THE RECESSION HITS THE HOBBY This hobby is not by any means immune to the disruptions of the current recession. Heritage Miniatures is going out of business - several of its figure lines up for sale (interested parties contact Howard Barash). Lamming England has decided to close its doors (see THE COURIER DISPATCH last issue). Martian Metals, who were preparing a line of 10mm ACW figures I use with Adventure Games' Complete Brigadier rules, lost their factory fire - the effect of the economy here is that (rumor has it) that they are contemplating staying out of business. So, those manufacturers hardest hit the economy go to the wall or consolidate with other suppliers. The rest can only be a disadvantage to the hobbyist - less variety in figures, few historical lines and fewer manufacturers in competition. These company will be reluctant to initiate new designs in these hard times and will, at be present more of the main line popular periods - Napoleonics, Roman, British Colonial, etc. This is fine for those of us who want to expand present armies or get into one of the main line periods we had not do before. But from whence will come the Franco - Prussian War figures, Crimean War figures, the French and German Colonials etc.? The avid historical miniature gamer will support his suppliers and eschew the pirates and photocopy freaks or he will be the looser in the long run. PRICE CHANGES IN THE SUPPLY DEPOT Please note that the list price of Complete Brigadier rules by Adventure Garners has increased from $14.95 to $19.95. We must therefore increase the cost to subscribers from $13 to $16.95. There is no time to change the THE SUPPLY DEPOT listing before going to press. So orders received at the lower amount will be returned for the additional funds. Sorry, but we must at least break even on the special prices to subscribe Remember - all postage on supply depot orders are absorbed by The Courier. We are sold out of several issues from Vol I and Vol II so can no longer offer the all back issue specials on these two volumes. Watch for a special offer in the next issue for the individual back issues. Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. IV #3 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1982 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