Good - But Could Be So Much Better

I BOUGHT the September issue of Wargames Illustrated because it came with a free set of rules for fighting "big skirmishes and small battles" in the Wars Of The Roses,

The rules are professionally laid out with liberal use of colour.

Colourful ... but there's something missing

The magazine backs this up with a two-page article on designer's notes, a six-page article on small clashes from the wars, a six-page painting guide, a six-page beginners' introduction to the wars and another four-page painting guide.

What's missing? A play-through of the rules!

How could anyone devote 24 pages to what is little more than waffle, much of it obtainable on the internet, and not have anything on how the rules work in practice?