Paper Wars Magazine #98

Paper Wars has been well known for its game reviews. It also publishes articles and sections related to the Compass Games catalog of games. Examples would be strategy and tactics articles, new scenarios, expanded designer notes, examples of play, sneak peek artwork and previews of future releases.

Game included in this issue — First Blood in the Crimea: The Battle of the Alma, 20 September 1854. The battle was the first clash of the Crimean War, fought only a few days after the French, British and Turks had landed on the peninsula and began marching on Sevastopol. Both sides threw in everything they had, hoping for a quick and decisive victory. That made for a day of fierce back and forth combat, which was characterized by both soldier-level heroism and high-command incompetence. In the end the Russians retreated, but it was a near-run thing that could’ve gone either way.