by Craig Einhorn of Pharaoh's Guard Hobbies
I have reviewed the two books by Volley & Bayonet & Glory.... The Rough Riders #1 and #2. The first one has a very good history of the conflict (Spanish American) and the reasons for. There is a lot of detail about the forces involved and an San Juan Hill Scenario and Order of Battle. I would recommend it to my students, if they were trying to pass a test! Volume #2 has a campaign, Uniform Info for Spanish, Cuban and American forces and Scenarios and additional rules. This would be helpful for players of Volley & Bayonet, and would add to any other rules. I am modifying them slightly for Piquet! The Old Glory / Architectural Heritage Buildings are nice resin buildings, with 9 or 10 for $60.00 retail. They are European and fit in well with 17th century through Napoleonic and on to Franco-Prussian, and without much modification they could portray some of the towns I saw in Germany in the 1980's. Very nicely done. I am adding two sets to the store scenery collection. I found a "tongue in cheek" set of rules called "Violence" which is for all of the role-players who want a truly crude set of rules that they can read and laugh at. Back to The Gauntlet No. 18 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Craig Martelle Publications This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |