Introducing a new feature with a catchy new title--well, a new feature. This space will report a short notice of what manufacturers often term accessories, or game aids. These are products that make playing your favorite game easier in some way, or help create the right feel in your campaign. This is also the spot to find a mention of that magazine on miniatures that you heard someone talking about There will be a list of publications covering specific areas of gaming in greater detail This includes books, as well as journals. General Interest Stuff Dynacomp, Inc. offers catalogs of software for microsystems. The listing is very extensive and includes public domain software for numerous systems. Cost: $1.00. Dynacomp, Inc., 1064 Gravel Road, Webster, NY 14580. The Continuing Saga, is edited by Alan Emrich and published by Diverse Talents, Inc. This newsletter states it is the insider's newsletter of Straticon Adventure Garners. There is some industry news, a short product review and notice of new product releases. The Strategicon Adventure Garner's Association, which is billed as a gamer service organization promising better communications between the hobbyist and manufacturers through quality conventions and the monthly newsletter. Sample issues available for $1.00. Diverse Talents, Inc., Dept. SAGA, PO. Box 8399, Long Beach, CA. War Game Stuff The following errata is reprinted with the permission of Quarterdeck Games. For Royal Navy: 2.0 The German 8" gun is the same as the 8.2" on Table #1. 2.1 The Spee Class AS should have 9 primary factors forward: 8 aft (not 12). E TO. is a recent Europa newsletter. It is a fanzine devoted to the Europa series by Games Designer's Workshop. The letter is the product of Bill Stone. Plans are for reviews, features, historical background and scenarios. ETO c/o Bill Stone, 2807 Yulupa Avenue #66, Santa Rosa, CA 95405. Enclose selfaddressed, stamped envelope OW). Rafm Company Inc. has published Prussian Landwehr and Landsturm 1813- 1815 by Peter Hofschroer. The book deals with the army reorganization and the militia formed in 1813 as a result of the new levies, $12.00. Rafm Company, Inc., 19 Concession St., Cambridge, Ontario, Canada NIR 2G6. The Game Publishing Company has available a book titled German War Economy: The Motorization Myth, edited by W Victer Madej. The book contains several United States Strategic Bombing Survey reports with parts of the report on the impact of the Allied Air Effect on German Logistics. The myth that these reports destroy is that the German successes were due to the superior mobility and mechanization of the German army. As it happens, the Blitzkrieg was accomplished by an army that was 75 % horse drawn. Game Publishing Company, 3355 Birch Circle, Allentown, PA 18103 Role-Game Stuff The Star Trek Tricorder Starship Sensors Into-active Displqy (Tricorder) device is available from FASA Corporation. This is a User-assembled game aid, that lets the characters acquire information the same way Mr. Spock does-the tricorder. it sells for $10.00. FASA Corporation, P.O. Box 6930, Chicago, IL 60680. TSR Inc. has released an updated Dungeon Master's Screen. It's two screens. One has Combat information such as attack matrices and saving throws. The other is labeled Player Reference Screen. It has charts for weapons, missile weapons, spell recovery, equipment lists and spell tables. The inside wrapper has a summary by character class of the minimums, restrictions and special abilities. it's $6.00. TSR Inc., P.O. Box 756, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 Gamescience has the four-sided/ eight- sided die. For those who wish to read their four- sided dice the same way they read the others. The die is eightsided but only numbered from 1 to 4. The edges are smoothed as well. Gamescience, 01956 Pass Road, Gulfport, MS 39501. Ace Books announced a line of fantasy role-playing adventure novels, Swordthrust. The novels can be read as books, but require dice at certain points and are compatible with Dungeons & Dragonsg. The first two releases, both by Bill Fawcett, are Quest for the Unicorn's Horn and Quest for the Dragon's Eye. Back to Table of Contents -- Game News #5 To Game News List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Dana Lombardy. 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