Slingshot - November/December 2017

ISSUE 315 of the Society of Ancients' Slingshot contains a fascinating in-depth discussion by Alastair McBeath of the original David v Goliath match-up.

Pyrrhus adorns the cover of Slingshot 315

Other really interesting articles include Patrick Waterson's rebuttal of McBeath's previous piece on the nature of Goliath's kidon and Perikilis Deligiannis's feature on the 280BC Battle of Heraclea.
I have renewed my subscription.

Ancient Warfare - Dec/Jan

MOUNTED war is the theme of the latest issue of Ancient Warfare, and once again it is an issue that really appealed to me.

Ancient Warfare...full of interest, and good value at £5.99

The only article I skipped was on Roman horse doctors (ie, Roman doctors who treated horses, not Roman horses who became doctors) - too specialist even for me.

Double Delivery

GOT home from Spain yesterday to find two magazines waiting for me - the January edition of Miniature Wargames and the December/January edition of Toy Soldier Collector;

Miniature Wargames issue 417 and Toy Soldier Collector issue 79

The former majors on reports from shows and has lots of sci-fi/fantasy coverage.
TSC has its usual emphasis on metal figures, but also finds room for plastics - including an article by me on a pack of Army Men I found earlier this year in the Channel Islands.

My article ... with four of the pix I sent in, and it even has my headline!