Slingshot is a bi-monthly publication, distributed to members of the Society of Ancients as part of their membership subscription. Most of the content is contributed by Society members on a wide range of items related to Ancient and Medieval military history and wargaming. There are articles, reviews, letters, game design ideas, as well as the usual discussion on various wargames rules. Competition results and the occasional battle report are also published. Our quality publication showcases the written contributions from our membership and features original pen and ink artwork.

A PDF index of Slingshot, covering all issues from 1965 to 2020, is available from our Downloads page.

 Fifty Five Years of Slingshot, 1965-2020

SLINGSHOT, the bi-monthly journal of the Society, is the most admired publication in its field. This USB stick includes every Slingshot produced from 1965 to 2020. It constitutes an invaluable resource of over 13,000 pages about ancient and medieval history and wargaming. The collection is fully indexed and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7.0 or later.

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Slingshot 360, September/October 2025

 

  • ‘Slingshot at 60’, by editors past and present
  • ‘The early army of Rome’, by Jim Webster
  • ‘An early sixteenth-century battle plan’, by John Hogan
  • ‘The Abydos Dynasty of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period’, by Steven Neate
  • ‘Expanding the horizons: new army lists for Age of Hannibal: Part 2’, by Jens Peter Kutz
  • ‘The Battle of Maldon with modified Armati’, by Roy Boss
  • ‘From one Battle Day to the next’, by Andrew Parrock and Anthony Gascoigne
  • ‘The Arab-Byzantine borderlands’, by Simon Stevens
  • ‘The Mercenary or Truceless War 240-237 BC’, by Jim Banks
  • ‘Overcoming solo bias’, by David Kay
  • ‘Sumerians in 3D’, by Michael Walsh
  • Book, game and figure reviews 

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Slingshot 357, March/April 2025

 

Editorial

Wargame news

'Thibron, Ptolemaios and the battle for Kyrene', by Björn Floderus

'The Sarteana Urn', by Adrian Nayler

'Charles Grant 50th anniversary refights #5: the Sambre', by Phil Sabin

'Solo Age of Hannibal: Republican Romans versus Seleucids', by Jens Peter Kutz

'The infinite corruptibility of the One-Hour Wargame', by Ian Piper

'Estonian Bloodbath', by John Graham-Leigh

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Slingshot 359, July/August 2025

 

  • Wargame news
  • ‘What did Mysians look like?’, by Jim Webster
  • ‘The Top Ten Medieval commanders’, by John Graham‐Leigh
  • ‘Byblos, Amurru and the Apiru: the DBA campaign to save Byblos’, by Steven Neate
  • ‘Expanding the horizons: new army lists for Age of Hannibal: Part 1’, by Jens Peter Kutz
  • ‘Solomon in all his Glory’, by John Graham-Leigh et al.
  • ‘Society Battle Day 2025 – Maldon 991 AD’, by Jeremy Giles
  • ‘SoA Battle Day West’, by Harry Dudrow
  • ‘Maldon 991 AD as a card-assisted wargame project: Part 3’, by Bruno Servili
  • ‘Painting advice for ancients’, by Adrian Nayler
  • ‘Making up 10mm scythed chariots’, by Ian Piper
  • ‘Playing To the Strongest!’, by Gordon Garrad
  • Book, game and figure reviews 

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