Sabretache is a new e-magazine from Saga Publishing, covering the period following the Renaissance period up through the end of the 19th century. It downloads in pdf or html formats. The first issue has notes on military history attraction in Paris, an account of a game using They Died for Glory, a reprint of an article on smooth-bore musketry from its inception to the 19th century, an account of a playtest of Victorian Wars using a St Privat scenario, and editorials. $12.00 per year. A free download of the first issue is available. www.saga-publishing.com.
Midwest Wargamer’s Association Newsletter is the heavyweight among wargaming magazines, now pushing 200 pages. It is filled with rule sets (20 mm WWII, Custer, hex-based WWII, War of 1812, and a TSATF variant in the Jan/Feb issue), reviews, battle reports, letters, rules discussions, modeling techniques, commentary, and, well, other stuff. No glossy interior photos, just wargaming breaking out all over. Hal Thinglum, 22554 Pleasant Dr, Richton Park, IL 60471. $35 / 6 issues.
Lone Warrior is the premier publication for solo gamers. The Jan/Mar issue is dominated by campaigns, with a report of a Bismark campaign, an Ancients campaign using Decimo rules, a proposed campaign based on the Forrester’s Rifleman Dodd, and a DBA-based campaign. There are also some sci-fi and fantasy games, in which category might be included one game centered on the Maus, an article on flying paper model aircraft, letters, and editorial. Solo Wargamers Association, 1707 Ridge Rd, Leavenworth, KS 66048. 44pp, $25 / 4 issues.
Miniature Wargames, is always filled with lots of full-color photographs. The May issue begins with an article that is not only beautifully illustrated, but includes a medieval crusader campaign and the tactical rules to go with it. There is also a history of Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt with orders of battle and uniform guides, a history of the AWI battles at Harlem Heights and Pell’s Point, a history of Philiphaugh (1645), a history and Crossfire scenario for Buna and Gona, the fourth part of an article on the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980’s, reviews and editorial. This issue also has an insert for Salute, with articles by participants and lots more pictures. Wargames Inc, Box 278, Route 40 East, Triadelphia, WV 26059-0278, tel: (304) 547-0000. $72.50/12 issues
Spearpoint , the journal of the North American Society of Ancient & Medieval Wargamers, includes in the Nov/Dec issue a bibliography with commentary for medieval and Renaissance India, proposals for changing the built-up areas rules in DBA, an article proposing new basings to use 30 mm WAB figures in DBx and Warrior games, and lots of tournament results. Scott Dickson, 590 Woodend Dr. SE, Concord, NC 28025. 20 pp, $24 / 6 issues & membership.
Strategist (Strategy Gaming Society – board, card, and occasionally miniature games) George Phillies, 87-6 Park Ave, Worcester, MA 01605. 12pp photocopied. $15/12 issues with membership.
SAGA (Ancients to Renaissance) T.L. Gore, 890 Janes Rd, Rochester, NY 14612, web: www.saga-publishing.com. $35/6 issues.
Arquebusier (Journal of the Pike and Shot Society) Iain Stanford, 95 Tolbut Court, Lennox Close, Romford, RM1 2DZ, UK. £25/6 issues and membership outside Europe.
HMGS Dispatch (Midsouth) Major Bill Harting, 101 Taylor Rd, Estill Springs, TN 37330-3831.
HMGS East Newsletter Scott Holder (Treasurer), PO Box 36, Bonnots Mill, MO 65016.
The Citadel (HMGS NW) c/o Mark Serafin, 2616090 Pioneer Park Pl, Langley, WA 98260, email: mserafin@whidbey.com.
The Messenger (HMGS Pacific SW) HMGS/PSW, PO Box 701, Norwalk, CA 90651-0701. $15 / 4 issues, membership
The Herald HMGS Great Lakes 2659 Wayland Ave, Dayton, OH 45420-3050. $12/6 issues, membership
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