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FROM THE EDITOR

As we were putting the finishing touches to

OBSERVATION POST

New and forthcoming wargames stuff you need to know about

RELEASE RADAR

Dom Sore explores the latest new and upcoming products in his monthly column.

QUICK FIRE!

Short, quick-read posts from Wi readers about their hobby projects, notes, news, and observations.

HISTORY, SCENARIO, STATS. DONE .

DESIGNING A WORKABLE WARGAMES SCENARIO

THE TEMPLARS’ LAST CHARGE

LION RAMPANT AND THE END OF THE CRUSADER STATES

THE NEVER-ENDING COLLECTION

Pete Brown tells us about the Culloden game he ran at the Warlord Games Open Day, and how he went about collecting the figures.

ADRIATIC ADVENTURES

Dave Watson outlines Russian activities in the Adriatic in 1806,and offers a Napoleonic tabletop scenario with a difference.

ABC WARRIORS The Miniatures Game

2000 AD was a treasured part of James’

A FREEZING FIGHTING RETREAT

Dom Sore follows up on last issue’s Hit

THE ATTACK ON FORT GALLABAT

ONE-DAY CAMPAIGN GUIDELINES Last issue, Karim van Overmeire

THE BATTLE OF MOTTOLA

A Liberation of Italy skirmish encounter for Bolt

WARGAMING MANZIKERT

Simon MacDowall provides a detailed account of a clash in the East, between the Byzantines of Romanus IV and a Seljik army led by Alp Arslan.

OPERATION IKARUS

A BATTLE FOR ICELAND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

RUCKUS IN THE WI GAMING ROOM

We are hosting various games of Ruckus ( Never Mind the Billhooks’ small skirmish little brother ) at Wi Tower during its development. In this article, James presents highlights from some of the dramatic tabletop clashes so far .

AN ACW SIGNAL TOWER: MAKING AND GAMING

Matt Parkes shows us how he created a tabletop vantage point for his Union Signal Party, and gaming guru Rick Priestley provides some ideas for using signalling and signal towers in his Black Powder rules.

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