#346 “Poseidon’s Warriors, Bolt Action Big Battles, Jane Austen Zombie Killer”

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Title : #346 “Poseidon’s Warriors, Bolt Action Big Battles, Jane Austen Zombie Killer”
Publisher : Stratagem Publications
Product Line : Wargames Illustrated Magazine #301 – #350

Category : Historical Books
Sub-category : Historical Magazines
Genre : Magazine – War Gaming
Publish Year : 2016
Pages : 98
Dimensions : 8.5x11x.25″
NKG Part # : 2147635768
MFG. Part # : BFMWI346
Type : Magazine In this issue:

• If You Can Keep Your Head: Neil Smith introduces our theme this month, using rules examples and moments from history to draw us into the world of the ‘blunder’.
• Figures Spotlight: Warlord Games Plastic Fallschirmjager: Phil Lewis looks at creating 28mm German Paratroopers for a range of different theatres.
• Making a Game out of a Mistake: Doomed heroism and the tabletop wargame, Anglo-Zulu War style.
• Bolt Action: Big Battles: How to ‘go large’ with this set of World War Two rules.
• DOH! What are the practical things needed to wargame various styles of ‘blunder’ on the tabletop?
• Two Battles, Two Landmarks: Nick Buxey looks at the creation of two key buildings that provide a focus for a particular couple of battles.
• Between the Jaws of Hyenas: In recreating the disaster at Adwa in 1896 on the tabletop, Pete Brown provides a scenario which can be used for various blundering situations.
• How to… Make a North American covered bridge: Paul Davies presents his latest model making project.
• Blundering to Glorify: Prolific games designer Sam Mustafa presents some ideas dealing with ‘blunders’ within some of his rules systems.
• The Battle of Ramillies: Simon MacDowall shares his experience and expertise of wargaming one of Europe’s greatest Eighteenth Century battles.
• Partizan 2016: A round up of this ‘revived’ show, bigger, better, brighter!
• Jane Austin, Zombie Killer: Sometimes, classic literature and modern cinema can be blended to create a whole new gaming genre – Georgian zombie hunting, anyone?
• White Russia: There’s no business like snow business, and no battles like those which include snow…
• Poseidon’s Warriors: Ramming speed! Rules author John Lambshead provides an insight into this new set of Ancient naval warfare rules.
• Flames of War and the World Wide Web: A look at the range of internet locations where Flames Of War gamers can find interesting content.
• Grimsby Wargames Club: The latest in our feature looking at the UK club scene, this time at a club which owns its own premises.
• Fight Talk – The Right Stuff: Pete Brown ask questions about a topic which vexes many and leaves others completely cold – do we have the right to demand that others have the “right stuff?”