Wargames Illustrated 286 July 2011

DEATH OF AN ARMY - THE BATTLE OF BEDA FOMM
The Battle of Beda Fomm was the conclusion of a remarkable campaign by the British and Commonwealth Western Desert Force, during the early part of WWII. As well as all the background to the battle we present a Flames Of War scenario which represents the Italian attempts to breakthrough the Combeforce Roadblock and the fighting around The Pimple as the British armoured reserves arrive from the east.

CRUISER WEIGHTS
Wayne Turner traces the evolution of the British Cruiser tank from the 1935 prototype to the Comet of 1945.

BASES FOR ACES
We take a closer look at the new range of Flames Of War scenic bases, with Battlefront Studio team members James Brown and Casey Davies showing us how to further enhance these nifty little plastic pieces.
THE HARD RIDE: FORCE ON FORCE IN VIETNAM
Author of the upcoming Force On Force supplement Ambush Valley, Joe Trevithick gives us the rundown on the use of “gun trucks” by the U.S. Army and also provides an exclusive scenario for a convoy ambush.

END OF EMPIRE PART 1
In this article Tim tells us about one of his slightly off-historical (read Victoriana Pulp) projects - End of Empires.

SVEN FORKBEARD - THE LAST DANISH VIKING
When Bo Penstoft of The Army Painter cast his eyes around looking for a new wargaming project he focused on one of his Dark Age kinsmen - Sven Forkbeard. In this article Bo charts the progress of his army from concept to completion.

VERNEUIL 1424
This often overlooked Hundred Years War battle made an award-winning appearance on the tabletop at this year’s
Salute. Here’s a little more about the battle and the re-fight.

BE A MAN AMONGST MEN
Martin Wolverton present us with a look at the type of fighting that went on during the war that resulted in the independent country of Zimbabwe, and looks at the things you’ll need to re-fight the Rhodesian Bush War.

HOW TO MAKE...THE BORODINO REDOUBTS
In this follow-up to last month’s Bayonets & Blades article, Barry Hilton shows us how he went about building model versions of some very important earthworks.

IN THIS SIGN CONQUER
The War of Spanish Succession comes to Northern Italy in this ‘what if’ scenario.

PLUS we also take a look at The Czech Legion (Great Warriors series), the Salute 2011 Painting Competition winners (UK) and the Wargames Holiday Centre (UK)