Marvin Scott: Lone Warrior 129 was a personal landmark event. My first article in Lone warrior was published in January, 1980. Lone warrior 129 marks the completion of twenty years as contributor. Writing for Lone warrior has been fun and it encouraged me to do other writing. It opened up several other rewarding possibilities.
I have written four books, two about gaming. I have written articles and done presentations. For fifteen years I was editor of a newsletter.
I want to thank you and all the people who work to make the SWA possible. I feel a special debt to John Bennet, the founder. He accepted my first article. Bill Farley was an energetic editor. We exchanged research and opinions. Kenn Hart and others in modern times have carried on the tradition. Your North American edition is a fine extension of the association.
I wonder how many SWA members are 20 year veterans. I also wonder how many members are unpublished authors waiting to be discovered. Keep up the good work.
[Marvin, I know all SWA members join me in extending our congratulations on your anniversary! The flow of your entertaining and diverse articles is a real treat for us all. Wishing you many more years as a contributor. Rich]
Matt Hood: Articles for Lone Warrior. Are we such an apathetic lot!? Well, as you may have detected from the forum [Lone Warrior] I am keen to contribute to the hobby as much as possible. I have piles of ideas from 20 years of avoiding any real work and potential articles which I am very happy to share. I will need to get organised to be a regular contributor, spare computer, time, notes etc, all of which I have but not designed for the above purpose. So, bear with me and await what I hope will be a steady flow of something.....!
Nic Birt: I am separated from my computer at the moment. I have recently moved to the Abu Dhabi in the UAE but I haven't set up home here yet and I'm still living in a hotel. However my hex tiles (see last article I sent you) fit nicely in my suitcase so the Boer War has been raging in my hotel room recently. I am pleased that the contacts I have made through the SWA are still willing to write to me despite the extra expense of posting letters out here. It's at times like this that such contacts are particularly important to share ideas, etc. Thanks for your work in putting Lone Warrior together. I always enjoy reading Lone Warrior and often gather ideas for my games from the articles.
Thomas Heaney: I just received Lone Warrior 127 and 128 this morning after a year and a half absence from the Society. First of all I would like to say how sorry I was to hear of David Barnes' death. I didn't know him in any way, but I always enjoyed his reviews and especially his drawings. He will be sadly missed by us all.
I noticed that I was listed as the PBE-Mail editor (which did not come as a surprise, I've received a few Emails over the past year and a half, despite giving the wrong Email address!) which is obviously the result of some kind of misunderstanding. Before my brief absence from the Society, I do remember saying I would volunteer as general Internet advisor (I've never even been involved in a PBEM game!) and I'll get in touch with Jason about this. [Don't you just love it when a plan does not come together! Apologises to all concerned over this confusion and if anyone is interested in PBEM please get in touch. Kenn].
I also noticed in the Forum of LW 127 that there is the possibility of an SWA web page, and I would be delighted to help with this. I think that this is an excellent idea, many societies and clubs use a web page to publicise themselves and attract new members. I have quite extensive knowledge of creating web pages, have a look at my Full Thrust and Dirtside II pages for an example of what I can do, at http:www.kontos.demon.co.uk/ft/ft.htm and http:www.kontos.demon.co.uk/ds/ds.htm.
[Lone Warrior 129 gives full details, but thanks for the support.]
Finally, I would like to congratulate you on maintaining the high standards of Lone Warrior. Keep up the good work.
Martin Hogg: Just got LW129 - cheers, unputdownable as ever! I can see me cutting-up paper Sabres and Migs any day now. Been and had a look at the Website set up by Graheme Ross, very nice to see, I shall keep it bookmarked.
Bjorn Saltrop: Through my investigations on Logistics I may have fallen over something a bit different: Madagascar. In 1942 the British conquered the island from the Vichy French (who had offered "co-operation" to the Japanese). A nice small campaign. This took place less than 40 years after the French had colonized the island. Probably also an interesting campaign. And an island 1,000 miles long and up to 350 miles broad with two railways, and maybe a 500 miles long canal, some rivers navigable up to 75 miles, a semi-civilized population of at least three races, split up in several tribes, looks as something one could use in wargames in all periods. I cannot remember that anybody has written anything on Madagascar with respect to wargames (cf. "Flashman's Lady"), but I may be wrong. If you think that a brief article would be of interest, please drop me a line, and I'll try to put something. [Looking forward to hearing from yet another new area of conflict.] I saw your review of WHAB. If they use DBM bases, I'll buy a copy – I'm too old to re-base very much.
[My armies are based most to Shock of Impact, on multi-figure bases so that when casualties occur and I don't have a base with the correct amount of figures on, I put some of the excellent Donnington Miniatures, 'Fallen Heroes' figures behind them. Touch of the 'Fire and Fury' system, in that it does away with paperwork, shows the exact strength of a unit and gives a good visual image. The main point being no boring re-basing needs done. Kenn]
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