Slingshot 316

Slingshot 316 is with the printers and should be out in about a week.

Here are the contents for this issue:

• Battle Day Pack – Paraetacene – by Richard Lockwood
• Paraetacene with l'Art de la Guerre – by Chris Hahn
• Holiday in Cambodia, Part 1 – by Nicholas Spratt
• Twilight Triumph: the Battle of Chalons – by Justin Swanton
• Wargaming Belisarius vs the Vandals – by Simon MacDowall
• Slingshot Reviews: Scipio Africanus – Greater than Napoleon – reviewed by Duncan Head
• Slingshot Reviews: Pyrrhus of Epirus – reviewed by Timothy Myall
• Slingshot Reviews: God's Wolf – reviewed by Nick Harbud

The editor is always looking for more articles, photographs and art, so feel free to contact him if you have an idea you would like to pursue.

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10mm New Tent Packs from Good Ground LLC

New tent packs have arrived. Pack of 12 tents for $10.00

On the Workbench

Good Ground LLC

10mm Peloponnesian from The Miniature Company

Whilst waiting for other sculpts to dry, I thought I'd have a go at a 10mm Peloponnesian era Greek. I think this little fellow might paint up quite well actually

Peloponnesian

The Miniature Company

10mm Penn Hall from Buildings in Turmoil

Penn Hall 3 Sections joined. This version is technically small for 10mm but might be more palatable for some wargamers.

Penn Hall

Buildings in Turmoil

Ancient History Magazine 15, Apr-May 2018

Ancient History Magazine 15 with Ancient Love and sexuality.

Ancient attitudes to love, sex, and marriage were in some ways extremely practical and permissive. Still, for many people living in the classical world, there was little freedom when it came to matters of the heart.

Theme: Ancient love and sexuality

Paul Chrystal, 'The Greeks and Romans in bed - Mixing business with pleasure'.
Sidney E. Dean, 'Wives, concubines, and ancient power politics - Rank has its privilege'.
Ilana Krug, 'Prostitution in ancient Rome - The she-wolf'.
Kate Gihuly, 'A look at literary lesbians - Lesbians do not come from Lesbos'.
Scott Forbes Crawford, 'Marriage in ancient Rome - A union of needs'.

Features:

Andrew McGregor, 'Egyptian exploration of the African interior - Caravans to Yam'.
Sarah Berry, 'Cooking with the Romans - Stuffed dates'.
Carole Raddato, 'Beautiful, unspoiled Illyria - Exploring ancient Albania'.
David Reinke, 'Rome - before Christ, after Fellini - Satyricon'.

Ancient History Magazine

Panzers in the Defence of Festung Posen 1945

Panzers in Defence of Poznan 1945 by Maciej Karalus and Jarosław Jerzak is the first book published in English to describe the bitter battle for Festung Poznań in 1945. That Polish city, occupied by the Nazis since almost the very beginning of the Second World War in 1939, was declared a fortress (Festung) on January 20 1945, and for the whole month it saw heavy fighting between Wehrmacht and Waffen SS troops and the Red Army advancing directly towards Berlin. Among the garrison of the fortress a special part was played by a small heavy Panzer unit which possessed just 1 Tiger tank, 2 Panthers, 1 Panzer IV and a handful of Sturmgeschütze. Despite the difficulty and sparsity of sources, the authors were able to acquire an impressive wealth of information and memoirs, as well as rich iconography.

Before Poland was able to regain her full political autonomy in 1990, the fighting in Poznań was described only by Zbigniew Szumowski and Stanisław Okęcki. These, however, were poor compilations, only marginally touching upon the participation of German Wehrmacht. These authors looked upon this subject through the lenses of Soviet documentations and historiographical propaganda of their times. Sadly, they could not or would not make use of the documents in German archives. Their cardinal mistake was to overestimate the strength of the forces at play (especially on the German side), and the glorification of the Soviet victory, foregoing an honest analysis of the losses of human life as well as equipment on both sides. This is the first book in English that allows the reader to follow the street fighting in Poznań through the eyes of the Wehrmacht soldiers, documenting the story of the German armoured forces engaged in the battles for the city.

Miniature Wargames 419, March 2018

FORWARD OBSERVER
What’s in effective range in (mostly) historical wargaming with reports on Battlefront, Victrix, Butler’s 3D, North Star, Deep Cut and Stoessi.

SEND THREE AND FOURPENCE
Helpful hints to help with running a long-distance campaign over the web.

HELL BY DAYLIGHT
Part two of a set of rules for 20th Century Skirmish: AFVs and artillery!

ZULULAND
A scenario for use with either Victorian Steel or Black Powder.

PORTABLE KRIEGSSPIEL
A Napoleonic conversion of Bob Cordery’s Portable Wargame system.

COMMAND DECISION
A French Indian wars poser by Jon Sutherland.

ZOMBSKI!!
The creation – and the rules – to fight a modern Zombie game.

FANTASY FACTS

The usual sensor sweep of the latest news in F&SF gaming with releases from Darkest Star; Osprey; Titan; Daemonscape; Crooked Dice; and Brigade.

VICTORIO CAMPAIGN
Part one of a guide to the Apache Wars in the Old West from 1870 to 1876.

RECCE
What’s hip and what to let slip in the latest book releases

WARGAMES WIDOW
Build a redoubt or six...

LAKESIDE PROPERTY
The editor examines pond life...

CLUB DIRECTORY
Find a club in your vicinity and add your club for free!

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