Wargames, Soldier & Strategy #109

Special Feature: Warfare in Afghanistan Jeff Jonas, 'Wargaming in Afghanistan through the ages - The graveyard of empires'. Jeff Jonas, 'Alexander the Great's campaign in Afghanistan - The land of bones'. Mark Backhouse, 'Gaming the 1880 Battle of Maiwand - Bloodbath for the 'biscuit boys'. Colin Murray, 'War in Afghanistan during the Age of Jazz - The Magutsabad incident'. Nick Bennett, 'The Cold War Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - The zinky boys'. Guy Bowers, 'Building an Afghan wargaming army - The venom of the cobra'. Toby Thornton, 'The Battle of Kandahar, 1 September, 1880 - Bravery against all odds'. Features Sam Ralphs, 'The lighthouse on Penzenskaya Street - Pavlov's House'. Daniel Mersey, 'The Battle of Bremule, 20 August 1119 - He who charges rashly often fails'. Jan Gradon, 'Modular wargaming tiles for dummies - Slot together scenery'. Andrés Amian, 'How to paint a dwarven army in 28mm - Sons of Khazad'. Departments Miniature reviews Rick Priestley, 'This gaming life - Changing times and an invitation'. Henry Hyde, 'Tabletop tactics - A crossroads campaign'. Nick Skinner, 'The Irregular - Umpiring Kriegsspiel'. John Savage, 'The new Roman ruleset from TooFatLardies - Let's play Infamy, Infamy!'. David Davies, Eoghan Kelly, Chris King, and Chris Payne, 'Game reviews - Mortem et Gloriam, H.G. Wells' Little Wars, Rangers of Shadow Deep: Across the Wastes, and Blitzkrieg'. Book reviews Parting shots