About Slingshot

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 is well edited to showcase the written contributions from our membership and features original pen and ink artwork.

A PDF index of Slingshot, covering all issues from 1965 to 2007, is available from our Downloads page

Current Issue (Slingshot 267; November 2009)

The latest issue of Slingshot is 267, publishing date November 2009. The next issue will be the January 2010 issue.

This issue is 60 pages long, not including the cover pages. It’s published in the same format introduced with issue 258.

The contents of Slingshot 267 are as follows. For games articles, I’ve indicated the relevant rule set where it’s not immediately obvious from the title; with historical articles I’ve tried to indicate period if a similar issue applies.

• Mercenary Genitors in the 1470s, by Duncan Head
• Constantius II, Ammianus, and the Big Parade, Part 3, by Jim Sye
• The Gladius vs. the Sarissa – The Battle of Heraclea 280BC, by Jeff Champion
• The Battle of Pydna, by Richard Taylor
• Battle of the Year: the Decisive Victory over Varus, by Robert Heiligers
• AMW’s Lost Battles I – Marathon, 490BC, by Graham Evans
• Combining ‘Empire’ and ‘Lost Battles’, by Philip Sabin
• Army Choice in DBA – The English DBA Open 2009, by Martin Smith
• Results of Legion 2009 DBA Tournament, by Martin Smith
• Welsh DBA Open Championship, January 31st 2009, by Martin Smith
• [ Armati ] AD 9 – “Give Me Back My Legions”, by Mark Fry
• Clash of Iron, Flash of Bronze: FoG Ancients Campaign rules, by Christopher Webber
• Games Reviews, by Christopher Webber
• Book Reviews, by Robert Heiligers & Mark Watson
• Guardroom