Here we are the end of another volume -- transition time again. This year's theme of The Seven Years War has been very successful with Richard Riehn providing three of the best articles we have had to date. Many than to Ken Bunger, our theme editor, who will continue to cover the Sev Years War in the future. The theme for Volume III is THE RENAISSANCE, theme editor is Nic Nascati -- his biography will appear in Vol. III, No. 1. This is in keeping with the whole idea of a THEME, i.e. to explore in some depth otherwise less gamed periods. Judging from reader's letters and volley fire response card, as well as several surveys taken over the last two years, there has been a Iot of interest in the Renaissance as a primary period as well as a secondary one. WWII/MODERN INTEREST LOW This brings me to the obviously low level of interest amoung our readers in the WWIl/Modern period. While most of our articles in the period rate well, the NON INTEREST QUOTIENT has always been on the order of 40+%! We were planning to run an eight page "pullout" of rule modification for WRG WWII and Modern period rules. Since the NIQ for a preview article on the subject in the last issue exceeds 70% (of the responses to date) we have not printed that "pullout". Those who are interested should turn to Volley Fire and answer the questions about the period. If there is enough interest we will sell the eight page booklet as a special publication for $2.50-$3.00. I felt that the low interest was due to our not 'capturing' the subscriber who games in the WWII/Modern period -- I had hoped that continued publication of this type of article would draw that kind of gamer and increase our subscriber "rolls". Though interest in the period is 31% amoung our readers (see survey results -- Vol. II, No. 4 pg. 46) it was only third choice for 2/3 of them! So unless we hear from you WWII/Modern gamers, THE COURIER will reduce coverage of the period by 50% -- running an article every other issue. VOLLEY FIRE RESPONSE IS IMPORTANT! Through it we will modify THE COURIER to meet YOUR needs. This decision is an indication of how the system works. So get off your duffs and send in your Volley Fire responses every issue. Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. 2 #6 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1981 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