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THREE BATTLES The following aclions takeone moveto carry out

OF THE Chargeinlo a new meleewilhtu movedistdce
Join an er.istingmeleewilhb movedistdce.
JACOBTTE REBELTTON, Withdraw ftom a melee.
Follow up thosewith&awing ftom a melee
1745TO 1746. Fo. m action to be pe.formedsnccestully, a 4 lo l0 on a d l0 die must
wSirnpsorl be tbrowtr orherwisethe unit doesnothing {altloneb infantry mav stiu
fire).
SteprJen
FirinS:
1. PRESTONPANS,2I SEPTEMBER 1745 lnfanuyh.ve a l0 rMBe.Eachunn fidn8 cd nominaleoneoPpo"ing
UDit per tum asbeing fired al which rhenhasto tesr nr momle.
The JacobiteRebellior of l?45 's d intercstingP€nod 1o wargme,
a melee b€cause their opponents rouied or
b@ausethe baltles w@ on a scatethat can be rccrealedon the table Uniis exposed after
*ithdew cannot b€ fired at h the sametum.
loDwithout too muchdifliculty. Noneof the th@ mainbatdesinvolved
panicDldly Iarge amies. Both sideswer€ colourtul and overall werc
Morale:
fairly evenly matchedalthough h individual battles this wa! not the
For atryunit Dndq firc or in meleecount up the facto6 as follows
ce. This neds that a connecledseriesof mid- EiShteenthcenttrry I
Fi6t movebeing chargedin nelee
batdescm be playeda challengingod vdied wdgmes (including from artillery) I
'45 by K. Cavalt onderfirc
I usd two booksto cr€alethesescenanos:Aankr a//te (or artillery) in meleewith cavaty -l
lnfanFy
Tomson and F. Btrist, md Ospcy Men-arAms number ll8 Ih. -l
For eachextE uit over one underfire ftom or in meleewith
J@obiI. Rebeqions1689-1745,t€xt by M. Barthorp,colour plales by -l
In meleevitb Hightanden
G.A. Embleton.I would recomend them both to myorc who wishes +l
Fired ar by Hi8blanders
My primary objectivehasbeento crcatescendioswhich recreatethe Thro* two dice, a d8 which counts as plus 4d a d6 wbich countsa!
principal featurcsandelemenhwhich de uniqDeto eachof the batdes minus. Combine the r€sDltwith the factor total lf the scorc is below
"!op down" apprcachrabe. ihd a
This is wha! I understandrc be a ze.o thenrcmoveone qDanerof the unit. If this has alreadyhappened
''bottom np" apprcach(which would use all the details aEilable dd
thenthe unit rouls md shoDldbe rcmoved.
crcatelhe sceEio by putting sll thesetogethet. Il is my contention
thar sincenot all the detaik can be LaoM anyway(all the unit sizEsfor
exmple) this approachis thdfore flawed for batdesof this kind and All Govemnent units are designatedbelov avenge and will ront on
tbat a b.oad bnsh apprcach h more apPrcpriate.provided that it the fi6t loss. Tley also deductone from the d10 when attenpting to
remainstrue to the spirit of tle original. Indeed n is a broad bdsh
approachwhich enabtesthis to happen lbe most effeclively
Consquently, I haveconentrated on the main featuresof e&h battle fslkirk:
when creatingtie scendios. SomeGovemmertunits are below average(a above),rcladve to other
The principal etrecl of this is that I have alteredth€ unit sires od units on boft sides.Indicatethesewith a counlernext to them.
alsothe numberof uniis engagedtc)suit my wdgame resourcesdd the Also. some Govemmen!units begin the balde h cotumn. which
nles whicb I use.I suggeslthat you do the sme. If you would like to reqorcs someexra ruEs
know the trmes of all fte units which wereinvolved,I suggestthat you Movementwhil€in colum 10"
refe. to lhe two bootr listed above,which areboth really good. To ch&ge frcm colrm to tine h anAction. Intantry in colum cannot
If you lhink there re oy erros h the scenariosor that any of mv fire or chdSeintoorjoin amelee.
intorp.etationse incorect then I apologire in advdce Addilional morale factor: Infanry in colnm -2
The nles which I use for this period are my own. which were
publishedin Wal8arur /llzrtat?d 75. As this wd about 5 yem a8o Culoden:
(!) I shatl startby briefly including the relevmt Pdts here (with a few The Govement artillery at Culloden is represenledby one artillery
mendments). Then I will eo on tc)delcribe the scendios for the tbEe piece, It is urnimbercdand cmor move excepl to am at 'ts tdget
battles: Prestonpans,Falkirk ud Culloden- There won't be much Rdge is unlimiled and tuing is by line of sight. Artillerymed cmnot
history as I m not very good at suntnmizing such lhings lnslead, I join a Delee.Addilionat momle faclor:
Unde. fire fton aitillery over 18"away +l
shall be concenEatingon the wdgaming aspects.
There de somesatls at Ctrlloden.Onty infdt y can crossthem This
TIIE RULES tat(eshalf a move, Howevea a unit of infmtry stationary next lo a
Infantry unir consistof 8 figues, cavalryunits of4 figures. sectionof walt for a whole tum od not engagedin nelee or firing can
of watt equal 1otheA lengt so that on subseqnenl
They de always deployedin line, exceptfor someinfantry regiments demolisha s*dor
tms calalry nay pass through.
at Falknk which begin in colum. Artiltery consishof one cannondd
Additional nonle factor: In cover behindwall I
a few snitlerymen. No linb€r is needed.Only fte Culloden sceneio
TheF rules aie obviousty fafly straiShtforwardYou can eiber use
your oln rules entirely Your own
Tbe bdic rules re given nnt. Any extra rules for each scendio them or vdiatrons of them or use
(including thosejust nentioned) de descnbedafteNards rutes witl presumably rcquirc different unil sizeswhich will possiblv
atrat the numberof units which m requiredfor eachs@wio. Now'
onto the scenanosthemselves,
1. MovemeDts.Actions and Fiiing for firs! side.(Seeeachscenaiiofor
which is the fiBl side). PRESTONPANS
2. Morale testsfor secondside.
3. Movements,Acdons and Firing for secondside. kince CharlesEdward, the Young PEtender Fmdson to Jam€str,
4. Morale testsfor tust side, leded on the wesl coast of Scodmd in July 1745 He gradu6nv
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SeplemberThe principle commader of hn amy wa! Lord George into muskelryrangeud lhereforefte GovemmemMils begin with a
moralelesl as they comeimmedialelyunderfire- BecaDse ftey m
Oeqe.alCope,the commander of Govenmentforcesin Scorland, belowaverage, ir is eminentlyposible thalsomewill routat thispoinr
landed hh small army al Dunbtu to the east md advanced on bul it is unlikelythattheyall will. Thegme shouldbeplayedf.omfiis
Edjnburgh, lo which$e Jacobires responded by advdcing ro fte easr pointin the usualway.
towardsrhem.GeneralCopechosea srong posirionfacinesouthwith \\'hen I played it. as the Highlanded advdced the d.agoonson the
a dilch and soft groundin fron1. righl refDsedto chdge bd wereoveruhelmedin a Delee.The infantry
The Jacobnesdecidednot to makea frcnlal atrackand insre.d opred did all flee. brl the dragootrsoD the lefl did actuauycha.geand roured
lo conrinuepastthe Govemnenramy and switreroundand anackir oneunn ofHigblandesbefoe theytoo wereoveRhelDedin a Delee.
from lhe east.This mdch was cdied our in lhe erly hour of the It will be htud work 1o mate fte Govednent 'fry sin in rhis
momineof 2l Seplenberlr was observedby Cope\ ,my which scenariobec.useallhoughlhe rwo sides m of equal size. fte
ioded up in a new positionfacinSeasrin orderro confromn. Borh HighlandeBareof higherquality.
side!fomed up facingeacholherAlthoughsimild ir sizetheJacobite
amyhadmarchedalittleloofdsoth ir ourflanked theleft of Cope\
amy whilehavinga gapin irs centre.The Govemment aDl did have
PRESTONPANS
tr
arlillery,but asil did nol havea significant
effect,I havelefi itout. The
inhnlry were in the cenlre,with cavalry on enher fldk. % tr
The Highlande.s attackedswiftly andCopet amy begd ro waver
almostimnedialely and the cavalryon eitherflank did nor chdge. The tr
Highlanderenred as theyclosedin and the cavalrybrokelealirg fte
infanlry,whoaho fleda5theHighlandeN madecontacr. Thebattle*as E] E]
overandit hadlastedonly a bw rninltes.
tr tr
GeneralCope had forr infantry reCinents.bu1as one of thesehad
only lwo companiesI decidedthat rhereshouldbe three in fte
war-qame, wilh a cavalrylnn of dragoons on eachflank.As the two
z tr
lrmies wereof simil& sire tun o!e. 2000men).it is appropriate to DncH
Bive the Jacobnesfive unir5 of HiChlande6The map showsthe
disposirions. Thenghrwingof rheJacobite amy stadssliehllyfunher
awaythanthe left asfte leil wing hadstarledto advancefi6r. The .ight
tluk oiCope\ armyrestedon a la€e dilchwhichyou canuseasfte
edgeof thewaryames rable.
In lhis scendio,the Ja.obnesstan6rst fromjust out of musketry Q lnnrlt Moveu:r,ns
range. The way lhrr ny tules operate,this heans ftat they Dove first.
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2. FALKIRK, T7 JANUARY T746 FALKTRI(

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Folowing their triumph at lhe batdeof Prcstonpds the Jacobite,my

ircrealed in rumb€6 and advmced itrto Englmd, Mching Derbv in
Daemb€r. But this is as far as they got. No paniculd suPPonwas
n
@eived in Englmd ad the govement was tnobilizing 6 tnanv
regiments as possible. Cotrsidering that reinforcements for the U tr fc----'l

Jrcobitesfiom Francehad lmded back in Scotlandit ta! decided!o

retum to Scotlmd. They reehed Glasgowon ChristmasDay.
E
n
The Govemment amy was led by General Hawley md it tr tEt tcl

concentratedat Editrbu€h before he led it oul towardsthe Jacobites.

who advmcedto me€thim. They cametogelhercloseto Falknk. On l7
January.th€ Jacobitesset olt or th€ offensive,then objectivebeinethe
n tr
high grculd to the southwest of Falkirk.
The JacobilesMched their positioDand fomed uP itr thrce lines,
The flanks of lhe fist line rcstedon a Evine on the left md soft Sround
on the right. The ftont mk was Highladers. ID the rem rank werc the

Hawley\ amy, althoughtakenby surPrise.was rble to makea good

attemprlo be sdy and ftey too mdched up tbe hill Their dmgoons
were drawn up at the left of fte fint Une and the ftont rank ol the
infantry did not matchthat of the Jacobites.Sone of il wd oPpositethe
ravine ard the secondline hadnot all comeup beforethe battle staned
on€ regimenttook up a positionne{ the rcd asit wN not tully Eained
Hawley orderedthe cavalryto attacktusl. They weretued on by fte Q hmAtMweuems
Highlanden ed most rcuted. Some did manageto melee,but weft
driven otr Following this the Higbltude6 beganwhat wasmoreor less
a generalcharge.It w4 pouring with rain and ftis did not help the
frepower of Hawley s infantry and mdy of $e inlantry w@ routed 3. CULLODEN,16APRrL 1746
The Highlmden reachedas fd asthe unit al the rcar A few reSiments
Cullodenis a betierknown bat e thd eitherPreltonpas or Falkirk. Its
held fim, some of them partly protected by the mvine, md they
comequeDceseerc much more serious becauseir was ber€ that the
attackedthe flank of the advacing Jacobiles-Part of the Jacobite
JacobiteRebellioneffeclively ended.
secondline moved to counbr them and the third line also moved
Following the victory ar Falkirk the Jacobitesnoved turther itrlo
forwdds assomeof the cavalryrcappeded.ld the faceof this the idtacr
pan of Hawley's army retreated.It ,m now late md in the rain a Scotlmd for the widter The Govemmentforces.now led by the Duke
of Cumb€rland,p!renedand wenrto Aberdeen.In Apnl he resumedbs
lunuit could not be momted. mmh on the Jacobiteswho had lo reercuPbefore they could advance.
Il was a wcond victory for the Jacobitesin a simitd sryleto the f$t,
Culloden is aclually quite a diftcult batde io describe, mainly
Hawley\ iffantry had nostly collapsed in the face of a Higbldd
becauseof lhe large numberof small units in lhe Jacobiteamy and
chaieedd it was anothershon battle,
following the dtions of each of them is difficutt This is qherc tlle
''broad bdsh' apprcach,which I describedin
Agaln though, there is good scoPe for n wdgme. Not nll fte Part one of this series,
JacobiieswereHigl anders.Not all the Govemnent amy ws (under comesinro its own, becauseit is not necessarfto follow the actionsof
the ntet below average.The larger numben on both sidesalso nake everyDnirin orderto recrealethe battleasa wdgme- Firstly Oen,herc
for a morc extensivecontest.The two mies were roughly equal in is my sumdized venion of the batdeilser.
sire. mund 8000 nen each.Hawley had about 14 infanry units aDd The Jacobitestook Dp a posilion at Culloden. Cunbeddd\ amy
qa not fd awaymd it wasdecided1omakea night atDck on them on
tbreeunirsof dragoons.I haveconvenedthis to 10 unit! asyou caDs@
on the map.The below aveEgeuniB de mdked with a B Two inJantry 15 Aprit- Unfonunately,the distancecouldn t be coveredin the tine
mils beginthe batde in colDm, bu! can altemPtto deploy inlo line as availablesd the Jacobiteshad to fall back. The Posidonwhich they
ften chosew6 not a paiticuldly good one,being fairly open dd this
Ther€are l0 Jacobileunits.The six Hieblmd units are nfuked with dme the Covemnenl amy had amllery
The J&obites fomed up betweentwo walls. on the left md on the
The Jacobibshad no cavalry which t@k m acdvepan in the battle right, but as the wall on the left wd turther west thd the wall on Oe
and the anillery of rcither side werePresenl. right, their front was ar m angle to Cumberland\ armv as
Both tbe dvine and lhe soft Sloundre impassablelemin. CuDberldd's :my adldced acrcss the m@r The first line was
The two mies besin just oul of musk€trf range.The Govemmenl princip€lly Highludel!, with a smallersecondline of Frenchregulm
almy noves fist with rhecavalry moving forward 1oattenPt a charge
Then the JacobitesadEnce. Cunberlmd\ :my .lrew uP frcm the end of lhe dyke with ore
llllen I played this scen&io it went similarly 1othe onginal balde, .egine behindit in a posilior to pou flanking fiE into any advdcing
but not s rapidly. Tbe cavalry attackedfirst md werc routed.Then the Jacobites.The amy was mostly in two lines with cavalry on fte right
Highldde6 chdged and rouled somebut nor all of the below average flank. On the left more cavalry wift a unit of infddf were readv t0
units. The olher three unils beld firm, bul as they were now advancethrcugh fte warl.
considerablyouttrumberedthey wereforcedto fall backwith the rest of Boft sides had utillery to the foreftont of their positions ed the
the :my asthe gme was effectively lost. battle beganwith them op€ningfie. The Jacobileartillery was faidv
Perbapslhe players controlling fte Govement amy should view inetrecnve.but Cumbedddt anillery cauFd considedble casuatdes
fte gamed u exercisein damagelinilation dd couldconsiderhaving to which the Jeobites could nol reply, so that insteadof the ldge.
gained a moral victory if ftey cm extricate half tbe amy while no1 Covemmentamy atBcking ths snaller Jrcobite amy, the Jacobites
quitting fte neld too soon. had to a(ack.
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The centre chargedfilsi, followed by the right. The cbarging FCANE' coMMNq DRAcoND!]E!sr DUNGEoNEUAoPA.
F RE& MovEMENt
Highlandes sen lo hale generallyconvergedon the left hand end of E9 PMCTICAL
WMGAMEB, P\N D,
CuDberland s line so thai a coupleof.egimenrstookthebruntof rhe GAMES[UsrMlED'ANDMNMoRE.
attack.However,fte fire from olher.egimentsincludin-sthe one behind
tbe dyke wd significant.SomeHighlandesbroke rhJouehro rhe
secondline but lhey could nor prevail a.d rhe attackwas defeated.
The Jacobjteftont tine. gaveway, someretreatine.sone roudng.The
balile was losr Tle units of the s@ondJacobiteline coverd fte reEeat
of lhe resl of fte afty. Tle Jacobitecavalry temporeily held up rhe
cavalry of Ctrmberldd\ left flank. Thesehad managedto oudlank rhe
JacobitesaJterthe infdtry had pulled down part of the wall which had WARRIOR MINIATURES
bleked their advance.Cumberlod s calalry pDrsDedthe ftlreating
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Cumberland'samy had 15 infetf rcgimeni. wilh soine nilitia, GlasgowG329NX Scotland
New Caiatogueer 50 ptus a dmp€d addFs!€d mvetoF.
somecannonand lbree regimentsof dJagoons,a'ound 9000 men. To Phie *ate inkch for smph, 24hom m\eeahon€i 01{1-m 3'126.we acepr M*i
rep.esentthis :my I have used ll unils (nine of infanry, 1wo of Maneda8retc Mailo eronlt.
cavarry) wirh one cannon.In thjs batde none of $e Dni$ re below 15nr AF-\4E9- ONLy19.95pl's tt.s0 pod. Ch@ tsomFeich d BniishNrpolMic,
average.Thejr dispositions@ shownon the map. RomansECN Royilist or Pdlin€nbnm,]tO! Nodn and Soutr\ 13thGnr!ry Colmial
TheJacobibamy hadaboul5000menwhichcd berepresenred by zulus andB;rish, F ftiy Coodor E\il ri l SkekronsMminum oI r00 pi€c in ea.hmy
severunits(oneof whichis cavalry). Thisis a littlegenercus,
bu n still
mainlainsLlr baldce in favour of Cumberland\ m-r. ?5n, N,POILIONiC rrMlrs , O]!lY ,17.95pt6 t3,t4 post. 100pi*' Bn6s\ lnn h,
The iwo mies shouldbe8in wilh the aitillery bel'een 15" and 20" PtNia RNia Aurian, SPanislr

frcm the nedest Jacobiteunirs, aho rememberingthat rhe rwo fionr 5rr AXMIES- ONrYf2495 plc iljo p,* 100r'tuer CRI Rom,n,Pe6iai, Tlra.iai,
Iines m at m dgle lo eachother (seemap). The Govemenr amy M,@doiian, Noman, Srnuni, Mmgolr L.trkn€.hrt Mediwals,ACi{ Noni andSolth
begins the first tum. which is b say ftat they open fire with lheii
25nn DBAA MTES- FROMr12in, N{ {0 ro.h(N fim
anillery while their two iefl hdd Dniis of infdEy and cavalry begin
rhei outflankingmovemenrwhich will rakeften rhroushthe wall. The 15kn FICUiES - FROM15p,lsnr FROM10p. All madet r Iop qualjiy alloy. Al$
Jacobibswjll respondby attackingCumberldd\ position . 20lm sp:nish civil war \4ehad and Modn usA Errtriw l5mm cotonial md

Nore ftar the dyke cd be tued over, bul il cdnor be crossedor

When I playedthis scendio tle Highldd chargegaveCunberlandt

aml a difEcult time to stan with, almost breaking tlrough rlle line.
However.tle weight of numbes of Cumberldd\ infdtry eventually in le$ than a yee and being simild. yet eachwift its owDintercsting
defeatedthem.especiallyaslhe irfanrry md cavalry brokerhrcughthe
wall andadranced mund the flank.

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The X-Files Matrix Game noy other things might psychologicallyfcus the playeB r@ mlch
md inhibit fteir iDaginations.I also had to mal€ it doubly cled to ihe
TheT.uth is the Resultof a Succ€sstul
Argument playeB Oat they could "create' addilional evenrs.p€Bons,placesdd
by thines Dsingluccessful dguments , dd rhesewould be addedro ihe
"map'. Oneway of doing this was to prcvide
Tim Price eachof the playeB with
idem in lhe fom of €xtra "pieces" rha! they might wish to deploy
(nsing a successfuldSument) onlo rhe map - such d Mulder's 3
INTRODUCTION Hacker-Geekj. a "Secrer Milirary Base for Cecemar, or "Fake
I m a fd of Zi, X-riler TV se.ies,dd a few episodeshavemademe Alien Ccft forscDlly.
thinl of maljng a gane aboutwhd happenson the show.Trying ro do
this hasprobablyoccuEedto mdy gamers.andthe mosl obviouseay ASSTJMPTIONS
of doing it woold be in the Role-Playitrggme fomat. While this
woDld be relatively easy,dd would probably lead to a tun gmq I I allo realisedI would haveto makecled someasumptions beforefte
wantedto lry somethingditrerent - d X-Files matrix eme.
I haveconespondedwith Chris Engle. the invenrorof naEix games. The nain assumptionwd one thar oovement requifts a successful
md he is aboutto publisb the firsr firlly comercial serin rhestatesthis mg nenr in order to be carried out. It is obvious rhat in rhis age of
Autwnn. I wd interesledto hed that he had beenworking on ..non- scheduledair flights and hir€-cN that movementwill be quick Go
wai mtrix gmeq suchas spiesud delecrivesrories,md ir inspired none of tr'e muldple-move Nomal / Forced March argumentsof
De to havea go at translatingthe TV showinlo the Dat.ix gme foma! NapoleonicMaEix Gmes), but I still feel ftar rhe moveitself requfts
a succesful argunent. Thereforc, trgumenr saying that a chdacrer
MAIRIXGAMES. A RECAP will move to a place. dd then carry out & action de not pemitted
within a single trgumenl.
In a marix gane oDly the very basic framework of a sceneio is Another dsumption is rhat rhe detaitedlcatior of Area 51 and any
oudined. dd all actions e .esolved by a stncnned sequenceof places that e ffgued ar being secrct or hidden are not knowtr to
loeical arguments.Each dgunenr has u Action, a Resulr.and tbEe anyone,exceptthosewho should be expected1oknow. Locating rhem
Reaons Whyi for exmple: suffrciendyfor acrionto be ta.kenrcquiresa successfulargument.
tn a Peninsule Wd cmpaign, Wellingtotr might argue: .I shatl
fodify tr'e town (Action). wilh rhe Resulrtbat its defencesimprcve (+l
lo tne combarrules when defending).I am able ro do rlis because: GENERAL OVERVIEW OF PLAY
. I havea rcady sourceof trained manpower.
. I havean experiencedEnginer in cotmad. and OK, so fm, but nany p€oplewill be worriedjust exactly how is rhis
. fte Bntish Govemnent has reently sem ine rhe moneywirh which Soing to work. In simple lems, fie playeB sit eund a lable wilh lhe
Umpire at one end.jusl a! you would fo. a Role,Playing game.The
to pay for the work".
mapis put in the middle whereeveryonecm seeir , I enlargedmirc at
TheF dgumen$ are weidled by an unpire based on historical
precedence,personal exlerience, and his own judgedenr (or ny Iocal "PrcntaftinC' 10At (half postersia).
You then hmd our lo the playes their sec.erpenonal briefings ed
sometimesthe olher player'sjudgemen0,and a probabiliry of succes
let ftem read dd ask questions.They then put oD rhe map theii
dived at (a dice {nornally a D6} then being rhroM to see if rhe
personalitymdke6 (I use converted l5Im figues sruck ro coins
Result was achieled). Therc re very few rules. argumenrsbeing ''PeterPig do suitablecivilian
arbwed aboutdything at all, md what rulesthere@ co be oodified 6gu€s, o. you cd usefte 30lm Calr
ofc*!/ft4 figws by Ral Partla) - aDdyoule readyb sta.r.
asthe result of a sDccessfuldgument.
At this poitrt I tell the playersany assumldonsaboutrhe game,such
Wlen d AJgument succeedsit remains in efiect unril another
as movementreqDiringn successfulkgument. and sening rhe Sround
Argumenl stops't. If two Ar8umenrsare in direcr opposirion.|hey nust
rules for my Umpiring decisions(nolhing * certain, even the mosr-
both succeedfi^t asAigumenrs.thenthe two sidesmust rotl-otr to see
warertightand compellingdSument faih if $e player rclls a l).
who wins betweenthem so following up a successfDlargumentwirh
Playersthen smn rheir Arguments.a lm being completedwhen
one that is merely contradictorypuc you ar a disadvdtage.
all playeB havemadean ArgumeDt(whethern was successfulor not).
The imponel thing to rcmemberin a narrix eameh rhatA€uments
Nomally it is easyto seea cled wiDneremergingdurine the gde,
cd be nade aboul dything that is relevet to rhe sceneio. YoDcd
dd the actuai amounrof unpinng is rcmally tept lo a minimum
dgue about yolr own personnelor aboDtrhe enemy.the existenceof
people.places,things or events,the political leadeship backhone, fte becauleeven the most poker-faced player cd be seennodding in
agreenentwith a panicularly weUput ArgDment.
weathe.,plaene.disease,public opinion, and yoq can even dgue for
changesin whateve.dles you de using to resolvecombat_With a bit Quite a few playersde really g@d at making up I or 2 compeuin8
Reasonswhy they shoDldbe allowedsomethin8.bDi falEr on rhethird.
or imnginanon,comon senseand mtional thinkng. it is po$ible ro
presenrpersuasNearSnmentss to wharshouldhappenin any sceneio I always reiteEt€ that the nles require 3 Redons. so no narer how
compellingfte fi6t two Reasonwere.if you siDply cdnor rhink of a
eventhe bizare world of rhe X-Files.
third Reason,you will be penalised.
After the allorcd numberof tums rhe Unpire shoutdcall a hatr and
PROBLEMS get lhe playeGto readout, in tm, their secretpeBonalbriefings.When
The chief difficrlty to be overcone, for me. in designingm X-Fites they have finished you can then adjudicaE on the overall ,.victory
winner,
Datrix gameis $e lack of cle& milirary objectivesdd uni$ of sotdieB althoughir is possiblefo! morc rhm one player 10 meerthe
to move donnd a nap. This necesitabd a cretul l@k ar how &e conditions on ften briefins sbeets.
chdactes personalbriefings were wrinen b eDsurcthat the playeB
woutd producefte gameI wdted, dd a winnei coDldemerge.After EXAMPLE ARGIJMENTS
all. I am a wargamerand I wdted to male quite surerhat this was not
somesort ofihappy-clappy" gamewherew€ could all work togerherin To give you an ideaof the son of Aryumenrsthat might be usedin
pere and hamony, dd live happily €verafter...Ugh an X-File Matrix Gme, I haveircluded somefrom rhe gamesI have
The type of "map" w6 also a bit of a problem since, while some run. Ir L nor d good idealo show $ese lo rhe playeE.tu. in m)
rhings were obviously .equiied, such as FBI HeadqDanen,rhe c6h expeiience,,t gives too much of fte Uot away and inhibits rheir
site (in this panicular sceneio). dd Muldels Apartment:inclnding roo
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Alien Crafi, witb the resqlt rhar it ws dkabled dd ca5hed nedby. THE X.FILES: A MATRIX GAME BY TIM PRICE
This happened beause:
. The realon why rhe reportssay the dsh was causedby a L'IO is BackgreDd.
becaDse ftey m tnel The dateis nos. The X-Files exisl.A reporthasju$ reachedFBI He
. The crarhedairc.afr was a Being 767. an aircrafr wirh a rhat a plde hascrashedin Nevadakilling 23 people.Thereare rcports
Frf@i
safetyrecord1odate,and the cew vd experienced.so the crashhad that the cEsh ws causedby a UFO.
to be causedby a collision.
. TherehavebeennumerousAlien Crafl incidenrsin Nevada,which is The piecesin play ar the slan of rhe gme ue purcly represenrative.
why Area 5 I was esrablishedin the deserrro srudythele cmft, so Playes can creab additionalevems,pe6ons,placesed rhingsby
acouisionwift sucha craftis morelikely here. succestul dgunenN. The Umpne will add theseby skerchingon the
nap, or by prodrcingadditionalcounteN.
This redonablyslrongdgument(success on 3+ lD6) prcduces: Game l*ngth and Order of Play.
. Tbe ancran-wd a BoeiDS767. The game lsls E tums od rhe order of play goes: Mulder,
. A disabledAlien Cancemd, Scully, Carter,Healey.Krycek.
Craftis somewherc in thedea.

Csnce.mm argues:The exisrenceof rbe Atien spacecmftjs SpecialAgenrFoxMULDER

StartiDgPosilioo: Mulder'sAparhent.WashinSton DC
coveredDpby US SpecialForceswith rberesult thar rhe ship is moved
Motivalioo: l. Prove thaiAliens Exisr.
lo a concealedl@ation thar Mulder doesnl knos abour.They de able
2. Obtain physicalevidencethat Aliens Exisl.
. The GovemnenthashadiongdandinS plms for suchtu evenrualiry, 3. Tell fte wo.ld wilhonrlosingyourjob.
Addnional suggesledpiece (requirinSa successfutareunent ro play)l
so tne necessaryteamtud eqnipnent is rcadily available.
. Due to the (alreadyeSued) nunerous past incidenlsin rhis de4 rhe THING: CralhedAlien Crafr.
teaD is well practiseddd able to operaieqDickly.
. The saret baseis ned the site. so rhe moveis easyto caJryout. Chdacter: SpecinlAgent Doa SCULLY
Starting Posiaioo: FBI Headquare6, WashingtonDC
This strongargDnent(2+ I D6) producesthe folbwn,g: Motivationr l. Esrabtishthe real redon for the crash,
2. Alvnys tetl rhe bni.
. Mulder will baveto succeedin d argumentin orderto 6nd lhe Alien 3. Prorecr MULDFR ityou can.
Additional suSeesredpiece (requiring a succe$tut dgumenr 10play):
. A Secretcovemment baseis addedto the map, somewhercnearro EVENT: It is d ElaborateHod.

. A US SpecialForcesrem. is locatedon ihe base(urtil d dguDenl Characte.: CongresnrnMicbaelHEAlEY

Startirg Position: Congress.washinStonDC
Motiwtionr l. cer a good story for the NewsNetwork you
Scully argDes:Bolh MDlder and Scully catch a plane out of
Washington,wilh the result rhat rhey arive at rhe crashsile ro gather
2. Cer re-elect€dto Congress.
evidence.They e able to do this because:
. II's tneirjob dd rhey ve doneir rnanytimes beforel 3. ProrectMLTLDERif yoD can.
. Therere regDlalfli8his od hire cds de frely avaitable,so Additional suggestedpiece (requinng a succesful dgument ro play):
THING.HomeMovieofAliens.
ransportation will nor be a probtem.
. They re FBI Agentson ofEciat busircs, so rheywill ger priority
Chamcter: Cancemo
overolher FavelleB.dd will receivecleardi€crions on whereto go.
Starting P6itior:
wahington DC
This sFongtuglnent (2+ lD6) prcduces MotivrtioD: r. Prcveniihe Public frcm Rndingout that Atiens
thefotlowing:
exisr.
. Bolh Mulder and Scully at rhe crashsi1eat the end of the tum. 2. Try not ro Kll dybody.
. Arglmenls aboutthed ge ng losi or misdirectedwill be weakened. 3. Gel yourbookpublished.
Additionalsuggested piece Gequinnga successfut egumentio ptay):
The point thar they mive ar Oe cEh site in order'.to gatherevidence, PLACE: SecretMilitary Base.
D not aresulr- srncea successfuld8umeis stitlrequiredto find oDt
whal rhe "evidence' is dd rhereforcdoesnor couDtasd exEaaction ColonelGeorgeCARTER
that would be disalioweda! part of movementdSuments Stlrting Position: The Pentagon.WashingtoDDC
And so the gameprc8reses... l. RecolerAlientechnology 10makebeuer
weaponsto. Oe US Forces.
COMMENTS 2. PreventdyAlien technoloey leavingUS
Ooveme conrrct.
I personallylike lo encouragelhe playes to developplay,rarherfio 3. Cet promoled,
simplythinkup something new, so I givebonDses ro playerswho Dse Additionalsuggesied piece(reqDinnga succesfuldgumentto plat):
tl'en arguments1odeveloppoinrscovercdby other playeB arSnnenrs. THING:Alien Conmunicator
Another aspectof Oe play is thar certain addidonal. facrs, emerge
thal de usedin argumenrsmd end up being acceptedby the playen Fomer SpecialAgent KRYCEK
becausethey de used seve.al imes - such ar rhe .,fact, in rhe Staning P6itior: Elsewherein Wahington DC
Argumentsabove,rhnt Nevadahas hnd many p€vious UFO incidenb L Rescuem Alien and take hifr ro Area 5 I
2. Don t get aresled by the Aurhonties.
Prcliding $at the playersarc rcasonablearticutatedd quick-witted, 3. Gel someinc.iminnting evidence on
you can havea lery enjoyabledd inrerestinggme _ with a minimDm
Cancermd, 1ohelp coveryoDrback.
or sefine-up overheads- andone in vhich someof rheyoungerplayeN AddinonalsDggested piece(requinnga succesfulrguDenl to play):
may tnm our to be rhe rcal expetu on $e subjectl THINC:Alien Sudivo.
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 HOLLOWVICTORIES TARAKAN
TheJapanese conquests of Tdakan is a slighdy ped*haped island.measuring18by 25 kilomete6
and nosdy was in a p.istinestate.covercdbl jungle, wilh mmhes
oil-wells in the along lhe coas ine. Tbe jungle is crossedby small nve6 thar de
Nethedands East Indies fordable rhoughour. I1sinpoltdce derivedfrom the facl that oil of
excellentqualiry could be foudd ftere closero the sudacein the cente
of rhe isldd. To protectit an infantrl bamlion of the K.N.LL., Inf vll,
tbe sevemhbattalior, had been stalioned at Tdalt6. This battalioD
l)Tarakan knew ir wa| sDtioned in a hopeles oulpost. When. for exmple, a
bt companyofAnboinese trcops wd sentfron Javato reinforce it. the
companymutinied.The stength and locationof the defende6 was:
Frank aan den Bergr)
cadson comndder: Lieutenant ColonelS. deWaal
world War ll in fte Pacific. The words conjure up imagesof fierce One Battalion of hfaDtry (InfYtr) consisting of:
Japanes€soldie6. grim U.S. Marineson Guadalctualdd bitter FuselierCompany,CaptainF. Tretre6
fighnng on the fronner of lndia and Burnn. But, of come there wd FusellierCompany,CaplainA.C. Sant€r
dore 1oit. one of tbe mny mas ovemn by the Japanesein fte Srat FuselierCompdy, CaptainL. Bendeler
offensiveof l94l/42 wasthe Nelhedands EasrIndies.Because of the Mrhine'gun Compant Captainq Everads
natural resourcesthey prcvided in abunddce the Japdese had long Sevenmoured scoutca6 - lsi Lieulenmt D-P de Vos to1
covetedtheseislands.The rubber md especiallythe oil found thefe NedeneenCappel
wereof prime imponanceto the Japmese (dd, of co6e. to the Allied EachFusetiercompanyconsisredof 177me. atrdwas amed
w& effon 6 qell). To illustrate, tlle output of cnde oil of the East with rc les thanl8 light nachinegDns(doublethenomal
hdies was no les than 170.000bafiels a day. dd Tdakm alone s(dddd). The Machine-gun Conpdy hadbetween18and2.1
produced6 million barcls per year pnor to the wd. This alone was VickeB wate.cooled heavy nachine-guns dd six 80mm Dorta6.
about16%of Japanese rcquirements. lt wastbelackofoil €seres and
the tbr€atof an embugo initialed by fte U.S. that drcve Japu to take 3rd CompaDyCoast- and Anti-Airoafi Artilery.
the decisionto enterthe wal Prior to fte outbreaLof wd in the Pacific Coastalbattery at TandjoengDo€ata(four 7.5 cm gunt
the Japanesehad tried io get hold of these vital suppliesvia hder Resefle lst Lieutenantvan der Zijde.
negotiationswith the Dutch, bDtthesenegotiationshadendedin failm. TVo coslal baneriesbetweenPeningkiand Kdoenga. eachof
Noa, lhe oil wells were a prime objecnve for lhe Japaneseibrces. three7,5cm guns,underlsl Lieutenant w,J, Stormlan t eDNen
These oil wells were spreadthroughoutthe echipelaeo. There eere one coastalbauery of fou 12cm gunsat K{oengan(on tne
important welh near Palembangon Sumatra,Surabayaon Java and souft np of Tarakan)underResere lst LieutenanlJ.P.A.van
Balikpapanon Bomeo. One of the most impondl sources,however,
{as the smauisland of Tankan. easl of Bomeo. Onecoastalbatteryoflhree ?.5cd Cunsal Linl.s
(imobile battery)underlst Lt. J. Verdm
TIIE EAST IN'DIES ARMY Onecoaslalbatteryof rwo 7 cn eunsat Linkas,mannedby
militia.
The $!k of defending ftis greal dhipelago fell to the Royal Anti ailcrafl anillery (confrdded by Reserve2nd Lt. T.
Netherlandslndies Amy ro,itklijk Ne.letlan.lsladisch lzser or at ir Nijenhuis):
wasknown:K.N.I.L.).ThisArmy hadbeenfoundedh the 1830'sand fou 40lm Boto6 gun.cl KaroengMdd Peninkj.
had only beenuseds a colonial police force againsrnativeopposition. Two sectionsof 20Im gutrsat the airfield ind somesections
As suchit hadbeenactiveiD sprcading Duth autborirythJoughout the 12.?mn machine-guns (10to 12machineguno
dhipelago od suppressingany nsings agains(n. It ws rcver meot
to take on a modemeneny like fte Japdese, who also outnumbered EngineerdeDolition squadsconsising of 30 men md :10
the K.N.LL. In tbe 1920sn evenhad betr aUowedto run down as militdised civilian employeesof ihe petrc1companyBPM underLt
defencebudgen had been dashed. In the 1930s, faced with fte ftreat J.l.W vandenBelt,
ofJapan,fte budgetshadincreasedorce morc.allowing the acquisinon Military Air Force
of modemnateridl. but i1generallywd a matterof 'roo litde. too late . Four BrewsterBuffalo fighten under
Somoof tne equipment,especiallysomeof the airplues bought in the lstLr PA.C. Benjamin
middle 1930!, sere already approachir8 obsolescence by 1942. Nwy
Repleenenls had beenordered,especialtyin the United Sbtes, but a! Undercommandof CommdderMditime MeaDs (CMM) kapitein-
lhe Nefterldds Edt Indies werejusl one of mey counhies placing lieutenant(connddet F-H.VemeuleDwilh slaff
ode6, the new equipmenldid not mive in trde. The Dutch defence HrMs. ninelayer Prinr rar Oratrj?
policy for lhe EastIndiesws concenrabd on ihe defenceof the isldd
of Java-Small delachmentswould b€ sBtioned in the ondying @as ThreeDomier flying boatswith ground crews.all in all 80 men
(the so called ,!i rers?rerrer), but the defenceof tbeseffeas mos{y DnderlsrLr Va Voorthuizen) plls four nnchine-gDnsdd lwo 3,7
qas gi,vetto the Luchrr'aanaf.lelns (Air Depanmenoof the K,N.LL,
They were supposedto attack approachingenemy fleels before troop Lightship md floatitrg dry d@k
lddings could be effecled.Apet fron this air sDppondd the acnvites
of especiallythe subDaine :m in fte Duth wate6, tbe gmisons of All in all a toial slrengthof 1,365menis given,althoughil is not cled
theseoudying deas basicallywere on their own. This is illustraled by whelherthis is grcund forcesonly. The batalion was a static unit only
fte facr that tbe K.N-I.L- did no! havea pemanentbrigadeor divisional and lackedtusportion to be mobile, Suppl! seNiceswere sketchyat
organisation.Only for tbe defenceof Java two small dirisions were best. The nain job of the Dutch on Tarakan sas to ensure Oe
o.guised- For the resttherewerconly the gdison battalions-N@dle$ destructionof the oilwells and the installations.To this end the Dutch
to say,with mosl transportasets and whal was availablein moured defenceswereconcertraredon the westemlide of the isldd. in order
vehicles concentratedon Java, ftese batDlions basically were leg ro lotestall ^ .oap de nain attackon the isldd\ htubour Tbe defences
were orgmised in so called fronts , defendedded encircled by a
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double wire fence.Therewere thJeeof

The Linkas Fotrf. 10 p.otect tbe

The Nonhem fronl. lo bd the

road to tne airfield with its 1500mebe

The Eastem 'fronf, covering rhe

mb oilwells at Pmoesim.
Slrongpoinrsdound the airfield.
On the easrcoasl of the isldd, al the
Amal river. there was one platoon of
nediuo machine'gDnsto delay a
posible enemylmding ftere-
The coasral batlery ar Tandjoeng Ai*
Djoeataandlhe batterypositionsin the J i'"-...*
south were covered by infantry -4 )

The 'fronrs werc built up out of

strongpoints with generally an ....' ,'':, \4
amanenr of rwo heavy vicken MGs
dd tao light MGs. The autonatrc
weaponswerein con$ete bunken. BDi ir/;:;+"';
scmce manpowerprecluded manning
all the strongpoints.The coastal
baiteries colered minefields and
blockedaccessro the harbour
aHAKAFI'
TI{E JAPANESEATTACKERS
To take Tdakan the Japanesehad
a$igned a reinforcedinfmLf regiment
and the 2nd KDre Special Naval
Lading Force.all mder tle ordersof
Major-GeneralShizuo Sakaguchi.The /
.,/,,-En.\..ii\
1. Z={ \
total strengthwd abour6000 men.Otr / -- ---':=
Linli6 front
19November1941this erouphadleft
Japu for tbe Palauisleds, dd fton
there it proceded to Davao on
Mitrddao ed the islmd of Jolo. On 7
Jdnary, 1942they weigbedanchor to
artive beforeTaralan on the llth. The
men were EansPortedon 16 Derchant
ships esconedby war'shipsunder the
colmad of Colmdder Nishimua
Shoji-The esconconsisledof 6ree destrcyes,$re submine hunters Kur€ 2 Sp€rial Navrl Landing Folte (SNLF)
ed six minesweepes.A funher escon grcup cotrsistingof the light (Imperial JapaneseNavy mafines),reinforc€d with a battery of anti-
cruiser Ndla, sevendestroyeGdd three patrol ve$els accompoied aircraft artillery, (all in ait 1000men)consistingof:
the mercbet ships. Ti'e floalplme vesels Sdn), Mdtu dd ,tanlti staff/statr coDpoy
Mdn serc asrgnedro pov,de prorection iSain! submdine\.

Japan€s€ground forc6 o.de. of batale

Staf 56th InfaDtryGrcup
146th Infantry Regimeot (Colonel Kyohei Yamamoto) Atrachedbatery of intr'aircrai anillery
lst Ball8lion(Lieutenant-Colonel
Kune)
znd Batalion {Major Kaneuji) lst Ai. Gmup
3rd Ba& ion (LieutenanFcolonelMntsunoto) ,tarla n4a4 6 Mitsubishi FtM ("Pete") and 2 Aichi EI3A ("Jake")

Sarlti Mdn: 8 Mihubishi FIM floatplees

Compdy of light tants, 56rh Infolry Group
lsl Batalion, 56ft Anillery Regimenl The Japoese pld was to ldd on the easlemside of T&akan islaDd.
Baitalion ofAnli'Aircraft Anillery (mintrsone banery) where defenceswere expectedto be weak. The oilfields and other
lsl Conpdy. 56tI EngineerReginenl installalionswere to be taker in the red ftom the eastafter a strcnuous
IndependentCompanyof EDsineen(l6tn Amy) lrffh lbrcugh dE junele. Once t.ker, unils of the Imperi.l Japuese
2nd Compuy, 56th Trmspod Battalion Navy were to tak€ over garison duties, while Sataguchi's troops
Medical Unit of the 56th Infdlry Grcup (minus the znd Kure SNLF) would prepare for an attack on
lst Field Hospital,56th Infartry Division Balikpapm. In order to achievethis objective the Japanesesplil into
ComDnications Delachmenr
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The left assaultgmup consistingof rhe2nd Baflalion, 146rhRegimenr Gtem Martin bombersoperatingfiom Samuinda II Two parols of
with a companyof engineenwould land in the south-eastad lnle dd three aeroplees each attacked, escortedby two Brcwster Butralo
clear fte codtal artillery on fie south-w€stcoast. fighteB. One Mislubishi FIM noatplme sour ws dmaged and
The righa assault gnup (rhe nain force) led by Colonel Ymafroro severalof tlte Glem Maitins wee damaged(one havinS to nake an
would land at the mouth of ihe Amal nver This consistedof rhe tsr energencytmding on Tdakan. after which it had to written off). The
Batalion of the l46th Regiment.an artitlery compdy, an engineer lmdinSs were scheduledfor the next day. On the sme day rhe
compdy and the znd Kure SNLF- The infmtry bnrralion were to liehtship, located15 miles frcm the eastcodt ofTdalan was anacked
infiltrate md attek the oilfields. rhe meines wereto arhck the airfield by Japaneseairplm€s ad set on firc.
and the oilfield nt Tandj@ngDj@ta. The fiFt groupsof ledine crafi werereponedapprcachingthe cost
at 0300 hou6 by the 53 nan sEongpointal Amal. In prcpding for fte
I he Air Battle atlack the Dutch had laken up the followine dispositions:
As therewas nothing like Edd on TaJakan,rhe Dutch piloh starioned
therc were dependentupon relephonereports of Japdese raids by Linkas 'fronl' : conpany ofAmboines underCaplainF. Tretre6 and
obsenes. This gave the defenden liltle rime ro Ber airbome dd about80 NavalpeAomel'indeprnd.nrsEongpoinu.
somenmesthey got caught on tbe ground. Th€ Japoese begd by Northem 'f.ont': a reinforcedsectionunderCaptainW. EveMs
attacking Taratd frcm the air. On 24 December a fourengined Airfields: one reinforcedsectionunder lst Lieutenei P.F.Hopsrer
Kawashini H6K Navy flying boat ( Mavis ) flew affoss fte airfield Tmdo€ng Djoeata: one section as covering party for rhe coatal
machinegunDing the air?lanes-Two Brewsrer Buffaloes were
dmaSed, The o$er rwo t@k otr One had lo rerum wirh technical Eastem ftont : vdious Dniis(unfonunatelyno moe detaih klown):
prcblems,but the orhermoaged to catchnp wirh rheflying boat.In the mongst others the section of moured c6rs of NedeNen Cappel-
subsequentbattle bolh aircmft were damaged,the Brewsrerso much Posidoncomnande. wd CaptainA.C. Stuaber
thal it virtually wasoDtof action.A secondair attackr@k placeon rhe Amal: one s€.rion undersrgeot major C.PE- Spangenberg
26ft when sev€nMilsubishi G3M2 Navy 96 bombers("Nell") bombed Oneseiion to cove. tbe coastalbane.iesin the sourhealL
Tankd. Althougb ttuee Brewsrerswere jn the air al rhe time no R*Ne; one secdonunderCaptainL. Bendeler;this unir wa moved
intercepdonswere mde. The airfietd w6 dmaged, bur rhe gr6s srrip to Tddjoeng Batoebeforc the lddinSs took place.
renained usable-The next day a reinJorcingBrcwsler w$ flown in. At The Machine-gunCompdy had b@n divided up over the vdious
l0 o'clock on the 28th sevenJapaneseZercs cme in to atrek. just as
the Rve availableBrewsten were bking off- Tkee of rhe BrewsteB As soonas the JapanesepEsencein the dea was knoq. the Dulch
were shotdown duing or after take off All in all four pilols and three BPM personnelstartedto destoy the oilwelh and the smoke risinS
planeswere Ieft. titer ihat day seven"Nelh" bombedTarakanagain, from fte bumingwels causedthe Japanese right assaultgnup io ldd
craEnng the airfield. It had ban mde cied tlar borh the mti aircraft far to the northof their Asigned objective.So il wd not unlil .tawnthat
gunsmd the Brewste6 werenot up to the task.Th€rcforeon 4 JmDary this group wd able 1oattack its obj@tive on the Amd nve.. Several
the remainingfighreG werc wilhdiawn ro Sanui&ta tr, d airfietd on d€fendeBwere killed and an int€rogation of prisoneE rcveiled much
Boneo. By rhis time the lbree Domier Flying boah, who hnd flown aboutDotch posifons. At about0430 the lroops at fte Alnat positions
palrcls, had also Ieft for Baiikpapin. werc orderedro retreat onto the main positions of Oe Easr fDnt od
occupy soongpoinr 12. Obviously tle Japdese pursuedvigorouslx
The led Bat{e b@ausewhen Spdgenberg uived at Pmoesim he nobd rhar therc
Otr l0 Jduary fte Japuese lask force anived ned Tdakd, was wd much fring going on at sFongpoint 11- Spmgenbergmade no
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led ro a reducion in firing, bDt afie. the min stoppedit resumed takenup posiliodsdt strongpoinlsI I md 12.A1 10-00hourson the lth
again. Spdgenbe.g now cme to the wrcng conclusionthat he was the Japdese arEck on strcngpointl0 went in. This {as quickly
abour to be encircled and ftat all he could do was wilhdraw to abnndonedafier fte dealh of iis commande. Captain SaEber was
Tddjoeng Djoeata.Ar dusk on I I Januaryhe withdrew with about5tr orderedlo rauy the broken men md re occupy slronpoint 10. but he
nen. This etrecdvely€moved Spangerber€frcm the baltl€. Plans to was killed in this auenpl. After this (about1500hou6) a kjnd of
evacuaieio Bomeo failed md Spmgenbergwas capturedin civilian slalemae setin. The DutchcoDldnol advdce becauseof Japanesefirc
clo$ing on 20 March. ad the Japanesewerc pinnedby concenratedmortd firc md support
Comunicadonson theDubh sideweremakeshiftar best.Withoul from a battery of 75mD lone 30 field guns. AlftoDgh secondline
radios. fte ganison cofrnander was dependemon €lephonesand he positionswe@takenupby Dutchtroops,thelossof sfongpointl0 had
neverreceivedany noice of Spangenberg\ mival. This all led 10a lcfl a dangerclsholein Durchpositions. Nowthe€centlyfreedresetre
very ill orgdised defence. companyof CaptainTretren was orderedto relake the hill on which
Becauseof the rhreatof Japanesc rroopsto rhe coastalbaneryof strongpoidtl0 was lcared dd reoccupylbe strongpoint. But as the
TandjoenS Batoe,CaptainL. Bendelerwilh a reinforcedsecrion(65 cofrpany refused1o advace all Trctres could do was to lake up the
men)wassenl soulhlo prcvide infantry coverfor ir. Ho{ever, he never secondline posidons-Now the compmy of W- Everaarswasorderedto
reachedhis objecrive.Appdently he rar irto Japanese trcops and abandonirs posnionson ihe Nonhem 'frcnf and takeup positions800
sunendered wilhoutresistance. nefts nonh of Capt.Tretrers.Positionsbew@nTrctrersand EvenaF
TheJapanese left a$aultgmup Deanwhilehadlandedandrun inlo werelo b€ patolled by the scoutcds- However,Everads menwerenot
somep.obl€ms. Thes€werecauseby thedifficultiesofadvancingoler oi fte besrmd his machinegunnerswereunableto carrythejrguns
hiUyeroundin lhickjungle.Only lul netrespe. hourwd fte Soing acrossfte terain.Thisresulted in EveGdstdkingup hispositions *i$
mte and theyonll reachedthe.oasral barery ai(er fte Durch trcopson only 20 Den,threevicker andoner-ewismachine-ghsdd vinDally
theislandhadcapitulated. no anmunition.By theeveningof ll Januarythesecondline wd held
In lhe neandne, panic had set in mong tbe Duich defendeB. by about650Denwilh theisolated I I in ironrofir Behind
strongpoint
Appa.entlyat aboDt2300 hou$ ar commdder Vemenlen reportedin a lhe second line a reserye had been iomed from odds md sods
stab of shock that nll his naval insrallaionswere on lre and pesonnel. Durine the night the Dutch pldned ro laDnchone more
abandoned. Howeler,in thenoming of I I JDDaryil becme clearthat counter-atlackwith mortar and anillery snppon,bDtftis one roo came
wereidtact.evenso ftar theabddonedm.chire guns
all instaltations to nothing as the .lapaneselaunched infillration atacks belween
stoodin ftei budkeBfully loaded.All this madeLieulenant Colonel Everaa6andTreffeN'companies dd gotclosero theDulchcommand
de Waal decide to abddon rhe Linkas fronr dd use the company posr where they blew up a Durch bnack building co.taining
stationedthere(1heAmboinesecompanyof CapLF.Tetren) d mobile almDnilion. TbeseJapanesenight atlacksgavefie impresion thal lhe
resefle. The Eastem'frcnt now had no Dore back up and {as in an Dutch headquaneA had been hit ud were enough lo Dake fte
increasinglyse.ious sitDalion.The burnin8 oil weus had made Amboinesecompanybolq CaptainTretres was Klled. By now it was
stronCpoints8 and 9 DnBnableand ftis openedup the riShl flank of clear that Dutch morale wa very nuch shalen md thal they were not
stongpoiml0. As relaEdaboveSpdSenberet25 lo 30 troopshad up to facing the Japanesesuper soldie6', lel alotre unde.lake
operationsat night rifre in which the IDdonesid soldie( bad nor been guns,556 rifles, 15 amomd ca$. 67 other cus ud munitions.This
would leave 491 casDalties.but ar fes documentsof the Dutch
By daM. 12 Jduary, whar remainedof the Dutch defenceon fte remainedthe exact nlmber of killed md woundedis unknown.The
Ea$em ftont was fasl nmvelling. Although the artiUeryopenedfire gadson banalionwas takenprisonervinually in i$ entirety.
on cue lo supponthe counler-anackrhatdid not go in, the mond were Japaneseloses might have beenmininal, but the Dutch deceiled
silenl, asthe crewshad abandonedlhem. Now the colmdder senrout themselvesiDto thi*irg that tbe Japdese had useda ldge force od
a patrol that reiumed with rhe newsthat caplain Evemars'pan of the had sutrercdaccordinSlyaeainsta tenaciousDutch def€nce.A Dutch
frcnt wN abadoned andonly somedeadad bmed out scoutcarshad pmpl et f.om the wal yearsslates:
beensen, No contacthadbeenmadewith the Japanese. By 0700hours
the other foops in positionsabddored them as well and half m hour "TbDs ended ihe batde for Tdatan, wheE about l00O men had
later Lieutemlcolonel de wal judged the situalion untenableand fouShl againsl20 timesiheir numbei
decided to sDnender bis reDaiDing forces. Due to lack of
Fufinemorc, Dutch resisrdce is dedibed $:
comunications both coaral batte.ies were nor notified of rhis
''causinga slaughteramongstthe Japaese"
sunender,somethingwhich would hnve&amadc rcsultsin the hom ro
cone. Althoogh DDtcb ofEcerswere setrtour to Dotiry especiallyrhe
southembattery the situadonremaineduncted. The truth, as shown above, w3 fd less heroic. Mosr of the Dutch
The Japanese Navy wdred lo land ar Lin-ka- Sakasuchied his statr colonial Eoops laid down their weaponsdd sDrendered.The Dutch
decidednot to go alonSwith rhis. but ro land at fte Amal river on the self delusionabouttheir defensivecapabilitiesmd the lossesinflicred
eastefr side of the isldd. They wmed rheNaly not to carry out tbeir on theJapanese, however,would havegraveconseqDences in fte weeks
plds, bur the Navy went aheadayway. Six minesweepesrcundedthe
southempoint of Tdatan and tbe Dulch coatal barlery imediately Tardkd qd the firlt of the Dutch defensivebattles against the
opened up on them. An artillery duel ensued dd the 6rst rwo Japdese.AllhoDgh rhe way fte bantehad devetoFd bodedill for dy
minesweepen were sunk, iD retaliation about niddle January rhe fu.ther Dutch defensive batrles, at lesr lhe oilwelh had been
Japdese exeuled 80 men of the battery cftws wift, oI course,rhe extensivelyddaged, which was a spanner(atbeit a small one) in the
co'mddea. The final shots for Ttrata were fired in the night of Japanese plms for ataining self sufficiencyin prcviding their oil needs,
12113JeDary when the Dutch minelayer Prirr yan Orunje nied b makiDgTaEkm abil ofa'hollow victory'.
escapeto the nonl. East of Tdatd it w6 interceptedby Japuese
patrol boatsmd sunk by midnight-
ln takng Tdalan Japanese losseshad beensmall.The army (combat LL Nonle\ De Japaateaanvalon Ne.le andylndie,deel2Bomeo.
grcup Salaguchi)had losr one md killed a( seaand sevenon land and Rotterdm, t992
32 wound€d-The Nary\ losseswere gieaer Tbey had lost 47 killed P.C. Boet, De Luchtstitt nnd Bomeo deceabel 1941-febtuai
on ldd ed 200 at sen (the minesw@percrews).This in itself is an 1942,Houlen. 1987
indicalion of the defenceput up by the Dutch. For rhesecasualriesthe Brcchte Bet Konitklijk Ne.le andsch-Indischlzger in dek sdj.1
Japeesewon: 874prisoner of we, nin€ uti aircraft gDns.69 machine teSd .Iapar, M6ticbr, 1944(1)
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player depend!on lhe chdacter he takes.The ACs deck is madeup of
Anack, md Red for Defence)playing one or moreAC dd layine the
2 sels of normal playing cards plus a numberof speciatevent cards
cardsface down. The opponenrrhen ch@sestheir responseand borh
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low.ThisBoesonuntil...allACshavebeenused;oneof theduelljs$is
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dnwn in orderunril lhe Jokerappem ar whichpointrhemundends.
At the sian of a BameplayeE{normallypldyingrhe MDskereers and Iniliative restswith rhe cha.acterwho has rhe highestbaseAC valDe.
other heroe9 vill draw cdds up to their fDll AC allowmce_Cdrdsnot
He caneitherplaya crd or pas. If theypas fte initiativewiu trdsfer
usedin a roundare etained a.d new cardsdmwn for the nexrround up
tothechdracter's limir- whichmaybeadjDsred asa resulrof a previous Whenatackingor beingattacked by moreftb oneopponenr $e bdse
rcund\ hghting.All discards de retumedro theAC oecK
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Cd only
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oneopponenl. mun defendagainsrtheorhe(t. Onty I
simply nove du.ing $e gameas directedbelow. and when atrackng,
AC can b€ used against an una.med man.
or be'ngattacked by. rheMuskeree6will d.aq a ctudsup ro theil AC
lalue (seelablebelow).
lf a player's figure is :med Ni$ a secondsword. dagger or ,r.!)r
8dr.re he ca. countan addiional+l ro his AC value.If usinga har.
cloakorpistolinthelefrhdd. lhena figurecanadd+t to hisdefensive

Suc.ess!when rhe rrucl{ing ACis) ourscorerhe defendingAC(t

nrernstbe.ehasbeena succe\slllatack rnh a hit.

Wounding.The ditrerencebelweenthe final scoresis thendedDced

from thelosefsbaseAC levelandtheresulrrea.loti below:

Losses1obaseAC tale effectimmediately.Any cha.actertakin8 a rhird

Heavywoundwilllapseinrounconsciousnes - rolt dD5 (Dl0 2) lo see
MOI'EMENT how ndy ums thiswill la$ (arleastone).

Movementfor Musketee6dd olher player chdacler is ar a rareof 3

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valueor fDnction.Mountedfiguresnay moveup ro 4 perAC. Non-
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AC score
keepingwith the spiritof the gme. TheycostoneAC, whichDustbe
a facectrd (i.e.Jack.Quen o. King),andmustpassa stuntdie roll on I Opponent
dismed on
a Dlo. May takeplaceat anypoimin a tum.
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Playedwilh a defensive Burglars Placeon bodd not more

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Opponenlloses I AC frcm wirhin 3 of Rochefonwiu
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dJagginga cafi acros lhe Milady Will seekout D Atugnan
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II alongwith two sc en&i. os for which they can be used:
l A bardebeNeen HMS /lood od HMS Prr.? o/Woler on one side l Record estimaied rdges berween fte ships.
ai Bisnarckarll Pnn Eueer on the olher 2. Place novenent cdds face down bl each ship-
2. A banle betweenGrol Sp?c a.d 3 British cruiseB, HMS tter?/, 3. Show molenent cardsand move ships.
HMS AJ1LY and HMS A.ni1ler. 4. Fi.ing, which has lhree slages:
a. Acquire the td8et ship by checking whether lhe ange has
Both scendios havetheir basein acrDalhisb.ical actions which took
been estimaled corecdy.
b. Check to see if dy shells bave bit lhe l&get ship.
The key element of the oles is rhat when firing, fte rmges de
c. Find what damagehas been caused.
estimaredbefore measuriDgrhem- If you do no1estinratethe ranges
corectly youself your shipscanDothit lheir targets.
I have lried to balancethe complexities of lbe subjecl, such as the MOVEMENT
weighr of the shellsfired by eachship.lhe ditrerentranSesof the guns.
Cruis6 and Destrcye6havea maximumspeedof 8cm.Battleships
the varyingmour thicknesses on shipsetc.with playabililyin order
andBattlecruises
havehavea maximumspeedof6cD.
10producethebestpossible games.
I havewritten themles for usewith I /3000 scaleshipsandlhe Bames Speedcanbe changed
by +t lcm eachl!m.
may hale to b€ played on ibe floor in order to provide enoughrcon Tumsaremadearoundthetumingcncle.
(lucKly I haveaplain bluec.ipet!). The purposeof the movementcardsis to ensu.ethat eachship moves
Apdt ftoD the ship modelsthemselvesthe following is reqDied: asplannedand that player cannotrespondto fteir opponentsDovesin
l- Dice:oned6,onedl0, oned20.
Th! slraighianeaddow mea.s.jusllhar.The two tun dows require
3. TDmingcirclewith l6cm cncunference. a tum of al leastoneeiehthof thelumingcircle,whichis zcm,
4. For eachsbip.3 movenent cdds. Thesecdds shouldbe nade fron
Firing - Acquiring the target
squaresofthin card,maybeI or ll4 squde.Eachserof cdds shouldbe
Allestimalesaredeclared arthesme lime anddisnncesde measured
m&ked with dows. indicaling'\trai8hr ahead. '\Dm 1o fte lefi'
(port) and "tum to the righf Gtdbodd). from the bo* of the firing ship-At the distuce estimateda brackerof
+/ L5cD is auowed(otal of 3cm),to increse tbecbdces of hitting
5- Some scrap paper and pens to record rdge estimaresdd ship the ta€et ship. For exmple. m estimaledrmSe of ?6cm covers the
damage.I havefound lhar prcper ecord cdds de not reqDiredad thal bfrcketfom 74.5io 77.5cm.Ifdy pan of theopposineshipmodelis
a blanksheelof paperprcvidesfte mostflexiblemedium for keeping wilhinthebackerfie rargerhasporenrially beenhir{seenexlsecr'on).
The sizeofthe brncketcanbe modifiedbythefouowingsituations:
6. However,a single hble is .equned which .hoas the ship Decealse bnckersizebl2cm if morethanoneshipis fiing at rhesame
chaccteristics.It shouldbe prodDcedbefore ihe gme md by having
all the ship detaihin one placeitt handyfor all playeBas well as Increse bracketby zcm if fte tuge was estimaredcoftctly between
beinee$enlialwhen{orKng out thefiring. thetwo shipson the previoustum.
w'thout more ado her€is rhe table for all the shipsrequiredfor the
Fi.iog - Hittiog the la.get
Ship Ilull Nunbe. Muinm Eachshiphasa numberof AttackPointseachtum (nol to be confused
Poinls ofsrN Ranse(cm) with theAttackValue) whichdependon therumberofBunswhichthe
Hd.d 5 l 8 8 r 5 0 ship hasand the rangeto rhe target.asfollows :
Pnnceotwdes 4 5 r0 t0 150
Bnnmk 5 5 r0 8 t50 RANGE
PnmEueen 2 1 I 3 0 Short Mediun l-{ng
Ered 1 2 4 6 0
AjdAchilles I 2 4 3 1 1 0 r0 gDns Bow 3 2 I
Cnlspee I l 6 6 1 5 0 S t e f r 2 2 l
Brordside 5 4 2
the valuesin fte nble asfouows:
I havecreated
The ruleshavetwo differentranBesforguns: 8guns Bow 2 2 I
S r e m 2 l l
Short Medium Long Broadside 4 3 2
0,50 50 100 100,150
6guns Bow 2 | t
0-30 30-70 70-lr0
Stem I I
Thenumberof gunsis theactualnuDberof maingunswhichlhe ship Broadside 3 2 i
had. Secondaryamament d@s nol featurein theserules.
The attackValueshavebeencrealedorinciDallvfrom an assessmenl For eachA11ack
P;in1apotentialhi1Day ccu.
The Defencevalue of lhe rarget ship is subtmctedfrom fte Attack
Valu€of the firing ship.
For eachAnack Poinl one d l0 is thiown dd fte valDeon the die has
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Cletuly arsone nnges for sone nunbeE of gunso unequalnumber SalvoFiE lwwll Naval) !4.50
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of gnnsmay lire fron fte bow thd from fte sem. IfOerc is only one DeadroughtE a (WWI Naval) f4.95
tarSeland it is to tbe stem or if therede two tdger dd the prefeftd DBC vol2 f4.95
hrger is ro the slem thesevaluescd be reveBed- GcndMannerNapoleonic rules!7.50 ECW Scenarios 164-45
Also, if anyAttack Pointshavebeenlosl lhrcugh dmage ftese mnst !9.95 for DBR rules
be deductedfist. For exmple a ei8hl gun ship which has lost two Gene.alDe Brigade(Nap.rulet 18.99
Attack Pointsand is firing al mediummge hd only one Auack Point Scen{ios for abovenles 18.99 PRINCIPLFI OF WAR
to use(3 2) and il cm be employedfrom the stemor the bow. fl1.50 ColonialRules !8.00
Rapid FneRules (ww[) !9.95 coroniarlisrs1838r9r5 t6.00
firing - Dmage to th€ ta.gei SuprI (Euro!. 19.14/45) !8.95 continenrrllisLs182G69 t6.00
Throw a d20 for eachhit dd consult the table for fte resuh Supr 2 (Edrenton, !12.95 cominenhllisrsl87Gl9l5 t6.00
1 oneAttack Poim lost. Rltid ForesI (Gem/Bnt) !8.95 Napolonic Rules !8.00
2 oneAttek Poinrlost. RapidFores2 (UsA^ussian)!8.95 Pct & Packing Chfi€e
3 two AuackPo'ntslost. (v ViIskimish) !9.95
Crosfire UK& BFPO,I|]%
(helicoptercombat)
Chain-eun !3.?5 Oveeas - 15%Surface,50%Ait
4 oneAttackPoinllost+ oneHull Poinllos1.
5 RudderdaDaged. Continuecunentcousefor halfx d6 lDms
(rcundedup) + oneHull Pointlosl.Canchan8esped.
6 oneHull Pointlosl.
? rao Hull Pointslos1. 4. 5 - 4 = l. Two dlo m ihiown.Oneis a 5 whichis a hi! Theotheris
8 l*o Hull Pointslos1. a 4 which is a mis. A d20 is thrown for fte hit which results in a 7,
9 $ree Hull Pointslost. whichis 2 HUUPointslost.
l0 Engineroom hit. Subtract2cm frcD top speed,cumulanve-
I I Engineroom hit. Subtract2cn frcn top speed,cumulal've+ one
Hull Pointlost. TI,e Hood aid Pnnce dwales re moving on an interceptioncou6e
12 FiE bumsfor half x d6 tums(rcundedup).Reduce speedby lcm with fte a6r'al.t and Ptr. t!8en at an angle of aboui 60 degrees,
eachlum for durationof fire only. No fi.ings + one Hull Point lost.
l3 Fke - burnsfor half x d6 rums(rcundedup).Reducespeedby I cn wten I played this scenariothe PM. E!Bc, immediately Doved
eachhrm for duralionof fire only. No nrinS + at the end rcli the awayand sbyed out of.ange. The A6Darct did haveaneely hir on the
d20 and on I to 5 ship blows up. Hood\ n ezi^e, tnt the Hood sudiled the dice .oll. The.eafter,tbe
14 Controldamage- continuecurenl cou6eandspeedfor half x d6 extn gDnneryof the two Brilish shipsbegd lo lell until the ais,n4nl<
tums(rounded up),no firing.
15 Magazinehit thrcw I x d20.On I to 5 shipexplodes (oneHnU
Pointlostin anycase).
The G.z/.tp". is travelling sl.iighr ahead.The erer.r is npproaching
fton the bow at aboDt60 degreesto stdbodd while fte ,4J-6 and
A./,t/?r de apprcachingthe how from abour60 degres 1opon. Gzf
19 No etrecr Speehs Io get pastthe other ships.Initially aUshipsre oDt of tuee.
20 No etrect
when I played this scendio. the Gfdlspe? tumed brcadsideon md
For each ship the nunber of Hull Poinrs lo$ is rcorded. when ftis allowedthe Bntish shipsro approachgiven that initially its ldger guns
reachesthe iotal of fte smning valDefor Hull Poin$ the ship sinks. ouFangedlhem so that it could firc unopposed.One cruiser blew up
The numberof Altack Pointslosr is recorded. after a fire. anotherws sunkand molher lost all ils Attack Points.Cral
AIso,a recordof my dmage whichldts for a limitednunberof oms Speesutreredminimal damaSe.althoughit was hil in the rudder
needsto be raorded md ndked off d eachlum goesby
Conclusion
Exmple The rulesprcvide fast etrectjle gmes. The needlo estimatethe rmges
Haling been esnmated coreclly in range. the A6hal.t fEs a bringsin a intereslingdimension.It is my inlentionnow to play games
broadsidear the ltodd at medium rdge wift 3 Anack Poinrs. If fte witl maybe6 shipsper side.I am also awarethat therere no rulesfor
A6rar.& hasalreadylost one Arack Poim thenonly two can 5e used. lisibility (including at night) or for mdd, which gives me something
The Airnar.t r atrackValue is 5. The DefenceVdtre of the Hood is
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THE BATTLE OF ELCHINGEN lst Brigade- Marcognei- 25th trgere & 27th Ligne.
1805 znd Brigade- Labassee- 50th Licre & 59trtLigne.

A GENER/II DE BRIGADE Corps CaYalrJ - Colbert - 3rd Hussm & loth Chdsem.
Corps Artillery Reserve-
SCENARIO Fourth Dragoon Division (Attached)- Laplanche- l8rh, l9rh & 25rh

by
Da.ae Broun I'ML RIESCE . AUSTRIAN SECON'DCOLI]MN.
Approx. 13,500infdtry, 1,200cavalry & 14 gms.
Tbe Bade of Elchingen was fought betw@tr the forces of Mmhal
Ney's Sixth Corps and Count von Riesch'sAustriu Secod Colum
dDringNapoleon's1805AusterliE campaign. Advmce GDard Cobug ' IR6 (tDdwig) & BlankensieinHussds
Brigade-
Genegdegh's IRl5 (Riese),IR 35 (Mdimilien).
TIIE CAMPAIGN HohenzollemCuiralsien (2 sqns)&
SchwazenbergUnans (1 sqn.).
In early Octob€r1805the Frenchcrede Am@, including Marshal Lrh's Brigade_ IR54 (Frootr),IR5?
Ney's Sixth Corps, was engagedin encircling the ndn Austrian amy (ConoredoGrenadie6)
of Gene.al Mack based in the fortified town of Ulm. Under rhe & HohenzollemCuimsieB (2 sqnt.
protectionof a light cavalry screenthe Frenchcorpsmdched nor6 of Six cannon.
Ulm before closing in behind the AustriaN. General Mack ws
eventually nade aware that F.ench forces had cdied oui an HesstD_Homburg'sDivbion
encirclementof his army but was not particuldly upset,as he fiJr y Advdce Guard - Mescery- lR42 (Ed'ach:)&Et?lienogtuatz
believedhis posirion at Lrlm was virtually im?regmble. Nevenheless cuirassie.s(2 sqns).
snng by fte near panic of his subordinates,he stired from his AuerspergrsBngade - IR3 (Kad),IR24 (Aue6perg) &
contentedinactivily and d@idedupon the strategyof concentralinghis Eahezoe FranzCui6siers (2 sqrs).
forces on fte nonh bank of the Danube River dd then strikng Hemdn's Bngade - lR54 (Froon),lR3 (Kul Grcnadiers),
eatwards. This advancewould eff@nvely cut tbe French lines of IR24 (Aue6perg GrcnadieB)&
comunication vhilst bnngiDgtheAustrie amy closerto the Russid Enhezog Frez Cuidsie6 (2 sqm).
army under Kutuzov curently over 100 miles away on the lower Eight canDon.
Danqbe.Thus theAustrid amy beSd a slo;wearrwardadvancealong (The F@n Infatry Regimenlwd split betweenUlm and Hermann's
rhe north bank ofthe Ddube. BriSades.)
ln the face of this Auslrian advancewas supposedto be Mmhal
Neys Sixth Corps.BDt, due lo bungling by Ma$hal Murat (acting as TIIE BATTLE OF ELCHINGEN
temporarywing co'mdder). all lhar lay in the path of Macks :my
was Ney's First Division under Duponr. as Murar had orde.ed atl In orderto cros the DdDbe Ney wasrequiied rc force a bridgehead
alailable forces to the south bank despile Ney\ heabd objeclions. in the faceof a sizeableenemt Nol beingone to balk al sucha taskrhe
(Indeedthe d8umetrt was so heatedthar slaff ofticen had 10intenene redheadedmdshal imediately ordereda dawnassaultto recaprurerhe
to prcventa duell) tn duecouse Duponfs lone diviion wasattackedat vital bridges.Tl'e elire compdies ofvillattet Brignde*ere utilised for
the conlat of Hslach md despib he.oic resisrancewas forced to this task dd were soonin conrol of lhe bridgesbefore the defending

Napoleon,informedofthe Austrianattack,quickly revi*d his plds, Ney thendeployedvillarc's Brigademd s€ntthe 39thLigne inlo the
rcbukedMuat dd orderedNey backto the north banl to joiD up wilh anack.The 39th bayoneFchdgedthe AustriansdefendinSrhe bridges
the isolatedDulonl. HoweverNey w unableto cros the Danubeat dd sentthem reeling back. Howevertheir punuit took theD towdds
his proposedcrossingplace - Elchingen - a! Mackt SecondColum the main Austrif lines where they were then charged by several
under Feldmdschall-Leuindt Count von Riesch had alreadr reached squadronsof cuinssieB- The 39th withstood this atack, but AusEian
$e village od forcedthe oDtnuDbercdFrenchgdison ro reriearto lhe gcnadies despatchedby Riesch from his resenes lhen launcheda
sout bankof the Dmube. Duine the nighl of 13 OctoberNey's Sixih secondasault. AI this provedtoo mDchfor the weary 39th Ligne who
Corps eived at the Elchingen bridSehead.The following moming werc forced to retreal back 1o the bridgehead.Satisfied witb their
rcvealed that the Austrids nnder Riesch had occupied a strong vicrory the Austriu grenadierstl'en redred ro their o.iginal position.
defensivepositionon the sloping eroundjusr soulh of the bridges.The
village of ObelElchingen with ils im?osing abbeywa situalednear THE ASSALILT ON OBER-ELCHINGEN
the sumit of ftis slope.which continuedto the eastwherc the second Haling disposedof theAustriansdefendingthe brideeheadMarshal
village of UneFElchingen lay at its foot. To prcventa surlrise crossing Ney now orderedan assautton the elenentsofAue6perg's Brigadethar
Rieschhad posteda detachnentof infantrf to cover the two bridges defendedthe village of Ob€rElchingen and its abbel Led by the 6ft
present.Frcm tben respecdvevantagepoints lhe Austriatr 'kaiserlikJ' t gere Villnte\ Brigade stomed !p the slope atrd into ObeF
awaitedmy Frenchatiack. Elchingen.The nain village areaw6 soonovemn despiiesomeslitr
resisldce fron the defendingAusEios. Howeverthe abbey,defended
ORDERSOF BATTLE by the Auenperg Regi.nen! proveda toughernur to cEck. The strong
walls of the abbey kept the French at bay uDtil Ney ordercd up his
MARSI{AL NEY' SXTH CORPS. aitillery. After a bnef bonbardnent the 6th Legere chargedinto the
Approx.12,500infary, I,100cavalry& 28 guns. abbey. A fierce nelee followed from which the 6th emerged
lst DivisioD - Dupont - D€lached. triumphant.The whole of Ober-Elchingendd its abbey wd now in
2nd Division - Irison
lst Brigade- Villatte - 6rh L€gere& 39th Lign€.
2nd Bngade Rouger- 69th Ligne & 76th Ligne. NEY'S MAIN ATTACK
With RoDgefsBrigade,Colben's light cavalry and the Drag@r
38
Ober-Elchingenincluding tle abbey.GlorioDsvidory ir
Unter-Elchingenis also lak€n in additionlo fte above.
I Hs*rHonburs I Aust.iar - To hold ObeFElchingenincludiDgfte abb€ydd Unte.-
__-._lE
/
ffinffi-'^*,,'-iur,"tt
Elchingetr.Gloriousvictory if $e bridgeh€adis confolled
in addition to the above.

{ * GENERAL DE ANGADE ORDERS OF BATTLE

"*rf n*;rlj
IF
FRENCH C-IN-C MARSIIAL NEY
rst Brieade, G€n. Loilon 2nd Brigade,Ge.. Malh€.
q'f o 6th trg€re - 36 figures{Elite) 25$ t4ee - 36r'8u€s(vetem)

E;;;;l;i n 39lh Ligne - 36 figures (Elite)

69lh Ligne - 36 figures (Line)
76thLiene - 36 figures{Line)
27tI Ligne' 36figures{Line)
50rhLigne' 36fignrs {Line)
596 Liene' 36iigms (Line)
-
Elite companies 24 figures (Elite*)
division over the Ddube dd asembled Mmhal Ney mw launched *(Detachedgrenadierand cmbinier conpaniet
hjs main attack.Rouget'sBrigade wd ordered1ossaDlt the Auslrim
line jun b rhe easrof Ob€r-Elchingen.To suppon this advece Ney 3rd Brigad€-Division.l Artilery 4th B.igsde, Col. Colbert
ordered the Ansrid forces in md mDnd fte village of Unrer 8p.li foot banery ' 4 modelsms - (Line) Husm l0fisures (Line)
Elchingen ro be alteked md neDtrlised so they could nol inrerfere [The Frenchplayer may balvethis
wilh Rouget's assaDlt.This pinning tdk was given to Laplmche anillery into two modelgun batteri€sand
commandingthe Frenchdmgoons,(underhis commd wa a certdn atrachthem to his infantry b.igades-l
young Colonel tefebvrc Desnouettes.)tipldche rosesup€rblyto lhe
task md ove.lhrew tbe ADslrid forces deployed mund UnleF 5th B.igade - Artilery R6en€ 6lh Brigade, Laplanche
Elchingen(ErbachIR42 dd HoheMollem Cd6sie6) with a se.iesof 8pdr fool battery 3 model guns (Line) lSth /l9th 25th DEgoons
succesful chdSes. [Not a bad pe.fomnce co$iderinS the p@. 18 figres (veteran)
reputationof FrenchdraSoonsin this cmpaign.l
Rougefs B.igade, supportedby Colbert's light cavalry. now AUSTRIAN C.IN.C VON RIESCH
advdced Dp the slope lowdds the main Austrie line. RoDSefs69tb
md 76th R€gimenhengagedrhe defendinSAustrim in a fftliehl ad lst Brigade, FML Laudor
begd 1ogain the upp€r hand $ the A$t ian infantry sranedto give Erzhenog Ludwig IR8 I x 24 fiBres (Conscript)
groDnd. Riesch, beconing increasinglydesperate,ordered his Karl RieseIR15 I x 24 figurcs (Conscripl)
remaining cavalry to charge th€ flank of Rougefs men. Fonunately ManmiUenIR35 2 x 32 ligues (Line)
Colb€n's cavalry was to hand and succeededin intercepting the Frcon IR54 I x 24 figures {Conscnp0
Austriancavalrybeforcit could do any real ham lo the Frcnchinfantry- JosefCollo@doIR 57 1 x 24 figures(crenadiers)
This allowed Rouget to finish off the faltenns Austrian battalions.
vhich elentually brokeard fled into the "GreatForest"to their rea. By Hohenzollem cuiEsiers
now Ri€sch had seen enougb - with his flanks collapsing and the l0 ligures (Line)
appearanceof funher F.ench troops on ll)e field - Mahler's Division
was ove. lhe Danubeand deployed- the Austriancomander ordered 2nd Brigade, FML Hexsrn-Homburg
a withdmwal back toweds ulm and impendingdisster ErbachIR42 2 x 32 figures (Line)
Euhezog K&l IR3 2 x 24 fiss (Line)
CONCLUSION 2 x 24 fisures (Line)
Loses: French apprcx. 1.500.AustriaDapprox-4,000. Ney's Fmn IR54 I x 32 figres (Conscript)
perfomance at Elchingenemed him the title of Duke of Elchingen EzheEog KeuAue6p€rg I x 24 figures (grenadie.s)
rron Napoleonand cledly showsN€yt ability s a generalalong eith
his aggressivea$cking nature. The racdcd skill showd by Ney in Erzher.og FranzCunarsiers
sendingRougefs Brigadeat the most vulnerablepoint of the Austrian
line where the Austrian flank was resting on French held Ober- 3.d BRIGADE, DIYISIONAL ARTILLERY
Elchingen. combined with cavalry anack to pin the enemy flan-k
highlighishis genuinenadial ability. 6pdr foot batiery - a nodel gnns- (Line)
As fo. Mack he had adually alrerdy called off the aftackafter a bnsh lThe Ansrim player may hlve this anillery inlo two model gun
with the French at Weningen,but the news had yer to reach Riescb batreriesmd altachthemto his infatry brigades.l
beforehis clashwith Ney.He now retired to Ulrn to awaittbe dival of +Ausfim playeB usedto hl8e Austrian battalio.s should note that
Kutozov's Rusians- but for the "unfortunale GeneralMack" events lhe Mack rcfom. ol 1805reducedto numberof companirspel
were to tum out somewhatdifferenlly- battalion from six lo fou. Additional reductionsin size and AusEian
quality rcflect the mauling received edlier in the campaiCnat the
TIIE BATTLE OF ELCHINGEN SCENARIO coDbat of Haslachand the genemlp@r morale at the tine.
ORBAT KEY
This scendio otre6 a chance to refight Ney's epic battl€ a1 Th€ unit is list€d 6st fouowedby the trumberof figures in ihe unn.
Elchingen. It canbe playedon a tablesizercund6' x 4'and foughtio (at l:20) finally followed by it moralemting. Eachgun frodel is crewed
a conclusion in about thEe to four hou6. For the purposesof the
sce.ario th€ forces involvedhavebeenreducedby apprcximatelyfifty SPECIAL RULES
percentto allow eachdivision to be easily conve.ledirto a brigadedd L The French player must write down his order of march into the
.o prcducea morendageable game. bridgeheadarea.He my bring onebrieadeper tum into the @a du.ir8
the movementphase.It thenhaltsand awaitsordeB-The pesnce of a
MISSION b.iSadewithin the bridgeheadareawill nor prevemofter bngadesfron
Frcnch - To securcthe b.idgeheadarea:control the woodsand take
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2. The woods@ cldsed d p@r te[ain. The slopeis clssd asSood
TRONTIINEWARCAMINC
3-Thevillagestuecla$edN buildingsandObeFElchingen is uphill. GIBRALTARFARM
Both may hold a mdimum of 50 fiCurcs. HAM TANE
4. The abbeyis a sep@te featurc. It may hold a frdimum of 40 CILLINGHAM
6gu€s md hasa meleefactorof +3. KINT
5. A numb€rof small lields fd @as of rcugh grcund should be ME73lt
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RELEASES
one spde b.igadegeneral,the Aushianshavenone.
7. Austriatr infdtry unirs must either be all deployedin line or atl
AFV 22 sHIRMAN MK] MELDED HULL)
deployedin colum theremay not be a nixture of lhe two fomalions Afv23 PANZFRMK4 (EARLY
SHORT75mm)
within the samebrigade-Excepnon- individual units nay fom colum Arv 24 PANZERMK4(TONC 75dfr)
plrely as an aid to movem€nt-Onceredeployedthey nust confom to 20mm TTANSPORTRANCT
rhelomarionol rheremarning bngadeInf&q DniL. TR ]] BRIT]SHAUSTINX6 HEAVYTORRY
DEPLOYMENT
The Austrian piayer nay occupy any of the dope arca and both TR ]] FIAT62] LORRY
villages.No units may be deployedin lhe [email protected] may deploy up to 2tmmwltD wtSI MNct
two infdtry units eithin 20cmsof the bridgehead.(Represenlingthe 25FW]2 LOG RAFI WITH LOAD
foruird trniis detachedby Reiscbto coverthe bridget.
The French player sians with lhe lst Brigade deployed in the
fcs fTATROOFADOBE DWELLINCWITH
SIDI STAIRS
The Anstrid playq now deploys and issueseach brigade with an FORINDIA,N.AfR]CA
5UITABLE
order Ney issueshis lst Brigadewith an oder and bat e cotunences!
THE REFIGIII POSI AND PACKINC
Tle Ausrid C-in'C (reprcsentedby a b€fitting Napoleoniccoach ]O% UK,20% EUROPI,40%OTHER
dd hoses model) decidedto @cupy Ober-Elchingenwith Laudont sTocKtsTs
Brigade ad UnterElchingen with Hesen-Homburg. He split his A.P.P.5.
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anillery into two snall brigade batteries.h order to kep his force MAIDSTONE KENT01622662903
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Ney pluned to 6sauh OberElchingen wilh tnison's BriSade.the
dogoons anddivbional arlillery while Malher dd the anillery rcsde chffged the village of ObecElchingen and it! abbey.Laudon'sweI
were to pin HessenHomburg. The French order of march was the sited battery broughtfurther accuratefire on the 6$ t egerecausingit
d6Soons first, followed by rhe divisional artillery 2nd Bngade, tne to falter shortofthe abbey.Neverthelesthe rcmainingFrenchstomed
reseryeartillery dd finally Colbert'ssmaUcavalrybrigade. in dd l@k both the village and abky only to be ihrown out of Obe.
Once deployed Ney placed Loison's Bngade in nixed order md ElchinSenby e Austrian counter-attackfion tnudon's secondline.
orderedan dsaull on OberElchinged.The village was well defended, The 69th grinly beld onto the abbey.Both sidesnow paDsedto refom
Austrio grcnadieB covered the left fldk supponed by both the
Blankenstein h im md Hohenzollem Cunasien. while a second On rhe French right flank Malhels Bngade wa! engagingHessen-
line of infanuf lay behiDdthe village as a reseRe.Laudon'sanillery HombDrg'smen in a seriesof firefights md enjoying great successin
wd well sited on bis left ned the abbeyand posilionedat an angleso $rowing back severalAustrid batialions. This prcmpted Riesch to
dy advdcing tr@ps would be continuouslyengaged. order foNard $e Errherog FrM cuinssieB. The presenceof
As Ney's auackgol DndeNay tiudoD\ small batierybegu a telling AusE rn cuirossien fdced the Fredch anackcolums into squarcand
cannonade(first roll a double six!) tnat w6 to continually plagre rhe hindered my attack on Unler Elchingen. To counter this Malher
unfortunale6th Legeredeployedon $e Frenchnght flank for ihe endre orderedfosard his anillery resefle againstthe Austrim cavalry while
game!UndauntedNey pushedon undl Rieschseizedthe initiative ed he continuedto thrashHessen-Honburg'smain line. The pressureon
orderedLaudon to engagethe French wilh all his cavalry.This r@k the Auslrid left flank increasedwith the deathof Hessen-HombDrg,
Ney by surpriseandaltowedthe HohenzollemCuirassiersto chargethe bDt the ADstrids soDehowpased their brigade morale test and the
39th Lign€ srill deployedin lin€. while the Blarkensbin Huslan look renaining units clunSlo Unte.Elchingen.
on the FrenchdFgoons.Th€ 39th lived up to ften nde dd delivered Back at OberElchingen the had at last beenable to b.ing Laudon's
a t emendousvolleyi combined wilh fire from the iwo supporting "lucky" banery under effective anillery fire and with the help of
coluDns. ihis b.oughi the cuirasieB 1oa disorgdised hall. With the sKrmishe6 eventuallydroveit off. Howeler ftis wasbo lale to prevent
enemy cav.lry lhftat r€eding Loison cotrtinued his advoce aDd another Austrian counter-attack recapturing ihe abbey. Loison's
bau€redbngadewar regroupedfor oDelasl assaDit-Colbens cavalry
was orderedto suppon ftis attack. The Frerch battalions made one
final efiort to capure ObeFElchinSen.but it was not to be. Telling
Austrinn volleys stoppedall but one of the Frenchattackswhile in lhe
meleepha$ $e odesuccessfulFrenchcolum failed to takethe villa8€
and war ejectedwith heavyloss-
with the chanceto takeObeFElchingenslipping awayNey tumedto
his flank for asistdce but, despite his throwing back Hesen-
Homburgt nain line, tle Austries still held onto Unte.Elchingen. A
bloodiedNey d@idedthat Mahler wasnol in a posidonto a$ist against
ObeFElchingen,wd in need of a beer a so called it a day. The
Ausrian llayer nobly acknowledgedtl'at bjs left was shatteredand he
hnd onl) jusr held onlo Obe.ElchinSen, g@tly helped by Laudon's
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Mdicd villager. who is identicalto lhe old geezerfron the la$ anicle.
SKIRMISHING Sl.dge how everyMexicanvillage ha! a really wise old bloke.yet they
WILD WEST MOVIES. de 6lwaysin tbe lap of poveny.The following day the Bunch ride out.
rccompdied by lhe stains - and I nean sFains- of the winneB of the
No. 3 The Wild Bunch Worel Choir in Mcrico Award, 1917. At Aguaverde.a rough town
teening wilh raggedFederaleFoops.we seeGenemlMapache,a fat,
by drunkenbum who showsup in a red Model T Ford, againhelpinSro
emlhasise the feeling of impending chmge that haunts tne movie.
Ian Barstoro What Eally is desiSnedto grate thoDShis the prcsenceof two of de
KaiseCsfinest, CommandantMohr and his sidekick,who areacting as
It I'he Mognifcent Sevensetthe stodard for wested to follow in the the g@d gene.alh advisors.Whilst waiting to otrer fteir senices. who
sixties, ihen ii was fl?e Mld rur., which chdged that pattem and should show up but thnt trollop Teresa,who says sone unpleasant
which has endued ever sirce. Dirccted by slow-motionfetishist Sm things in Spmish lo poor old lole-snuck Angei, beforedmpingherself
Peckinpah.this is a film that realy did boldly eo where no one had .tl over Mapache.Feling mitred. Angel drills her and js arrestedfor
ulinS ro shoorMapache, al$oDghPikeexplansine circumsrances. \o
For a stan, there&e no goodiesin the filn [email protected] the Federalesseulefor giving Angel a goodhiding.
Easrwoodin the spaSbettiwestems.The Wild Bunch actively use Pike negotiatesa deal to sreal a shipmentof US weaponsfrcn a
unmed women fo. cover! Fron the very openingshotsthat include supply tEin acrossthe border in rctum for $10,000in 8old. He even
cbildretr tonuring two scorpionsro death amongsta pile of etraged mamgesto attainAngel's release,bDtyou 8et the feeling that this nay
dts, you know thal you aJein for a bloodfest,and PeckDpahd@s not not be such a good move in the long run. The train robbery goes
disappoint- Setin 191?.we see$e mainmembers of theBunch,deked smoolhly,despitethe presenceof a platoon of greenUS r@ruits plus
out in US cavatryfatiSues.riding into a SouthTexa! town. Tley are: Thomron s possewho haveguessedcorectly that the Aunch will strike
Pike Bishop (Witlid Holden), Dtrtcb Engslrom (Enesr Borgnine), the train, They agree to let Angel have a cde of munition md
Angei (JaimeSdchez). Lyle Gorch (Wden Gat€s)and Tector Gorch weaponsfor his people to figbt Mapehe. As Thomton pnBues the
(BenJobnsoo).It's a waclryinbo, with the sfieen occasionallyfteozing Bunch back into Mexico, they blow !p a river bridSewith the possein
od fading to a pmbment etret a the creditsare show. Oe middte of it. sendingthem all spectacul&lyinto the river
RidinS up lo the ba*. they dismom! dd n is clear that other InvestigatiDgtheir haul, Pike finds a machineeun whicb tbey
membes of rhegangde alrcadyin town, making the Bnnch\ nqmber welen t expecting.andusesit mouDtedon a wagonalongwith a b@by
up to about l0- However,d rheygo inlo the bank.it beconescled rhar Fap of explosivesto stop Mapache's mer who were intending 1o
a tFp has beetr laid for then. On the roofs above are the worldt double-crcssthe Bunch md steal the weapons,which is of course
scabbiestpose, employedby nasty railwaynatr Huigd to dbDsh ilegal. tnsreadPike agres .hat they will go to Aguaverdein four
dd kill the Bunch, who havecledly beengiving him sl@lless niehts sepdate grcups to collel their noney and hand over fte weapons.
for somelime. L€adingthe poss is DekeThomton (RobertRyd) who much to Mapachet annoyance.
is a former partnerof Piket beforc being sentto YumaJail. Harrigan, Everylhing goes well, including giving Malache a presentof the
it tums out later. h6 Thomton by the smalls- either ger rhe Bunch or mnchine-gun.until it is Angelt dd Dutch s tum. It s@N that
it\ back to Yuma - bqt he in tm is ill seNed by the guner rash be Mapa.he is awareofAngel s anlics, courtesyof Teresas mother who
leads, epitonised by the coNtmdy bickering chdacters played by h6 g6sed him up. and the Fedecles seizehim for stealingthe guns.
thosesDpponingca$ sblwarts of dozns of wstems, StrotherManin Dutch is rcnderedhelpless,blt gives Angel a neaningtut stareas he
ed LQ Jones,playing Cotrer md 'TC r€specnvely.
Anyway. lhe raid endsup much lka the Jdes Gdg at Nonhfield, B.ck at the camp. $e Bunch @ awaititrgthe rerum of Sykesftom
and, arnongst$e confusio! of a Temperuce Union march, only the his visit to Aguav€rdeandtakitrg the time to discus whetherto go md
fivena'n membeugeLa$ay.Tle ca\nalryIis' is greatr.hoqeverBoth help Atrgel. They decide not to bother. ud witnes Sykes being
sidesshow a completecontemptfor all humanlife, and the towDsfolk ambushedby the possemd wounded.LeavinSthe old tiner lo his fate.
take a huge number of cdualties, suitably gore-covered6 befits a they d@ideto go back to Aglave.de, rcasoningthat the pose will not
Peckinpa,hmovie. During it, Pike recognisesThomlon. but kilh the follow them into rhe tom-
mannexrto him instead-One thin8 of noreduing the lighr hereare rhe On $eir amval. Mapalheu doing lapsof Lhetotrn squm in d
weapons.Strofter Martin\ chdacter cdies a K6g Jor8ensenbrerch overloaded Model T which is clearly breaching his third party
loadea whilsr the prefered weaponsof the Bunch de pump,&tion insumce cover. not to mention rhe no rowing wouDdedprisoneB'
shotguns- ny ovn peBonatfavourite ed Colt automalics.Nice. clause which has also gone out of the wirdow- Angel is looking
Riding jnto Mexico, the BuDcbe at leastconsoledby rhe facr thar decidedly fte wo6e for we&, atrd the BuDchre so moved that Pike
ihey cme away with the loot. or so lhey tlinl At the rendezvous. offe6 half his shareto buy Anget b&k. Mapach€is in no m@d lo
wherewe ner lhe last (andotdest)nember, FrcddieSykes,playedby agee, however,dd fte Burch are convincedto go off ad sleepwith
d exlrcmely grizled Fnmond O'Brien, it transpiresthat the 'moiey'
is in fact nothine morc tban hatf-a-dozenbags of washe6. This is So the sene is set for the final sbowdown.The foliowing moming
cteely not good, md the Bunch begin bickenng amongstthemselves, seesDutch sittinS outsidethe hous whitding where the olhers have
a Fait wbich contitruesthJoughourthe movie. I suspectthat rhis is beenothevise engaged,dd Pike eening dr€ssed.He look! in on the
anotherEalism method employedby Peckinpahto hetp the lowlife Gorches, who ee involved in a nnmcial disagr@mentwith ften
atmosphereof the filn. md if so, it work! well. whore, and simply says 'Lett go. It is fairly cled that this is no
Reovqing frcm their disappointnent, Pike leads the Buch to throwawayline, andLyle l@ks up dd says'Why not?'This €xchmge
Angeh home village. This hd b€n badly work€d over by General epitonises the economyof (words,which is a chdacterisic of the film.
Mapacheand his Fedenles. Angelt father has b€en killed dd his Outside eveo fewer words re neededto coNey qhat's going on to
sweetheart.Teresa,has8on€off wilh Mrpache.All in all ooth€r bad Dutcb, Just a mutedchucHe.They go to then bo6es dd tool Dp-Big
day. ADgel is a]l for giving Mapachea larte of iq but Pike is morc time- The scendio descriptionwill tully revealtbe weapordyinvolved,
pmgmtic. Needing the ever-popular'last big score he decidesthat but suffice to say thal il is satisfactoryfor the job in hand.As rhe four
lhey should go and se Mapacheal Aguaverdeto try dd make some walk side by side towards the plea ea the abysmalchoir Lick in
noney. BefoE this thougb,the Bonch spendihe night at the tradirionat again.oily this time they apped to havebad a night on the liles, dd
eveningdisco pariy (seeft. MaSnrfcat S?v?afor detaitsof how this sone @n't evensinSitrBthe sde sorg. Nevenheles il suitsthe mood
social tuDction works) dd Pike chab ro the obligatory wise old perfectty.and the fou make d irtercsting pdody to tbe walk of the
Earpsin every film aboft tie OK Coral.
Ariving al the plaza, Mapacheand hjs minioB de siting on fte
open ftonted ve.anda, mongst tables loaded wirb booze and a
KEEPWARGAMING
machine-gun-Everythinggoesquiet. 'wlat you w&r?' asksMapache, ffi PaulendTeress Bailey
n:G In€^eeP
souDdingfor all the sodd like the wolm at ou locar Chinese EI-5-!aI LeMarchanl
Baracks,LondonRoad
takeaway-Pike telh him that rhey havecome for Angel, and eventhe grell| Devizes,
Wiltshire,
SN10 2ER,IJK
h.lf-cui Mapachecan l fail to Doticethat they'vecomeloadedfor bed. ffire Tel& Fax(01380)724s58
He then producesAn8el, ed promplly curs his rhoat. This is a bad W. .hall be at lhe lollosins shows in itE n..r nnuB:
cmeermove for the gene.al,wbosebody goesan inlerestirg sbadeof 14lV1slhNov
red very quickly. Tharis the bits that havent beenblown off, of course.
Real silence reigns now. as $e MexicaDslook on in horoa and fte 28lv29thNov
Bunch. weaponsstill diawn. look douDd froD tdget to target.waiiing
for someoneto makea move. Nobody d@s, ed Dutch chucklesone
l6t time to Pike, who finally. in a life of violent crime, decidesro do SAHAC !b, ShewsburyHospjtsl
the right, d@entthing. He shootsfte Gematr. For turth.r deialls of lhe ran96s re en supply, borh mail order and ln
th.3hop, pl€*.3€nd an S,S-A"E or 2lRCsto lrF aboE add@,
This got a mdsile cheerwhenI sawit at the cinena, alftough I can t 3tating, if po*ibl., your .@ ot l.ri4st
think why. Anyway. atl hell breaksloose-Mapache\ nen comeout of
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the woodwork,and most get seriouslyklled. Headingfor the verdda, [email protected]: All 15mn addnost 25hm ranges& Fal Pa.tha
nobody is spred. women. children. pets.Tector gets n6r Bo on rhe Heroi6& FosFiqores & RoundMyMiiiatubs- allrguc 6nges
nehine-gun,followedby Lyle dd nnallyPike.Finaliytheyre shot DixonMiniatuEs- All 15mm& 25mmdng€s, FAA,Triton,
to piaes by sheerweighr of numbe6, bur rbebody counris impo$ible oavo ' sdrdct€dEng€s,Nawar & Naismirh- sel€red anqes.
MuseudM d atuGs,SHQMinialuGs.
Aniving larer,Thomton seesthe cmaSe ad hasrime 10tate Pike\ Plastic Kits
pislol from irs holsteras a partitrg souvenir.Thereis no Eiumph on his Malchboxwhicloq Ailf{ B@ i Fujim& Haselawa
face. Sadly the samecannotbe said about rhe renainder of the po$e, gooks & Rules
who go straightto work looking for gold leelh. FinaUy rhey straptne Wa4d.s R@arch Goug TablelopGamesNewburyFulostOsp€y Msnar
four corpsesonlo the backsof hoses nd preporeto ride out. leaving Amq E ite,Vanguad& CampalgnSe esi An$hlu$; AclireSeruicePessi
Thomton silting againslthe run down town wall. He is not going back_ Plusseleled litles nofr frdy olherpublisheB,
HouB latea Sykesndes in accompmiedby rhe wise old matred his Terrain& Mod€lBuildings
pals. He seesThomton and lells him thar $ey aE going south ro do K&MT@; Hovels(6 n)i MainlyMilitsry(esin):
somebusiness.Feelingno dimosiry, he invitesThomtonalong,ed the Hadcoverosisn (cad)
film ends6 they ride otr togelher,laughingonce more,joined by fte shopopenTues,sal(10.0o,6.00pm) vlSA and ACCESS ,€cepl€d
\pirjt5 oi rheBunch.ed \cdly b) rhechotr qho in,:\r ol .rrCrnCc
closing number Shamethey w€ren t in the squm whenPikegot on the ARMY LISTS
The lwo sidesare equippedpreciselyas they apped in rhe novie. As
One thinS is for ceriain. Al the end of the final dedi$ rhere is no for ntings dd specialch@ctenstics, thesede basedon rwo facto6.
disclaimer stating 'No Scorpions were hurt h the making of rhis Firstli how the chdacler appeds in the film. dd secondly,who
playedhim dd how he is ratedon ny own compretelybided chan of
westem acro6. Where I have made such dsessnents, I will let you
TIIE GUNFIGHT

This scenarioh complelely differem in sryle from eirher of the lasl SCENARIO1: "wE'\,E COME FORANGEL."
lwo, alftough once more ir does include gunning down heaps of
Mexicdq bur Federalesihis tine, wirh rheaddedatEacrionof a coDple The Bunch.
of Gemds. However I have designedrhis one as a sort of Murder l Pike Bishop - L€gend;CEck Shot,Very Hdd As Nails. Quick
Pinball, wift the ob.jectivebeing to ourscoreyou opponentin dead Shot;P/A shoEun, Colt Aulomatic, 3 lisrols.
Federales-This cd be acconplishedin one of two ways. lf onty two 2. Dutch Engstrom- Shootistivery Hard As Nails, Nenes of Steel.
playeB N available,eachplayer has a go at playing rhe wild Blnch. ToughrP/A ShoEun,Pisrol. Bag of crenades.
atrdbasedon the victory chartthe highestscorerwin!. Ifrhere ee three
or moreplayers,it is an ideato haveonepoor soul lumberedwith being 3. Lyle Gorch- Shoodsqvery Hed As Nails, Cbmed; P/A Shotgun.
Mapachedd pals, whilst eachof the other playm takeson one of the Colt Automatic,Pistol.
Bunch. attemlting then to outscorc his tem,nares before the 4. TectorGorch Shoolist;Very Hard As Nails. LucB, Knifemdr
inevitable conchsion ensues.I Isow rhat this is not fair, as the Bunch Wincheste.Rifle. Pistol, Knife.
are not all equalin ability, but hey,thafs Hollyw@d.
A. GetreralMapache- Gumani Drunt, Clumsy,Cuned:
To recap,the tem line ups de a! follows:
Pistol & Knife.
IIIE WILD BUNCH. B. Co'mtuddt Mohr - GunmaniRunt, Slow: Pistol.
P;i<eBishop - william Holden C. Emst Gumdi Clunsyi Pisrot.
Dutch Engslom - EmestBorgnine
D Federale Ol6ceA- Cmmd. Slooprd:Pirrol.
Lyle Gorch ' waren Oates
Tector Gorch - Ben JohnsoD E. RandomFederales(seeRddod FederaleChart) alt de Citizens;
Srclopid-
GEMRAL MAPACIIE'S FEDERALES.
Mapache Emilio Femandez NOTES
Colmdddt Mohr - Femodo WaSner The main thing to be nodcedis the wide veiety of unusuaiweaponry
Emst (the comnandantt pal) , JoryeRado available to the Bunch. This ranges ftom Colt Aulomaric pisroh
thmughto the machine'gundd Dutch\ grcnades,andbelow thereis a
special section on rules for these weapons.Th€ tedain itself is Roll anotherD6: On a I, ir is a dud and fails to go otr, olheNise
elativelyconfined,andneedsonly a 4' x 4 lableto play on. Il should everybody*irhin 3" susbins a wound! Nice.
be noredthat in lhe Amy Lisrs I havebeenpadiculady kind to Tector Thisseleclionofspecial weapons shouldkeeptheBunchin rhegane
Ben Johnsotr\ characterThis is b€causeI am a hugeBen Johnsonfe. for a while. By the way, in caseoybody has forgotten since rhe 66r
all rhe way back ro rhe Cavalry Tnbgy wirh The Duke (if you donl article, theserules de wrirten with Tle Ruleswith No Nme available
know *ha1 and who I m lalkng abourrhenyour prents broughtyou frcm Grcmsey Foundry (hey ll be in the ma8 somewhere)fimly in
up wrong), and as suchBen can do no wron8. AII the Bunch are rated
asvery Hdd As Naih. This Deansthat eachcm rakeTWO woundsfor
frce beforedmage kicks in, asopposed1othe usualone woundfo. the
basic chdacEristic. This raling is cle&ly justified by lhe dount of IIISTORICAL OUTCOME
punishmentihey lake before succunbing. unlike their fd weedier
PretF/much everybodydies herc. Obviously the Bunch g€r it, but no1
opponents.In contrast tbe Federalesare so fe€ble lhar dy hit oth€r beforedecimatingMap&he s entireamy. I defy anybodyto prcvide an
thd a gue resultsin inslar deaft- Indeed,theseareperhapsfte only accuraleheadcountibut my estimateis between50 dd I00 dead,
lroops io ane below Calvefrt bddirs, dd I'm pretty cerrainnoneof includin8 all the officers and the two Gemds.
lheseMexicds was ever in the.High Chapaml. The fact that half of
ihem slandaroundl@kine lo$ meansrh€y are all univeBally raled as
VICTORY
The Fedemlesdon'r havea charce of viciory. They only havedegrees
DEPLOYMENT of defeat.dd nobodycaresaboutthar myway. OnceMapacheis dead,
The Bunch de deployed as pe. then code numbeB in a diamond theyare deslinedto fall apan asa tghting fo.ce anyway,dd rhanksto
fomalion. Mapacheis on the sreps.havingjusr cut AnSeh rhroal.The his positionthis is likely Io bepreny quick. As for the Wild Bunch.rhey
Gemes and the 6 FederaleolficeE are standingabourrhe lable wirh
lhe nachine gun- A furlher l0 Federalesa.e standinSabolr lhe other
ComDandatrt Mohr, l0 poinrs.
Emst 5 points.
Rmdom FederaleThble. Fede6leOffice6- 3 poiDrs.
D10 EDtry Point Federales
I D6
2 This is for kills only,of couFe.
B D4
3 c Bl Rifles
4 D D6 STARTING TIIE BALL
5 E D3 Rifles
D3 Rifles The gamebeginsafier Mapachehascut Angelt thmat. For the fi61 1um
7 A&C D3 Rifles put in only the Action Cards and the caJdsbelonging to the Bunch.
8 B&D D3 Ratherbadluck on Mapache, unles theJokerconesup fiNtl Eachtum
9 E&F D2 after rhe thi.d, roll on the RandomFederaleTable to delemine how
l0 Alt D3 Rifles nany nore rdgersde likelyto aEive-So,thafs fte Wild Bunch.Now
I cant hold backdy longe. Number4 willjust havero includeThe
TERRAIN Man himselt We'll seenexttime if The RulesWirh No Namecan

The mble repres€nlslhe main courtyardot Mapachet HQ a1

Aguaverde.It is walled in wilh arches @presentedby rhe entrance Number l: Gunfightrl the OK Corral wss in WI 129
points for the Federales.In the movie they alsooverlookfte counyard, Number 2: The Magnificeni Sevensas in WI l3l
bDt the playerswill haveenoughto conlendwith withourbofterjng
virh wharis,afierall, analtemarive slo-moshotior Urcle Sm. All lhe
lerain is sionebuilt.andtheenbmcepoinlsro thesidesof thevetuda
aredoo6lo intefral buildings.Apart from tnesema.kedpoints.rhe€ is
no way in or oDroithe squde.

SPECIAL RULES
The MachiDe-guD.whoeve. Setsthei. pawson this finds theDselves
wilh theequivalenrof a six-badeuedrifle. eachbftl of*hich canbe
dimeda1 a differenrtrget. rep.esenring the spmy of fte weapon.
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 placedfacedowtron the temin piecein question(or undern if having
Troops In the Larlrdscape 2 bits of cardlying mund the tableoffendsyour aestheticsensibilities...)
or Random Musings on the dd may only be lookedat by a llayer whenhe / shemovesa unit into
contacl with the temin piece. This simple mechanisn cd creale a
Nature of Terraln much more flowing barde(the Oeman commanderdiscoversih ihe
forest on which he'd itrterded to rcst his flank is jn facr passablero
by armour,suchas lhe regimentof T34s approachitrgfrom the north...)
Dominic Skekon 'Ihe
secondpoint which I wish to ad.lies is tbe ralher difficult otre
ofjust how rhe troops fif into the landscape.Broadly speakng this
This anicle is mainly Mike Siggis' fault (onemorething to addto lhe comesdown to threefactors.figuE scale,unit size and the size of yoDr
lin...) While banng $rcugh old WIj the olher day (trying to find terain pieces. Therc is a tendency in warganing io stddddise
pictms of Richdd Mmh\ 20IM World W& tr ships, but that's everything.This is of coursenatural.25Im figur€slook nice jn 24 nan
anotherslory...) I siDmbledacrossthis piece. 'Trcops In The batt.lions. olr dcient terain doublesup 6 horseand Dusket lefrin
Lddscape" (hencethe deldtatingly origiral lide; it\ in W1104 by the md so on-However.this unconsciousslandardisatjoncan leadlo losing
way.)Somehowftis had failed 1ogEb me on the f$l reading(must've sobe of tle "flavoui of a given wdgames period. To tnke one of fte
beenin a confomi$ srateof mind that day) bul this dme mund, for morc obviousexdples, I ll l@k at the edly 18thcentury.If askedto
betteror for vorse. it gor me thinhng. I shanl go over the argumentsin describelhe bctics of fte period, the fint word that most peoplewitb
i! go backand Hd ir if you're itrterest€dlRather,I shall shareny own sone knowledge of the p€riod will use i! "lined", dd "riSid or
entightercd(or benightedasthe casemay be-..)thoughlson the subject. "inflexibte is likety to crop up too. However,gamesset in ftis period
The key queslion I wish to addr€ssis that of "how do ihe troops often proveto be tesslinear and nore flexible. This isn'l necestuily a
interact with the terain in a gme?' while rules invariable cover fault of fte rules in use.butather of the sizesof Dnit md teraitr used-
tenain, ir\ often ii a very cursory manner(a couple of movemenl Most wmgamersuseterain pieces6 incbeslo a foot at the most&ross,
reshictions and a couple of tuing penelties, usually-) For inshce, and field fteir troopsin ttdddd" units (16 x 25Im figws seemsto
warhanner class.s teoain as open. difficult. very difficult or be a favouriE for l8th ceniury,giving a 6" ftortage or thereabouts,in
impassable.wi$ 0, -l or -2 modifiers on fi.ing, while,4147 Replrlr two ranks). Therefore the resuh is forces that @ utrealistically
(a fine systen on which I sped too much Inoney....)is elen nore ''nippy". A battalioncan rapidly nove dound a pieceof terain, as its
simplisricin its approach.This however,canl reasonablyb€ levelledas small relative size enablesfte difficull going to be readily avoided.
a criricism of rules writeE: a serwift a list of 50 drstrncttenain l}Tes Similady, n can swifily wheello faceirs flail dd soon. This is nol, in
is going to be unplayable, dd besides, tlere are only so many Dy opitrion, realistic. A far more suitableapproach(thaiks lo Tim at
Dodifie6 that you can reasonablymake on a d6 .oll, after att. That the Grimsby club: his Sev€nYearswm gameswere enough1o8et me
d@sn't howevermed that things should automaticallybe left as rhey stanedon the penod) is to produceunits which arerot manoeur'rable.
re. Rather.a little time should be spentby the playe6, considering (40 odd 25Im fieures gives 12 to 18 inch ftontage.which is. Aankly,
whal special eff@ts the remin may have in a given gme. A few a birch ro wheel qith... In this way.the "feel of lhe period is captured
secondsspentconsideringfte tenain cd mak€ a huge difference io more readily. (You have ro pld for the terain in advance.nol jusl
gameplay.Fo! iDstance,at the local club (Gnnsby watgmes Club) we slumblethroughor aionndil, at lea$ if yoDwdr your lovely neatbattle
end b usea housetule for AK4? (OK I nention ftis set too often, bur line 10slay6at way...)
I've beenplayinSil al leastoncea fortnighi larely,so exmples de easy Finally movinS1othe other end of the spectrum,there@ instdces
ro comenp with) ro ihe effecl that sunkenrcads md river bankscounl when we Dse too |Jmy troops for nor enough table. \Warhanner
a! cover This is a very minor addition, which nonethel€sscd create 44000 playerseverywhe€ shoDldknow this one...)This is a problem
btally new tacticdl siruations.,! vehicle unih ccasionally adopt a which rendsro nmifest itself nainly in tqentietb centurygmes. The
defen\ive.ran(e. r,rher$an consbnrl)manoeulring. basic ditrculty is that noden mies lend to be dispeBed,while olr
An evenmore mdicat apprcachis for rerain efects to be variable. toy soldiers.welt. don1. Therefore modem" gameslend to become
This ce lead to ar intercstingelementof the unknown,ratherlhan m too resrrided ad rhe gamefaits to flow''h rhe way lhat ir should.
instantly appnisableprobtem.For instance,a DBM playerwhen faced This caDbasicallybe solvedin two ways:biggertables(inpracical) or
with a wood halfway acro$ the battlefield wiu checkhis rulebookand smaller:mies.. the Dodem ba0efield isnl generallyloo crowded,so
seethat his lrgionaries will nove 100laces per bound.and havea -2 our gaming tables shouldn'i be either My penonal preferenceis 1o
conbal penalryin clok conbar againslfool to their frcnt. Caes&,on sinply fighr snall battles.(For insrdce on d 8 by 5' table, I'll field
the other hdd, would have seena piece of woodlmd md wondered t500 pointsof Wofiannet t10,000or 600 pointsof WorldWd tr figures
how denseit war, if n could be palsed throtrgh.how badly ir would in Aapid F E, .arber ftd forcestwice the size which peopleseemto
hinde. his 6oopsperfomance in conbnt ed so on. like using.The o$er opinion is lo usesmrlid mies in a more liieral
This in rm leadsto bother "inprovenenf in the gmei nmely thar sense(l've tri€d ii for nodens Dsing,4r4Z md aho napid rir. with the
thellayen sl8n Dsingrdlisdc tactics.If rhererain isn't fixedin ils etrecl, nodems additionsfron the Jaunal ofthe Soci.ry ofT||entieth Cent"rr
playes haveto find om whardifficDlliesil will causedd whatbenefiLil Wu.sa,e.r. which cd also be found on the s@iety'sweb!a8e-)This is
will conlerIn orderro do rhis.$e) Uhavero useecomi\dce mop.. quite simply lo use smaller figures: using 1/300thscale Dodeh in a
slddenly we start using jeeps 6d motorcycles,not just wall-to-wall rules set designedfor 20lm cm b€ very interesting.Concenhationof
heavymour, dd lboseho6e od musketera husm find thal lhey ve forcessuddentybecomesp@tical, dd temin loo*s nore realistic (to
gol a role in the my dd en l jusl avoidingthe enemycuirasies unlil a Microtd*, a 12 inch wide pi@e of woodland is BIG!) This
lherede somerculitrg unitsto go cbsing afterl encouragesmore meoeuvrc and les amition, as flank attacksand so
At fEt glmce, this may seem difficult ro actually do, but the on become'do-able rather thm playeF sinply being forced lo line
mechanismsfor introducing such vdiabtes de actually very simple. 'em up and shoot 'em down due to lack of spacefor arything else.
Obviousty e ideal solution is to have an umpirc. This Cod-tike Well, that ll do for now: bestmt to get into too nuch of a rant on the
individual will havethe traditional omiscient view of lhe battlefield subject..-I app@iate lhat I ve mercty brushedon a couple of aspe.b
which we games take for grtuted. and witl enlightenthe playeB a ro of what is an etrectively timides ropic, but if it nakes soneone out
the stateof the nationwbenthey rctually 8el toops h a positionto fitrd therealso slop dd considerthe etr@tsof teEain in a differeDtlighl it
out. However.even in straightforwardone-on-onebatdes $erc's no wonl havebeen a completelypointlessendeavou.Anyway, I hope
Breatdifficulty in introducingthe ondom element.A sinple option is tbat these somewhatdisjointed ranblings have at lea$ given you a
to prcducea set of 3 or 4 cdds for qch ma of teEain, with ditrerent momenr'spausefor thought and that maybeyou ll try out sone of Oe
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Readers'Letters COUNTER.BLASTTO TIIE P.& S.S.PRESIDENT!

As two of the ?layes of the Malbu.id gme at Sheffieldrec€ntly.we
EXORCIST REQUIRED? feel that it is incumbentupon us to respondto Mr Ede-BoFetts le$er
iD the July issueof warSaner/llunfalel. we providedboth Eguresand
My husbandis a cult leader He has a fotlowing of a bout a doren terain for the display,which was not run by my club or orgmisation
devoteeswho caU reguldly dd appee at the designatedtime or but by a falrly dlspdate eroupof individual wargmers. As expe.ienced
Thursdayevedngs.The sad paJtis that they don'l realize they belone wargarners(one of us hasbeengamingfor over thirty yem) md wilh
to a cult, lhey jusi call it by the inn@uousnme of "war gaming."The a large nunber of successfuldisplay gam€sunderour beits one might
men dive carrying boxes ard go into a sepamtestudio in our back be forgiven for assumingihat the Marlburiangane at Sheffieldwould
y&d: they spendmdy hoursheredd thenre- energe wift thes€same be of lirue challengeto us. How erong we were!
boxes &d go home. Chns is $e cuh leader becausehe writes war We had somedifficulties with the locatiotrofour very luge gme.
gding dogma @ates nost of the scendios dd is the hub of fte The ShefEeldo.gmise6 had unfortunatelylost fte useof one of tieir
groDp's activity. To mainlain his cull leader starus he nusr ke€! la.ger halts, causing them nany problems. These ftey resolved
expmdinS his amies dd create new lenain boards and buildings. brilliandy ud th€y ljndly atlowedus a spot which, althoughwell lit
WhenI protestaboutthe nuneroushoursspenton war gamingI gerthe md airy, forcedDslo baveonly oneeld ud part of one sideof tbe tabte
followitrg reftain: " Be happyI m at home,I could b€ dowtrat the pDbl ' free for public access.(On a compuler'modentedgme it is esertial
Truthtullt Chris has a very iow tolemce for alcohol md coDldn't lo protect fie computerleads!)we had some20' of op€naccessto ou
spendhou6 at the pub. Inslead,hours @ sp€nt al his paiming lable ganes. we did provide somebandouts,only to discoverthat we had
wbere Chris entersa time war? dd believeshe ha oDly painied for underestimaredhow mmy would be taken by the public dd how
about 15 minutesratherthm the &tuat thre hou6, Chris can paint al! inlercsled they were. Our intenion was lo show how with com?uter
son! of detail on oblcts smaller tian a postagestamp. but is not modentednles onecoDldmuage evena ldge gme with somespeed.
paniculaili careful nor inteEsted in painting ow house.Furthemore. We fielded some 1,500 figues beMeen us dd very sFctacutd it
it would be fair lo saythat I only seecertain !@ls ( drcmet md so on ) looked.However,it neededa minimum of two playes per sideto move
when Ctuis is working on w& SamingiteDs. Cuiouslt if I wdt a the figms dd repon back to tne complter operator five people
shelveput up. a faucetchangedor tiles put in. he rcptiesemestly that worKng tuU dme on the gme. In addidon, we had at leat two
he doesnl have $e right tools. If I suggestwe engagein someother membeGof the pDblicparticipalingat tuy one time dd oflen asmmy
t)T€ of activiry he stalls with ihe following two replies: " Yes,but I ve assixl. We also had at ledt one pesor speakinSto the public, bDtthat
got laint on my brush. or'let mejust finish lhis colour. I su?poseall is whereour ddgenents occiliomlly broke down-
I can hope for is tbat one of his cull followeB will uslrp Cbris ascDlt we canonly apoiogiseto Mr Ede-Borett, whosepresencewa nored
on borh occasions,for not speakingro him and his colleaguesdespite
tbe fact that manyof our playerswere Pike andShot Societymemben.
Oneof us wasparticuldly keento speakto him. but havinggonefor d
Sulty, B.C. exlrenely well emed cotreebreak on the tust ccasion tud a call of
natuft on the second,unJortunarelymised speakngto him. Howevea
that is not an excusefor the other playes to ignore him and we de
Ed s t?r If yon cm't beal'emjoin 'em.Go onl PDshlone lead! sorry that Mr Ede-Borett feels this ccEed Mr Ede-BoEenshould
perhapshavebeena litde morclesistent d a goup ofsseD to eleven
playeB re bound to be somewhatengrcsed. Ha Mr Ede Borett
STAG NIGHT WARGAMES timed the queuesfor serice at someof tle bigger trade stdds on a
busy day: Fifteen minDtesis nor a long timel
I am u(iting to say Oat I love youle magaine, itt definitely the best In fuuft we shall be rather nore disciplined with a nore rigorous
wdgamesmag@ineon the mdlel althoughit\ hdd to find dd always tinebble for peoplet kidg to the public overthe gme. I hopeftal Mr
lare overhereo! the othe. side of rhe pond,I am glad that Mr Siggins Ede'Boren or myone else will feel that he cd visit us again dd
hd endedhis depressingblather If Mr Sjggjns $inks lhe hobby is disclss the finer points al his leisure.We certainlyf@l tl'at we fired the
doing badlyovertherehe shouldry it her in Cdada Therede alnost enthusidm of not a few gmes for what is d8uably one of the most
no convennonsdd tho$ pilifDl few, althoud mually toured s speclaculdpenodsof history
wagmes conventionsmd advenisingvery cledly "miniatues gmes", It is important for all gamerson display gamesto keep the gme
de realy made up of role,playing md boaJdgmes wirh possibly a moving comeNurate with speakingto obsene6. We did thinl that
WdlhatMet Md/ot Banleteci game in one frnsty coner. I live jusr we had managedthis ralher well at Sheffield.despiteMr Ede Borett\
outsideTorcnto, Cdada's ldgesl city. dd there is only one shopthar coments. It shouldbe noredthat this is bardwork aDdbeing on otre's
sells historical miniatws- lt\ a ereat storc.bul vdiety is the spice of f@t all day is not for the faint-hearted.we havenotedat vdious events
life you k ow! SinceI lefl the amy, wherc I wd pan of a small club hoq by mjd-aftomoon,display games and tables manned by
madeup of two of our caplairs. three corpocls. a sdgeanl md two orgdis{tions (dd ihey know who ihey m) ft often crcwed by a
roopers (this was a cavalry rceiment) thal played a weekiy shateredl@king individDal or two, witb a gde which hs all loo
Napol€onicscampaign,I haveplayed once! I've beenout of the amy obviously rcachedns finale.
for a year and $e on€ time I playedsinceleaving wd the night before
ny weddingandthenI only got to play becauseny groont menwerc
all fte guys in the club underlh€ raDkof sargeant!Civilians only ptay
Grahm Campbell
Wartranner or board games.they wont qen try histoicall So believe
ne all you who daregipe aboutthe hobby in Britain. to us cotonials
Ed NorarTlis wasju$ o.e of nay leler pubng Slev€jn his place(!?)
tle old counFy js n warganing MECCAI
Tle postnandeliv€reda veritablebroadside.I think everyoneinvolved
Robe.t A. Dewofe with thegamemustbavewrinen in.
SinceI wasstnckbehindmy stdd at theTriples all w@kend I didnl
Onl{.io
ge! to seeany of the games.so I can't really commen| But. p€rhaps
Steveandhis critics could get togetherandstagea gamebetweenthem,
Editot's Sotution:Mole to B.C. andjoin Michelle's cuh! incoQoradngborh ftei philosothies.
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t/ rayri Herc\ tbe finl responsewe reeived io 'The SavagePent morc.The lradersnay demed to pack roSetherin, say.rhe bearpit of
adicle. It drifts completelyaway iiom Pen\ main point, (but Pen did tle Kensing.on foyer. but they might sell more in less 'pr€mium
that too. hes a msrer of obfuscation) bul il's humorous and it's positionswherepeoptecm actually get thJoughrhe mssed bums-We
wdgmen have firc qoatities like inieligence and det€mination
whicb will enableus to seekthe tradeB out whereverrhey b€. Even
DBM al]d warhanner efiJitsidrs ce follow simple direcions to a
ONE ON TIIE NIB FOR SAVAGEPEN
stand.provided that no lorg words or joined-up writing @ Dsed.To
Justwhat we needed a cholerictimde fo@sting doomdd gloon for add interest, stands could be put in relevd. llaces, eg fantasy
Oe wargameshobby fron an anonymousgrizled vet€ran.Of cou6e wargminS produd stalls could be sited iD the sew€rsbeneaththe
everylhingis dreadfDldd not like it w4 in my day.Personatly.I blde ReadingHexagonandwdgmeB Sivena sword,a gutteringcodle dd
whoeverit wd that lrdslared rhe Funckenbooks,thus p€mitting non a silly pointedhat to go seekthem out.
Frenchipe.king riff'mtr acces to unifom information. Tbe start of a Tnders needlo t .ke simple mti-fiddler steps,like...er-. not to give
slippery slope thar ends in Orc Fancying rnd Deadly Borine ftem myrhing lo fiddte with. Err4 ll.|nrtu'?s build m impresive
Rorket Drift redouh shnd, for exmple, wherethe glacis is stri?ped
Of coursethe tnder stalls are b€comingthe main draw of wdgues of m'thing tlat can be fiddled with, thus enabling buyes ro lusb
shows-How else would we acquirc the shining heapsof soldiersro throughthe bums aDdshout out their requirementsto the ropsof staff
geneEteguih feelingsaboutpainting lazinessfor the coning year?Or heads- all that is visible abovethe mealiebags.Also Essexgo for the
that exodc tenain feature rhar gersone outing to impressthe lads in Cah dd Carry approach- buy a ldge dmy in a box ai a specialshow
Trev's Shedand thengoeslo rhe guih sroFge @a in ih€ nrdc?Or rhe price, tben hop il. Grea! no fiddling. Bu! on the negativesid€.Essx
book on Bulgarid tank fomadons lhar seemedsuch a bdgain for havelow showces sloodat tableheight which ce be viewedwell by
{32.50p aner we hadben to the ba a few dDes? everyonewith eyessitedin the pelvis. Also, their casesdisplay figures
Not that iraden de fte delicateflowers ro be lovedatrdnurtwd rhar wilh all the sryle andpmacheof a shopwindow iD 1952.
Mr Pensuggests-They really only needfonr rhings: Old Clory is uothe! lrader thar dealswell with fiddleB by selling
a) a wonhwhile attenddce of rich wtugamen figures in bulk. You cmot fiddle much with a 2 kilo ba8 of Woodland
b) resefled pdking Indiansor SwissPikepersons.Yet why. when most oles specify units
c) atrunloadingand loadingrea not subjec!to blockhg md jms by in multiples of 8 md 12, do Old Glory otrer 30 fi8ues in a bag?
Sinister.hqh?
d) a competemfloor managerwbo hms up early ud dcs not swan NilponB. though,to Hovel,swho run an echitechral lmnage stall
- a fiddler's delieht ' dd to Tin Soldier who onrydo tlEn prepactaged
r they need help in cairying goods in ud out, tben lhey shoutd l5lm dmies in DBM bags.Somebodyshow them, dd orhertradeB
appealio the inatebde sxisn of wargamesby producingsonething h a similtu position, aboutlh€ ?4.ri.a dd A,@d rules, plede. They
goodlooking and female to stagger itr with rhe 6rsr box so that would thusget to sell morc soldieB dd avoid dealingall rhetime witb
volunteersrush foNdd to show off their testosrerone.SavagePen people with dafl cycle helmerswho live wirh their pderts md are
shoutd obsene the lechnique of He6ol Book!. maoel, ud lem. nmed Bnano. Kevin.
*[Nancy.\taggel?l Ed.] A variationon tbe fiddler ar wrgarres showis rhestatrfiddler. When
Tbe c.owdiDgmund nade standsat the bi8 sbowsis indeedpainful. fte order for the peFotr in from of you is handedin, the staf nenber
though-Haaing lost two jacker buttons.a fingemail and tnee t@s in vuishes to sun fiddling witb litde plasric Eays below the counEr
tbe Kensingtonshowscnm rhis year,I havegiven deeprhoughrto the emerying 15 minutes later ro say thar ftey only have 9 Oftonan
Tufengi,lhreeConfedeEteartillerymenandhavecomplerelyrun our of
Cdeful obsenation showsthat wdgmers tuound trade siandsfall Ho6e 5 and Donkey 09, would sonething olse do? Noi that I need
nme names.DixoN od Redoubt do good figues, afrer all. why
l. Grazc - who are naking a slow, slow pmgresion doDnd rhe
stods to seewhat is on offer Mighl buy somethingon impulse; w}ich britrgs us to Th€ Fouod.y. And their new stand is well lit.
2, VieweN who want to seewh lhe new range,etc, l@ks like Acce$ible on all sides.Segegatesviewersand gders Aom buye6.
beforebuying, if only rheycould actually ger ro seepast the sh!ffling Offen figurcs jn seltuenice blisre. packson eye level bolders.Twicat
FoundryGoody-TwoShoes- doesnl ir ma,lieyou sick?
3. Fiddlers - who bend over nays fiddling wirh bags ad birs So, O SavagePen,whee is the disasterabourto overrakeihe t ading
iDtminably before fDally deciding oD rbree grenndiers,one orc side of the hobby?Ir just needsa bir more rhoughlput iDto maketing
wonkblasterone DlO dice and can I pay by Access? md handling the numbers.I did nor go ro Readingthis yed becauseI
4. IOGS - aDacrcnymfor lrrirating Otd cits who want to charro the wasfed up with the crowdingar rhetradestods. Bur then,I had tickets
stall owner about the finer poinrs of Mdlbuim unifoms. who is for the tlsr Night of the Prcmsad soDeoneto t4kewho is a lor betrer
f&cied for tne Narionalsthis year,isn'r rhehobbySoingro pot, not like looking, dd infinit€ly betterdressed,rhD any wdgmer . No contesr.
in the good old daysdd haveyou se€nJim ftom B6sdse Figunnes So eat you heaiis ou! irade6, md makedo wirh ny mail order
PS: Like SavagePen,I m also hiding behind an assumednde to
5. BuyeE edily recognjsedbeause rhey are slandingb€hind rhe vent my prcjudices,exceptthat, s a cuming plm, ny assunednme
otherfour typeslooking hot, ftustrareddd giving rheIOGSro,ro voce is also my real trme so no one eill be ableto guesswho I m.
adviceaboutsex dd saYel.
RussellVauaoe
How, then,to caterfor all rheserrues?Well, tusr srall holdersshould Surr€y
sendthe IOGSoff to whinge in rhe be. Tlat is half rhe problemgotre.
The next stepthat cm help is lo get srutr up io eye level. Most tradeB
lay oul rheir goodsflat or useftose lirde 2 foot display casesstoodo! Ed: The othe. thr@ responles receivedso f& all come fiom show
a table.The resultis that rhefddlen andviewen alike bendoverto see. organiseG.The two 'defencej below unfortunatelycome fiom peolte
thus presentingeveryoneelse with a close,packedmw of buhs like who realy havero needto offer a defence.They both representclubs
somewildebeestmassmatingritual. Raisingthe eyelevel ai leasrsrarts who run good shows.The main thJusrof Mr Pent attackis nor aimed
to sepaJatethe fiddles md Crazersfrom tbose who want to buy at them, but the mdauding lighr cavalry operatitrgotr his flanks, so ro
speat,did takea side swipeat rhen. So. il\ only fair io allow rheirowtr
Nexr, organises of the big shows can spreadthe trade standsout light hoops to indulge in a bit of countersnipitrg.Fiist.-.
50

A BARK FROM YORK .,. JUST WIIAT IS THIS TRADER TIIINKING?

Following the publicationof the uticle by 'Th€ SavagePen' in which Rer'The SavagePen".
therc re two critical commenBaboutthe York Wargmes S@ietymd Duncan- wllat on earth do you think it achievespublishing leten
our Annual Show, Vapnanak- Inay I. as a rraderwho also happensro fioln trade.s - who haven't got the balls to sign then name ro
be the Treasuer ofYWGS rcslond to telt your rcadeB why I, for one. inflamatory, ill infomed mts like that piecein the lasr issue?
am happyto b€ signedup d a traderfc Vapnaitak 99. On€ wondeB. The Commin@ofthe SouthLondonWmlordshadto think long and
ii wilh lwo digJ at YWGS ed our show thal possibly The Savage hardbeforerespondingto this leuer Someof us. it hasto be said.sere
Pen' is arsociatedwilh one of the Feviously paniciparingtradeB not not in favour of lending such rubbkh the dignity of d dswer The
le-invited to Vapnartakover the p.!t coupleof yeds? najoriry, however decidedwe had to say something:if one hd enough
Ir is a fact that the tnde table fees ar Vapnanak@ amongstthe mud thmm in one s geneFl dirclion, eventuatlysomeof il will stick,
Iowestin the countf md the tobl of feesreceivedonly comesclos ro and we donl want that. Somewho readthe "SavaSePens', nighr - fo.
mathing lbe price of the hi€ of fte hrll. what will be known 1othoselack of hrrd. factual infomation (and thrcugh no fault of their own) -
Eadersastuteenoughto kep m eye on their bank statementsis thal actnallygive his missivea degreeof creden@it d@sn't wddr.
althoughwe seeka comitmeft and deposit/feein the edly sumea Of coune, hiding behindhis nom de gueEe,Mr Penhasn'l evengot
no chequeis presenledfor paymentuntil lhe publiciry material goes the nere ro nme the Wdlords dd iheir show- Salute- as one of rhe
into prinl in Sept€mber.this routiDebeing due to previously unethical
main targetsfor his bile. He do€sall bui nameus, thouSh:he de$ribes
condud on rhe parr of a small nnmberof taders. We vill furthe. spenda club that "celebratedit\ 25th yed recenlly and "gives out badges.
d mounr clos. to the combinediotal of deal€rsfees on advedisin8. plaslic bags.dice"... it doesnl take an abacusto ngure it our, d@s ir?
publicny, flye6 for tradeB etc. For the fee which I will pay for a l2
So, I havero respondto his l€ter - on behalf of my club - in o.der to
frontage,I'll have betwen 600 (1996 attendarce)md 800 (1998 debunksomeof his inaccunte nonsense:to ry dd balanceup the mud
attendance)porendallyinterestedp@ple viewing my producrs-r pill slinging with sone glimpsesof tbe teal world" ' a! he lik6s to call it.
havehad publicity malenal for up to four monthsbefore rhe show to Before I slan the analydc.l stuff, I haveto dnw .eade6' atrentionto
distribute with caialogues,orde6 etc. and advens which inclnde fte one early comenl by 'The SavagePen'which sers the tone for his
nameof my compey will featurc in quite a numberof wargadesand whole approach ed displays his true feelings fo. all to see. He
RPG magzines ai no cost to m€, the trader Having sp€ntthe rraden' demonstratesa very low opinion of wargmers - his customeB by
feestwice over.the€ is nothing left to pay for paintballl infeEing that wdgmes de Spoty, oveseight. lank-haicd, dog
Many panicipating Lade6 ue wetl awre of dd have benefired brealhed,Killer Telly TubbiesT{hin weaJingmoronJ. Thafs showsa
frcm the prevailingpolicy of the York Club of putling the noney backnice attitude to his cnstomers!Bearing thar comDent in mind, lefs
into the hobby and indeed a substantialpait of Vapnaiak 98 profits moveon lo the paniculars...
have alr€adybeen sp€nt in doinSjusl rhaq nainly with trades who He saidr "The show orga.iseB will have coveredtbe cosls of the
took p.nr in that showor thoseatlendingVapnartak'99. With some60 show... vja the hade stall costj. If only he knew fte cosr oi a real
nembeE in theYork Club we offer a broadchurch andtheremay well wdgames show. For example, the hall rcnr for Salut€ '99 will be
be 60 vesionsofjust exactlywhatthewargaming hobbyis. but whois
16000. and.that s iust for st.ners-..but moreof costslatei
to say that a painlball outing, which in part was subsidisedfron clDb He said: "You tw{8deB1 fork oDt your caih to get into what in
funds afrer certain conditions were mei, is not a part of this hobby of
.ealiryis a shop'.Salutecedainlyisn'i r shop.Showne rheshoprhat
oun? The SavagePen should try m intemet sedch for 'wa€ming . organisesgamingspace,for eound 300 playersdDring the day: up to
Paintball.as a wargming activity fealure! quic heavily therc. 20 pdty gameswith maybe5 play€rsa gme, wilh perhaps3 gamesa
'The SavagePen' seems have lo$
to sight of one purposeof theday courtesyof many other inviled cltrbs dd the host club itselfl..
local. club show' that of recruitment to our hobby and our clDbs. He said: "Ihe... tbadgesldon r cosl mrch : Yeah,nght - like he knows
Northem Militaire in Manchesternevergeneratedotherthm a hddful what they cost us. The Salutebadgescome in at around1500 (without
of Dembes for YWGS; eachVapnartakbrinSsus a dozenor so. Cive desier chtuget, and cdier bagsand dice to eive away to the public
crcdit also 1othe LeedsClub for their splendidwork in fte promotion free al Saluteldt yer co$ I1200. Peoplese€mto enjoy the badSesdd
of the hobby at fte lwo FIAscos. elen collect ihem md this ye&'s bndge. following commentsand
Although a tradermyself. onecannotbe otherthancritical of thelackfeedb&k ftom the public, witl get holdeB in edlier thm everyoDeelse
of innovation, the duplication and copyiDg of the successof olhers - just to easethe queue.Dice? Everybodyusesdice, dd nobodyluns
which seeDs b be a featnre of the wargmes name whom 'The down a free cdier bag it certainly savesthe lraderebaving to bring
SavagePen' favou6. When the gmer is facedwirh a choiceof figures ften own. And b€sides.manyof the t€de ' especiallyfte smallerones
or modelssuppliedby a couple of Eaders.then both tradeB should be - donl haveextensivest@ksof biB, strong,cdier bags. Ar the end of
reasonablysucce$ful. However when anolher half dozen see thal the day ee give away any sp@ bags {we always order mor€ than
successand copy lhe ratrgesthen il seemsobvious ro me that .ll of enough)fteeto tFderswho.eed them.Whafs wrongwirb all of thar?
lhen will do les well. Who remembenwheDDixon aDdFi6t Corps He said: Show organiseBmay be g@dy, Dnhelptul.doganr, so
wer the oDIy two rradeB $lling excellem frodem 25wmD ACw & soh'dd'"Lade6 Ishouldl..-setup [their] own tradecncuir of
figures?Look at the situationnow' it cenor be good for any trade. showsdd yourclubscantakerheirchances in therealworld':Fi$dx
Finally. asoineofthe organiseBofvapranak '99, I would invie The ee show orgdises ereedy,unhelpful and armgant?Rememberwho
Salage Pen' to contact me. anoDymouslyif he p€fers, to ofrer het really talking aboul.In vinually all cdes, theseshoworgdises he
constructivecritical conmenr abourthe show describesm actually wdgders: Oar\ you and me - in theory Mr
P€ns hiShly respecredcDsroners.Again, his commenrs.eally
MJ Bmks emphasisewhathe thinks of ganers.As for raders settingup their own
YWGS/AiNty Caling shows,well somealreadydo dd - judgingfiom his description of a
'typical showorgaiser- I muslsayhe
sorndsideauysuitedto dn his
Ed. Many of you might think that The Soulh t ondonWelords own show.It wouldbe nice,thoDgh,ifh€ hadthegulsnot to run it on
defending Salute is Flher like cod coming down ro Eanh to lake thesameday d Salule,wonldDlir?
part in a theologicaldebate.wlEfs He eot to prove?(Panicularlys I He said: Clubs. stopripping off the trade : ctut you. I cdt speak
editedout'Pen\ pamgmphspecifically criticising'Salure"!)However for other clubs bul as fd 6 the Wdlords go - he\ talking nonsense.
'Pen
Sol in enoDghjabs for the SLw to indulgein a linle snicker- Il s very easyto work oDlhow muchmoneya showpulh in any r@ket
sne. So.after'1heba.kfromYork'cones lhe aowl fromLondon... scientistcan addup fte iigms: ith x pound! per ficket on rhedoor and
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ii\ Y poundsper f@t for the tradeB.So if yo! do rhe naths, the rcsult
is obvious:showorgmiseB mnstbe rolling in it. or so onewould think.
The.e is a peallel catculationthat can be done, however.dd one
which nalkesas much sense.Thai\ whft you do some moe maths
NBwr,rNsDnsrcus
6 ARDLEYcl.osE, RuIsLp, MTDDLESEX,
HA4 7PL
md work out that all the tradeG@ rakng in oodlesofcdh because
they univeNally rip otr the punlen ovs lhe price of wdgames figures. Ancient Civilians
well don t they?Everybodyknows rhar$e lead in a 25mmnSue only
costs a few pence,righr? Do you notice Ddy tEdeB tming up ro
show'sin limo's and l'ar-jels? CIv I Celtic Mer
The realjty, is thar v€ry few tEders rip peopleoff and most sensible Cry 2 Celtic Women& Childrcn
ede6 ralise that a trade. ha other costs thm just buying whire CM SlaYeTrader& Slaves
melal tnere's moulding, advertising, promotion. paying sculptoB,
hning rade shnds and Favel cosrsmd horel bills - ir all addsup. But
the sme is jnst ai Eue when you ee orgdising a waJgamesshow: on
Ancient Buildings
iop of the !7?00 I've alreadymenrioned,this yeal we will spendover BU I CelticRoundhouse t3.25
!1000 on a showprogrme so punh can find the tradeBand gmes. BU 2 Small Romo TowtrhoDse t4.00
We will spendwell over f3000 on adlerdsing in maSuines dd flien BU 3 Inleruoven FenceSections(4) ft.20
to draw in clienrs for those rrade standsald none of this inclndes
profesional designdd photographycosts.Ard then rhere\ rhe res! New
fl40O spenrsub(idi(ing.d puhng lorclubspudinBon gme\ pn7.s Egyptid, Snnend dd Hittite lnfmuf
for the paintingcompelitiondd gmes and thank-yous'10othe. clubs lst Relees fromourA.C.w Range
who male rhe. sometimeslong od exp€nsile hip ro London. There\
ZulDWar Range
a hundredofter things 1oadd to this list: posrage;phonebills ticketsi
signageia maguine f@d of repleemenr ftilleys..-
Pric€s
I could go on, bui whafs the point? Despitewhal he saysat the slan
of his open lettel I doubr ftar 'Mr Pen will etually listen. Srill, ,1.10 fo.4 figues
nayb€ he h6 a point Their probably &e too mdy shows ar the ILoO for 2 HoBes
moment.The Fade probably de spreadingthemselvestoo thin dd AII major credit cdds accepledcheques& Posbl orde6
donl nake asmucb noney as lhey'd like ftom the smallerevenb. So,
Trade6 - heres a thoughr don\ go. No one is holding a gDn ro rheir PGtage & P.cking:
headsso why do tradersattend20 - sometimes30 - showsa yed? Is it UK l0% (Ordes overf50.00 PostFe).
Loyalry? Dury? Greed?A lack of businss acumen(ro pur ir politely)? UsA 20%(Ordersovert20.tJ0only).
I don'l know nuch aboutrunninga bDsiness, obliouty, becauFI Eurcpe20%. Reslof rheWorld30%
still wargane pnmdily fo. fun: like tbe resr of the membeB of rhe
Wdlord!. we run Salutefor the love of it. The wdtords de, I wotrld
like to sr€ss, a non prcfit makingorgdisation and we haverhe audired they wouldn t get the hump when we tumed them down for a placeat
books,dd the &i bills to proveit. But, md ir\ a novel idea,I know Salutebecausewe were tull that ye& (or beause they had actedlike
surcly, if someof the rradeB like "The SavagePen s outfit don t "gredy, unhelpful. mogant, so & so\" dd lerbally insulted
one of
makea profit doing something,md ii is, after all. you business.then ou memb€rsin the cd-pek, for instece). Would they?
In the Savag€PenS bravenew world, what he wanrs.ir seems,re
In the wargames'indusay', IEkei forces will usually wimow ont shows run just by traders, qith f* or no games to play (except,
the cmppytradeB od, if the paying public vote with their f@t, thenthe perhaps, thos promoting a ler of rules which he's sellinS) ed
poody run shows will probably go the sameway. So I say again, if everythirS mged for naximum profil for the shows lraden dd,
being a hobby trader cenor keep you in lhe lifesry?e to which you p.indily, the or8aniser- hin, prcsumably.Is that what gme6 wdt?
apire, or even if you re not enjoying ir enough.then pleasejust srop Finally. at the end of his letier Mr Pensaid lhar h€ would "get rcady to
doingif - or,at thevery lear,jusr plese stopwhiningaboutit. dsqer all of the stereotypical 'he cmol meanus 'cos we re great par
Every yetu in Aprit. for almost30 yeds, mund 50 or 60 people8et dswe6 that would follow his forthiight yet sagelywordsof wisdom.
up edly, bust a gut to hump tradeB in dd out, se€very little of rheir We!I,lhough you have.l the front 1osay il, you do meanus Mr Pen
own show.and go ro bed very tircd a lot laer Why do they do it? For and,no. were not ' gEaf qe're jDsr wdgamerstrfing to do "our bit
onerealon: to run a showfor 25001o3500people- game6 like us-We
don't do it for the non€y- We don't do it for fte Eade6, jolly md B we do what we saymd med whal we say and we don t haveto
pleaset s nosr of them actually @ (itt nor all of $eD - by ey hide behindsilly pseudonymsto do it.
meds - tbat think wargmers actually owe them a living). Wlat thos
half hundreddo it for is a senseof satisfactionmd a fie€ T-shi.r with
'Satute'writter on itl And,
ftrougbout the yed, this pattemis repeared
- in lessr o. grealer degrees- ar wargamesshowsup ed down rhe South Lordotr Warlords
countrt'. Hopefuuy, what the 3000 gane6 who attend Saiule ger in
.etm is lhe best we ce ofrer them: the best gmes that we can Ed: Well, someintereslingfinancial facrs and figurcs there for rhose
encourage:the besttnders we can booh the mostparty eme slob we who think you just pick a datedd b@k a hall.
can arangq dd all tbe glossyprogmnnes, cui€r bagsdd fre dice well, thafs Mr Pen\ light troops driven in, but his heavy infor.y
we can give to then: the paying public. columns - there @ t@ mtuy showd, narch on. The rhird show
Mr Savag€Pen, we think we are worktingl ioSether for the o€miser to respondwa! fiom tf,eds, a city whicb for long boasredan
advancementof ihe hobby" and it\ insulting the inrelligenceof rhe excellent wargmes show. Il now has FOUR shows a yed. BDt thal
'cos we've run our of space.
thousmds of people who anend Salute (md other showt to suggest letter will have to wait till next monlh,
that thnt they would do something- in somecasesfor a quarte. of a trt\ have lots of letters on lots of subjects,but remenber - ie6e,
century - that they don't enjoy. Come ro ftink of it. it s insulring my succincl,pirhy, shon n sw€et,conci$, mt loo many adjeclives(nor
intelligenceto suegeslth rhe Tmde6 who come to Salure- year in expletilesl) all eel the edirols apprcval-
and yed out don't makea profit. I mean,if lhey didn't makea profit,
52

Reviews The tust rcleasescover the Gema forces,represenbdin this ca|e

by dwden pder8lenadien of the GrossDwadlod Divilion-. dd
compris a dozenditr@nt figues, listed as vdidts of 6 bdic poses.
A1l codeshavetwo vdidts otberthm PZDWOI, whicb hd only I md
SCIIELTRIM MINIATIJRES
PZDWo3, wbich ha! 3. The figures are fairly chunlq, nnd sbnd
My fi^t contel wirh $is companywas at Claymorcthis yee where approximately23dn floor ro eye.
I had beenimpressedby their buildings aDdaLeadypaid hdd cashfor Kit and equipmentis nixed. most figures)ave waterbottlesdd gas
a coulle. I wasthenpressgmgedby our $twhile editor into producing nask containeBon Y strapwebbing,dd the majority @ prctected
a review of the buildings dd other aspectsof rhen inaginnrive range. by stmddd Gemd belmets. At ltrst gldce, there is lirle ro
The two buildings purchded were both 25lm- A Wdlord\ Great distinguishthesefellows frcm moreconvention.l hislorical miniarures,
Hall and a Cookhouse-They aft from the Once and Future range otber thm their sliehdy short legs. and the radiant bushy bemds.For
coveringthe period of Britain from tbe lwiligbi of rhe RomanE npirc fds of Terry Pralchett.ihey remindedme of ihe i\mold Bros-Nones"
b rhe Noman Conquest.The cdtinSs, in resin, de exceptionallyw€ll Aom the "Trucke6" b@ks. apan frcm the bedds, guns, md Gemd
detailed dd lroportio&d md the dhirecrural backCroundof the
desigrcB is slf evident-The buildings proled very easyto paint with However,they are nicely sculpted,and wirhin rhe confinesof b€ing
a level of detail that alloved useof washesanddry brushinSto produce a "fantaly" range. $ey appearquite anatonically well lroportioned-
a very alt activeterain piece.Tle ti{e of t}e rdSe Oncedd FutDreis WeapoDryandequipnent is Fnsibly sizeded eaily recognisable,not
nosr appropriate.The buildings could be usednot only for Ddk Ages someerosscdicature. Also, theE N no silly weapos mongsl this
thrcughoulEuop€ blt also fantasyand particuldly rtnddgae. bunch, so fans of chainsaws,laser bayonets,steam-powered
The models de conp€titively pnced at !15 for the Creat Ha]l subnrines or any sucbnonsensede out of luck. After all, given the
(245m x 115'm x 85nm) andfl2.50 for theC@khous (175m x bizm nature of sone historical equipnent, who needsto make up
75tm x 75m). The only downsideis $at the Great Hall is a solid weird weapons?lrok g at a few of the figqres individuatly, aU
resin caslingdd very heavy.I only bad a cursoryglanceat the rest of samplesreceivedhave full beards.geneGUyon the lotrg side, most
the rdge bDtil includesmodulrr wall sections,row€rsmd gatehouses reaching to nid-chest, and are dr€ssedin fairly stand&d unifom,
to co$tnct a Snb Roman refonified hill fon, a chapel,latrine dd a boots.Eousers,jacket. nothing exoric.
rege of smaller bnildings. Future plans include a rdge of Pictish YZDWo2 is u NCO with MP4Gsryte SMG. The helneted vdimt
dwelliD8sdd I wili d€finitely be addingto my prcFrry portfolio ftom wea$ a pair of goggles,so might perhapsbe useabteas a dismoDnted
motorcyclist. or perbapsposted to the equivaleDtof the Tunisif
Two veseh were also prcvided for review which come from their
Ea$ of Cathay 25Im aDd l5tm ruges. Tbeseboatsare modular in PZDWo3 is a ercnadier'\,ilh rifle upright'. I would describethe
constructionand you select your basic hull size md then add other pose as advecing caDlioDslywith rifle at porie ams. One variant
pieces to prcduce tl'e vessel of you choice. The nodels include weds afield capdd cdies his helderslungon hisback.
woodendowelsfor mdts tud spars. PZDWo4 sBnd snh nfle level. One of these figures bas a
The 25lm model was a snall hull with upper d€ck, defensive cmouflaged h€lmetcover and fte short€stbea;d amongstthis batch.
scr€ensand oes which would reraiM4.70. The piecesfitted well PZDWOs is advancingeift nfle at a domward ugle. Both vdimts
togetherwirh no trimine necessarydd, wirb the oa$ in ptace.now of this fig@ de depictedwiil rhe bushiestof fte beards.One hd a
awaitsa crew md Smurai to indulSein pirare acriviry or the invasion cdouflaged helmelcover,nised goggles.andsmokesa pipe. tlE ofter
of Korea.The model wd a pleasureto paint and very well detailed. hashis sleevesrolled up towardshis elbows.a! frequendydepictedin
Baause of the modular melhod of construcdona vast mge of boats pholosof the Wehmachi.
ce be construcled,the only limitations being your imaginanondd PZDW06 givessquadsupponin the shapeof a tight machineBumer
some respecl for historical accuracr Th€ fim do however otrer witn MG42.
packagesro consruct everlthing ftom /<oraya.the small scoul ships, Overall, d interesnngrclee. Cdtings @ cled ed edy to paint.
thioDghto a msive troop Eansport€iAs well 6 this mge they also I look foNard to seeingth€ rules that go with them.
producecd@s, clasical Greekgdley retailing at !49.50 od boeding G.ry Eughs

The 15Im model was a Korea TDrdeShip relailing at X18.50.It

was a fine model with only the minimum of carving .equired to
prcduce a neat fit betwen hull md sup€ntucture. Again it was a 1:OKUGAWA'SBATTLES . NAGAKUTE AND TENNOI.
pleasurcto paint.guidedby the illusrations in StephenTumbull's b@k DITE'S BATZES . SI'RHGEIIARA AND DOMYOJI.
San rui Woftiors- All th^r 1 now reqDireis to s.rite a set of rules tud SCENARIOS FOR USE WTIH KILLER KATANAS
whatwasthat resolulior abourno newperiods?- well you haveb make BY BRIAN BLANDFORD.

Fuure plals iDctudea tull rdge of fi8Dres.Cat.logDesar€ arailableIt\ ben all go on the Smui scendio fronl recendy.Not contentwith
for i I + posiagefion ScheltrumMiniatues, PO Box 10231,Aberden, rel€ding a Ether irFiguing set of Smurai ndsed action nles. Brid
AB 12 3TT. Bladford has put togethe! two excellent scenaio booklets lo
G.abm ftickev acconpanythen. They @ by m mems perfect- whai scendio dd set
of rules are for rhat matter but they @ a muchwelcomedaddidonro
understandingthe styleof warfde of SengokuJapu. I'll dealwift each
scenadosepaEtelyand theoatremptro draw someconclusions.
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w6 a stmge affai. tbat saw TokDSasadd his allies squde up to fte
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tackling the posibilines of a Wodd Wd II basedseting. ID cenain assassination and firm favouit€ to conquerall Japan.Nagakutefoms
respects.the backgroDndi! reminiscentof that rakenin flDdo4lc, rhe pan of the nqch wider. but losibly morc boring Kom.ki cdpaien
Napol@nic feiasy systen, esp€ciallygiven rhat the Brilish @ orcs, that saw the two gendemenconcemedlocked in a stalemte of WWI
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Hideyoshi'sanebpt to force the issue.He certainly did that, bul bit otr The oles and lheseotrerings, cenalnly make a very g@d addition
more thd he could chew. For those who re Dnfmili& with the to knowled8eof thitrgsSmuEi in general.Sone of fte intoducdons
inlricacies of the conilicl I wonl spoil it 1@ mDcb - puche the de a bit stiff dd stilted in style for my taste,bur ftey do nol detract
scendio b@klet for the oulcomedd veious deviousSmumi tricks. ftom the ovemlt etrectiveDess of $e publicrlions. My only grip€, md
The sectionon Nagakntepresenlsthe gmer with a brief int oduction peihapsI m dt picking here,is in the aJeaof henldry dd mour fd,
to the backgrcundof the battle, the eventsdd oulcome a well d the Date clu. Brian has included a secdonon bolh in Datet aadier
giving a handy gane map for the tabletop.The scalefor this baltle is dd most welcomethey would be too €xc€pt for a couple of hiccups.
for the snaUer version of options under Ktller Kararar and should The golden witch{tyle helnelJ wom by Date's bodygud unit were
work welt under rhe rules system, The amy lists and command neverwom in battle, it war pmade:mor to imprcs on1@ke6. l'm
structlB for the units involved ee w€Ulwdched and prcsentedand almost cerraintoo thar the Datenor of bamboomd birds would have
shouldplede mdy Smurai fds old and new. beenwom only by troopsvery close1othe Date fmily, perhapstheii
T€moji is m absolutepig of a batdeto fight. Even allowing for the Hatmolo unit for exmple, but in ihis caseI do not thrnk that it would
fact tlEl it is to be played under largeicale condilioN itr Kir?r be wom by lhem eithel Like many Stmurai clm the Date apped to
Katonas I still question the value of puning such a massivebattt€ have had sveral uo, ar any ode tine ed dependingon the unns
foe&d as a scendio- Even Brid admitsthat the banle is just too big anking in the clm sEuctureand the rar* of then coMdtr the nrn
1o fight etrectively using his rules. Even with ou Ame.icm ftiends could be diffqent- The bmb@ andbids of lhe Dateis so stylisedthat
peichar for fighringbanleson a huge.cale.Tennoiii( e awe\ome ordinarytoops would not havewom them, this is a no, of a powerful
unde aking. So why hav€ $is battle a! a sc€nario?Obviously fte Dainyo and his pereonal followe.s not the common Ashigaru
appeal of such a ldge battle brings out fte megalofraniacin nosr footllogger The na, of circle fd bm is much more like it for lhe
gmers, dd perbaps,6sB.ian suggesis,you could rlrer the s.ale, bnt il comon berd, the Hatmolo &d their gold circte on blu€ also makes
doess@msomelhingof a poindes exercise.TokugawawN the victor more sens too. The prcblem of tu, and hemldry in gene.arror fte
of at leNt ?0 mjor conflicts. SEly the authorcould havefound morc Smurai is huge-Wejust do not haveenoughreliable primary evidence
suitabledd playablegems for us to fi8ht on the labletop?That said opento resercb yet. The wood block prints and batdescr€ensthar are
there@ setions ofthe final batdeof 1615that de possibleto recreate often ou main rcsurc€ wec lhe prcducts of anotherage and very
on the tabletopwithour breakingrhe ba* - rhe Ii atlack in the cellre offen very prcbleBatical. I know of ar le6t tw€lve venions of the
being one item thal springsto mind. ( For thoseof you who don l have fmous Sekigahda screen for example; they're all different and in
a clue of what I'm on aboul, Temoji, .lso known as the Batde for somecasesshow clms that were not at the rcal battle at all in quiE
Osala. wd foDShi by somethinglike 1,000,000metrl The Smurai prcminentdetail.we haveto be very c{eful wirh this areaandno doubt
didn\ stint on nunbeK wh€n the tutue of the nation wN at stake.It tbereis much work to be dotreherc stil. I, for otre,m plesed to see
males Mmlon Moor l@k prelty lme by compeison md it wasfought that Brim is joining the growing numberof us westling with this litdo
thiny yean before.) Again ftough Bnan has done a fair amount of issue.Both scenanobookleise most welcome, with the promiseof
researchand the Samuraigm€r shouldbe able lo find plenty in there more in fte pipeline. The labletop mapse etrative, as de the OBs
to keepthem occqpiedfor manya long hou. od cotunander lists. If the ovenll produclion seemsa little crude
whencompred lo someof the latestofferingson the inarket one only
pare r aatrler follows the saDefomat in it! basiccontents.rhough
hasto refer to lhe all importantare! of price lo seeOat Bnan is nor out
ftere har b€enconsiderableimprovenen$ in certainarea!.Su.iagehaa lo make his work available10a lucky few. Ar only lf.00 per bookler
ed Domyoji de ctucial banles during the life of one ol Japd\ lhey ue nct exactly a strain on one\ pdkerl Brid is also aclively
mightiest wdior houses,the Date, underthe commed of one of ir\ l@king for feedback and constnctive crilicism 1oenablehim to k@p
most coloDrfDl chMcten, lhe femome 'One Eyed Dragon' Date on inpmving the rulesand bookletsand is semingly more thd ready
Mrlmune. Strfiagehda,fought in 1589,wotrld seeMasmune hecome to help out wilh oy genuineenquinesfron gde6 dd fes of the
the nost powerful Dainyo in nonh€m Japanand therefo.ea major period. Persomlly I like them a greatdeal and would reconnend lhai
play€r in the bigger political picture, cenainly ranking alongsidethe
8me6 with even a pasing itrtercstin Sanurai wefue check them
likes of Hideyoshi and Tokugawa.It was a rypicany vicious Samuni oui. At the momentI only know of two ourletsfor both the rules and
battle dd wd in manywaystypicat of lhe age- very littt€ opportunity the scendio booklets,lhose being our esteemededitor of StmtageD
for fte heroic individual challengeof Samumileg€ndhe.eI Msdune faDe atrdTwo D@BonsPrcdlctions, if the.earenore plea* torgrle me
wa. up agaidsra very detemided advenaJy in fte Ashina dd the
oDtcomeof the bllde wd in doDh for most of fte .lay. The Obs md Keep up the good work Bnan ' &d roll on Hideyoshit Korem
backercundhaveagain be€nwell resedched,md while designedfor
rhe Large Battle scale, is a pleasing batrle to nght wirh loi! of
int€reslingtwists and challenges.
Domyoji, on fte ofter hnnd,wa foughr in May 1615ed foms pait
of the much ldger dd conplicated Osala cmpaign of Tokugawa
IeyNU. Darefighting d a major ally on his side.Domyoji was one of
severaianemptsby lhe WestemAny of Toyotomi Hideyori lo bMk
THE SAMARAI SOURCEBOOK
BY DR SITPIIEN TURNBULL
out of the enclosing.ing of Eatem Amy troops rhal werc advdcing
on the buge cas e complex of Osaka.It s the lale of a gallant clatr A weighty tome ftom the daddyof westemSamurniknowledge. Price
holding groundagainstimposible odds,reinforcementslost in fog and is !25-00 for some320 pagesincluding indexes.
failing to aive aDdof self sacrifice. Creat stuff! The OBs ee again This is a radical departurefrcm fte ussal offerings fiom lhe author
weUrcserched andwhe.e doubtsexist Brian hs pointedthemout. He dd somethinglike thrc or four times $e normal iength of work
hasalsoincludeda sction on b6ic rule clarification for certainaspec$ dsociated with him overthe pst few yems.Perhapssooe will find fte
of Killet Katanas,I Bnal appearsto havehad a fair bit of feed bnck new fomat somethingof a su.prise.GoneaJethe ftrll page,full colou
and has acredaccordinely at the b€he$ of gamers.lfs good to seea pictres. The entire b@k is illushated in black md white dd while
rule writer takesucha prc-&tive sunce and Bmin is lo be comended this may not deEactftom the overall qualiry of $e work il is nol likely
for his effons. He has evengiven studentsof the eE m opportunitylo to attractreades frcD the aestheticviesToint alone.Many ofthe wood
contactone of his Japmeseconiacts,al leasl if you haveaccessto tne blockpnntswill be imilid to fds of the perioddd ind@dTumbull
Net. a cenain M. Goto whoseancesb. fought so bmvely at Dofryoji. himself has usedsone of them in previous works. This is not r bad
Mr. Gotot web pagenumberis lkted along with that of Brian himselJ thing for the newcomerto the period, thoughil nay grareon the nefles
and a specialweb sit€ for rilkr Katano fansnto. of somevetems, However,thereareplenly ot new shots1osmoothdy
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tne 6rst comprehensivework of leference on Smurai cutture and
hisiorylobe produced my*here - yes,evenJapan.
The book follows the iomat of previous Sourcebookoffenn8s,
meaningthat if you e afier minute d€lail on a panicDlalclan thenyou
are going to be disappoinEd. Il however,you use lhis book as the
author inlended, as a springbodd into tunher resemh, rhen rhis is
d€finitely for you. Conlentsinclude lists of everymajor banlefom 940
to 1638,a list of najor Smural fmilies and chdacteB,rhen ,ro,
(thoughnot in anythinSlike the derail I would haveliked to haveseen),
batdes,sieges,individuat combar,fte role of rcligioD dd aAftrito,
lactics aDdevenguerilla wdfde- The bibliogmphy. one of the ii6r
placesto checkif theauthoris seriousaboDthis.eseNh. is oneof ihe
most comprehensiveI ve yet seenftom TDmbull. There is mDch io
admire in tle liter.ry style too: its obvioDsthat the author is still very
much excited by his subjet. Of come there will be sctions of rhe
b@k tbatonewill find to be tightweight. but thisis nota bookthatcan
be eadily ignoredor easiiycntcised. civen what the authoris seeldng
to achievehereonebasto say rh he ha! hi1the tdgel. Evenatre.many
yees of wriiing on things SdDni Tunbull srill DanaBeslo spnng
sur?.ises.The Korean campai8nsof Hideyoshi re well known. for
exmple, bul detail on them is arc. TumbDllreporrsrhis little episode
fton the Koreanpoinl of view and very interesringsruff it is r@. Ii
cenainly makesyoDwanrto find out more,jDsra! rhebook inteDds.His
dnecdotes. \prin ed l,berall)rhrcughour fie bool. de in manycase\
liide eeDs in themselves.Therc is somerhingin rhis book for everyone
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For those new lo the Samuai era ftis is a b@k tbat I would
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