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Warnakesstrange bedfellows andthebattlesandcampaigns of the UNFORMSANI)EQUIPMENT

Second world War in EastemEuropearecertainly no exception.Theearliest srhDilisionlroops*ere cladpoorlyto saytheleast,and
Consider rhefateofthe PolishArny. Th€roleof Polishunitsin the theirequipmenr $as scant,wift few heavyor automatic weapons.
Western lhealres is wellknown.yetin theaulumnof 1939morethan Somephotosshowthata greatdealof Polishequipmenl {'as still
200.000 Polishofiicenand mennarchedinto captivilyin Slalin\ alailable: greatcoats, puttees andthesquare'topped rogdrypidfield
Russiu. Theirfate largely lorgotren bythedesperately embattledAlliescaps,mixedin vith Russian uniforms andkit itemsof indeterminate
uniilthesunmerof 1941that is. age.
After"B//rafosrathePolish Golernnentin exilewaspressurised
(largelyby Britain)to compromise wirhStalin.andsigna pact.ln when the lst Divisionformedin 1943,RedArmy uniformswere
issued. Soon, however, political expediency meantlhatunilorms $,itha
nililarytermsthisneantthatPolishArmyunilscouldbelormedon produced.
Polish flavour were Tunics ldth a fallcollar, breeches, and
Sovieisoil{romthisenormous nassofprisoners. Thiswasnotaneasy
hieh boots were mostcommon, though manypholos show LwP troops
task.Thecreditable fightingforceof 1939 hadbeenreduced by brulal
to a shado$,-wearing putteesevenin thelastdaysof thewar.H€lmets, lr'henwom,
treahenl.stanation andoldracialandpolilicalhatreds
proportion oflhePolish couldbe the old1936 pattern. ofthe 19405tyle. The fogdrywka capwas
Th€nysterious disappearance of a significanl
pride.
in €quipnent. contribuled the most popular irem. natumlly, and Nas wom wi$ national
officerstaken in 1939. andsevere shortages
Tte ushanko tut cap was aho seen in these units. webbing and
to thefailureto put anyunilsin lbe fronllineby thetargeidateof
hadbe€nformed, equipmenr were standard Red Army issue. very nuch a mix-and-nol
Ocrober 19,11- Bythatdatethe5thInfantry Division
bulwasnotbyanyslretcholthe imagination fit foraction. Protractedmatchsituarion astheinitialRedArmvuniforms seemneverto have
politicalnegotiarions been fully replaced.
andargunenieventually led to a substantial
(viathe Middle Unifonns !ariedincolour. alighrgreyish shade beinSmostcommon,
number of Polishsoldiers andtheirfamilies leaving
though manvirems$ere khakior a gfevgreencolour.ThenoSarywka
East)underGenefal Anders. mostoflhe5th InfanlryDivision amongst
andArnhem. wasalva\'sin khaki.wherea greatcoar*as issuedilwas a copyofthe
then.These weremenvho lateriought al Cassino
earh war Polish rype. of darli khakicolour. weaponsissued werethe
Stalins wayforwardwasto create- fromPolishcommunists and
- a friendlygovernment in exile.Niththeusualtreaties. The lullrange oiSoviettypes: rifle5. SMGS. the DP LMG. antitankrifles,
internees
PolhhPeople\Arnv (LwP rudo'1cwolrftoPobtl)Nascreated a5a thewheeled Maxin MG, andsoon-ThephotosI haveseenvould
indicate asnallerproponion ofSMGS thanin RedArmyinfantry unils
resuli,andits troopswerecollected lrom lhe camps.fromSoviet
at the late war stage.
soldierswith Polish connections . andinterned civilianvolunteers.
Smalliriangular collarpennons;
Veryquicklythe lst InfantryDivision(LwP). andthe lst Polish Badgesofthe LwP*ere nandard-
(LWP)wereformed. Themajorproblen$asstill for infantryyello{ oler blue. the colour relersed for anlilankunits.
Armoured Bngade
Cap badge was the Polish eagle. without crown or shield, andrank
the shonage of olficen(StalinsNKVD hadlilled around15.000
insignia seems to hav€ follo$ed €arh war practice. The eagle \{as
members of thePolishofncercorpsin theKatynForestin 1940) and
wereformed ofPoles for alvals stencilledin while on the front of the steel helnet if this was
NCOS. MoreoflenthannotLWPfornations
oflicers andserS€ants Norn. Tanker wore uniform virtually identical io their Red Army
therankandfile,withUkrainian orBvelorussian
drafted across fromtheRedArmy. Somesourcesgive lheproportionofcounlerparts. ihough sonewereissued withdarkblueoveralls.
non-Polishofficenas highas5070. higherin theanilleryandarnoured
fornalions.
Thelsl lnfantrvDivision wentintoacdonin Octoberof1943, onlhe CREATING ANLWPFORWARGAMING
Snolensk front.Casualtiessere high,andbefore longlheDivision was Themeans ofcreating anLwParmyforwaryaming iseasily available in
withdrawn. Yet asthe win&rof 1943-1944 progressed andthe Red 20mms{ale.wargam€!FoundrJproduceanumberof Russians in early
ArmymovedwesrinroPoland mor€conscripts became available and waruniform. andtwoPoles wearing therogarjrrlacap.Usingthecap
thePolish forceexpanded into1slPolhhArmy (LwP).around 100.000headsto replace theRussians helmeisgivesa perleclLwPfigrre.lna
men,bythesummer of 194.1.A second Polisharmywascreated. but unitofsayt0 figures. at leasthalfshould wearthecap.wilhthesteel
funherexpansion wasprevented duelo a lackofcompeienl officen, helner(wiih stencilled eagle.of course).or lhe tur hat on lhe
panicularly staff officers.First PolishArmy (LwP) $'asactive remainder. ThewT wheeled Maxim.andDegtyarev LMG prolide
rhroughout the lalesummer, autumnand\{inrerto the easlof the support.Iusedth€original Polish officerunaltered. Oneort*ooflhe
Vistula andin thesuburbs ofWarsaw. seeing nuchhardfighting. This Platoon 20Russian figures wearputtees. including theMG loader. so
Anry foughi along lhe Baltic coast in the late winlerand in this slip lhese inifpossible. From th€ Platoon 20 range comes a number of
campaign theLwPArmoured Brigade captured Danzig(Gdansk) and soundnguresin greaicoats. includingengineers and aitillerymen.
Gdynia. Addinga /o8arywftd heador two recruits theseto the LwP- If the
The S€cond PolishArmy enteredthe field for the 1915spring thoughiofLWPcavalry appealsto you.rhentheTwilight2000range,
offensivenorth of the Czechborder. The Polish role was very where youcanstillfind it, includestwocavalrypacks. oneRussian. one
subslantial by thistime,beingaround10%of Zhukov\force.along Polish. Thehorses aresmall.like Russianpanl€ ponies. andthePoles
withsmaller Czechodovak units-andsomeRomanian andBulgarian allNearrherogdtrrkacap.ForartillerrsupportI usethelittle Skltrer
lroops, oncethese lasthadswitched sides.Some writers creditihePoles 76nm infanrrygun. and the Figures,Armorr, Artilery PTRD
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nvolvinga larBenwnberofpanicipanrs. However, wewantedto canusethebonusactioncaidto giveafieeturntoanyofhischar'
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ily nu$ally exclusi\,€. Thenextcarddrawnis ErochWeadErdrcw theiown milliner,
WehaveEiednotto intoducea lot of fussynrlesto cover cunendyactingasa strcrifs deputy.Enochisacitizerr whichis
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$rangeE. youmjghtUkelo usea gannsnrasrer a god-tle figure Gunnran actioncard.Enochtakeshis0m.
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peritivegafiersdon'tcorE to aWesbmgunfightlookingfor an Johnis a bgen4 a higherclassthana Grmman,so his player
argurnent,softe waysllouldbeclea.for agoodtinletobehadby pick uptlteactioncad. Big JohntakeshisturL advancingnFn-
a[ acmglydownthestrE€tIf hisplayerwishe4Big Johncoulduse
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youwould[ke lo participate in playeninglel u5know waitandseewhathaDDens
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wellforrno61 nine@enth cenruryheatres. letuslmowhowyougel cornexard drawsatEadonBig Joh&butbeforehecm thow his
on! fuingdice,Big John'splayerannomces tbatheismakingabonus
action.Thea.tioncad isplayedanddiscarde4 BigJohnfiresand
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ff it istheJok€r,alldiscards
andarryaaioncaftlshzAb! plqe8
,1.. areshuffledbackintodleFareDeck.

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TIIE GAME
Fachplayerneedsoneor rnolemodels.eachIeplesenting a sin-
glepersonor characterSorn€one hasto orpnisea FaleDeck: ACIIONS
thisconsistsof onedEracter cad for eachchaEcterplusjust
five additionalcards;CitizDrl Gunmar\ Shoofistandlagend Duringa chancter'stDmhe can makeone of the following
ActionC-ardsandaJoker.Weusethesmallest sizeoffile rccod acoons:
cards,butyoucouldjustaswellusecaidchitsorsmallsquares of
papertluownin a boxanddr,awnoutrandony. Pass:donothing(exceptturnto faceanydircction)
Youwill needplenryofordinarysix-sided dice!
Movq throwlhrcedice,thisis themaximumdistance in inches
Th€rt ar€four dassesof dmr"ac{en thathecanmove.Henay tumto moveof in anydirection, but
rnustthormovein a stmightlinq makingnofiItkr trms.
C'itizeniordinarycitizenswhohaveneverbeenin a gunfght. He mustendhist]m facingthedirectionhehasmoved.
GmmanandbetterclasscharacteF canrnoveasfar asthey - like
C-unman:toughindividuals whoweir agunwiti dleexpectadon uD to lhaldistance.
bu(muslnrove al leasldrceinches.
othaunsto DselL Citizensrrustmovethernafimumdistance.
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Move & trll?: worksjustasabove,exceptor y twomoverEnt Citizensrnaynotforedelibentely.

dic€arethrowi! ard thecharacter
firesat theendof his move-
ment. BIazirBawayl
Each6 roledgiveshimahitonhistarBelexceptdnt brea.ilo€d-
Fht: hesimplytumsandtakeshisshot e$ nlayonlyhit onc€,repeating riflesupto twicq ard sixslrcot-
elsup!o ur€etrnEs.
Aim: ttEchar:actercan
aimatanoppon€nt. Hestaicswhohistar- If mo€ 1's6an 6'salerolle4heis out of an|rnq hemisses and
ggris,andtumsto facehinl ]fdle aimingcharacter
isableto take mustspenda trn eloadingbeforehecanfireagarn.
anolhertumbeforetlletargerrnak€samoveorduck b6ckoutof If threeor rnorel's aremlledhe gtmisjammed
sight,hernakesanaimedsbol Ifthe wget doesMoveor Duch
ortheaimingcharacterisforcedto duckb6ck,hegainsnoadvan- ChancErsfuingdeliberqebareass&ned to sensiblttakeh'fua-
tageftom hisainl everowftunity thef needto reloal, and b b only whentley
blqe may rccklessly tlut theyu/illfad thenselvescrughtshort
Relmd: tbechaEcterEloadsoneof his guns,aier sufferingan withanenptychmberby anenenty\rith thedroponthetL
out of anmloEsull
If playinqwitha ganesnasteryoumightkkea intmducea nfu
R€cover:characters who alewourdedor fo(€d to duckback- where "finbles" and
mustusea fum r€c.ovedngbeforetheycan rnakeany other songthins iffour or moft I s arerolledthechmrcter
terribbhappens. He couddop hisgua(whichmigltt
action- go of), sh@thinselforsoneonestaading rc.vby fall overni*
Getup: characteN whoarclGockeddownby abulletorin afight ta*" a Iri"nd for a' enenry or vice.vena bwnpiuo nncorc.
nn]stgetup befoEtheycanmakeany oder actionotherrhan balrghi: headona ign post,a littb oldladyniglt launchaIm-
rt($V€rrng. zjedattack$'ithher urnbrcIa theEunlxrwder fash nigfu tem-
pomnb bkndhinLthesidaealkniglt collaryeetc.(Furthersug-
Du& back a character mayvolmtarilyducl b€dq sothathe Sestions archvite4 ifwe geteno ghwe coud doa big lis ora
cannolongerseeor beseen.Hemustr€covetbeforchecanthen dzckof etet canb!)
rnakeanyotlle{action.
RANGECIIART
Fk gun:atbnptsto mjarn hisweapon:
tlnowa dice PISIoL POINTBLINK dnsE MEDruM LONC EXTREI4E
l?"
1,2 - L?lackerc4gunis nolongeranyDsewhatsever
3,4 - CaDlfigue it out,ty againanodErtum. )F DICE
5,6 - Jan clearcd!
POINTBI.ANK cros€ MEDIUM lrNc EXTREA4E
Challengecalloneor fiole of hisenemies
out!o a duelin the RANCE 3" 6 l?' IN SIGIIT
open. NUMBER 0
OFDICE
Fasldraw: gofor hisgun,oftenin a duelor backhootingsitua-
tion. Modifi€rs: add or subhad t|e followirts nmft€r of Dice
ml€d by tl|e draract€rl
-l
Ur essMovin8..ormovingandfiring$e chanctercanendhis Taryetincover -l -1
tumtacurganydrccuon. Ering pistol aft€r moving Citizen
Flringrifle aftermoving -2 Shootist +1
Ering lwo pistols -t l€gend
ANGLEOFFIRE Headwourl -1
-1
Chrracte6canfirc wifiin anarcof m degee\l45deg€eseach Fleshwoundonfuingarm-1 Blazingaway
sideofsFaishtah€ad Seriouswourd !\,ith breachload€f+1
Ihe bes uiy o calorlarefiis is by rnakinga simpleremplare Wifi repeating
rifle +2
fiom a foldedsquaFof p6per. AirrEd shot with iifle +2 \Mth pistol +3
AinEdshotwidrpistol +1
Backshooting +3

ClEracters-adnedwilh aifle al|dpistol(s)mustdis."rdto rifleto

usea plstor.
Ctlrracte$arnEdwithtwopistolsmayfile lhembothsinultane-
ously,makingasep€raE rbrcwfor e€cbbutcountingall I's ftom
bothpistolstowardsm outof anrnoorgarcd re9it. ffuingjust
oneofthepair,thecharacterrnay aulomatically
switchtotle otlpr
if herunsoutof ammoorjarns.

SHOOTING hrdq slmts:A charact€r whoftds hennrsllhrowno dice(or

less)rnaystillfirc: hethrcwstwodiceneedinga double6 to hil
Charace6caneiherfiredelibeml€lyor theycanblazea*a5r. He is outof anunoasusualif hethrcwsrnoleI's than6's.
Thecharact€r rollsthenwnberof diceshownonthefuingchart,
subject
to tlle modifieNfisted.

Deliberateftr:
If anydicecores upwitha6,hehashit histarger,
buthecanonly
scorconetul
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USINGCARDSTODEIERMINE EIT LOCATION&
HIT ITOCAIION
Thow twodice,the6Ntfor location,andthesecond
for eff€ct;or
&aw a shootine
chit. a hit you can nnkz up a Wk of 36 cads irstea4 and htt e tle
victimpull out a caxl or simplycw ou theshooling chia belov)
HIT LOCATION CIIART
ad&at / oneod ofa hxfor eachhit. This is aquicker nuthol
DICE andlessf$s thanusingfie chan, h\ alsonorcfu; there\ sone-
I 2 3 4 5 6 thing abo* usingcanls thal nakes evrythiag seemnorc likely.
It seensto thd whcnyou'rc mlling dice ,ou're just testingtour
FLF.SII Luclebut v'tunyou tum a cadyou'rc de ing Arccb withfate.
I EEAD GRAZE DEAI)
FLESH
CRAZE FLESlI
2 CEEST GRAZE FLESII GRAZE ON HEAD HEAD
WOTJND HEAD ON HEAD SHOT SHOT

RIGFI
FLESH FLESH FLESH SEzuOUS SHOT
GRAZE FLESTI WOTJND
THROUCH
CRAZE WOUND WOUND ON CHEST ON CHEST.
KNOCKED KNOCKED THE
ON CHEST)N CHES'I
LEFT OITT HEART
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FLESH FLESH FLESH SERIOUS
CRAA
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5 BELLY GRAZE rLESB DEAD
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FLESg
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ON LEFT ON LEFI ON LEFT ON LEFI KNOCKED
ARM ARM
MoverneDtis rcducedby onedce for eachseriouswoundand FLESH FLESH
FLESH
eachfleshwoundona les. CRA4
No movement or trminlis prmitt€d with a seriouslegor belly TO BELLY KNOCKED GUTSHOTGUTSHOT
ouT
FLESH FLESH SERIOUS
SERIOUS
FLESH LEG LEG
Iftocked down charactersmustGet up befor€rnakingany ORA4 WOULD TO LEG TO
otheractionotherthanrccovering. TO LEC KNOCKEDKNOCKED KNOCKED KNOCKED
OUT

Knock€dout dsracters mustattemDt to throwa 6 eachtirne

tiey havea tum,untiltheysuceedtheymaymalenoactions. COVER
Charact€rswith a seriousaIm woundcannorfireapistolin that behindcoverisprotected
Acharacter ftom sorneofthe shotsthat
hand.or a rifle at a.ll. wouldotherrvise
withhim.
'Ibl@ A gamesmastercanbeusefulto adjudicatewhichpartsof a tar-
Youknowercughrcw to sagewu lrst gunfght! oureight get'sMy arcprotected,
butasa ruleof thurnb:
ihia,ioegwlf4lten: o e eachCitiua Gwatu\ Shootbtand
lzgeadfor eachside,givethemall appmpriatenanes.Mate up CharacteF firing rcundthecomerof a buildingalwaysexpose
a FateDechphotocomandcd outthehi locatio chitsbekNif theirheadard chest.Pistolshoote$alsoexposetlEir rightarrr
\ouwitlt b usethemthensetthetu'osidesuDaboutb"elveinch- andrifle shooteFalwaysexposeboti dleirarrns-When6ring
esapar1.Tumyourfrst canl an:llet thegunfghtcannence! overa wallor otherobstaclgthechestisnotexposed.
Ifa characterhastrkencoverbehindsometlingFasonably srb-
likeanadobewallorapileofcraies,
stantial, thenshotsthatwould
havehit pJot€ct€dpallsof hisMy causehim to duckbadq but
cinnolm.tulerum.
Ifhe is only behindsorne$inglike a woodenbuildingwall or
fence.thendrow for ea.hshotthathitscovec
l, 2 - shotpeneFares,talgethit, subtractonefrom thedamge
(rlce.
3{ - shotis stoDDed.
Somecover.lilie brushor stands of wheatis tq) insubstantial
to
sropa buliet,buahidingbehindit still r€ducesyouropponenc:
cfu$ceof hitdig by sutnrdctirg
oneof hisdice.
Unlessa character visib?e
dud6 bad., his headis a?ways when
heis behindcover.
Ol|er charactersprovidecovertoo:if thefuinglineis obstructed
by anotl|erchar-actet
determinewhichpartsof thetarget'sbody
arcprotected partsaleolled for againon
by him. Hitson dle.se
thewfortu)ateintedoDer.
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SIGIJRD'S
I.ASTS"XAND thd rrlwr in b€ideod€r,nuftingbedsof haycr sitingonttreirshields
(rhe
bf Aid&ir A;Fon ody dryplacein dre$row).TIEIewasa nw wird ad it lxassleding,so
tlE menhadanuromfonablenighr
T}reBadeofRe fooglton 20Fi$nury 1163,is mt a wel kDw acticn. Ii
wasnot&cisive hx iEtlEron€batdein a longciyil wax TtE prirciplecoIIts It wasarsorEpointin tlE eirly housof:0 F€bruary rhatSigurdrEeired
inan&rsrctE two bit partplayos in hi$or/. Yet it hasfiscinatEdme sirce newstEt Erlirgad hisarmyrse app.€ching, aldnughm eqinateof
I 6Is1leld anaccouniof it b€car$eunlikemos accounts of medieval bat tlE sengthofdrefo{.ecouldbeinade.Sigudfelrit b€srb flee,txlt *ns
tles,it is $sy to rEconsEuct
lhe tadicsof d€ tqo sides. sharFdby hisltEnintochanging hismird ard accepling
batrle.ft wls to
plo\€aii{a.lmisl}e
Irte desiprion which ha so inrerc$ed n|e is !o be foud in tlle
fleir8h.g/a a baokof sagasaboutthehngs of Nway Mitr€n by Snore INI]OACTION
SturlarsoG Icelndic politicianandhi9oriarl Alhoogh SnonEtr"s *riiing
indE 1220'sh€haddoneconsidedblecsearrnfofhis book borhfrom\,Ii! Soonaiter&wn bothmmiespeporEd forbqtrle E3d Sigurd&ew W his
len sdlt€esandwhile ta!€lling rcud NoN?y, andseernsto havevisited rFn on dE edgeoftu ndgeon whichRnnnesFaImsiood oftrlmking a
tre batlefield lr i! al$ cleir fiar hjs descriFionis rn slavi$ adems to bridgeolerthe RirtrAuli. Eling's n}m drcwupon theoppodit€sideoftlE
drplicatea clEssicalnodel, nor]€t anexeanein tEioicslike hiseariierba! bridge.Al'houghSigurd\ rnerrs€einghow tsdly outrrur$erEdrrEy waE,
nedescriplions basedon NoEepoety. Whaa\r€ seernro haveis a conreF wtlEd b wilhdaw inio fie rEatbyfe€st SigurdwasdebnniiEd ro n ke
porEryview ofearty rnediaevalgerEralship afightofit ft Msntallbra\"do. Hehadaplar|-AsFning'sarnyadv c€d
aqosstE bridgehe world adackdowrfiil assoonasEdingt barEr was
SOMETIIINGROTIAN IN TI.IESI]{TE OF.JR. NORWAY se€nto clss. Fning would haveto Ieadhis rEn ftom tlE fiont, so esseG
tialy Si$d's plrn wodd atualy give him localised$pqioity of nur}
Ttvelfrhce-duryNo ay wa, not politicaly $ble B€cansekingshipwas ben, tlE irnp€dlsof a dowdil atrackard a high pmbabiliryd|att'e erEmy
eleqive ad a valid claina$ to dE dtrorEs€emssimply to havehad b woid not be popedy deploy€d Ir wasa goodplrn Ctv/ortcd p{Efy v,€I
dsnonslnredes4ent ftom a recognisedleginnalekingoftt|e pa$,rlp coru} for ffliam Walace a. Sdrling Bddge)ht il did r€ly on Eting being
by wa! split intir ()omldiry factions.T}l€tewa€ fiequernlyt"g kingsat a iBtp€trrous or si.rpideooughto a|trck rcroGs0le bridg€. UnfoturEEly for
lirc, assts th€ casein 1163. More impodandy,fte tings Elied for rlEir Sigud Bling $?s rFilheroftFse $'ings
Ilnwet$ tE $Wn d lauiemwu (s ,erd"rrad.), a classof localloIA
des.sdent tom di$icr chietuirc oftEVrkingAge. Thre *se some- Ertin& lookingacrossllE Adi hat rnomin& was cortlrfing a comrmn
wh€€ between50 and lm bld€maa manyofwhom v,se not pennF ir.lical Foblem of 0E Middl€ Ag€si qu\sing a dver in dE fe of rIE
rEndy ana.hedto any fadior Fa6lad.madr \]E alh)\Nedtokff4 a elEmy. A dircctassarjltcorld wad.,but was!eF/ rislq. It wasberrr b rry
nurnberof ho'isehold[oops andallo led hisdisrid's contingentof tlle ,r! 10ou6nk tte €rEmyby clossingup or do*nsrEa4 if Fsibla AnodEr
da B or rilitL In additionto lbe powerof fE lendenneil tE yeoinan cooncilof \r€r wrs heldandborhsolutionsto fle pnblan di.o'<ed EtinC
Faflrfls (tuad\ s, botdt), arydthe town$neow€rean ind€p€ldenrhnch cho6ethe drflanking o$ion and ordaEd hs army tic nach uFiver
who u,ereltry consciousof any erDcionof rlEir rEditionalpivileges and Sigurdt foi:e, slayingon fE ddge,studowedlh€rl
wining!o fight for dErr AI in aI lh€n,a pcipe for civit $ife (or a multi
playercanpaign). E!€ntually,Fding'smenech€d dE poinrwlEre fie ridgeerdedanddle
bank of [F shrlow dver wee flar Frling dder€d his men to sing a
'IfE political PrterDsterard dE Kyrieard, clashing1'l€iponson shieldsald Fjsing dEir
siuation in 1163wae fDr tlHe was r$o kings. Sodh of
BergetrdE childkine li|tagru! EtingsonwasrEcogni*d. His mosplomi- baftcry,tEycloss€dlhed!€r ftismoralebslingdisplayalnrodFovd
nentsppoder\res hjs fads Firl Eting Sk lk€. Nodh ofBe€e4 Sigud d6asdu6 for it actualy c.used3m of his mer to flee dE field What
tlaraklsonruled.Hls diefsrpponer wasF;artSigurdofRqr IrthewirF appea$to havehappe-ned is $lt sonEof his leyies,prDbablya.tE ba.k of
t€r of 1162-3,King l4agnusard his fath€rhad witMms,n ro 0€ areaof tlle army.h€€rdwhard|eyrnistookfor dE sor.ndof fighing and thinting
\,jka in sdldl.ea$Norway. Howeve4E n Sigud hadl€d a forcedown tlere hadb€ena s-[!rne at.ck or rEactEry(mt urho$'n in rhesecivil
fiom therNorfiard *"s conuniting l:is of loding ard erdortionagain$rlE wers),took!o fEn heels.Sigud's rn€tl howev€r,lnad€no atemptto cap
la.alfE[ne$. Eding,who $€s bqr4din tlE porroflInsbag, decidedroad. ilaliseon lhis mffoft.[B hn waitedon the ddgefor the Elingt for.e io
atack
A FI{IAL MISIAKE
Tlre dlal figtting wa, bdefandsoonElingl nEn hadp6lEd hEcktEir
At ltF begiming ofl-€d 1163,
Frlingsentod scorrstolo(:le Flrl Sigud's elEmy andgainedtle ridge. At lhjs pointpan of Sigld's almy brckead
forces whilehiso\r1rarnylayencanped und€rann$IPidyfor adioaour- fledinto tE forestrEafty. Sigud \r"s lefr wifi o y asnal force Hi nEn
sideTnrsberg.Onthu6day,19Fe!ruarJEriingatla$ rEceived tlE rE*s @ed him to fly h! he choseio anack,palt F6 E,jing to q! his way
tE hadbeenwailingfo[ Sigurd\rEn \rerEsrltlndRe,widrSigudhirrF [mugh to kin Eting. The ge$ft was tudle ard Sigud fel, his s'rrod,
'Baserd',in his had Bling alow€d a slroi pursir
setrs€tledin ihefarnholxeofRanrEs,lessdutadaytlnarchaway.Erling dEn tuned back By
as€rnbldhismel! pluseveryorE wt|ocoddb€arannsin dEtowr and, t€ time he rEurrEdto fE fiel4 tlE king's slaws lere Eyingto $ip Ead
trting liolelv{agnus withhir&setootdut aftexnoon
forRe,Eling ru$qEd Siguid'sbody. TakingLp 'Batiard', he&o!€ then awalacagtalrieswee
13mrnerl Hjss.oulsesrirnated SigudhrdonlyJO0.EtingkEw lE had LighltlF INls $fedng sicy deaddE vicroEBrh€rless.
dE€dgeif hecouldcalchSigud. Forrhis€asor!hemarch€d trough dE
n;ghtlil heclmeclce roRe. TIE badeofReptolrd inconclusiv€. Aldnugh King Sigrildwashl€dlal€r
thesarE ye.atsevenldislrica rmained openlylroeile to Eling andKiig
HehalGdlhealtnysho.tofRe ed h.ld a couEilofwar Many\iErefor lylagnus,Fighlineagainflaed up ad tlE DarEschse tha.timeb invrde
co inuirglhenigtt ma$handfaXingon Sigudard hisnFr whilerlEy Aflfr fE Daffs wae seenofl rtlge wse nurErousotEr fighrs(iitcluding
wae s.lrreledin tlEirbill€s. Edingper$aded hisnen $arrhiswouldbe a secrrd batle ar Re in 1t7O which oininat€d in ttE deaft of King
dang€ous besuseSigurd's edvisols\{releskiledin willkrafr, whicngave Mngrusin batte again$a dval kin& S\€rr€,in 1184.
tEm tF advaflgein aniglt a.licir Eling nay FaIy havebe.lierEd rhs,
hlt SnonB'sex4tfi slgqes he rpaljs€d tltata disorganix€dnighrati,c.|(
woddrDtontyl6e himhjsadvaniage ofrnmb€rs hrgive Sigudpkry of
chaEetoescale.Adaylightatackwasrls€forEagr€€dErting's nm se*-
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RtrTGIITINGTHEBATII,E ANSCHLUSS
PTELISHING
Rlvodell, Wdhen Wrn Mr6h.tu, AJhh.n, Norfolt NR10 sPZ
The Rrl€s
The Battle of Lubino, 19 August 1812
r orE r€asonfor wdting lr)is is to n$Ere early media€!'algercnlslip. Ney vs.Bmlay deTolU
anolbe.is tl4 tunks to DBn I haveb€€nablelo clerF a'tiLhen tabld' Detailedaccountof the batrle, plus hhrorical
refighr TlE batle of Re is a gpical smal s.aleMediae\"Ibaule with less ORBATS& maps €4.50
han Zm In€r involvedon bod|sides.It fits in hat c€tegcrywhichmight
beterned "Ibo big ro slirni$, too smal to fight anday'. For rhissonof ISI3CAMPAICN Pf,NINSUI,ARCIMPAIGN
batle,DBAhas advanEges.In padicular,ils la.k ofddail€d nEchani6 fd
marDeu\rt,mmrnard and no€le alow us to imagirEeachelenEntar a
tssic unit srch ,s a c,Pri of lglights,the oew of a Vting shipor a locd
militia underfte parishFiest i.e.basicunitsof 25 to 50 nen *iD cuid be
sai4 from tl}g €viderc€we ha\€, of being .ble to rnanoeMe and fight
logelh€i Biggertadicd uiti aathis lirne $r€rEulualy ad hac gopings
DBAIIE lnnisms €flecr tlis s€[ dd I fnd it easierto rdtiomlseth€irda
pendence ofa.lion ofindividul elenEotsatthisscale,Wlile []e€ ar€soine
pl€blernsin rationalisingdE changeio gloundscale,rl'e rulesdo sayfral USWANOTINDEPENDENCE
his \€ries a.cordingro rlE armiesr€prEsent€4 so whatrhelle[! I like to l3T2CAMPAIGN
adaptttErulesloth€rcuralsub-pedodor@npaigntmfighting!oiakei o
a.counls@ial hi$onca.lfeatur€s.In thisr€fight,howeveabe rulescanbe
usedpsty .nuchstaight fiofn thebook NAPOLEONIC ARMY & UNIFORM GUIDFI

The armi€s

Snorc c€dits Erd Sigud with 5m meq whileEding Skaklecoftnard€d

13m. In oder to stagea llo*able bade underDBA I fiink tE smale* ANSCIILUSS RULf,S
turceihalSiguidcanbegivenistwelveelenEds.Ar dlesarnescale,Ening's
armyw€uldmusler31 elerEnts.The compositionofdEse forcesn guere
wodc Sigudb forcewas pan of his king s stardingalmy,which Snone
noleswas senmg lor pay,rDt rs a tew So we cin postularea pRny
honogenoosgoup of advenus\ *ell arm€dbut noi by any meansan
&te. Fiing's toop6 weremorc '"ried in quality. He hadfE hol.lseiold
!00!6 of hirnsef, dE king (althougha chil4 plor..ol would demand
l€r badermin chamct€iistics md Upir rbiliry to kll, mtEr tha chaseaway,
Magnushada /!d or miliu./ household)ard olher/a/zroar wft be psiloi ar€anachmnistic.l}le fnal optionis to indoduceho es ro DBA
foE€. He wodd alsohar€h€€na@mpaniedby aggrievedrae,* whohad
This is, in fact very simple. Jusradd "tnde" benv€ei liglt ho$e" and
be€r|nided or tnEaterEdby Siguld, An aggieved,od, was no n€an "Filoi" in theappwiale lift in thecombalfaclort ble. The only rEason I
figher ard theweilthier ones\rould havebeenaswel equipp€dasa hi+ canthinkof for .ot introdrcingthemis ftal DBA IEtoh€s arourd | 2-ele-
rnan.Fmally,tlEe rcre tlE tc,wnsnenandohels whon FJliig hadFEssed
nEnt-&sidebadl€sand an almy wlh elmts of hod6 voold be at m
into servic€,whosemoti€tion wasalide i!€cL Thepoponionofhese
unfairdisadvantage in compdidonganFs HowE!€4in tldssonofs.eMjq
diffeEnttoop6 is u srown, but Snon€mentionstDt $e€ v@ t*o men
ItnserE$ns don'tappry.In conclusioqtberrI feelhodes are$e bestbe!
to e3chho$eard to ea.hshiel4 whichmay meandla|hafof rllealmy was
but if you wantto staywilhin $e rulesassri0m, useadlia-
nide up ofin e4uipp€dlevies.
Th€ h€td€ffdd
Our next queslionis how 1()€pEsem the armies. A twelft ennuy
Scandinavian anny accordingto DBA oists 106a& b) consisK]a€ely ot
Unfortualely,I don'l havea latgesc.ale mapoflhis pqnofNovay (or any
bladeswilh a poponion ofarch€q classifiedaspsiloior bows.SnorIEdoes
o$l€rp€4 for tl'at nareo. Howe\€i Snorc\ desc.iplionis perfecdyade-
mtmenton archeryinhisaccountofthisa.6on,whichhenonnallywc ld qualeto qEatethe salentfealwEs.For a siraighiforwardrcfighl fle Enain
ifhe fell il playeda signific.ant
partin a banle"I wouldtheEfo€ bereluc{rnr
shoddbeasin tlle r€clrgle mlfted on fte nl3p. For a fretf inreee&ioa
to folow Ist l06b in alowing one thid of both armiesto b€ arch€rs.
the b.ryernup provid€sdE wtrle terain All slopesaregendewhi]eth€
Cedainlysomenen wo{ndhavebroughtt}Eir bowso thisfighf but plob
riverabovelh€ )c'is "loo shalow andeasybanl€dto aiddef€E '. Below
ably us€ddpm ftom the safetyof lhe shieldwal Howelq rhe racrical ').', diceasper he rule! co$ting I o( 2 as TIE *€adEr
3. cbesnl s€em
choiceof deployirgarcrletsasskimistErsworld haveb€enlhw. TtE ur€ 1oha\€ affe.t€dllle ballle,bot!o bea.cural€.you shorddusea whiteemin
of allhels in anyrcfighris, beGfore,a matterof clnice. Ifyoll do wamro
usearchexs, I d.omlrEld lsing ttEln asp6iloi. Sigurdwo{ndhavefewer
dla Eiing as,allhough*le bow wasus€dby pmfessionals, i1was norc FrguB
@nnnonlya le!f, weaton.
Few peoplewil havea twefft entuy No.s€SianArmy. Do not desFir,
Wealsohavebe questionof how lo rcp€s€ntFrling s levies,someat least
hoaevei for tE NoM€giansdid not drEssp€nicrlfily ditre€ndy dco rr
ofwhcm poved wo^e dlanuseless.Folowing dlecmenr rules,nodifeF
NodhernEmpeans andso he infanFyfrom otler twemnceftry amies
edialionispoasible.Ho$€\€! rirm m a nunberofoptionsconsisr€nr widr wodd serve. we usedAnglo-Normarsfor our r€nghL Ai a prnch,you
lrE nnes.DBAVeNion i.0aloweda,I factorfor inferiortoops meering
coridnove 0le aationbackahundr€dye s or soandusevftings.
bet€r toop6 of dle sameqpe asan odion andtis couldbe us€d Under
DBM the leviescluld beclassifiedas 'hode'. bul thisclassificadonis mr The Refighls
us€din DBA" In DBA, ho'desshodd be r€pr€s€nt€d as slefis! which is
appmxrnaFlylhe sameasusing0le inferiorftopa opdo4 o. auxfia- ]lle
Two Efghts $ggest $ernselves.Tlle fiIst is a sfdieldorwad recorutuc-
€laive weakle\sof auxiliam*es hem analFactiveoptio[ butfien ber-
tion of 0lebatle, ttl€s€cordis to give tlle playe$be resouE€saM tlle ls.
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ri€l problemftlrconliontedt|e E3rlsdtd se howtheyrBohejt Thetwo The unpi€ colnpalestlle nvo plars ard usinghir/t€r skin andjLdgenr€nt,
refighisstartardifferErtpoinls. Whih the ta.tical rcfightbeginsasBling wo*s out whatille Feliminarymole.sqouldbe lfmcessa(y,dreunpie
apploaches RannEs,dHe is no pointincludingfE initialm.anoeulBs in d|e shouldconsit 'rirh the playeG!o ctaify tlEn int€ntions,but sllodd nor
t€ onstucrionand dlel€fo!€lhn cin beginar tlE poi ar which Frling's allow $€m loo flexiblea Ie ponse.The umpireis not theleio rrip players
armybegir's!o clossil|e rivei The rcconstuxioo i5 fatutysinple ad @ up,butit is inpodot tn* pbnsofan oldy cornplexnatuEshcddbechnl
befoughtasassimple$o pexsongane. The {a.licd fghl ne€dsditre€nt l€r€€d ard simplifiedin cons lalion wih tE pla'€r concerne4hlh to
hffdling to enabletheanniestEir pr€lininaf moves.while dis cldd be reflectleality andto ensne a wo*able figu€ wargarne.Tlre rnostIikely
dorEin a smal scaleby eqeating dE wider batlefiel4 tlre lager scrl€s tuElr !c a goodgarE win colre tom theplaye$spliuingth€irarmies,bu!
demanda ditrer€ntapproach.The oneI ha\€chos€nis kJr€solvetle inidal by concenFating on rtlenain aclion\rhile Foviding anumpired€cisionot
rn noar\rEs by fee Kriegspielusingan umpirc,leadin&like the rEcoF anyoff tableaction,it sllodd bepossibleto handlefiis.
suxio4 lo a sin'pletvo playergarne-
when d'e umpie nas fnist€d delibeding. ME slrouldha\€ a view on
Tl|e vickrrycordilionsfor bo{hactionsare$ose in ilE rules.A vidory is whelEilE figuregane wil takeplace,theefiectsofd€tacH forceson $e
achievedby d€stoyinga lhld of $e enemyarmy,or by kling lhe erEmy bodycountfor mordleFnposexdle e$lts of otr t ble adion ad tlE lirlts
gene{BlSigud crn a.lsowin by kilirg Magnus,if Fiing is strrpidenolh ingsofarival ofhines tikeflankmarch€sTtle unpie now brieh theplay-
to alow his sonan).rherEnejrthe nghting. e$ togelherasto whathastBppenedsofa! dDsgiving a bockgm|ntd!o tE
batle, Ciwn tlE natuEof*le tend& it is unlikelytut ilEre wil beanyhid
TheB€tl€ ot Re.20lhFebru.lv1163 dennlo\€tneottr ambuslFs,soidividDl bdefingsarcnot likely !o benec-

',"l" ^ €ssary.The seclionof lhe tsmin on whichtle bafle wil be foqht is 0ler
setup andtlle umpireindical€sf|e posnionandfonnadonsof *E trvr sides
at thepoint!h€tablebprefightcomrErces. E ing shouldsiil nm t|e risk
of someof his leviesfleeingat his poinl but how rn ny (if any) d€sext
slnuld be ilE decisionof he umpire,who shdid alsochoce *hich €le
n}entsarcsnoved Tfle Folagpnissmy now be leli o slugil o'l1in the
tire honoord fdhioa tc urnpireableo walchald int€Neneonly to int}
duceanyoftable forc€sat fle am{opriaretme.

TIE WinE Achiaaiax

Heimbnqb - Thz None KingsSagas
(tftrslatedby Sanuelt aing,1930€ditioo)
WRG: De Bellit Atri4uitatisQBA),\.l.1, Mrrch 1995
Reco6Euclion

The terain for thisbade is thatwifiin tlE reclangle-Ifposible, fE player

FIrEsetuingEding shouldbe an expeiencedDBA playe! hI stlorildnot

.,hEfiFI#
havelead$is ,nicle. Fart Sigud's amy shoulddeployfi'sl on tle iidge
aborcthenver E ing'samy lheo.leployson thebdk of 0E dveqabove
fte''c'. tie nnlsld€ployat l€as orE elemmtof hisgood[Dopsbehird the
ruin annyasa bodyguardfor King Magnus.In dE adualbaftle,6esemen
Ielnaircd rlouled andso may be depictedas avalry &lins shdnd be
inforrFd th,r dF nvq arftis pointis soinsignificaft$ar he ntayrnovehis
almy acroxstheriver asa body. Havingcomplered his deplolrnenlEding
now th$ws his PIP die. Befop he can mve, however,Sigud should
infonn him that partof his army haspnicked Sigud n'ay now lErnrve
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of dreleviesdrushasbolh disupli\€ ard rffrab efecls ajd if tlE player
repEsertingFrling da€snl klow ii is going to happerrcomesas a nasty
shock Botharmiesmw m€d to bI four elements to wir. soil is a qu€stion
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of whedlerSigurd'stemin advantage or Fiing's weightofnumbes wil be ted to Collector's,Connoisseur's
decisive.You may,ho$€!€a feel lhal tlis is unfair on Eling. SnonEt and Wargamer'sstandard.
a.rount da€snol sugge"rtla| Eling's armywasd€mo$i$d by ltE d€ser-
lion of ihe leviesand,gilen fut in ou Iefigtur'e fo'nd dl,t Eling haddif-
fioniy b.inginghis nunbe$ to bee, you my wishto play thlr herE€ds!o
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ablegalrle.TIE batrlebeginswith a briefingfor ltle pla)€$ fromtheumpirc
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oo ibe ba.k€roud to fE batle. dle forcesa\"ilable andlhe s&n pointsfor SL6 7ER
tE two armies(Sigurddalln up on the ridge astide the rca4 Bting
appo&hing up fte rcad) Both plaleB now wile a plar ofadiof\ includ Tel: 0162828994
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tlleleis nothingto stopyouusingdtesarrEterrls,tut ondeciding
by MarkR. Elwen yourselfwhatrole a panicularkind of shipfirlfils. Eg. escort
duties,missiledefence, longrangepatol etc.
I havenev€rr€allyconsiderEd myselfto be a Sci-Fior Fa asy
Wargarner but beinga long tinp StarTrek fan, whenMc1o Warp spttd - Warps@ neansat tle speedof Lightor faser
Machines broughtouttheirminiature rnodelsofspacec]aft,about aid shipsarcpowercdat dis speedby WarpEngines.No ship
twoyearsago,Ijusthadto buyapack lthei justhadto buyflE canbeengaged in cornbatwhilstat waryspeed.Thisis beca$e
compleiesetandthenof cousejust hadto buy anyadditions. tl|eship6wouldbegoingfaslerlhanthewe@nsth€yhavefired
Beinga wa€a(tprlhoughI wasnotcontentto havethemrcrnain andalsobe..a!se I can'tfor thelife of nE imaginehowtwoships
on dle slFlf, on theirlitle displaystands, lookingpetty. No, I cold aftenptto firc at eachoth€rwhentravellingarsuchfanhs-
wantedtoplaywiththemandsoI beganmyque( in s€arch of ole tic slEeds.Sohowdobatdeshke place0ten?Why donl ship6
ultimalesetofrulesto rccreate space*€rfarc. Beinga bit ofan justrcrnajnatwalpspeedaI thetinE?Well,in myuniverse ships
awkwadscand-so,a bit rDean andpefeningsimplerules(oras canonly rnaintainwarpfor limitedperiodsof time dueto d|e
sornewouldsay,'bein8a liElebit rhicld)I shurm€d usingany temedous stessesputontheirengines andsuperslruciEes. They
cornrErpialsetsard besanto clealea setof rulesfor StarTtek $en haveto goto $rb-lightspeed(seebelow)for acertainperiod
b€ttles, I wouldcrea&my ownuniverse - how'sthatfor nEgalo- to "esl'. Alsowarpspeedcannotbeengaged n€arsr]ns,black
mania- anduseshipsfiom theStarTtekrangeandanyotheN hole$wormholes,planetsor in asExoid belts.Thisis due!o tlle
whichfiftedin. HoweverI did 'bonow'rnanyideasandtenns effertsofgravib,andtle riskof collisiolt.Thisd|engivesplenry
fi:omStarTrek,sonEofwhichyouwil prcbablyrccognize. This of opportnityfor eng€ingtheenemy.If yor do allowship'sto
may shocksonrggenuineTrekkiesor TrekkenI'm afraidso I enterwae speedduringanycontactthenlheyleavetheptaying
apologize befoEyourcadanyfi.fther.oncidentaly, younuy,like areairwnediately andcarmotret]rn. Ther€asonfor thisis that
myself,havealwayswondercd wha!thediffer€nceisbetween tle swit hingwarpsle€donard otrwoulddairagetie warpengines
afoErnentioned ShrTrck fans.I onceheardit described dNs:If but,morcirporiandy,it alsogeventsplayers'ship,s disappearing
at a StarTrekConvention a TrekkerburnDsin'.oMarinaSirtis andre-appearing winy-nilly.
(Counseor Troi) Eti, Marirn!E;cl hewil askherhowsheprc-
par€dheNelffortlteroleandhowshedeveloped dlechancter,; a Sutrlight SI|€€d- Shipsarepoweredat sub-lightspeedby
Trckkiewill ask if sheeverr]rcughtshewouldget otr wittl LnpulseBrgines.Shipshavetwo impulsespeeds.Onewithout
Comrnander Rikerasain.A TGkkerwondenwhatit wouldbe shields upandonewith. ThisbecaD-se to miseshieldstakespower
like to havesexin z6rogravity;a Trekkie.just wonde$wharit ftom ihe engines.The differcnce in speeds isjusta fewcentirne
wouldbeliketo havesex. tes. As anexamplelerusiakelheUSSEl'erprueNCCl7olA
Now bavinguFseteveryStarTrckfan- backto thefutue which I have .la<ed as an average,but modem,cruiser.
fsound!fa-rnilial4iAtfirsl I lioughl fiis rule writingwouldbe Maximums@ is 16cmper moveard l3cm perrnovewith
sinple aiierall.noonelmowswharwiJlorwiJI notbepnrsiblein shieldsup- Shipscanmoveforwardor baclorardsat impulse
tle lirtug sotl|e sb' is rlle limit. On thecontrary,I hadbegun spee4butmustbestarionary, orjusttuming,for onemovebefoe
wo* onwhaltumedoutto bethemostdifrcultandftDsFatins sel changing ftomforwardto rcveneor vice-ve6a-
of rulesI haveeverFiedroclealf. Farfrombehqablero dro-
duceany fanh$ictling I couldriink of inlo tle-rulesI found ltming (S€efigule 1)- To makea tming devicecopydledia-
mysefwantingtojusdrymlthing andeverlthing.Themleshad gramin figuleL Torna* onpoiffsA, B ard C placeaspaceship
to becrcdibleto myselfardlelery le€st:to be 'rcalistic'if6atis stiand in $e semicircleandmarkwhercthrEeof thecomeNtouch
at all possiblein science fiction. Aftertwo yean,severdl setsof thecircumfererrce. Tonark onthepointsbetween A andB place
ruIesandnuch rcsearch into €lativisticspeeds,mido particles, thecompass pointonA andrna* thrcepointson$e circurnfer-
charyed particlebeansandmuchmorc,I thoughtI hadeventuai- ence- exactnreasuements arenot necessary. lvla* lh€e more
]y comeup withtlrcfinalve$ion. Thena evelation,or disa.ster, pointsbehveen C andB whichshouldusethe samern€as!rc-
occurE4depending onhowyouviewiL I waswhilingawaymy rnentsasthosebetween A andB.
tinn €ading drcugh sorneold tyaSarr,€rsNe)rsleoers fiom
around1968whenI carrFupona BadeReportof a navalgarne
playedusing,waitfor iL tiddlv-wink to dide hits. I dismissed
tiis almostimrrEdiately, pobablyjustasyouarcdoingnow;but
it carnebek to nF, nigglingat rllebackofmy mind. Why nor
usetiddly-winks? Theyintoducearandomfactorjustasdicedo,
wi[ Fobablyadda litrlebit offim andacnrally removesornedice
thrcwsandtrblesft)m the rules. I succumbed to temDtation.
obhinedsornerjddlywink andhrd a go. A perfectlyg<iedand
enjoyable-garrE washadandasa rcsulttheruleslaidoutbelow

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S€fiing- Whe€ no onehasgonebeforq20G300yearsin dle Shipshavediffer€ntbming valuesdepending on theirmanoeu-

ruure, ll:dbilily.Thehighestvaluebeing1. To tuma ship!o sftbomd
plaaelhefirmingdevicearoundtlle ship'sbasernatchjng points
Shipo- All ships,ondreirdisplayshnds,arcstuckontocird hexa- A, B andC withthecomeN of tle base.Ashipwithtumingvalue
gors with a 3.5 inch diameterfiom comerto comer I have I c2ntumitscomeratAclockwise untilit rcaches
B. E ch firll,or
cbssedship6asdestoyers, ftigaF,qcruisers
etc.butois is entire- parqnrmwill takeup 2cmofmovement.Theshipcantlm as
ly uptoyou. Remember toothatald|ough tennslikefiigateand manytinFsasrequiedduringits rnovgaslongasit hasenough
cmiserhavecontinued to beusedovo theyearstherolesof the centimetr€s of movelefl To moveto portusethesaneproce-
due, butin reverseie. movingftom C to B.
 A shipwift a orn valueof 2 rnay[lrn upto thisma* for theloss Retuningto missilesoneproblemis tlut trey wojkt obvio*ly
of 2cmofmovernenta shipwi$ a valueof3 !o point3 ad so beextennlypowerful.Afterall th€rewtrlH benorestictiorson
on. Thelefo€a shipwitl ium valueof 4 hasth; leasltrmmt usingnucler w€apmsinouF lpaceanda shipwouldhavetobe
of nrm for the tosi of 2crn ff we hke on alelageshipdle faidysEongto withsardsomethhgof dlispow€r.Thisproblem
bteryise Al glvethisannlrvalueof3. Smallerships, foreiianr s pady dealtwidrby givingship6shiekhwhicbhavecoryara-
pledestoyers, aregivena I or 2 andfreight€rs4 blepowerlod|emissiles.Also.anyshipwhichisc4abh ofrmv-
elmg at gealerthandle speedof light wouldha\€ to havean
Serco$- All shiF areasslIrEdb beableto see'odershbson e.{tsE ElysnongsxpersEocune If ashbhitanobjedwiharnass
theirlongmngeseisors.Howevobeforeanyshipfiresit must ol just igm whilst[aveling aroneEnh [ghr tfis impad
if drerearehostrlewashipeon dreboard$ake abl2. A scorc wouldhavetbeerE effedas l,0mkgofTNLlpeed AX nEralsad
of'I 'indicahs
dlattlE e&;Tyha\€jarrrEdd|eship'ssensors and aloyswhichmakeW a ship'shrl wil, dtercforqbee)dEmely
it isetrectively bl,irxlfor thatnrove,ltsw€@onsensors canmele- stong anl able to deflect energy mfrcr than absoft it
forenotlockonto a targetandit cainotfi€. FJlih€nrtor€$e ship's$pe$tnatrne wil be st€ngth€xt€d by
forcefieltdsor 'strucirralIiEditv Eelds'-
Flring - Themainarmanen!of ship6aremissiles of whichtfEre Missileshavetwo explosion ialies of 8 and16. Tl|efirstis tre
are two ldnds. RelarivisticVelociryMissiles(RVIvll) and explosion ltlle whendF micsiledetcnales oala ship'sstFil4 the
Trtical Relarivi$ic\&lociry Missiles(IRVNft. So cr ed secordwh€odlemissiled€{qutesonttleshipihef. I wil-lexplain
beca[seI wanted!o gived|emfancynanss.R{ sinply.the\eare belowhowlo detennine whichshieldis hil-
tiddly-winkwidrorr flip zndtiddly-winkwilfi hvoTtbs.rcspec-
tively,whichfly lery fasttut notatd|espeedof light Sbid& - A.lIshbshavesix stields(cr foEe-fiel4s)eachccne-
Worrynof I wil explain.Erh more a slip maylie m spodingto onesideof dlehexagonbase.Ttteseshieklsusualy
rnanymissiles asit haslauri:lFrs- andprovidedi liassdm?mis- aI ha!€dtesanE!"lue. Thisshieldstengthof(nrr'averageship
siles!o firc. I &lually limir lhenumbe;of missiles anyshipcan ttg Ftterfiise E 5. Wh€na shieldis hit-bya nissiledre-misslE
carry.Retrunhgto dlebrrerylrra sttecancanv40 R\4Vt:ard exploGion valueisslbfacEdfiomdleshblds:rEnglh !"fue. Ift|e
16TRVMs ffRVlvtt rakeub rwicedE s!6ce;f RVIvfs).I is explosion valueisequaltoorgeat€rtbandteshieldtfieshiektwil
mlkeJyyouwill usedrisnwty missiles in imyorr ganr, buth is colhpsefor dlal rmve or y. tf drcexplosionvaluewasgeal€r
necessary to tryard llrnil tllenunberofmi\silesflyingaboul No thanlhatof d|eshieldd|eadditionalDointswil betrkenoff dje
selfrcspectilgc4ain will wantro useup a[ hissuFplyof mis- sHp'sdarnage points- seebelow. E.g.a missilehitstheUSS
sileson.dtefils:tdayof hisfiveyearmission:ToEevantihisfiom blkryise on*'ied no.2. Theexplosionrnlw of themissileis
n4penmgI play ax garre! on a polntsbasis. Eachplayerij 8, fte dield vrIE 5. Therefore fit shieldco aps4sard ltp shb
awankdsornaty poin6for achieving hisobjectives.Horever, rcceiles3 danagespoints.Any fiIrdE missiles tlat hn shieH2
pomlsarededucred for eachmissilefired.say5 pointsfor each on.dFsarnemo\€ will detonale on dle dip itsef. inflicting16
RVMandl0 foreachTRvlvt.Tofiremissiles shiosharelamctr- pomtsot oamage,
eN.drenumberof whichdepends on rheship. dur sampleship
hastwo bar*sof launchenriactrwirtrwo nrbes.I rtrreiorecair
lamchfourmissilesshultaneously.
To decidewhofiresfirsl eaci playershrkesa die,dleone
wilh tlE.hi€hest scorcbeingtttewn;er. Tlp lauDch padis sirF
ply a ship'shexagonbasewilh a circledrawnin thecentse on
which dE tiddly-winkfT\{t L placea. If tuing fo ard dle
hnch padrnaybeplac€dalongside eithersidesl tr 3 of fte
ship'sbase:if firing!o dlelearagainstsides4 or 6; andif to he
stdeaCainst sid€s2 q 5. (Seefigrue2.t. If dlemissilehitsnodF
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lhebaseor themodeiotthe rarger$ip drine itsflighl lIithits
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TW shouhhit mo€ rl n oneshjpor y fie fir$ trrgerhitwil srd- whichi\ hit will alwaysbed|eoneinadirectIire betwegrdr cen-
rcranvdafilase. se ofdte 6ringshipandfie cenEeoftE htEelship. tf tlF mis-
_ frhe rnis;b fircd is aTRVIU lhen, ifit hi6 a tarye! it is rEat- silewhich$ntes is aTR\M onils second'niD'ttF dE shieldhir
edasabo\€.Howevefifit misses it hasonernle chanceondrc will betheorlebetween thelocationof lheTW dd centeof dle
tollowingrnove,to try ard hira rarget-Thefir€rneednotdeclae targetsltp.
lg hs.oppoDent wharhis inrcrdedtargetisard canev€nchange All shields.unlessr€ceiving a criticalhil will rcgen€rate to
lltsruno ong|etollow[p nove. fi.rllpo*er on drefollowinemovE.
YoumayF wond&nghowonearthwilh sucht€chnically
advanced mirsilesin dle Ard carturytheycouldpossiblyrniris Damsge- All shipshavea Damage Value.Thisvaluetak€sifto
tllehrgei lYoir'renotonFaftb rerember?Edl OrErrust'realise accoun! {F sizeoft}F shb.tlF stengd of t}ledtp anddE nurn-
lhoughd',r althoughtargefing sysl€fmwil udouhedly becoirE berofcrew. Oursarnpkshiphasa ralrc of52 If a strip'sdarn-
rmre soph.isticared so too will counrer-nEasues - bothDassive agepointsrEachl0 or lersdi: shipcannolongerarteriio warp
ard elecEonic.A mi.ssile whichmisses is assxnEd lo haiebeeo speedWhm a ship's!€luer€aches 5 or lessit carnotmoveor
jammd co_nfused by falseinngesor to haleevenhit decoyhr- 6reard nusl $nEnder orrcea ship'sdamage \ahregoes!o aD
getsqeatedby a fifirisic veNionof chaff. orDebw Isdes-uo]€d
I decidedupon missiles ralherthanbeamwe@ns,orphase$.
as_crrrent t€clmolo$/indic€Esrf|atdFsearcnorafall likelytiobe Point Def€{ce - Point DeferFesysEmsae bai*s of beam
efectiveatlongranges.I couldofcousebetotalyvaongandif weapoNusedagain(incorning TRVM missil€6.Hringof poinr
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reduce$e efect of thebeamweaDonovexa cefiaindistance. $exe'tp" and"down"in space? Btl any inccrningfi$r'Ms.
34

Ship6rnayalsofire dleir poinldelenceweapons on fteir firing

lm if dlevhavenotal€advdoneso.
Point'defence
banksari eachrEpresented by oneTW: Again
lhenurnberof bankswiil varyaccording
ship.tlueebeingd|eavenge.Pointdefence
!o d|eqpe ard sizeof
weapons candesEoy
ABattleadav...
missilesonlvandhavenoeffectonshins- b! Bob Pelton

Critical Ilfu - EachtinE a missiledelonares on a shipwith the Ever ne€dedan excuseto buy that new amy? Simply find a
firll explosionvalueof 16 (i€. it hasnot fiIsl detonafed on a date (Your Birthdar Wife/girlfriend's Binhday, Uncle Tom's
shield),a criticalhit mrst bechecked for Thisis doneby throw- Binhday, Spot the dog\ Binhday, Barmirzvah.w€dding miver$ry,
ingtwoDl2 ard addingtleir scores. Thisistltench€cked againsl . . . whatevet md bDild a suitableercus€/casefor that all inportot
tlle list below.Any criticalhit wifl bein additionto 0ledanage
pointsinflicted.
JUIIE
2. Warycolerupore.ShakeoneD12:9,10,11or 12rc$ircd to I S e R o m d o l 4 l , l . U s h a n1t 7 q 4B, o o n e v ' l l1e8 6 1 ,
jeuisoncore odErwiseshipexplodes.If thewarpcoreis suc- 1864.Ki-Liu Ch€nB1904.
2 Texel1653,DoDauworth 1704.
cessfuIyjetisoned$e shiprnaynotenErwarpspeed. 3 Balllnore 17q8.Tuftigo I859.Chic*ahominy1864.
3. All weapons down. Shak oneDl2eachmoveftomthemxt Hohenft€idberg1745,Mmtua 1796,Zu.ich 1799,Maeenta
moveonward.t I or I 2 requircd!o gerbackon line. 1859,BrusilovOffensiveI916.Midway1942.
4.IrnpulseengirEshit. Ilalvespeedftomnextft)ve onwards.If 5 Benburb1646,Havda 1762,New Rossl?98, Fall ofRom€
engmes havealreldybeenhit dlentheyaredestoyedandship 't944.
cannotalterspeedor couse, 6 Ardrcs1351,Novam 1513,Memphh1862,BellaL!Wood
5. Shieldhit is destjoyed. t9lE. D Day 1944
6. PointDef€nce weaDons bankdestoved 7 Immac218.shemes 1667,Southwold Bay 1672,BelleIle
7 . l& SupersEucue hil Damase'Doirlsonlv inIlicFd. 1761,Am@ 1782,Fe.keh1896,Mssines l9lT,ThirdYpres
19.Miss ! hunchube dqsuoyed. t91t.
8 Bouloon1810,Baduli-Kiseni 1857,Malegnano 1859,Cross
z). Missilelaunchbankdesooyed. Keys1862.2
21.Shieldhit is desuoyed 9 St Pol de lron 1346,Meaux1358.Monrebeuo1800,Port
22. PrimaryCombatInfomafionCenrc (CIg alsohrcwn as RepublicIE62,Brmdy Station1863.
Ot'sRoomor BatrleBridge)hit. No fuingor coursealt€mtions 10 sablet1619,Heikbers1807,Kemedine1824,Bnce'sCross
nextmove. Roads1864.
23.All shieldsdown. ShaleoneDl2eachrnovefiomnextrnove ll Campaldino 1289,Entholm1676,Drumclog1679,Riachuela
onwards.I 1 or 12rcquircdto getbackonline. 1865,DiamondHill 1900.
24.Wae corebrEach.Shipexplodes. 12 Malta1798.
13 Cuddalorl?83.
14 Naseby1645,Dunes1658.Marengoi800. F.iedland1807,
SEQIJENCEOF PLAY Rab 1809.Winchester 1863,Teliss! l9t)4.
15 Kosova 1398,Hardenbery 1580,Petersburg 1864,PiaveRiver
1.Shakefor moveadvaffge. Loserrnovesoneshipfi$!. 1918,SaipanI944.
16 Lipd 1433,SrckeI487,Sinsheim1674,Calcutta1756,LigDy
2. Any ship rnay filt poinr delenceweaponsar incoming 1 6 1 5Q, ualre 86 l8l5
TRV\,I\. l7 Castillon1453,MoDres clms 1663,Lagos1693,Riga 1701,
Bunler Hrll 1775.Hooglede1794.Se Ciovanni1749.
3. TR\M'S lawchedlastrnovehavedEir secondandfinal flip 1876.
ftomlhepointatwhichdleylanded. 18 Patay1429,Sevenoaks 1450,SauchieBum 1488,Bng ofDe
1639,Chalgrove Field 1643,Kolin l?5?, Alessandna 1799,
walerloo1815.Wavrc1815,Kineyri 1848-
4 Shakefor fuing advantrge.Winn€rfirEsoneshipfirsl Any
l9 Methven1306,Hochstadt 1800.
* p $al hasno(fircdilspointdefmceweaponsyetrnaydosoon 20 Angora1402,Mexico1520,Hochst1672.Cuddalore1783,
Mangalore1783.Pondichenfl?83.
2l Laupen1339,vinegd Hiu 1798,Vitorial813,PenaCenada
5. Any ship6whichrcceivea detonation on the slperslmctue 1838,Pered1849,BUURun 1861.
checkfor a CriticalHit. CriticalhitsconEintoefrectirnrnediate- 22 Pydna168BC, La Rochelle1372,Morat 1476,Blackhqth
ly expectingnufibers4 and22. l497,Tumhout159?,Horhst1622,BothwellBndge1679.
R u s i a1 9 4 1 .
23 PlasseyI757.Crefieldi75E.BelleIle 1795,Fi.sl Isonzo1915.
IN CONCLUSION 24 Benockburn1314,Sluys1340,Canea16.14, Wilhelmstnl
l?62,Carabobol8?1.Nizib 1839,Solferino1859,Clstoza
Thesethenaretherules. I havenot includeddataon different 1866.
shipsasthiswouldhaveokenuDfar toomuchroon Alsohalf 25 Fleurus1794,TalDFons1859, LndeBigHom1876,Me6a
tltefim isd€cidingupontllecapatilitiesandrolesof eachclassof Mattuh1942.
smp. 26 Podol1866.Svistov1877.
ThenrlesareinEndedto givea fi:n garne.No doubtsonE 2 7 La RocheDerien1347,Detingen1743,Buenos Atres1806,
seriousmindedganFrsmay not approve.To ne fiough aI Gaines
Mill 1862,
Kinnesaw Mountain1864
wargarn€s strouldbe FtiN. I decidedlongagodrarrcalismis 28 Orcntes1098,Seminara1495,Fehrbellin
l6?5,Poltava1709.
Monmourh l?78.Muchengratz1866,Skalitz1866.
somerhing tllatcainotber€creat€dondrewarganres ubleandin 29 CropredyBndgel644,Alicanle 1706.
Panna1734,Alsen 1864,
science ficlionlhatis evenrnorctue. Gitschin
1866.
Soif youwantto halea go- 'Makeit so'. 30 Arbedo1422, AdwaltooMoor1643,Lemnos 1807.
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LOWERCRETACEOUS
PTEASANCE
orThe lost rrorld of onemflIlon yearsBC,
whendtnosasrsnrledtheEarth
By RobEvarc

The pagesofWargamesIllustratedandWargamesWorld have th€Ju'ju monsters. Theylnayalsoharboura grudgeagainstthe

occasionallyoffered games involving animal, rather than IMSorevil intenttowardsthe LYA. Theplayerwilllosepoints
humanopponents.As there is hardly a beastoll the planet for everyEF whodoesnt geteatenby a dinosauror fall intoa pit
whichhasnoabeenhunt€d,herdedor eatenat sometime the tull of spikes.For a morepoliticallycorrectandNineties-style
possibilitiesarc legion. Clearly though. the game is more game,useoverweightAmericansbenton ruthlessexploitation
interesting ifthe aninalshavea chanceto fight back.Whating ofthe environment for Dersonaleaininstead.
froma modernshipwilhexplosive harpoonsoffers no challenge
olherthandodgingtheGreenpeaceinflarables. Whalingfroma
srnallboatwith a hand-thrownharpoonwouldmakemoreofa THEDINOSAURS
game.if still politicallyincorrect!
All dinosaurs(exceptsmallcuteonet attackonsight.Thereare
Lost worlds and dinosaursurvivalshave been a part of no exceptions:peaceable herbivoreschargestraightin when
popularculturealmostsincedinosaurswerediscovered andif confrontedby a large, dagger-toolhedpredator and even
anyanimalhasa chanceagainsthumansit is the dinosaur.Th€ Brachiosaurus hasa tasteforhumanflesh.
ideaof a gamewherethehumanswerenot somuchrhehunrers All dinosaurs mustexceedtheirscalesizefor addeddramatic
asthehuntedintriguedme.Thc rhingthatheldmebackwasrhe effect.
Iimited availabilityof suitablemodels.Then Petcr Dennis
Fly;ngreptilesare not allowedio kill andcanonly carryoff
introducedmeto FIMO in WI8l. I hadno moreexcuses.
theLYA. sothattherestofthe panyhasrostopescapingandgo
Thisgamegivesyou a chancelo go afterthe biggestgameof
backandrescueher.
all. It is unashamedly, and affectionately.basedon every
dino.rurmovieyouve ever.ccn The possrble scen3rios are
virtuallyunlimiied.from VictoriaVetriin a leopard-skin bikini THE CAVEMEN
avoidinghuman sacrificeandman,eating plants.tomayhemon
an islandfull of reconsdtuted dinosaurs. Thereare. how€ver, Cavemen populations consist of huge brutish men with
romebasicelemenrswhich everygame,hold conrain. . . prominent eyebrow ridges and an altitude. They dressin
enormous furryanimalskins(despitetherebeingno fur bearing
animalsl)andcarryclubs.axesandspears.The womenare all
THEEXPLORERS berweenrwenry and thirty and wear shrink-ro-firleather
1) The hascibleMiddlcntlerlScie,ltist:the IMS n arrogant. bikinis. A few token children may be includedfor added
opinionatcdand overbearing.His lack of ordinarycommon
sensewillcausehim to plungeinto trouble.aswill hisscienrific If cavemenencounterthe partythey will attack,seekingto
curiosity.Whenconfrontedwith a Iargeflesh-earingdinosaurorlake them back ro their villagefor ritual sacrifice,givingthe
hostilecavemen he willgo andhavea closerlooklHis aimis to heroesan opponunityto escap€. Sacrificemayraketheformof
gatherscientific dataandevidencein orderto provehisrheories eiiherbeingtiedto a stakeandlefi forthe Tyrannosaur (thereis
to the sci€ntificpygmieswho calledhim a cranl alwaysa T.Rex)or giantgorilla.or castinto tbevolcano(there
is usuallya volcanoaswell) They do noi undentandfiresticks
2, BronzedA.lftnturcr rheBA hasto carryall theequipment.
andmayfleein tcrror iffired upon.
rescuethe other membersof the party frorn monal jeopardy
andberepeat€dly patronised by theIMS for hislackofscientific
knowledge.thusgivingtheaudienceachancetofindoutwhafs
goingonaswell.Hisaimsarero gettheparryoulaliveandgain THESCENARIO
the affectionof . . . A party of explorersconsistingof ProfesorChallenger.his
lovelydaughterLaviniaandthejournalistEd Maloncandtheir
3) TheLowl| YoungAssir,arr:everyIMS hasone.oft€nshe\ nativeguideTwo FingersMiguel (h€re s nothingwrongwith
hisdaughter.Herrole isrobechasedby dinosaurs. gianiinsects his hand.he s jusl a bir disrcspectful) hasbeenstrandedin a
and cavemenand to be caughtin man-eating planrs.all to be strangeland after their airshipwassuckedinto a hol€ in the
accompanied by screamingand hcavingbosoms.When con, Eanhat theSouihPole/theirnative portersranoffandleft then
lronledby sofie primordialhorroror rescuedfrom d€arh(or a on acuriousplateau/their planecrashedin the ArnazonjunSle.
fateworsethan . . .) shemusrrhrowherselfinto thearmsof the Their airn is to get to safeiy with any scientific
dara and
BA and bury her facein his mightypectorals.Her clothingis sDecimens thevcanfind,
madetuomHo ytroodene.a strangefabricwhichshredsand
tearsaroundthe peripheryleavingihe LYA with minimun
covenge. No matter what hazardsand misadvenrures she THEBOARD
undergoes,her hair and make,upwill remainflawless.Her The terrainshouldbe mosrlyjungle,douedwithclearings large
objectiveis to survivewith sufficientclorhingto rate a pc enoughlL' accommodrre J drno\aur.Swampsmu.l conrain
certificate. man-eating (or woman-eating) plants.andlakesandriverswill
Finallytherearethe E-lp€ndable aolei8re6. Foreignerin rhis be occupied by something with a long neckand lorsof reerh.
context meansnot British or American. Preferablywith Thereshouldbe a cliffcontainingrhecaveman villageanda hiu
swarthyskins,oudandishaccentranda predisposition with outcropssuitabl€for nestingPteranodons. Volcanoesare
tojabber
superstitioudy and run awayscreaming at the first glimpseof optional.
 THERULES
Pointsshouldbe deductedfrom anyonetakingthis seriously.
DurhamWargamesGroup
Two playerscouldtakethe humangroupswhilethe dinosaurs,
man-eating plantsetc canbe treatedas naruralhazards.More
interest can be derived frorn having th€ second player
The est
controllingthe whol€environment,includingthe cavepersons.
Further divisionsof responsibilityare, of coune, entirely

As eachdinosaurwillpossessits owncharacteristics, general

rulesare difficult to formulate.A suggested formulafor one
predatorspecies is shownbelow.
All dinosaurattacksareaccompanied by bellowing.Thismay
attracttheattefltionof anypredato$in adjacentclearings. Roll
an ordinarydie; anythingover3 meansthe dinosaurhasbeen
heard.If a camosauris attract€d,the dinosaurs will ignorethe
humansand attackeachother - especiallyif one is a baby uy
alligatorwith stuck-onstegosaurus
iguanawith stuck,onhorns!
platesand the other h an '5
Movinginto a clearingcausesthe dinosaurto reacr(don't
forget,their visionis basedon movenent!)and movinginto
coverwillcause all butthe flesheaterstoabandon pursuit. Tra
It is importanrnot to make the dinosaurstoo fast as thh
makesfor a very short gamelThereare no points{or killing CR
dinosaurs. soevasionis usuallypr€ferable- Luringa flesh,eater
into a herbivoreclearingwill distractboththe pursuerandthe
occuPant of the clearine.
ll:iii'

SAMPLEDINOSAUR whatevergets him. EF survivors€osttheexplorenspts.

Deinonichus Membersof the exploringpany are worth l0pts deador 20pts
A packhuntercapableof intelligentactionand co-operation. alivefor latersacrificeby the cavepersons.
Casualriescostthe
Whentheysta(to eatyou,you'restillalive! party15pts.
Expendable foreigners alwaysgo first.
Speed9" Halvedinjungleorswamp. Caplureis achievedby gettingtwo cavemanfiguie basesin
Attack (onenonnaldi€) contactwith an explorerbase.
Foot€laws1,2miss3,4wound5,6kill Theexplorersneed50ptsandat leasttwo survivorsto win.
Teeth,1,2,3,miss4,5,6wound ThecavepeNons needmorepointsthanthe explorels.
The dinosaurswin if no-onegetsawayto tell the world where
Defence
theyare,orto turn thepla€eintoathemepark.
l wound,no effecr;2 wounds.halfspeed;3wounds.kill

PEOPLE MODELS
Nobody makesfiguresfor this period in 25mm (alrhough
Appliesto explorersandcavepersons. Irregular Mitriatures seemto be listing somethingsuitable in
Speed6" Halvedin jungleor swamp both6mmand 15mm)so I convertedsome.The dinosaufiare
Attack(onenormaldie) toys by variousmanufacturers and scratchbuiltfron FIMO.
Riflerange S€aleisn't important,the bigger the better - just ask Ray
12"1,2miss3,4wound5,6kill
Pislolrange6'1,2,3miss4,5wound6kill Harryhausenl
The professorand the adventurerare a US cavalryman
Spearrange 6 1,2niss 3,4,5wound6 kill
(Brilannia) and a British NapoleonicinfantrymanGource
,dxe/club1,2miss3,4wound5,6kill
unknown- I've had it for decades)respectively. The lovely
Defence youngassistant is a Lsmmingnudefiguredressedin gift wrap
l wound,half-sp€ed;2 wounds,kill tissuepaper.The expendableforeigneris anotherLamming
Cavepersons will abandonan attackif two of their numberare nudewith tissuepapertrousers.(The LYA is quite safewith
shot. hin asI hadto performmajorsurgeryto makerhetrousersfit!
SorryMiguell)
It takesthe Professorone full move to gather€achpieceof The cavemenare alsoLanming, but in full workingorder
@ 5 pointseach.
scientificevidence undertheir Andrex animalskins.Spearc,axesand clubsare
The adventurerneedsto rescueor assistthe LYA Iour times nodified Lamrningitems.Mosaof them had previouslyseen
(@ 5ptseach)to win her undyingaffection- whichis worth serviceasJapanese in a "SevenSanumi" demogameI
peasants
another l0pts. Rescuecan be anythingfrom shootingan wasinvolvedin at 'Salute'
manymoonsago.Theywereduefora
a(ackerropullingheroulot a man-earing plan changeof loincloth.The gorgeouscavegirlsare a mixtureof
The LYA starts with 30pts worth of clothing and loses 5pts LammingandMinot figureswith tissuepaper bikinis.
worth every time she is in dangeror needsrescuing.She Sceneryis anythingthat comesto hand;not evenSpielberg
requires5ptsworth to ensurea PG ratingand no more than built an authenticCretaceous landscape. Somewoman-eating
20ptstogetinto thesequel. plants,of suchan obviouslyanthropophagic naturethat only a
EveryEF casuahyis worth 5ptsto the explorersand 10prsto completeidiotrvouldgonearthem,canbe addedquireeasily.
38

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TheSwb Tioopsof tl|e Unit€dhDvinces tioseof drcSwissin EEnchseryice3.
dEingth€ War of drcSpqnbhSu6io4 17021714
by Stephn EdeBoII€s ORGANIZIIIION

TheSwissReginEnts whichservedtheEenchCrown fiom 1672 A[ sevenSwissRegin|ertswhich serv€d in theStates' AImydur-

until 1?q2arcuell lmownto waganFsard rniliEryhistorians, ingtlewar ofdleSpsnish Succession wercorgarized alongidei-
buttheircousins(in sorE crseslit€rdllyftat andsongirneseven ticallin€s.Wlilst llre€ hadbeena numberofclnngesin rcgi-
clos€rrelar€d)whotookservice wilh tle UnitedPrcvinces are,to rtertal establishnEnt in lheye€rsbeforctheoutbr€ak of thewara
saytheleast,obscue.None{helecs theyproveavaluable addition by 1?01dleor8anization ofal sevenEginEnts(andof rbeeightr
to anywa€arDes arny of "TheMaritinFNations"ad I hope reginEnt- Deskbach- whenit wasraisedin 1711)wasidentical.
thattlle notesbelowwill proveof use,f]rcughtlley ale by no EachreginFntwasto comprise two battalioDs (iiselfurnr$ralas
means eithercompleteorexhaustive, mostNelhe ardsFootreginEnts,like thoseofEnglandhadonly
TheNethedands Army of theWarof theSpanish Sucression is onebattalion) e.ach of fourco[panies;eachcoiryranywasrnade
larrEntablycovercdin Englished very little betterin either upof:
Dutchor Gernan,but if any readercanaddmorefleshto tlle 1 Captaln
bonesof thisanicledrcnI'm sue our belovedEditorwouldbe 2 Liarc$ants
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HISIORY I Cled(
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Accodingto Lieut€nant{eneral EH. TyeI (s€ebibliography) 4 AssistrntSugeons
llp Unitedllovinceshadrnadeeffortsto miser€cruitsandregi- 5 Drumrne$
nFrts in theSwisscantonsasfar bockastheeadyyeanof the 1€ MusketeeN
EightyYea$Waronly to find,however,tlHrtlF Swiss(atleast Thisgivesa totalCornpanystrEngth of 178officersaid rnells,a
pardyunderpressueiom France)wouldnotgrantdlerelevant battalionsoength of 712anda rcginEnhlstengtl of 142. The
'nonnal'Ne.therlands
pemission.Suchaftenptswerercnewed duringthesemrdhalf corplirEnt of a ReginFrf of Foot was
of he Sevenhenth Cenury,butagainFrenchpessr]legerFrally twelveconpaniestotalling860officeNandnFn.
geventedanysuccess, althoughonereginEntof e400nEnwa6 At tleir heighttll€refore,afterrheReginFntof Diesboch was
misedin tlrccantons of BemeandZrrich in 1676- dlecapi0ia- raisad in l7l 1.therc were no less dun I 1.3E2 Swiss in tlleStates'
tionl wasfor t€nyearsor y anddleregirnent disbanded in 1686. service.Dudngthe sarneperiodtherewerconly nine Swiss
Thisshort-t€am serviceis, ircidentally,notunuslralfor thisperi- Reginpntsin Frcnchservicewhosenumberswereonly in the
-
od evm in Eenchs€rvicethiswasthenomalcustomLmtilthe regionof 145mofficersandrnen.Thecompararive sizeoflhee
fi$t of thepermanent andregularSwissRegirFntswasrais€din two contingents amply sen€s to illustlaE the lelati!€ importmEe
167v. of theSwrs soldierso tle Armyof dleUnitedhovinces.
After1672horvever thecloserelationship between theSwisscan- From dEir initial raisingWilliarn of Orangehadplacedgeat
lois andtlleEenchCrownwassevercly damaged by a seriesof rcliance on his Swissand againprobablyin imicationof the
incidenrs,includingtie construction of a fortificationby d|e &ench prdctice, hehadplacedtheirgenemlgovemance undertlle
'acquired" 'Colonel-General
Eerrchin ttreirnewly provirceof Burgudy at lhe directionof a of lhe Swiss".In 1698hehad
townolHmingen-just aqosstheriverfromBasle.Thisdeteri- bestowed dis tideandni ( upontle Ear'lofAlbennarle, whoheld
oraionin tlp FrancoSwiss relationshipwasfurtler exacerbared it untilhisdeath in 1718.
by theRevocation of theEdictofNantesin 1685whichlen ted
in dleemigration of almost400,000Huguenots, rna.iyof whom SER1TCE
fled to tJrcProtesbntcantonsof lheSwissConfede$tion.This
influxof anti-Frerrchandanti-Catholic rnanpoqerwas idluential Throughout dleWaroftheSpanish Succ€ssion 0le'DutchSwiss"
in rhesigning;in 1690,of a defensilealliancebetween dlefive served widttllernainAlied armyunderhe DrkeofMadborough
Protestant cantonsof Zrich, Glarut Beme,Appenzellard (heicemy only,andadmittedlyveryfeeblgexclle for calling
"Marlborough'sSwiss') and although only
SchaflHrsenon the one part and Englandard U|e Unit€d these notes
Provinces ontheother.Thedate1690is conrrenbmtedonthe l,ochmann, SoderandHirzef werepesentatTheSchellmberB
coloursof thefiIs1SwissRegirnent misedfor Dutchservice - the andBlenheim8 in 1704,a[ sevenSwissRegirnents werewittl
RegirFntof LclmEnrl Madborurghathisolhergeat vicotories
Thealliancebetween thecantons andlheNetherlards result€d in of Ranilies (23 May 1706),Oudenade(ll July 1708)ard
d|eraisingof a nunberof Swiss€ginFnBfiom 1693onwards - Malplaquet (11September 1709).
fte reginEnbwercto slrvi\e in tlle States'seNiceuntildisband- At Malplaque{ drcinevitablefinallyhappnedwhentwo Swiss
edby theRevolutionary gov€rffrFntattlleerd oftlE Eighteeh Regirnents conlionted eachorller- theDutch-Swiss Reginentof
Cent|lly.Thefonnalcapitulafions for the serviceof dle Swiss May cann face to face withd€ Eench-Swiss Regirnent of Ma/.
 39
Thecombined lossesin thisactionalonealesaidto l|aveexceed- andlacedwidryellow.
edlm officersa.d 4000nFn! Thebattlewasanoverallsadday Albermarle(1701J714): De€pyelow co€!Iinedard facedwidr
for tbeCantons of Swie€rlaDd for dteSwissofbothannieshad caminere4 lacedred;silverbuttons;silverle onc!fs.
cornbined losses of over8,000rnen- aloundtwenq,-five percent Oficerswele&essedin thesanrebqsicmifonn astherank
of all czslaltiesatthebatrle- andfile (aldroughof muchtuer clolhandc.r4ofcouse)withdle
additionof silveror goldlace(accodingto thebuttoncolour?)
TIIE REGIMB'{T aid ano€ngemilihry scarfaDundthewaist WhelethenEn's
buttons$ele colperoryellowrnehllheofficersus€dgd4 where
Ii corffnonwilh lhercstof theUnitedhovinces'Armytl|e thefonnerusedwhitenEfalthenofficersusedsilvcr
SwissRegirnents werclclo$r by fte narrEofdFir Colonel,atitle
tnt changed astie Colonelchanged. Thesuccecaionof Colonels COLOURS
duringdleWarof t|e Spanish Succession was:
lst Regirnentnisedby Znich in 1693. 1693l,ochnnn;17@ TheNetlEdardsAmy of t|e eartyEight€entlCenfiy catied
Hirzel;1708DohnalTl2TschamerDisbonded in 1714. twoColousperbatalion- onewhite'Colonel'sColo|f ' ard one
2ndReginEntnisedin tle C'risons in 1693.1693Clpol; 1706 coloued'tsattalionColouf'- iftlte ReginEnthadrnorelhanorF
SchmidL baltalionthen the secondbanalioncaded two "coloued'
3rd Reginencraisedin Bernein 1693. 1697TschanEc1707 Colours.ButdleSwissR€irnens wereanexception - Slrlprise!
May. -
Stupdse!ttEystil cadiedorFC-olour pefCornpany (as,ind€e4
4lh ReginFnt.ais€din Bernein 1694.1697Montrnilon;1702 tIEyslil diCin RenchandSpanisb servicedudnglheene peri-
Shrder. @. The fiist cornpanyof the fiIst b€ttalioncarrieda white
5tI RegirrFrtdisedin Vaudin 1693for servicewidrl,ledmonr, 'f-olorEl'sColoul',
buta[ otherconponiesus€da Crlourin lhe
passed intoDutchservice in 1697.1697Sacconay; l706Mes.rd. form of the whiE cro6sof SwiEerlandoverallwifi differing
Disbanded in 1714. colouredflarrEsin tlE cantons- the b€sicfo{rn is well Imown
6dlReginFntnis€din 1697.1697Muralq1702Chambrier. fiom d€ F€nchSwissReginFntsof d|eAncienRegirE.
7h ReginFntmisedin 1701.1701Albermarle. TheCompaiyColousof tlle SwissReginEnfs werea[ of
8th Reginrnt raisedin 1711. l71l Desbach.Dish6n&din dlesarrEb6sicpattem(seecolourplate)withtheexactnunberof
t714. flarrEsvaryingaccording to thewhimoftE RegirrFnt's ColorEl.
Thecoloudngoftheflarneswas,asfarasI canbll, alwaysbased
IINIFORI!{S onthehuesofthe C-olonel's coat-of-annsard/orIiv€rycolc rs-
dtusd|e companyColo.lrsnonnaly changedconplebly with
Exc€ptfor the lst Regimentro before1704and7ti ReginEnt eachchangeofcolonel. This,incidentally, wasalsothecasein
A.lbemadea[ Dutch-Swiss Regirnents weresimilady,if not to lheFrenchSwissandtheSpanishSwissReginEnts, andproba
sayalmostideiticaly,uniforrned. bly alsoin SwissRegirnents misedfor othe.ErropelnStabsas
Theearlytricomestylehat wasblach lac€dyellow;darkblue well. Exactdetailsof dle Colounof all fifteenColonelswho
coatlineandfacedwithcdrnsonorcaminercdandwithcopper cornnEnded in tle SwissregirrEnhof lheNedErlands AImy at
(sonEtimes ciEd as'tellow nEtal') buttons;crimsorvcannne thistirrBa!€unlglown- aswih somuchaboutd|eArmya great
waislcoat,breeches,stockings andgait€rs;brownleatlErbelting dealof research hasstillto bedone- butlheacconpqnying plaie
ald caftidgebox. givestheColoulsof sixColonelsandtheconjecoralCrlolrs of
BefoG 1704(whenthe uniformchangedb the abor€)tle twoftorc, butif anyread€rcansupplyadditional q furdFrinfor-
Regimentof l-ochnafi/tftzel worEa caminecoatlirEd and rntion ondrissubjectit wouldbercry greatfullyrcce rd
frcedwittrlight yelou wilh lightyellowbreeches, lightyellow
waistco6t,andlightye ow stockings andgait€rs.No laceonthe CONCLUSION
hats.
Albernarlewolea distinctive tniform ttuoughodtfis pedodas TheSwissRegirrEnts \rhichseF€dtheUniEdProvimesdring
befitstheegirnentofdle ColonelCreneral Redcoatlinedalld dleemof fie AncienRegirnedeserve to bebeler knraTl- d|ey
facedczrrnine deepyellow waistcoatand brceclEs- botll servedloyallyin all of dreSates'wan ard laer eltn provideda
trimnr€dwithIed lace,caminestockings ard gaiEN,a butons reginEntforservicewiththeDutchEastlndiaCompaDyrt. Ihope
silverlrhitenFtal,ard nolaceondE hal dnt tlEsenoeswill goa litde\lay to iesloring{FsereginFntsto
I donothavefull infonnation on&urnnFrsforallregirnents, dEir righftl plac€in EighteenftCetury militaryhi$qy.
but fiom whatis availableit wouldaptrElrthatCotonelswerc
already begiDningtohaveanindividralisticirfluenceontheirreg- NCIIE.S
ir nt'smusicians:
LocltfiDrm(16911702):kle yellow coat, lined ard faced L Thecapfunarion is thefonnalagreernent betweenhe Swiss
cornine,lacedyellow.Therestof lheuniformasmnkandfile. C.antons andan 'erployer' layingdowntheexactt€nnsof ser-
Schmidt(170G1714): Camineclaf linedard ftced "irdigo' vice,pay,oqanization, elc. of dteSwissReginEnts.ft alsoset
blue withwhitelace. ort detailsofwho wasto chocletlle reeinEdt!officers.
Snnler(1702-1714): DaIkbluecoat,linedard facedcaminer€d
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2. A firlths articleon theFrcnchSwissReginEnts fiom 1672

rntil 1714is in pr€p€ration.
3. Tye[ (pp 462463)givesa conciseIstingsof rnanyof the
LeISURE GAME 91 SALLAFDS
LANE
FINCHLEYLONDONN31)ry
telmsofdE originalcapitulations. o't81-3462327
4. Saphe6on's DrrcftAlrry o/Mll?/r 111(I$ds1990:ISBN 1 0181-343-3888(Fa()
870445317) gi\€sa fairlyconplete,if veryconi$ing,acaount oPEN6 DAYSAWEEK9.3oam- 6pfr
ofthesechrnges. CLOSETO FINCHLEY
CENTRAL
UNDEBGROUNO(NOFTHEFN
LINE)
5. Saphenon op.citP39. MAILOBDEBWELCOME
6. ExcludingtheSwissCllards. PLEASESENDSTAMPEO
S.A.E.FOF LIST
""#i61,-i**t
.H:,j**li***-"d
7. MccornackaddsAlbennarte to thislist. (4l.B.C.sOVEFSEAS)
8. Hocktadtto dleDurch! FULIFANGES N STOCK:
9. ThetwoColonelswereftomthesrne farnilyandonesourre AVALONHILL,CHAOSIUM, COLUMBIA,
DABKTOWER,F.A.S.A.,
FLYING
BUFFALO,FRESNO,GAMESWORKSHOEGISSONS, G.D.W,,G.M,I.
e\,enclaimsftem to havebeenbrcthers, butI havebeenmable H€FO, ICE, IEAOING EOGE, LTVINGSTONE,MAYFAIB,MILTON
BRAOLEY.OMEGA,PALLAOIUM,FAVENSBURGEF,F,X SCHMID,
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TASKFOBCE, TSR,
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10. Thisnurnbering is Frely a modemconvention b€sedsokly WIDEWABGAMES, X.T'A.ANDMANYMANYMOFE.
ondledateofmising,it hasnocomternpomry b€s|s.
11.TheReginEntof D Meron, raisedin Neuchatel in l?81. CITAOEL,GFENDAL, GBENADIEB,HEARTBREAKER, MITHBIL,
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EIqAwoNoEFETSTJFFToLK|EN'H'e
LOVECF,AFT
MICHAEL
MOORCOCK.
PIEFSNIHONY ROGER
ZELf1^NYAND
ChmdlerD (Ed.):A Joumalof Marlbonughl Canryigis
. . . by JohnMarslBIDeane;lrndon 1884
SHADOWFUN,
8ATTLf,TECH,
TOFG,ETC
McCorrnackJohn: OneMillion Mercetnies;t ndon 1993;
ISBN0850523125.
RochatMchel DmpeauxFlunmes/ Gelatunte Fahnen; c oAn. cN[FNcE' MEFacE,wHm woLt
Nr'VALXYnE'TALESoFi}lEFEACHNGooN'
Lausanne 1994:ISBN2 6030@397.
Sapherson A: Marhurian Amies, L7U-IU; Irrdc 1991:
ISBN I 870445376.
SchorrD.: DurchColoursand Stardadsof the War of the
AustianSuccession; unpublishedmanuscripl B.2nd Reginent
TenRAABGJ.: HetStaatsche lzgar;Thf-fune 1950. Schmidt(Goldberg^l'agne0
T)€ll Lieutenant-General F.H: S^tissReginents
A L'Eftanger; C. 3rd Reginent
PalasArrrutareprint,-Ionbridge1995. May.Conjectural, bas€don$e MayAnnsandthecolousofthe
Wagner, S./ Goldbe€,C-P:Seriesofplales.Nos 14,123,154, Frcnchler SuisseMay (172&1739)and7eSuisseMay (1702-
256;Harmover 190's 1715)- thelatlerisillereginentwhichtlteDutch-Swiss RegifiEnt
May rnetin 1708.
NOIES10 COLOI,RPLATE D.4th Regiment
Sturler I datesfiom drcearlypanof theWarandis fiom "The
'The Triumphsof Louis
N3. The rEginFffalnumbenusedbelowandin dle text for Triumphsof l,ouisK\r', [I is fiom
Durch-Swiss unitsarefor easeof rcfercnceonlyandareb€sedon XV'and atdrough takenatalaterdaie rnayreflectachange ofhue
thesenriorityof raisrng,tre numbeshavenocontemporary in tle
ori- '!ost laierstages of tie War of t]rcSpanish Succession. II is also
wai' and hasbeenidentifiedas 'S!.rrler'but, givenits
gins.ThenumbeN usedfor FrcrchswissrcgirrEntsa€ lhoseby
whichtheywercmomciallyhrcwn ftom veryeadyin dEirhin appeaEnc€, it is or y included here for completeness asI suspect
toryandareagainb€sedondledateofraising the identification is very wide of dle marlc
E 6th R€giment
,d 1* Regim€nl Murall BasedonthefarrilyAllns anddleColoursof tehFrench
L I-ochmam.AlthoughI havefolowedClaus-k{€rGoldberg' s loe Suisse Mualt(l?741782). It isverypossible tlardis Colour
illusfationfor theW€ner plateswith tl|eyelow,blueflanFstlle should have more flanFs in each canton, sevm or possiblynine.
Lochrnann arnsaresarl€andor andit is notimpossiblethatttle E TthR€iment
-
flarnesshouldbeyellowandblek tinp rnayhavecomrpted d|e Albennade.CroldberB / Wagnerplates.€rom '"TheTriumptNof
originalilu$:ationin dte'"Iriumphsof lruis )(V' whichwas(I fluis )CV ?).
believe)[4r Goldberg's originalsource.kclmarur - Swissin G. 8th Regiment
Eenchservice(10eSuisse,17521774)cetuinlyusedblackard Diesbach. Conjectural basedondrcfalnilyArrnsanddteColours
yellowflanEs.Thedeviceis thebadgeof dleUnitedPmvinces of tlte Frerrch 7e Suisse Diesbach (1721-1791).TheDesbach
ard dledafe'1690'EferstrotheAlianceof6at year(seetext). farnilycomnanded thisregirnent in dleFrEnch Armyalmostasa
tr Hirzel.A slighdylatervemioncapu€dby dreFrench. family fief and throughfour Colonelsthe Coloun remained
unchansed.
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BUILDER'SYARD
This month we fea.ure model architecrureby
thrce model architects!
Above:A ruined M€dievalwall secrionfrom
Hudson& Allen Studios- the casrlepeople.
Shot at the Emperor'sHeadquartersin Chicago
the pic includes 25mn medieval figures from
th€ collection of Todd Fisher
Hudson& Allen Casdescomein sections, so in
your gamesyou canreplacethe normal wall and
tower seclions with the damagedversions

Above: Two buildingsby ralenreddesigner

Dave Paddockfor your EuropeanNapoleonic
battlefields. Meticulouslyresearchedand
exquisrtelydesigned,theseare availablein
the UK from Mike Hickling ar 'Wargames
Southand in the USA ftom Chris cilder at
Connoiseur Figures.
Right: an Eastem gareway and wall section
from ancientmaster-builderIan Weekley(did-
n\ he designthe pyramids?)availablefiom
(amongother oudets)cladiator Games. The
25mm figures in front are ftom lst Corps ,
designedby Rob Baker Rob provided these
itemsnearlytwo yearsagofor an urgentphoto
for an adven - which never arrived! Typical
- morea
Robl But isn't tharlike all designers
brilliantbutlerflythanan indusEious anr!
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pound(ca ed"mud' in dleUSA)appoxirnatelyl/4' thick It is
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ninganddrawingto whenit wasusedatthehcificon convention tool. The engGvingcrcatesa won&rful deprEssion bet\rreen
in a participation
garne.Thecasderneasues ston€s for subsequent dry brushing.
fourfeetsquare ar
de baseandis almostthreefee!high. Thelearetwo towe6and
a Satehouse.All levelsof thetowersandtheroof of thegate
housearcEmovablefor skimishgarninginside.Thefloon are
dividedinto sepamle roornsby Shojiscreens.All photographs
weretakenby Ma* Holt,anexcellent iocalminiatuesphotogm-
pber.
Const ctionbeganwith a sudy of MotooHinago'sexcellent
tv.nkJapateseCasles. Oneoptionwasto rccreate a historical
casdqbutno singlehistori€al casdelayouthadaI of thedesircd
features.Thereforc, a hybridof several designs wascleall:dard
drawnona MacinloshmmputerusingClarisDBwsoftwarc.
An importantconstraintwasstomge.The idealcasdewo{ d Thevaliousbuildingsandwallsweretien fabricated , using1/4'
brcakW intoseveral plywoodfor sturdiness andlonglife. Thismakesthecastlesec-
two-footsquacsections thatfit in a stordge
cabinelHercis tfleoriginalplan: tions helvier,but il stands up well to tlte abuseexpecbdin a
- 10'squa€. warganes convention and a[ dtelaking-apart andFtting-b6ck-
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Gatshous€ lMndowsanddoorswerecutout of dlepltwoodusinga scroll
saw.tlen fianEdwith 1/8'woodsticks.
OneEiclryproblemwasthenafilreof theroofsard thegables:
howto rnaketheselook righ! but still be ableto rcrnovethem
floorby floofl Onesolutionis shownin $e dmwingbelowand
all ( l0) upperlevelsof thetwotowe6werecreated thisway.
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TWotowers,or ae6r4 withmanylevels.
Acce.\s!c skirmishin all levels.
Ac€nfal couryar4or ,ommaru
Asaly port
Stone&appingpojections,or ishi-otosht.
A gaEhouse widl ba6icanbenirldit for Fapping Forthetilercofs,dollhouse"Sp€nish T e 'plasticroofingwascut
intude . outandhot-rneltgluedto 1n6'plywoodsheers forstjftFss.This
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rnat€rial
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inchesabovetable&p. Lrnportantfeatuason orcroofa€ tlle dolphintail finials.These
potect Utecastlefiom firc. Despitewhatyar sawin 'Ran"
Lntedordmgeons, belowthegrourdlevelof each
(Akin ffumsawa1985),Japanese casdes aleac'u'|alyquitefiIe
tow€r,alsoaccersible.
prool Theyarccoared with snrccoonall exerioNandtheroofs
AnodErinspintionw"s Ian We*Jey'sffi Buiuingsfor the arcrnadeof cerarnicdle. Thebasejs overm foot thickstone,
MiliraryMdeua wfi&bas achapter slopedto wi$standemlhquakes. Thisa[ fi|akerdE c€sdediffi-
oncreatingalapenese
cas-
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wals w€remadeof 382" birchplywoo4 solidlyghredto 1" flockedandpartiallyleft to look like soil. SonEsuitablehees
square pinewoodupdghtsafactEdto tlreb€se0/4'rnasonite). were'!laned". Theseideaswerecopiedfiom IanWeekly- drey
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lightbluedry-brush).Japanese tilercofsarceirherblueor grEy. 2 . Best Sel ol Waeafrs Rul€s
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threeandahalfhoun. An extratabtewasrcquiredto lay outthe ol lgu@s,bul maybejuston6pe od €ng6 withinlit..)
aeslBoad waQame.(Pl6as6 slat€maker)
levelsof tl|ecasdeastlrcplayeNnovedthroughit. ae$ compul4waEan6. (Plaase staremaker)
WarBaming JapanesesiegewarfaEis s0:aighforward in compar- a. BestBola'PiayGaDe. (Pt6as€ srat€mak6r)
lsonto EuioFansiegesof dle sarrElleriod. Siegecarmonand s€nd h your volss o. an 44 slz. sh8el ot pap4 volos @n b€ senr any
spgeequpnEnt(toweN,rarns,etc.)welenevers€en.llle only rm6 pnorlothe2ndJun€. Th€voteswitlbe 6unbd andtheaMrds tor
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