Warfare on the island of Sicily Riccardo Bixio, 'Sicily, the boxing ring of the Mediterranean - The stepping-stone to Europe'. Francisco Luis Erize, 'Street fighting on the eve of the Punic Wars - Messana: the spark that lit a flame'. Riccardo Bixio, 'Medieval Sicily and the 1300 Battle of Gagliano - The very last "Desperata Ferro!"'. Eoghan Kelly and Riccardo Bixio, 'Garibaldi and the Battle of Milazzo, 20 July 1860 - Spedizione dei mille'. Dan and Rex Withers, 'A WWII British Bolt Action scenario set on Sicily - Assault on Johnny I'. Guy Bowers, 'Looking at Sicily through the ages - An offer you can't refuse'. Paul Cubbin, 'Multiculturalism in medieval Sicily - Carving out and island kingdom'.Features David Davies, 'To catch an admiral: Operation Vengeance - Killing Yamamoto'. Greg Wagman, 'The death of Brian Born, High King of Ireland - Defend the king!'. Joseph A. McCullough, 'A Silver Bayonet scenario for two or more players - Guardian of the shrine'. Olve Kroknes, 'A Norwegian ad-hoc battalion ambushes the invader - Lundehøgda 1940'. Stuart Pearson, 'Where to start with the Wars of Napoleon - Six steps to Napoleonics'. Andy Lilof, 'Modelling 28mm British troops for World War II - In praise of plastic'. Tony Harwood, 'Scratch-built fences for the wargame table - Safe behind wooden walls'.Departments Miniature reviews Richard Clarke, 'Up front - Reconsidering troop ratings'. Chris Breese, 'The Irregular - This thing is ours'. Chris King, 'Playing the 100 Days Campaign in an epic scale - Let's play Epic Waterloo'. Ian Beal, Eoghan Kelly, James Oram, and Chris Payne, 'Game reviews - SAGA: Age of Invasions, Age of Panda: Battle Games in Seventh-Century Britain, Forgotten Battles from France and Germany and Wars of the Republic'. Book reviews Parting shots