THE "YOU CAN'T WIN" DEPARTMENT The following two comments were received in the Volley Fire responses for #75: 1."The Rigours of Research by Otto Schmidt was outstanding". 2."Mr. Schmidt's article was booooring - It goes nowhere" MAY HAVE CHANGED HIS MIND. I have no interest in aerial wargaming, but Bill Rutherford's article could almost change that. This must be music to our advertiser's ears. - We are not out to change anyone's mind about what they game. if, however we get them to try another period or a different set of rules or another scale, I feel that The Courier has done its part to increase that person's fun with the hobby. I like many different periods and scales. For example, my wargame group, OCW, has 3 levels and 2 scales of Napoleonic games - skirmish (25mm), tactical (25mm) and grand tactical(15mm). During the course of a 12 week quarter, we play some 16 different periods and gaming levels, From ancients to Modern from Western gunfight to Franco Prussian to Colonial. For us, variety is the spice of gaming. I always thought that, no matter what a person's major period of interest may be, he should have a minor interest in an other period. That way he won't get stale in his primary interest. - DICK BRYANT HOW DO OUR CLUBS FUNCTION? I used to travel quite a bit in my job and managed to game in many parts of the country and in a few foreign lands. The first thing I would do when I found I was going on a business trip is to query The courier and check HMGS address lists and the local hobby shops to find the gamers in the area. I almost always managed to get in a game, often more than one. I found that the various clubs had all kinds of organizations, from the absolutely informal (If I show up, I'll be there) to the very formal (Fines levied if you missed a game you signe up for without at least 24 hrs notice!). Now that I am in a position where I won't get to travel much, I want to form a group in my area. I would like to solicit the vews of your readers as to what form it should take. Could you ask them to send in descriptions of their club's operation and organization and what they feel are the 'pluses and minuses' of their operation. (Name withheld on request). Well, Tom, You have asked and I hope that they respond as I think this would make a very interesting article. It would provide us all with insights that may enable us to improve the way our club operates. DICK BRYANT Back to Table of Contents -- Courier #76 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com