ARTICLES

Snippets from History
Frederick the Great, Zhukov, Thomas J. Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, Colonel John S. Mosby, and Major General Oliver O. Howard from Bruce Milligan

Gas
Its Use in WWI and Its Application in Wargames by Mal Wright.

Modern Spearhead
The United States Marines by Mike Reese

Battle of Hohenlinden A Napoleonic Refight By Jim Arnold and Ralph Reinertsen

Introduction and Historical Background
Converting Historical Battle to Tabletop Simulation
Battle Plans, Rules, and Refight
French Order of Battle
Austrian Order of Battle
Large Map (slow: 129K)
Jumbo Map (extremely slow: 319K)

Warlord: 1050 AD-1500 AD Medieval Rules By Christopher Parker

Introduction
Battle Preparation and Turn Sequence
Command, Terrain, and Movement
Combat
Morale

Two Days Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad
Russo-Japanese War Battle by Steve Haller.

Best of the Old Courier

Staff and Command Musket Period Wargame by Ernest Andrade, Jr.

Truly Machiavelian Renaissance Games Elvish Civil Wars by Otto Schmidt

Introduction
Secret Victory: Beltelephon: King of Atholl
Secret Victory: Prince Lanolin
Secret Victory: Counts of Flotsam and Jetsam
Secret Victory: William De La Onslogger
Secret Victory: Marquise of Gorgonzola
Secret Victory: King of Belgravia
Secret Victory: Sha Na-Na
Secret Victory: Benelux, General of Salacia
Secret Victory: General Arnold Von Der Kukuclocken
Umpire Notes

DEPARTMENTS

The Vanguard Editorial: Updates
Dispatches from the Field Letters to the Editor.
Volley Fire Response Readers rate Issue #82.
Cartoon Heavy Foot, Paulus

Courier Dispatch News About the Hobby.

Frank Chadwick Scruby Award Winner
The Courier at Historicon 2001
Ancient Tournament: Historicon 2001
Borodino 2002: Napoleonic Conference (Sep 5-8, 2002)
New Products
Magazines Received
Calendar of Conventions

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



Castaway Arts 25mm Ancient Hebrew and Biblical Ranges
Essex 25mm Samurai
B&B Minitaures 20mm AMR
Dixon 25mm AMR
Redoubt 25mm ACW Dismounted Cavalry
GHQ 1/285th Pewter Buildings
GHQ 1/285th WWII Micro Armour
GHQ 1/285th Modern Micro Armour
BP Casts 1/72nd Soviet Tank and A/C
TCS Houston's Ships
GHQ 1/2400 Wichita
Merrimack Miniatures 25mm OK Corral
DJD Miniatures Arc Gauge
Miniature World Maker Terrain
GHQ 1/1200 HMS Shannon Napoleonic Ship
Scale Specialties 1/160 WWII Decals
Hot Wire Foam Factory Foam Coating
1870 Franco-Prussian War Grand Tactical Rules
Hail Caesar! Gladatorial Rules
Melees Gloriosus Ancient Warfare Rules
Face of Battle WWII Skirmish Rules
Brookhurst Hobbies Overlord
Angels 15 WWII Air Wargaming Rules
Red Cloud' War: Wagon Box Fight
World War II Ballistics: Armor and Gunnery

The Barrett Scale for Reviews

Cover (at top): 12th Century European troops from the collection of Christopher and David Parker. Banners and painting by Peter Rice of Change of Command (www.changeofcommand.com). Figures are mostly Essex. Spearmen by Ral Partha. Peasants are hinchliffe. Casualties are Old Glory. Bases by Renaissance ink. Photo by Bill Keyser.
Large Version of the Cover (very slow: 181K)