A recent editorial in LONE WARRIOR (a British magazine for solo gamers often reviewed in these pages) has dropped a bombshell! It tells of the European Parliament voting nearly 2:1 in favor of phasing out production and sale of "War Toys" in EEC countries! How will this affect our British cousins? Should we worry about an eventual drying up of England as a source of Miniatures? I would like to hear from anyone who has more detailed knowledge of what is going on.

At last someone else in the hobby has expressed his dislike for the cop-out cognomen "Adventure Gaming". Friedrich Helfferich in his November editorial in FIRE & MOVEMENT has expressed his dislike for the term backed by 75% of his readers responding to Feedback (similar to our Volley Fire) who have expressed an utter dislike for the term. The Courier has never shrunk from the word "WARGAMING" though I do bemoan the fact that "WARGAMING" has come to denote boardgaming in many minds while "gaming with miniatures" is considered something else entirely. To my mind all historical gaming of war whether board or miniatures is "WARGAMING" and should be called such.

ERRATA

Several subscribers have written in complaining that having purchased the Colonial campaign map for $5.00 they were ripped off as the present price shown in the Supply Depot is $2. While it is a fact of life that one can buy an item at full price only to find it went on sale an hour later with no chance of adjustment, in this instance it is The Couriers patent "typo" that is the problem. The price should be $5.

In a similar vein I should report that we can no longer offer the all-Vol I for $10 special as we have run out of Vol I. No. 2 and No. 3 and are down to the dregs for several others. If you have been putting off buying back issues I suggest you put your order in now as they are "going like hot cakes".

A FINAL NOTE

Gary Gygax in a recent editorial in THE DRAGON has asked that all who are grateful to him and TSR for their contribution to the hobby of FRP gaming cast their vote by boycotting Origins '83. Frankly I deplore this attempt at further polarization of the hobby and hope that this particular call to arms will be ignored by thinking gamers.

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