ARTICLES From time to time, editors have to ask for articles -- I am no exception. The Courier especially needs “how-to” articles. Tricks you have learned for making great terrain, or making a set-up look especially great are of particular interest. Also modeling of particular pieces of terrain, etc. Of course we can always use articles about various periods. go to our website at www.thecouriermagazine.com and check out the Authors Link on the left of the page for more info. We have been getting some article from far afield -- witness this issue’s article, “Operation Moduler” by Andrew Laing - Andrew lives in South Africa! VOLLEY FIRE The economies of the hobby at this moment in time require that we reduce costs and one way is to do away with the mailing cover. This was used in the past for Volley Fire, renewals, comments, address changes, etc. All of these will now have to be handled at our web site or by direct mail. Frankly I have been somewhat disappointed by the response we have had to Volley Fire over the Website. About 1/2 of you are connected, yet, don’t use this important resource. I hope that you will use it for Volley fire as the feed back we get from it is invaluable in helping us choose articles to print and those not to. We have been running Volley Fire since we started this incarnation of The Courier back in 1979 and a week doesn’t go by in which I don’t consult past Volley Fires in deciding the content of the magazine. GROWING THE HOBBY As readers of this column know, one of my pet hobby-horses is the growing of the hobby. The photo, taken as Historicon 03 of a youngster at the Crystal Skulls game, shows the enthusiasm this hobby can generate in the young -- look at the expression on this young face! I only know him as “young Michael” from the photo title - but I am willing to bet that the seeds planted in this young fellow at Historicon will take root and generate a new, avid gamer in the future. And yet there are still many who would not have anyone in their games unless they were of drinking age! A pity! Opinions I am told that, on occasion, I should mention that opinions stated elsewhere in The Courier other than on this editorial page, do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Courier Magazine, its staff or its advertisers. Of course we say this in every issue in the side bar to the left, but who reads the small print? Back to Table of Contents -- Courier # 89 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com