Command Magazine #44

Game #1
Perfidious Albion
Napoleon's (Hypothetical) Invasion of England, 1814
 

   Perfidious Albion is a two-player "what if" simulation of a hypothetical Napoleonic plan to invade England in the alternative history described in the article of the same name printed in issue no. 47 of Command magazine".
 
  
Contains:
 
  • Rules (pp 2-17 of rules booklet) 
  • 22" X 34" color map
  • 140 12mm die cut counters
 
  • Each game turn represents approximately 1 week of real time
  • The map scale is 5 miles per hex.
  • Counters represent divisions of about 10,000 men an d corps of about 30,000 to 40,000.
  • Includes Designer's Notes.
  • Design: Roger Sandell
  • Development: Ty Bomba and Chris Perello

Game #2
Attila - Scourge O'God

 

   Attila: Scourge O'God is a two-player, strategic-level wargame that simulates the Hun invasion of the Western Roman Empire in AD 451-52. One player commands the Romans and their allies, while the other commands the Huns and their allies. For the most part the Hun is on the offensive, trying to overthrow the empire by pillaging as many provinces and cities as possible, while the Roman player operates to try to thwart that effort.
 
Contains:
 
  • Rules (pp 18-31 of rules booklet) 
  • 22" X 34" color map
  • 176 16mm die cut counters
 
  • There are 20 one month game turns
  • Area Movement map
  • Medium Complexity.
  • Design: Roger Sandell
  • Development: Ty Bomba and Chris Perello
 
 
 
 
 

Magazine Contents

    The Rosebud (A Preview of the Little Big Horn.  Historical article by Burton F. Egel. Includes: Toward the Rosebud; The Fight, Phase 1; The Fight, Phase 2; The Fight, Phase 3; The Fight, Phase 4; Aftermath
    Sub Articles: Weapons & Tactics; Scout Grouard; George Crook, Indian Fighter; Indian Organization & Identification; Crook at Cedar Creek
    Maps: The Bighorn Campaign, 1876; Battle of Rosebud (Map 1); (Map 2); (Map 3); (Map 4); (Map 5); (Map 6))
    Attila the Hun ("The Scourge of God". Historical article by Roger Sandell. Includes: Adrianople & Beyond; Hun Power Increases; Scourge of God; Into Gaul; Chalons; Into Italy; Pope Leo II; After Attila
    Sub Articles: The Battle for Adrianople - 9 August 378; Armies & Weapons - The Huns; The Huns & the Chroniclers; Armies & Weapons - The Romans; Armies & Weapons - The Germans; Aetius: War & Politics in the Late Empire
    Maps: Adrianople 1 & 2;  The Campaigns of Attila; Chalons 1 & 2)
    Could Napoleon Have Invaded England?  (An Alternative Outcome Analysis. Historical article by Roger Sandell. 
    Sub Articles: What Really Happened)
    The USS Chesapeake (A Truly Hard Luck Ship. Historical Article by Richard Callahan. 
    Maps: The Chesapeake & the Leopard
    Sub Articles: Impressment & the Chesapeake Affair from the British Point of View; Birth of the USS Chesapeake; The Baron-Decatur Duel)
    The Falklands War (A Reassessment of the Argentinean Effort. Historical Article by Martin N. Stanton. Includes:  Argentinean Strategy; Initial Argentinean Operations; Strategic Failure; The Original Timetable; The Chilean Threat; Land Forces; Naval Forces; Air Forces; Failure; What If?; Command Structure; South Georgia; Rosario Revised; Deployment to the Falklands; Ground Forces; Assumption of the Risk; Air Forces: Maximum Flexibility; The Navy: Fully Integrated Players; Change of Season; Conclusions
    Maps: British Recapture of the Falklands; Combat Range of Argentine Aircraft; Argentine Early Warning & Submarine Employment Options)
    The Worlds Number Two Navy (The French Navy Today. Historical Article by Jacques Rabler. Includes: The Aeronaval & Force d'Action Navale; Nuclear Submarines; Surface Combatants; The Marines
    Sub Articles: French Navy Commands
    Maps: French Naval Bases
    Charts: Strengths & Weaknesses of the French Navy; Comparison between the French Clemenceau-class and the US Nimitz class carriers; French Naval Commandoes; The French Navy in the year 2000 )
    Petra (A short Military History of the Ancient Nabataeans. Historical Article by David W. Tschanz
    Maps: Major Trade Routes 400 BC- AD 400; Petra)
    I Remember... (With OSS-101 in Burma - Part III of the Gurkha Trilogy; Historical article by Manbahadur Rai 9M. Gyi.  Includes: Downed Allied Pilots; Chindit Rescue Team; Jungle Leaches; Billy the Kid; The Big Picture; The OSS Field Hospital; The Cachin Rangers; Retreat from Blackpool; Beats of OSS 101
    Maps: CBI Theater; The Chindit Campaign)
    Breaching the Dardanelles (The Saga of the AE-2. Historical by A. B. Feuer.
    Maps: Naval Attack at the Dardanelles - 18 March 1915; The Dardanelles & Sea of Marmora  )
    Command Magazine Article Index
    Departments (Short Rounds: Berlin's Big Lift: The Cold War's First Battle; "Beast" Butler and the Union Occupation of New Orleans; Alexander the Great & the Martial Arts; The US Coast Guard: A Service for all Reasons; The US Army Field Jacket; The Mutiny Against Servilius Cepio
    Commentary: Living off the Land (includes: Before Napoleon; Napoleon; Railroads; Motorization; Today)
    Art of War: The Art of Keith Rocco
    Books, Videos & Multimedia: (short reviews of media items of interest to gamers)

 

 

This is a superior shape copy that may have a bit staple rust and some light cover or edge wear. It is crispy clean inside, shiny, unmarked and guaranteed complete. The game is unpunched and un-played.

COMM047   February  1998  96pp + 36 pp,  2 maps, 2 counter sheets


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