"Hello!" The Gauntlet pays no small homage to Hal Thlnglum's Midwest Wargamer's Association Newsletter (MWAN) and Donald Featherstone's late Wargamer's Newsletter. The journal is primarily aimed at the Independent, solo or self-reliant Wargamer, but hopes to exclude no-one. I'm not going to make any great claims for this magazine, suffice to say that I will endeavour to ensure that It is as Interesting and stimulating a read as possible. This of course depends as much upon your collective Input as It does on mine. Wargaming can be all things to all people, and The Gauntlet undoubtedly will be too. I should point out that this journal is NOT Lone Warrior 2, nor does It want to be. The Gauntlet will complement NEVER deliberately compete with other journals, I quote John Donne, "No man Is an Island, Intire of It selfe; everyman Is a peeve of the Continent, a port of the main; If a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe Is the lease". I have enjoyed putting this magazine together and I hope that you enjoy it too. Acknowledgements I cannot begin to thank everyone who has helped The Gauntlet. Active support, advice, encouragement and offers of help have come from every quarter. However, a few names do stand out and so I want to say a public thank you to the following persons: Donald Featherstone, Hall Thinglum, David Barnes, Paul Wilklnson, Pat McGill, David Lanchester, Mark Bevis, Stephen Manley, Steve Turner, Mike Taylor, Suzan Pecyna and of course to my wife Heather. Back to The Gauntlet No. 1 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Craig Martelle Publications This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com