In this issue,WS&Slooks at the rise of Napoleon to Consul of France and then to Emperor, with a focus on the fighting in Egypt and the Marengo Italian campaign.

Theme: The War of the Second Coalition

• Rob Harper, ‘Corsican ambition – Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to First Consul’.
• Rob Harper, ‘Napoleon’s Middle Eastern adventure – The battles of Mount Tabour and Aboukir’.
• Eoghan Kelly, ‘The Italian campaign of 1800 – Flying like lightening and striking like a thunderbolt’.
• Rob Harper, ‘General Victor’s determined stand – Refighting the Battle of Marengo: 14 June, 1800’.
• Guy Bowers, ‘To consul and then emperor – Building a French Republican army’.
• Rubn Torregrosa, ‘Napoleon in Egypt – Recreating Jean-Lon Grme’s painting’.

Features

• Robert Lister, ‘Wo sind die andern?– TheChasseurs Ardennaisat Bodange 1940′.
• James Morris, ‘The Sutton Hoo kingmaker – Refighting the 616 Battle of the River Idle’.
• Robert Lister, ‘The Ottoman Empire strikes back – The Battle of Oltenitza: 4 November 1853’.
• Joe Bilton, ‘Rebuilding Caen – The iconic church for Operation Charnwood’.
• Mark Bretherton, ‘Better basing – A guide to simple but effective figure basing’.
• Matt Stephenson, ‘Faster, better Japanese – Painting the WWII-era Imperial Japanese army’.

Departments

• Miniature reviews
• Rick Priestley, ‘This gaming life – Varnishing the elephant’.
• David Hiscocks, ‘The Irregular – Stillmania revisited: having fun in 2025’.
• Chris King, ‘What’s new inChain of Command 2– The second edition of a popular WWII ruleset’.
• Jon Freeman, Robert Lister, Chris Payne, and Alex Shears, ‘Game reviews –Armies of the United States(supplement for 3rd editionBolt Action), Age of Chivalry(supplement forSAGA),Space Battles: A Spacefarer’s Guide,Rapid Fire! Monty vs Rommel, andConquest: Alexander and Hannibal(supplement forStrength and Honour)’.
• Book reviews