Wargames Illustrated WI434 February 2024

Miesięcznik o grach bitewnych w języku angielskim

Numer WI434 Luty 2024

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G COLLECTION
Pete Brown again, this time reporting on the Culloden game he ran at the Warlord Games Open Day.

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
James guides us through Warlord Games’ new 2000 AD-related ABC Warriors starter set.

THEME:
A FREEZING FIGHTING RETREAT
Dom Sore follows up on the last issue’s Hit and Run theme with an article that examines the Italians’ fighting retreat from Russia in World War Two.

THE ATTACK ON FORT GALLABAT
Last issue, Karim van Overmeire outlined the background and gaming basics for this WWII action in the African Campaign. This time he shows how to translate the gaming into a one-day campaign.

THEME:
THE BATTLE OF MOTTOLA
A Liberation of Italy skirmish encounter for Bolt Action by Colin Ball.

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 PART TWO
Lisa Smedman returns to Iceland in the second part of her WWII ‘what if?’ Bolt Action campaign.

RUCKUS IN THE WI GAMING ROOM
In this article, James presents highlights from some of the dramatic Ruckus tabletop clashes that have been played in Wi’s gaming room.

AN ACW SIGNAL TOWER: MAKING AND GAMING
Matt Parkes makes a tabletop vantage point for his Union Signal Party, and gaming guru Rick Priestley provides ideas for using it in his Black Powder rules.