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1989 Magazines

by Chris Engle

THE CANADIAN WARGAMERS JOURNAL: June/July vol3 no2 #17 10.50$ subscription put out by the Canadian Wargamers Group, 207 Bernard Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3K 2B6. This is a journal of about 40 pages aimed at the Canadian gaming people. It mainly deals with board games (especially World In Flames) but also touches on play by mail games and miniatures.

THE COURIER: Vol6 no4 19$ subscription, write The Courier, Box 1878, Brockton, MA 02403. "North America's foremost miniature gaming magazine." If you don't get this mag and you are interested in historical miniatures subscribe! This issue includes an historical article on the Seven Years War by Bill Protz, campaign rules for Pontiac's rebellion by Greg Novak, sundry gaming news, and a list of names for naming you British officer before he goes off to India or the Sudan.

(Editors Note: I don't know what will happen next with the Nugget but I stand ready to help in any way I can.. For the moment I will use EGG as a sort of WD like forum, but I am not tied to it always being this way. -Maybe a regular section in MWAN is a better vehicle. Whatever happens though I am for it. The way I see it we are working toward the same goal. We all like games, and we want to share and expand this experience to more people.

I think I see a problem with the idea off a nation wide us COW (Convention of Wargames). We are very spread out. My radius of travel is limited Wisconsin to the north and Tennessee to the south. Travel any further is too disruptive to my home life. (ie my fiancee would kill me). I am certain we can come up with a solution but I don't see it right now.

I was very Interested In what you had done with the civilization matrix Game at COW. You have taken It much further than I ever thought to. In fact I only player It two times: once by myself, and then with my brother Ian. At that point I figured I had squeezed about as much out of that game as I would get. Strangely I had a lot of the same objections to it as those who played it had. And like them, I could see that this was worth working further on.

Let me know what happens at COW. I am looking forward to NUGGET 50A.)


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