Midwest Wargamers Association Newsletter

Table of Contents #85

Rule Sets and Rules Variants

    Arquebusiers in Paradise
    Rules for the Sugar Wars in Brazil (1630-40). From Stephen Lawrence.
    For God, Wealth, and Honor
    Rules proposal from Terry Gore covering combat from 451AD to 1500AD.
    Bosnia 1944?
    WWII Airlanding rules and action as the German Fallschirmjaeger paratroopers and glider troops try to capture Tito.
    WWII Special Rules
    Jim Davis provides new recon rules for Command Decision.
    Sweet Rules
    Wargaming pioneer Charles Sweet's rules for 30mm American War of Independence.
    Random Draw System
    Gerard Quinn proposes a rules system without a turn structure.
    Napoleons Battles Misuse
    Dennis Daughetee makes one tiny change to bring combined arms attacks into historical context.
    Whole Stand Casualties
    Hal Thinglum proposes s casualty system that removes entire stands.
    Advanced Armati
    Chris Leach examines the rules Armati and its evolution to Advanced Armati.
    Breakfast of Man
    Howard Whitehouse lets your evolution dictate movement and more in this set of "Prehistoric" rules based on seeing Raquel Welch in the movie One Million BC.
    Once More into the Brown
    A discussion of charging and countercharging rules ideas from Curt Johnson.
    Reply to Considered Response
    Bob Jones examines the math in rules system procedures.
    Chaos Reigns!
    Wild West skirmish rules from Gerard Quinn.

Historical Analysis and Scenarios

    The Great Northern War
    Cory Ring and Gustav Bergman team to create a section with articles covering historical analysis of the war, the Battle of Kliszow, and rules and figure reviews.
    Battle of the Clouds
    During the American War of Independence, General Washington escapes under cover of monsoon. By Henry Wirth
    Guilford Courthouse
    Ken Skinner tackles the location of the third line during the battle.
    The Maori Wars
    Stephen Lawrence examines the colonial wars of New Zealand lasting from 1846 to 1870s. Includes a rules set.
    Magnificent Seven
    Based on the movie, Stephen Lawrence provides a Warpaint scenario.
    The Obstacle Theory
    Rich Barbuto analyzes the placement of defensive obstacles to foil an attacker.
    The Battle of Piacenza
    Wesley Rogers recounts a Renaissance campaign.
    Battle of Perryville
    Rick Schofield offers a Fire & Fury scenario for the American Civil War.
    Battle of New Market
    Rick Schofield offers another Fire & Fury scenario for the American Civil War.
    Stalky & Co.
    A colonial scenario from David Barnes is based on a book series.
    Falkirk 1746
    The evolution of a convention game, from Stephen Lawrence.

Reviews, News, and Other Views

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MWAN #85 Cover (top): 25mm Wild West figures from Guernsey Foundry. Photo by Nevin Dallimore.
Back Cover (bottom color illustration): 25mm WWII 1st Corps German and Russian infantry painted by Bill Hogan.
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