Medieval Warfare - Dec/Jan

THE turn-of-the-year issue of the sister publication to Ancient Warfare is themed around the Spanish warrior El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ).
My knowledge of this 11th century hero was more-or-less limited to the 1961 Charlton Heston film, which comes in for something of a panning from contributors to the magazine.

El Cid...lived by the sword, died by the arrow (according to the film, anyway)

I read all the themed articles from start to finish, as I did with all the issue's non-themed articles (excepting the reproduction of a rather tedious, boastful letter by Leonardo da Vinci).
My only criticisms of the El Cid material are that there is some repetition (caused, I believe, by the format of the Editor announcing a theme and then awaiting contributions, rather than commissioning specific articles) and that not one battle is covered in anything like the detail required for reproducing it on the tabletop.
Still, these are minor matters when compared with the magazine's overall informative readability.

Wargames - Soldiers & Strategy Jan/Feb 2018

ISSUE 94 has a WW2 tank theme, with a suitably relevant cover.

Washed-out cover...but striking in its own way

As is the norm for today's glossy wargaming mags, there is not a single battle report.
Frankly, unless a future theme really grabs my attention, I am very unlikely to remain a customer.