Strategist

The American Wargamer

About The American Wargamer

The American Wargamer is now called The Strategist. The American Wargaming Association is now called the Strategy Gaming Society.

Subscription rate: One-year (12 issues) $15
Back issues: $1.50 each

Orders for subscriptions and Back Issues (checks payable to "SGS") should go to:

Strategy Gaming Society
George Phillies
87-6 Park Ave..
Worcester, MA 01605
phillies@4liberty.net

http://www.islandnet.com/~citizenx/sgshome.html

Magazine Staff

Editor: George Phillies

The STRATEGIST is the monthly Newsletter of the Strategy Gaming Society, an international all-hobby strategic gaming organization, founded in 1973 by George Phillies, Kevin Slimak, Rod Burr, and Mark Swanson. Now over a quarter-century old, the Strategy Gaming Society unites gamers on six continents in support of the play and study of profound games. Now on the World Wide Web at http://www.islandnet.coni/-citizenyl/sgshome.htm

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

NATIONAL OFFICERS

President: Ken Ellis, 3005 Butner Mill Road, East Bend NC 27018.
Vice President: Vacant.
Treasurer. George Phillies, 87-6 Park Avenue, Worcester MA 01605.
Memhership Secretary. Brian Train, 1864 Fairburn Drive, Victoria BC V8N IP9 Canada Brian.Train@ gems8.gov.bc.ca.
Editor: George Phillies, 87-6 Park Avenue, Worcester MA 0 1605, 508-754,1859; phillies@wpi.edu

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

1. Paul Meyer, c/o Crazy Egor, 1699 Hamlin-Parma Town Line Road, Hilton NY 14468.
2. Ken Ellis, 3005 Butner Mill Road, East Bend NC 27018.
3. Vacant
4. Vacant
5. Mark Nies, 1412 Sher-man Avenue, S. Milwaukee MI 53172.
6. Vacant
7. Andrew York, POB 201117, Austin TX 78720.
8. Vacant
9. Vacant
10. George Phillies, 87-6 Park Avenue, Worcester MA 01605.
11. Tie - Election under way.

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Advertising-George Phillies, 87-6 Park Avenue, Worcester MA 0 1605;
Awards Committee - Vacant
Boardgaming- Vacant
Collector's Guild-George Phillies, 87-6 Park Avenue, Worcester MA 01605;
Elections Officer - Vacant
Errata and Variants-Brian Train, 1864 Fairburn Drive, Victoria BC V8N 1P9 Canada Brian.Train@gems8.gov.bc.ca.
Game Design Bureau- Vacant
Miniatures - Vacant;
Play-By-Mail- Vacant;
Publications-George Phillies, 87-6 Park Ave., Worcester MA 01605;
Rolegaming-Paul W. Meyer, c/o Crazy Egor, 1699 Hamlin-Parma Town Line Road, Hilton NY 14468;
Science Fiction Games-Vacant

TO JOIN OR RENEW

Dues are $15 in the USA, US $15.00 in Canada or Mexico, and $20 for members living in all other countries. Additional persons liv at the address of a Regular Member may join for $1/year; -- all such "affiliate" members receive only one issue per year of STRATEGIST, namely election issue. To join, send a check or postal money order to Geo Phillies, 87-6 Park Avenue. Worcester MA 01605, payable to "SGS' for the requisite amount.

SUBMISSIONS

Articles for STRATEGIST should be sent to the Editor, George Phillies, 87-6 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA 01605, phillies@wpi.edu Electronic submissions via EMail in plain ASCII format are * preferred *. Electronic submissions via MS-DOS disk are * acceptable except for short want ads, handwritten material is *not acceptable and will not be used for publication. The Editor will report a list of volunteer typists for handwritten material, when such volunteers become available. Typed or laser printed material should be prepared in 4" columns in 10-point proportional type, single-spaced, paragraphs Indented with no space between paragraphs. The Editor has final Editorial control over STRATEGIST and may edit material for spatial or stylistic reasons. Unused manuscripts will be returned to the author a stamped self- addressed envelope is provided by the author.

SGS PUBLICATIONS

PIMPER's ALL THE WORLD'S WARGAMES, Volumes 1-4, at now available for SGS Members. Costs are $4 each for Volume I (1953- 1977) and its Addenda, Volume II (1978-1983), Volume III (1984-1988), and Volume IV (1989-1995). The four volumes list publisher, year of publication, and descriptive data on tile historlical period, scale of the game, and scale of a typical unit counter. The four volumes jointly describe more than 2000 published board wargames.

BACK ISSUES OF STRATEGIST remain available as it service to members. Many back issues are available, going back to the foundin years of the Strategy Gaming Society. The following is inaccurate but updated. We sell out, and I can't update. Beginning with Volume I (1973), we have many of the following still available V. 1, #3-5.8; V. ' #4, 5,7-12; V. 3, #3-5; V. 4, #1-3, 5-12; V.5 all; V.6, 1-5, 7,9-12; V.7, # 1 -4, 6,7,10, 12; V. 8, #2, 4, 9-11; V. 9, # 1, 10; V. 10, # 1 -4, 7,-11; V. #1, 3-12; V. 12, #1-6, 8, 10-12; V. 13,1,3,5-12; V. 14, #1-10. Some more recent issues are also available. $1.25 each. THE WARGAMER's ENCYCLOPEDIAC DICTIONARY is a truly unique item, w/ definitions and some longer essays for over 400 words and phrases.

From munchkin to grognard, from AA to Zone of Control, this $4 volume provides a thorough coverage of our hobby's slang and history.

MEMBERSHIP BONUSES

Rewards of Serving the Society:

Recruit a new member- extend your own membership! For every new member you recruit to the SGS (people whose membership has lapsed also count), one month is added to your membership.

Write for STRATEGIST - extend your membership. For every 2/3 of a page of your material physically published in STRATEGIST, one month will be added to your membership. New member bonus - discount coupons from game companies on request. Include your request with your dues.

MAILING LABELS

The four-digit number xxyy on your mailing label is your expiration date with xx the year, yy the month. Expirations after 12/99 read 99y, with yy > 12 being months after January 1999, e.g., 9917 = May 2000

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