Two More Mags

I FINISHED reading the Feb/Mar issue of Medieval Warfare a couple of days before the April/May edition of Toy Soldier Collector arrived in the post.

Medieval Warfare volume VIII, issue 1 and Toy Soldier Collector issue 81

I am usually a big fan of Medieval Warfare, and especially of its sister magazine Ancient Warfare. But I felt this issue, themed around 14th-century mercenary John Hawkwood, was lacking in telling me anything I did not already know.
Toy Soldier Collector has, as always, loads of lovely-to-look-at glossy pix, even if the models are way out of my spending league (I am definitely not going to pay more than 200 US dollars - almost £150 - for a single Mamluk cavalryman).

Two Mags

I BOUGHT the Mar/Apr edition of Wargames - Soldiers & Strategy and the Feb/Mar edition of Ancient Warfare at about the same time.

Two ancient-themed magazines

The former concentrates on the decline of the (western) Roman Empire, while Ancient Warfare is mainly concerned with Sparta's triumph in the Peloponnesian War.
I want to like WSS, but the absence of battle reports tells against it. This will probably be the last issue I will buy for some time.
Ancient Warfare, on the other hand, continues to impress - I find every issue has so much to savour.