Slingshot 265

The latest issue of Slingshot is 265, publishing date July 2009. The next issue will be the September issue.

This issue is 60 pages long, not including the cover pages. It's published in the same format introduced with issue 258.

The contents of Slingshot 265 are as follows. For games articles, I've indicated the relevant rule set where it's not immediately obvious from the title; with historical articles I've tried to indicate period if a similar issue applies.

• Guardroom
• Cogadh Gaedhil: Medieval Irish warfare 600AD-1500AD, Part 3, by Mick Hession
• Mallets and Mules, by Duncan Head
• “When he crossed the seventh mountain range, his intuition led him to the cedars”: Mesopotamian Warfare Notes VIII, by Alastair McBeath
• Battle Day 2009 – Callinicum 531AD, by Richard Lockwood
• Callinicum Piquet’d, by Adam Hayes
• Callinicum 531 AD – Peter Pig’s Conquerors and Kings & Warmaster Ancients, by Martyn Simpson
• Callinicum, AD 531 – Armati II report , by Matthew Bennett
• Callinicum Using Big Battle DBA, by Sue Laflin, Paul Glover, Ian Tanner, and David Latham
• Callinicum in the FoG, by David Edwards
• Callinicum 531 CE – Tactica II in Scotland, by Paul Innes
• [ WAB] Thinking About Romans – Part Three, by Adrian Goldsworthy
• [ Armati ] Magnesia, by Mark Grindlay
• Crusader Army lists for the Peloponnesian War, by Craig Woodfield
• [ Tony Bath Rules ] Back to the Jurassic, by David Barnsdale
• Thracian Enhancements for Field of Glory , by Christopher Webber
• The Battle of the Lyginus River, 335 BC: A Field of Glory Scenario, by Christopher Webber
• Book Reviews, by Jim Webster, Anthony Clipsom & Mark Watson
• Figure Reviews, by David Edwards, Richard Lockwood & Mark Watson

Slingshot 264

The latest issue of Slingshot (number 264, May 2009), the bi-monthly publication of the Society of Ancients, just went to the printers. Apologies for the lateness of this issue.

This issue is 60 pages long, not including the cover pages. It's published in the same format introduced with issue 258.

The contents of Slingshot 264 are as follows. For games articles, I've indicated the relevant rule set where it's not immediately obvious from the title; with historical articles I've tried to indicate period if a similar issue applies.

• Guardroom
• China & Nanhai, by John Walsh
• Cogadh Gaedhil: Medieval Irish warfare 600AD-1500AD, Part Two, by Mick Hession
• Xenophon’s Chariot, by Jim Webster
• “He traversed five mountains, six mountains, seven mountains” – Mesopotamian Warfare Notes VII, by Alastair McBeath
• Constantius II, Ammianus, and the Big Parade, Part One, by Jim Sye
• Putting it all together (The Sasanians re-examined), Part Three, by Doug Melville
• Parthian infantry spearmen, by Nigel Tallis
• New Works on Early Byzantine History from  Bulletin of British Byzantine Studies, (35), 2009, by Jim Sye
• Report on The English DBA Open 2008, by Martin Smith and Richard Pulley
• [AMW] The Trebia in Sixty Minutes – Promoting the Society During Summer 2008, by Graham Evans
• DBMM at Britcon 2008, by Chris Jolley
• FOG or Mist: The Battle for Middle Earth, by Steven Neate
• [WAB] Thinking About Romans - Part Two, by Adrian Goldsworthy
• Ruspina, 46BC – Reconstructing a Battle the ‘Lost Battles’ way (part 1), by Gavin Pearson
• Book Review: Britannia The Failed State, reviewed by Stephen Brennan
• Figure Reviews: Baccus 6mm Sasanians, reviewed by Doug Melville
• Figure Preview: Perry 28mm War of the Roses Plastics
• More Book Reviews, by Mark Watson

As usual, I'm looking for more material in general and some game specific articles in particular, right now of the more popular systems Armati, FoG and Warmaster material would be good.

Slingshot 263

The latest issue of Slingshot (number 263, March 2009), the bi-monthly publication of the Society of Ancients, went to the printers last Monday. Apologies for the lateness of this issue. My understanding is that the issue has been delayed a further couple of days to accommodate the printing of membership cards, which are enclosed with the magazine, so it may be another week before it arrives with you. The incentive game is not included with this mailing and will be sent separately.

This issue is 60 pages long, not including the cover pages. It's published in the same format introduced with issue 258.

The contents of Slingshot 263 are as follows. For games articles, I've indicated the relevant rule set where it's not immediately obvious from the title; with historical articles I've tried to indicate period if a similar issue applies.

• Cogadh Gaedhil: Medieval Irish warfare 600AD-1500AD, Part I, by Mick Hession
• The Battle of the Granicus, by Patrick Waterson
• Recent Reconstructions of the Battle of the Granicus, by Philip Sabin
• “Oh merchant, how you use up silver!” (Mesopotamian Notes VI), by Alastair McBeath
• Ambush at Callinicum 531 AD (The Case For Reliable Arabs), by Stewart Hey
• The Longbeards, by Robert Heiligers
• [DBA] Campaigns for Wargamers 7 – The Normans in Italy, by Paul Burton
• [WAB] Thinking About Romans, by Adrian Goldsworthy
• [AMW] Ancient and Medieval Wargaming, by Neil Thomas
• Of Brushes and Bowstrings, by David Edwards
• Honouring the Dead, by Edward Harvey
• Plastic Alchemy Update 2008, by Andrew Lawrence
• Book Reviews, by Marc Adda, Phil Barker & Will Whyler
• Figure Reviews: 28mm Celts and Romans, Tibetans & Macedonian Successors, by Mark Watson
• The Great Commanders at Milton Keynes Campaign: 9 -10 May 2009, by Graham Evans

Slingshot 262

The latest issue of Slingshot (number 262, January 2009), the bi-monthly publication of the Society of Ancients, has gone to the printers. My expectation is that it will be mailed out to society members around 12 February. The issue also includes results forms for the Society championship.

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This issue is 60 pages long, not including the cover pages. It's published in the same format introduced with issue 258

The contents of Slingshot 262 are as follows. For games articles, I've indicated the relevant rule set where it's not immediately obvious from the title; with historical articles I've tried to indicate period if a similar issue applies.

• “He moored the ships of Meluḫḫa, Magan, and Tilmun at the quay of Agade”, by Alastair McBeath
• The Army of Massalia, by Jim Webster
• Amazed am I ere I made Zama, by Patrick Waterson
• Food, land and fertility and the troops you can support, by Jim Webster
• In the Field with Belisarius, by Paul Burton
• Elephants and Things, by David Edwards
• Callinicum 531 AD, Battle Pack 2009, by Richard Lockwood, Phil Halewood & Jim Sye
• Zenobia on the Field of Glory, by John Hogan
• Refighting Cannae in DBMM, by Michael Campbell
• “Is Eight the Magic Number?” – Army sizes in AMW, by Graham Evans
• The Greeks invade Rome…and a plan doesn’t come together…in WAB, by David Carruthers
• Rules Design Forum: Lost Battles, with Philip Sabin
• Wheeling Units in AMW: an Analysis by Graham Evans
• Comparative Religion 102: Field of Glory and DBMM Rules Compared on the Wargames Table, by Ray Briggs
• Figure Reviews: 15mm Eastern Islamic, 28mm Caesarian Romans, Normans, Medieval Spanish, Imperial Romans and Celts, by Richard Lockwood and Mark Watson

Site Move

A brief note for anyone subscribing to this blog on RSS. Firstly, I didn't update it in a while (but then you know that). Secondly, it's now moving to the SoA website proper, where it will be available at http://www.soa.org.uk/blog/slingshot_blog/.

As for Sllingshot, January's edition went to the printers earlier this week, and should ship in the middle of next week. I'll post more detail (here!/ closer to that time.