New to a community and looking for other gamers in your area? Going on a business trip and would like to drop by a local gaming club for a visit? Or, just looking for other gamers in your area to play games with? Ever wish there was a comprehensive database listing gamers by community and the types of games they play?

Well, that is exactly the reason the Strategy Gaming Society is building a massive, comprehensive database of gamers from around the world. The database will be include gamers’ names, addresses and, if available, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. In addition, when the information is known, it will list the types of games that each person is interested in, from war games to German style games, miniatures to computer games.

The database will be maintained on the SGS website (http://pages.about.com/ strategygames) . Listings on the database are ABSOLUTELY FREE for SGS members and a modest $2 for non-members. Of course, this $2 fee will be waived if the person joins the SGS.

Gamer Mark Johnson of California made an excellent point concerning the database:

“Personally, I guess I'd like to see the SGS simply be *the* centerpiece of information for board and war gamers. Not that it could ever replace existing print and online resources, but rather a gamer could always expect that he could find at least pointers to all info from the SGS. Going on a business trip to Toledo, hoping to find a pickup game of Tikal or ASL? Check the SGS for registered players in that town.“

This is EXACTLY the reason we're building the Worldwide Gamers Database. It is truly needed and the SGS is proud to be able to provide this service.

Please be sure to complete the database form which is included on the SGS website (or complete the form found in this issue and return it as indicated). We hope to have the database up and running by the end of April 2000.