Dan has also penned [i]A Wargamer's Guide to 1066 and The Norman Conquest[/i], an era that readers will recognise as much more familiar territory for him. The broad, introductory brief for the work is the same as for the Zulu Wars title and, taken together - and clearly with many more to follow - I can see this building into an excellent range of reference works for wargamers over the coming years. Well done Pen & Sword!
Wargames Illustrated, February 2017 - reviewed by Henry Hyde

Dan Mersey gives a wargamer's perspective of the dramatic events of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and offers advice on how to recreate these on the gaming table. He discusses factors to consider when choosing an appropriate set of commercially available rules, or devising your own, to best suit the scale and style of battle you want and to capture the flavour of the period. Relevant ranges of figures, along with painting advice, are also included. Analysis of the forces involved, organisation, tactics and strategies will help with building your armies and period specific scenarios are included. Whether this is a new period for you, or you are looking to refresh your existing interest in the period, this handy guide is sure to hold much of interest.
Wargames Illustrated, February 2017 - reviewed by Henry Hyde

This informative new book is aimed directly at war gamers who wish to write their own rules for their table top games, whatever the size of the figures being used, or period in which the game is set. War gamers generally agree that there is no such beast as a perfect set of rules; published – often expensive - rules are frequently ‘locally’ amended, revised and quite happily adapted as required. The pitfall however is that tinkering with one aspect of the published rules has a ‘knock on’ habit of affecting other sections, often seemingly unrelated to the section that has been changed. Help is at hand however and the two authors, both of whom enjoy a long standing pedigree of writing rules for war games, have created this most useful guide to assist those war gamers who would like to write their own rules for their battles in miniature. The authors present their experience in this field and make their knowledge readily available. Aspects such as the language of design, presenting.. Read more
Stuart Asquith, Author

Paul Davies has been creating models for War-gaming for many years and this book showcases his extraordinary abilities. After reading through this I will never again walk in the countryside without looking around and visualising the possibilities that nature could provide in order to create realistic models and landscapes. Similarly, the little knick knacks throwing around in drawers that are seemingly unimportant can be used to great effect with a little imagination. The office notice board pin, glued to a small piece of card to create a bollard is so simple and blindingly obvious, yet I would never have thought to do so. The author creates anything, from major buildings (using high density foam and balsa wood) to bridges, rivers, ponds, trees, walls, fences, hedges and so on. Little is left uncovered. Shaving a road through a gold fur rug and using decorators mate to create wheel ruts, then the application of the appropriate colour paint simulates a brilliant corn field, the ideas just.. Read more
Chris Heath - author of Denby & District

There are many great things about The Wargaming Compendium that make it an essential purchase, but one of the things to strike me upon reading it cover to cover for the first time is how useful it is no matter if this is the first thing you’ve ever read on wargaming, or if you’re an old hand who’s devoted his spare bedroom over to a 32mm recreation of The Battle of Stamford Bridge.
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