"SLINGSHOT"

 Slingshot is a magazine that a wargamer friend of mine has recently started to subscribe to. He lent this issue to me, knowing as he did that I am painting a lot of 1st and 2nd century Romans. I have also painted about 11 units of Gauls and about 12 units of Cesarean Romans. Most of the figures are Wargames Foundry metal figures. 

Most of the 2nd century figures that still need to be painted are from Aventine Miniatures. They are great figures, even if they tend to require some gluing of spears, bows, and sometimes heads. There are also planns to paint about 44 Wargames Foundry Dacian foot.

All of this recent activity associated with ancients brings me back to "Slingshot". It is magazine devoted to ancients up to and including the era of the English Wars of the Roses. Like many wargame publications, this one tends to cover a lot of eras that do not appeal the reader. For example, I do not have much interest in Egyptians. I should have more interest in the Persions since they spent much of 900 years of history fighting the Greeks and then the Romans. However, it could be their lack of history written in Greek or Roman texts that limits them to the role of aggressor in wargaming. Their culture is under reported and poorly understood in the Western european tradition. Or maybe I have simply failed to make the effort. I enjoy Roman vs. Gauls or Germans much more. 

Nevertheless, there is always at least one article in the magazine that engages my interest. I recommend it to any gamer who has not had the chance to read it. You never know when you might run into another gamer with even more obscure interests than your own. It is always worthwhile to listen to another gamer's interests and you may learn something new. 

Greg C.