Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Slingshot 295 on its way

Good news: Slingshot 295 is now with the printers and should be arriving with subscribers soon.



Articles include:
  • A Siege in the Desert, by Nicholas Spratt
  • All at Sea - A Viking Ship from a Toy, by Anthony Clipsom
  • America's Greek Connection, by Mike Haran
  • Visiting Old Sarum, by Peter Barham
  • War, Games and Wargames (3), by Richard Taylor
  • The Crosby Garrett Helmet, by Stephen Ede-Borrett 
  • Book Reviews, by Mick Hession, Karl Heinz Ranitzsch, Duncan Head and Luke Ueda-Sarson
  • Mesopotamian Notelets (5), by Alastair McBeath
  • Magnesia: Modified and Muddied, by Chris Hahn
  • The Stuttgart Psalter, by Roy Boss
  • 1166 And All That (3) - King Henry, by Mick Hession
  • Hands in the Sea - An Interview with the Designer, by Aaron Bell

Slingshot is issued six times a year to members of the Society of Ancients.  Membership currently costs £24 for six issues and includes access to Society gamespublicationsmember discounts and the Society forum. You can subscribe or re-subscribe through the store at the Society's website, http://soa.org.uk

The editor is always looking for more articles, photographs and art, so feel free to contact him through editor@soa.org.uk if you have an idea.

In other news the second in our series of Classic Slingshot Articles, "Solo Campaigning" by John Graham-Leigh, from issue 192 (back in 1997!), is now online here. More articles will follow shortly.

Also, the Society's Balearic Bundles deal has expired.  But all remaining pre-2011 Slingshots are now available at £5 per year's set. If you are interested in picking up cheap hard copies of older Slingshot bundles, more information can be found here.

For more information about joining the Society of Ancients see our homepage at http://www.soa.org.uk

Below are some previews of the articles in this edition (click on images to enlarge):




Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Slingshot 295 giveaway winners

The winners of our recently concluded Slingshot 295 giveaway were Michael T. Maly of Pennylvania, USA and Vince Cholewa of Carterton, New Zealand.

Emails have been sent to all giveaway participants, but if yours has not arrived, please get in touch with us at publicity@soa.org.uk

Thanks very much to all who entered, and congratulations to the winners!