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Skirmishers Through the Ages: From Roman Velite...
Nobody ever painted a heroic portrait of the skirmisher. The glory went to the legionary in his tight formation, the redcoat in his firing line, the Old Guard marching into...
Skirmishers Through the Ages: From Roman Velite...
Nobody ever painted a heroic portrait of the skirmisher. The glory went to the legionary in his tight formation, the redcoat in his firing line, the Old Guard marching into...
The Gunners: How Field Artillery Changed from R...
Picture the moment before the order to fire. The gun captain sights along the barrel. A sponger swabs the bore. A loader holds the round ready. Behind them, ammunition men...
The Gunners: How Field Artillery Changed from R...
Picture the moment before the order to fire. The gun captain sights along the barrel. A sponger swabs the bore. A loader holds the round ready. Behind them, ammunition men...
Five Armies, One Deadly Idea: Horse Archers Fro...
Every horse archer asks the same awkward question of the army in front of him: how do you hit a man who will not stand still? Infantry cannot catch him....
Five Armies, One Deadly Idea: Horse Archers Fro...
Every horse archer asks the same awkward question of the army in front of him: how do you hit a man who will not stand still? Infantry cannot catch him....
War Elephants: How Persia, India and Rome Answe...
Horses will not go near an elephant. Not for a general's whip, not for a king's gold. The smell alone can turn a cavalry charge into a stampede in the...
War Elephants: How Persia, India and Rome Answe...
Horses will not go near an elephant. Not for a general's whip, not for a king's gold. The smell alone can turn a cavalry charge into a stampede in the...
The Last Britons: Arthurian Wargaming and the B...
In 410 a letter from the Emperor Honorius reached the cities of Britain. If the Greek historian Zosimus is right, it offered no troops and no money, only an instruction...
The Last Britons: Arthurian Wargaming and the B...
In 410 a letter from the Emperor Honorius reached the cities of Britain. If the Greek historian Zosimus is right, it offered no troops and no money, only an instruction...
Waterloo on a Dining Table: Why 10mm Changes th...
Most Waterloo games are not really Waterloo. They are Hougoumont. Or La Haye Sainte. Or a handful of squares on a ridge waiting for Ney's horsemen, with the rest of...
Waterloo on a Dining Table: Why 10mm Changes th...
Most Waterloo games are not really Waterloo. They are Hougoumont. Or La Haye Sainte. Or a handful of squares on a ridge waiting for Ney's horsemen, with the rest of...