1. The Foundry, figures available in the US from Pendragon Miniatures, 1549 Marview Dr., Westlake, OH 44145, 440-871-4587, fax 440-892-5887. Guernsey Foundry, Hubert's Lane, Off Doyle Road, St. Peter Port, Gurnsey, GY1 1RG, Channel Islands, Great Britain. SEE THE REVIEW!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

2. Castaway Arts, PO Box 7599, Cairns Q 4870, Australia, castawayarts@ozemail.com.au HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

3. El Dorado, The South and Central American Military Historians Society Quarterly. Terry D. Hooker, 27 Hallgate, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, HU16 4DN, England. In the US Paul V. Walsh, 3412 Huey Ave. Drexel Hill, PA 19026-2311. Volume VIII, No. 4. While there is nothing specifically colonial this issue there are several good articles to read. Check this out on magweb.com or get a subscription. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

4. Wargames, Box 278, Route 40 East, Tridelphia, WV 26059.

5. Bob Burke, 4726 Apaloosa Court, Antioch, CA 94509. BURKER1@aol.com Until further notice, all original back issues of Savage and Soldier are on sale for only $2.50 each (photocopies of earlier back issues are still $2.75). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

6. MWAN #103, Hal Thinglum, 22554 Pleasant Drive, Richton Park, IL 60471, $35.00 a year for six issues. There are two short article concerning TSATF both by Russ Lockwood, one a review of the new edition rules and the other a battle report. Both worth reading. Michael Huskey has taken Jack Scruby's Mafrica into the 20th century with a background article that has quite a bit of promise for those who fight 20th Century colonial wars in the second part-an after action report. Stephen Lawrence has a set of rules for 19th century darkest Africa with all the typical movement, firing, morale melee and special rules. The special rules include machineguns, pygmies and my favorite Random happenings. There are troop type qualities, weapons, animal stats and sample character cards. Definitely worth reading. MWAN is full of other great articles and as always a great read. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

7. Miniature Wargames. Recommended Reading!

No. 199, no colonial articles.

No. 200, congratulations on reaching 200!! Two articles caught my eye, first, Stuart Asquith's "The Library of War Gaming." this is an excellent list of books as I have read most of them over the past 40 years or so. This is nice to see the list to fill in some blanks on my reading agenda. The second, by Andy Callan entitled "Carry on up the Abddab." which contains six scenarioes for various periods of Afghan wars from Alexander the Great to 1998. Prelude to Catasrtophe 1841 and Soldiers of the Queen 1880 were both quite good and had several interesting ideas to steal.

No. 201 has a cavalry versus indians scenario that has a few interesting ideas.

8. Cannon Fodder Miniatures, P.O. Box 36604, Winnellie 0821 NT, Australia. SEE THE REVIEW. Also check out their web site members.xoom.com/canfodmins/canfodmins/home.htm Check out the free flags pages, These are really fine flags made just for 28mm figures. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

9. Lone Warrior, US- 1707 Ridge Road, Leavenworth, KS 66048. N. 129 contains an interesting scenario for the wild west. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

10. Clash of Empires, Keith Frye, 33 Ridge Road, Bloomingdale, NJ 07403. Highly Recommended!!!!

11. Victorian Military Society, Dan Allen, 20 Priory Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7QN Great Britain. If you don't belong to the Victorian Military Society you should, and tell them the Heliograph sent you. Soldiers of the Queen issue 99 contains articles relating to the Second Anglo-Boer War Centenary. This is issue is ideal for background material, as well as the great photographs if you are into the Boer War, or this is good enough to start you on your way. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!

12. The Melik Society, 202 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JW, Great Britain. The purpose of the Melik Society is to advance public awareness of Britiah and Sudanese history, particularly the development of river gunboats and the achievements of those involved in the military campaigns between 1883 and 1899. One of the immediate objectives is to facilitate the preservation and restoration of the remaining gunboats Melik and Bordein so that they can be exhibited, maintained and demonstrated to the general public. Every dollar or pound helps. Highly recommended charity!!!!

13. Wargames Illustrated, 18 Lovers Lane, Newark, Notts. NG24 1HZ Great Britain. No. 148 WOW! this issue is full of great stuff for colonials. If you are into naval pre-dreadnought there is a set of rules as well as a scenario for the Russo-Japanese War by Colin Standish. Chris Peers, this man is prolific, has part 2 of "In the Heart of Africa" covering terrain and the begnning of the rules. The rules here cover movement visibility, fire, melee, morale, baggage, strategems and fortifications. This is great stuff.

Then there is "Skirmishing Wild West Movies #5. The definitive John Wayne skirmish" by Ian Barstow. This scenario combines two great Wayne movies Rio Bravo and El Dorado, unfortunatelythere are too many good guys with skills and not enough bad guys. "The Whale who eats the Shark, Wargaming the French Campaign in Dahomey 1892. This is a very good introductory guide to the war. [ed note: I have an issue full of great illustrations and maps, but do not have any text. If someone has an interest in writting a text or game scenario please do so and it will be well illustrated.] Gary Chalk has an article about constructing a Spanish Church for use in pirate wars, with some modification the church could be made into a very nice colonial government building almost anywhere.

WI #149 checkout the inside cover for Steve Barbar cavemen figures to use with your Lost World scenarios. Also see the back covers for painting ideas for your Azande as well as some of the figures I'm giving away this month. This issue has two great articles. Chris Peers has part three of "In the Heart of Africa: Army Lists". After reading through the intro and lists this is a great way to determine what units will make up your armies especially for the African and is based on points.

Ian Heath has an article "Unfriendlies: The Abors of India's North-East Frontier". The article is an abridgement of Ian's book from Foundry Press India's Northeast Frontier Armies of the Nineteenth Century: Asia, Vol. 3. If the article is any indication this is a must have book for colonial enthusiasts. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

14. Osprey, Osprey Direct,P.O. Box 140, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 4ZA Great Britain. www.ospreypublishing.com Osprey Military Journal, 64 pages six times a year, great articles, illustrations and maps. If you like their Men-At-Arms and the Campaign books etc. you will like this journal, and if you don't you get your money back. $39.95 US, £ 25.50 UK and £ 42.50 rest of world. Volume 2, no. 1 contains an article by Richard Brooks, no the English gentleman, entitled "Naval Brigades at Ladysmith" beyondd a great text there are some very nice photos and illustrations, especially the color uniform drawing from Men-at-Arms 65 The Royal Navy. Highly Recommended!!!

16. Redoubt, in the US from Miniature Service Center, 1525 Bridge Street #163, Yuba City, CA 95993, 530-673-5169. A 15% discount still continues.

17. Howard Whitehouse, sorry Howard has moved an I don't know how to contact him yet.

18. Caliver Books and Battlefields, 816-818 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 3NH, Great Britain. Check out their web site www.caliverbooks.demon.co.uk Battlefields is available in the US from On Military Matters, (609) 466 2329. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

19. BY JINGO http://members.spree.com/sip/byjingo

20. Savage and Soldier Check this out at www.dnai.com/~soongliu/SavageAndSoldier Highly Recommend full of great information.

21. ColonialWars@onelist.com, another colonial site. You must first go to onelist.com find colonial wars and ask to subscribe, once you are accepted you start receiving all the email/chat.

22. Warrior Miniatures, 14 Tiverton Ave. Glasgow, G32 9NX Scotland. 0141 778 3426 www.warrioronline.demon.co.uk They carry 25mm colonial figures, sorry I do not know whether they are standard or large, I assume standard. The line includes 7 inf and 2 cav Brits and 10 Zulus for the Zulu Wars, 5 Fuzzy Wuzzy and 5 Brits for Sudan and 5 Boer inf and 1 cav. 40p each or 50 figure packs for £ 12.50, 100 figure Zulu pack for £ 24.95, that works out to 25p each about 40 cents US. If you have standard size 25mm write for a sample, send some cash along or use plastic.

24. magweb.com http://www.magweb.com

25. Naval History, February 2000 contains photographs and color cover of "The Real Sand Pebbles" American gunboats on China Station. Not enough illustrations but a good read and plenty of ideas.

26. Regiment, Nexus House, Azalea Dr., Swanley, Kent BR8 8HU. Issue 44, part 1 of The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, 1685-1881. Some great photographs but mostly dress uniforms. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

27. And That's the Way it Was, 213 3rd St. NE, Hickory, NC 28601-5124 As I said last issue this is a great set of rules and at 52 pages it is packed with great information and packaged very nicely.

28. Pen and Sword Books Limited, Freepost SF5, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2BR Great Britain. Is advertizing Absent Minded Beggars, Yeomanry and Volunteers in the Boer War by Will Bennett, for £ 22.50 plus postage, they take credit cards.

29. Anglo Zulu War Historical Society, Woodbury House, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent TN30 7AE Great Britain. The society has a video on the Zulu War Re-enactment of the battle of Isandlwana for £ 15 plus postage, the ad says VHS but I'm not sure if its available for US machines yet. They also have a very nice print "In Memoriam of the Heroes who fell at Isandlwana" for £ 45 plus postage.

30. Havoc XIV 29 -30 April 2000, Devens Commerce Center (formerly Fort Devens) Sports Areana, Ayer, Mass. For gerneral info contact Peter Mancini at 200 Bedford Road, APT 17A, Woburn, MA 01801, (781) 933 9975.