GAME REVIEWS

New and recent wargaming rulesets, reviewed by the Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy team.

BY IAN BEAL, DAVID DAVIES, EOGHAN KELLY, AND ROSSCO WATKINS

Watching Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai gave all us moviegoers a taste of the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. While the film had its inaccuracies, it told the story of the traditional warrior class who rebelled against the Japanese government and their modernizing ways. Without the film, this story would perhaps never have been heard of by most of us. Truth is stranger than fiction, and this is particularly true here. The Last Samurai Rebellion book starts by explaining the real story, which is explored in some detail. Readers will get a good overview of the events, and this leads directly into the gaming section of the book. Next, there is a good guide to the uniforms of both sides and model availability. Instead of adapting the units straight from The Men…

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Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy (Digital) - 1 Issue, WSS 123

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