Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy #69 (2013)
 
Articles in Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy are designed to offer something to every gamer, regardless of experience level. We make historical wargaming easy, fun and welcoming for new players, but also try to provide the depth and complexity demanded by hobby grognards. Each issue is organized around an ever-changing central theme, from ancient chariot warfare to WWII airborne forces. We make sure each issue contains plenty of non-theme articles on a variety of other topics as well. Because our main focus is on having fun with no nonsense attached, the majority of our articles provide scenarios or rules adaptations. Another big chunk of Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy’s content is focused on straightforward advice and tools to help you make sense of the vast and every growing world of historical wargaming: we offer miniature reviews and comparisons, plus rule tests and evaluations. For the creative types, there are also plenty of painting, conversion and terrain building articles. And for those interested in the meta side of gaming, we provide regular columns by industry insiders like Rich Clarke, Henry Hyde, and Rick Priestley.
 
Theme: Cold War Chaos
Gary Mitchell, 'Playing the hypothetical war of the 1980s - What did you do in the Cold War, daddy?'
Allen E. Curtis, 'Nuclear war and exercise Able Archer 83 - Fulda Gap, November 1983'.
Mark Backhouse, 'A matrix game based around the height of the Cold War - Kennedy versus Khrushchev'.
Allen E. Curtis, 'Soviet Weapon and Troop Capabilities in Wargames - Red star rising'.
Allen E. Curtis and Gary Mitchell, 'Weapons of Mass Destruction in games - Wargames and WMDs'.
Features
Guy Bowers, 'An interview with Jim Purky - Marching to the fife and drum'.
Eoghan Kelly, 'Bitesize battles - Alba triumphant'.
Gerry Miller, 'The Napoleonic light cavalryman - Sabre in hand, swearing like a pagan'.
Bruce Murray, 'The Long Range Desert Group - A sea of sand'.
Guy Bowers, 'Assembling your Soviet Tank Divisions - Gaming the Cold War'.
Andres Amian Hernandez, 'Spetsnaz on exercise - No one but us'.
Sir Tobi - 'A quest for the ultimate flexible gaming mat - the philosopher's portable battlefield'.
Simon Miller, 'Collecting an army, Big Red Bat style - I did it one piece at a time...'.
Casey Vanderberg, 'Battles in the American Civil War - let's play Longstreet'.
Departments
Rick Priestley, 'This Gaming Life’.
Richard Clarke, 'Up front'.
Mark Latham, 'Devil's advocate - The great divide: gaming is bad!
Gaming news
Miniature reviews
Game Reviews of Of Gods and Mortals, and Britannia.
Book and board game reviews
 
One Soft Cover Magazine in Fair to Good Condition