In fifteen years, or thereabouts, of reading the Newsletter, Intelligence in wargames is a subject I have hardly ever seen touched upon. Although in the period under discussion (Napoleonic) intelligence was nothing like the subject it has since become, it was nevertheless of great importance. After all, one of the main roles of all those glamorous light cavalry units was the acquisition of information. They were indeed the eyes and ears of the commander in those days before aerial photography and battlefield surveillance devices. I wonder if any readers have thoughts on the subject. Although as wargamers we will nearly always be in that omniscient position that no real life general will ever be in, the more doubt and uncertainty that can be introduced, particularly into a campaign, the better. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 173 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1976 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com