From Kenn Someone actually recognized David Bames at SKELP, the friendly show, from one of his self portrait cartoons in Lone Warrior. The event itself was a huge success and it was great meeting up with old friends again. The Tearn of lan Duncan, Chris Constable, Graham Empson, David Walker and Rupert Cullum have been busy beavering away on our behalf in the background for which I thank them. Rupert has a new job and therefore will be winging his way to exotic parts and we wish him good luck with it. If there is anyone who can type up articles on to disk or Email and would like to assist the Association please get in touch. It is through the efforts of The Team that all hand written articles appear in Lone Warrior and they really do take a tremendous amount of the workload off me. Noticed in one of our sister publications that the editor had worked out or logged how many hours it took to produce his magazine. The mind boggles and I have no intention of doing that but I wonder if he counted in the telephone calls, letters to be answered, emails to go through and members to talk to in that finli total. Personally I love it all and get great satisfaction when an edition is ready to be posted to Manchester and Leavenworth, having usually already started on the next one. I'm still on a bit of a hand to mouth existence at present and would really welcome any articles on any solo wargaming topic and please make them original. Contributors have set a high standard in Lone Warrior and I plan, with your help to continue to do so. A Merry Festive season to you and your families and I hope that Santa, or whatever you call him in your country, is good to you. Thanks to all Contributors and The Team. Good Soloing. From Rich Greetings All! As you may imagine, a lot has been going on. Note the cover designed by our own lon Laughlin. Thanks, Jon! Next issue our traditional cover will retum but I invite any of you with any artistic ability to send in artwork that we can use. Just as long as it is ink on white paper, we can reproduce it. I am getting hooked on altemate history and continue to savor the solo wargaming implications. My latest excursion is another Harry Turtledove work. This one is WorldWar - In the Balance. It is the first in a series of four novels. In this flight of fancy, World War II is interrupted by an invasion of aliens. These newcomers are lizard in form, standing shorter than a human. They had sent survey satellites to earth looking for a good planet to colonize. Unfortunately, the satellites gave a false assessment of the planet. It seems that the reports received depicted Earth during medieval times. However, when the invasion fleet came out of warp drive (after 25 years in transit, the crew in deep freeze) they discovered 1942 technology. After some hesitation, they decided to continue the invasion (it would have taken 50 years to get a message back and receive a response). The lizards have 1990s style technology Gets, smart weapons, attack helicopters, tanks with stabilized gun systems and special armor, tactical nukes etc.) They make multiple landings, mostly in the war zones but also in America's midwest. The earthlings stop fighting each other and face the lizards. Erstwhile foes cooperate to maximize their chances of survival. The lizards, not expecting an industrial age enemy, do not have large reserves of weapons or ammunition. While they make progress, they are stunned by local successes by the earthlings. What an exciting read! I also have been reading a newcomer to the North American wargaming market - The Gauntlet. This may, like Lone Warrior, contains articles mostly by European authors with a sprinkling of North American fare. Like LW, an edition is physically produced in the U.S. Mark Hannarn is the European Editor and Publisher while Craig Martelle heads up the version appearing in the U.S. (Craig also produces Regimental Colours, l5 and 25mm flags for SYW, AWI, and ACW.) Craig notes in his editorial in issue Number 9, that The Gauntlet complements MWAN, but is not in competition with it. His words ring true. If you like MWAN, you will certainly enjoy The Gauntlet! Offered quarterly, The Gauntlet costs $20 within the continental U.S. and $30 elsewhere. Contact Craig at 1203 English Bluffs Court, Brandon, FL 33511. For a sample, you will find The Gauntlet on Magweb (www.magweb.com). Speaking of MagWeb, once again Lone Warrior is well near the top of the popularity heap. Thanks to all you authors who keep LW interesting and pertinent to the needs of the thousands who wargame solo. Back to Table of Contents -- Lone Warrior #121 Back to Lone Warrior List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1998 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