Wargames Illustrated 299 (September 2012)

The upcoming issue of Wargames Illustrated contains the following content:

TREACHERY ON THE FIELDS OF ENGLAND
We kick off our Wars of the Roses theme with an introduction to gaming the conflict by rules writer Simon MacDowall. He takes us through raising armies, troops types, organisation and more. All accompanied by Neil Smith’s brief history of the wars.

SLAUGHTER IN THE SNOW: TOWTAN, 1461
For our coverage of ‘England’s bloodyest battle’ we asked two gamers to tell us about their Towton projects - one in 15mm, the other 28mm. Both of them went on very different journeys and reveal their trials and tribulations.

NOW IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR DISCONTENT: THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH, 1485
We wrap up our theme content for this month with a re-fight of the ‘biggy’ of the Wars of the Roses - Bosworth Field - using the Clash of Empires rules. “God and your arms be prais’d, the bloody dog is dead” or is he...?

SHINE A LIGHT
An introduction to object source lighting - a painting technique used to create the illusion of light.

STORMBIRDS
Few planes in history have changed everything we had previously understood. The Messerschmitt 262 was one such aircraft. In this article the Battlefront Studio guys give us the history behind, and a painting guide for the ME262.

THE BATTLE OF NASEBY, 1645
Steve Danes, enthusiastic wargamer, rules writer and ECW buff, recently ran a games for his mates at one of our favorite wargaming locales - Ugley Hougoumont. Here’s the tale of the battle they fought.

HARD AND FAST
With the release of the Devil’s Charge; the new Flames Of War source book covering the first part of the Battle of the Bulge, players now have the option to field an American Light Tank Company. In this article Bede Bailey shows us how to make good use of them in the game.

NAM. MEGA-GAME
You won’t ever see a better 28mm Vietnam game than this! Follow the action as eight players battle it out for control of a border zone during the Tet Offensive of 1968.

THE CAPTURE OF A PRINCE
After visiting his wife’s home town in the Czech Republic, Graham Burke’s mind turned to wargaming a local action.

TAKE COMMAND
Barry Hilton presents his solution to stymie the ‘Wargames Fashion Police’ when it comes to which regiment of what troops you decide to field in your big games.

PLUS You can also find: Painting articles from Matt Parkes and David Imrie (aka Saxon Dog), and interviews with 4Ground and Dan Mersey (author of Dux Bellorum),...