Maid Of Orleans is a comprehensive guide to simulating an event in 1428 during the French campaign to raise the English of the city. The specific episode covered is an assault on the Tourelles, a small fortress protected by twin towers which blocked access to the bridge to the city over the Loire. most of the book is devoted to a very detailed description of how to build the model of the fortress. This includes such details as individual strips of roofing tiles and building a stockade from several hundred individual bamboo skewers cut down to size. I saw this beauty at Historicon, and in scale and detail it is most impressive. I would recommend this guide highly as an example of how well such specific reconstruction can be done if you are interested in resenting it at conventions and such (this is not said facetiously, like many others I have a 'terrain board will travel' scenario for conventions, and this is a very satisfying aspect of the hobby precisely because you can put the extra effort into your chosen scenario that would not be justified for one-time use). However, if you are going to whip up this little dish for use at the club, then the gang had better enjoy repeatedly assaulting the Tourelles a lot!

Also included is an excellent, extensive history of the campaign, and another 5 page set of rules, which is about 75% charts. If you're interested in a simulation of this quality, once again you should probably consider more detailed rules. Tactica's exciting but rather 'beer 'n pretzels' Medieval siege rules would seem to fit the bill nicely. Maid Of Orleans sells for $15, available from hobby stores.

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