Slingshot 303 with the printers

Happy New Year, all! We are pleased to announce that following a slight delay Slingshot 303 is now with the printers. See below for the table of contents.

- Richard II in Ireland, by Mick Hession

- Military Innovation in Champa, by Duncan Head

- Shieldwall Wars, by Anthony Clipsom

- “So Long Have We Been Defeating Germania”, by Robert Heiligers

- More Wargaming for your SAGA Buck, by Steve Neate

- The Battle for Wiang Kum Kam, by Nicholas Spratt

- Hydaspes using War & Conquest, A Battle Day report by Rob Broom

- The Glory That Was, by Nick Harbud

- Pharsalus Battle Pack, by Richard Lockwood


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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 you would like to pursue.

Slingshot 302 now out

We are very pleased to say that Slingshot 302, for September - October 2015, is now arriving on doorsteps, and is available for purchase separately through the Society webstore.

Contents of Issue 302 include:

- Annihilation Battles & Army Sizes in Rome’s Conquest of the Mediterranean

- Montaperti 1260 Battle Day Report

- Dux Bellorum – Bending the Rules

- New Works on Early Byzantine History

- Choices and Compromises

- Polybius and the Gauls

- Battle Day Reports – Hydaspes 326 BC

        -  with Art De La Guerre

        -  with Rameses II

        -  with DBA 3

- Road to Disaster

- Slingshot Reviews

Hope you enjoy!

Note that we also have some new stock for you this month: John Graham-Leigh's excellent booklet Simple Campaigning is now available. More information at this link here.

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Contents of Slingshot 301

Slingshot 301 is now with the printers.

The contents are as follows:

·         An Amazing 50 Years

·         Battle Day Reports – Hydaspes 326 BC

o   with Armati

o   with DBMM

o   with Field of Glory

o   with Sword & Spear

o   with Scutarii

o   with Command & Colors Ancients

o   with Lost Battles

·         Another Battle of Thermopylae

·         Slingshot Book & Figure Reviews

·         A Digital Slingshot

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Slingshot 300 Contents

Slingshot 300 for May, June 2015 is now with the printers. 

Contents include the second part of John Hastings' solo Agricola campaign, part two of Justin Swanton's article on the Late Roman Army, and an authors' forum featuring Dan Mersey (Lion Rampant), Simon Miller (To the Strongest!), William Butler (Scutarii) and Mark Lewis (Sword and Spear).

The full list of articles is as follows:

·         The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Army (2), by Justin Swanton

·         Visiting Warwick Castle, by Peter Barham

·         Agricola Against the Ordovices (2): Agricola’s Campaign, by John Hastings

·         Glasgow Armati, by Mark Grindley, John Bradley & Vincent Auger

·         Mesopotamian Warfare Notelet (8): Warriors of Ebla, by Alastair McBeath

·         ‘Alf a League Onwards, by David Kay

·         Authors’ Forum, by Aaron Bell

·         Three Against One: Modelling Metaurus, by Chris Hahn

·         Impetus in Buenos Aires, by Jorge Chehede

·         Living Memory, by John Hastings

·         Stories from the Jungle, by Mark Fry

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Slingshot 299 is at the printers

We are happy to report that Slingshot 299 is on schedule and should not be too far away. It's with the printers now, but in the meantime, here's a look at what's coming up in this edition.

·         The Thessalian Cavalry, by Robert Heiligers

·         Killing Elephants and Frightening Horse, by Phil Barker

·         Mesopotamian Warfare Notelet (7): Warriors of Kish, by Alastair McBeath

·         Agricola Against the Ordovices (1): Setting Up the Campaign, by John Hastings

·         Destrier Rides Again!, by Matthew Bennett

·         Expedition to Srivijaya, by Nicholas Spratt

·         Visiting Berkeley Castle, by Peter Barham

·         Tarrington Tourney DBA 2014, by Martin Smith

·         Of Horse Archers and Their Bases, by David Kay

·         The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Army (1), by Justin Swanton

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Slingshot 298 preview

Update: Slingshot 298, for January and February 2015,  will soon be on its way to subscribers.

Articles in this edition include:

• Hydaspes Battle Pack, by Richard Lockwood
• The Society of Ancients Championship, by John Graham-Leigh & Martin Smith
• Command & Colors on the Tabletop (3), by Steven Neate
• Mesopotamian Warfare Notelet (6): Three Mysteries of the East, by Alastair McBeath
• New Works on Early Byzantine History, by Jim Sye
• Virtual Triremes, by Richard Taylor
• Visiting Skipton & Corfe Castles, by Peter Barham
• Behind the Curve – Archery in Wargames, by Nick Harbud
• The Battle of Dunnichen 685 using Dux Bellorum, by Steven Neate
• Light Infantry in the Ranks of Cavalry, by John Hogan
• Follow That Leader, by David Kay
• The China Game, by Mike Haran

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Slingshot 297 arriving soon

Good news: Slingshot 297 will soon be on its way to subscribers.  This looks to be a cracking issue, with articles by Duncan Head and Jeff Jonas relating to next year's battle day subject, Hydaspes.

 Articles in this edition include:

• Alexander's Army at the Hydaspes, by Duncan Head
• The Ancient Indian Army of Poros, by Jeff Jonas
• Commands & Colors on the Tabletop (2) by Steven Neate
• Emperors, Elephants and Electronic Discussions, by David Kay
• The Elephant in the Room, by Mark Fry
• An Anglo-Irish Urban Militia, by Mick Hession
• When Caesar's Away, the Gauls Will Play, by Chris Hahn
• The Classical Indian Archer, by Richard Lockwood

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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.

Also, 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.

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Slingshot 296 arriving with subscribers

We are reliably informed that Slingshot 296 has begun popping up in members' letterboxes, right on schedule, so that's some good news for November!

Here's what we have to look forward to in this edition:

• Knife through Butter: The Macedonian Cavalry Wedge, by Justin Swanton
• War, Games and Wargames (4), by Richard Taylor
• Destrier Rides Again! by Matthew Bennett
• Slingshot Book and Game Review, by John Hastings, Mick Hession and John Curry

      And there are four reports from the Society's Battle Day, on Montaperti, 1261 AD:

• using Armati, by Mark Fry
• using Ironbow, by David Edwards and Andrew Fisher
• using DBMM, by Peter Kershaw
• using SAGA, by Tim Parsons and Ross Bigley

Here are some previews of the articles in this edition (click to enlarge).

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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 online here. More articles will follow shortly.

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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

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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.

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

Preview articles from Slingshot 295

Here are previews of three of the articles in the forthcoming July-August edition of Slingshot (click on the pictures to enlarge them).

Anthony Clipsom's article on building a viking ship.

Aaron Bell's interview with game designer Dan Berger on his upcoming title, Hands in the Sea.

 Chris Hahn's imaginative Magnesia scenario.

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Slingshot 294 on its way

We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of Slingshot (294) will be arriving with subscribers very soon.

294 contents includes:

• The Byzantine Provincial Army of Spania 552/5-624 AD, by Rodger Williams
• A Short History of the Iberian Peninsula - El Cid, by Robert Heiligers
• Dux Bellorum: Wargaming the ‘Dark Ages’ With Some Style, by Steven Neate
• Mesopotamian Notelets - More warriors from Mari, by Alastair McBeath
• 1166 And All That (2) - King Strongbow, by Mick Hession
• The Western Mediterranean Way of Warfare Debates (2), by Roy Boss & Mark Grindlay
• Kadesh - What Was Happening?, by Toby Partridge
• Contributing to Slingshot, by Nick Harbud

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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 first in our series of Classic Slingshot Articles, "Rioting in Alexandria" by Ed Mills, from issue 27 (way back in 1970!), 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.

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

Slingshot 293 now arriving

The latest issue of Slingshot is now arriving with subscribers.

The articles in 293 include:

- Society Battle Day 2015 - The Hydaspes 326 BC
- A Short History of the Iberian Peninsular - the Start of the Reconquista
- Command and Colours Using Figures on the Tabletop
- Mesopotamian Notelets - Gudea's Plan
- The Age of Augustus, Part 2
- 1166 And All That - King Dermot
- Armati 101 - Hints and Tips
- Society UK DBA League 2012-2013
- Slingshot Game Review - Pax Romana
- Slingshot Book Review - Conquer and Govern
- Negative PIPs

Slingshot is issued six times a year to members of the Society of Ancients.  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.

Subscription includes access to vendor discounts, Society products and the SoA forum.  You can subscribe or re-subscribe through the store at the Society's website, http;//soa.org.uk

In other news the first in our series of Classic Slingshot Articles, "Rioting in Alexandria" by Ed Mills, from issue 27 (way back in 1970!), is now online here.

Also, the Society's Balearic Bundles deal is about to expire.  If you are interested in picking up cheap hard copies of older Slingshot bundles, now is almost the last chance to do so.  More information can be found here.

Slingshot 292 now arriving

We are pleased to report that Slingshot 292 is now arriving with subscribers, and that we are almost back on schedule.

Contents include:

• Battle of Towton, by John Graham-Leigh
• Reconstructing the English Formation at Crécy, by Anthony Clipsom
• The Proto-Manipular Legion, by Rodger Williams and Patrick Waterson
• Tinkering With Byzantines, by Perry Gray
• The Trojan War - Moved! By Patrick Waterson
• What happened to the velites? By John Hogan
• The Age of Augustus (pt. 1) by Paul Burton
• Optio Battle Report, by Justin Swanton
• Two Early Dynastic Battle-Scene Cylinder Seals, by Alastair McBeath

There has been some confusion among members about just when renewal is due. Membership expiry is now noted on the address label you receive with your Slingshot. The formula is last Slingshot number - membership number, so if the first number is 291 this means that your renewal is due after Slingshot 291.

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Subscription currently costs £24 for six issues and includes access to vendor discounts and the SoA forum. You can subscribe or re-subscribe through the store at the Society's website, http://soa.org.uk

The editor (editor@soa.org.uk) is always interested in ideas for articles, so if you are a member or plan to become one and have a battle report or historical article, a review, rules ruminations, scenario or campaign ideas, or anything else you would like to contribute to Slingshot, feel free to contact him.

The Society also has the 'Operation Balearic' sale on at present.

Operation Balearic offers back issues of Slingshot at the bargain price of six for £5 (£4 for SoA members) plus shipping. That is a year's worth of Slingshots for the price of one magazine.

The bundles on offer are for the years 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987, and for each year from 1996 through to 2010. This offer is only available for a limited time and while stocks last.

To order, go to the Balearic Bundles page in the store section of the Society of Ancients website.

For a summary of the articles in each bundle, see this post on the Society News blog. 

Slingshot 291

Hot on the heels of Slingshot 290, Slingshot 291 has now gone to the printers.  The publication date is expected to be around mid April.  As readers can see, the contributors and editorial team are working hard to get us back on schedule.

Here is the list of the articles in 291:

Byzantine Armies – A Quick Summary, by Perry Gray

The New Cavalry Formations of the Sylloge Tacticorum, AD 904, by Ilkka Syvanne

Depiction of Horse Archers, by Perry Gray

The Battle of Melitene AD 576, by Ilkka Syvanne

Battle Reports and Wargaming Analysis, by Perry Gray

Anglo-Norman Army: 1066-1181, by David Blanchard

The Alexander Sarcophagus, by Roy Boss & Patrick Waterson

There has been some confusion among members about just when renewal is due.  Membership expiry is now noted on the address label you receive with your Slingshot. The formula is last Slingshot number - membership number, so if the first number is 291 this means that your renewal is due after Slingshot 291.

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Slingshot is issued 6 times a year to members of the Society of Ancients.

Subscription currently costs £24 for six issues and includes access to vendor discounts and the SoA forum. You can subscribe or re-subscribe through the store at the Society's website, http://soa.org.uk

The editor (editor@soa.org.uk) is always interested in ideas for articles, so if you are a member or plan to become one and have a battle report or historical article, a review, rules ruminations, scenario or campaign ideas, or anything else you would like to contribute to Slingshot, feel free to contact him.

The Society also has the 'Operation Balearic' sale on at present.

Operation Balearic offers back issues of Slingshot at the bargain price of six for £5 (£4 for SoA members) plus shipping. That is a year's worth of Slingshots for the price of one magazine.

The bundles on offer are for the years 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987, and for each year from 1996 through to 2010. This offer is only available for a limited time and while stocks last.

To order, go to the Balearic Bundles page in the store section of the Society of Ancients website.

For a summary of the articles in each bundle, see the Society News blog http://societyofancientsnews.blogspot.jp/2013/12/operation-balearic.html

Slingshot 290

The Society of Ancients is very pleased to announce that Slingshot 290 is now at the printers and will soon be sent out to subscribers.  We are still a little behind schedule with our Slingshots from 2013 but we are doing our utmost to catch up as quickly as possible.

Contents include:

- Ruspina, 46BC, Reconstructing a Battle the 'Lost Battles' way (Part 2), by Gavin Pearson
- A short history of the Iberian Peninsular from 400 to 1100AD (Part 6), by Robert Heiligers
- From the Bastard to the Conqueror, by Gordon Lawrence
- The Campaign and Battle of Sambre in 57 BC, by Ilkka Syvanne
- Army Selection and Gaming Style, by Perry Gray
- Chinese Dynastic Colours, by Duncan Head
- The Battle of Montaperti 1260 AD - Society of Ancients Battle Pack, by Richard Lockwood
- Slingshot Figure Reviews - Bag & Baggage from 4GROUND/Colonel Bill's, by David Edwards

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Slingshot is issued 6 times a year to members of the Society of Ancients.

Subscription currently costs £24 for six issues and includes access to vendor discounts and the SoA forum. You can subscribe or re-subscribe through the store at the Society's website, http://soa.org.uk

The editor (Perry Gray) is always interested in ideas for articles, so if you are a member or plan to become one and have a battle report or historical article, a review, rules ruminations, scenario or campaign ideas, or anything else you would like to contribute to Slingshot, feel free to contact him.

The Society also has the 'Operation Balearic' sale on at present.

Operation Balearic offers back issues of Slingshot at the bargain price of six for £5 (£4 for SoA members) plus shipping. That is a year's worth of Slingshots for the price of one magazine.

The bundles on offer are for the years 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987, and for each year from 1996 through to 2010. This offer is only available for a limited time and while stocks last.

To order, go to the Balearic Bundles page in the store section of the Society of Ancients website.

For a summary of the articles in each bundle, see the Society News blog http://societyofancientsnews.blogspot.jp/2013/12/operation-balearic.html

Slingshot 289 is out.

Good news at the end of the old year!  Slingshot 289 - the 2013 Chalons Battle Day edition - is now out.

Contents include:

Rome's Last War, by Justin Swanton

The Roman Army in the 5th Century AD, by Simon MacDowall

Arming the Late Roman Soldier, by Perry Gray

An Introduction to Battle Day 2014, by Richard Lockwood

There are also ten Battle Day Reports on Chalons with:

- Piquet Archon 2, by Adam Hayes
- DBA/DBMM, by Martyn Simpson
- Warmaster Ancients, by Jeremy Giles
- Comitatus, by Simon MacDowall
- De Bellis Antiquitatus, by Sue Laflin-Barker & Paul Glover
- DBMM, by Toby Partridge
- Epic Armati, by Mark Fry
- King of Kings, by Keir Maxwell
- Impetus, by Mike Brian
- Field of Glory, by Richard Case

Slingshot is issued 6 times a year to members of the Society of Ancients.

Subscription currently costs £24 for six issues. You can subscribe or re-subscribe through the store at the Society's website.

The editor (Perry Gray) is always interested in ideas for articles, so if you are a member or plan to become one and have a battle report or historical article, a review, rules ruminations, scenario or campaign ideas, or anything else you would like to contribute to Slingshot, feel free to contact him.

Just as a reminder, the Society also has the 'Operation Balearic' sale on at present.

Operation Balearic offers back issues of Slingshot at the bargain price of six for £5 (£4 for SoA members) plus shipping. That is a year's worth of Slingshots for the price of one magazine.

The bundles on offer are for the years 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987, and for each year from 1996 through to 2010.  Some years are close to sold out already, and as this offer is only available until the end of June (and while stocks last), you need to get in quickly.

To order, go to the Balearic Bundles page in the store section of the Society of Ancients website.

See the Society News blog for a summary of the articles in each bundle.

Slingshot 287

The current issue of Slingshot (number 287, March/April 2013 - yes it is running very late*), the bi-monthly publication of the Society of Ancients, is now available for individual purchases from the Society web store. Individual copies are in very short supply, due to the reduced print runs we are now running - less than 50 copies are available at this point to those who haven't taken out subscriptions. Get them fast as we won't be printing any more!

Slingshot 286 includes 52 full colour internal pages. The contents of Slingshot 287 are as follows:

• Editorial: Slings & Arrows
• Guardroom
• In Search of the Iphikratean Peltast/Hoplite, by Jim Webster
• A Short History of the Iberian Peninsula from 400 to 1100AD, Part 3: Enter the Moors, by Robert Heiligers
• Transjordanian Tales, Part 4: Three Great Kings and a Pharaoh, by Alastair McBeath
• The Western Mediterranean Way of Warfare Debates, Part 2.1: Way of Warfare, by Roy Boss & Mark Grindlay
• War, Games and Wargames: Part 2, by Richard Taylor
• Galatians on the March! … at the Victorian 2012 Field of Glory Competition by Steven Neate
• The Sussex Cup 2013: A DBA Tournament Report, by Richard Pulley
• Reviews, by Steven Neate & Gordon Lawrence

For more information on the Society of Ancients, please visit www.soa.org.uk.

You can join the Society at www.soa.org.uk/store. There's also, alternatively, a special offer for a combination Membership + discounted "Conquest of Gaul" gaming set available via our friends at Warlord Games.

* … and as a result of this tardiness, a new editor will be in charge as of Slingshot 288, with a brief to get the release schedule back in line.

Slingshot 286

The current issue of Slingshot (number 286, January/February 2013), the bi-monthly publication of the Society of Ancients, is now available for individual purchases from the Society web store. Individual copies are in very short supply, due to the reduced print runs we are now running - less than 50 copies are available at this point to those who haven't taken out subscriptions. Get them fast as we won't be printing any more!

Slingshot 286 includes 52 full colour internal pages. The contents of Slingshot 286 are as follows:

• Editorial: Slings & Arrows
• Bill Thurlow in Memoriam
• Championship 2012 report
• A Short History of the Iberian Peninsula from 400 to 1100AD, Part 3: Visigothic Society, by Robert Heiligers
• Transjordanian Tales, Part 3: In Dread of Judges, by Alastair McBeath
• The Western Mediterranean Way of Warfare Debates, Part 1.2: The Western Mediterranean, continued, by Roy Boss & Mark Grindlay
• Et Tu Brutii, by Nick Harbud
• War, Games and Wargames: Part 1, by Richard Taylor
• Turkish Travels at Westbury Wars 2012, by Gavin Pearson
• The English DBA Open, 2012, by Martin Smith
• Reviews, by Dave Gee, Duncan Head & Anthony Clipsom

For more information on the Society of Ancients, please visit www.soa.org.uk.

You can join the Society at www.soa.org.uk/store. There's also, alternatively, a special offer for a combination Membership + discounted "Conquest of Gaul" gaming set available via our friends at Warlord Games.

Slingshot 285

The current issue of Slingshot (number 285, November 2012), the bi-monthly publication of the Society of Ancients, is now available for individual purchases from the Society web store. Also now available (but in very limited supply - around 30 maximum!) are back issue packs for 2012.

Slingshot 285 includes 52 full colour internal pages. The contents of Slingshot 285 are as follows:

• Editorial: Slings & Arrows
• Guardroom
• The Huns at Châlons: A debate between Roy Boss and Simon MacDowall
• Horses, Spears and Trenches: The Battle of Loudoun Hill, 10 May 1307, by Anthony Clipsom
• Transjordanian Tales Part 2: Moses in the Land of the Giants, by Alastair McBeath
• The Western Mediterranean Way of Warfare Debates, Part One: The Western Mediterranean, by Roy Boss & Mark Grindlay
• Coming to Dublin with Hostility, by Mick Hession
• Götterdämmerung – DBM Battle Report, by Justin Swanton
• Teutonic Indigestion, by Mark Fry
• Fulford Gate 1066 – Hardrada’s last victory, by Jonathan Jones
• Battle Line Morale in “Day of Battle – the Middle Ages”, by Chris Parker
• Game & Figure Reviews, by Richard Lockwood, David Edwards & Mark Watson
• Quick Armies, by Douglas Gold

For more information on the Society of Ancients, please visit www.soa.org.uk.

You can join the Society at www.soa.org.uk/store. There's also, alternatively, a special offer for a combination Membership + discounted "Conquest of Gaul" gaming set available via our friends at Warlord Games.

Slingshot 284

The current issue of Slingshot (number 284, September 2012), the bi-monthly publication of the Society of Ancients, is now available for individual purchases from the Society web store. Society members received their subscriber copies some weeks ago.

Slingshot 284 includes 52 full colour internal pages. The contents of Slingshot 284 are as follows:

• Editorial: Slings & Arrows
• Guardroom
• How many dead?, by Andrew Hobley
• The Wrong Procopius, by Jim Sye
• The Battle of Clontarf, by Mick Hession
• Catalan Fleet, Sicilian Vespers, by Jim Webster
• Transjordanian Tales, Part One: Ramesses Attacks!, by Alastair McBeath
• DBA Tournament Reports, by Martin Smith
• I Come to Praise Warmaster … , by Justin Taylor & Rick Priestley
• Wargames Competitions Made Simple, by Ray Briggs
• Adapting the Day of Battle Command System to Command & Colors Games, by Chris Parker
• Game & Figure Reviews, by Christopher Kay, John Curry, Fred Cartwright, Dave Gee & David Edwards
• Book Reviews, by John Walsh, Dave Gee, Duncan Head, Anthony Clipsom & John Hastings

For more information on the Society of Ancients, please visit www.soa.org.uk.

You can join the Society at www.soa.org.uk/store.