Miniature Wargames - December 2017

ISSUE 416 of Miniature Wargames arrived shortly before I flew to Malta for a chess tournament.


Usual well-designed cover ... but, just as usual, not one wargaming battle report inside

The most interesting article to me is Conrad Kinch's review of wargame/history-related instructional YouTube sites, including a favourite of mine: Military History Visualized (although he, or the magazine, manages to misspell the site's name).

Slingshot - September-October 2017

ISSUE 314 of Slingshot arrived sometime last week while I was in Exmouth, Devon.
You could say the best part of it is the cover, which features a striking photo of part of a refight of the 217BC Battle of Raphia, with what I guess to be 28mm figures.

Slingshot 314...great cover

But saying that would be unfair to the contributors of what is inside the mag, particularly David Karunanithy's description of Alexander the Great's Paionian cavalry, Nick Harbud's analysis of the hitting power of medieval firearms and bows, Mike Haran's look at China's Great Wall(s), and some interesting book reviews.

Wargames - Soldiers & Strategy Nov/Dec 2017

ISSUE 93 has an 80 Years War theme, with a nicely understated cover.

84 pages...not enough, apparently, to include an actual wargame

Themed articles include three scenarios, but not one battle report. I know I harp on about this, but I also play tournament chess and it would be inconceivable for British Chess Magazine or Chess to come out without a single game report.