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Slingshot, March 2008

Slingshot Issue 257

This is the first issue to be edited by Mark Watson. Layout by Nick Harbud (also his first issue).For games articles, we've indicated the relevant rule set where it's not immediately obvious from the title

The contents of Slingshot 257 are as follows:

  • The Olympias trireme reconstruction, by Boris Rankov
  • "The Boundary Channels of Ningirsu and Nanshe are mine!" - Mesopotamian Warfare Notes III by Alastar McBeath
  • The Use of Elephants in Mainland Southeast Asia, by John Walsh
  • The Armies of the Khazars 600-900AD, by Rodger Williams [Armati]
  • DBM Battle Report from Jersey, by Rob Van Der Laan
  • Campaigns for Wargamers 3 - Rome and Palmyra, by Paul Burton [DBA]
  • DBMM at Britcon 2007, by Chris Jolley
  • Review of DBMM, by Mark Ottley
  • The Tony Bath Rules - Jurassic Park for Wargamers, by Kevin Large
  • The Zest Strikes Back, by Steven Neate [Neil Thomas' Ancient &. Medieval Warfare]
  • Plastic Alchemy Update 2007, by Andrew Lawrence
  • Review of Khurasan Miniatures, by Mark Watson
  • Day of Battle III Designer's Notes, by Chris Parker
  • Review of Command & Colors Ancients, Expansion Packs 2 & 3, by Mark Watson

Supplementary Material:

DBMM Review: Additional Material

The source document (in Microsoft Word .doc format) is available for the DBMM cards printed as part of Mark Ottley's DBMM review (and with Mark's kind permission). There are two files available for download:

  • The cards found in the original article HERE
  • A longer format of card, based on work done subsequently by Mark HERE

Additionally, if others want to send in additional cards they've drawn up, we'll (assuming the appropriate permissions are in place) make them available from the SoA website.

The Tony Bath Rules - Jurassic Park for Wargamers: Additional Material

The following supplementary documents are available for this article:

  • The modified rules used, in Microsoft Word .doc format. HERE
  • The quick reference sheet mentioned in the article, in Microsoft Excel .xls format. HERE

Slingshot 257



Campaigns for Wargamers 3 - Rome and Palmyra: Errata

The map was missing some identifying features, specifically the starting cities for each faction. This erratum should also be (hopefully) printed in the Guardroom section for 258, plus in future articles I will try and add the data to the text in case we have ongoing issues with the maps.

The starting cities are as follows:

  • Rome: Ravenna, Thessalonika, Athens, Alexandria, Cyrene
  • Palmyra: Palmyra, Tarsus, Antioch, Petra, Jerusalem, Dura
  • Persia: Ctesiphon, Babylon, Seleucia, Hatra, Ecbatana
  • Goths: Tyras, Byzantium, Nicomedia, Iconium
  • Armenia: Tigranocerta, Trapezus, Nisibis, Albera
  • Desert border Cities (Italics didn't show up in printed version): Petra, Dura, Seleucia, Babylon