Battlegames 18 is on the presses

[battleeditor]

Knowing how you lot like a heads-up, here's the latest issue that I just emailed off to the printers (yes, at gone 4 am...)



• Diane Sutherland gives us "Good for sci-fi", an exploration of the potty possibilities offered by bits of polystyrene that her husband Jon has hoarded in the shed for all this time. She even offers her own bottle tops and bits and bobs to adorn her loved one's work.

• Siggo's Forward Observer is more fulsome this time round, with plenty to say about GW's War of the Ring, Partizan, paint pots and washes, current progress with his collection and almost nothing about plastics.

• I, on the other hand, having been dropped in it by Siggo last issue, have made good on my promise with Plastic? Don't panic!, a photo-feature showing how simple it can be to assemble and clean up a box of Perry plastic ACW cavalry ready for painting. So, no excuses for not at least giving them a try! Maybe next issue I'll even paint them, too.

• Wargamer and historian Chris Scott continues his series, "Talking wargaming", with "Dicey situations", a consideration of how dice can bring unexpected realism to our games.

• Our regular Canadian contributor Bob Barnetson decides to cash in on the latest Star Trek movie this issue, and what we get is a simple, fast and fun set of rules for pitching Star Fleet against the Klingons in "Red alert! Shields up!" Great fun! You'll also be able to find extra files for this here on the site next week.

• Our favourite Brigadier, Charles S Grant, is a bit of a Thin Lizzy fan on the (not so) quiet — yes, seriously! — and his Table Top Teaser this month is catchingly entitled Breakout, or "Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak". Expect rampant prisoners of war and a whole lotta fun.

• As if we weren't confused enough by Diane, Siggo and Bob talking fantasy and sci-fi, this issue's melange is completed by Roger in his "To boldly go" column picking up the historical baton. Well, sort of. He's become intrigued by that blurry "is it history or is it fantasy" region, better known as Alternative History. And all because he took a short holiday on Jersey!

• Prepare to be stunned by new contributor Clarence Harrison, well-known for his Quindia Studios website and contributions to the recent rules output of Barry Hilton. Here, he gives us an exclusive step-by-step lesson in how to build the stunning Spanish abbey on a hilltop that graces our front cover. The Abbey of Santo Diago is set to become a scenery building classic.

• Recce is absolutely heaving with stuff, including books, miniatures, computer games and rules. We've got some new top-notch reviewers on the team, too.

• The calendar of events supplied by Tricks of the Newark Irregulars covers events in July and August worldwide.

• An update for our Battlegames Combat Stress Appeal, with details of how you can get involved with the fund-raising yourself just like Rich of TooFatLardies has.

• Our competition this month is to win a copy of the lavish Osprey commemorative tome, Men-at-Arms: A Celebration. This stunning collectors' book is worth £50, and we've got one to give away.
And to round things off, we've even got new advertisers!

Issue 18 has been added to the shop and will be dispatched to anyone ordering as soon as it arrives back from the printers. Don't forget that we still have the current and back issues available.

G'night all!
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[LardyRich]

Horay hurrah haroo! My favourite mag is on its way. When will this latest bundel of joy be dropping through my letter box young Henry?
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[Timmo]

I can't wait to get my hands on it having thought the other day the next issue must be out soon.

[Giles]

I look forward to reading about how others are enjoying the mag at least 1 week before mine arrives

Did my Maori piece make the recce section?
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[baxterj]

One week before? - how about one month before for us poor Colonials relying on the whims of distributors? I think that the last issue arrived at Eureka in the third week of May. Come bonus time in Sept, a BG direct sub is one of my priorities. Would rather HH get all the proceeds anyway.

john

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[Richard B.]

Well done Henry, your keeping to schedule really well - very impressive.

I look forward to reading the new issue when it arrives.
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[goat major]

Henry the cover pic says Star Wars rules but your text says Star Trek ?

[valleyboy]

This looks particularly interesting - I'm looking forward to Siggo and the war of the ring review and I think I'll leave my plastics in their boxes until I see what Henry has to say
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[Der Alte Fritz]

That was a close call Henry. A good thing that you posted to the notice for this eagle-eyed lot to review.

[Duck Crusader]

Since you started this we've had precisely one copy make it's way over here. Any chance you can PM me some distributor's info I can give to my FLGS?
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[Jon Suth]

Super Henry - Diane won't tell me what she wrote in the article and tells me I'll have to wait - I bet she's been especially rude about me and Tubbs this time.
She's nearly done the next one apparently and is badgering me to finish off the towers and walls for the photographs - you'll have "A Brush With Mr Kipling" next week according to the boss.