Wargames Soldier and Strategy Issue 116 Karwansaray Publishers

Scouting and reconnaissance on the tabletop

• Mark Backhouse, ‘How to get scouting and recon on the tabletop – Common sense, not cowardice’.
• Jeff Jonas, ‘Crassus’ defeat at the Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC – Doomed in the desert’.
• Mark Backhouse, ‘Vikings versus Saxons in a Dark Age skirmish – The snake in the grass’.
• Charles S. Grant, ‘The use of light troops in the Seven Years’ War – Fighting for information’.
• Nick Skinner, ‘Operation Market Garden: recce jeeps at Wolfheze – The Arnhem ambush’.
• Otto van Wiggen and Guy Bowers, ‘Reconnaissance before attack: the Falklands, 1982 – Mount Harriet’.
• Guy Bowers, ‘Reconnaissance through the ages – Guessing what’s over the next hill’.
• Mark Hargreaves, ‘Keeping up with the Turkish retreat – Racing through the desert’.

Features

• David Davies, ‘The Turks take out a Crusader army at Mersivan – Downfall of the faint-hearted’.
• Victor Barone, ‘The Battle of Estero Bellaco, 2 May 1866 – An almost-perfect surprise attack’.
• Guy Bowers, Chris King, Sam Ralphs, James Oram, and David Frederick, ‘Planning a Fall Gelb project for a group – Project 1940’.
• Rubén Torregrosa, ‘Painting autumn and winter camouflage in 15mm – Oak leaf and snow’.
• John Bond, ‘Reusing and recycling plastic sprues for terrain – Breaking the hoarding habit’.
• Miniature reviews
• Rich Clarke, ‘Up front – Local wargaming’.
• Robert Piepenbrink, ‘The Irregular – The “why” and “how” of 2mm’.
• Chris King and Guy Bowers, ‘Classic sword-and-sorcery skirmish gaming – Let’s play 7TV: Fantasy’.
• Guy Bowers, David Davies, Eoghan Kelly, and Martin Oaff, ‘Game reviews – Five Parsecs from Home, Quarantine 37, Shadow of the Eagles and Absolute Emperor’.
• Book reviews
• Parting shots