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, 1965-2020SLINGSHOT, 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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Editorial The Society’s online forum The SOA 2022 Championship result by Peter Barham Still Wargaming in Lockdown by Gordon Garrad Hiccups for Hoplites by David Kay Invitation to take part in the SOA 2023 Ruleset Survey (and a chance to win some dice!) Deus Vult Ruleset Review (Part 1) by Mark Wilson Interview with Mark Backhouse by Gordon Garrad DBx - DB’Wildered by Gordon Lawrence Home Grown Rules by David Kay The 2nd Battle of Mantineia (SOA Battle Day Pack) by Duncan Head SAGA (2022) Ruleset Review by Ken Butt Test of Honour ruleset review by Steven Neate Thracians and Dacians book review by Denis Grey Venetian War of 1487 book review by Duncan Head Ancient Battle Formations book review by Andreas Johansson The Galatians book review by Stephen Brennan |
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Editorial The Society Officer and Committee Member Nominations notice Refighting 2nd Mantinea using Lost Battles and Legion II THe Battlefield of Adrianople 378AD Galloping Horse and Bounding Chariot Roman Special Forces and Special Operations Interview with Neville Dickinson The Third Battle of the Mandubian Hills Centrefold Miniature Painting Showcase Teutoburger Wald AD9 A Dying Light in Britannia Testing my Resolve rules review and battle report Deus Vult rules review part 2 (making the rules work) Plastic Soldier Company 15mm Huns review 25mm Lamming Miniatures Review 15mm comparison of Celtic chariot miniatures Alexander the Great book review Romans at War book review Deception in medieval warfare book review Sparta's Second Attic War book review |
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Society of Ancients Convention 2023 Editorial Interview with Simon McDowell If you go down to the woods today... Raining Arrows - the debate about the medieval arrow storm A Dying Light in Britannia part 2 15mm Figuare Comparisons and Wargaming the Dark Ages part 2 2023 SOA Membership Survey SOA Battle Day Round-up Mantinea with Alala Ruleset Mantinea with Spartans and Successors Harry Hurdow does Battle Day Hoplites in Messene Naval Gazing - a Comparison of Naval Rulesets 15mm Figures Review - Peter Pig Midianite Camels Ruleset Review - Hail Caesar 2nd Edition Book Review - A Military Life of Constantine the Great Book Review - The Legiones Cannenses Book Review - The Last Great War of Antinquity Why does it matter? - a plea from the committee
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Editorial Wargaming News Interview with John Lambshead What are the chances - pikes vs bows in DBA 3.0 Alexander the Great; the complete conqueror Wargaming 4th century BC hoplite warfare using 'Strength & Honour' A little 2nd Mantineia (6mm) Tactica 2 games through the ages part 1- Ancient Sumer; Umma vs Kish Pleasures and pitfalls of writing a scenario Khurasan 15mm miniatures review Essex Nubian and Libu infantry 15mm miniatures review A mini-15mm comparison follow-up The Macedonian Phalanx and The Greek Hoplite Phalanx book reviews The Rise of Persia & The First Greco-Persian Wars book review The Galatians book review The Battles of Antiochus the Great And finally |
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Editorial Wargaming News Getting Started in Early Medieval Wargaming by James Morris Saint Ciera’s Missionary Expedition to China by Lawrence Greaves Battles of the British Heroic Age - Part 3 of A Dying Light in Britannia by Dave Hollin Seleucid and Graeco-Bactrian Frontier Policy in Central Asia by Ken Bell Tactica 2 Games Part 2 - New Kingdom Egyptians vs Sea Peoples by Simon Watson Tactica 2 games through the ages part 1- Ancient Sumer; Umma vs Kish Persian Tactical Problems by Gavin Pearson Adrianople Games Day by Les Ames Western Sudanese and Tuareg DBA armies during the Quarantine by Ilan Mitchell-Smith Wars of the Roses Painting Guide and General Musings by Simon Macdowall On Bloody Ground—A rules review by Dave Hollin A Very Quick look at 3D Printing by Dave Hollin 15mm Miniatures Review - Midianite Infantry by Steven Neate Alcibiades: Athenian Playboy, General and Traitor book review by Jim Webster The Medieval Crossbow book review by Anthony Clipsom The Wars of Justinian I book review by Duncan Head The Early Anglo-Saxon Kings book review by Dave Hollin And finally |
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Editorial Wargaming News Gaugamela - Deployment and Plans Part One Adrianople 378AD using Armati Rules Wargaming in the British Heroic Age A Society Convention 2023 Battle Report The Society of Ancients Convention 2023 Magnesia on My Mind Empire (a Society of Ancients boardgame) runthrough Tactica 2 Games - Part 3 - Neo-Assyrians vs Neo-Babylonians Three Ages of Rome - a rules review 15mm Miniatures Review - Peter Pig Parthian Peltasts 15mm Miniatures Review - Lanver Miniatures Greek Psiloi The Trojan War - Tragedy and Aftermath book review The Perfect Sword - Forging the Dark Ages book review Armies of Anglo-Saxon England 410 - 1066 book review And finally |
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Editorial Society Notice - Battleday 2024 details Wargaming News Dicing with Death - Harry Dudrow St. Germanus of Auxerre by Jim Webster Gaugamela Part Two by Damian Baxter Battle Reports using 6mm figures - an observation by David Mason Peithon and the Baktrian Revolt by Bjorn Floderus Empire (SoA Boardgame) with Figures by John Graham-Leigh Tactica 2 Games - Part 4 - Classical Greeks vs Early Achaemenid Persians by Simon Watson 15mm Miniatures Review - Essex Old and Middle Kingdom Egyptians by Steven Neate 25mm Miniatures Review - Lamming Plus Figures by David Smith SAGA Book of Battles Rules Supplement Review by Ken Butt The Scythians Book Review by Gavin Pearson Agincourt - Battle of the Scarred King Book Review by Anthony Clipsom Painting Wargames Figures - Rome's Northern Enemies by Gavin Pearson And finally |
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Editorial A Word from our new President Richard Lockwood Battleday 2024 Update Alala Ruleset Launch Wargaming News Simon MacDowell Interview on Alala Ruleset Development Editor's Prizes for 2023 Blood Red Roses Ruleset Development by Adrian Naylor Gaugamela Part Three by Damian Baxter Slings and Slingers by John Hogan Fact vs Fun by Connor Truby Galley Warfare at the Society's Convention (2022) by Michael Lane Tactica Part 5 - Alexandrian Macedonians vs Later Achaemenid Persians by Simon Watson Blood Red Roses - a Battle Report and Review (of sorts) by Gordon Garrard Developing the Portable Wargame - a Review by Martin Smith Rome's Third Samnite War Book Review by Gavin Pearson Rome Rules the Waves Book Review by Jim Webster Empires of the Steppes Book Review by Chris Hahn And finally |
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Editorial Wargaming News The Young Alexander by Dave Watson 3D Printing and a lesson in humility by Dave Hollin Romans and Rivals (Ilipa!) by Nick Harbud Ilipa with a twist by Simon MacDowall Ilipa fought with Lost Battles and Legion II by Phil Sabin Solo Tactics by David Kay The ‘I Claudian’ Invasion by Ian Piper Northern DBA Tournament by Paul Murgatroyd Tactica Part 6 - Alexandrian Macedonians v Later Achaemenid Persians by Simon Watson Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt Terrain Pieces by Steven Neates Thoughts from the Editor’s Hobby Room - Hobby Knives WiP 10mm and 28mm figure reviews Building Blocks of Tabletop Gaming Design by Dave Hollin The Generalship of Alexander The Great by Connor Truby And finally |
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Editorial The Society of Ancients Convention October 2024 by Richard Lockwood Wargaming News The Pros and Cons of 3D Printing by Connor Truby Charles Grant 50th Anniversary Refights No.1 - Marathon by Phil Sabin Casting for a Pod by Dave Hollin We Set Sails and Hauled our Oars by Nick Harbud Refighting Ilipa 206BC with “Table Battles” by Bruno Servili Battle Day 2024: Ilipa 206BCE by Andrew Parrock A Round-up of Battleday 2024 by Jeremy Giles Tactica II Part 7 - Republican Romans vs Carthaginians by Simon Watson Middle Kingdom Egyptian Axemen by Steven Neate A Tale of Three Towers by David Kay Onus! Traianus Boardgame Review by David Smith Page Citizens of Rome - 28mm Figure Review (Wargames Atlantic) by Gavin Pearson Forgotten Castles of Wales and the Marches Book Review by David Kay Weapons, Warriors and Battles of Ancient Iberia Book Review by Duncan Head |
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Editorial Nominations for the Society Officers and Committee Slingshot Editor Announcement Wargaming News A Very Late Salute by Dave Hollin Vae Victis - or Armati in Rome by Dr John Radley Charles Grant 50th Anniversary Refights No.2 - Plataea by Phil Sabin The Maccabean Revolt: Seven Games in an Evening Using C&C by Steve Neate A Love Letter to Slingshot and Wargaming by Alistair Duncan How do you store yours? The Battle Nechtansmere/Dunnichen 685AD Part One By David Russell Palm Sunday Battle, 1461 AD - A Scenario for Blood Red Roses by Adrian Nayler Tactica II Part 8 - Caesarian Romans vs Britons by Simon Watson Cards as a Ruleset Mechanism by Dave Hollin Waxing Lyrical by Anthony Clipsom Onus! Terrain and Fortresses Expansion Pack Review by Dave Smith Hail Caesar Epic Battles ‘Hannibal’ Box-Set First Impressions Review by Dave Hollin Age of Penda Wargames Rules Review by Harry Hudrow A Mighty Fleet and the King’s Power Book Review by Mick Hessian Roman Conquests: Asia Minor, Syria, and Armenia Book Review by Gavin Pearson The Hillforts of Iron Age Wales Book Review by David Kay Persians - The Age of Great Kings Book Review by David Kay |
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Editorial Wargaming News The Tragedy of the Girl by Ian Piper The Knight, The Horse and The Crane by Anthony Clipsom Charles Grant’s 50th Anniversary Refights No. 3: The Granicus by Phil Sabin Achlys: Approaching Combat Through The Fog of War by Kim Selkfield Running a Simple Wargames Campaign by Mark Wilson Tactica II Part 9 - Later Western Imperial Romans vs Visigoths by Simon Watson Battle for the Holy Land - A DBM battle report by John Graham-Leigh Selecting my Samnite Army by Gavin Person Mucking About With DBA 3.0 by Dave Hollin A Few Thoughts on Playing Little Wars TV’s ‘Age of Hannibal’ by Alex Aimette Review of Rollin Mats Game Mats by David Smith Review of Cromarty Forge Wargaming Figures (15mm) by Keith Murphy Enemies of Rome (Philip Matyszak) Book Review by David Kay Slingers and Sling Bullets (Lawrence Keppie) Book Review by Adrian Nayler# Deploying A Roman Army (Duncan B. Campbell) Book Review by Adrian Nayler Fortifying a Roman Camp (Duncan B. Campbell) Book Review by Adrian Nayler King Arthur and The Battle for Britannia (Tony Sullivan) Book Review by Dave Hollin |
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6 back issues, from 280 to 285 inclusive, for £5 |
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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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The 2006-2010 CD is aimed at anyone who has the 40-year Slingshot CD/DVD (from the first beginnings to the end of 2005) and wants the next five years without spending £35 for the 45-year DVD. The CD itself contains all issues from 2006 to 2010, issues 244 to 273 inclusive. Choose your issue using a new and eye-catching sliding graphic display of issue covers, and right-click on the cover of your chosen issue to view the contents in a down-scrolling pdf.
This CD is also the only way - apart from ordering the 45-year DVD - to obtain 2006 and 2009 Slingshot back issues. |
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The 2011-2015 CD is aimed at anyone who has the DVD and/or CD collections of Slingshot up to 2010 and wants the next five years without spending £35 for the Golden Years DVD. All the issues for the years covered are available in PDF form.
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This is a downloadable PDF that contains a wealth of additional material by Alistair McBeath for his excellent Argnoautica series of articles in Slingshot. It's pretty large (15Mb) so you will need to download it from Cartloom by clicking on the Add To Cart link below (don't worry - it's still free).
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The 2016-2020 USB is aimed at anyone who has the DVD and/or CD collections of Slingshot up to 2015 and wants the next five years without spending £40 for the Fifty Five Years USB. All the issues for the years covered are available in PDF form.
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