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A very important announcement this month (for once! - I hear you cry). After two years, we have outgrown our serviced office accommodation and are moving to bigger and more permanent quarters. These are just down the road from us - we wouldn’t stray far from our Nottingham leadbelt roots - so please read and inwardly digest the advertisement overleaf and make a note of our new address. Unfortunately, at time of writing, I can’t confirm our new phone number but this will be announced on the website as soon as it is known. D-Day for the move is 30 September so apologies in advance if you find us unavailable to take your calls or emails on that day. If this issue of MWwere an ice cream it would be a double cone as we have a two scoops for you this month. First, is a behind the scenes report from the beta test of the long-awaited FieldofGlory Renaissancerules and then there’s an exclusive Borodino scenario extracted from the new GeneraldeBrigadeDeluxe Edition. Plenty more to get your teeth into elsewhere, as well - from the 4th century BC to the mid-20th century AD. The autumn show season will soon be upon us and therefore I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Old Glory World Wargames in Derby and SELWG in Crystal Palace.

Andrew Hubback

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