AIRFIX MAGAZINE - November 1974. Well illustrated articles on 54mm modelling in the Crimean period; Renaissance Warfare - Persians and other Easterners by George Gush; British Army Uniforms - Marlborough's Grenadiers; much on aircraft plus reviews of latest books, figures, kits, etc.
ARQUEBUSIER - September/October 1974. Magazine of the Pike and Shot Society, this includes much stimulating material for those who wargame in this period. It includes historical extracts from books of the time; The Siege at Constantinople; Civil War in Cheshire; The Swedish Army in the 16th Century; The Swedish Army in the 17th Century; The Civil War in North Wales plus book and figure reviews etc.
AVALON HILL GENERAL - September-October 1974. Contains a historical article on the Battle of the Bulge; Night Panzerblitz Rules; A Beginner's Primer on Board Wargaming; plus details of new games, boardgame techniques and tactics, etc., etc.
BATTLEFLEET - No.11. Magazine of the Naval Wargames Society contains ar;icles on the activities in the Russo-Japanese War; plus reviews of models, forthcoming events, etc.
THE BULLETIN of the Military Historical Society - August 1974. Badges of the Service Battalions of Kitchener's Army 1914-1919; Report by D.F.F. on the Society's Tour of the Peninsular Battlefields in Spain and Portugal, April 1974; plus details of badges, books, etc., etc.
THE COURIER - VI-5. This magazine of the New England Wargamers Association always has interesting material in it. This one contains articles on the Opposing Armies during Trajan's Decian Wars; Morgan's Rifles; The American Revolution; The Crimean War - The Organisation of the Russian Army; Napoleonic Strategy Game; A Points System for Rules; Time and Distance in Wargames; Building an American Civil War Rocket Battery; plus reviews of figures, books, etc.
EUROPA - No.2 - September 1974. This European magazine, published by Walter Luc Haas, Achilles Bischoff Str. 7-,CH-4053, Basle, Switzerland, deals with just about EVERYTHING in a gloriously mixed manner. Boardgames and their availability; Continental hobby-shops; Diplomacy; Wargaming products; book and magazine reviews; correspondence (lively!); names/addresses, etc., etc. But not much about military miniatures.
MANCHESTER AREA WARGAMES SOCIETY - Club Magazine - October 1974. Still going strong this lively Club publication contains articles on The Ten Years Wnr in Cuba 1875-1878; The Seven Weeks War of 1866; Adaptations for Middle Earth Rules; Numidians in Battle; plus correspondence and reviews on figures, books.
PANZERFAUST - No.63. Mostly about boardgames contains reviews of the game Seven Days; Napoleon's Victory at Waterloo; Panzerblitz; Battle of Gettysburg; Austerlitz; "he Disposition of the German Army June-December 1944; Computerised Boardgaming; Individual Western Gunfight Report plus reviews of books, correspondence, etc.
SOLDIER - November 1974. The magazine of the modern British Army contains articles on the Royal Signals Military Museum; plus other articles on Army activities with good reviews of books, records, etc.
SWORD AND LANCE - No.4. Still keeping its head above water in spite of all the difficulties of producing a magazine in these hard times. Contains illustrated articles on Wargames for the Young Enthusiast; Conversions; War Tales; Fantasy Wargaming; Questions and Answers; an early Japanese battle; Forming a Persian Wargames Army; the Universal Carrier; Figure and book reviews.
WAR MONTHLY - Although this is number 10 it is the first I have seen of it and I find it quite impressive. It can be obtained from Marshall Cavendish Ltd., 58 Old Compton Street, London WIV5PA, subscription price of £ 5-50P per annum, 40P per copy. Very well produced by professionals, most of its writers are also professionals. Such as James Lunt writing on the Aden Crisis with some excellent photographs. Then there are well illustrated articles on Iwo Jima; The Fairey Swordfish; Arras 1940; Anti-tank Guns; Battle of the Yalu - China versus Japan at sea in 1894. Every article interesting and well produced - I hope this magazine lasts in these crisis-ridden days.
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