Medieval Warfare

MW IV-2 now available

Apr. 09, 2014 (posted in Medieval Warfare editor's blog)

It has been very busy over here at Medieval Warfare. Aside from our regular issues, we also have our very fist Special to work on, which will go to print around the end of next week. Hence, we don’t have much time to provide you with blogs as much as we would like. However, in the meantime, we...

Website survey

Apr. 03, 2014 (posted in General News)

We're trying to improve our website to make it more useful for all our readers and visitors, and could use your help! This is your chance to let us know how we're doing (at least online). We want to make sure that you're having the best experience possible on our site. To that end, we've come up...

Another world: the Aztecs

Apr. 01, 2014 (posted in Medieval Warfare articles)

"(…) they were armed with large bows and arrows, lances and shields and swords shaped like our two-handed swords, and many slings and stones and fire-hardened javelins, and all wore quilted cotton armour. As they approached us their squadrons were so numerous that they covered the whole plain,...

Medieval Games, Part III: combat in turn-based strategy games

Feb. 27, 2014 (posted in Medieval Warfare editor's blog)

In my previous blog, I introduced you to the game Civilization, adding some basic info on the available units as well. In this third part of the series on medieval-themed games, I will focus on combat mechanics in the game, and the way the developers tried to assign certain historical...

’When legend becomes fact, print the legend!’

Feb. 24, 2014 (posted in Medieval Warfare articles)

One of the most celebrated combat sequences in cinema is the 'Battle on the Ice' from Sergei Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky (1938), which depicts the Novgorodian prince’s victory over a crusading army led by the Teutonic Knights at Lake Peipus in 1242, the theme of the latest Medieval Warfare...

New subscription system in the KP shop

Feb. 19, 2014 (posted in General News)

Very recently we updated and consolidated our magazine subscription and renewal system: Ancient Warfare, Medieval Warfare and Wargames Soldiers & Strategy paper subscriptions and renewals, regardless of length or other features, are all available in the shop through one single product per...