An illustrated guide to constructing military model buildings and terrain, this book offers a brief history of wargaming and a choice of 20 battle scenes to construct, including a Samurai castle, an English Civil War star fort, the Alamo, and an Afghan hillfort. Design elements included here are abutments, octagonal towers, courtyards, keeps, ramparts, tiles and roofing, drawbridges, crenellations, gatehouses, earth bastions, archways, Islamic minarets, Spanish columns and finishes. Practical consideration is also given to size, costs and workability with useful information on tools and materials.