Midwest Wargamers
Association Newsletter

Table of Contents # 121
January-February 2003

Rule Sets and Rules Variants

20mm WWII Rules
Fast Miniatures Rules by Mitru Costea.

The Age of Steam
Rules and Battle of Agua Nada by Mitru Costea.

Blue Thunder/Red Lightning
Fast Play 1812 Rules by Ben Pecson.

The Hex Command
Rules Series by Terry Cabek.

Historical Analysis and Scenarios

I Visited Bosworth Battlefield
Where Did the Sun Rise in the 15th Century? by Robert Piepenbrink.

Custer's Luck
7th Cavalry and Little Big Horn June 25, 1876 By Terry Pilling.

Modeling Metaurus Reconstructing Hasdrubal's Defeat in the Second Punic War by Chris J. Hahn.

Historical Background
Orders of Battle
Historical Commentary and Dispositions
Detailed Orders of Battle

Going It Alone: The Solo Wargamers Corner First Bull Run (part I) by Rich Barbuto

Introduction
The Preliminaries
Orders of Battle: USA and CSA
The Battle
Solo Rules
Cohesion, Command, and Control

Reviews, News, and Other Views

Guest Editorial by Don Featherstone
What's New In Hal's Mailbox Editor and Publisher Hal Thinglum, with a little help from others, offers a multitude of Mini Product Reviews.
Welcome to Kizange A Roundabout Review of Liberation Miniatures Modern Range by Sam Scott.
Battlefield Miniatures 20mm WWII Figure Review by Michael Creek
The Role of Experimental History: Theatre in Man's Quest for Existential Meaning Or, Why Wargaming is Good for You and Society by Charley Elsden
Warhammer ECW Rules Review [Part 1] by Kenn Hart
TCS Wargame Accessories Review by Hal Thinglum
Letters Letters to the Editor.
Reality Meets the Wargamer (and Loses) Variable-Length Bounds, Objective-Horizons, and Other Brilliant but Hopeless Wargame Concepts by Sam Mustafa.

More Articles

Making Low Cost Hedges for Your Tabletop
Terrain Technique By Peter Michels.
Those Fightin' 54s
Collecting and Gaming With 54mm Plastics by Charley Elsden.
Battleground WW2
20mm Game at Pro or Con Convention By Mike Reese.
In the Beginning
First Wargaming Love by Don Featherstone.
Larry Leadhead
Comic Strip
Making Low Cost, Low Effort Barbed-Wire Entanglements
Terrain Tips By Peter Michels.
A Valuable Manual for Wargamers
Thoughts
Botch Blake's Interests
A Continuing Story of WIP by Michael Blake.
Navigator USA
News 2003.
Wargaming Clubs of the World
2003 by John Stafford.