COMPARISON OF THE NEW WWII RULES
BILL RUTHERFORD playtests Clash of Armor, Command Decision II, and Spearhead using an Assault on Korpetsch scenario taken from Army Group South's drive on Sevastopol. Historical battle described, plus each rule set gets a battle replay.

FORLORN HOPE
JIM BIRDSEYE offers rules and a scenario for Napoleonic sieges in the Peninsula, based on assaults on Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz.

NAVAL FICTION IN THE AGE OF SAIL
STEVE CARPENTER lists all the available novels--in print and out of print--for Age of Sail enthusiasts looking for a good yarn.

THE GUERRIERE AND THE CONSTITUTION
BARRY FOX broadsides us with a look at the naval battle--from history and from the tabletop.

SHOWDOWN: OLD WEST GUNFIGHT
SAMUEL D. CAMPBELL presents a complete set of rules for tabletop gunslingers.

TINKERING WITH A GOOD THING
BILL HAGGART develops optional rules for the classic set of rules for the American Civil War: On to Richmond.

THE VANGUARD
Editorial.

SAPPER'S REPORT
Building Elkhorn Tavern.

THE COURIER DISPATCH
News of the hobby

Historicon 96 Convention Report
Charles Sweet Honored
Stone Mountain Honored
Tennessee Wargame Club
HMGS Military "GI" Members
Product News
Magazines
Convention Calendar

DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD
Letters to the Editor, Volley Fire (ratings) for issue #70, and a Reader Survey.

THE REVIEWING STAND
Figures, Books, Rules, and Accessories.

Minifig 15mm Prussians
Qualicast 20mm Prussian Napoleonics
Bataillenfeur 20mm Napoleonics
Viking Forge Renaissance
Qualicast 20mm Celtic Cavalry
Two Dragons 15mm Dark Age Peasants
B&B Jacobite 25mm
Viking Forge DBR Armies
Mexican-American Wars (First Corps, Guernsey Foundry, Raventhorpe, Old Glory)
Wargames Foundry 25mm Nubian Civilians and Sea Peoples
Bull Dancer 25mm Trojan Wars
Outpost Wargames 20mm Korean War US and CCA Riflemen
Raventhorpe 20mm WWII US Infantry
Britannia 20mm WWII SS Cavalry
First Corps 25mm WWII British, Soviet, and German Troops
B&B Miniatures 20mm Russian Civil War: French Interventionist
Wargames Foundry 20mm Arab-Israeli Wars
SHQ Miniatures 20mm 1940 BEF Infantry
Quad Scale Products 15mm IL-2M3 Sturmovik and 20mm DFS230 Glider
Navwar 1/300 WWI German Infantry
Pass of the North 25mm Haitians
Drews Militia 20mm 1940-1942 British 8th Army and Royal Italian Forces
Essex 20mm WWII German and Soviet Riflemen
TCS Wild West and African Buildings
Shmid Products Rivers
Signifer Flags
First Corps 25mm American Civil War
Gamer Figure Card
Colors of the French Infantry under Louis XIV 1638-1715 (booklet)
Arms and Armor in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (book)
From Valmy to Waterloo (rules)
General de Brigade (rules)
Voltiguer Skirmish (rules)
With Musket and Sword (book)
Where the Iron Crosses Grow (scenario book)

Cover (at top): Platoon 20 British prepare to knock out a MkIV (Airfix model) supported by Panzer Grenadiers.
Figures from collection of Dan Dillemuth.
Buildings from various manufacturers and painted by Orv Banasik.
Photo by Orv Banasik

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