Greetings all from your descendant of a Knight of St. John and a Turkish slave girl! Before I commence with my write-up on oCampaigns of Marlborough", I would like to sort out what I believe to be a minor problem as regards my articles on boardgames. Many of the games I review and convert to solo play within the pages of my column are hard to find or out of print. This must be a problem to those of You who would like to purchase one of these boardgames after I have aroused your interest in a particular game. Thanks to Steven Bradshaw, I have discovered an excellent company which provides a mail order service and has an extensive catalogue which includes rare boardgames as well as recently published ones. I am taking the liberty of presenting you with the address of this company for your own reference. It is worth dropping them a line, even just to get your hands on one of their extensive catalogues. Then you will know what I mean about the vast selection they have available: SECOND CHANCE GAMES, 62 Earlston Road, Wallasey, The Wirral, L45 5DZ, England. Tel/Fax: 051-638-3535. BG&RP No 9 Update: I would like to take this opportunity to add two tips to the others I presented to you in the above article. 1. For long term protection, coat your counter sheets on-both sides with a thick coat of clear satin enamel paint before separating them. This will make the counters much more resistant to handling and prevent the details from fading after continuous use. Do not get a shock if, when the paint seeps into the cardboard, it looks as if you have badly stained the counter sheet. All will return to normal when the paint dries. 2. How many extra calendars are you given at the beginning of every year? Well, here is a way you can put them to good use. Find one which has the day numbers boxed, mounted them on a cardboard sheet and cut them out. The end result is 12 sets of counters numbered 1 to 30. My 'number markers' are 9mm by 7mm which I find to be an ideal size. Type in ones to tens in any empty boxes in a one month block since you will normally need more of that range band of numbers. These markers can be used for a myriad of wargame functions, for example as strength point markers or to designate objective hexes. Being smaller than a normal counter, you can spot them at a glance and thus lessen the confusion of counters on the game board. Back to Table of Contents -- Lone Warrior #108 Back to Lone Warrior List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Solo Wargamers Association. 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