MINIATURE WARGAMES/BG: #364 August 2013

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Articles Include:

* Forward Observer: Variation of Operation Market Garden plus Kickstarter news.
* Up the Creek! Making miniature canoes
* Fantasy Facts: Sci-fi first looks.
* Can I be your Condottiere? Mercenary companies of 14th and 15th century Italy, with two refights (Castagnaro 1387 and Caravaggio 1448) plus campaigning ideas.
* Command Challenge: TooFatLardies WWII platoon-level game with the British, supported by a 2-inch mortar and Bren teams, flushing the Germans out of woodland. Maybe.
* Send Three and Fourpence: Wargaming compromises...or not.
* Tommies in Hot Places: Painting guide to British infantry in the WWI era tropics.
* The Tide is Turning: Very British Civil War scenario in which a Royalist diving team plans to set charges and blow up the Mersey tunnels in Liverpool.
* Wilson's Creek 1861: Scenario adaptation for Black Powder rules.
* Meet Kevin Dallimore: Interview from former Foundry brushmeister includes gallery of his great artwork.
* Salamanca's Siren Call: First part of a short series starts by working out just how much of Wellington's great victory can fit on the table. Lots of maps!
* Thoughts From an Armchair: Reviews of boardgames Kingdom of Heaven and Napoleon Against Europe.