Argus Books

Wargaming in History and
Military Modelling Guide to Sieges

review by Dick Bryant

The first three volumes of a series by Argus Books are now available: Waterloo by Charles Grant, The Second Boer War by Edwin Herbert, and The American Civil War by Paul Stevenson. This is a nice premise - a series of books each reviewing a particular battle for the wargamer complete with flags, organization, tactics, etc. Unfortunately, to my mind the editor did not exercise enough control. The same size book is used for the battle of Waterloo as is used for the entire American Civil War, for instance. Each book has a different mix of topics so that one covers flag data and the other does not; one covers uniforms but not the other two, and so on. Yet, these are concise, detailed works of interest to the beginner getting into the hobby or to an old Grunt looking for a new period. These will get you started and each provides a reasonable bibliography though as seemingly common with British authors, these authors seem to have no concept that Americans generate wargame rules (The Sword and the Flame is obvious by its absence in the Boer War rule listing) or that we have magazines that also cater to the hobby. English price is £5.95 plus 10% postage and handling, no American price given. Available from Argus Books, Argus House, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, HP27ST, England. -

MILITARY MODELING GUIDE TO SIEGE WARGAMING

Another book from Argus, who publishes Military Modelling magaine. Another in the series by Stuart Asquith, this covers fortifications, details a siege operation, lists many of the major sieges that occurred throughout history and talks about battles fought to lift sieges. Throughout there are suggestions as to how to incorporate these things into your rules. These are not a set of siege rules but more a reference work for someone looking to try sieges in their games or campaigns. The English price is £6.95 plus 10% postage and handling, no American price given. Available from Argus Books, Argus House, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, HP27ST, England.

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