From Northern Europe to Egypt, this issue of WS&S tackles the beginnings of organised warfare during the Bronze Age, complete with chariots and Homeric heroes.
Theme: Warfare in the Bronze Age
- Murray Dahm, 'Ideas for wargaming history's earliest conflicts - Battles in bronze'.
- David Davies, 'Gaming the Western European Bronze Age - The riddle of bronze'.
- Eoghan Kelly, 'The Achaean invasion of Anatolia and Cyprus - The fall of Arzawa and Alashiya'.
- James Morris, 'Fighting for the corpse of Patroclus in the Iliad - Over my dead body'.
- Mark Backhouse, 'Jonathan unleashes his fury agains the Philistines - The Battle of Michmash'.
- Guy Bowers, 'Wargaming in the Age of Bronze - History's first fighters'.
- Andrés Amián, 'Painting a Bronze Age cover for WS&S - The Vulture Stele'.
Features
- Robert Miller, 'A Saxon ambuscade against a new Norman lord - 1069 ambush'.
- David Davies, 'Phillips and Arnold's raid along the Appomattox - The first Battle of Petersburg, 1781'.
- Alex Sotheran, 'The Battle of Bourlon Wood, November 1917 - Through the mud, blood, and trees'.
- Richard Marsh, 'The disastrous battle for Asse: 18 May, 1940 - Enemies on all sides'.
- Rubén Torregrosa, 'How to paint Spanish conquistadors, circa 1519 - Clash of empires'.
- Mark Bretherton, 'Making camouflage netting and foliage for AFVs - Under cover'.
Departments
- Miniature reviews
- Rick Priestley, 'This gaming life - Everything old is new again'.
- David Hiscocks, 'The Irregular - Night fighting: descent into darkness'.
- Guy Bowers, 'More skirmish warfare in the Eternal City - Let's play Gangs of Rome 2'.
- Ian Beal, Guy Bowers, Adam Gilbert, and Alex Mahon, 'Game reviews - When Nightmares Come, ABC Warriors, Setting the East Ablaze, and Sludge War'.
- Book reviews
- Parting shots
