GAMA COMES THROUGH In the last issue I mentioned what I felt was a problem with the Gama Awards. I am glad to report that The Awards Committee added a considerable number of potential recipients to the list of Miniature Gaming items. The result is found on the inside front page of the dummy cover that comes with each subscriber's issue. Please vote for your choice. I have been asked "of what interest is GAMA to Miniature Gamers?" The fact is that many of the larger Miniature Manufacturers are members of GAMA. Besides Origins, GAMA runs a large distributor show each year where distributors and retail hobby stores go to see what's new, what may be of interest to their customers, and what they should stock in their stores. So in no small way, what the hobby store down the street stocks for your interest is influenced by GAMA and their view of Historical Miniatures. This is why The Courier has always tried to be an Historical Miniature Advocate to GAMA, why I personally maintain my membership on the Awards Committee, and why I ask you to support the Award process. This past year has been a year of loss in the hobby. First Jack Scruby, the father of it all, and recently, Lynn Bodin. We are buoyed up by what they contributed to makingthis hobby more enjoyable for all. We are coming into the convention season. Those of you who have never been or haven't been for several years should make a point to go, epecially to one of the many historical miniature conventions. I have never, in 25 years of gaming, found a bettersource of new ideas and friends in the hobby. All but the smallest now have many dealers where you can see the figures you want to buy "in person". There is nothing like seeing a new figure line in "the lead" or to participate in a scenario with a new set of rules to get you into a new period - or to freshen your interest in an old one. CADILLAC GAMING TABLES We have at last received enough entrants into our "Cadillac Wargame Table" contest to show the first entrant next issue. lam hopingto have a much bigger response than so far. We want to see the truly great wargame tables... built-in storage, map holders, computers, dice, etc. Tables that have unique methods of assembly of flexibility of usage; tables that ease our keeping all the non-necessary paraphernalia off the playing field. The sturdier-than-average built ping pong table type is not what we are seeking. I know they are out there, come on, the winner of this contest will not be disappointed. ERRATA The author of the article in Mexican-American War Rules was mislabelled on the contents page. It should have been Ken Skinner as was named on the article. My apologies to Ken. On page 27 of IX-2 an incorrect paragraph was inserted in the section on The Complete Brigadier. It should read: Fire: Casualties by fire are determined by dividing the number of figures firing by a weapon's factor. This number is modified by a sequential list of modifiers. (For a detailed example of this process, please see the Courier Vol. V Number 4. Also the "game aid" for these rules printed in the Courier some time ago is useless forthe firing as it is based on "totalling" the modifiers). Unless you are very good at math, a calculator is required for this phase of the game. A major feature of the game is that once a unit is in a "firelight" (i.e. gives and receives a casualty) it is out of the player's control and locked into the "firelight". Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. IX No. 3 Back to Courier List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1989 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