theme we should investigate, feel free to
submit your synopsis of articles to contributors@wargamesillustrated.net.
Cheers
Dave Taylor
U.S. Editor
* Daniel Faulconbridge,
our UK Editor.
the vikings
in ireland ......................... 8
1588 and
all that, Part 2 ............ 60
This month’s cover artwork is
by Peter Dennis and is taken
from the new Gripping Beast
plastic Viking box set.
Used with kind permission.
Produced in the United Kingdom, U.S.A.
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Copyright © Wargames Illustrated 2010
Featured
this issue
CONTENTS
(Theme content in
blue)
the vikings
in ireland .............................. 8
Your introductory guide to the Viking
invasions of Ireland; the tribes they battled
with for supremacy, and the history of their
struggle for control of the Emerald Isle.
1588 and all that ............. 60
In the second of our three articles exploring
the gaming opportunities offered by
Elizabethan England, Tim Eagling presents
a scenario for some doublet and hose
swashbuckling action.
how to make
An EARLY IRISH
CHRISTIAN CURCH .............. 68
The Irish monastic buildings from our
theme period had a unique look and will
add a great deal of character to your
tabletop. Model-making supremo Paul
Davies gives you a step-by-step guide to
knocking up a early Christan church.
how to -
early irish church 68
THE COVENANTERS ............. 18
It could be argued that the first English Civil
War was decided by this force of Scots,
whose fighting prowess tipped the balance
of the conflict in favour of Parliament. In
this article we present an introduction to the
Covenanters and a scenario for gaming a
clash with the forces of Prince Rupert.
GUERRILLA TRAIN RAIDS ... 76
Following on from last month’s Kaukopar-
tiojoukot 1942 - 1944 article - we present
more information on the Finnish long-range
reconnaissance troops, along with an action
packed ‘Train Attack’ scenario.
HEATHENS AT THE GATE .. 28
A look at Viking and Irish armies and the
warfare they employed in Dark Age
Ireland, followed by two scenarios for
running tabletop battles using marauding
Vikings against the resilient Irish.
VIKING PAINTING GUIDE 88
To conclude our Viking coverage for this
month, this article provides you with sev-
eral ideas and guides to painting different
aspects of your Viking and Irish figures.
guerrilla
train raid ..................... 76
firestorm market
garden .................................... 36
When the team at Battlefront finished their
new Firestorm campaign for Operation
Market Garden, they tried it out on the rest
of the staff. The result was five weeks of
gaming fun. Phil served as the German
general and kept notes and wrote up the
highlights of the campaign and its battles.
THE ETRUSCANS .................... 92
The history of the Etruscans is shrouded in
mystery, but by digging deep Dave Pauwels
presents a complete gamer’s guide to one
of Rome’s early enemies.
THE plain of the bull ... 52
The Battle of Clontarf is one of the
touchstones of Irish history, a defining
event of the kind that - like Hastings in
1066 - has accrued so much legendary
material that the actual
facts have been
overwhelmed by a
simpler mythic version
of the event. In this
article Howard
Whitehouse explores
the history and presents
a scenario for gaming
the battle.
WILKINSON’S CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE SLAVES .......... 98
Wargaming stalwart Gary Chalk makes a
welcome return to the pages of WI and
leads us on a trip into the dark heart of
Africa with a set of scenarios for colonial
warfare in (and around) the jungle.
viking
painting guide .......... 88
CRUSADE AND PAW 2010 108
We are doubling up on a couple of our
early 2010 show reports this month - we’ve
got six pages of great photos and reports on the
games from these two UK shows - and if that’s
not enough for you, take a look at the WI
website for more.
crusade and paw
show reports .......... 108
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Wargaming Events
of Note - April
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THE SOCIETY OF ANCIENTS
BATTLE DAY
www.soa.org.uk
Bletchley, UK
17-18 TRIPLES 2010
23-25 LITTLE WARS
www.sheffieldwargames.com
Sheffield, UK
www.hmgsmidwest.org
Lincolnshire, IL, USA
SALUTE 2010
www.salute.co.uk
London, UK
www.hmgs-south.com
Cocoa Beach, FL, USA
www.huzzahcon.com
Westbrook, ME, USA
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In an act of selfless generosity George
Nafziger, author of the notorious Nafziger
Collection of military history and army
list books, has donated all of his works to
the world via the United States Army’s
Combined Arms Research Library
Designed
(CARL). The books are an amazingly
forthe
wargamer
detailed resource for any gamer wishing to
pinpoint regiments on battlefields or
research such obscure conflicts as the Franco-Spanish War of 1823. From their
new home on the CARL website the files can be downloaded as a PDF to browse
at your leisure. To view the collection head to:
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NAFZIGER COLLECTION
29-2 RECON
www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger.htm
30-2 HUZZAH!
More Shows than ever before!
As our humble magazine continues to grow, spreading across the globe, we find
ourselves attending more and more fantastic wargaming shows. From small and
large one-day affairs across the U.K., to the long-weekend extravaganzas in the
U.S. you’ll see more of us (or our highly-trained operatives) stalking the halls
- cameras and notepads in hand - recording the best tables, model soldiers, and
games we can find.
Even though we’ve expanded
Wargames Illustrated
by another eight pages (from
this issue onwards) we still run out of room to pack in all that we’d like. So, expect
to see our coverage of these great events appearing on our website.
Speaking of which...
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Wargaming Events
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LEGIONARY MMX
legionary-exeter.com
Exeter, UK
MAYDAY
www.edmontonmayday.org
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
FISTICUFFS
www.peterpig.co.uk
Weymouth, UK
www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk
York, UK
www.mkws.org.uk
Milton Keynes, UK
www.cangames.ca
Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
www.texicon.net
Fort Worth, TX, USA
www.nhmgs.org
Olympia, WA, USA
PARTIZAN
www.newarkirregulars.org.uk
Newark, UK
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8-9 BATTLEGROUP NORTH
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21-23 CANGAMES
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Hopefully a lot of you have taken a look at our revamped website recently. We
launched it at the end of November last year, just in time time to sell the incredibly
popular
Wargames Illustrated Exclusive - Ia Drang
range of miniatures. Having
this new site has also allowed us to expand upon some of the articles you read in
each issue of the magazine - be it adding an additional scenario, showing you how
to build more buildings, or even taking a look at show reports we couldn’t squeeze
into the magazine. Over the coming months you’ll see even more articles make
their way onto the site as we upload some of the classics dug from the vault that is
the last 25 years of
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Visit our site at:
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www.wargamesillustrated.net
THE BEAST GOES PLASTIC!
The latest company to bite the plastic bullet and
enter the fray with their own 28mm hard plastic
figures is Dark Age impresarios Gripping Beast.
Their already well-established range of metal
miniatures is being joined by a box of
plastic Vikings.
The Viking Hirdmen box contains 44 multi-pose figures along with bases and
banners. The Beast (under their plastics’’ subsidiary of GBP) will be following
up the Hirdmen with a set of Saxon Thegns, which will have a similar box
composition. For more info visit:
Osprey Publishing’s
Recent Releases
www.grippingbeast.com
Victrix sends in
the Old Guard!
Victrix Limited, the most prolific
manufacturer of plastic miniatures for the
Napoleonic era, have recently released
their ninth 28mm boxed set, Napoleon’s
Old Guard Grenadiers. Not only are
these fantastic models one of the options
in the subscription deal for
Wargames
Illustrated
(see the next page) but the Old
Guard will be featured in an article in our
Napoleonic-themed June issue (WI272),
where we’ll also give you a few tips on
painting up these elite warriors.
Why wait so long to tell you more about
the Old Guard? Well we’re combining
that with another great surprise, one that
makes that issue the “can’t miss” issue
of the year! So to get these great models,
subscribe today, or head on over to:
Another stack of great titles from the
team that all wargamers turn to first,
Osprey Publishing:
• Certain Death in Sierra Leone
- RAID 10
• Spanish Colonial Fortifications
in North America, 1565-1822
- FOR 12
• Civil War Art of Keith Rocco
- GNM
• Naval Miscellany
- GNM
• US Destroyers 1942-45:
Wartime Classes
- NVG 165
They should now be available
from your regular source or the
Osprey Publishing website:
www.victrixlimited.com
www.ospreypublishing.com
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