No, the editor is not jumping out of a time-machine going 'Boo!' In issue 127, WS&S looks at surprise attacks throughout the ages, covering raiding both ancient and modern.
Theme: Raids throughout history
- Guy Bowers, 'A brief look at raids through the ages - Smash and grab'.
- Warren Gleeson, 'A Phocian night raid on the Thessalian camp - Ghosts of the dawn'.
- Mark Backhouse, 'A scenario based on the Battle of Ister River - Dancing on ice'.
- Jonathan Jones, 'Black Douglas on the warpath: September 1314 - The raid on Canwick'.
- Eoghan Kelly, 'Middlesex and Somerset Raid, October 1779 - A grand day for a ride out'.
- Chris King, '"Lighting up" the lines of communication - Torch the tower'.
- Nick Skinner, 'World War II harbour raids on the tabletop - Going commando'.
- David Davies, 'Capturing an enemy VIP for interrogation - The tongue'.
- Guy Bowers, 'WWII commando forces for raids - Attain by surprise'.
- James McDowall, 'Making a break for it with the beef - The cattle rustlers'.
Features
- Rubén Torregrosa, 'How to create realistic snow on your bases - General winter'.
- Joe Bilton, 'Making varied scatter terrain for the tabletop - Quick, lads! Scatter'.
- Mark Bretherton, 'Cheap, practical buildings made from foamcore - Back to basics'.
Departments
- Miniature reviews
- Rick Priestley, 'This gaming life - What happened to all the toy soldiers'.
- Kevin Pierce, 'The Irregular - On a knife edge'.
- Chris King, 'Piratical skirmishing in the eighteenth century - Let's play Blood and Plunder: Raise the Black'.
- Sam Ralphs and Adam Gilbert, 'Bringing Weird War action to the Great War - Let's play a War Transformed'.
- Eoghan Kelly, Chris King, and Chris Payne, 'Game reviews - Bolt Action: Case Blue, Eagle's Prey: Villa Rides!, With Hot Lead and Cold Steel, and Flint and Feather: Contact!'.
- Book reviews
- Parting shots