Hi; my name is Brian Train, and I‘m your new editor. This one will be short, as this issue of Strategist is dominated by the remainder of Lou Coatney’s East Front design, The Russian Portfolio. I intend on running a few more games in upcoming issues of Strategist, but they probably won’t be as large as this one. You can look forward to, among other things: a Waterloo game designed by Joe Miranda, editor of Strategy and Tactics magazine, that uses only 20 counters (!); a simple mini-game on the rise and fall of Rome; and I’ve also been promised a mini-game treatment of Dien Bien Phu. These designs were all done by SGS members, and I hope you enjoy them. I’ll carry on with the personal introductions later; for now, enjoy this issue and the New Year! - BRT