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PHOENIX ‘A BRITISH BOARD WARGAMERS MAGAZINE Printed in Gt. Britain ISSUE24 PRICE 75p Also in this issue: Bloody April - Burmese Days: Agincourt - Commando: Olympica and much more... Canes Spt Lis Fen gee ean rae eaten ANT iy homaen Phoenix is bemonthly magsrine ald at providing UK gamers with forum in bleh they hay exprest thet opintony of, sugeuot improve ments to and provide now ruicsjeunarios for bourd Wagar. havaianas eaten ss fee magarine come the property of Simp Limited and cannat Hhcenls "nay not be teproduted without proc permission frm ihe {nlude sie of sources from wien the seile has been compiled: este Ouarler page £2000 pot issue [ia teiee dicuume'for¢ consecutive insertions] (camera eeady urework foured of charged extra) SGneciptam kates T'ase (e sues) e578 ARUCLES,SUUMITLDN TOR TUMLICATION: Contbutors ate Sopy in duplicate. Manuscripts should ‘be double fine: spaced with Spproximstely one inch se margine and typed un A4 (Tax sie) SEE paper: Messe remember to icluds your fll sume and address with Psubmatston. Manuscripts exnnot aormally fe returned ones they te been bried” Mops and alestrative itera should be supplied om spats clean theugh they a ily oe fame snd manfteturer of mes dined, Jurile are included pourrait 1a pfu tou Tong arilos (S000 words) are Readers on the N. American conlinant and Canada dhould contact the following address regarding any queries oF ales telating to Phocai: FIREFIGHT ENTERPRISES, 41/15 223d Strct, Bayside, N.V.11361, New York, US CONTENT: Bloody Apri Campaign for North Africa reviewed by Bab Campbell Page 5 SP's game reviewed by B, Laidlaw Page 9 Page 15 Page 19 Page 21 ‘Burmese Days GOW's Burma reviewed by J.8.Poole Ham Roles & Sweet Corn Commando by Andrew McGee ‘Agincourt GOW's 120 Series game reviewed by J. Loe Olympics reviewed by K.D. Grimsley Page 22 Page 23 Book Review by Hamish Wilson Beda Fomm GDW's 120 Series game by A, Jordan Grapevine News and Rumours by Doug Davies Mail Call Readers Target of Opportunity Rifleman Do For Sale Simpubs Briefing News from Malcolm Watson Feedback Questions Page 24 Letters Page 26 Page 26 Pago 27 EDITORIAL JOHN SPENCE With this ive af Phoonix I complete twa yaar in the egitors chai. The fact and. the earl in S877 on SPs last and next ton yous set me 10 toring on the changes nthe hobby over the Tart Couple of years and to wonder where they might how ‘oar wrarsaring wil change and Progrert ne ow you would like it to arogress ond fee! {hat tumight bean interesting subject ar Mall! expand —" Games Day V wisn emple proot of that, This wil br due 0 number of factors but one of them wll be the increased ease of accets to Hoard \orgames. Import of games of many of tho smaller USS companies and a couple of the larger hes Iteproved vecenty. with more reaching the etal tutlts where they fave bean joined on tho shelves by a number of Brith produets (Fusiier Gemes, Simulation Games snd Philmar for example). Only facenty the numoor of outlets have also inceseed 4nd game can now be found autege the soveaed Tabby shop vom Harrods t9 the High Stret lar Hationers store) and ate. thur able to cater the impulse buyer with lit knowisdge of board war fuming. Lasty, reports inthe press on vious Sspects of gaming have displayed some of the more mteraining expects ot gaming wlthout tating vith "wemanger" brash hopefully tis wll make ‘bord wargaming more scceptabla 10 the ed increase Inthe size‘ the hobby in Britain but nave'no idea vihere It may plateau out ~ the Divorsiiestion as been another festura of board ‘wargaming ever the last couple of yeas wth nest roleplaying games being spawned Tel, right ned Contre and stienee fiction and fantary have con- {inued 40° gain in importenen, Woether you Play thse pames yourselves ar not fey av an important force inthe hobby at the moment (yes, 1 do Continue £0 incucse them ut mare of that Iter nd are likely to have a pronounced effect on the Sesion of historical gomes in the fitore | sr2.n0 fenton why mechentes fet formulated In those ‘lees shouldn't bp sranserred to historical et Commando?) I would hope that innovative game mecnonie do nat stop hore tere ie reope for Continued improvement pnd a place for eomauter ‘ded imulotions as we epee Tor betters Returning 10 the question 9s to what part ofthis, veraieation does or doer not constitute bosrd tiaegaming. I wae very interested and gratified by thevesut'o the aus 2 feacback ey gp toisian many. of the fields that some of the more vociteous readers are wont to ral aginst lene Table 1. p.27).Whst | @on'thaveall the Mover” Fesults to hand | belmve thie poputesion of Brie Brethren ihapetully Reamond Simonsen will coe Feet 'me if I im surongih Another clear rel is ‘that inuovemséne in miniatures fe not aeeeptabie 0 risary role nearly ottainina 80%, Generally thes Having said that though 1 must add that one thought “that erossed “my. mind tos thet the "tample" is even more “hased™ than wal — no thar you have to buy Photnox many sil buy it because they enjoy it format to some extent $0 those questions may b9 ne more than armiror hela Up tothe Phoonixpotieytt One fat supporting this oopestion fies In_question & of the awn 2) feed bets in Moves more replies abel the hobby “Contiet Simulation Gaming” [39%) than any tier wmistn Phoenix most (40% replies favoured ‘Board Wargaming” These jum happen to be toe raving board net agatn? hhave more than jut the bare hones ofthe gare but this means that ony 2 few games can be covered in ny one reve. Personally I ont want to 90.08 0 inte marbers of 800-1000 mord reviews nce fm I correct in this euppostion? In the fodack {his time | am trying to sauge your Preferences 35 Dobiish a et ith alle more dota than the SP fr Simpubs catalogue but ne more than 10 tines fons)" al new somes ar they appear on the market. | might be sting my siahts too high and We would have 10 depend Upon the good wil oF The Producers but | would stil ke £0 hese your Lastly, occasionally we have had one or two Kind ‘comments on the format of Phosnix fapart from ink that surges but that 9 problom thet I can not hep and wendor how important the prose tion iso you~ | have added 3 Tow fark re ie se ‘Napoleon at Loipzip~ D, Davies “6.28 Kharkov Game Replay ~'N Crk ~634 tnd. Prize ~ £7°501 Tactical WWI Games — 6. Barnard 623 Constantinople R. Gibson = Bia (31a. Prize ~ 8.001, ‘Aunham — R. Cremer Bercy fee War Review Sy Hackett 84 Vector 3 Rewow ~P. King 28550 Up Seope Scenerio ~ M1. Dean 513 Rittman Dorkde — So The idea of a Contact column = 60 (that stay) Grapevine 837 areal! Sea Book Review =a9 This sue of Phosni =655 Phoenix 22 Feedback Results: Ian effort to et Bock up to date I azo give you the most rocent feedback reults and the anual "pest article al Rommel in Tunisia A.MeGee = 629 Fed Sun Fusing ~D. Mack 598 (i, pre £10) ‘Swords snd Sorcory —J.&D. Evang 5.05 (nd. prise ~ £7.50), Notes frm the Underworld — D.Tuenbull = 82 ULebesite "A Gibeon 239 Ripnia— A Gibson 570 EGG = T.Uovereux 567 (Grd. prine — £5.00) Mayday — J. Evans st Grapevine =682 Simpubs Brieting =850 Boon Review -8a1 Mae 550 Christmas Quie concep 677 ‘This sue of Phos 651 “Three articles mere so close in The Poll that had the" greatest aiiculty spperating them. After oe ‘counting for the number of readers who had seen fich gue. "Tho ‘Discussion ‘on Napolgonie War Simos" by J. 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Beginning with the Italo-Greek War, the game continues through to the air-invasion of Crete. .... £11.95 fe leet pa telereg saUlng La Bataille de la Moskowa ‘The classic Charles Roberts Award winner, now newly packaged in a boxed version, This is the original game of tactical Napoleonic warfare which recreates the Battle of Borodino, 1812, and captures the flavour and history of the French the Cossacks, the uhlans and all the other warriors on the climactic field of battle in Russia, From this seminal simulation sprang the legion of 19th century taetgal imi Gon C £16.50 NEW 4th EDITION CATALOGUE I enclose a large stamped (13%p) addressed envelope plus 30p in stamps. Please send me your 56 page illustrated games catalogue, des- cribing oxer 300 games with over 130 illust- rations Name: Address: Games er ‘50-54 MANCHESTER ST.. LIVERPOOL L1 6ER_ Tel: 051-296 2005, ‘OPEN: KhonSAT. 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Toe fie of Agincourt simulates, Fasumoving Revolutionary Wat game set on the road st Moving corsa ; to Yorktown Greane meets Cortwal Inthe North. fetes the onslaught of the German Bizkeeg, in he Hundred Year Wur, Earolina woods Fire, melee snd!morate si ithe West EDA FOMM. . 02... £4.50 contribute to the action THE BATTLE OF LOBOSITZ £3.95 ‘A Serie 120 game sein ihe Westem Desert of THE BATTLE OF RAPHIA £3.95 This game imposes the rue fog of wae 3 North Afvia, BEDA FOMM “pits the Brith Fredrick the Grea’ fores meet the Austin acunst the Htllans, Aguiek clean, action tame for Set in 2178C, The ote of Raphia simulates this army in an early morning mist Each side must grope tho players with mininum setup time las anciené atic from the Fourth Syrian War. foradvantage while wattng for he fog to cleat NOTE: Games priced £3.95 ore stl in Foia format ner Mondayiaye, 10 306.0; Saturdays 1000-530 Games Workshop Ferre cat op 4 DALLING RD, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON W6 Wail oer enquires 01 00 2775, Moar Ravenscourt Park Tube Station Tel 01-741 3446 TRADE ENQUIRIES WELCOME: 01.960 4775, “Bloody April THE BATTLE OF SHILOH, 1862 THE STRATEGIC SITUATION Wreh the ration of Forts Donelion ond Hen in February 1862, both schined with snot lad queue, detfarton Dever ll Conceieg cotton Seioncealay inthe west wat in ins Only one ‘month serer_an entve army was Wat at Lagat Gross Roads wile efending the Cumberand Gap tnd row the wiote 300 mile ine was utfanked tnd out manomyvied General U.S, Grant, recently promoted 10 Malo General and in command of the Army of the Yen rosso, now controieg the Tennesice vd Cr Tana visors nd, by advancing uptssorn by ord the forts, threstonad to spit General Alor’ Sidney donaton's forens‘in Tmo and mpele the heer land oF the Contaderacy. Realising tht his wide Spread forces eould otter only token verter and Being nreatened in the contro by. Major Genes Buel’: Army to the Onio advancing eh Nessie, Johnston abandoned the Tennessee cepts) not ‘nly"a malar supply depot ut also one of the Symbais of Southern oe, Grant, nicknamed Unconditional Surrender by 3 [bilan public. saw that "the way war open tothe fuiek Toliow up he hoped for vse nt to be Instead, racked by petty Jealousy” and vinden near, the Union cantmand turned in on itt aa Susndered ‘ts opportunity. Major General Fslieek merged a5 commander of sil Union forces in he West including Buel's army in Nahai He had Johnston meanwhile, pllried by the press but sil Supported by Davies, found hil in command of the nemly "designated Army of the. Mastsppr which had_boon ssembled in Covith, Miss, by General P.G.T- Beauregard. Besides is value 8s 20 "siembly point Corinth provided 9 convanient hows ftom wien to. defend the hemphis and Ohio Rairosd, the South's only adequate spay ine betwnen the Misssinpi and the ante oss! In aarly March the Southern Command heard of Union moves and. ‘dag of launching ‘Beauregard land was aceepted by the nw Command shout alteration Indeed, the popular hera at Fort Sumtor nd Firat Mansssar inte Says ahead funcroned ‘much 35'the army's commander under dahwsions “The final diepatehes from General FLE Loe Jetfrson. Danes teft Johnston inno dou ‘oubt thore had ever born, that On his Shou fasted the destiny of the Confederate south west ‘This was to.bo 2 battle the South enply had to {Ganiederate rontiasin the Kentucky Ohio Valley ol lel lial (ered ee THE GAME Ie is this attack on Grant's Army, encamped near the Shiloh Meeting House on the Fenesse, ad the fascinating and comix bate whieh esd Shieh forms the subject of SPFs letet Chal Wa Simulation "Bloody Apri” based an the T8S erie andthe demerits of 1m systam which "rate an the developments aneiorencts whey aye manifest the now game, ether by may of ST this quite eitfrent ba “The game components wil be familiar oa layers OFFS of Stonewal. There ae 1200 counters of Which ‘sbout ne third are combet units and 2 Yorther 200 are leeders and officers of both sides {fhe vet are informational counters of one Kind or nother, Fhe Contederste OOB Includes the Arrny ‘Of the Trans Massing! not presant st Sieh but Included forthe what scenario, ‘Toe map jin two sections which, when butted together, form a playing sree of 38°» 44". The north map ie ved more or less agonal, one half completing the tiangulorshope of the battle Feld ond the other devoted to the various charts tre indiestore for use curing the gare. Although the physical quality is adequate | would ‘ereriba the presentation alittle oeppolnting, We're rl sede, pardon the pun, with tho old Emery silhouette wrth the cape covered horse ‘Fhe Union tice counters are bacely distingutes Able in eolour trom the resimenta units, What's ‘more, We ahouid be getting aay By nom from Whe ver stated ue and grey. There wn aide variety oF uniform colours at Shiloh. The Louisigna reg ‘ments, for example, wore blue while Hardee's Gorn’ was cain is oetie buena Tne wooded arsar which ‘aizo represents. the rough {round and tangled undergrowth which forme that part of the Tennessee valley. Tho est is oHoctve hough my copy i Perhaps aver heal printed ‘he hex numone ee almost Impossbis toread ‘SURPRISE AND CONFUSION [Aided by good fortune and some remarkable short Liphtednees on the part of the Union command the Contederater aehioved almost total surprise. The tgneamped Federat regiments. were suddenly con Fronted by waues of screaming febels pouring out ‘of the woods. Few pickets had Been paste 3nd Some of thoes had gifieuit ia convincing thelr Spriors tat ful scale sttatk ws mminent. “These conditions are fithfully simulated in the Game, The Federal regiments ae so Up inthe en cemement hexes printed on the map with aitferent facinge for unste within the some brigade fo reiect the Sundey picnic duorgonsation of the Pitsourg Utnaing eamarite. Only thea small pleket forces of one svenath pint each are temporary deteched from their unite 0 patrol the approach to the Camp not protected ‘by the Tennesree River or the Ow! Creek Movemant for the picksts is ploted in advance for the fret nine urna and the unis are ploced onthe ins’ ‘oniy "hen an enemy unit if spotted or en ‘countered. Since the pickets move only one Nex ber turn until these conditions are met and can 00 an owt, However, By opting for the hstrial set tp forthe picket om’ Petbogy's Brgode, the Fegerae con't help. but spot Hardecs. advance Setachmant across Fraly's Field on the fst turn ‘Once the Fibs ace sighted oF the picket is attacked fevimoy dash back 10 the camp to alert hie ove brigade or division by stacking wath the rerpectve tfice or commander. On 9 roll of 5 or 6 the tear wil tll the picker to go to hell unt the text ture. When hes finaly been convinced, the ‘ivsianel commander can order his aide to alert ‘ther commanders Alerted unite may fre but may stot move unt the following tum. There 8 pro ‘lam mere with actilory shih sconsigered In park? aque unt alorted. Since it must expend 4 MPs > Convert to limbered or unilmbered status i Pre Sumobly may not fire wot th turn following ser, ‘Scome reasonable anyway. Unalrted nts are ‘rrualiy parlysed unt they ether spor an enemy Unit or are attacked, When this Rapens toy are Sonsidored.terted fram the next turn with aly [At 0540 on April then tho Rebels have eaoiden ‘pportunity to wield e meshing opening blow. Or So thoy? By oe ofthe remarkble sree of events ‘whieh meke the tie 0 fascinating Beauregard fad slected to. send the army. into. bate in Napolson's order fr the Battle of Waterloo, a mas "ve line abreast ith ane eorbs Behind the Stern waves, Considering the tersin which wat totally UUneuitabie'to thie type of formation ana the fact thot the tactical plan suas to turn the Federal Ie Hank, when the aporoach was st an angle tothe font flank this detain sear neredile.Jonnston, ‘Renevar accapted the plan and witnested te Dut Heaton ‘in his own name, His wer the ultimate ‘The Confederate player. if ho isnot to witness his Givisons. and. begades come Nopelessy rag ‘lad and intermingled at happened on that Sunday {n'1862 wil be obliged vo sit this formation it ‘mediately and probably take up an approximation ‘fF Johnston's own original pion, sm attack with ‘oops abreat, each corps being enigned toa sector Df the front (This sesumes of cour that players Ste Tollowing the histareal est up.) Fram the fet frm the raea isn To Teorganse ond yet take adv antage of the surprise situation before the Union ‘Salted, At the some time the Confederate must Denore of repeating the historia! piscomea stack ins anxiety to dre fst Blood VIVE LES DIFFERENCES Infantry units, a in TSS. depandont on leaders to\enabie them 10 function propery. Ari Iory and Cavalry ae independent of ier canto “The moin changes here are thatthe H.G. units ors one and the commanders Nave aides The sides. os bon above, are the means of communication on the batieied and apart trom the Union alert ‘hase wil be used mainiy in eonjunetion with the ‘multi-commander” optional rules placement Gilicore are "used “to replace Brigade OFtiers promoted in the field or Becoming conalties, In Feeaing with the marvelous deval f the same, a the replacements ee named and historiealy When the Confederate attack struck the Union feamp 00 the Tennesse, Grant's omy was still being sexembled and some urasigned units had Iotely svrived at the Pitsburg landing. Thie fact, combined with the difficulty experienced, histor feally "ana during the game, in keeping brigedes To Corinth ‘To Hamburg From Purdy = ROUGH SKETCH OF AREA COVERED BY “BLOODY APRIL” with them which are allowed to exit the map to felaad. However, the ease with which this con- ‘ition can be aehiewed Giminahes the Succaats ‘re pushed back. The overrun Union camps. ae ‘zo fair gama to the Souter wroope and infenty fnd_‘sritery” may pick up limited smounts of mma from shi souree if they spend ome turn ran feeking the plac, Only one unt may reat eh ‘Soy an thereafter the camp is depece. Looting, however, tokss precedence over the need 1to'ting ‘ammunition. The Confederates, many of ther raw recruits wha hed Tinished their eld Fationg the previous Gay, simply gorged themseves fon Wenkee rations. and "Cineinat whiskey” thers prabbod belts, sashes, swords, lattes and Sry other trophice they could find ena Reade for the rear. Confederate units moving adjacent to 2 Union camp on the fist aay must enter the camp fr the next movement point expended ond make & ‘morale check against steppers caused by looting Union troops are supplied trom ten field wagons, 43 wll their own camps and the dump at the Pitsburg” Landing. Nevther ede can “obtain am munition from any of the, cevairy camps and haturlly_arilery eames will provide etliery Srmmunition ony ‘The second of these conditions, Getle Fatigue, is

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